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Theris posted:The rights to E Penthouse (and to a lesser extent, the vista decks) tickets are passed down within families. You have almost no chance of getting them without working your way into the will of someone who already has them. Yup. But they are the true God tier seats at IMS.
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Bentai posted:Sounds like it's practically a lock, just needs sponsor money I suppose. Honda Japan can chip a bit off their "bad MGU-H" budget to fund two IndyCars easily, you'd imagine.
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I wonder if Mclaren and Honda of Japan would partner to build the ICS engine. We'd have a "Good Lotus vs Bad Lotus" thing going on here
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Bentai posted:I wonder if Mclaren and Honda of Japan would partner to build the ICS engine. We'd have a "Good Lotus vs Bad Lotus" thing going on here Why, they already have a good one labeled 'Honda'.
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IOwnCalculus posted:See, I don't understand this statement, because that implies it's possible to spend "too much time" there. Well, since I don't live in Indy some sacrifices must be made in terms of actually hanging out with my friends in town. And also, Mug N Bun doesn't like it when I roll up with a small cooler of beer, so I'm forced to spend some time at the local breweries to get my fix. And then there's always time at the Slippery Noodle or Melody Inn. And other great food like Taste of Havana and... poo poo. I just talked myself into moving to Indy. poo poo.
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It's just weird growing up there and seeing people actually want to go to Indianapolis to do things other than the GP and 500.
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I'm pretty sure that three of the four Andretti cars don't have sponsors this weekend.
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I assume Sato's ride is fully paid for, so it's really just 2/4, which is still not great.
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Cygni posted:I'm pretty sure that three of the four Andretti cars don't have sponsors this weekend. I think Sato has sponsorship from Matsushita/Panasonic in addition to being Honda's son.
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Aside from FE I don't know if Takuma has ever driven anything non Honda powered.
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Yeah but im sure they would love to slap a big ol Budweiser logo across the sidepod if someone wrote em a check
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Bentai posted:Sounds like it's practically a lock, just needs sponsor money I suppose. I mean how long have they been without a title sponsor in f1
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dentist toy box posted:I mean how long have they been without a title sponsor in f1 2014, I think.
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Practice 1 is about to go green and video is up for the day http://racecontrol.indycar.com/
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3 wide for the lead in the F2000 race (on Racecontrol if you wanna watch). Love the big field for these cars, hope it keeps growing.
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Cygni posted:3 wide for the lead in the F2000 race (on Racecontrol if you wanna watch). Love the big field for these cars, hope it keeps growing. Yeah this USF2000 race has been pretty good, loving these new cars
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Human Grand Prix posted:I think Sato has sponsorship from Matsushita/Panasonic in addition to being Honda's son. His manager is still (IIRC) "King" Hiro Matsushita, aka the owner of Swift, aka yeah that Matsushita. Doesn't surprise me. Sato's still got plenty of personal sponsors too.
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Watching the 1987 Phoenix race and couldn't help but laugh at Jack Arute describing this as a "bank of computers".
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So... Practice 2 finished. Marco was fastest (1:7.7134), just beating Will Power (1:07.7454). http://www.indycar.com/News/2017/04/04-21-Barber-practice-2 What a strange world
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IOwnCalculus posted:Watching the 1987 Phoenix race and couldn't help but laugh at Jack Arute describing this as a "bank of computers". three different shades of 80s/90s computer beige, god yes
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I miss the days when TV racing coverage consisted of 45 seconds of pre-race show.
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I watched Mid-Ohio 2000. Penske stomped the field.
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WindyMan posted:I miss the days when TV racing coverage consisted of 45 seconds of pre-race show. Other things that make this race coverage 80s-as-gently caress: "Two time Indy winner Rick Mears" No pit speed limits Three tire changes Uncle Bobby doesn't have any grey hair They haven't shown Sam Posey yet, but I suspect he still has eyes
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Wait why hasn't Juan Pablo gone for the Triple Crown? He just needs the Le Mans win right?
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A thought: When was the last time Alonso had to race/leave the pits under a situation where there were no tire warmers? Imagine him, exiting the pits after his first stop with cold tires…
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I'm imagining him driving away just fine, like all other insanely talented racing drivers.
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keevo posted:Wait why hasn't Juan Pablo gone for the Triple Crown? He just needs the Le Mans win right? IIRC, Team Penske was trying to buy up the Audi team in WEC. Could have happened had they been successful.
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I can't imagine Audi letting anyone other than Joest Racing run their factory team.
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WindyMan posted:A thought: When was the last time Alonso had to race/leave the pits under a situation where there were no tire warmers? Imagine him, exiting the pits after his first stop with cold tires… Lmao
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WindyMan posted:A thought: When was the last time Alonso had to race/leave the pits under a situation where there were no tire warmers? Imagine him, exiting the pits after his first stop with cold tires… I'm sure his endless years of karting gave him a little bit of exposure to that.
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Minto Took posted:http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/139737-mclaren-boss-sets-criteria-for-future-indycar-move I'm curious how many cars a McLaren IndyCar team would have, and how this would go over. I think the sport has a high level of interest from McLaren, Juncos, Carlin and MSR. The question would be...how do you tinker with the current rules to ensure that all of those guys can come in and stay in without perhaps ruining the Dale Coyne's of the world. Maybe Chevy runs to Andretti, Honda sticks with Ganassi and Penske adds Idon't know...(hypothetically) a company like Mercedes to assist with getting three engine mfg's in the field to help with supply? That could be a route. My fear is upsetting Chevy or Honda in some capacity. Andretti is a good team, but it's not Penske good.
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Unless Ilmor shits the bed a la late 90s Penske is using Chevrolets.
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lowering the costs of running a car by 25%, like the teams are expecting after next year, will certainly help keep smaller teams around and competitive. the rules are already at a place where Coyne and SSM have won the two races this year, so likely dont need any loving with that stuff.
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Another beautiful day here at Barber! Walked into the media center this morning right as the power went out...
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NBC likes to tape delay live IndyCar qualifying in favor of tape delayed Ice Skating. What a joke. e: And I get it. But you know...it's live. They can show the drat thing live you know? I wouldn't even object to live Ice Skating pushing it as being delayed FuzzySkinner fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Apr 22, 2017 |
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