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njsykora posted:It's a semi-autonomous race between Mario and Sam Schmidt. It's amazing to see how far this technology has come in just the last few years, never have I seen Sam Schmidt so happy than being able to drive again
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# ? May 13, 2017 17:55 |
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DoctorGonzo posted:This is Indy practice? The race between the two Corvettes was between Mario Andretti (F1 world champ and blatant corner-cutter) and Sam Schmidt, an Indycar team owner that was paralyzed from the neck down after a testing accident in his driving days. The two just raced around the track without the use of their hands of feet, just using their head and mouth to control the cars and do burnouts and donuts after.
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# ? May 13, 2017 17:57 |
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WindyMan posted:The race between the two Corvettes was between Mario Andretti (F1 world champ and blatant corner-cutter) and Sam Schmidt, an Indycar team owner that was paralyzed from the neck down after a testing accident in his driving days. The two just raced around the track without the use of their hands of feet, just using their head and mouth to control the cars and do burnouts and donuts after. Yeah i know but this event is related to the 500? There will be more running?
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# ? May 13, 2017 17:59 |
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DoctorGonzo posted:Yeah i know but this event is related to the 500? There will be more running? Sam Schmidt has been helping to develop this technology over the last few years, and this is the first time that two of these cars have raced against each other. I believe the first public exhibition of the car was at Long Beach back in 2015, and Sam has been using the IMS road course and oval to help test the car. Sam was doing laps on the oval at over 140mph in that car
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# ? May 13, 2017 18:02 |
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DoctorGonzo posted:Yeah i know but this event is related to the 500? There will be more running? Not the 500, it's just part of the on-track activities for the Indy GP (the race today). The Indy Lights race is next and the Indy GP race is in about 3 hours. Indy 500 practice proper starts Monday.
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DoctorGonzo posted:There will be more running? There's an Indy Lights (Indycar's GP2) race in 15 minutes and the Indycar race in a couple hours, that's the only running the rest of the day.
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# ? May 13, 2017 18:03 |
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WindyMan posted:Not the 500, it's just part of the on-track activities for the Indy GP (the race today). The Indy Lights race is next and the Indy GP race is in about 3 hours. Indy 500 practice proper starts Monday. Thanks. You know if the channel will show the Indy race?
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# ? May 13, 2017 18:04 |
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Look at this blatant cheating by Mario on the last lap ed- DoctorGonzo posted:Thanks. You know if the channel will show the Indy race? The Indycar stream won't show the Indycar race since that will be on TV. ABC if you're in the United States, check your local listings or shady internet streams if you can't find it on TV.
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# ? May 13, 2017 18:05 |
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DoctorGonzo posted:Thanks. You know if the channel will show the Indy race? The race will be broadcast on ABC here in the US and the normal international outlets, the YouTube stream will shut down before the live broadcast at 3:30EDT
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# ? May 13, 2017 18:06 |
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KingShibby posted:The race will be broadcast on ABC here in the US and the normal international outlets, the YouTube stream will shut down before the live broadcast at 3:30EDT The Indy race is a proper Indy race? Im confused with Indy Gp
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# ? May 13, 2017 18:08 |
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DoctorGonzo posted:The Indy race is a proper Indy race? Im confused with Indy Gp Years ago, when there were 40-70 cars trying to qualify for the Indy 500, they would hold practice and qualifying all throughout the Month of May for two weeks. Once the car counts went down, they trimmed p&q to one week. When the Indycar series was in need of more races, three years ago they added a round to the championship on the Indy road course on the weekend before the p&q week for the Indy 500. So it's a separate race, but still part of the overall "Month of May" Indianapolis festivities.
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# ? May 13, 2017 18:15 |
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WindyMan posted:Years ago, when there were 40-70 cars trying to qualify for the Indy 500, they would hold practice and qualifying all throughout the Month of May for two weeks. Once the car counts went down, they trimmed p&q to one week. When the Indycar series was in need of more races, three years ago they added a round to the championship on the Indy road course on the weekend before the p&q week for the Indy 500. But the regular Cars will run?
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# ? May 13, 2017 18:17 |
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DoctorGonzo posted:But the regular Cars will run? Yeah, the Indycars are coming in their race later. Right now is the Indy Lights race. Like with F1/F2/GP3 Indy has its feeder/support series (Lights/Pro Mazda/USF2000) doing their races this weekend. The main event is last.
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# ? May 13, 2017 18:18 |
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It's a regular indycar race yes. It's just on the road course.
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# ? May 13, 2017 18:19 |
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Awesome!
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# ? May 13, 2017 18:22 |
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Yeah since 2014 the Indy GP on the road course has been the official kickoff to the Month of May and seems to mean more to the feeder series than the Indy cars since all 3 feeder series race doubleheaders here. As soon as the IndyCar race ends tonight they will begin to turnaround the track to the oval configuration in preparation for the beginning of 500 practice on Monday
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# ? May 13, 2017 18:47 |
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WindyMan posted:Look at this blatant cheating by Mario on the last lap He's no Zanardi
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# ? May 13, 2017 18:50 |
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I am beyond excited for the return of caution probability
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# ? May 13, 2017 18:51 |
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In how many hours is the Indy race?
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# ? May 13, 2017 19:14 |
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DoctorGonzo posted:In how many hours is the Indy race? 1 and a half hours
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# ? May 13, 2017 19:16 |
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Fauxhawk Express posted:I am beyond excited for the return of caution probability If only they'd do standing starts again but Saavedra ruined that for everyone Or even double file restarts...
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# ? May 13, 2017 19:21 |
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Didn't like one standing start out of the 5 attempted actually work.
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# ? May 13, 2017 19:33 |
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Any goons at the GP? I'm near turn 1 on a viewing mound.
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# ? May 13, 2017 19:43 |
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dentist toy box posted:Didn't like one standing start out of the 5 attempted actually work. I thought it was 0.
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# ? May 13, 2017 19:48 |
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FuzzySkinner posted:Any goons at the GP? I'm near turn 1 on a viewing mound. Besides the two of us I don't think any others are here
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# ? May 13, 2017 20:22 |
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Kanaan and Castro Nieves are still racing? Wow. What happened to Adrián Fernández?
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# ? May 13, 2017 20:52 |
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DoctorGonzo posted:Kanaan and Castro Nieves are still racing? Wow. What happened to Adrián Fernández? Fernandez retired some time ago.
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# ? May 13, 2017 20:56 |
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Shut it Goodyear.
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# ? May 13, 2017 20:56 |
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lol Goodyear still salty about '95
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# ? May 13, 2017 20:57 |
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Human Grand Prix posted:Shut it Goodyear. He is the loving worst. Cheever is giving him a run for his money today.
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# ? May 13, 2017 20:57 |
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ABC is loving awful see also: Marco Andretti
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# ? May 13, 2017 20:58 |
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Bestwick: "We've got stories" Every fan: "We don't care"
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# ? May 13, 2017 21:09 |
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Please tell me these aren't the announcers for the 500
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# ? May 13, 2017 21:10 |
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KingShibby posted:Bestwick: "We've got stories" Goodyear: "I have a story. Did you know I came in second at the Indianapolis 500 that one time?" Norns posted:Please tell me these aren't the announcers for the 500 The good news, Alonso is in the 500! The bad news, this broadcast team (Goodyear and Cheever) will be broadcasting this fact to the world on May 28.
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# ? May 13, 2017 21:13 |
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They aren't. If you press mute for the entire race. Otherwise?
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# ? May 13, 2017 21:13 |
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Oh Spencer...
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# ? May 13, 2017 21:15 |
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Pigot
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# ? May 13, 2017 21:17 |
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Guy flat spots his tires "perfect driving"
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# ? May 13, 2017 21:23 |
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can't wait for all the Sphincter Bigot posts from the worst threadBentai posted:They aren't. If you press mute for the entire race. Otherwise? They aren't the commentators if you're going to the race.
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# ? May 13, 2017 21:24 |
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Bad move Mikhail.
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# ? May 13, 2017 21:28 |