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DoctorGonzo posted:when practice stars? two hours? Noon eastern so in about 50min
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May 16, 2017 16:11
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Andretti's guys had a long night apparently. I'm surprised they needed to change the whole engine out for a hit that light but they must have found something. All the way down to the tub and all the way back up in 12 hours. https://twitter.com/MichaelShankRac/status/864501792989741057
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May 16, 2017 16:26
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Video is on, green flag in 5min. http://racecontrol.indycar.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEhssKUgWbg
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May 16, 2017 16:54
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Haha, Fernando not looking very patient out there. Wonder if hes enjoying this.
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May 16, 2017 18:14
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Cygni posted:Haha, Fernando not looking very patient out there. Wonder if hes enjoying this. He hasn't been in a competitive car with a chance to win in a few years.
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May 16, 2017 18:16
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Yeah, he was keeping up with Helio, so he's definitely adjusted to a high speed oval vs a road course. This is going to be a good race. 
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May 16, 2017 18:18
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Woo, racecontrol has no-tow speeds shown today.
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Norns posted:He hasn't been in a competitive car with a chance to win in a few years. Honestly, the one question I want to ask him: What's it like going from a honda that you don't know will even last a lap to one that has just churned out lap after lap. Also, I love the 98 logo on the camera mounted below the rotating one.
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May 16, 2017 18:25
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if Alonso retires due to engine failure we'll never have to worry about the 500 again because his transformation into a supernova of rage will consume Indiana
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May 16, 2017 18:57
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Proud Christian Mom posted:if Alonso retires due to engine failure we'll never have to worry about the 500 again because his transformation into a supernova of rage will consume Indiana I am now begging for this to free me from my suffering.
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May 16, 2017 19:01
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Proud Christian Mom posted:if Alonso retires due to engine failure we'll never have to worry about the 500 again because his transformation into a supernova of rage will consume Indiana Given the rash of Honda failures lately I wonder if he's brought something with him from Yurrop.
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May 16, 2017 19:05
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Either Will Power is testing fuel consumption or he's lost power and is the most snake-bitten driver I've ever seen.
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May 16, 2017 19:25
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FartingBedpost posted:Either Will Power is testing fuel consumption or he's lost power and is the most snake-bitten driver I've ever seen. Why not both?
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May 16, 2017 19:26
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FartingBedpost posted:Either Will Power is testing fuel consumption or he's lost power and is the most snake-bitten driver I've ever seen. Speculation was testing fuel consumption during yellow flag periods
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May 16, 2017 19:32
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They're already planning the fuel mileage runs Power will have to do to make up time for his two pit lane speed violations
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May 16, 2017 19:34
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Low drag sidepods starting to make an appearance. 1 on the left side for Ed, and 1 on the right side for Will. Generally what they do is a mini qual run everytime they decided to crack a new set of tires. They get 15 sets for the week, and with bad weather expected after tomorrow, they should be burning a good number of sets the next two days. The grind for the mechanics is that everytime they decide to use a new set, the car goes back to the garage, qual setup goes on (springs, damps, sidepods, wickers, etc all changed), they run 6 laps on the new set of tires... then its back to the garage, back to race setup, and use the rest of the tire. Repeat.
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May 16, 2017 19:44
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https://twitter.com/indy44/status/864547023176966144 Wacky mismatched sidepod party has begun!
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May 16, 2017 20:00
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iospace posted:Honestly, the one question I want to ask him: What's it like going from a honda that you don't know will even last a lap to one that has just churned out lap after lap. Also, I love the 98 logo on the camera mounted below the rotating one. Is that just because they've borrowed it from the Herta car?
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Dudley posted:Is that just because they've borrowed it from the Herta car? The camera actually says 98 Lights so it belongs to Colton Herta's car
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May 16, 2017 20:21
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https://twitter.com/McLarenIndy/status/864519135845396484
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Harvey is still trying to do the last phase of his ROP, but it looks like the car is the thing holding him back. I guess Marco took out the #50 earlier and couldn't crack 215, either. Does it count towards your ROP if you get the last phase while the boost is turned up? I hope it doesn't come to that.
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May 16, 2017 21:33
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Oh look at the time. IT'S HAPPY HOUR 
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Harvey up over 217 on a no-tow. Edit: Cleared ROP. IOwnCalculus fucked around with this message at 22:19 on May 16, 2017 |
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May 16, 2017 22:15
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iospace posted:Oh look at the time. Drink if you got 'em. Unless you're driving an Indy-car at 220 mph. If so, please don't drink!!! Unless you have a vodka sponsorship fake ed- Oh boy, Harvey found the speed. ROP passed. We at 33 now boys!
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WindyMan posted:fake ed- Oh boy, Harvey found the speed. ROP passed. We at 33 now boys! That reminds me I need to do something tonight...
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May 16, 2017 22:24
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May 16, 2017 22:44
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IOwnCalculus posted:Unlike Aleshin. In Soviet Russia, wall kisses you.
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May 16, 2017 22:50
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That last 15 minutes was good poo poo
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May 16, 2017 23:17
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https://twitter.com/mikhailaleshin/status/864603212699099136 Just a tiny scuff.
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May 16, 2017 23:19
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WindyMan posted:Drink if you got 'em. When you drive never drink.
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May 16, 2017 23:45
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Indycar.com has a talk with Letterman. There's nothing really noteworthy about it other than it being David Letterman talking about Indy, but I giggled at this bit:quote:“I remember when Jochen Rindt, Denis Hulme, Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill, Jim Clark and Jack Brabham competed in the Indianapolis 500 in the 1960s,” Letterman told the Verizon INDYCAR Mobile App. “It’s exciting that Alonso is coming this year. I think it’s a lovely idea. I remember when Nigel Mansell was here in 1993 and 1994. I think it’s great. Good luck to him (Alonso).” Now I can only see a senile old man with his big white beard, rambling ad finitum about Indianapolis into his iPhone.
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Day two results up: http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/events/indy500/news-multimedia/news/2017/05/16/~/media/A51F393F007441C6A1E0C8919C8FF602.ashx Notables: -Will Power with the fastest speed of the day, only topping out at 224.656. -Ed Jones was the fastest of the rookies at 222.251 -Jack Harvey was the slowest rookie, but he was finishing his ROP and it seemed the car was holding him back. -Alonso only topped out at 221.029. However, he turned the most laps of the day at 117. -RHR was the fastest Honda at 223.96 iospace fucked around with this message at 04:19 on May 17, 2017 |
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Loved seeing all the mismatched wheel pods and different colored noses and areo bits of today.
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WindyMan posted:Now I can only see a senile old man with his big white beard, rambling ad finitum about Indianapolis into his iPhone. Bruce Martin wrote that piece, and he writes for the Verizon app which is where the article was first posted. They post those articles on the main website a couple days after the app which is why the article was written that way. It was cool seeing Letterman at Indy last weekend, and it's hilarious to compare his hair to Bobby Rahal 
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We are green for Day 3. Should be a good amount of running, as the forecast for the next few days is for spotty thunderstorms and showers that may limit tracktime. For strategy, Sat/Sun also look to be high temps, high humidity, off and on showers. Pretty similar to the weather on Thurs/Friday, so assuming we get some track time tomorrow and Friday, I would imagine people would be squeezing in all the qual sims they can. http://racecontrol.indycar.com/ http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=39.8023&lon=-86.2672&unit=0&lg=english&FcstType=graphical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6XS6MHPAS4
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Looks like everybody is waiting for the wind to die down, supposed to get a good deal less gusty later this afternoon. but what am I supposed to do all day, work? this is some poo poo.
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If you have the monitor space or nothing to do on your phone you can have the live Gasoline Alley cam going: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caHjSw87b3M
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Not much action today, but to be expected with that wind. Marco still has the fastest lap of any day but hasn't been able to match it since, what a surprise. (I'm not surprised)
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