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KingShibby
Jan 30, 2004

Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you...

Yams Fan

devmd01 posted:

Walking in to the track :woop:

Yeah there's this bright thing in the sky I don't seem to recognize :fyadride:

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devmd01
Mar 7, 2006

Elektronik
Supersonik

dsriggs
May 28, 2012

MONEY FALLS...

...FROM THE SKY...

...WHENEVER HE POSTS!
https://twitter.com/IMS/status/868092860603805696

Norns
Nov 21, 2011

Senior Shitposting Strategist

devmd01 posted:

I love the sound of old race cars in the morning



TURBINE CAR SPOTED

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009


This is infinitely better than this year's

njsykora
Jan 23, 2012

Robots confuse squirrels.


I like when they try to make the logo look like a car.

IOwnCalculus
Apr 2, 2003





Day at track is best day.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Townsend got compared to Sage to his face.

He had no response.

Norns
Nov 21, 2011

Senior Shitposting Strategist

iospace posted:

Townsend got compared to Sage to his face.

He had no response.

I mean he didn't kill anyone at least

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


That's true, but it was still amusing.

IOwnCalculus
Apr 2, 2003





KingShibby
Jan 30, 2004

Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you...

Yams Fan
My biggest surprise with this year's 500 is that Townsend Bell isn't in the race.

Did manage to get some good pics from the inside of Turn 1

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


KingShibby posted:

My biggest surprise with this year's 500 is that Townsend Bell isn't in the race.

Did manage to get some good pics from the inside of Turn 1

I was surprised too given how close he was last year until the pit lane incident.

IOwnCalculus
Apr 2, 2003





Hinch Honda down.

KingShibby
Jan 30, 2004

Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you...

Yams Fan
And boom goes the Honda

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Hinch :smith:

dsriggs
May 28, 2012

MONEY FALLS...

...FROM THE SKY...

...WHENEVER HE POSTS!
Hondas, everyone!

IOwnCalculus
Apr 2, 2003





We're gonna have 1990s level of attrition on Sunday.

Norns
Nov 21, 2011

Senior Shitposting Strategist

I'm not sure I can handle it if nandos engine pops on race day

CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is
Alonso has to be nervous

Sucks for Hinch

devmd01
Mar 7, 2006

Elektronik
Supersonik


Pretty good crowd here

devmd01
Mar 7, 2006

Elektronik
Supersonik

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

IOwnCalculus posted:

We're gonna have 1990s level of attrition on Sunday.

Kinda awesome, honestly.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

This close to raceday, what's the penalty for engine loss?

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


"I experienced what engineers would call a sub-optimal negative acceleration" - Hinch

:allears:

devmd01
Mar 7, 2006

Elektronik
Supersonik

kidcoelacanth posted:

This close to raceday, what's the penalty for engine loss?

Start from the back

KingShibby
Jan 30, 2004

Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you...

Yams Fan

kidcoelacanth posted:

This close to raceday, what's the penalty for engine loss?

Depends on the team. Full-time entries are allowed to swap out an engine specifically for the Indy 500 race itself.

Rule 16.5.4. posted:

Indianapolis 500 Race Engine – For Entrants with multi-Engine programs, a fresh Engine may be fitted before the Indianapolis 500 Race without penalty, subject to availability and the following conditions:

Both Engines remain allocated to the Entrant, and both Engines must reach their Change-Out mileage before any other Engines are allocated to the Entrant.

After the completion of the Indianapolis 500 Race Event, an Entrant may choose either of these allocated Engines to be installed; however, the installed Engine must remain in the Car until it reaches its Change-Out Mileage.

Once an Indianapolis 500 Engine is fitted to the Car, removal of the Engine prior to the Indianapolis 500 Race is an Unapproved Engine Change-Out.

I wonder how many Honda's will do this :iiam:

WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind
Tip-toeing around the oildry in turn 3 during the last practice. What fun.

devmd01
Mar 7, 2006

Elektronik
Supersonik

IOwnCalculus
Apr 2, 2003





KingShibby posted:

Depends on the team. Full-time entries are allowed to swap out an engine specifically for the Indy 500 race itself.


I wonder how many Honda's will do this :iiam:

I thought they already did before today?

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

They have the race engines in now, but there are no grid penalties at Indy:

quote:

No Engine Change-Out Starting
Lineup penalties are served during the
Indianapolis 500; however, points penalties will
be applied. Penalties carried over into or earned
at the Indianapolis 500 are served at
subsequent Races.

hunnert car pileup
Oct 28, 2007

the first world was a mistake

Sitting in turn 1 right now. Indy Lights race is about to start and this is why you should watch it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1klmtsWQA

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


I have a feeling they'll say it's dead.

IOwnCalculus
Apr 2, 2003





Fauxhawk Express posted:

Sitting in turn 1 right now. Indy Lights race is about to start and this is why you should watch it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1klmtsWQA

I'm between Dixon's pit and T1, way up in the penthouse. Wish I could afford / even get these seats for Sunday because holy poo poo I can see from 4 to 2.

WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind
I hope the new cars still make for a crazy-close finish. The old Lights cars definitely contributed to the closeness of past finishes, so I wonder if the new cars will make for better racing but a more predicable finish.

KingShibby
Jan 30, 2004

Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you...

Yams Fan

IOwnCalculus posted:

I thought they already did before today?

The whole thing is vague, I'm going straight to Brian Barnhart ASAP

Bentai
Jul 8, 2004


NERF THIS!


Verizon Indycar Series 2017: Sub-Optimal Negative Acceleration

IOwnCalculus
Apr 2, 2003





The WiFi here is holding up really well so far. Wonder if it will survive on Sunday.

KingShibby
Jan 30, 2004

Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you...

Yams Fan

IOwnCalculus posted:

The WiFi here is holding up really well so far. Wonder if it will survive on Sunday.

I'm willing to bet Verizon realized the best way to take the load off their network was to offer wifi

Also this is my favorite pic so far

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WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind
whelp

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