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financially racist posted:hinch is secretly only in indycar to play pranks on other drivers
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Alright, it's ok to like TK again: https://www.facebook.com/indycar/videos/10154557618130848/ He admitted "Yeah, that big was on me." He's still a wiener though.
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Jun 11, 2017 06:27
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TK apologizes for the incident with Hinch. https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/873771164908257281
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And some driver reactions: https://twitter.com/AlexanderRossi/status/873772991334813696 https://twitter.com/ConorDaly22/status/873754309984497665 https://twitter.com/Hinchtown/status/873747544869933058 e: the one thing being really overlooked here? Everyone going home safe. Also no cars in the air.
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Jun 11, 2017 06:34
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Maybe I'm a dick, but I've always liked TK even for as little as I follow Indy car. 
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Jun 11, 2017 06:37
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Honestly, I wonder how much next week is on TK's mind, because it can also get a bit crazy over in France.
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Jun 11, 2017 06:38
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Nit Wit Dog poo poo posted:Maybe I'm a dick, but I've always liked TK even for as little as I follow Indy car. TK is a great guy. That clip from the conference shows it. Whereas Chip was quick to blame everyone (I know, defend your driver).
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Jun 11, 2017 06:39
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I hope Scott Dixon gets hit by a train.
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Jun 11, 2017 07:52
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Miller Recap from Texas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MihKoQwu6mA
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Jun 11, 2017 08:38
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That was a thriller, but god drat races like that scare the poo poo out of me. It's very uncomfortable to watch
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Jun 11, 2017 11:52
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Peanut President posted:I hope Scott Dixon gets hit by a train. He has two DNFs and is still in first place. This is one wild ride and Sonoma is going to be one hell of a race.
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Jun 11, 2017 15:28
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http://imgur.com/a/UqseW Some pictures I took from last night. Unfortunately, my camera is over 10 years old and sucks at low light shooting. Also, I said screw it and bought a scanner so I could listen to stuff. Listening to the behind the scenes of the NBC broadcast is really entertaining. Also,   Edit 2: I have some COTA stuff also on my flickr SPACE HOMOS fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Jun 11, 2017 |
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Jun 11, 2017 16:05
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CactusWeasle posted:That was a thriller, but god drat races like that scare the poo poo out of me. It's very uncomfortable to watch tbh I DVR'd it and watched it later after confirming everything was OK.
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Jun 11, 2017 16:15
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SPACE HOMOS posted:http://imgur.com/a/UqseW Those are good! Also, it's all aero damage this weekend right? No tubs gone?
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Jun 11, 2017 16:51
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iospace posted:Those are good! Thanks! I missed the big crash in 3/4 causing I was drinking beer. They had a lot of areas closed off, I wish I could walk around the track to find better places to take pictures. SPACE HOMOS fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Jun 11, 2017 |
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Jun 11, 2017 17:35
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I like the idea of this racing if.... ...you could get rid of the risk of debris hurting another driver and a windscreen/halo/rollbar/canopy could be installed.
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Jun 11, 2017 17:44
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Went to bed at the red flag, I had to be up in two hours to help feed babies. Finally got around to watching the finish, wow that was bonkers. I bet the owners are questioning running Texas with their pocketbooks right now.
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Jun 11, 2017 19:37
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devmd01 posted:Went to bed at the red flag, I had to be up in two hours to help feed babies. Finally got around to watching the finish, wow that was bonkers. I think if that was the last speedway race of the year, the impact (pun not intended) would likely be lessened because those aerokits wouldn't be used again. But we still have Pocono
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Jun 11, 2017 19:41
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Will Power got 30 grand for winning this race. That's it.
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Jun 11, 2017 19:56
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Bentai posted:Will Power got 30 grand for winning this race. That's it. No tobacco money +  style IRL funding will do that.... Long term the sport is gonna have to fix this. I don't know what you can do in the short term, but Long term? Yeah this needs to be fixed.
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Jun 11, 2017 20:02
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Bentai posted:Will Power got 30 grand for winning this race. That's it. They basically got rid of race purses outside of Indy when they made the leader circle program.
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Jun 11, 2017 20:05
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Just now watched the race. Firestone hosed the tire, but the cautions were the right call. Hinch and TK were apparently in a race to out-dumb each other because holy gently caress those two. The big one was certainly more on TK but Aleshin really should've backed out. I'd argue that Rossi's wreck was Dixon's fault for the same reason. Sato wrecking just hurts because he didn't need to mow the grass. He had enough room under Dixon to keep on challenging.
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Jun 11, 2017 20:15
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Alonso just went into the crowd at Montreal after his car conked out. Dude clearly is acting like an Indy driver.
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Jun 11, 2017 20:36
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Maybe I am dumb, but Newgarden's wreck was TMS' marshals not cleaning the track thoroughly. People had gone high a couple times and the temp was dropping, but as soon as he hit the kitty litter he lost control.
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Jun 11, 2017 20:39
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Sato misjudged his available space on the front kink, but considering the speeds and the laps remaining, poo poo happens. I feel like Indycar needs to have more testing days at new tracks, especially ovals that get repaved/re-profiled.
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Jun 11, 2017 20:51
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Part of me would really like to see that grass level raised a bit. The fact that it is grass should be enough to keep drivers off of it (in theory), but that seemed like a bigger dip from track level -> grass level than there should be.
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Jun 11, 2017 21:46
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As Will Power's sole fan, a good race. Tony drove like a twat, but it was nice that he apologized.
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Jun 11, 2017 22:27
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Minto Took posted:As Will Power's sole fan, a good race. Tony drove like a twat, but it was nice that he apologized. Excuse me I too worship at the altar of Will 'Double Birds' Power
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Jun 12, 2017 13:41
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I don't really dislike any of the Indycar drivers aside from Sage Karam, and he only appears sporadically. Edit: Wait that's a lie. I really dislike Guiterrez.
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Got home late last night from traveling and figured I'd just stay up late and watch it and  Really glad I decided to DVR the next time slot too. e: at the thread title, Miller estimates 1.8 mildo, gah http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/141378-2017-jun-12-00-04-24 Lord Crapulus fucked around with this message at 16:23 on Jun 12, 2017 |
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Jun 12, 2017 14:49
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DCR needs a GoFundMe. 
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Jun 12, 2017 18:40
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I still think that if this happened at Pocono instead of Texas, it wouldn't be as bad. But given we still have Pocono left for the speedway aero, it's a big problem.
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Jun 12, 2017 18:47
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Really makes me with Dallara was a publicly traded company because I'd own as many shares as I could afford. I'm just happy Gabby Chaves wasn't involved in any incidents otherwise that could be the end of Harding Racing for 2017
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Jun 12, 2017 18:52
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Harding Racing dodged a pretty huge bullet Saturday. I think Pocono will probably be less of a pack race than Texas. Firestone (hopefully) won't have any problems with their tires, since the track has not changed. The different corner types will mean teams likely will not run the same kinds of car setups. So hopefully between setups, tires, and driver skills, we should not have too much (if any) pack racing.
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Jun 12, 2017 19:02
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Yeah Pocono has never had pack racing and with the corners the way they are i expect it won't happen again and be like the pre aerokit races where everyone gets spread out at texas/fontana/pocono etc.
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Jun 12, 2017 20:42
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One more thing I forgot: How loving awful was that call by Cindric to bring Newgarden in before the first mandatory yellow? Not that it had any impact because he still gained some time in the pits relative to the rest of the field by not having to take as much fuel, and what little time he'd lost he made up in the next two laps before deciding he was going to channel his inner Sato.
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IOwnCalculus posted:One more thing I forgot: How loving awful was that call by Cindric to bring Newgarden in before the first mandatory yellow? Yeah Cindric kept saying that he was never informed of the "Competition Caution" but it was all over tv and I can guarantee the Race Control would have IM'ed every car about it
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Jun 12, 2017 21:07
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KingShibby posted:Yeah Cindric kept saying that he was never informed of the "Competition Caution" but it was all over tv and I can guarantee the Race Control would have IM'ed every car about it TV confirmed what the IM said, which indicated mandatory tires. Funny how they were the only car to not understand the message.
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I really was hoping Cindric could have gotten away with it. "F U Team Penske" and all, but he tried rolling the dice.
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Remember the time Casey Mears was a open wheel driver? Neither does anybody else.
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