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FuzzySkinner posted:Yeah that was really the last year it was at full strength. That schedule they had back then was kinda mindblowing. Fuzzy's Law, all AOW conversation will eventually route back to schedule discussions  2001 was the year Zanardi had his accident in Germany though 
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I have CART on the brain.
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harperdc posted:Fuzzy's Law, all AOW conversation will eventually route back to schedule discussions Ha! Yeah.... . I think that and 9/11 really killed their efforts at eurospeedway/rockingham. it's bullshit we didn't get to see Zanardi ever run Indy. He was quoted several times during "the split" that he joined CART to specifically do that.
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Do you think people confused Alex Zanardi with Alessandro Zampedri?
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CART's europe expansion was stupid.
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Human Grand Prix posted:CART's europe expansion was stupid. if you don't have a guy of Mansell or Alonso's stature? Good luck trying to get the UK or Europe to give a poo poo about your series. Brazil, Australia, and Japan are the only non-north american markets that work. I think eurospeedway and rockingham would have been better served hosting XFS rounds in hindsight.
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I really like these Professor B videos Indycar does. A new one: https://youtu.be/PrgVlSQT8XM
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I wonder just how encrypted that data is. 
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IOwnCalculus posted:I wonder just how encrypted that data is. Well given that they have their own licensed bandwidth it'd be hard to even find something that can access that spectrum. Might have to ask some Cosworth people at RA about it 
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The Matioli's (Pocono owners) developing a street circuit in Nashville and eyeing IndyCar and IMSA. Oh, and its a stadium parking lot circuit OH YAY: http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/06/15/grand-prix-nashville-pitched-nissan-stadium-takes-step-forward/399451001/
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Cygni posted:The Matioli's (Pocono owners) developing a street circuit in Nashville and eyeing IndyCar and IMSA. Oh, and its a stadium parking lot circuit OH YAY: On one hand, doing it in a parking lot can be "uuuuuugh what is this, autocross?" and drainage problems if it rains. The other is it keeps it off the main city streets, which keeps NIMBYs somewhat quiet. They'll still bitch and moan about it, but by then it's just the diehards. I think if done right, it could be good? Nashville does need a race though, and the fact they said they wouldn't ask the city for funding is also good.
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KingShibby posted:Well given that they have their own licensed bandwidth it'd be hard to even find something that can access that spectrum. Might have to ask some Cosworth people at RA about it 3.65-3.70 GHz, according to their FCC license. Which unfortunately seems to be outside the range of most cheap software defined radios.
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Nashville Speedway is literally right there though and unused. I definitely would go though for some reason (the race isn't happening lmao)
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lets make a comprehensive list of good parking lot tracks:
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please no more street circuits
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Proud Christian Mom posted:lets make a comprehensive list of good parking lot tracks: caesars palace
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Proud Christian Mom posted:lets make a comprehensive list of good parking lot tracks: 2000s Denver wasn't bad
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One of these days I want to see a street circuit attached to a sports stadium that goes through the sports stadium as a part of the track. All the fans could be in there and watch the race on the arena screens, but also get to experience a loud box of cars racing on a small ROC-style section of the track.
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WindyMan posted:One of these days I want to see a street circuit attached to a sports stadium that goes through the sports stadium as a part of the track. All the fans could be in there and watch the race on the arena screens, but also get to experience a loud box of cars racing on a small ROC-style section of the track. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aut%F3dromo_Hermanos_Rodriguez  e: fix't Full Collapse fucked around with this message at 20:29 on Jun 15, 2017 |
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that link doesn't work
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iospace posted:that link doesn't work It's Mexico, the F1 circuit.
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Human Grand Prix posted:It's Mexico, the F1 circuit. Right, I knew that name was familiar 
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I think he means through a closed stadium. Kind of like driving through a drive through beer store.
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SPACE HOMOS posted:I think he means through a closed stadium. Kind of like driving through a drive through beer store. I figured, but this shows driving through a stadium can happen.
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Street circuits would be better if they could choose more interesting roads.
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The problem is with the potential Nashville circuit is that Nissan Stadium uses natural grass. If they A. had a way in and out of the stadium that could accommodate the cars, B. made the area slow enough that if any car does impact the entrances (or any other part of the stadium for that matter) it won't do any damage, and C. a way to put down pavement without having to rip it up to put grass back in, sure, I can see a race going in and out of a stadium like that.
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Human Grand Prix posted:It's Mexico, the F1 circuit. uhhhhh you mean the ChampCar WORLD SERIES circuit???? The layout was better pre tilkefication of the track, but they did make the stadium portion way better with the new pavement. The old bumpy concrete sucked.
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It was an F1 circuit long before Indycars ever appeared there.
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Speaking of old bumpy concrete, Indy race at Sebring when?
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iospace posted:Speaking of old bumpy concrete, Indy race at Sebring when? Remember the IRL races at Dover? lol
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Cygni posted:uhhhhh you mean the ChampCar WORLD SERIES circuit???? No he means the Formula E circuit, obviously. But yes, I meant it in the sense of the cars going through an enclosed space, like a large basketball/hockey arena or a domed football/baseball stadium. Though I suppose an outdoor football stadium would work too. Maybe Sam Boyd in Las Vegas? The supercross setup they have every year already goes in and out of the football field.
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Human Grand Prix posted:It was an F1 circuit long before Indycars ever appeared there. i know i was goofin 
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Bentai posted:Street circuits would be better if they could choose more interesting roads. Dear indycar: Upstage nascar on their home turf, do a race that's just real long laps around I-485
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Weve really only got 4 street circuits on the sched. There are 8 races left this year and only 1 more street circuit. I would be cool with adding 1 more if its somethin like Cleveland or Vancouver, but not another clown rear end zero grip no passing trash street circuit if we can avoid it. But as we know, IndyCar will run your grandmothers dirt backyard if she could pay the $2m sanctioning fee.
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Yeah Indycar running a parking lot in Nashville instead of the loving FAIRGROUNDS good one.
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OG Vancouver was a great street circuit, even if it was parking-lot ugly. The various versions of Meadowlands were also all ugly but they usually seemed like they'd be pretty fun to drive.
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Houston inexplicably made money and was relatively successful despite being the worst circuit in the world.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:OG Vancouver was a great street circuit, even if it was parking-lot ugly. OG Vancouver was the best street course. Yes better than Long Beach.
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Human Grand Prix posted:OG Vancouver was the best street course. Yes better than Long Beach. Yeah Vancouver was Blade Runner-esque.
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iospace posted:Speaking of old bumpy concrete, Indy race at Sebring when? Pretty sure they do/did test there. Seems like it'd work okay, they've had good races at airfield tracks before.
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