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Bentai posted:https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/portland-would-need-upgrading-for-indycar-race-926323/ I've been saying that for years. Supporters and clubs are barely keeping it going, the surface should be fine (was renovated and a couple turns re-profiled in 2005-06 if memory serves) but all of the surrounding is...not great. Grandstands, other facilities, the works. They also need a dedicated promoter as well.
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harperdc posted:I've been saying that for years. Supporters and clubs are barely keeping it going, the surface should be fine (was renovated and a couple turns re-profiled in 2005-06 if memory serves) but all of the surrounding is...not great. Grandstands, other facilities, the works. They also need a dedicated promoter as well. Green Savoree seem like they'd be just what the doctor ordered over there.
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FuzzySkinner posted:Green Savoree seem like they'd be just what the doctor ordered over there. Don't need grandstands if you have enough Ferris wheels.
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FuzzySkinner posted:Green Savoree seem like they'd be just what the doctor ordered over there. the hard part is that Portland Int'l Raceway is, technically, a City of Portland park. So it's public land and the administration is run by a sub-group IIRC. ...which is why their About page features the fact that it does right at the top  (also, record lap holder  )again, I'm very disconnected from all of this, but to make the necessary improvements would either require somebody generously throwing money at the upgrades as a labor of love, or what's in the article referred to as "a promoter-plus" who can bring more things in temporarily for the circuit. Not impossible, but both require a higher hurdle than bringing a race to, oh, Laguna Seca, or COTA, for instance. They would almost have to put the race on as a three-five year plan with the first year(s) as a loss leader to re-establish the event in Portland. I would love it, and I would time a flight home to go with my dad to it, but there's so many hurdles.
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harperdc posted:the hard part is that Portland Int'l Raceway is, technically, a City of Portland park. So it's public land and the administration is run by a sub-group IIRC. I love that the quarter mile time for a rocket car in the 70s is slower than a top fuel dragster would do now.
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harperdc posted:the hard part is that Portland Int'l Raceway is, technically, a City of Portland park. So it's public land and the administration is run by a sub-group IIRC. This part doesn't seem to be correct quote:550 Also Iowa is coming up this weekend!!!
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KingShibby posted:This part doesn't seem to be correct It's explained elsewhere on their site but they're counting each individual event, so if there's a track day during the day and bicycle racing in the evening, that's two event days. Strange, I agree.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfOzkQQx4Ok Tora Takagi is very lucky.
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I'm almost done 2002 and it's as middling as I remember it.
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IDK if it was the problem, but CART introduced traction control in 2002, for god knows why.
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Mandatory pit windows also probably contributed; It took some of the strategy away. The field quality was rather good too, so it was disappointing. For whatever reason Da Matta and Newmann Haas seemed to have a better grip of the new package too (TC/Bridgestone tires). Human Grand Prix fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Jul 5, 2017 |
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https://www.unracedf1.com/unraced1990-1999/brabham-galmer-story-reviving-brabham/ Interesting bit here. Maybe you would have seen Jr. in the car at some point?
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https://twitter.com/jdouglas4/status/882785426397958145 So IMS getting a short track?
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FuzzySkinner posted:https://twitter.com/jdouglas4/status/882785426397958145 They made a small dirt track for Tony Stewart last year I believe.
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Quantrill posted:They made a small dirt track for Tony Stewart last year I believe. Yep. Turned the Snake Pit grounds into a dirt oval.
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I'm intrigued by the possibility of a short track race at IMS, but I do wonder where they would put it. Also unpopular opinion? I like the road course. I like the excuse of seeing more cars race at that track. The GP event is fun as hell. I've gone there TWICE, and had a blast both times. I wish IMSA/WEC would do a weekend there in the near future. I wouldn't mind seeing F1 back there as well, but it feels like when it comes to support series in North America? it's weak sauce. Quantrill posted:They made a small dirt track for Tony Stewart last year I believe. I remember. Yeah.
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I know the people where we park would love a 12 Hours of Indianapolis on July 4th weekend. 10 AM to 10 PM with a Fourth of July fireworks show after the podium.
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Minto Took posted:I know the people where we park would love a 12 Hours of Indianapolis on July 4th weekend. 10 AM to 10 PM with a Fourth of July fireworks show after the podium. This would be awesome.
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Minto Took posted:I know the people where we park would love a 12 Hours of Indianapolis on July 4th weekend. 10 AM to 10 PM with a Fourth of July fireworks show after the podium. The Glen has that weekend on lockdown would be the only problem. Aside from that? Man what a fun time it would be.
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IMSA has talked to the teams about adding a race or two, but I'm pretty sure there won't be any new 8+ hour races. Indy GP Sat, IMSA Sunday, first day of 500 practice on Monday?
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Cygni posted:IMSA has talked to the teams about adding a race or two, but I'm pretty sure there won't be any new 8+ hour races. Indy GP Sat, IMSA Sunday, first day of 500 practice on Monday? Might work. Unrelated, IMSA needs to come back to Mid Ohio, but that's just common sense. Also I guess Lambo got scared off of doing the Indy 500/Indycar out of fear of failure on a big scale per MP. I guess they were scared of pulling a Lotus part II or something.
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FuzzySkinner posted:I'm intrigued by the possibility of a short track race at IMS, but I do wonder where they would put it. Bulldoze the golf course. Actually do this regardless of whether you're building a short track or not. And also every other golf course in the world.
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Indy goons who are also simracing nerds: who here would in theory be into the idea of a goon-run Indy 500 event using iRacing in the month of Just trying to see if we would be looking at a decent bunch of people who wouldn't normally race who'd be into a one-off event so we can get as big a field as possible.
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Ooh I'd resub for a month for that, the one time I did an iRacing Indy500 I got taken out by a try-hand on a restart.
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Viking you always find cool and good stuff. Thank You. Also I'm happy that one of Smokey's car is in the IMS museum at least.  (as it SHOULD be)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8jJ8eKOxGs Indycar just posted this to their YouTube channel today. 
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Theris posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8jJ8eKOxGs People always complain about a lack of consistency on the IndyCar calendar, but Portland, Road America, Mid Ohio and Laguna Seca were four of THE road courses that seemed to survive from 1984 until 2004 or so. Kinda in the same vain that Sears Point and Watkins Glen are THE Road Courses for Cup now. Mid Ohio was orignally a hot spot for Can Am, IMSA, and F5000. It got a USAC race in 1980, came back in 83 with CART., Then for some reason it died off in 2003...The IRL thankfully swooped in and brought it back in 2007. Road America has the same history (check out "Winning" for a cameo of Can Am. cars racing there). Started in 82, and ran until CCWS died off in 07. Just recently came back and it's been a success. Portland started in 84 and ran until 07. I still don't understand why Tony George didn't swipe that date along with Road America around the time he got reunification going. I guess CCWS was going to race at Laguna Seca in 08 before that deal closed up. To me those 3 I just typed were far more valuable to the sport than say, Kansas or quite a few of the cookie cutters. (And before any one goes? I would consider venues like Homestead, Fontana (Zombie Ontario Speedway), Milwaukee, Michigan, Texas, Pocono, Nazareth (RIP), and Phoenix on equal footing in terms of them being "mainstays" on any given IndyCar schedule) FuzzySkinner fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Jul 7, 2017 |
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Just arrived here at Iowa and the USF2000 cars are on track for the very first oval session for the new USF-17 car. The cars appear to be in a very low downforce setups making Iowa their equivalent of Talladega/Daytona. EDIT: The cars that were running low downforce appear to be changing to higher downforce levels like IndyCar & Indy Lights EDIT2: https://twitter.com/jdepouw/status/883426911493382144 KingShibby fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Jul 7, 2017 |
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Rick Mears for president: https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/why-indycar-must-get-radical-with-2018-car-927343/
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Just found out that Chat Boat failed his medical clearance exam and will not be making his Indy Lights debut this weekend after his sprint car accident last weekend
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Dynamite Dog posted:Is there a pond near the track? Can we make Chat Boat with Chad Boat a reality? Hmm there are a couple of retention ponds outside T2, now to hunt down a boat and a driver. Also Special Ed is P1 in practice while JR just backed his car into the wall in T2
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OT, but F1 is switching to a windshield for driver protection. http://www.racer.com/f1/item/142109-shield-image-released-will-test-at-silverstone  I like it, though I don't think it needs to be that big for Indycar.
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Medical update from Dr. Geoffrey Billows, INDYCAR medical director: JR Hildebrand has been checked and released from the infield care center. He is cleared to drive.JR Hildebrand posted:We were doing a qual run and probably just got too low. Ended up hitting straight backwards. It probably didn’t look that bad. The car isn’t even really messed up. The G numbers were a little higher than what they normally would be. My knees are a little sore. A lot of us are really jammed up in (the car) and my knees hit the back of the steering wheel. It’s just bruising. Nothing is really (badly injured). Also I just caught Will Power doing the jerkoff hand motion again during this press conference 
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