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MazeOfTzeentch
May 2, 2009

rip miso beno
Championship Rosenqvist
500 Ericsson

:sweden:

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devmd01
Mar 7, 2006

Elektronik
Supersonik
Just ordered my 500 tickets, SW vista represent. Always gambling on the sun but you get a good view of the video board in T1, as well as all the action in T1/the short chute

Frond
Mar 12, 2018
Michel Jourdain Jr. is in Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma. That’s the last place I expected to see him.

Reynold
Feb 14, 2012

Suffer not the unclean to live.

devmd01 posted:

Just ordered my 500 tickets, SW vista represent. Always gambling on the sun but you get a good view of the video board in T1, as well as all the action in T1/the short chute

SW vista 4 life (until I get better seats up in the deck)

FuzzySkinner
May 23, 2012

https://twitter.com/DaveDespain/status/1099817782630322176

WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind
https://twitter.com/DaveDespain/status/1099866436686749696
https://twitter.com/DaveDespain/status/1099867708261322752
https://twitter.com/DaveDespain/status/1099868266561003520

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4LDnE2ps_o&t=3889s

I wouldn't believe if I didn't see it.

FuzzySkinner
May 23, 2012


We need to watch this in synchtube.

Pick a night. Hopefully Viking sees this.

FuzzySkinner fucked around with this message at 08:15 on Feb 25, 2019

WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind

FuzzySkinner posted:

We need to watch this in synchtube.

Pick a night.

Tomorrow/Monday night. Why wait?

Theris
Oct 9, 2007

https://twitter.com/SPMIndyCar/status/1100032424874893312

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

Looks like Pippa is going to be in a satellite Foyt entry with a new team owned by Bryan Clauson’s dad.

https://twitter.com/racermag/status/1100006675564638208

hunnert car pileup
Oct 28, 2007

the first world was a mistake

Cygni posted:

Looks like Pippa is going to be bumped in a satellite Foyt entry with a new team owned by Bryan Clauson’s dad.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

I mean... yeah. :(

CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is
I kinda want her to get another shot at Indy, because last year you could see how much she really cared about missing the field and what it meant to her. I would fear the same result, though.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

Yeah, her honesty and stuff on the W Series debacle really made me like her. It would be cool to see her make the field.

KingShibby
Jan 30, 2004

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

Yams Fan
Pippa is not a nice person

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari

KingShibby posted:

Pippa is not a nice person

Oh come on you can’t just say that and not say why.

KingShibby
Jan 30, 2004

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

Yams Fan

Wirth1000 posted:

Oh come on you can’t just say that and not say why.

Let's just say that opinion is based off my interactions with her through my media work over the years

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari

KingShibby posted:

Let's just say that opinion is based off my interactions with her through my media work over the years

Ok.


Go on....

KingShibby
Jan 30, 2004

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

Yams Fan

Wirth1000 posted:

Ok.


Go on....

Without going into specific details (which I won't), but you know how IndyCar drivers in general are friendly and will talk to people? Pippa is the opposite

CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is
I like how you're part of the Indycar media but won't talk about it :v:

KingShibby
Jan 30, 2004

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

Yams Fan

CactusWeasle posted:

I like how you're part of the Indycar media but won't talk about it :v:

Oh yeah I forget that people care more about the times where I went round-and-round with a driver/PR rep for a month, only to finally encounter that driver at the track who told me off and acted lovely towards me (clearly knowing who I was and that we had been talking)

Yes this is my Pippa story and the I don't care for her. Literally the only driver I've met in 4+ years that's ever been lovely to me

I guess I should just pick fights with drivers and write about that

Edit: Post #420 :whatup: speaking of which there will be racetrack :420: goonmeets all season long

KingShibby fucked around with this message at 22:08 on Feb 25, 2019

Reynold
Feb 14, 2012

Suffer not the unclean to live.
lol Pippa rules

hunnert car pileup
Oct 28, 2007

the first world was a mistake

https://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/hamilton-aggravated-assault-false-imprisonment/4343814/

kinda Indy related, but Davey Hamilton Jr done hosed up

OhsH
Jan 12, 2008

Reynold posted:

lol Pippa rules

Yeah shes just like tony stewart down the the successful care.... oh wait

FuzzySkinner
May 23, 2012

Were you guys aware that a "simpson-ized" version of Rick Mears 1988 Penske PC-17 was n the episode "The 138th Episode Spectacular"?

The uh...5 is a dead giveaway.

Frond
Mar 12, 2018

FuzzySkinner posted:

Were you guys aware that a "simpson-ized" version of Rick Mears 1988 Penske PC-17 was n the episode "The 138th Episode Spectacular"?

The uh...5 is a dead giveaway.



Yes.

Zaphod42
Sep 13, 2012

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.
https://www.indystar.com/story/spor...ult/2980162002/

quote:

USAC Silver Crown series and former Indy Lights driver Davey Hamilton Jr. is facing charges of false imprisonment and aggravated assault.

Hamilton Jr., 21, of Jamestown, Indiana, was arrested Saturday in West Palm Beach, Fla., after allegedly breaking into his ex-girlfriend's hotel room and holding her there at knife-point, according to a West Palm Beach Police Department probable cause affidavit. His ex-girlfriend is also from Indiana.

He is the son of former IndyCar driver and 11-time Indianapolis 500 starter Davey Hamilton.

According to the affidavit, Hamilton Jr. hid his identity and lured his former girlfriend to Florida by pretending to be the owner of a vodka company trying to enlist her as a brand ambassador.

Under this guise, Hamilton Jr. paid for a chauffeur to take her to the hotel as well as for a room for her. Upon her arrival, he texted her to "get ready," and she got in the shower, the report said.

While she was in the shower, Hamilton Jr. ripped down the curtain while holding a 10-inch knife in his hand, according to the probable cause affidavit. He instructed her to sit on the bed before saying, "It didn't have to be this way," according to the document.

He accused her of cheating on him and asked her a series of questions before she was able to escape the room, the report said. Hamilton Jr. chased after her but stopped when she found someone to help her.

Hamilton Jr. fled the hotel but was later apprehended by police and taken into custody where, according to the report, he confessed to orchestrating the meeting with his ex-girlfriend with the intent to "scare her" but not physically harm her. He also told police he had purchased the knife, duct tape and bondage restraints, according to the affidavit.

Hamilton was charged two third-degree felonies: armed false imprisonment and assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill. He is being held at the West Palm Beach Main Detention Center on $30,000 bail.

:eyepop:

FuzzySkinner
May 23, 2012

https://twitter.com/A_S12/status/1100531528084475905

Uh.

Okay. Apparently being discussed here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlMks5HUop8

Last time IndyCar raced Argentina btw?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hCjN2z9RCs

Would be funny if it were to revive the oval
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aut%C3%B3dromo_Ciudad_de_Rafaela

But the venue is here:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuito_San_Juan_Villicum

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

Track is way above Indycar standards it seems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etvdlf0QRVw

Hey if they pay for the flight, sure why not.

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

Cygni posted:

Track is way above Indycar standards it seems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etvdlf0QRVw

Hey if they pay for the flight, sure why not.

I can’t find it listed on any FIA grading list for 2018, so.

(Grade 1 is requirement for F1, Grade 2 for WEC, and most IndyCar circuits fall into Grade 2).


Welp, wasn’t looking hard enough. It’s on the FIA list only as “Villicum” but it’s there at Grade 2.

harperdc fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Feb 27, 2019

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


It's grade 2

Frond
Mar 12, 2018



Funky F3-esque intake on the Truesports 92C.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

Peugeot is coming back to the US, and their short press release explicitly mentions their two Indy 500 wins...

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/groupe-psa-to-launch-peugeot-brand-into-us-and-canada-300801587.html

That would be an interesting 3rd manufacturer.

KingShibby
Jan 30, 2004

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

Yams Fan
LED panels will be back all season long starting next weekend!

https://www.realopenwheel.com/new-led-display-panels-set-for-all-ntt-indycar-series-cars-in-2019

quote:

The previous-generation matrix LED (light-emitting diode) system was discontinued midway through the 2018 season due to performance inconsistency on the cars. INDYCAR, the sanctioning body for the NTT IndyCar Series, contracted with a new manufacturer, MoTeC, to modify a system used in IMSA and apply it to NTT IndyCar Series cars for 2019.

Among the items that the LEDs can display during any NTT IndyCar Series session are:

  • A car's running position on the leaderboard, updated each time it crosses a timing loop and signified by a red number;
  • When the driver has engaged the push-to-pass overtake assist button, signified by a flashing green "PP";
  • A clock timing a car's pit stop, shown in red numbers counting up by tenths of a second until a pit stop reaches double-digit seconds, then in each increasing second;
  • The ability to show whether a disabled car's engine is running, allowing the AMR INDYCAR Safety Team to more quickly respond to, restart and release the car back into competition. If the car's engine is running, the left-side LED will display a green "snake" moving from bottom to top and the right-side display will show what gear the engine is in (including a "0" if in neutral). If the engine is not running, the left-side LED will display horizontal red bars climbing from bottom to top and the right-side LED will display the gear the engine is in.

FuzzySkinner
May 23, 2012

With the Clausen Marshall news?

I do really hope that we see more short track teams, drivers at the speedway in May.

Think in the vain of Ron Hemelgarn, Stan Fox, Rich Vogler, The Bettenhausen's and Vukovich III.

An underrated cool moment of the 2016 500? Bryan Clausen staying out a few laps to lead the "500". He knew he couldn't win it, but he was just...excited to be leading it. Crowd cheered when the loud speakers pretty much announced that.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

Karam confirmed for Indy. Apparently Hildebrand's announcement with DRR is coming soon.

https://racer.com/2019/02/28/dreyer-reinbold-confirms-karam-for-indy-500/

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

Double post, another new 500 qual format now that real bumping is back. I dont like it personally, cause the fastest 33 may not start.

https://www.indycar.com/News/2019/02/02-28-Indy-500-qualifying-format-2019

hunnert car pileup
Oct 28, 2007

the first world was a mistake

eh, I'm much more in favor of bumping and pole qualifying being on the same day so I'm cool with this

I'm also in the same boat as Robin Miller in that I prefer everyone starting if there are like 35 total entries or something

IOwnCalculus
Apr 2, 2003





Yeah this is still an improvement. It eliminates the fuckery of "is there enough time" and "OMG SHE'S WASTING TRACK TIME" when you put a fixed limit on attempts.

The race-trimmed practice the same day is a bit odd since there's going to be 12 cars that are going to have to be re-trimmed from qual to race setups pretty quickly.

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Reynold
Feb 14, 2012

Suffer not the unclean to live.

Cygni posted:

fastest 33 may not start.

How so? Top 30 are locked in by Sunday, whoever is left dukes it out for #31-33.

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