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If it's BMW, then would Andretti switch to BMW since they're already running BMW's Formula E team? And does that mean Rossi leaves Andretti to a Honda team?
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gret posted:If it's BMW, then would Andretti switch to BMW since they're already running BMW's Formula E team? And does that mean Rossi leaves Andretti to a Honda team? Rahal too would be a candidate as they have run the factory BMWs in IMSA forever. There are also rumblings BMW is looking at a DPi in IMSA possibly with Rahal too.
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So i have scoured the depths of a truly ponderous tome, Rick Popely's Indianapolis 500 Chronicle from 1998 which is my favorite reference for the race, looking for a BMW brand. It's obviously hard to track down some of the older brands to figure out if maybe one landed in BMW's portfolio, such as Leon Duay's Locomobile powered Fengler in 1926, the Hupmobile powered Snowberger of '32, or the Cragger powered Whippet of '36. also theres a dude named Spider Webb that made a bunch of starts, hell yes. And the results: BMW HAS A HISTORY AT THE SPEEDWAY!... uh... like... kind of. Maybe. Not really. In 1961, World Driving Champ Jack Brabham entered the 500 with a revolutionary rear engined Cooper-Climax. The car actually ran well, and in coming years, the rear engine revolution would eventually dominate the field. Eventually.  The Cooper Car Company was the official producer of the Cooper T53 based entry. On the road car side, the Mini Cooper was a Mini (made by BMC), taken to the next level in collaboration with Cooper Cars. They became so successful and recognizable that the Cooper name stuck, even though Cooper Cars itself went tits up in the late 60s. BMW, of course, bought the name and rebooted Mini in the 2000's, and still sells cars with the Cooper name today. SO, if you buy the logic that the Cooper name and legacy is whats important here, BMW (as a multinational mega corp), has 1 career start that I can find. e:(I should note that there are lots of starts from cars in the 20's with Cooper chassis, but from what i can tell, that was a separate american company not affiliated with John Cooper. But I might be wrong! Its hard to tell) Cygni fucked around with this message at 04:47 on Mar 15, 2019 |
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Mar 15, 2019 04:37
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BMW has been at the Speedway before with F1 and IMSA. So...the road course has seen them at least.
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Mar 15, 2019 04:52
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FuzzySkinner posted:BMW has been at the Speedway before with F1 and IMSA. not the same also how dare u
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Cygni posted:now i gotta dig up and see if a BMW has ever run the 500 in any capacity. worth noting that Rahal runs BMW's factory sportscar program in the US, and Andretti runs their factory Formula E team. It'd be interesting (to me, at least) to go through and match up the very heavily related engines / manufacturers - lump the IRL Oldsmobile in with the various iterations of Ilmor/Chevy. Of course it just ends up with the Miller / Offy still having an insanely dominant run.
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Mar 15, 2019 06:51
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IOwnCalculus posted:It'd be interesting (to me, at least) to go through and match up the very heavily related engines / manufacturers - lump the IRL Oldsmobile in with the various iterations of Ilmor/Chevy. But you could parse Early Offy against Offy With BoooOOOST!!
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Mar 15, 2019 08:33
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FuzzySkinner posted:BMW has been at the Speedway before with F1 and IMSA. Yes but the road course is an affront to god
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Mar 15, 2019 14:25
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https://twitter.com/CarlinRacing/status/1107643172107239424 https://twitter.com/IMS/status/1107642121752887297
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Mar 18, 2019 23:33
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nice
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Mar 19, 2019 04:40
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Hehe.
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Mar 19, 2019 05:35
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Nice
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Mar 19, 2019 17:21
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O’ward’s car looks pretty neat.
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Mar 20, 2019 01:45
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Let's remember 25 years ago... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eglqd4U33E8 The season opener in 1994 was an eventful race, including all of the following:
And don't forget that this leads up to 25 years on from The Beast this year too...
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Mar 20, 2019 13:34
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https://twitter.com/NBCSportsPR/status/1108353097817096192 I just want everybody to have the same "Oh, good." feeling I did when I scrolled through Twitter and saw that coy, calculated mean mug looking back at me and the related Tweet.
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Mar 20, 2019 14:15
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CBJSprague24 posted:I just want everybody to have the same "Oh, good." feeling I did when I scrolled through Twitter and saw that coy, calculated mean mug looking back at me and the related Tweet. I'm not very "hip" or "with it" but I think the kids use "thanks, I hate it" for this kind of thing.
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Mar 20, 2019 15:19
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I’m ok with it. Like her or not, having her and Dale Jr on the broadcast means it will have the two most recognizable racing related people in the country on board.
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Mar 20, 2019 16:21
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I prefer it to her being on the track
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Mar 20, 2019 16:33
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This is pretty much gonna be her whole thing going forward and it won't really have any bearing on anything unless you're the kind of person who sees her picture and calls it a "coy, calculated mean mug"
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Mar 20, 2019 16:52
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I wasn't paying attention to racing when Danica was behind the wheel, got back into it just as she was leaving, and the only context I have for her is random interviews I've seen. She always seemed to be an egocentric person locked into defensive/annoyed mode, which makes it look like she has a really bad attitude. An excellent replacement for Cheever and Goodyear, imo.
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Mar 20, 2019 17:06
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It'll be fun if PT and her lock horns during broadcast. 
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Mar 20, 2019 18:02
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ugh
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Mar 20, 2019 18:07
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yes but will NBC bring back WAG Cam?
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Mar 20, 2019 23:46
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https://twitter.com/neckthai/status/1108707368219611139
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Mar 21, 2019 13:35
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and he'd probably also be in love with Bolsonaro too
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Mar 21, 2019 15:35
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https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1108798916336775168
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Mar 21, 2019 19:42
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COTA practice 1 is on. Herta P1 by a second... and then the engine explodes.
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Mar 22, 2019 16:43
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not looking good for honda this year
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Mar 22, 2019 21:44
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This is why the AMR Safety Team is the best https://i.imgur.com/xhc01rS.gifv Better version https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1109482310292987904 KingShibby fucked around with this message at 17:36 on Mar 23, 2019 |
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Mar 23, 2019 16:54
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Andretti to the top in P3.
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Mar 23, 2019 19:03
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Qual broadcast is up. People chattin in Discord as per usual
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Mar 23, 2019 20:02
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"And now we have the pole master, Will Power." Yeah I dont care if I'm a child that was funny as hell
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Mar 23, 2019 20:54
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MazeOfTzeentch posted:not looking good for honda this year At least they are on pace.
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Mar 23, 2019 21:57
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Power owns.
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Mar 23, 2019 21:58
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iwentdoodie posted:"And now we have the pole master, Will Power." Post/avatar combo also on pole.
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Mar 24, 2019 04:21
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Friendly reminder that leet hackers can watch every race here, just set your VPN to Mexico first
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Mar 24, 2019 15:03
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Man I wish my VPN had a Mexico endpoint (I get NBCSN anyway, but being a hackerman is fun)
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Mar 24, 2019 15:33
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I remember an interview being done of some of some safety crew dude a few years ago, and they said they always had to be ready, even if they were in the john. He specifically mentioned that even if you were mid-dump, you didn't have time to wipe if the call comes in, just pinch it off and go deal with the emergency, someone's life may depend on it. lol
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Mar 24, 2019 16:53
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I'm here at COTA 
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I've been walking around sector 1 and loving it. Super trucks own. Also got to meet penske and all his drivers
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