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Frond posted:Chevrolet has like 2 cars that can consistently contend for top positions right now - Newgarden and O'Ward. They are hosed. If we're going by that level of consistency for 2021 at least, the other three drivers in the top five in points are all Ganassi, and Newgarden is fourth in points despite being the only one in the top five with any finishes outside the top 20. I don't think Chevy is at the top of their game right now, but I don't think that's the only issue making it hard for a bowtie to win the title this year. The Ganassi cars are the closest thing to consistent that anyone has been. Also if the Wikipedia article is right, the battle for 22nd in entrant points could be interesting if RLL keeps fielding the 45 car. If they do and they keep up similar results, that puts the 48 and 7 fighting for 22nd in points, and that gap is down to 10 points. If the 45 is done for the year, then that should put the 7 in 22nd and let's be fair there's basically no way the 59 or 4 stand a loving chance.
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Aug 9, 2021 06:08
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cool that we have a race for the next 2 weeks the ims race will be perfectly smooth and make people wish for the chaos, also grosjean will probably win
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maybe just race the fuckin fairgrounds next time edit: imagine i posted this in the nascar thread whenever their terrible nashville race is too
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Peanut President posted:maybe just race the fuckin fairgrounds next time
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Lundgaard is in for RLL at Indy. : /
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fuuuuuck https://twitter.com/bobvarsha/status/1424853693824897027
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Aug 9, 2021 23:19
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 He was a big part of many of our childhoods. Rest in Peace, Bob
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IOwnCalculus posted:If we're going by that level of consistency for 2021 at least, the other three drivers in the top five in points are all Ganassi, and Newgarden is fourth in points despite being the only one in the top five with any finishes outside the top 20. It’s more Ganassi being very good than anything else. Didn’t Rinus Veekay win a race earlier this year? Usually his car and Ed’s on ovals are competitive. Penske is having a weird year but Newgarden is right there in points. Pato is in the title fight as well. I thought there was some rumbling about whether the IndyCar admin wanted to let the 45 be competitive for the Leader’s Circle or not, which might also impact the final stretch of the year too. Geez, RIP Bob Jenkins. What a voice and career.
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IMS has a nice video of Bob. https://twitter.com/IMS/status/1424864387710570496 RIP Bob, have fun with BP and the Indy legends up in the sky 
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I very rarely say things like "my childhood" but...ugh, my childhood 
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That video hit me hard. Between my father and father in law’s aggressive cancer struggles and what happened to Bob and his wife, that sucks all around. Glad I watched it after everyone was in bed last night, I was a crying mess.
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https://twitter.com/A_S12/status/1425196368226885633?s=20 indy's back baby!
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Vasukhani posted:https://twitter.com/A_S12/status/1425196368226885633?s=20 And what a glorious cluster gently caress they witnessed. The race really had it all, painful to watch in real time but will go down as one of the most interesting ever.
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Magugu posted:And what a glorious cluster gently caress they witnessed. The race really had it all, painful to watch in real time but will go down as one of the most interesting ever. Hopefully the IMS race will be the exact opposite, lol
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The bridge still scares the poo poo out of me. 150mph, unprotected metal struts, the fairly serious danger of landing in oncoming traffic...
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One of my regrets as a race fan is not watching more IndyCar in 2009-12 when Bob was back in the booth. Red car dominance plus Danicamania did that.
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Dudley posted:The bridge still scares the poo poo out of me. 150mph, unprotected metal struts, the fairly serious danger of landing in oncoming traffic... Safety changes only come after someone gets hurt (or worse). Then you will hear about unprecedented, unforeseen issues that caused it, then they will make the changes while patting themselves on the back about being innovators in safety. A tale as old as racing.
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Does anyone know if the radio frequencies are the same for the race this weekend as they were for the 500? I don't know if the teams switch it up or if they stay the same.
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Reynold posted:Does anyone know if the radio frequencies are the same for the race this weekend as they were for the 500? I don't know if the teams switch it up or if they stay the same. Never been to Indy, but most tracks have an information booth with a sheet of freq's. Giggity. Usually the same place that has programs. Can't imagine they change frequencies that much these days, as everyone monitors everyone anyway.
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I’m not gonna bother to reprogram from the 500. I only listen to radio chatter during restarts and pit sequences, the rest of the time is IMS radio with a smattering of the TV audio frequencies.
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Reynold posted:Does anyone know if the radio frequencies are the same for the race this weekend as they were for the 500? I don't know if the teams switch it up or if they stay the same. They usually keep the same frequencies through the year, and often the same for a given car year to year.
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IOwnCalculus posted:They usually keep the same frequencies through the year, and often the same for a given car year to year. Dope. I had to add the Xfinity series and set up for cup tomorrow as well. I do all my programming digitally in advance, and was hoping for it to be simple. I'll be hitting up local breakfast spot Love Handle for some amazing goddamn food, and then head to the track shortly after. It's gonna be a good weekend. Hell, I took next week off work and head to St. Louis Wednesday, it's gonna be a good couple of weekends.
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Magugu posted:Safety changes only come after someone gets hurt (or worse). Then you will hear about unprecedented, unforeseen issues that caused it, then they will make the changes while patting themselves on the back about being innovators in safety. A tale as old as racing. Yep, it'll be "No-one could have seen this coming".
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Theris posted:When was the last time someone went over a catch fence on a street course? Jeff Krosnoff’s fatal incident in Vancouver also took out a corner worker because the catch fencing was behind the marshall station.
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Theris posted:When was the last time someone went over a catch fence on a street course? I think Sofia Flörsch, at Macau, although she might have just gone right through it.
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Theris posted:When was the last time someone went over a catch fence on a street course? This The chances of a car going over the fence on the bridge and plunging into the water below is not very probable
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Race day. Looks like some different tire strategies to start with up front with 1. Pato on reds 2. Power on blacks 3. Grosjean on blacks 4. Lundgaard (good qualy for a rookie) on reds 5. Herta on blacks. How will "anything less than a championship is a failure" Alexander Rossi fare?
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I really do enjoy seeing a bedazzled Jimmy Johnson eating hard boiled eggs.
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harperdc posted:Jeff Krosnoff’s fatal incident in Vancouver also took out a corner worker because the catch fencing was behind the marshall station. It was Toronto, and I was there. Also it was really awkward because my dad’s company sponsored Johansson’s car.
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Solid race. This track used to be reliably awful, but not so much anymore.
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Frond posted:Solid race. This track used to be reliably awful, but not so much anymore. Yea, was good toward the end with Hinch backing up Power, even through a pit stop. Grosjean nabbing second from Herta with no push to pass was cool. Scotty Mac couldn't duplicate Ericsson's flight to win, which was disappointing.
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I think those yellows ended up helping Will more than he realized. With a clean track, Herta didn't have the tires and Grosjean didn't have the P2P to be anywhere near Power. If the race had stayed green and Hinch kept backing Power up, Herta would've had a real shot at passing Power and making him work for a pass in dirty air.
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I don’t understand why Power didn’t 1) use his Push to Pass to get by Hinch (it had barely changed since they last compared Herta and him when there was 9 seconds difference) or 2) do the opposite of Hinch at the pit stop phase.
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Nybble posted:I don’t understand why Power didn’t 1) use his Push to Pass to get by Hinch (it had barely changed since they last compared Herta and him when there was 9 seconds difference) or 2) do the opposite of Hinch at the pit stop phase. i was so ready for power to lose the race to herta and get pissed about hinch, when it's like, dude just pass the car in 25th
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