FuzzySkinner posted:

Donald Davidson-esque question, but...I do have one.

Why is the Indy 500-only "GOLD CROWN TITLE" listed as a National Championship in American Championship Car Racing history? Meaning the titles awarded from 1981 to 1995.

Shouldn't it just be CART title during those eras?

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.

...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.

Spaced God posted:

I... I want you to show your work as to how halos in F1 cars will completely destroy sales for the F1 game.

harperdc posted:

(Look at the makeup of most NBA players versus most hockey players. Hockey fans and to a lesser extent baseball fans are "at odds" with the NBA for a whooooole ooooother reason)

harperdc posted:

Tell me I'm wrong. Whole lot of dog whistles happen there.

VikingSkull posted:

also there are zero hot takes going the other way from NBA fans towards the NHL and racing, I'm sure

njsykora posted:

Now that is a good looking racecar.

wicka posted:

My aunt lives near Atlanta, and she sucks, so I'll take y'all's word for it.

dentist toy box posted:

That's what the bus stop is for though.

iospace posted:

considering it's Pocono this weekend, over/under on foxes?

iospace posted:

Over/under on the total number of foxes

gret posted:

gently caress that guy.

KingShibby posted:

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

kidcoelacanth posted:

After Dixon wins the title he's coming to my apartment with his friend Jimmie Johnson to kick me in the dick

dentist toy box posted:

At this rate Mark Plourude is gonna have a ride next year

KingShibby posted:

Sounds like the same group of rich fuckers that wanted to buy Belle Isle and make it a sovereign nation. Belle Isle is great and needs to have a race, not to mention you can literally see the GM Renaissance Center from the island so it's the perfect location for a race

IOwnCalculus posted:

Private events use public parks / infrastructure all the time, though? Especially if they heavily fund improvements to said infrastructure.

Feels Villeneuve posted:

I honestly don't like Portland (1997 aside it always was one of the most boring races of the year) but I'll be glad to have a race in the PNW.

Wirth1000 posted:

What ever happened to that FuzzySkinner guy?

KingShibby posted:

Nah if they're gonna follow the same strategy as the current title sponsor, it would be the Red Bull IndyCar Series
direct competitor to whoever is sponsoring NASCAR, and the market leader to boot

Athanatos posted:

Marco wins the championship this year and also continues to be the prettiest driver

Cygni posted:

they went to the conference finals in 2013 and again in 2014 ya dorks. you get ZERO bad NBA team sympathy from me, a Sacramento Kings fan

its weird that you people that live in indiana hate it even more than us that have to visit it ocasionally

wicka posted:

wicka posted:

Welcome to sports in America, lmao

Wirth1000 posted:

Have you guys heard of this burger place that sells a 1/4 lb of beef (uncooked weight) with cheese'n'stuff? Comes with fries on the side, too. MacDoogals or something