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   Bommarito Automotive Group 500 Fast Facts Race Weekend: Friday, August 23 - Saturday, August 24 Super Sperg Weekend Schedule Track: World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, a 1.25-mile oval, just outside St. Louis, Missouri quote:World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway is an intriguing 1.25-mile (2.01 km) oval favored by many of the drivers who race there due to the unique shape and varying degrees of banking in each corner. Turns 1 & 2 have characteristics similar to New Hampshire Motor Speedway while Turns 3 & 4 are similar to ISM Raceway in Phoenix and the track's egg shape is reminiscent of the oval at Twin Ring Motegi. Race Distance: 248 laps / 312.5 miles / 500 kilometers Entry List: Bommarito Automotive Group 500 (PDF) Firestone Tire Allotment: Eleven sets for use throughout the weekend Twitter: @WWTRaceway, @IndyCar, #Bommarito500, #INDYCAR Event Website: https://www.wwtraceway.com 2018 Race Winner: Will Power (No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet) 2018 Pole Winner: RAINED OUT Qualifying Record: Will Power; 0:23.7206; 189.709 mph; 8/25/2017 NBC Sports Telecasts:
quote:Leigh Diffey is the lead announcer for the NBCSN broadcasts this weekend alongside analysts Townsend Bell and Paul Tracy. Pit reporters are Kevin Lee, Dillon Welch and Robin Miller. Advance Auto Parts INDYCAR Radio Network Broadcasts: quote:Mark Jaynes is the chief announcer alongside analyst Anders Krohn. Jake Query and Nick Yeoman are the turn announcers with Dave Furst, Rob Howden and Michael Young reporting from the pits. The race airs live on network affiliates, Sirius 216, XM 209, IndyCar.com, indycarradio.com and the INDYCAR Mobile app powered by NTT DATA. All NTT IndyCar Series practices and qualifying are available on IndyCar.com, indycarradio.com and the INDYCAR Mobile app, with qualifying also airing on Sirius 216 and XM 209. NBC Sports Gold Live Streaming: All NTT IndyCar Series practice sessions and qualifying will stream live on INDYCAR Pass on NBC Sports Gold, NBC Sports' direct-to-consumer live streaming product that will put more INDYCAR programming content at viewers' fingertips than ever before. In addition, full-broadcast, same-day replays of NTT IndyCar Series races, live streams of Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires races, edited cutdowns of NTT IndyCar Series and Indy Lights races and more will be available. KingShibby fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Aug 21, 2019 |
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  Welcome to the NTT IndyCar Series 2019 Thread!  tl;dr intro to 2019 season https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM2IAZSp5UM2019 Schedule/Season Recap  2018 Fantasy IndyCar Podium P1: KingShibby P2: ??? P3: Bentai Discord/IRC Discord: https://discord.gg/kg3d2Uu #ics on irc.synirc.net 2018 Aero Kits are here to stay  The Road to Indy IndyCar features the Road to Indy ladder system, which provides a defined path for up-and-coming open-wheel racers to reach the top. Several IndyCar teams run teams in the lower series as well. Many of these series race on the same weekend as IndyCar as support races.  - IndyCar Minor Leagues, many of the current IndyCar drivers are Indy Lights graduates. Current Indy Lights Champion Pato O'Ward was awarded a 3 race scholarship in IndyCar this season, including the Indy 500. O'Ward and championship runner-up Colton Herta are driving for the new Steinbrenner-Harding Racing team. Now in its 5th season, the Dallara IL-15 Chassis has received rave reviews and should better prepare drivers for the big leagues.  - Former Pro Mazda rebranded this year. Last year saw the first year of the new PM-18 chassis which is seeing a resurgence of the middle tier of the ladder. - Bottom rung of the ladder, usually first step after pro-karting. The Italian company Tattus was selected to build the new chassis for USF2000 to debut this season. USAC Silver Crown / Midgets - While not officially part of the Road to Indy Ladder, many current and former open wheel drivers got their start in sprint cars. One even got to kill someone on-track during a sprint race, cool huh? The All American Soap Box Derby - They're open-wheel and have an IndyCar sticker, they count. News and Blogs All IndyCar "blogs" are terrible. Also fans on Twitter (except for most goons) My website isn't that terrible, but thanks to Bentai I do have Timing & Scoring https://www.realopenwheel.com/ http://www.indystar.com/irl Just follow these lists Feel free to follow me too. IndyCar on TV  Booth: Leigh Diffey, Townsend Bell, and Paul Tracy Pits: Rotating bullpen of Jon Beekhuis, Kevin Lee, Robin Miller, Dillon Welch, Kelli Stavast, Marty Snider All races are on either NBCSN or NBC broadcast. Diffey calls all the races with Paul Tracy and Townsend Bell unless there's an IMSA conflict for T Bell.  For money (full price is $55/year) you can pay for the NBC Sports Gold INDYCAR Pass. You get live streaming of all practice sessions and qualifying with no commercials. Races are on-demand only. Road To Indy Viewing Options
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IndyCar on Radio  The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network is the radio home for IndyCar races throughout the season. Mark Jaynes is lead announcer. Races can also be heard on Sirius Channel 212 or XM 209. Previous Threads IndyCar 2018: Get well soon, Wickens IndyCar 2017: A bunch of different names IndyCar 2016: A Series as Recognizable as its Champion IndyCar 2015: It's in Jeopardy! Indycar 2014: Formula Juan Indiecar Series 2013: You Probably Haven't Heard of It IndyCar Series 2012: NASCAR Refugees Welcome! Indycar Series 2011: Dan Wheldon Appreciation Station Izod Indycar Series 2010: Sato what happened? Sato!? SATOOOOOOOOO! Indycar [2009] Month of May and Indy 500: Paul Tracy Revenge Edition Indy Car 2008: Can hell freeze over twice? Hell frozen over: Champ Car/IRL Unification [2007/8] Indy Racing League [2007]: Yes it still exists! Champ Car 2006 Season Thread 2005 Champ Car Season Thread 2019 Toxx OhsH posted:
Thread Rules Bringing back the F1chat rule. We get it, IndyCar is an inferior form of open-wheel compared to F1 and you'd love to tell us about it, but feel free to do that in the Worst Thread. Meanwhile, we'll enjoy some actual competition and close racing over here.  Laguna Seca, CotA, Steinbrenner money Bryan Clauson, Justin Wilson, Phoenix, Sonoma
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bennyfactor posted:It's Mark Jaynes now. Paul retired a couple years ago. Fixed, thanks
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OhsH posted:
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Direct video link to the upcoming announcement
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Proud Christian Mom posted:Watkins Glen is my only must have. It's an awesome track. I was there for both of the recent races and had a great time. Too bad a lack of race title sponsor and bad weather (leading to poor attendance) ultimately led to its undoing.
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quote:INDYCAR will make a major announcement at 12:15 p.m. ET Tuesday, Jan. 15 against the backdrop of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Among the dignitaries participating will be: Mark Miles, president and CEO of Hulman & Company, the parent of INDYCAR and Indianapolis Motor Speedway; Jay Frye, INDYCAR president; and INDYCAR champion drivers and team representatives. This is the series title sponsor announcement we've all been waiting for
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IOwnCalculus posted:Let's be fair, the IMS road race exists primarily to make it still the "month" of May. It's acceptable for that alone. FuzzySkinner posted:The GP is great! Much more like in the mold of a picnic than it would be the 500's atmosphere of I've written before about how much I love the Indy GP. Fuzzy is right in that it's much more family-friendly compared to the 500, plus the entire ladder is there so the amount of on-track action is very high.
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Couple more race title sponsors were announced this morning: Firestone will be sponsoring the season finale at Laguna Seca and REV Group is sponsoring the Road America race, replacing Kohler
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iospace posted:Huh, I though Kohler was still sticking around. I did too until a few weeks ago when I saw the race had a generic "Grand Prix of Road America" title, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Kohler deal was for only 3 years and they didn't renew. So as it stands now, the only races without title sponsors are:
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Double post but I had to screencap this before it changes Yes I know it's alphabetical
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drat the Snake Pit lineup this year is really good, I hope it isn't oppressively hot like it was last year
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Cygni posted:Andretti is going to announce a driver for one of its Indy 500 rides tomorrow morning. Rumor is that it is Conor Daly. The announcement is on a 10am teleconference, I'll be on it so I'll be sure to post it up
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CBJSprague24 posted:How does he keep getting rides? Conor is the loving man and deserves an Indy 500 ride. Beyond that is pretty meh though
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Bentai posted:With such a generic-rear end name, it would not surprise me to find out in the end they're a shell company for exactly those purposes. Wouldn't be the first time but 
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Firestone announcement is an extension through 2025. In addition they are building a new facility in Akron, OH specifically to build all their racing tires in the world. https://www.realopenwheel.com/firestone-extends-exclusive-tire-supplier-partnership-with-indycar-through-2025
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FuzzySkinner posted:Shouts out to Akron! Exactly this, there are zero losers from this except for the other tire manufacturers that wish they could be in Firestone's position. I am very glad to have went despite spending 8 hours driving for 1 hour at the Dallara factory
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devmd01 posted:This. Hell, I’d even pay up to $100 for a package that gets me all season content including races on any device. Lol at having cable in 2019. I got YouTube TV last year and it's the greatest thing ever for only  /mo, and the INDYCAR Pass works down to $4.17/month so <$45/mo is better than anything cable could ever offer
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The Kimoa Kid posted:It's fine if you only really care about IndyCar, I guess. If you watch a lot of sports and a lot of TV, these companies are now pricing streaming services to the point where it costs 2-3 times as much as it did with cable. There's no way anyone can afford all this poo poo. I think that's what they're going for with the Gold thing. Each sport (including Premier League) is a separate subscription, making the whole point for it to be for fanatics of whatever niche thing in the USA 
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You'll get the same production quality in practice that you'll get in the race. All throughout last year during every practice the NBC guys were running up and down pit lane rehearsing for 2019 so they will be prepared
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Frond posted:Uh so O’Ward may not even have a seat with Steinbrenner/Harding in 2019. He's guaranteed at least 3 races for winning Lights, beyond that is in question
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Frond posted:I dunno how true the rumours are but apparently Harding didn’t even have a second engine lease secured. Likely because that second lease requires actual cash down which they likely don't have so George IV's money is gonna prioritize Herta over O'Ward. I'm sure someone (likely Andretti) will bring him on for at least the scholarship 3 races, but if Michael is smart he'd personally bankroll a full-ride for Pato given the talent.
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Basticle posted:So worst case, if he gets literally no ride at all in Indy this season, where does he go? Lights (or is it too late for that?) sports cars? Well he's guaranteed 3 races for winning Lights last year, beyond that 
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Basticle posted:Then is it 3 specific races or can they be whatever races the driver and team agrees to? One of them is the Indy 500, the other 2 are up to the driver/team
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My goal is to bring out some personality in drivers this year, I'd hate for fans reading INDYCAR.com to read that their favo(u)rite driver has no personality
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Good news for anyone planning on attending the Road America race, Radical Cup was just added to the weekend festivities So now RA will have:
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 Breaking News Doublepost https://www.realopenwheel.com/indycar-to-introduce-next-phase-of-cockpit-safety Mega update on windscreen/halo/AFP wait waht's an AFP?  quote:INDIANAPOLIS (Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019) - INDYCAR announced today the planned introduction of the next step to improve cockpit safety for all drivers in the NTT IndyCar Series.
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harperdc posted:It’s understandable that they can only do so much with the DW12, but if they haven’t integrated these ideas into the successor in a few years when the chassis change, they will have failed and dropped the ball. I'm willing to bet there will a new chassis in 2021 which will be designed to support a windscreen, especially with the next generation engines coming in the same year.
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That is so true, I hope it's warmer down in St. Pete than it is up here in Michigan Also updated OP's EDIT: Just saw this while reviewing 2019 official driver headshots  This time you want to forget the heat otherwise that drink will melt 
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harperdc posted:
I'd say it's less of a lottery and more of being honored by the racing gods. At least that's how I view the last 3 winners: Rossi for the whole American rookie for 💯 Sato was a lifetime achievement award Power for career achievement
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Pippa is not a nice person
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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
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Wirth1000 posted:Ok. 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
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CactusWeasle posted:I like how you're part of the Indycar media but won't talk about it 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  speaking of which there will be racetrack  goonmeets all season long
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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.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:I think the idea is that #34 and #35 can be out despite being faster than one of the locked-in entries. Yeah you could have #34 post a faster time on Sunday than #30 on Saturday is a possibility and I'm sure old racing fans would self-destruct if that were to happen Honestly you can't compare Saturday and Sunday times against each other in the first place I like the change except that there isn't as much on-track action on Pole Day
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Added this to the 2nd post INDYCAR International Broadcasters for 2019 Territories, Channel(s) - Check local listings for channel information:
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For all the  https://twitter.com/neckthai/status/1103449031940952069
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