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Long Beach is hard because delaying that build-up of the course is basically impossible. Races at existing road courses should be easier. At least there's a few weekends in July and August that might get freed up soon too  wonder if they're going to call up Watkins Glen again to replace a canceled event. Watkins Glen: IndyCar's Permanent Booty Call.
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WindyMan posted:Long Beach is extra-difficult because of the convention center and arena in the middle of the track. Even if you can close down the streets for a weekend, you can't block access to the venues for the other events that may be taking place there. I thought they used the convention center as a paddock for the weekend? So moving another event out that weekend is even more impossible. I just thought from the street circuit build-out point of view, it’s a month-plus period of time to get all the barriers, fences, and seating ready for the LBGP.
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Mar 15, 2020 13:18
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WindyMan posted:It's a nice article about Mario. He's doing fine, he's healthy, he can't wait to jump back into the 2-seater. God it has to be rough for Aldo losing his son (gently caress cancer). Love that attitude from Mario. He’s an absolute national treasure.
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Mar 20, 2020 03:41
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Miller has a new column upquote:But wait. There is a ray of sunshine in this pandemic: it’s the perfect time for a phone call to Robert William Unser. Never a bad time to get more Uncle Bobby stories.
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Mar 24, 2020 06:16
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IOwnCalculus posted:In case anyone here hasn't listened to it yet, Marshall Pruett's podcast with Uncle Bobby is a must-listen. Both Pruett’s discussions and also the Dinner with Racers episode with Uncle Bobby are absolutely priceless. Uncle Bobby is a treasure.
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Mar 26, 2020 05:13
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Wickens  Cygni posted:https://racer.com/2020/03/27/wickens-set-for-virtual-racing-return/ Dixon: DNS (UPS)
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Mar 28, 2020 01:58
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Space Racist posted:TIL Sage Karam is into PC building. he had a quick chat with Marshall Pruett recently, sounds like he's taking sim racing more seriously after getting into a Porsche competition last year.
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Mar 29, 2020 08:35
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Cygni posted:Some great very historical videos this guy is making lately: Something about those just seems off.... (The iRacing events hosted by the Dinner with Racers guys tap into similar “multi-class racing” vibes for sure)
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Apr 9, 2020 02:20
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Junior’s car looks sharp https://twitter.com/DaleJr/status/1248020070632017921
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Apr 9, 2020 03:49
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Dudley posted:I loving love that PC sims let you have huge fields of whatever the gently caress you like. I'm forever doing poo poo like just throwing 35 F1 and Indycars cars of every era onto Silverstone National. They did a Sebring 12hr where some of the classes included trophy trucks, midgets, and Miatas.
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Apr 10, 2020 13:43
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I’m glad that it existed and raced, but I don’t think it’s the right solution for a full field of IndyCars. The DW12 has turned into a real good chassis and the current aero is really good for racing.
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Apr 11, 2020 02:29
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They could have 30+ at the big ovals NASCAR also runs because the infrastructure for that many teams (garages and pit setups) should be there, for some other places it might be tighter. Or we have Gilligan’s Island situations again.
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Apr 14, 2020 01:22
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WindyMan posted:Yes, they need the clearance due to the smaller turning radius. NASCAR pit boxes are ideally 25 feet, Indycar pitboxes are 40+ feet with Indy having 47ft boxes. If they need more space wouldn’t that mean it’s a larger turning radius? I also didn’t know the differences were so stark. Huh! Almost double. Wow.
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Apr 14, 2020 04:32
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Sage teaching Tony Kanaan all the tips is pretty fun to hear. Also Sage “Just a tip, anybody using an old Formula 1 scheme is a weapon” lol
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Custard Undies posted:Driven is an amazing movie! But just not on purpose!
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Apr 28, 2020 08:16
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kidcoelacanth posted:https://streamable.com/obvvq9 The guy who barely got to wear headphones in the back of a Haas garage calling somebody who spent a full season in F1 “not a real driver” is...whew.
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May 1, 2020 13:39
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well that was certainly a last lap  Santino is such a money-poisoned dipshit
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May 3, 2020 02:55
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I think every plan of re-opening -- and especially re-opening with fans -- for every single racing or sport series should be taken with a mountain of salt, in the form of "they have contractual reasons to try and make sure things happen." I'm sure privately all of these groups know it's an uphill battle, but when it's their job to get races going again?
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May 6, 2020 09:41
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NASCAR is still going first, right? So they can judge and see how well that actually works.
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May 8, 2020 15:09
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Man 1998 takes me back. I loved Zanardi at the time, and hated seeing him struggle at Williams the next year.
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May 10, 2020 04:15
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Minto Took posted:Ferrari absolutely should. I feel like Mario is really soft-pedaling what would be needed for Ferrari to join.
nobody in IndyCar right now if Marchionne's passing meant money went to Sauber instead of Alfa-Romeo becoming a third IndyCar engine brand, that's kind of a real sad sliding doors moment. I'm sure IndyCar will be fine, but that...that was the one.
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May 11, 2020 00:57
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Minto Took posted:tbh, I see ICS as the perfect platform for Ferrari's, "aerodynamics are for people who can't make engines" ethos. Just have Ferrari supply engines and keep it all Dallara chassis. Ferrari, due to the incoming F1 cost caps, are looking at places to put staff and resources Given that Ferrari already made bad noises about having to partner with a LMP2 company to qualify for the LMDh ruleset (because see above), I don’t see them wanting to come to IndyCar as an engine-maker only. And I don’t see them being okay to supply 1/3 of the grid as ICS and the current engine partners would want, or to have the agreements in place to limit development that Chevy and Honda have now. (An aside: this detente between Honda and Chevy is why the racing is so good. A similar setup appears to have been in place in the DTM for a long time before BMW came in and didn’t play by those gentlemen’s agreements. Look at the state of the DTM right now). So. If Ferrari come in as a team and engine maker, the best-case scenario is them swallowing that they’ll have to use Dallara chassis, and open up to supplying their team (let’s say of two cars) plus providing “Alfa-Romeo” engines to another group of teams. Does that sound like something that would interest Ferrari? I don’t think it does.
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MazeOfTzeentch posted:I think Ferrari is more likely to do LMDh than IndyCar, the Le Mans heritage is strong there, but if they did both I'd love it. I think they're a possibility to pull a Ferrari 333SP and stick an engine into the Dallara. The question is "who would be the customer," but I think there's enough need to cover-off the loss of GTE-Pro in the future that they could justify the project. also yeah Jag's current ownership doesn't know what the gently caress they're doing. iPace trophy isn't worth a drat. Minto Took posted:Also, fwiw, Peugeot did run and win Indianapolis with a factory team. same as my opinion of college football, pre-war doesn't count
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Dudley posted:I don't see it, simply because you can't win in LMDh, they'll just BoP you until it's "Your turn" again. Ferrari will go places they can dominate. * I can imagine them treating an LMDh program same as they did 333SP or the current GTE program, where there's a pro team but it's not Philip Morris Scuderia Ferrari running it.
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May 14, 2020 12:11
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hunnert car pileup posted:they seem to be OK at it in WRC though Toyota in WRC had the greatest cheat of all time once too, so they've got that on their record. Plus the US IMSA GTP team curb-stomped that rules set into the dust as well. I still don't see Ferrari to IndyCar, but hey, I guess we'll see if they can run Mission Winnow in the U.S.
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May 16, 2020 03:08
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Frond posted:I've been to the Toronto Molson/Honda Indy weekend since 1992 more or less. Bummer it's been cancelled. I'm pretty sure IMSA's revised calendar is missing Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (Mosport) as well for a very simple reason: crossing the border. for the Toronto race, the choice would have to be made early due to the track setup and teardown plans as well. here's hoping 2021 is more or less back to normal. I'm guessing even this schedule gets shifted around.
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May 22, 2020 01:11
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"give me four good ones...some time this fall"
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May 23, 2020 02:37
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kidcoelacanth posted:Marco losing that 500 to Hornish probably ruined his confidence personally. honestly wish we could have had Marco win that instead. would have been a much, much better and bigger story.
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bless Paul Page for having a good sense of humor and doing that, god I love those wonderful idiots. quick somebody get Ryan an account and figure out what Sean's account is. also Spaced God posted:Paul Page unretire bitch
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Vasukhani posted:why would people be mad at sato? dude drives fearlessly and it did a lot of good for indy in japan one dude worked himself into a newspaper column about flying the Japanese flag in celebration at Indy and what about the war yadda yadda that wound up getting him canned in a matter of days. but yeah for somebody who'd done well and become a real fan favorite in the U.S. to win Indy after his close call a couple years prior, Sato absolutely earned it, and that really impacted how the sport was seen here. I think Sato is really the standout Japanese driver of his generation from a popularity and skill standpoint.
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so Racer's write-up of the event has something a bit different compared to the norm. after the article Pruett penned about only letting in "certain" photographers, not surprising they went this route for event coverage. wonder where the illustrator was based, or watching on TV at home?
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IOwnCalculus posted:Dude wrecked twice in one day. I wonder when the last time that happened was. I’m about 3/4 of the way through watching the race and Daly needs a full-time ride like right now.
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Jun 8, 2020 12:43
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IOwnCalculus posted:I think part of what made this race a bit processional was the tire situation. At 35 laps a stint max and no major falloff from beginning to end (Josef excluded) there isn't any room for pit strategy. Yeah, and the tire situation was due to a change in the track and Firestone (understandably in this case) not having testing time and trying to play it safe. Sato most likely crashed because his usual high line is now slippery thanks to that update. A stance I’ve really come around on is that teams (in all series, including IndyCar but also F1) should have far less data available and chances to crunch the data during a weekend. Because they have so many resources (people/computing power/models/simulations) the biggest teams can put the numbers they’re seeing in and get a setup out. NASCAR having races where they come off the truck and run has proven to be more interesting. It’s the reason why mixed conditions races - wet to dry, dry to wet and back, etc - seem to be so interesting.
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watching the end of the race and just noticed that Penske teams are having one pit crew member dress in a different colored fire suit -- the right-front tire man. JoNew's pit crew was in black and his right-front guy was in white, for Pagenaud his right-front guy was in a red suit. Doesn't happen without a reason, so wondering if Perfect Penske has found another little life-hack for pit stops.
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I went and saw this today
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Frond posted:96i correct? Yep. At Honda’s museum at Twin Ring. [edit] vvvvvv no on-board starter
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Minto Took posted:I'd love to see Toyota come back if only for races at Fuji. Suzuka would be the better circuit, but I think the current cars would be racy at the Motegi road course. And the oval is still standing, just would need a little work. The facility is pretty nice all told, just a little ways from Tokyo -- both it and Fuji are cases where you take the highway out and then have to follow two-lane roads for a long while, with Fuji being a bit more populated and a little bit closer to the highway.
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IOwnCalculus posted:But if it's in Honda's collection, they keep everything needed to run the car. So somewhere in that museum is the starter, along with some vintage laptops. That’s just a Grand Theft Auto mission waiting to happen. Twin Ring and Fuji both have a lot more elevation change than you’d think, and Motegi road course looks like it’s easier to get access around the circuit. Some of the banks around the downhill back straight at Motegi give you a view of almost the entire road course. Might not be the most exciting layout for cars, but I’m much more curious about seeing a race there now.
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Frond posted:I’d like them to go to Sugo which is massively underrated. It’s like the dreams of international series going to Road America.
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