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IOwnCalculus posted:Reminder about the caliber of driver that was last shafted on ROY: Ed Jones did very little with plenty of opportunities.
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12 year old me absolutely hated Belle Isle in IndyCar Racing II and I've never forgiven that track
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I actually have a ton of fun racing it in iRacing, it's a pity they're going to such a lackluster layout in the city
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I feel like the double header at Belle Isle being such a physical challenge is a lot of what made it fun to watch. Seeing the circuit beat the hell out of everyone on Saturday and then making them come back and do it again Sunday was very cool. Just doing a single race there wasn't very spectacular imo.
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Ed Jones was a Ganassi driver lol.
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Frond posted:Ed Jones was a Ganassi driver lol. Noted Emirati driver Ed Jones got a year in the car that Palou just won the title in. IndyCar is very funny sometimes.
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harperdc posted:Noted Emirati driver Ed Jones got a year in the car that Palou just won the title in. He pretty much got it based on one good Indy 500 with Dale Coyne, it wasn't an especially great year overall. Then I think he somehow managed to score fewer points in a year with Ganassi. Landed on his feet with the Jota drive mind.
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e: wrong goddamn thread
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All right, which one of you is this Simona Superfan: https://twitter.com/kylelewis1/status/1535812152187133952
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So what's going on with Castroneves this year. He seemed dominant at the Indy 500 last year, but he seems to be sucking wind. Does he just have a bad team / car?
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Timby posted:So what's going on with Castroneves this year. He seemed dominant at the Indy 500 last year, but he seems to be sucking wind. Does he just have a bad team / car? well he's like 50, for one
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 Greetings from the middest of ohios
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MazeOfTzeentch posted:Greetings from the middest of ohios It's pretty mid, but you're about 30 miles off from the middest: 
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 Josef Newgarden, 2 time Indycar champion, standing atop a particularly patriotic camper
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bennyfactor posted:All right, which one of you is this Simona Superfan: https://twitter.com/kylelewis1/status/1048900077501202432?cxt=HHwWgIC2xYXEuI4dAAAA
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So uh https://twitter.com/AlexPalou/status/1546996392912109568?t=IyQUPlFh-ynbYj4ykZSK9A&s=19 https://twitter.com/AlexPalou/status/1546996751126695937?t=QiCkFxix_Ac_AJ515T4gUA&s=19 edit: okay then https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/status/1546998384963248130?t=docK5thEpcVQEXeppVpReA&s=19 shyduck fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Jul 13, 2022 |
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Silly season indeed
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Somebody at CGR is getting they rear end chewed out later for that tweet, especially if it wasn’t approved to go out and knew the talks were still ongoing. Also note that McLaren are still playing the “roster of drivers” game, I wonder if they’re going to do a true Roush-style Gong Show for the F1 seat.
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I mean, as of right now, of the 3 drivers signed to SPAM, Palou is the only one with enough points for a super license without extensive FP1 running.
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i'm at the honda indy today. i'm a rally and f1 guy normally but this is dope
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:i'm at the honda indy today. i'm a rally and f1 guy normally but this is dope 
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:i'm at the honda indy today. i'm a rally and f1 guy normally but this is dope IndyCar is real good in person, can only imagine how loud it is on a street circuit.
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Toronto was a real good time when I went 8 years ago, major shout out to the dudes that shared their joint with me right next to the driver RV paddock.
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I started watching F1 last year and Indy this year; both are fun to watch, but it really does feel like NBC's horrid production and endless ad breaks holds back the product. I'm hoping that they introduce a race on the northeast coast - I'm in DC and it looks like mid-Ohio is the closest
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curried lamb of God posted:I started watching F1 last year and Indy this year; both are fun to watch, but it really does feel like NBC's horrid production and endless ad breaks holds back the product. I'm hoping that they introduce a race on the northeast coast - I'm in DC and it looks like mid-Ohio is the closest I'm near Baltimore and just went to mid Ohio and it was a blast. Sadly we lost the Baltimore GP before I got a chance to go due to corruption (shocking, I know) If Indy ever goes back to the Glen that's a little closer but that's likely the only other road course they'd go near us. VIR is way too fast. We almost had Richmond in 2020 but it fell off the schedule for obvious reasons and hasn't come back. Hopefully they'll add it back soon.
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harperdc posted:IndyCar is real good in person, can only imagine how loud it is on a street circuit. yeah, loud lol. its glorious. i'm on turn 3 and there's already been a whole bunch of run offs, driving into the tire barrier, and shunts/spins in the support series', not to mention awesome passes and close calls. it's an awesome spot, def coming back next year. my friend is marshalling on turn 6 and has been busy all yesterday and today sweeping up car parts 
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curried lamb of God posted:I started watching F1 last year and Indy this year; both are fun to watch, but it really does feel like NBC's horrid production and endless ad breaks holds back the product. I'm hoping that they introduce a race on the northeast coast - I'm in DC and it looks like mid-Ohio is the closest One thing to remember is that Formula 1 coverage used to be the exact same, down to also being on NBCSN/NBC Sports. ESPN having F1 without commercials is more a happy accident than any long proper tradition or difference in the product. hot cocoa on the couch posted:yeah, loud lol. its glorious. i'm on turn 3 and there's already been a whole bunch of run offs, driving into the tire barrier, and shunts/spins in the support series', not to mention awesome passes and close calls. it's an awesome spot, def coming back next year. I grew up going to IndyCar/Champ Car at Portland ever year, and remember distinctly just how loud it was -- and that was at a natural road course, not a street circuit.
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Nbc is the worst thing that can happen to a sport
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Haaaaave you met ABC? NBC is doing a bit better, but that bar is drat near on the ground. 
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harperdc posted:I grew up going to IndyCar/Champ Car at Portland ever year, and remember distinctly just how loud it was -- and that was at a natural road course, not a street circuit. The current cars are slightly quieter than the old 2.65L turbos, but only just. And yeah, for all of NBC's faults, it's still so much loving better having any version of the NBC booth instead of Scott Goodyear and Eddie Cheever. Hell, the Lee/Bell/Hinch booth we had on Sunday is probably the best since the days of Paul Page and Uncle Bobby. I do still wish Jon Beekhuis was back, though.
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My brain is shutting out how bad it got but I know they added Alan Bestwick to some really awful color commentators in the late-ABC/ESPN days. Rusty Wallace? Did he do any of the actual post-merger commentary? ugh.
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I'm pretty sure that Rusty's "THIS IS THE BEST DAYTONA 500 EVER" call made sure he didn't get a call back to the booth. Bestwick was solid, but holy gently caress Eddie and Scott could drag anyone down.
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I’m mostly okay with ads, though I obviously wish they weren’t there. (Peacock Premium?) The thing that bugs me the most is qualifying. I still haven’t grokked the timing tower display, and the camera direction often feels very random to me. Very little sense of “narrative” that I can intuit from what I’m being shown.
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man i grew up going to indycar at MIS/Milwaukee/Road America and don't remember them being all that loud? especially compared to nascar. have they gotten louder?
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I thought they were pretty quiet at Mid Ohio tbh, the USFs and Indy Pro were way louder, as was pretty much any sports car
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Yeah, they are totally fine at roads and streets since going back to turbos in 2012. Even at Indy I never wanted ear plugs. If anything a little too quiet!
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Cygni posted:Yeah, they are totally fine at roads and streets since going back to turbos in 2012. Even at Indy I never wanted ear plugs. If anything a little too quiet! i went to the 500 during the IRL/NA years once and those things were loving loud as poo poo
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mactheknife posted:i went to the 500 during the IRL/NA years once and those things were loving loud as poo poo i remember when they ran at Texas the first year and the rednecks behind us were shoving cigarette filters into their ears
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