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There was a pretty hilarious Indycar race today, is there not even an Indycar 2023 thread?
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Number_6 posted:There was a pretty hilarious Indycar race today, is there not even an Indycar 2023 thread? Thread is pretty fully moved to Discord now
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Mar 6, 2023 01:39
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Indiecar 2023: So Indie We Don't Even Have A Thread
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Mar 6, 2023 05:07
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IOwnCalculus posted:Indiecar 2023: So Indie We Don't Even Have A Thread lmao Indiecar 2023: "You probably haven't heard of it"
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Mar 6, 2023 06:37
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That actually was a thread title at one point a while back. Yeah, I didn’t bother making a new one because there was basically zero traffic to it.
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Mar 6, 2023 16:00
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Hey it’s the gator nationals. Please watch.
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Mar 9, 2023 17:38
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coconono posted:Hey it’s the gator nationals. Please watch. Are there any details on how/when to watch? Legit curious, but I’ve been out of the loop on drag racing for a while.
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Mar 9, 2023 23:20
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Here’s the tv schedules: https://www.nhra.com/schedule/2023/nhra-camping-world-drag-racing-series/amalie-motor-oil-nhra-gatornationals#tab-event-schedule You can also tune in via our NHRA.TV app which just relaunched and almost all of our divisional races are free to YouTube.
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Mar 10, 2023 05:08
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There's an NHRA event fairly close to me in July. I've never been to one but I've heard it's incredible in person. I take it I should go if I can?
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Mar 10, 2023 05:14
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Take some good ear plugs and yes! It basically like a county fair except the cars explode on purpose. Despite working around motorsports including drag racing for years I never really got into any of it but I’ve learned to love drag racing’s nuances. These dudes will take a beat up Chevy Nova and figure out how long it takes to move it 1320ft down to the thousandths of a second. That’s top poo poo engineering.
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Mar 10, 2023 05:26
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coconono posted:Take some good ear plugs and yes! It basically like a county fair except the cars explode on purpose. Double up even. Ear plugs and then muffs over it.
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Mar 10, 2023 13:47
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tater_salad posted:Double up even. Ear plugs and then muffs over it. Lol yeah that's what I was thinking too. No need to hear it all directly if you can feel it in your chest.
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Mar 10, 2023 18:47
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Ferrari a very respectful 1 second off pace, Peugots still a joke. Porsche are in the mix. Vanity cars are slower than P2s. I cannot wait for next week.
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Mar 12, 2023 00:21
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algebra testes posted:Ferrari a very respectful 1 second off pace, Peugots still a joke. Porsche are in the mix. would be funny if Ferrari are trying to sandbag lol
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Mar 12, 2023 00:53
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orange juche posted:would be funny if Ferrari are trying to sandbag lol
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Mar 12, 2023 00:58
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Is Peugeot’s concept as unusual/risky as Nissan’s one in the early hybrid days or are they just poo poo at developing the car?
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Mar 12, 2023 18:07
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I just realized Chadwick and Grosjean were crashed out in the same turn at st. Pete's. Andretti must be cursed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPAN93XbA5k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iCHKWea7eU
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Mar 12, 2023 18:52
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Brass Hand posted:Is Peugeot’s concept as unusual/risky as Nissan’s one in the early hybrid days or are they just poo poo at developing the car? The only risky part is aero, the rest is incredibly conventional. They seem to be unable to properly develop it since every race is a mess for them, making a smaller team like glick able to provide more reliable results.
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Mar 12, 2023 22:38
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The other difference is there's BoP now so Peugeot just need to be in the general area whereas Nissan somehow thought they'd be quicker on merit.
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Mar 13, 2023 09:15
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Dudley posted:The other difference is there's BoP now so Peugeot just need to be in the general area whereas Nissan somehow thought they'd be quicker on merit. In fairness, the Nissan I believe had its year of testing brought forward so they were racing right now. Don’t think they ever got the hybrid system working, and that was more than half the designed grunt for the thing. Peugeot is just rebuilding a race team and developing a car, both from almost zero. Even Toyota took a couple years to get competent, never mind an outright challenge to Audi. Porsche is the outlier since they have so much institutional knowledge they could lean on that Peugeot just doesn’t have.
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Mar 13, 2023 12:19
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Yeah Porsche is altering a Multimatic, the Peugeot is a clean sheet design.
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Mar 13, 2023 12:39
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Dudley posted:Yeah Porsche is altering a Multimatic, the Peugeot is a clean sheet design. I mean even comparing Peugeot now to Porsche building the 919 Hybrid. Porsche never lost their prototype guys, but Peugeot? Lord knows.
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Mar 13, 2023 13:00
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Long shot but is anyone else going to sebring? It's my only guaranteed vacation every year.
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Mar 13, 2023 16:31
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https://youtu.be/MTTL7YMIwYs The new fia wec intro looks like it's out of one of those unity shovelware games.
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Mar 13, 2023 21:16
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Yes but it still owns. Reminds me I gotta resub to the package for video.
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Mar 13, 2023 22:24
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algebra testes posted:Yes but it still owns. Lol, because it’s the WEC they don’t do anything easy.
So yeah, they created a new app and it didn’t port over any of the account details. glad to see “the WEC app is a shambles” still holds true this year.
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Mar 14, 2023 00:17
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iwentdoodie posted:Long shot but is anyone else going to sebring? Should be set up by this afternoon. Look for the checkered flag in pride colors.
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Mar 15, 2023 11:51
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Thessaly posted:Should be set up by this afternoon. Look for the checkered flag in pride colors. What turn?
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Mar 15, 2023 16:54
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orange juche posted:What turn? Better go around drinking at every corner just to be sure Edit: very mad I am stuck in class Friday and Saturday
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Mar 15, 2023 17:33
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Thessaly posted:Should be set up by this afternoon. Look for the checkered flag in pride colors. Vague idea of where? I'm set up nearish 10 across from the tent. Blue GTI with a cargo rack. I knew this year was gonna be crazy but I didn't expect Wed crowd to look like a Friday morning. I also have to go to the store once the rest of my people get here, as my tent has decided to become an automatic waterboarding station. I also did not pack any pants, and am freezing.
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Mar 15, 2023 19:08
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Man I feel like I spent 2 weeks at the drag races. *checks notes* oh poo poo
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Mar 15, 2023 20:26
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Apparently MSR got clapped by IMSA, and lost all winnings and their points, as well as picking up a 50k penalty. One of their engineers was apparently falsifying telemetry data somehow, and IMSA found out.
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Mar 16, 2023 00:42
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orange juche posted:Apparently MSR got clapped by IMSA, and lost all winnings and their points, as well as picking up a 50k penalty. One of their engineers was apparently falsifying telemetry data somehow, and IMSA found out. Could’ve sworn I posted it here too but the news article here has the details. Sounds like the engineer ‘responsible’ both lost his IMSA accreditation and also got turfed by MSR. Honda Performance sounded very mad about this.
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Mar 16, 2023 00:47
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Not *all* their championship points but they got put to the back in the championship, just behind the previous last place, and lost all their Michelin endurance cup points. So they're still in the hunt for the full season but in a hole. However that pretty much scuppers their endurance cup run, if they even cared about that.
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Mar 16, 2023 01:24
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We’re in the paddock at the inside of turn 17.
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Mar 16, 2023 02:48
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harperdc posted:Could’ve sworn I posted it here too but the news article here has the details. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-OrHpCcuGs MP is reporting that he's pretty sure that at least 1-2 other teams were cheating tire pressures. Also, interestingly, he's saying that he's heard enough to report that a third party may have tipped off HPD about MSR's tire pressure tomfoolery. That second bit is interesting. Who else knew, and when did they know?!?
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Mar 16, 2023 04:28
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WindyMan posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-OrHpCcuGs Possibly someone within the team (MSR) knew that it was breaking safety regulations, and tipped off HPD. IIRC, HPD informed IMSA of the safety violation once they found out, and IMSA took action by penalizing MSR. There'd be a very good reason why if the whistleblower was within the team they're not willing to reveal themselves. Running below a minimum spec for your tire pressures can be dangerous as it greatly increases a chance of a blowout of one or more tires at speed, especially when you're talking about the high banks of Daytona. Sure you get more heat more quickly, but the stresses on the tire are different than a properly inflated one. On the 2nd or 3rd team thing, MP is the first one i've heard say anything about it, so it will be very interesting to see what happens there. I am sure though that IMSA will be digging into teams data to find out what's going on to prevent this from happening again.
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Mar 16, 2023 04:54
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Thessaly posted:We’re in the paddock at the inside of turn 17. Gdi that's like a 5 mile walk
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Mar 16, 2023 04:57
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HPD? Supercar racing has a secret police?
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coconono posted:HPD? Supercar racing has a secret police? Honda Performance Development, their US motorsports division. The ones in charge of the IndyCar and IMSA programs.
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