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http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/02...rs-IndyCar-pack I wonder if this will be any good? likely buying this regardless, becuase, well, it has Dallaras and IMS. (To quote Grandpa Simpson "I'm trying to watch the Super Bowl. If people don't support this thing, it might not make it.".) I'd have preferred them to go the Forza route though. FuzzySkinner fucked around with this message at Feb 13, 2013 around 21:38 |
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I was already excited for grid 2. This just makes it a bit better. Hopefully this means code masters might make a full Indy game in the future. 
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 21:54 |
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Legge is taking this to court so she can keep Truecar. Can't blame her for bringing a sponsor one year and then getting it stolen the next.
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Especially since it sounds like, on paper, she had a contract with them through 2013.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Especially since it sounds like, on paper, she had a contract with them through 2013. Well if it's "on paper" that would mean she did have a contract, wouldn't it?
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WindyMan posted:Well if it's "on paper" that would mean she did have a contract, wouldn't it? Yeah, she did/does I think. Be interesting to see how Sleezy Jay is able to void it.
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WindyMan posted:Well if it's "on paper" that would mean she did have a contract, wouldn't it? I get the feeling that in racing, most contracts are actually only worth the paper they're printed on. Even less if Jay Penske decides to piss on it.
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BMB5150 posted:Legge is taking this to court so she can keep Truecar. Can't blame her for bringing a sponsor one year and then getting it stolen the next. Good, I hope she wins. Also, this sucks for Saavedra. He deserves a decent ride in a team that isn't a bunch of sleazeballs.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 23:51 |
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Per an article on Jalopnik:Dragon Dickholes posted:
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 23:54 |
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Katherine's never going to be a champion, although do remember she won her first race in a series Danica raced winless for 2 years. However, she's possibly the hardest working driver in racing as far as putting together a program goes, she's a woman who is there purely because she wants to race and we can never have enough of those. Also she's had the shittest luck with her US programs. Her KV car threw her into an accident that could have killed her, her Dale Coyne car turned out to be literally breaking in half and then there's the whole Lotus poo poo. Plus by all accounts she's one of the awesomest people on the grid. So yeah it's very sad especially as, while he's also a decent guy, Sebastien has had several attempts at Indycar before.
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| # ? Feb 14, 2013 08:46 |
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How dare a team want the best driver possible in one of their cars? Don't they know she's a woman who tries??
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| # ? Feb 14, 2013 15:07 |
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If they'd put Briscoe in the car, sure, you could make that argument. Thing is, Saveedra isn't necessarily any better - their IndyCar records are pretty much the same, and Legge arguably has the advantage of having more experience in this type of car with the two years she ran Champ Car.
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It just sucks to bring a team a sponsor and sign a contract, deal with their crappy engine situation where you get kicked out of the car for half a year, and then they cut you out. Doesn't really matter who the driver is, thats pretty crappy.
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At least Saveedra had a decent season in the Lights last year. Legge hasn't won a thing in 7 years.
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dsriggs posted:At least Saveedra had a decent season in the Lights last year. Legge hasn't won a thing in 7 years. Either way they are both field fillers. That second Dragon seat exists solely to pump money and data into Bourdais. Not that I'm complaining, I hope he wins a couple races next year. Holy moly, Robby Gordon's super trucks to do an exhibition at Long Beach before the IndyCar race, with jumps added to the track. Owns. http://gplb.com/news/2013-02-14/rob...tion-on-sunday- Cygni fucked around with this message at Feb 14, 2013 around 18:44 |
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quote:Townsend Bell has said he’ll have a program, and it stands to reason it’s with Sam Schmidt’s Honda team, although that hasn’t been confirmed. That’s 30. rumored Indy 500 rides. Honest question, what the hell happened to Buddy Rice? He won the 2004 Indy 500 (rain shortened, but still), and was in a battle for the series championship that series with TK, and Andretti Autosports. And then he just kind of fell off the face of the earth. http://www.indystar.com/article/201...roblem-Indy-500
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more rumors: Jenna Fryer @JennaFryer I think I just heard @KyleLarsonRacin say he wants to do the double. #NASCAR #IndyCar Could possibly mean a 4th Ganassi ride this year at IMS if he'd be down. Doubt it, but it'd rule. quote:• Narain Karthikeyan's interest in joining the IZOD IndyCar Series with Dale Coyne Racing picked up momentum in January, then the Indian driver went silent when it looked like landing the second seat at the Force India F1 team was a possibility, and with that window apparently closing, the 36-year-old journeyman is said to be interested in the DCR drive alongside Justin Wilson. We'll see if the 'World's Fastest Indian' appears in the Honda-powered No. 19 next week at Sebring. Also, the Karthikeyan rumors are back. http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/arti...-doubleheaders/
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I got a youtube comment to chew on for a bit. "CART reminds me of ARCA both are both wreckfest series that no one watches except to see the wrecks" This was from the 96 US 500 start, but still come on, you can't compare a brain fade made by the best Indycar drivers, to idiots who don't know how to drive at a superspeedway at all.
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| # ? Feb 18, 2013 22:03 |
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Just watched the first few minutes of that race because of your post...230+mph pole speed  I forgot how ridiculous it was to see them at speed at IMS in person. edit: and only a 30mph difference between the front row and last place!
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| # ? Feb 18, 2013 22:13 |
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Watching 240mph qualifying laps at Fontana is an awesome experience, and one I'm at least a small amount bummed that my daughter will never get to experience outside of Youtube.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Watching 240mph qualifying laps at Fontana is an awesome experience, and one I'm at least a small amount bummed that my daughter will never get to experience outside of Youtube. I'm glad the series is back together, but drat I miss CART.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Watching 240mph qualifying laps at Fontana is an awesome experience, and one I'm at least a small amount bummed that my daughter will never get to experience outside of Youtube. Well I probably some 250 mph cars shooting past me at Fontana in 98 with those wild runs they got with the Hansford device. I wish I was just a little bit older to remember everything about that race. I do remember Tracy loving up the start and Vasser getting that incredible start to pass more and Zanardi getting pass where I was seated near turn 1. Heard from my father some drunk fucks almost sat on me and my father almost got in a fight with them.
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It's pretty outrageous how much money people were spending in CART, with current hindsight. Engine leases were 1.5m, chassis about the same, plus insane windtunnel time and private shock/aero packages. Kool spent something like $30m+ 1998 dollars to sponsor PT and Dario at whats now Andretti Autosport, now $30m is more than the total budget of that teams entire 4 car operation in smaller 2013 dollars. I know it makes old timers like Miller pout and kick cans and talk about wild and free innovation, like in 2013 some piss stanking garage in East Lansing is gonna turn up with an Indy 500 winning engine banged together from Ford Tornio parts AND PURE GUMPTION, but I honestly believe the only reason we still have a series is the insane cost cutting thats gone on.
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| # ? Feb 19, 2013 07:57 |
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Sebring testing today!
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devmd01 posted:Sebring testing today!  'Dinger back where he belongs. I had an interesting topic to bring up. Is it true that the future of open wheel is going to come moreso from Conor Daly types over say a Bryan Clausen? The recent things I've been reading is that being within USAC Silver Crown doesn't really translate anymore into driving a Dallara as much, and moreso makes sense for someone going within stockcar.
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Recent?? USAC classes haven't translated to Indycar since the 70's.
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Times at the lunch break: Dixon 52.01 Power 52.15 Helio 52.41 Kimball 52.43 Sato 52.46 Dario 52.49 Allmendinger 52.64 Jwil 52.71 Tk 52.86 Oriol 52.93 Josef 52.96 Simona 52.98 Graham 53.28 If I had to guess right now, Dixon might be my championship fav. Just needs a little luck this year.
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F1 Thread posted:Testing times are about as useful as a bacon briefcase Less than a second and a half across the field, there is lots of room for a few goon faves at the bottom to move up. The test would be more interesting if Andretti was there. I'd like to see if they were in the top half with the red teams or scattered all over.
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dsriggs posted:Recent?? USAC classes haven't translated to Indycar since the 70's. Yeah I had kind of been having that thought lately. A lot of the hoosier types have been saying stuff like: "Why can't we go after someone like Kyle Larson" Because if he had honestly wanted to do IndyCar he'd have been within the "Road to Indy" for the past couple of year or in europe at this time. Hilderbrand, Newgarden, Daly, Hinch, and Kimball seem to kind of represent that. It'd be cool to see Indy use USAC a little more to an extent though.
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AxeBreaker posted:Less than a second and a half across the field, there is lots of room for a few goon faves at the bottom to move up. Andretti will be running tomorrow, I think with all 4 cars. I know Viso and Marco for sure are testing. SSM and Dragon are there too, but everybody is testing different days and then pretty much the whole show starts moving over to Sonoma.
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http://www.sfgate.com/sports/articl...lan-4290916.php Interesting. I mean it's terrible to see happen because it's kind of wrong for stadiums/venues to recieve state funding. But, I think this does help IMS and IndyCar immensely. I kind of wonder if the France family went "Put in lights or we're gone".
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Lights I could give or take, but gently caress yes at the video screens. Indy is a track that needs them desparately, and the ones there are just loving awful. Really, it's a shame that the person sitting at home on a couch has a far better view of turn 3 than the guy sitting in turn 1.
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In July when NASCAR is around, it's usually balls hot and humid out. I went once but I don't think I could do it again. Luckily for 3/4th of the race I was in a shaded portion on the frontstretch though. If I'm gonna get heatstroke at a race, and least be at one where I can see most of the track. And yes those video boards are next to useless. I was sitting almost directly in front of one and I could barely make out what was going on.
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FuzzySkinner posted:http://www.sfgate.com/sports/articl...lan-4290916.php Really, though, an Indy car is on the Indiana state quarter. Without the 500 the state has nothing to be proud of, unless you're proud of interstates and hating gays (Bloomington excluded, obviously). As far as state-funded sporting venues goes, this is about as justifiable as it gets. It's also extremely hot at Indy in the summer.
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Yeah I think this is very different from other pro sports teams that extort governments into building them new stadiums. IMS isn't going anywhere. They can't threaten to move the 500 to LA. Maybe the Barnhart to CEO rumor was their attempt a threat?
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gret posted:They can't threaten to move the 500 to LA. I hear Ontario, CA is interested in re-acquiring a 500-mile race...
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| # ? Feb 19, 2013 22:43 |
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The only threat that could be made is that they say "give us the money or we're selling it off to someone else". Someone else=Bernie, Bruton Smith or the France Family. And considering the fact that Memorial Day weekend in Speedway doesn't mean poo poo to either of those parties? That would not bode well for the state. FuzzySkinner fucked around with this message at Feb 19, 2013 around 22:56 |
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End of day times: Sato 51.947 Dixon 52.017 Power 52.153 Dario 52.322 Jwil 52.327 TK 52.381 Helio 52.410 Graham 52.413 Kimball 52.439 Simona 52.442 Josef 52.498 Dinger 52.618 Oriol 52.690
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Job Done indeed, Taku.  Only seven tenths front to back, too.
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| # ? May 18, 2013 10:40 |
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The 4 Andretti cars + Vautier on track today. Other things: Graham filming a GoPro commercial, love the angle/reflection.  and Conway's car for Long Beach/Indy/maybe more. 
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