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FuzzySkinner posted:Long term? People started to warm up to guys like Helio. The "Climbing the Fence" moment is pretty much iconic at this point. I would wager that the general public is more familiar with Helio from DWTS or his adventures with the IRS than anything he's done in racing.
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Who all is going to LBGP? I'm sitting in section 28 with C300 suite access. *edit* And I just got an invite to a tour the Chip Ganassi paddock on Saturday. This is gonna be a great weekend. 
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http://andrettiautosport.com/news/?p=4103#.U0QG5flTxiM So Michael just hired the former technical director of Honda to lead his teams "Director of Motorsports Devolopment" Gotta say, Andretti really seems to be going big time in a lot of ways.
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 Paging devmd01 How much do you want to get me a sixer of this: http://instagram.com/p/mi1iGzu4ll/
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaR-16oAbfQ#t=21 Forza 5 has Long Beach, and the '77 Ford Gilmour Coyote (AKA AJ Foyt's last Indy 500 winning car) as DLC now. drat..wish I had an XBox1 e: http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/forza-5-gets-long-beach-free-1561297282/+matthardigree FuzzySkinner fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Apr 9, 2014 |
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Apr 9, 2014 17:01
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FuzzySkinner posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaR-16oAbfQ#t=21 I played Forza 5 for the first time last week, and it's terrible compared to iRacing
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Can we start talking about a  at Long Beach? I'm only going Saturday this year, so we might as well make it then, unless you guys don't like me and choose to meet up on Sunday instead
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Apr 9, 2014 18:29
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I'll be at the track all weekend and wouldn't mind meeting folks.
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drat, that actually tempts me to get an Xbone. I knew I would pick up one of the consoles eventually, just not this soon. And I'll be at the track all weekend but I think I'm gonna have people with me.
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FuzzySkinner posted:drat..wish I had an XBox1 
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For what you would spend on an XBONE and Forza you could buy a Logitech G27 and a large amount of iRacing tracks. The DW-12 oval version is supposed be released by the Indy 500 and driving it will actually be realistic
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http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2014/04/09/indycar-talk-heats-up-again-as-nascar-tests-at-mis/ shhhh...let's pretend this is going to happen. Real Talk. Let's say, they work things out with MIS (unlikely but let's pretend). You know how have all 4 (designed for Indy) Super Speedways on the calender. Which do you use for the Triple Crown of 500 milers?
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FuzzySkinner posted:http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2014/04/09/indycar-talk-heats-up-again-as-nascar-tests-at-mis/ Any talk of IndyCar at MIS makes me And if they bring back MIS it would only make sense to make the Triple Crown into a Grand Slam of the 4 tracks.
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The Triple Crown from 1971 to 1980 was Pocono, Indy, and Ontario. When Ontario closed, Michigan replaced it, from 1980 to 1989. Fontana was then built a few miles away from the old Ontario site. From a history perspective, they both have pretty strong claims to a Triple Crown spot I guess. If they do go to Michigan, they will probably leave it as Indy, Pocono, and Fontana and run Michigan as a 400 miler I would imagine. I'm sure the teams wouldn't really enjoy running 4 500 milers, especially after the crashes and engine booms at Fontana last year, ha.
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With that repave, the engines would be run that much harder, parts put under more stress. If it was to race 300 - 400 mile sprint race should be interesting. Wish there was a way to give copy Fontana's pavement on to Michigan... or ISC didn't repave the thing for some goddamn reason.
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Just wanted to comment in this thread: I ACTUALLY worked with Mark Plourde, as casino security. He's legit a fuckin' weirdo with a lovely car. AMA.
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How did it feel to work with one of the greatest American race car drivers? I guess you didn't see him much considering he had to be at the track so much.
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Personperson14 posted:How did it feel to work with one of the greatest American race car drivers? I guess you didn't see him much considering he had to be at the track so much. He's very bashful about his race car background. He only mentions it when he's not staring at his phone, or when he's trying to get some prime convention hostess tail instead of assisting me with checking for room keys on New Years. His extra weight is key to his real success; we all know lacking downforce at a critical moment can negatively affect performance. To counter this, at his overnight shift at work, you'd typically find him eating 3-4 plates of food on a 30 minute break just to maintain his physique; race weekends would really take a toll so sometimes he'd just have leftover EDR cheesecake.
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Fag Boy Jim posted:I cant believe a CCF regular is a huge dumbass in real life lol. is he a crapwagon member? "RealRaceFan" I think needs to be put on meds, and the regulars at Smackedforum were making rivals.com puns off of Wheldon's name. (classy). Wasabi the J posted:Just wanted to comment in this thread: Is he really married? Would he actually talk about racing? hahahahahaa.
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FuzzySkinner posted:is he a crapwagon member? Yes and yes.
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What car? I must know. And don't say DP-01.
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Cygni posted:What car? I must know. It's been two years since I worked at the hotel with big fountains, but I wanna say it was a Lumina. I remember it made the best noise in the parking garage; you could here the
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KingShibby posted:For what you would spend on an XBONE and Forza you could buy a Logitech G27 and a large amount of iRacing tracks. The DW-12 oval version is supposed be released by the Indy 500 and driving it will actually be realistic Although worth pointing out iRacing does not have Long Beach in any real sense.
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Wasabi the J posted:It's been two years since I worked at the hotel with big fountains, but I wanna say it was a Lumina. I remember it made the best noise in the parking garage; you could here the I hate the goddamn Lumina.
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Dudley posted:Although worth pointing out iRacing does not have Long Beach in any real sense. Yeah but you can turn laps in the 11's at Bristol.
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Buddy's Back http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/indy500/news/show/type/news/52558-and-39-96-winner-lazier-will-compete-in-indianapolis-500/
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Wasabi the J posted:Just wanted to comment in this thread: Oh my god, he wasn't a loving race car driver. My world has been loving rocked. Not surprised by anything you said at all about how he is. It's like some behind the scenes documentary of the real Mark Plourde.
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I thought maybe he at least participated in grassroots motorsports or something until I heard the word "Lumina".
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animeliker posted:I thought maybe he at least participated in grassroots motorsports or something until I heard the word "Lumina". Yeah the only race thing he had evidence of was NHRA badges for a drag weekend at the speedway. He's called Hot Rod on the radio sometimes.
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Did you know he was ChampCar racing legend Mark Plourde when you started working with him? Did any other co-worker of his know about this?
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gret posted:Did you know he was ChampCar racing legend Mark Plourde when you started working with him? Did any other co-worker of his know about this? Well I was kinda miffed my first new years eve in 2009-2010; if you didn't know the strip gets loving NUTS on new years... I was posted with this guy and still relatively new. Instead of helping me with a literal mob of people going up from their rooms, he wandered off to the nearby convention area. I bitched about it after the night was over and one of my co workers pulled me aside. He quietly said, "Don't you know who that is, rookie? That's racing champ Mark Plourde!" I'm pretty awful with names and celebrities (I kept the guy who replaced Iron Man's heart from his room that very night) so I took it at face value. I asked, "What kind of racing?" Thinking it would be drag our some bush league, and my friend said, "IndyCar... isn't that right Mark?" Mark, standing down the hall, turned around, and hadn't been listening. "What's that?" He asked. "What do you do for real aside from this?" "Oh I drive IndyCar." Yeah, present tense. Drive.
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Wasabi the J posted:Yeah, present tense. Drive.  This whole time I've been thinking this guy has to be just doing it as a laugh.
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IOwnCalculus posted:
Yeah, we thought so too then we found the article about him and holy Hell broke loose, when we realized he talked about it outside work. We thought he was just trying to be a smartass or something.
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IOwnCalculus posted:
Aaaaa it makes it both so much better and so much worse... e: Panther is done. They've sold all but one chassis and the staff is now getting other gigs. But this line made me take notice: Cavin posted:Several IndyCar teams have already acquired Panther equipment, including two yet-to-be-announced programs for the 500. The team that will field Stefan Wilson is one of them. http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/motor/indy-car/2014/04/10/panther-racings-indycar-run-looks-like/7545433/ Sounds like we might *gasp* even have a bump brewing. Cygni fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Apr 10, 2014 |
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Stefan Wilson is good peeps. He caught two twitter buds of mine criticizing Cavin for calling him a fan favorite. He chimes in, and offers them a pace car ride around the speedway this may. Owns. ... Also, we gotta find more owners for this sport. Hopefully Walker and Miles are on top of that. Wasabi the J posted:Yeah, we thought so too then we found the article about him and holy Hell broke loose, when we realized he talked about it outside work. We thought he was just trying to be a smartass or something. Never understood why he went with THAT era of CART, and not the bad rear end era of '99-'02. Does he hate the current version of IndyCar? lol.
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Lol he said he drove Indycar? I figured he would freak out and start talking about Champ Car or something.
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Even after the spilt I called them Indycars.
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I have never heard of this guy and am in shock that champ car still exists. I looked at the current standings in the league and there are some back of the pack names from IndyCar.  
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mayodreams posted:I have never heard of this guy and am in shock that champ car still exists. I looked at the current standings in the league and there are some back of the pack names from IndyCar. Yes, ChampCar still exists. In his head. That is the only place it currently exists. Mark Plourde's head.
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