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Confirmed Drivers/Teams for 2015 The Big-3 Teams      Will Power, Helio Castroneves, Juan Pablo Montoya, & Simon Pagenaud Coming off their first championship since 2006 (Sam Hornish, Jr.) with driver Will Power, Team Penske added star driver Simon Pagenaud to their already top-notch driver roster for 2015.      Scott Dixon, Charlie Kimball, Tony Kanaan, & Sage Karam 2 major changes highlight Chip Ganassi Racing: 1. Ryan Briscoe is out and the team has contracted to 3.5 drivers; 2. Target's sponsorship of 2 cars has been cut to 1 car and Tony Kanaan will be driving the NTT Data car that Briscoe previously drove. Sage Karam's season will all depend on finding sponsors, and has only been confirmed for St. Pete to start the season.     Ryan Hunter-Reay, Carlos Munoz, & Marco Andretti No changes for Andretti in 2015 except for Hinch going to Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. The team is trying to field 4 full-time cars and possibly a fifth car with rotating drivers. The Little Guys     Josef Newgarden, "Special" Ed Carpenter, & Luca Filippi Ed Carpenter Racing and Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing merged to become, Carpenter-Fisher-Hartman Racing or just CFH Racing. Josef Newgarden is the only full-time driver at CFH Racing. Ed Carpenter only drives the ovals because he's Special Ed. Luca Filippi will drive the #20 on Road/Street Courses.    James Hinchcliffe & James Jakes After losing Simon Pagenaud to Team Penske, SPM quickly snatched up Hinch. Mikhail Aleshin will not be returning to the #7 because THANKS OBAMA  and the team has signed James Jakes to the #7. Jakes did not race in 2014 and previously was with Rahal in 2013 and Dale Coyne in 2011-12.   Takuma Sato & Jack Hawksworth Previously a one-car team, AJ Foyt is expanding to 2 teams for 2015 and added 2nd year driver Jack Hawksworth from Bryan Herta.   Gabby Chaves Historically one of the lowest funded teams in the paddock, Bryan Herta Autosport continues to field a single full-time entry. What makes BHA unique from other teams is that they often hire Indy Lights drivers to the full-time ride. In 2014 it was Jack Hawksworth, this year is reigning Indy Lights Champion Gabby Chaves.   Graham Rahal Graham sucks and the team is only running one full-time car (except maybe the Indy 500) so draw your own conclusions   Sebastien Bourdais KVSH Racing continues to field Sebastien Bourdais as one of their two drivers. The second driver has yet to be named. More teams coming later! KingShibby fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Mar 18, 2015 |
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Why doesn't Simona have a ride yet. This is bullshit I quit
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Woah I just noticed they have more legit road courses on the schedule this year then "Bumfuck random parking lot in a city races. That's cool at least. Also might want to add that Russian dude who's name i don't feel like spelling that got hosed up at Fontana to the RIP dentist toy box fucked around with this message at 19:04 on Dec 30, 2014 |
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quote:IndyCar 2015: It's in Jeopardy! http://youtu.be/IjGJ9HKeeT4?t=9m23s
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http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2014/12/30/could-ryan-phinny-and-casamigos-be-in-indycar-in-2015/ Ryan Phinny is close to getting a ride in the series. I just like the fact it's happening because it's really out of left field, but it should be quite amusing.
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KingShibby posted:The All American Soap Box Derby - They're open-wheel and have an IndyCar sticker, they count. 
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Possibly Chicken posted:Woah I just noticed they have more legit road courses on the schedule this year then "Bumfuck random parking lot in a city races. That's cool at least. Aleshin.
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FuzzySkinner posted:Ryan Phinny is close to getting a ride in the series. It's amazing what happens when you have a sponsor/money  I plan on keeping this thread updated more than a few times per season, so keep an eye out for ninja updates like the 2 I already made...
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Alain Post posted:I miss Baltimore. Baltimore owned and was fun as hell.
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Alain Post posted:I miss Baltimore. Agreed, though Houston can eat a dick (or get completely repaved) before I consider that anything close to a "track". Also, all hail the cutest winner of the 500 in history. 
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George Zimmer posted:Baltimore owned and was fun as hell. It reminded me of the old Vancouver which was always my favorite CART street track.
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Baltimore owned, Houston owned (just a bit less)
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Baltimore was a good track, undone by the enemies of open-wheel racing: Train tracks, chicanes, and incompetency.
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Bring back baltimore the course goes right by my office.
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ICS should come to Philly as a replacement. I imagine a nifty street course could be made around the art museum.
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FuzzySkinner posted:http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2014/12/30/could-ryan-phinny-and-casamigos-be-in-indycar-in-2015/ Had no clue who this guy was. Looked him up on Wikipedia and saw that he had a total of 6 Indy Lights starts over 3 seasons and an even less impressive resume than your typical DCR ride buyer.
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Alain Post posted:It reminded me of the old Vancouver which was always my favorite CART street track. Old Vancouver was awesome.
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go3 posted:Will Power owns I need to sit down one of these days and make a title of the many faces of one William Power. Off the top of my head I can think of New Hampshire Double Birds, Sonoma(?) I-Done-hosed-Up face, Fontana prerace CRAZYEYES, and 2014 Indycar Champion.
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http://www.racer.com/international-racing/item/112144-vergne-stays-in-fe-andretti-joins-him Marco Andretti confirmed to be racing Formula E at Buenos Aires on Jan 10. I'll set the over/under on his finishing position at 8.5
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Probably because Frank Montagny tested positive for cocaine and admitted it. I mean how stupid can you be to do coke within 3 days of a possible random at an event?
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KingShibby posted:http://www.racer.com/international-racing/item/112144-vergne-stays-in-fe-andretti-joins-him More like Formula ShitDriversWithFamousLastNames am I right? What's AJ Foyt IV or one of the lesser-talented Unsers up to these days?
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AJ mk4 is busy boning Jim Irsay's daughter. Just Al's sponsor went series level with Indy Lights and he does promotional stuff for them.
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devmd01 posted:Probably because Frank Montagny tested positive for cocaine and admitted it. I mean how stupid can you be to do coke within 3 days of a possible random at an event? Are you calling the entire IMSA paddock of the 1980s stupid?
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Minto Took posted:AJ mk4 is busy boning Jim Irsay's daughter. Just Al's sponsor went series level with Indy Lights and he does promotional stuff for them. I wish Al III would have made the show. Still don't understand how he didn't. We need an Unser around the paddock damnit. Also don't forgot Arie Jr. who is racing off road trucks of all things.
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FuzzySkinner posted:I wish Al III would have made the show. Still don't understand how he didn't. He's not good at racing cars, so that probably didnt help his chances.
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Cygni posted:He's not good at racing cars, so that probably didnt help his chances. Was he worse than Marco and Graham? He works at Rick Galles Chevy btw, per their website
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Alain Post posted:Arie Jr was intensely bad There was an Arie Jr.?
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Human Grand Prix posted:There was an Arie Jr.? Far more famous for his appearance on The Bachelorette than any of his limited racing career. VikingSkull posted:in a perfect world the front 2 rows at Indy would be Arie Jr., AJIV, Casey Mears, Marco, Graham, and Tiny Al And in P7, Mark Plourde. IOwnCalculus fucked around with this message at 23:03 on Jan 2, 2015 |
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Human Grand Prix posted:There was an Arie Jr.? I mainly remember him for being bumped from a 34 car grid one year.
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FuzzySkinner posted:Was he worse than Marco and Graham? By like a factor of 10. Seriously.
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Human Grand Prix posted:There was an Arie Jr.? LOL I'd forgotten all about him. He was hilariously bad.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Far more famous for his appearance on The Bachelorette than any of his limited racing career. I think you mean multiple-ChampCar World Champion Mark Plourde. ... sorry Former ChampCar World Champion Mark Plourde. http://champcar-ws.com Ricardo Zonta is the current reigning ChampCar world champion.
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