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iospace
Jan 19, 2038


What was it anyway?

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WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind
Rain is in the forecast for Long Beach.

Only on Saturday.

The one day I'm going to be there.

Wheeee.

dentist toy box
Oct 9, 2012

There's a haint in the foothills of NC; the haint of the #3 chevy. The rich have formed a holy alliance to exorcise it but they'll never fucking catch him.


What was the tweet

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


Someone please tell us what Sage's dang tweet said.

Dudley
Feb 24, 2003

Tasty

It said "I actually think wicka is an ok poster".

Boy's gone mad.

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


Dudley posted:

It said "I actually think wicka is an ok poster".

Boy's gone mad.

Jesus, just "OK"? Mad indeed.

njsykora
Jan 23, 2012

Robots confuse squirrels.


dentist toy box posted:

What was the tweet

It was Sage posing shirtless showing off his ripped body saying he was ready for Long Beach.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

njsykora posted:

It was Sage posing shirtless showing off his ripped body saying he was ready for Long Beach.

In tight-fitting underwear.

Eight out of ten ladies would have swiped left on Tinder because they don't like shirtless selfies.

Proud Christian Mom
Dec 20, 2006
READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD

CBJSprague24 posted:

In tight-fitting underwear.

Eight out of ten ladies would have swiped left on Tinder because they don't like shirtless selfies.

You can be sure that if someone swiped right Sage would have wrecked it

njsykora
Jan 23, 2012

Robots confuse squirrels.


He likes to do it into the wall I heard.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

Proud Christian Mom posted:

You can be sure that if someone swiped right Sage would have wrecked it

If by wrecked it, you mean "made it 20 seconds, then blamed somebody else for the DNF", then yes.

njsykora
Jan 23, 2012

Robots confuse squirrels.


CBJSprague24 posted:

If by wrecked it, you mean "made it 20 seconds, then blamed somebody else for the DNF", then yes.

I don't know, most drivers seem to consider it a success if they finish but the other guy doesn't.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

(and can't post for 5 days!)

njsykora posted:

I don't know, most drivers seem to consider it a success if they finish but the other guy doesn't.

That's just rude.

hunnert car pileup
Oct 28, 2007

the first world was a mistake

I am currently watching Cleveland '83. A few early thoughts:

- Desire Wilson's helmet was loving awesome
- Get a promoter/title sponsor and bring this race back already god damnit

FuzzySkinner
May 23, 2012

Fauxhawk Express posted:

I am currently watching Cleveland '83. A few early thoughts:

- Desire Wilson's helmet was loving awesome
- Get a promoter/title sponsor and bring this race back already god damnit

Sherwin Williams wanted to do it in 2015 and have Mike Lanigan promote it after RP passed IIRC.

gret
Dec 12, 2005

goggle-eyed freak


https://twitter.com/TakumaSatoRacer/status/850180973182328833

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


https://twitter.com/CalePutnam/status/849779352527044608

Can we start using the new cars now please?

WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind
I'm at the track. Who else will be around on Saturday?

FuzzySkinner
May 23, 2012

Long Beach is a cool and awesome circuit, especially for IMSA.

F1 should never run there simply because the support series are way too drat fun to watch even as a tv viewer.

Also, I do have a potentially dumb rear end question. Would it be fair to say that Can Am, F5000 were ancestors to modern IndyCar racing as much as say, USAC pre-1978 or am I reading into their involvement in American Auto racing too much?

George Zimmer
Jun 28, 2008
F5000 maybe, but Can-Am was its own show, nothing really like it since.

Spaced God
Feb 8, 2014

All torment, trouble, wonder and amazement
Inhabits here: some heavenly power guide us
Out of this fearful country!



Has no one pointed out that, like, the top 6 in today's practice were separated by a tenth of a second? Indycar loving rocks

WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind
Qualifying has been brutal so far. For a second there I thought Marco was going to make it in and Bourdais would be stuck with a lovely session. Noooooope.

Ed- Marco made it into top 12 after all.

WindyMan fucked around with this message at 00:02 on Apr 9, 2017

FuzzySkinner
May 23, 2012

George Zimmer posted:

F5000 maybe, but Can-Am was its own show, nothing really like it since.

Yeah I was watching "WINNING" and it showed Newman's character racing Can Am at Road America, Cup at Riverside, then you know...racing Eagle's at IMS.

I'm trying to define how venues like Mid Ohio, Road America, Laguna Seca, Portland, and The Glen kinda evolved from having Can Am/F5000 (and F1 in the case of The Glen) weekends to having CART take over their weekends. Not to mention a lot of the drivers and owners (Paul Newman, Carl Haas, Roger Penske) going over to Indy.

It feels like their was a vacuum created with the collapse of Can Am, F5000 and CART seemed to fill that void during the 80's, 90's.

hunnert car pileup
Oct 28, 2007

the first world was a mistake

PT crapping on Marco is never not funny.

Flikken
Oct 23, 2009

10,363 snaps and not a playoff win to show for it

FuzzySkinner posted:

Sherwin Williams wanted to do it in 2015 and have Mike Lanigan promote it after RP passed IIRC.

I thought that was last year and didn't do it because of the RNC?

FuzzySkinner
May 23, 2012

Flikken posted:

I thought that was last year and didn't do it because of the RNC?

It was roughly in that time frame.

It's still do-able IMO. I think having it July 4th week would be there best bet for a good weekend. (Can mix in fireworks or whatever). I imagine MRTI, SST, and PWC would be the "support" series

I kinda wonder if Ford's lack of involvement in open wheel has also hurt bringing back the weekend?. They have a lot of plants around NEOhio, and I can recall them being:smug: about Mario showing off the 05 Ford GT during pre-race in the mid-2000s. Could be a "Honda Picnic at Mid Ohio"-like scenario, sadly.

Flikken
Oct 23, 2009

10,363 snaps and not a playoff win to show for it

FuzzySkinner posted:

It was roughly in that time frame.

It's still do-able IMO. I think having it July 4th week would be there best bet for a good weekend. (Can mix in fireworks or whatever). I imagine MRTI, SST, and PWC would be the "support" series

I kinda wonder if Ford's lack of involvement in open wheel has also hurt bringing back the weekend?. They have a lot of plants around NEOhio, and I can recall them being:smug: about Mario showing off the 05 Ford GT during pre-race in the mid-2000s. Could be a "Honda Picnic at Mid Ohio"-like scenario, sadly.

There is a Chevy plant in Lordstown, less than an hour from Cleveland.

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


PPG has huge facilities in Cleveland, too.

hunnert car pileup
Oct 28, 2007

the first world was a mistake

I totally forgot Carlos Huertas ever existed

CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is
Remember when Will Power wasnt poo poo and Kimball was supposed to be a superstar

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Fauxhawk Express posted:

I totally forgot Carlos Huertas ever existed

That's Race Winner Carlos Huertas to you

hunnert car pileup
Oct 28, 2007

the first world was a mistake

CactusWeasle posted:

Remember when Will Power wasnt poo poo

yes

quote:

and Kimball was supposed to be a superstar

no

hunnert car pileup
Oct 28, 2007

the first world was a mistake

kidcoelacanth posted:

That's Race Winner Carlos Huertas to you

Joining other one time AOW winning luminaries like Mike Conway and Nelson Phillippe. Although in the case of the former, I've gotta think that being a works Toyota WEC driver is a far sweeter gig than being an Indycar midfielder.

Is Phillippe even in racing in any capacity anymore?

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Rossi :smith:

Synthetic Hermit
Apr 4, 2012

mega survoltage!!!
Grimey Drawer

:smith:

hunnert car pileup
Oct 28, 2007

the first world was a mistake

poo poo, all 4 Andretti cars done blowed up. I don't like Marco or RHR, but that's rough.

Hinch though :canada:

hunnert car pileup fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Apr 9, 2017

devmd01
Mar 7, 2006

Elektronik
Supersonik
Best top 3 in a while. Hinch! :toot:

WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind
Bourdais 1st and 2nd to start the season.

I'm 100% on board the Seabass bandwagon!

Synthetic Hermit
Apr 4, 2012

mega survoltage!!!
Grimey Drawer
Solid race, what a shame for Team Andretti, though.

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kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Of course I miss a Hinch win :mad:

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