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hunnert car pileup
Oct 28, 2007

the first world was a mistake

harperdc posted:

Whaddya think, nice nod or a wee bit presumptuous?

https://twitter.com/maxchilton/status/1292942555882061824

iirc he was gonna run the same design last year and welp

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Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

hey hey guess what, the track is open for practice tomorrow. which means....








IT

IS

????AUGUST????

MOTHERFUCKERS








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hRzRxSDTIk


Gather round children, its time for HISTORY

1982 - Shades of Things to Come

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmX08S5Pc2c&t=51s
Winner: Gordon Johncock - Patrick Racing - Wildcat/Cosworth



1989 - The Touch


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu8YwDgWxwA&t=110s
Winner: Emerson Fittipaldi - Team Penske - Penske/Chevy



1992 - The Closest Finish


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtiGra-pj5c&t=200s
Winner: Al Unser Jr. - Galles Racing - Galmer/Chevy



1999 - "Ran out of fuel... Fuuuuckkk!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U765Bc-m-uY&t=459s
Winner: Kenny Brack - AJ Foyt Racing - Dallara/Oldsmobile



2006 - The Andretti Curse


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2faJYdeEPK4
Winner: Sam Hornish Jr - Team Penske - Dallara/Honda
(the worst loving announcing team ever)



2011 - The Rookie and the Veteran

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tFV-85gyzQ
Winner: Dan Wheldon - Herta Autosport - Dallara/Honda




BONUS LIGHTS VIDEOS:

Four Wide in Indy Lights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1klmtsWQA

.022 Seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGcnbXq3B-A

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

The Current Era


2012 - No Attack, No Chance


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrFIc6RJKGU
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLX3OCmweO0
Winner: Dario Franchitti - Ganassi Racing - Dallara/Honda



2013 - The Fan Favorite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkCsk_HwU6U&t=7267s
Winner: Tony Kanaan - KV Racing - Dallara/Chevy



2014 - The Yellow Car Party

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeREa0HUrXY
Winner: Ryan Hunter-Reay - Andretti Autosport - Dallara/Honda



2015 - The Drive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyYKUKXT520&t=10656s
Winner: Juan Pablo Montoya - Team Penske - Dallara/Chevy
(really, just reset the timestamp and watch the whole drat race. Montoya's drive in this race is just incredible)

Also: https://www.instagram.com/p/3FiPseGyYs/



2016 - "Clutch and Coast!"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7BZrwSLSZE
Winner: Alexander Rossi - Andretti/Herta Autosport - Dallara/Honda



2017 - The One That Got Away Comes Back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhOqhXTDjKY&t=189s
Winner: Takuma Sato - Andretti Autosport - Dallara/Honda



2018 - Show Me Respect, Motherfucker


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3F5gaGtSOI
Winner: Will Power - Penske Racing - Dallara/Chevy




2019 - Norman's Pride


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOUW1kHBm_A&t=1486s
Winner: Simon Pagenaud - Penske Racing - Dallara/Chevy

(and yes, by LAW, you have to rewatch all these videos every year)

Nybble
Jun 28, 2008

praise chuck, raise heck
That four wide video is absolutely absurd. Like a scene from a movie to come from fourth to win in the last turn.

IOwnCalculus
Apr 2, 2003





2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1tiLNGEAwY

Spaced God
Feb 8, 2014

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



The 1995 Indy intro is an all time classic but Indy paying homage to the 50th anniversary of the moon landing and Mario's win is unquestionably better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndcjd4fPxK8

(I may be biased)

devmd01
Mar 7, 2006

Elektronik
Supersonik

Nybble posted:

That four wide video is absolutely absurd. Like a scene from a movie to come from fourth to win in the last turn.

Hell yeah it is. Here is where I have to make an obligatory brag post about literally standing right behind the finish line camera on the third floor of the pagoda. :smug:

The crowd energy was incredible, as soon as they went three wide the place erupted, and with the finish it was the loudest I’ve heard the place on carb day.

MazeOfTzeentch
May 2, 2009

rip miso beno
ITS
MAY
MOTHERFUCKERS

jammyozzy
Dec 7, 2006

Is that a challenge?
Is there anywhere I, a filthy Euro, can stream practice? I swear there used to be official streams up on Youtube but there's nothing there this year. :(

devmd01
Mar 7, 2006

Elektronik
Supersonik
It’s all on NBC sports gold now, so you’re probably out of luck.

Speaking of, anyone have a login they are willing to share? :D

wisconsingreg
Jan 13, 2019
indycar would appel immensely to the euro market, yet they seem to make it as hard as possible to actually watch. Apparently New Zealand can't really get anything but the races, which is crazy considering Dixon

jammyozzy
Dec 7, 2006

Is that a challenge?
Yeah, I'm in the UK and fortunate enough to have access to Sky F1 so I can watch the races at least, but right now they're showing a re-run of last weekends Porsche Supercup race, followed by a documentary re-run. :sigh:

devmd01
Mar 7, 2006

Elektronik
Supersonik
Lol Marco, stuck at the entrance of the pits and can’t get it into neutral to be towed. This track hates the Andretti family.

CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is

Vasukhani posted:

indycar would appel immensely to the euro market, yet they seem to make it as hard as possible to actually watch. Apparently New Zealand can't really get anything but the races, which is crazy considering Dixon

Alonso's first Indy 500 was when the practices were streamed on youtube and the viewing figures for those were over 100k at points

I wonder how many people are watching these today.

WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind

MazeOfTzeentch posted:

ITS
MAY
MOTHERFUCKERS

wait what we have to redo the last three months of 2020 no gently caress that

wisconsingreg
Jan 13, 2019

CactusWeasle posted:

Alonso's first Indy 500 was when the practices were streamed on youtube and the viewing figures for those were over 100k at points

I wonder how many people are watching these today.

seems pretty clear that the series isn't viable with the 2 million or so American race fans, so idk what they are doing

wonder how much control roger gets over that stuff

Spaced God
Feb 8, 2014

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



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsQ2chbhxZ8
Marshall and Robin are doing their coverage

devmd01
Mar 7, 2006

Elektronik
Supersonik
Pace car was announced, is anyone surprised that it’s a C8?

The driver? The same GM president that binned the pace car at Detroit two years ago.

iwentdoodie
Apr 29, 2005

🤗YOU'RE WELCOME🤗
Oh man I hope beyond hope that he yardsales it out of 2 or 4.

CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is

iwentdoodie posted:

Oh man I hope beyond hope that he yardsales it out of 2 or 4.

but enough about ferrucci

wisconsingreg
Jan 13, 2019
224 top practice speed? How does that compare to last year? How much do you think the track will change with august temps?

Frond
Mar 12, 2018
Dragonspeed ran into trouble again.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

Vasukhani posted:

224 top practice speed? How does that compare to last year? How much do you think the track will change with august temps?

Trap speeds are down slightly from last year, 3ish mph. Conditions are way different though. So roughly in the same ballpark as last year despite the 50 extra pounds from the aeroscreen.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

Welcome to Indy, Nando.

e: wait he wrecked last year too

Cygni fucked around with this message at 21:59 on Aug 13, 2020

Reynold
Feb 14, 2012

Suffer not the unclean to live.
lmao Alonso

wisconsingreg
Jan 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1294012764655157248

rip his wrists if he grips the wheel like that in bigger wreck

wisconsingreg fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Aug 13, 2020

Custard Undies
Jan 7, 2006

#essereFerrari

At least he cleared the track during that crash :xd:

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

Fernando the Rocket Rick line doesn’t work anymore, they got rid of the apron, can’t do that.

wisconsingreg
Jan 13, 2019
232 no tow :eyepop:

wisconsingreg
Jan 13, 2019
I have not been alive for a new track record

IOwnCalculus
Apr 2, 2003





Vasukhani posted:

I have not been alive for a new track record

Unless there's been a lot of sandbagging going on still, you're not going to see one here either. There's a big gap between 232 on one lap and 236 across four.

wisconsingreg
Jan 13, 2019
the post 1996 record is what? 232 avg? Think we can get that at least?

IOwnCalculus
Apr 2, 2003





Don't know about the fastest single lap since Arie's 237.498 in '96, but the fastest four lap average since then is Dixon's 232.164 in 2017 with the Honda aerokit. Given that the lap speeds usually decrease 0.5-1MPH across the four laps, we're still a bit short of that as well. The current aerokit doesn't have the same downforce/drag ratio of the manufacturer kits.

Looking back at the pole speeds, it makes sense that they capped speeds when they did. The first 23x pole (Gurrero at 232.482 in 1992) was only three years after the first 22x pole (Mears, 223.885 in 1989).

Thanks to the 1997 IRL cars being loving poo poo, Arie also owns the slowest pole speed since 1987, and the only one below 220 since 1988.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

Honderts lookin fast

devmd01
Mar 7, 2006

Elektronik
Supersonik
lmao at penske missing the mark on all of their cars, they have about 3 and a half hours to get things sorted out.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

this is even worse than the beat down Chevy put on Honda a few years ago

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Cygni posted:

this is even worse than the beat down Chevy put on Honda a few years ago



The Pearn Difference™

wisconsingreg
Jan 13, 2019
lol 2 class race,


how can this even happen with locked aero and hp

WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind

Cygni posted:

this is even worse than the beat down Chevy put on Honda a few years ago



Why does Conor not have a full-time ride (with one team)

Penske should grab him.

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wisconsingreg
Jan 13, 2019

WindyMan posted:

Why does Conor not have a full-time ride (with one team)

Penske should grab him.

I think Conor is competitive, but I don't think he has the Speed to challenge Conor, much less Conor.

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