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Dec 4, 2002

Juan looks really grumpy in his picture.

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Dec 4, 2002

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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Dec 4, 2002

Even the mighty have to fall~

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Dec 4, 2002

VikingSkull posted:

there's a wicked cool short track there IIRC

IRP owns.


Forever and ever.

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Dec 4, 2002

Hoping for IL-15 style engine covers.

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Dec 4, 2002

In related news, PWC owns.

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Dec 4, 2002

Unless he's running a Buick stock block, it's not the true return of Menard to IndyCar.

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Dec 4, 2002

If McLaren are teaming with anyone, it'd be Penske.

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Dec 4, 2002

Penske's current livery is an old McLaren one, so I figured there was some deeper connection.

When has much of anything involving race cars made sense?

And I'm not talking about the Marlboro one.

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Dec 4, 2002

That and I thought McLaren and Penske were bros once?

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Dec 4, 2002

The livery colors and pattern on Power's car is an old McLaren one from the 1970's, iirc.

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Dec 4, 2002

It was Team Penske's Wikipedia article that I read some time ago that said Power's current livery was or was based off an old McLaren one.

If I'm wrong, then I'm wrong.

With that in mind, maybe working with Andretti?

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Dec 4, 2002

More pressing is a wet tire that's worth a poo poo.

Running Firestones did work, though, from an advertising perspective. My daily driver has a set of Wide Oval AS tires. They do the job.

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Dec 4, 2002

Fear of change is a hell of a thing for IMS ownership.

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Dec 4, 2002

Formula 1:Fraud::IndyCar:Sham

I'm ok with this.

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Dec 4, 2002

Human Grand Prix posted:

I thought it was Goodyear only until 1995 or so.

Correct.

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Dec 4, 2002

IOwnCalculus posted:

I feel like I'm missing something because it seems like most times I've been in his vicinity I get the feeling he's more just painfully shy than an rear end in a top hat.

Everything I've read says that, yeah, he's painfully shy. Dan tried to work with him to not appear like such an rear end in a top hat.

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Dec 4, 2002

be nice wicka posted:

hi all, where is the best location at indy to sit for the grand prix? they have modified and reversed the track since i was there for the USGP so i have no idea

Stand E is where I sit. You view the "Turn One" chicane complex, pit road entrance, it's covered, and there's a TV screen across the track from you.

If you don't mind the sun, I would sit GA in the infield.

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Dec 4, 2002

I was always a closet Jeff Gordon fan. Dude's had a good run. :unsmith:

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Dec 4, 2002

Mo' cars, mo' better.

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Dec 4, 2002

Cygni posted:

Lemons running the daytona 24 hour with 200 shitbox cars is gonna be incredible!

You almost say that like it's a bad thing.

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Dec 4, 2002

Link?

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Dec 4, 2002

Welp. Looks like I'll only care about the 500 this year. Formula 1 is better off than this poo poo show.

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Dec 4, 2002

I think we should all post more in the miscellaneous racing thread. We all know the good drivers will be going to sports cars, anyway.

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Dec 4, 2002

He was stupid when he subbed in at Toronto too. We're doomed.

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Dec 4, 2002

Thread title is now very apt.

IOwnCalculus posted:

Edit: Little Al and a fifth of vodka would be better than Barnhart.

My avatar is down as gently caress.

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Dec 4, 2002

Honestly, can't the Hulman-George clan sell it off finally?

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Dec 4, 2002

At least we all pretty much knew that China race was never going to happen.

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Dec 4, 2002

George Zimmer posted:

No, I believe Ilmor does them.

Correct. They're rebranded Ilmor engines.

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Dec 4, 2002

KingShibby posted:

Well would you look at that...



Owns.

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Dec 4, 2002

Best Jimmy.

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Dec 4, 2002

FuzzySkinner posted:

http://www.1070thefan.com/blogs/talk-gasoline-alley

This is more about the history of the sport. Donald Davidson actually teaches a class about the Indy 500 which people actually travel miles and miles to tale it.

I'm not kidding. He's THAT good.

Donald Davidson owns. You're doing yourself a favor listening to that podcast.

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Dec 4, 2002

That car is certainly a thing.

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Dec 4, 2002

I built IMS out of Legos.

~*childhood*~

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Dec 4, 2002

I cheated and used road plates.

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Dec 4, 2002

Once I saw Chevy still had one, I wasn't expecting either to ditch the IRL air box until next year.

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Dec 4, 2002

What Cygni said. Roll hoops are America.

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Dec 4, 2002

I like it.

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Dec 4, 2002

As a Little Al fan, the 1995 quals were hard to watch.

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Dec 4, 2002

I have this silly idea where F1 teams would go in as aero kit designers using IndyCar as a testbed for their F1 aero.

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