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Minto Took posted:Enjoy 2 1/2 hours of beautiful engine noise. The intro is probably one of the best non-Indy 500 intros. Also just something about these 500 mile races where it wasn't a sprint race but a super fast endurance race which I can dig.
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IOwnCalculus posted:It is endlessly bizarre to me to think about what Indycar would look like today where Helio didn't get that Penske ride, considering he's still in that car today. I've always wanted do an IndyCar "WHAT IF" quite often, and that's one of the scenarios I've always wanted to toy around with. Others would be Senna driving for Penske, Jeff Gordon going to Kool Green in '98, and if Gonchi hadn't passed away in '99. (Juan, and Helio both spoke VERY highly of him). Does anyone have any pictures of videos of him being announced with Gil De Ferran in Detroit, in 1999? I do wonder why Helio was picked after Moore passed too.
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Andretti will be running an Indy Lights team in partnership with the Steinbrenner family, they of the New York Baseball Yankees, for Colton Herta. http://indylights.com/news/steinbrenner-racing-partners-with-andretti-autosport-for-indy-lights-campaign That's pretty drat interesting news, if you ask me. Another second-generation driver coming back to the States to race, driving for a team owned by one of the sports world's most successful families.
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WindyMan posted:Andretti will be running an Indy Lights team in partnership with the Steinbrenner family, they of the New York Baseball Yankees, for Colton Herta. Have to assume this means Colton is being prepped for the Indycar route rather than the GP3/2/F1 ladder
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WindyMan posted:Andretti will be running an Indy Lights team in partnership with the Steinbrenner family, they of the New York Baseball Yankees, for Colton Herta. not one of, THE most successful I mean, Steinbrenner bought the Yankees in a fire sale and they are probably the most valuable franchise in sports anywhere in the world
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VikingSkull posted:I mean, Steinbrenner bought the Yankees in a fire sale and they are probably the most valuable franchise in sports anywhere in the world Yeah, but what have they done lately? Haven't won a World Series since 2009? Pffff. The Cubs—THE CUBS—have done better than the Yankees since then. Clearly, the Steinbrennerers are poised to get out of baseball and go whole-hog into Indycar racing.
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VikingSkull posted:to be fair the sons are nowheres near as talented as their father was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLAa-kxM8lE You know he almost bought the Indians?  .
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VikingSkull posted:to be fair the sons are nowheres near as talented as their father was This can refer to a great many things in this thread. Watching / listening to the Michigan race, I sure hope iRacing eventually does some form of car from the 2.65L era. Those things sound amazing.
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FuzzySkinner posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLAa-kxM8lE We need to stop the what could have beens, there are too many....
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Steinbrenner and the Yankees were almost made for each other, I don't think his style would have worked the same way outside of NY It's hard to explain but if you're from the area it's probably easier to understand
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IOwnCalculus posted:This can refer to a great many things in this thread. 
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I'm probably the #1 Marco Andretti Superfan on all of SA and even I have to admit that.
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my dad set a high bar gently caress you man I'm not working 12 hours, building race cars and running marathons on my weekends *cracks a beer and fires up Steam*
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IOwnCalculus posted:I'm probably the #1 Marco Andretti Superfan on all of SA and even I have to admit that. You're probably the only Marco Andretti fan on SA. VikingSkull posted:my dad set a high bar Our dads worked hard so we don't have to.
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The last few laps of Portland '97 loving owns. Lol at Blundell nearly hitting Boesel while doing his victory donut.
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lets get a lemons car solely for painting it in old indycar paint schemes, that will make us exactly as cool as our collective dads by LAW
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to be fair running lemons is way cooler IMO let's get a bunch of duct work and a Yugo and make the Eagle Cropduster Mk2
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gret posted:You're probably the only Marco Andretti fan on SA. fuzzyskinner also i can't understand how anyoen can be a marco fan at all. i'd be more understanding of a tomas scheckter fan than a marco one.
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Cubey posted:fuzzyskinner To be fair I'm drat near a fan of everyone on the grid. VikingSkull posted:Steinbrenner and the Yankees were almost made for each other, I don't think his style would have worked the same way outside of NY Yeah I can see that. I'm just a whiny Cleveland sports fan. Save for noted Scam Artist Dan Gilbert? we have some pretty mediocre owners.
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like, he made Billy Martin quit do you know how big of an rear end in a top hat you have to be to do that? dude was NY as gently caress
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Alain Post posted:Tomas Sheckter owned  Scheckter was Sato before it was cool to be Sato.
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Boomer The Cannon posted:
no he was more like sage karam
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Proud Christian Mom posted:Scheckter was peak IRL There's two era's of the IRL to me. There's the 1996-2000/1 era where they had a few talented AOWR figures mixed in with the stars of short track and dirt. (Cheever, Luyendyk, Stewart, Hamilton) Then there's the 2002-2007 era where they were pretty much Diet CART. (Castroneves, Kanaan, Wheldon, Franchitti). I kinda put him in the "DIET CART" category of the IRL.
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I "like" Marco because Mario will be absolutely adorable if Marco ever wins the 500 or something. Same principle as Rosberg, really.
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http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/137291-indycar-questions-linger-over-boston-gp-financesquote:In one of the more shocking revelations provided by WCVB, a lack of proper accounting for Boston Grand Prix's income and expenses was uncovered during an exchange between Casey and a bankruptcy lawyer. 
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KV's 2017 plans summed up so you don't have to click this link: who knows? http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/137299-indycar-kv-racing-awaits-decision-on-new-direction
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Roller Coast Guard posted:Have to assume this means Colton is being prepped for the Indycar route rather than the GP3/2/F1 ladder Mmmhmmm. Interesting having the Steinbrenners in there too, bringing in further diverse ownership groups is what IndyCar really needs. Yankees may not be the biggest/most valuable team in the world but they're definitely top 10, possibly top 5. And the family/Yankees are tied with the Abu Dhabi group for NYCFC as well. Boston race unsurprisingly sounds like a loving poo poo show too.
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harperdc posted:Mmmhmmm. Interesting having the Steinbrenners in there too, bringing in further diverse ownership groups is what IndyCar really needs. Yankees may not be the biggest/most valuable team in the world but they're definitely top 10, possibly top 5. And the family/Yankees are tied with the Abu Dhabi group for NYCFC as well. Maybe they can finally get a New York GP off the ground with that connection? (Actually no. this will not happen, but it's nice to dream). Lot of exciting talent coming up the pike within IndyCar. I just wish we had more owners and more rides available in the sport for those wanting to move up. (hopefully Steinbrenner can be that!). Related? NEOhio has their own new driver within Indy Lights! https://www.andrettiautosport.com/news/ryan-norman-named-third-driver-to-andretti-indy-lights-roster Aurora Ohio's OWN Ryan Norman! But back to the topic at hand. Real talk...how does IndyCar bring in more owners? Would allowing more chassis and engine mfg's help in that regard?
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FuzzySkinner posted:Real talk...how does IndyCar bring in more owners? Would allowing more chassis and engine mfg's help in that regard? Short answer: Lower the costs of entry and/or increase the number of eyeballs watching. Long answer: It's starting to build up to that, and it's kind of already happening lower down the ladder. The Steinbrenners coming in is some of the best news open-wheel racing has had in some time, if you think about the bigger picture. The Road to Indy program, Dan Andersen, the new cars…all of that is building up a real base with which Indycar can really stand on. You don't have to sell new owners on the Verizon Indycar Series right away. If you have viable lower tiers, you can sell them the value proposition there. If it works well further down, then getting them to move up to the big leagues as one-off Indy 500 entries or in partnerships/new teams for a full season would be an easier sell. If one new (permanent) team in IndyCar came out from 10-12 teams down the ladder, then it's paid off. Eventually there's going to need to be more engine manufacturers, yeah. Three at the minimum, because it's unrealistic for Honda and Chevy to subsidize the field like they have been doing, especially at Indy. If we ever get back to the point of 26-28 car fields again, there's got to be someone else out there. But if you have enough demand from new or upcoming teams, a third manufacturer will surely come by that point.
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harperdc posted:Mmmhmmm. Interesting having the Steinbrenners in there too, bringing in further diverse ownership groups is what IndyCar really needs. Yankees may not be the biggest/most valuable team in the world but they're definitely top 10, possibly top 5. And the family/Yankees are tied with the Abu Dhabi group for NYCFC as well. 1. Dallas Cowboys, $4 billion 2. Real Madrid, $3.7 billion 3. FC Barcelona, $3.6 billion 4. New York Yankees, $3.4 billion 5. Manchester United, $3.3 billion 6. New England Patriots, $3.2 billion 7. New York Knicks, $3 billion 8. Washington Redskins, $2.9 billion 9. New York Giants, $2.8 billion 10. Los Angeles Lakers, $2.7 billion e- I don't think that includes the YES network, in which case they are probably the solid #1
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FuzzySkinner posted:But back to the topic at hand. Real talk...how does IndyCar bring in more owners? Would allowing more chassis and engine mfg's help in that regard? Maybe don't kill your talent every couple of years.
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KingShibby posted:Bring back IROC Chevrolet Camaro Daytona Texas (Indy weekend) Indianapolis (Brickyard weekend) Pocono (Indy weekend) Jimmie Johnson (Cup) Kevin Harvick (Cup) Kyle Busch (Cup) Kurt Busch (Cup) Daniel Suárez (XFinity) Johnny Sauter (Trucks) Simon Pagenaud (Indy) Scott Dixon (Indy) Ryan Hunter Reay (Indy) Will Power (Indy) Jordan Taylor (IMSA) Donny Schatz (WOO) Boom.
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Peanut President posted:Maybe don't kill your talent every couple of years. just pointing out that I didn't type this
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