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Sebastian Bourdais, 2018 IndyCar Champion Last chance for Marco? I think one of the new teams will surprise with a top 5 this year. Maybe even a podium.
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kidcoelacanth posted:Paul Tracy rules in the booth tho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riGTNfBBQyY
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Cygni posted:Also new car looks good in the liveries: They need to make the numbers on the rear wings bigger. Other than that, hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng
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IOwnCalculus posted:Gonna be edgy and say Danica DNS. Given that she hasn't even found a Daytona ride yet, I don't think any Indycar owners are tripping over themselves to give her a car she's never driven. I dunno. She might have flunked out of NASCAR but she might still have just enough oomph in Indianapolis to get a sponsor for one more go at the race.
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http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/146705-patrick-cgr-no-longer-talking-about-500-plans Danica and Ganassi are a no-go.
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dsriggs posted:Harding Racing running a full-time schedule for 2018 with Gabby Chaves in the seat. Yup. Woot. http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/146716-harding-confirms-full-2018-indycar-season-with-chaves
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq8K6kLYrbc I didn't expect this video to hype me up as much as it did. 2018 let's gooooooooooooo
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Human Grand Prix posted:Total is in North America now? Totally
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Bentai posted:They both provide historically low interest rates. Quoting this out of sheer loving appreciation
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https://twitter.com/marshallpruett/status/961718530549911553 Looks like interest rates are rising!
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Oh by-the-way Leena Gade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAZVBhsWQ-0
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http://www.indycar.com/News/2018/02/02-12-Patrick-says-Indy-500-deal-in-place It's official for Danica, she's running the 500. As with whom, still not announced.
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Confirmation of the 2018 grid. http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/147377-2018-indycar-grid 22 full-time cars. With part timers, the field will be a solid 24 cars at St. Pete, Long Beach, Indy GP, Mid-Ohio. Anyone have a list for the Indy 500 yet? I saw that Dan Ica's deal looks to be with ECR, so there's that.
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Bourdais Bandwagon 2018
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iospace posted:Bobby's mustache is coming back? 
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Cygni posted:Ha, Robin and Marshall must have seen this thread. No mention of Monterrier at all. I'd be very surprised at this point if we didn't have some bumping happen.
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If there are 34-36 cars qualifying, they'll have to move Pole Day back to Saturday and Bump Day to Sunday. It wouldn't work the way it has been the last few years.
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Cygni posted:would rather keep firestone, UNLESS WE GET A TIRE WAR BABY The war ended a long time ago. All hail King Firestone
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It's the same kind of news as Cosworth coming out and saying they're ready and willing to make Indycar engines. Well, of course they are. We hear the same from them every two or three years. Doesn't mean it's not news when they formally come out and say it (again).
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Ten years ago. https://www.autosport.com/indycar/news/65277/champ-car-and-irl-confirm-merger I'd say we've come a long way.
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Cygni posted:so with the pending announcements of Hildebrand and Oriol, we've got 34 cars. If Buddy shows, thats 35. we bumpin baby. I wonder if Buddy will show up now seeing that qualification isn't guaranteed. He didn't start last in 2017 (30th) but as the car count ticks to 34 and beyond I wonder if he can shoulder the risk of fighting for a spot in the last two rows and maybe not making it in.
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No, they won't. Honda and Chevy are cool with providing that many engines for practice and qualifying, but to also hold that support for the race as well? Sketchy. 33. 33.
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KingShibby posted:Also I was curious as to why the Safety Team trucks at the Phoenix test were just plain black stock trucks, now I know why Huh. I guess Pruett misinterpreted that last release for Holmatro re-upping for another five years. RIP the orange fire suits.
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KingShibby posted:Holmatro is still involved and did renew their sponsorship, but now it's just as the Official Rescue Tools of INDYCAR. quote:IndyCar's guardian angels, its traveling safety crew, will continue to have Holmatro as its title sponsor in a new agreement that extends the partnership into the next decade. Like I said.
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Cygni posted:this weekend's (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) field of 24 Look at all of those pretty sponsors.
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Cygni posted:rain What happens when you take away 20% of a car's downforce and then race them in the wet? oh boy
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iospace posted:LED panel functionality: Speaking of. http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/147850-inside-indycar-s-next-gen-display-panels quote:"The images have to just be loaded onto the car, but we just set a spec of building a bitmap of 38x35," Koskey continued. "We can spec an image into that, and we can load thousands of images onto it, and each image is assigned a 'race rank'. The American flag is an ID200, and we can put an American flag on there when they're on the grid for the national anthem. Then when they're on the warm-up laps, as they're going around each time, we can say which content can go on there – for example, the flag of the competitor that's in the car, those things." If I were at the track, something I would like to see is a clear indication of which cars are on the lead lap. Not that you couldn't infer that from position indicators, but on ovals and restarts especially it would be great if the leaders would stick out like a sore thumb with a different colored LED. Say for instance, green for the cars on the lead lap and red for those a lap down or more.
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Athanatos posted:Or dickbutt Actual size for the Indycars 
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iospace posted:I wonder if the devel freeze was caused by the increased interest for the 500, not a side effect, now that you mention it. Like if we're pushing 36 for this year, after two years of "Will we make 33?" is a fantastic sign. And people already asking "will they start more than 33?" Don't listen to those people. They are dumb people.
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iospace posted:I think they will up to 35 seeing as there is SOME precedent for it. Once they get to 36 they'll start bumping.
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After practice 2 last year, the fast laps were 1:02.5~1:02.8. Power just did a 1:00.99.
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WindyMan posted:After practice 2 last year, the fast laps were 1:02.5~1:02.8. Quoting myself to point out that someone on Reddit reminded that they had to reprofile turn 3 last year due to the shoddy pavement. Practice times in 2016 are comparable to what we're seeing now. Though we should still be a little bit faster.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Me, I'm happy with this: Nose Cam Visor Cam Wife Cam What a time to be alive
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Cygni posted:Down to ABC+ESPN+ESPN Plus vs NBC+NBCSN+ NBC Gold. While the NBC deal will probably get less eyes, please loving choose NBC oh my god. I would take a broadcaster that is 100% activated in promoting and covering its races over one that phones it in for its larger, but dwindling audience. Remember too that NBC lost F1, and we've seen that Indycar races are better-watched when there's lead-in from NASCAR coverage. C'mon, NBC!
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Theris posted:Yeah I think there's always sort of bubbles/cadres of drivers moving through the ladder, so you get gaps along with that. Last year it was Pro Mazda with the tiny field, this year it's Lights, which kind of makes sense, I guess. And next year it will be Indycar.  But seriously, we need to always and forever praise and never stop giving credit to Dan Andersen and Indycar for setting up the Road to Indy ladder like it is. We're getting out first huge dividend now with all the new teams in the ICS. In 4-5 years we'll start seeing another boost now that the MRTI Shootout is attracting a poo poo-ton of talent from international junior formulae to come in to USF2000 with a scholarship. That'll start tricking up through the ladder, but also down as more racers and more series see American open wheel as a legitimate career path.
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iospace posted:Yeah, to me, one of the biggest things is "Hey, you win in one series? Guess what, you move up to the next one" as opposed to FIA ladder where "Well, if you win Formula 2, you miiiiiight get an F1 ride but you'll probably end up in Formula E" Indycar has a built-in advantage with the Indy 500 as well. F1 has no mechanism for teams or races to expand grids for new drivers or teams (like a MotoGP does, for example) to let proven junior champions prove their worth on a race track. Giving the Lights champion a full ride in Indycar will always be impractical, but giving them three races including the 500 means their foot is already in the door as far as courting teams and attracting sponsorship. In F1, winning F2 might get you a test from an F1 team. Might.
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