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My bold rear end predictions from last year/thread:Cygni posted:I'm gonna make a bold rear end prediction: a third engine manufacturer is announced before the season ends (this is going to be completely wrong, but i wanna be positive) well at least i went 1 for 2. 2018 Predictions: 1) Champion will NOT be a Penske driver. 2) gently caress it, lets keep it rolling THIRD ENGINE MANUFACTURER BEFORE SEASON ENDS
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Tier 1 is Penske and Ganassi. Compete every year for championships. Big budgets. Tier 1.5 is Andretti. Occasionally threaten for championships, regularly win a few races a year. Good budget. Tier 2 is Rahal, Schmidt, and ECR. Rarely threaten for championships/finish top 3, win 1 or 2 races a year maybe. Sufficient budgets. Tier 3 is Coyne and Foyt. Rarely win races. Small budgets. Coyne out-hustles/out-strategies the field regularly though. We dunno about Carlin, Harding, Juncos, or Shank.
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Jan 10, 2018 00:25
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Phoenix test date officially announce and open to the public: http://www.ismraceway.com/Articles/2018/01/ISM-RACEWAY-KICKS-OFF-2018-WITH-THIRD-ANNUAL-VERIZON-INDYCAR-SERIES-PRIX-VIEW.aspx Also new car looks good in the liveries:   https://twitter.com/CGRTeams/status/951099035309559809
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Jan 10, 2018 18:25
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Veach's scheme is ah... well. its certainly.... uh. well 
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Jan 11, 2018 07:35
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Feels Villeneuve posted:That sponsor is incredibly Champ Car World Series I mean, its Andretti. He always seems to dig up weird funding for at least 1 car. Andretti.TV baby. Like gret said, "Group One Thousand One" is the rebranding of Delaware Life Insurance. They changed the parent companies name to that generic business garbage cause #brands are dipshits.
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Jan 11, 2018 17:58
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uh, i believe you meant to post a picture of dennis vitolo. e: also i dug when Gil had the aqua on his car. sigh. we need a valvoline car back again. 
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Jan 11, 2018 19:03
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Chip's the type of dude who denies everything until the day the press announcement goes out. He doesn't normally tip his hand or leak poo poo to reporters, hence the surprise Ed Jones signing and stuff. This was his quote from back in December: quote:"I was a little taken aback by how much was made of it," Ganassi said of the reaction to his discussions with the former IndyCar star. "Folks would like to see a lot of things. First and foremost, things like that have to make business sense to all the parties. I don't want to discourage the idea, but I think it's a small percentage of something happening. There's nothing imminent."
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Jan 11, 2018 21:16
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rip our president legitimately a legend of all motorsport
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Jan 15, 2018 11:03
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Sounds like Hinch is getting what he wanted to resign. More engineering help, more budget, better teammate (thats his buddy no less), manufacturer testing, etc. They are definitely putting together the pieces to try to consistently challenge for race-wins.
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Jan 16, 2018 17:51
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Jay Frye posted:“Well, part of this, again, whole process we talked about, we’ve come up with a five-year plan," Frye said on Tuesday. “The plan actually was activated and started in ’17 by freezing the current kits and then having the universal car starting in ’18, so this car will run in ’18, ’19, and ’20. End of ’18 we’ll get together with a collaboration of people and come up with what our goal or plan is for ’21 and beyond, so the plan is kind of a rolling five-year plan." So looks like we will have 3 years of the UAK18 before whatever might come next, with the wishlisting and such for the '21 car starting end of the year.
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Jan 17, 2018 21:53
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Yeah, ECR makes sense.
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Jan 18, 2018 18:41
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Honda and Chevy have mutually agreed to limit development on the current engines (2018 was gonna be a big spending r&d year in the cycle), to start looking towards an all new design and potential more builders in 2020. The parameters for the 2020 engine are apparently already done, and the slogan? FAST AND LOUD:Jay Frye posted:"We hope to have some sort of news on this early in the year," Frye said. "And we are in agreement that the power piece is what's next in the equation. Everybody wants more power, so that's what we're working on giving our fans with this plan. 'Fast and loud,' brother, that's the thing we're going for." http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/146847-indycar-engine-development-agreement-new-formula-coming
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Jan 19, 2018 17:49
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Probably still bluffing, but Sergio talking about Alfa in IndyCar again: http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/146856-marchionne-comment-renews-indycar-third-manufacturer-speculation
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Jan 19, 2018 22:10
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Well yeah, thats why we love Marshall. Hes right way more than he is wrong, and he is always clear to list stuff as rumors. I want to hear that stuff. And to be fair, Sergio said these quotes himself.
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Jan 19, 2018 22:35
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Minto Took posted:Safe to assume the series is still too broke to allow turbo I4s along with the twin turbo V6s? I don't think you will see a mixed spec cause of performance balancing concerns from the manufacturers themselves, honestly. IndyCar does mild BOP, but a full blown IMSA/PWC style balance would be bad news probably. The meltdowns would be incredible. If i had to guess, I imagine V6 and V8, turbo and non-turbo, are probably on the table. Dunno about I4 turbo, but maybe! They want more power with similar to current cost constraints, and displacement will solve that pretty well. If its 2.65l V8 twin-turbos, I will laugh forever.
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Jan 20, 2018 03:04
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Sato's paint at the moment: https://twitter.com/TakumaSatoRacer/status/956163349263339520
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Jan 24, 2018 20:42
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IOwnCalculus posted:Is that dark blue on the wing a little metallic? If so, even better. can confirm: https://twitter.com/RLLracing/status/956273066052595718 sorta reminds me of the old Forsythe liveries. I can't find it, but I know they did a sort of argyle style pattern on the stripes too that was even more like the Rahals. 
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Jan 24, 2018 22:38
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Pietro Fittipaldi in Coyne's 2nd car today. Grandson to Emmo, and a good deal of wins in lower series (although generally not against great competition)
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Jan 25, 2018 19:31
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Human Grand Prix posted:http://www.racer.com/f1/item/146967-newgarden-dixon-ready-for-f1-now-brown well duh
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Jan 25, 2018 22:53
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the new brake package really puts on a good show it seems
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Jan 26, 2018 00:59
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air boxes are a sin
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Jan 26, 2018 16:32
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Rahal's Long Beach colors are cool
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Jan 31, 2018 18:56
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Human Grand Prix posted:Total is in North America now? yeah, they are mostly in things like industrial solvents and avgas. they are launching a consumer motoroil though, which is probably behind the bigger sponsorship in indycar/GRC etc.
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harperdc posted:Primary sponsorship for Dixie. Wouldn’t be shocked at all if it coincidentally Gives You Wings. yeah, thats what im thinkin people are guessing its Danica's ride but ehhhh
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Feb 2, 2018 00:32
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Not too bad. Not far off what was common in the 80s to deal with buffeting. Although, somebody needs to add the smoke tint to really make it look cool. 
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Feb 2, 2018 20:47
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U LIKE PAINT I GOT PAINT. Three cars and none of them are blue/white/red, its a miracle. Bright sparkly colors rule. Rating: Good.  Hell yes, a black car again. Rating: Good.  A sponsor for Coyne and a face on the nose. Rating: Good. In case you noticed that little Vasser Sullivan on the Dale Coyne sign, heres an article about it: http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/147207-vasser-sullivan-partner-with-dale-coyne-racing e: how about a (unexciting) 4th 
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Feb 5, 2018 18:02
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Fittipaldi back in the #19 at todays test too. Sounds like him and De Melo are going to split the car this year. e: https://twitter.com/marshallpruett/status/960564640068464640
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TK Leist  Power  Sipag 
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Feb 5, 2018 20:05
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iospace posted:It's amazing how nice the cars look now without the sponsor blockers. For sure. They also seem visually much smaller and lower to me without the bumpers/fins/airbox, despite being the exact same wheelbase, length, and width.
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Feb 5, 2018 20:18
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Sounds like they are announcing a primary for Dixon tomorrow. https://twitter.com/IndyMHull/status/960605703735074817
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Feb 5, 2018 21:18
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That's pretty dang good, honestly. Top 5 bank in the US with $16 billion in revenue, mostly consumer banking focused too. The scheme is a bit... underwhelming though.
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Feb 5, 2018 21:54
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looks like the #19 is already done up in Demelo's sponsors color, although Fittipaldi is in the car today.
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Lots of perty pictures if you didn't get enough of my chain postin' em today: http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/147218-sonoma-indycar-testing-gallery
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Feb 6, 2018 01:45
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Looks a bit better in the flesh
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Feb 6, 2018 18:02
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drat they really fuckin' accelerate without all that aero. Definitely more work with the hands now too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq5fl1HckIk
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Feb 6, 2018 23:30
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Bentai posted:They both provide historically low interest rates.  Rahal will have United Rentals as the primary for 5 races including the 500.  http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/147257-united-rentals-extends-rll-sponsorship
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Feb 7, 2018 20:37
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Demelo and Fittipaldi officially splitting the 19 for the year, with Paysafe staying the sponsor all year. Demelo will take 10 races (assumedly the non-ovals?) and Fittipaldi the other 7 (assumedly the ovals plus one more?) http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/147254-coyne-officially-confirms-claman-de-melo-fittipaldi Coyne has two sponsored cars, what is this world coming to.
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Feb 8, 2018 01:11
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Still 10 races available at Juncos and 11 at Shank if you gotta check!!! Speakin of Indy, I think we pretty much already have 33 depending on how stuff plays out. The 24 full timers and part timers, plus Stefan Wilson, Munoz, Pippa, Helio, Lazier (says hes coming again), 3rd for Schmidt (confirmed not Danica), D&R is planning on 2, and Danica all confirmed. Assuming Danica doesn't land in one of those D&R seats, thats 33. Thats assuming nobody else adds any either. Bumping? Maybe?? Also Marco's colors for 5 races, including Indy and Long Beach: 
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Human Grand Prix posted:If there is any bumping at all it's just gonna be like 2015, where Lazier didn't really even but in a serious attempt to qualify. counterpoint: nuh-uh sucker also https://twitter.com/AndyHallESPN/status/961411747566505984 
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