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Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

RIP Phoenix. Unlike your stands, you filled up that 4 week gap nicely.

# ¿ Jan 7, 2019 18:45

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 22:32

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

https://twitter.com/A_S12/status/1082302282321018881

# ¿ Jan 8, 2019 00:19

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

https://twitter.com/A_S12/status/1084993627426820097

# ¿ Jan 15, 2019 10:30

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

https://twitter.com/robertwickens/status/1090784174817058818

# ¿ Jan 31, 2019 02:41

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

With such a generic-rear end name, it would not surprise me to find out in the end they're a shell company for exactly those purposes.

# ¿ Jan 31, 2019 20:03

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

https://twitter.com/A_S12/status/1091075214790791168

# ¿ Jan 31, 2019 22:22

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

https://racereviewonline.home.blog/2019/01/31/indy-500-tix-sales-strong-hospitality-and-suites-completely-sold-out/
Indy 500 Tix Sales Strong, Hospitality And Suites Completely Sold Out

# ¿ Feb 1, 2019 08:30

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1091373196346040322

# ¿ Feb 1, 2019 19:47

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

Another potential advantage is Firestone may be able to limit initial slick track conditions due to the different tire compounds between each series.

# ¿ Feb 2, 2019 02:54

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

https://twitter.com/CarlinRacing/status/1093954205792890880

As for O'Ward & Steinbrenner/Harding, there's a rough translation in the comments here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/INDYCAR/comments/anzext/season_of_mexican_driver_patricio_oward_at_risk/

quote:

A source told R�CORD that the team, stablished by the association between Mike Harding and George Steinbrenner IV, has not found the budget required, at the moment, to have the new team and his two cars on optimal condition to race, and for that reason they will not be present at the test scheduled this Friday at the track in Monterey.

Also someone dug up a deleted comment by Robin Miller from his latest mailbag:

quote:

Let�s just say that Hank is likely going to have to pitch in more than he expected to get started, and I think he already has in order to get Colton to the COTA test. As for Mike Harding, it appears to be lots of what ifs, and I understand the team has two major sponsor proposals in this week. But as it stands today, there will be one car at COTA next week to be shared by Pato and young Herta. But I know O�Ward is concerned about his future, as well he should be, and he�s got $1 million and a bundle of talent to take somewhere else if Harding can�t answer the bell. Providing, of course, there is anyplace to go.

# ¿ Feb 8, 2019 20:53

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

https://twitter.com/michaelandretti/status/1095042412790059008
https://twitter.com/michaelandretti/status/1095046747028623364
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https://twitter.com/jimayello/status/1095037512857382913
https://twitter.com/jimayello/status/1095051194911911936
https://twitter.com/jimayello/status/1095051927707156488

# ¿ Feb 11, 2019 23:30

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

I'd have to assume they're not worth enough all together to be able to pay for a second engine lease + crew salary.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2019 04:01

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

https://github.com/uujfwmnp/upgraded-telegram
If anyone has Python3 installed and wants their own little T&S on their command line.

https://twitter.com/marshallpruett/status/1095387081386405891
https://twitter.com/Open_Wheels/status/1095393750547861506
https://twitter.com/Open_Wheels/status/1095384976256843783

Bentai fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Feb 12, 2019

# ¿ Feb 12, 2019 19:46

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1095437715657682944

Standings with 1h 45m left in the session:

code:

Position:  Driver:               Car:    Last Lap:       Best Lap:       Tire:    Status:
1          Rossi                 27      7:34.5100       1:48.2043       Black    Active
2          Rosenqvist            10      7:22.9911       1:48.7913       Black    Active
3          Pagenaud              22      12:32.9821      1:48.7919       Black    Active
4          Herta                 88      1:50.3829       1:48.9752       Black    In Pit
5          Hinchcliffe           5       1:49.0103       1:49.0103       Black    In Pit
6          Ferrucci              19      1:53.1656       1:49.1781       Black    In Pit
7          Dixon                 9       4:40.8730       1:49.1897       Black    Active
8          Hunter-Reay           28      1:50.1643       1:49.1910       Black    In Pit
9          Power                 12      1:52.0444       1:49.2314       Black    In Pit
10         Pigot                 21      1:54.5432       1:49.2742       Black    In Pit
11         Harvey                60      1:50.8364       1:49.4496       Black    In Pit
12         Rahal                 15      1:55.3741       1:49.6290       Black    In Pit
13         Jones                 20      1:50.1538       1:49.6420       Black    In Pit
14         Newgarden             2       1:50.3707       1:49.6654       Black    In Pit
15         Chilton               59      1:50.1429       1:49.9519       Black    Active
16         Veach                 26      2:19.9461       1:50.0857       Black    In Pit
17         Castroneves           3       21:39.7872      1:50.1038       Black    Active
18         Andretti              98      1:54.2667       1:50.1099       Black    In Pit
19         Bourdais              18      1:50.4200       1:50.1700       Black    Active
20         Ericsson              7       1:52.6015       1:50.2102       Black    Active
21         Kaiser                32      1:52.3543       1:50.6549       Black    In Pit
22         Leist                 4       2:04.0506       1:50.7631       Black    Active
23         Kanaan                14      1:51.0791       1:51.0791       Black    In Pit
24         Enerson               23      1:52.8837       1:51.2929       Black    In Pit
25         Sato                  30      1:53.0462       1:51.8148       Black    In Pit

# ¿ Feb 12, 2019 22:44

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

In the ongoing :cripes:

saga of Pat O. O. Ward:

https://twitter.com/autoweekusa/status/1095503938571460608
https://twitter.com/PatricioOWard/status/1095552533148430338

# ¿ Feb 13, 2019 07:11

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

I can only assume he (or his management) believed a full season, even in a backmarker team, would be preferable than a half-season in a top-level team. Or maybe there was more to the offer that made it so he wasn't able to accept.

It's all a mess.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2019 07:47

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

It's looking that way so far.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2019 20:05

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

90 minutes to go in the session

code:

Position:  Driver:               Car:    Last Lap:       Best Lap:
1          Rosenqvist            10      1:49.6369       1:47.7559
2          Rossi                 27      20:16.8721      1:47.8565
3          Dixon                 9       1:47.9003       1:47.9003
4          Power                 12      1:48.0893       1:47.9476
5          Rahal                 15      1:52.6696       1:48.0635
6          Newgarden             2       1:48.3914       1:48.1086
7          Herta                 88      1:50.3245       1:48.2969
8          Hunter-Reay           28      1:50.0308       1:48.4277
9          Ericsson              7       1:49.2904       1:48.4411
10         Bourdais              18      1:49.7168       1:48.4909
11         Hinchcliffe           5       1:52.3752       1:48.6313
12         Veach                 26      1:48.6848       1:48.6848
13         Chilton               59      1:53.4686       1:48.7049
14         Andretti              98      1:48.7752       1:48.7752
15         Sato                  30      1:52.9980       1:48.8640
16         Harvey                60      1:49.0006       1:48.8887
17         Pagenaud              22      1:50.0650       1:48.9238
18         Leist                 4       1:50.1622       1:49.1852
19         Enerson               23      1:51.7313       1:49.2896
20         Pigot                 21      10:25.2731      1:49.3145
21         Ferrucci              19      1:51.2395       1:49.3434
22         Kanaan                14      1:49.3446       1:49.3446
23         Castroneves           3       1:51.6250       1:49.6100
24         Kaiser                32      1:51.9985       1:50.3386
25         Jones                 20      1:52.0019       1:51.4740

# ¿ Feb 13, 2019 22:32

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

That would be a fun off-season thing, run a DW12 out of enforced spec to see what it could do.

*edit*
Final session results:

code:

Position:  Driver:               Car:    Last Lap:       Best Lap:
1          Rossi                 27      1:47.6557       1:46.8535
2          Herta                 88      1:47.0001       1:47.0001
3          Hunter-Reay           28      1:47.1757       1:47.1757
4          Rosenqvist            10      1:47.3868       1:47.2941
5          Rahal                 15      1:47.3662       1:47.3662
6          Dixon                 9       1:48.7447       1:47.3684
7          Pagenaud              22      1:48.1367       1:47.4691
8          Hinchcliffe           5       1:47.8354       1:47.5379
9          Ferrucci              19      1:47.5970       1:47.5970
10         Newgarden             2       1:47.6625       1:47.6625
11         Power                 12      1:47.7327       1:47.6666
12         Sato                  30      1:47.7183       1:47.7183
13         Ericsson              7       1:52.9201       1:47.7958
14         Enerson               23      1:51.8962       1:47.9094
15         Andretti              98      1:47.9993       1:47.9993
16         Leist                 4       1:48.1485       1:48.1485
17         Harvey                60      5:36.8756       1:48.1698
18         Veach                 26      1:54.6172       1:48.1888
19         Jones                 20      1:48.1955       1:48.1955
20         Bourdais              18      1:48.1973       1:48.1973
21         Chilton               59      1:48.3640       1:48.3640
22         Castroneves           3       14:04.1803      1:48.4177
23         Kanaan                14      1:48.9011       1:48.5553
24         Pigot                 21      1:48.9114       1:48.6249
25         Kaiser                32      1:48.9041       1:48.8496

Bentai fucked around with this message at 00:10 on Feb 14, 2019

# ¿ Feb 13, 2019 22:54

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

Garage 34, someone enters an oval-prepped LMP.

# ¿ Feb 20, 2019 05:19

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

https://www.motorsport.com/tcr/news/urrutia-indy-lights-tcr-europe/4340966/

quote:

Regular Indy Lights frontrunner Santiago Urrutia will make a surprise switch to the European touring car scene in 2019 as he joins the TCR Europe grid.

https://racer.com/2019/02/20/robin-millers-mailbag-for-february-20-presented-by-honda-racing-hpd/

quote:

RM: Other than during the racing season, I start putting The Mailbag together on Sunday night and finish it by Tuesday at noon, so the Andretti-O'Ward story transpired after I'd already finished last week's. As for the story itself, yes it's true that Michael intervened and reportedly offered eight races, but Pato evidently declined because Mike Harding would have still been involved. We don�t know all the behind-the-scenes stuff between O'Ward and Harding and nobody is allowed to discuss it after their settlement, but my take is that he feels cheated and wants nothing to do with Harding.

Having said that, going with Andretti for eight races would have given Pato his best shot, and there�s nothing out there to compare with it. But, again, we don�t know the contractual ramifications of what the lawyers decided, and obviously, the O'Ward group feels very strongly about severing its ties with Harding. I don�t blame O'Ward for feeling his IndyCar career got derailed, and you can�t blame Michael for being angry for trying to help his Lights champion.

In short, what should have been a feel-good story about two teenage talents is pretty much a mess.

# ¿ Feb 21, 2019 00:11

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

Champion: Newgarden
500 Winner: Hinchcliffe

# ¿ Feb 22, 2019 23:03

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

https://twitter.com/marshallpruett/status/1101302478434267138

# ¿ Mar 1, 2019 07:12

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

Discord Postin' (thanks Windy)
https://twitter.com/robertwickens/status/1103753309154918400

# ¿ Mar 7, 2019 21:45

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

https://twitter.com/A_S12/status/1103733448714399747

# ¿ Mar 8, 2019 10:39

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

Indycar has kinda poo poo the bed this year, in regards to tv rights, haven�t they?

# ¿ Mar 9, 2019 04:56

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

Discord Postin:
https://twitter.com/AutoRacing1/status/1106287645829857280

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/alonso-mclaren-return-indy-texas/4352737/

quote:

Fernando Alonso, who in May will make his second attempt at the Indianapolis 500, will have his first run in IndyCar�s spec Dallara aerokit when he tests his McLaren-Chevrolet at Texas Motor Speedway next month.

Bentai fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Mar 15, 2019

# ¿ Mar 15, 2019 00:38

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

https://twitter.com/CarlinRacing/status/1107643172107239424

:v:

https://twitter.com/IMS/status/1107642121752887297

# ¿ Mar 18, 2019 23:33

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

It'll be fun if PT and her lock horns during broadcast.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2019 18:02

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

I really do hope they keep the No Limits Texas thing at COTA next year. At the very least, apply it to a handful of corners that can cause charlie pinball accidents.

# ¿ Mar 25, 2019 19:43

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

COTA still has 2 more years before the race contract renewal, thankfully.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2019 08:31

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

https://twitter.com/jimayello/status/1110935146583212036
I think Marcus is gonna fit in just fine with Indycar.

# ¿ Mar 27, 2019 23:16

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

FuzzySkinner posted:

"But more fans will want to attend the IndyCar race..." No. Again, we've had posters who went when this was tried in Vegas. Pretty much had people bail as soon as the Trucks raced.

Yup. Vegas was absolutely papered with tickets to those races to try and get decent numbers, I got mine both years free since an old employer was a major corporate sponsor at LVMS. Place was a ghost-town the moment the checkers flew for the trucks.

Maybe if a doubleheader was tried at a road course as opposed to an oval?

# ¿ Mar 28, 2019 18:15

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/arrow-schmidt-IndyCar-F1-ericsson/4363752/

quote:

Finding speed in an IndyCar, by ex-F1 racer Marcus Ericsson
Now he�s completed hundreds of laps at Circuit of The Americas in both Formula 1 and IndyCar, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver Marcus Ericsson compares and contrast the techniques required to find ultimate pace. He spoke to David Malsher.

# ¿ Apr 2, 2019 23:05