... like where? where in boston would they do that?
Around Boston Harbor apparently. As someone who lived in Boston for 4 1/2 years, I have no idea how any series could stage a race anywhere in the city.....but damn I want to see them try. I'll be going to that one for sure.
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"He makes the move on the outside, and knowing George as we do, he's probably on the radio right now telling the team how great he is." - James Hinchcliffe on George Russell
... like where? where in boston would they do that?
Around Boston Harbor apparently. As someone who lived in Boston for 4 1/2 years, I have no idea how any series could stage a race anywhere in the city.....but damn I want to see them try. I'll be going to that one for sure.
nome66 wrote:... like where? where in boston would they do that?
Around Boston Harbor apparently. As someone who lived in Boston for 4 1/2 years, I have no idea how any series could stage a race anywhere in the city.....but damn I want to see them try. I'll be going to that one for sure.
Before the Indy 500 prerace, ABC had a plutocrap show on, and talked about the race. The host flat out asked "They have been running this race for 99 years now, why are the cars still crashing?"
I nearly destroyed my very expensive TV.
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"He makes the move on the outside, and knowing George as we do, he's probably on the radio right now telling the team how great he is." - James Hinchcliffe on George Russell
We've had two pace laps and already two Honda cars have shat themselves. Tags didn't even get off the grid, and Daly's pulled off with a fire. It's gonna be one of those races.
EDIT: And Karam, Briscoe and Sato have wrecked on the first lap. :L
Fetzie on Ferrari wrote:How does a driver hurtling around a race track while they're sous-viding in their overalls have a better understanding of the race than a team of strategy engineers in an air-conditioned room?l
Only took 1/4 of a lap for Sato to get bored. 4 cars out after 1 lap...
EDIT: Swiss Miss tags JPM, and the caution continues. Tony George has an 8-ft erection, as FINALLY Jeff Gordon is the man with the most laps led at Indy......
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"He makes the move on the outside, and knowing George as we do, he's probably on the radio right now telling the team how great he is." - James Hinchcliffe on George Russell
Special Ed, that move was not gonna work in a month of Sundays.
EDIT: All three Dale Coyne cars got into each other in the pitlane. This would be kekworthy, but a crew member for Vautier's car is down. Hope he's OK, it was a nasty hit.
Fetzie on Ferrari wrote:How does a driver hurtling around a race track while they're sous-viding in their overalls have a better understanding of the race than a team of strategy engineers in an air-conditioned room?l
TK's shitty Indy 500 luck returns with a vengeance. Went low at turn 3, couldn't catch the wiggle, and backed it hard into the wall. Such a shame.
Upshot of this though is that Charlie Kimball's now in a position to fight for the win.
Fetzie on Ferrari wrote:How does a driver hurtling around a race track while they're sous-viding in their overalls have a better understanding of the race than a team of strategy engineers in an air-conditioned room?l
Huge wreck with 30 to go. This is getting sloppy. Mad props for TK'S "we don't always flip" line, that was awesome. Also great to see karma bite Simon in the are after he was whining about Power racing him. Hope the Coyne crewman is ok, the lack of updates is worrying.
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"He makes the move on the outside, and knowing George as we do, he's probably on the radio right now telling the team how great he is." - James Hinchcliffe on George Russell
Good to here, hopefully the one taken to hospital is just for observation.
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"He makes the move on the outside, and knowing George as we do, he's probably on the radio right now telling the team how great he is." - James Hinchcliffe on George Russell
I'm really happy to see Charlie Kimball finish 3rd today. I'm off to a barbeque tomorrow in a town neighbouring his birth town!
watka wrote:I find it amusing that whilst you're one of the more openly Christian guys here, you are still first and foremost associated with an eye for the ladies!
dinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
Managed to catch that last 15 lap green period after the caution. Nice finish to the race, and I'm happy to see Montoya win as well. His last move on Dixon was CLOSE!
It was a REALLY good race, but I expected it to be so. As most others here, I'm pleased with Kimball getting 3rd. Albeit a ride buyer, he can't possibly be a more down-to-earth, fun guy.
My guy Newgarden finally got a good finish in Indiana getting 9th, his previous best in the state was a 17th. Graham Rahal also deserves a mention at least. The best Honda driver again with blistering performances so far this year. Albeit I'm neutral on him (maybe jealous, because Courtney Force...) and downright hate his father, credit has to be given where it's due.
Hopefully, as Briscoe has to race in Corvettes soon, Schmidt will get Wilson until Hinch recovers.
If a particle is traveling at the speed of a Spyker, it is likely to finish last. - Albers Einstein
The Hungarian language is more beautiful than you'd ever think. See, the plural of soul in Hungarian is lelkek.
Rabbi Gordon wrote:It was a REALLY good race, but I expected it to be so. As most others here, I'm pleased with Kimball getting 3rd. Albeit a ride buyer, he can't possibly be a more down-to-earth, fun guy.
Yes but he's an AMERICAN ride buyer, that makes it ok, just ask Tony George
Montoya proves that he really has MASSIVE amounts of talent. Too bad it only comes out on occasions. He is also the last active hope for the "Triple Crown". That move on Dixon, when even your spotter is surprised ("You're clear?!?") you know it was a damn fine move.
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"He makes the move on the outside, and knowing George as we do, he's probably on the radio right now telling the team how great he is." - James Hinchcliffe on George Russell
Detroit race 1 just called due to rain and lightning(in the 'too-close' zone) at more than halfway, Congratulations to Carlos Munoz on a well deserved first career win! and to Marco Andretti on the podium after some sketchy tire-strategy calls at the hands of himself(and finally pitted at the word of his dad). i only caught the second half of the broadcast (before the call) from about lap 24 up to the final red flag, so i'm not actually sure who would make a good ROTR.
I believe in German BARawnda-Tyrrell-Simca(and it's working)
the only difference between the roman gladiators and racing drivers is that racing drivers sit inside the lion that is trying to kill them.
nome66 wrote:i only caught the second half of the broadcast (before the call) from about lap 24 up to the final red flag, so i'm not actually sure who would make a good ROTR.
That should be very easy - the strategists who handed Andretti that 1-2 finish by insisting drivers pit for wet tyres despite the track clearly not being wet enough. By the time the pitstops cycled through, Munoz had half a minute on Andretti and Pagenaud, who had another half minute on Power and Dixon. Utterly ridiculous that so many teams made such a horrific blunder.
Sebastian Vettel wrote:If I was good at losing I wouldn't be in Formula 1.
nome66 wrote:i only caught the second half of the broadcast (before the call) from about lap 24 up to the final red flag, so i'm not actually sure who would make a good ROTR.
Debris cautions.
If a particle is traveling at the speed of a Spyker, it is likely to finish last. - Albers Einstein
The Hungarian language is more beautiful than you'd ever think. See, the plural of soul in Hungarian is lelkek.
nome66 wrote:i only caught the second half of the broadcast (before the call) from about lap 24 up to the final red flag, so i'm not actually sure who would make a good ROTR.
Debris cautions.
I didn't catch the first 30 or so laps, but were they really that bad that it overshadowed everybody effectively giving up the top 3 places to Munoz, Andretti and Pagenaud through such fundamental strategy errors on a level comparable to Ferrari sending Raikkonen out on wets on a bone dry track in Malaysia 2009?
Sebastian Vettel wrote:If I was good at losing I wouldn't be in Formula 1.
Red flag at Detroit with 6 laps to go after Power took himself and Castroneves out of the race. This isn't the first case of team mates tangling today, after Kimball accidently moved over on Dixon after Power got wheelspin out of turn 3, which ended up with Dixon buried in the tyres.
Bourdais vs Sato vs Rahal vs Montoya, and they're all marginal on fuel. This is gonna be an insane ending.
Finally, IndyCar needs to park Sage Karam. Chap's been driving like an utter tool today.
Fetzie on Ferrari wrote:How does a driver hurtling around a race track while they're sous-viding in their overalls have a better understanding of the race than a team of strategy engineers in an air-conditioned room?l
Dale Coyne Racing gets a 4th place finish in an unsponsored car with a driver who, albeit talented, could never finish better than 10th before. From last place on the grid too.
Bourdais being Bourdais set the fastest lap in the final one without anyone closing behind him and ran out of fuel snowboating moments later.
If a particle is traveling at the speed of a Spyker, it is likely to finish last. - Albers Einstein
The Hungarian language is more beautiful than you'd ever think. See, the plural of soul in Hungarian is lelkek.
JPM runs out of fuel, hits Chaves, classified 10th, and still ends up increasing his championship lead. They do say you make your own luck sometimes, but that's insane.
Nice to see a Coyne, both Foyts and the Herta entry in the top 10.
Fetzie on Ferrari wrote:How does a driver hurtling around a race track while they're sous-viding in their overalls have a better understanding of the race than a team of strategy engineers in an air-conditioned room?l
Here are the Mario Andretti Road & Street Course Trophy points standings of the Verizon IndyCar Series after the double-header at Detroit's Belle Isle in 2015:
Juan Pablo Montoya 214 Will Power 213 Helio Castroneves 205 Sebastien Bourdais 190 Graham Rahal 186 Scott Dixon 185 Marco Andretti 168 Tony Kanaan 163 Josef Newgarden 162 Carlos Muñoz 159 Simon Pagenaud 152 Ryan Hunter-Reay 141 Takuma Sato 132 James Hinchcliffe 129 Luca Filippi 120 Charlie Kimball 116 Jack Hawksworth 116 James Jakes 108 Gabby Chaves (R) 105 Stefano Coletti (R) 94 Sage Karam (R) 67 Conor Daly (R) 53 Tristan Vautier (R) 45 Francesco Dracone (R) 38 Sebastian Saavedra 33 Carlos Huertas 31 Rodolfo Gonzalez (R) 10 JR Hildebrand 9 Justin Wilson 6
And these are the points standings of the A. J. Foyt Oval Track Trophy after Fort Worth's TMS in 2015:
Juan Pablo Montoya 134 Scott Dixon 120 Will Power 100 Charlie Kimball 98 Marco Andretti 87 Helio Castroneves 81 Graham Rahal 75 Simona de Silvestro 66 Simon Pagenaud 61 Ryan Briscoe 60 Sebastien Bourdais 54 Josef Newgarden 53 Tony Kanaan 52 Carlos Muñoz 49 Justin Wilson 49 Takuma Sato 48 Gabby Chaves (R) 48 JR Hildebrand 48 James Jakes 47 Ryan Hunter-Reay 42 Townsend Bell 32 Pippa Mann 29 Sage Karam (R) 28 Alex Tagliani 27 Stefano Coletti (R) 21 Conor Daly (R) 20 Tristan Vautier (R) 20 Jack Hawksworth 19 Ed Carpenter 18 Rodolfo Gonzalez (R) 17 Sebastian Saavedra 14 Bryan Clauson (R) 10 James Davison (R) 10 Oriol Servia 10 Buddy Lazier 0
The Indy 500 race paid double points this year but the Indy 500 qualifying did not. That is why, in the Foyt oval points standings, I could not remove the double points, which I would have liked to do, since double points are a gimmick, imho.
"I don't think we should be used to finance (the manufacturers') R&D because they will produce that engine anyway" said Monisha Kaltenborn. "You will never see a Mercedes using a Ferrari engine or the other way round."
I would love to see this race in wet conditions.
