Indycar 2011 @ Las Vegas

amq55 · PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:34 pm

That Bobby Rahal helmet is a beauty.

Juihi · PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:57 pm

wow!!! a lot of very cool things being donated

Paul · PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:03 pm

Akwel wrote:

F1Peter wrote:

StefMeister wrote:

Whatever caused the cars to be more prone to go airborn was something that came in with the 2003-2011 cars.

The cars they ran prior to that didn't go airborn that often & from memory never because of spins, Running over Debris or after contact from the wall (Like what we saw with Simona at indy this year).

Reading Codename's theory above about rake & looking back at images from Texas, The old style cars do seem to run less rake than the current spec car. The Pre-03 car seems quite flat to the ground, Current car is very high at the front due to a higher nose/front wing & also higher at the rear.

I'm pretty sure they did flip before 03 too. Maybe not as much but they did.

At 0:24 in this video, a car, I'm not sure who or when (I think it was per-2003), flipped just by spinning.

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Not sure, but the crash at :24 is pre-1990..

Yes, 1987

De Cesaris fan · PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:17 am

Pancho Carter IIRC.

Karan · PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:46 am

amq55 · PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:18 am

Caught highlights of the race on the TV last night, which i thought was weird.

What really impressed me though, was the full-speed replay. The main part of the crash was over in 10 seconds, it was unbelievable.

Also, that was one of worst edits i've ever seen, specially after the crash. You had like rescue footage, followed by the praying crews and after the announcement, they cut to a shot of the crews lined up at the 5-lap salute, only to change it to the sky panning that we saw live.

StefMeister · PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 2:56 pm

Tony Stewart thinks the critisism of Indycar's safety has been unfair:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95600

NVirkkula · PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 3:03 pm

Good words from Stewart. There's really no reason to do knee-jerking, it's not going to change anything or solve anything.

sennadesillva · PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:58 pm

so ironic how he says "this is gonna be a spectacle, this is gonna be a great way to go out for the indycar series in 2011"

NVirkkula · PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:14 pm

sennadesillva wrote:

so ironic how he says "this is gonna be a spectacle, this is gonna be a great way to go out for the indycar series in 2011"

The minute Wheldon said "great way to go out" my heart skipped a beat and I got this gut feeling, but I shaked it off as I wanted to focus on racing that was about to begun. I remember asking myself that "did he really just said that? Well, he's got some confidence, I hope he'll be safe and have a great race."

When I understood that it was Wheldon in that car with no rollbar, I those words echoed in my head "great way to go out" and my heart just sunk.

phil1993 · PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:19 pm

Some pictures from the funeral
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... neral.html

amq55 · PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:31 pm

Would love to hear Dixon's tribute.

Also, is the helmet his dad is holding the crash helmet? Doesn't make much sense to keep the drink tube connected.

Chris D · PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:32 pm

And now, another example of bullshit from someone who shouldn't breed.

NVirkkula · PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:38 pm

Amazing Grace with Bagpipes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b74s3FcrLjc

What a depressing week it has been, I can't found anything enjoyable in life at all at the moment, the pain is just so huge burden even for a fan of motorsports. My wife has been worried about me, so I had to explain to her what motorsports means to me and why a death of a stranger has affected me so much. And I can't find the right words! I talked to her for hours and managed to explain her some parts of all of this but I don't feel like I had given her an explanation good enough. All I can say that I breath and live through motorsports and we all know that this, unlike for most other sports, is a factor that is there and that is accepted. But when the death happens, it's just so heavy toll, especially in modern days when people (fans and drivers) have grown immune to death. It stops and it hurts when it happens. Especially in pinnacle level of motorsports. In lower classes you could always blame the lack of proper safety equipment or the experience of the drivers. But in moments like these, there is no excuses. And it stops you. :cry:

amq55 · PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:41 pm

buster hymen wrote:

And now, another example of bullshit from someone who shouldn't breed.

Quote:

I wasn’t watching the event—I’ve never seen more than a SportsCenter clip of an auto race

I stopped reading there.

phil1993 · PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:42 pm

buster hymen wrote:

And now, another example of bullshit from someone who shouldn't breed.

"Hey, I have a keyboard and an opinion"

Bitch.

RtN · PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:42 pm

The funny thing is that that article was posted on Atlas a few days ago and the first response to it on there was almost exactly the same as Alex's.

NVirkkula · PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:43 pm

amq55 wrote:

Would love to hear Dixon's tribute.

Also, is the helmet his dad is holding the crash helmet? Doesn't make much sense to keep the drink tube connected.

It is not the helmet. It's just one of his helmet, like it was in Ayrton's funeral.

Those funeral pictures are so depressing, fellow race drivers carrying their friend on his last stint. And a widow of a race driver.

glorfindel · PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:30 pm

amq55 wrote:

buster hymen wrote:

And now, another example of bullshit from someone who shouldn't breed.

Quote:

I wasn’t watching the event—I’ve never seen more than a SportsCenter clip of an auto race

I stopped reading there.

Me too, how rediculous to make such a huge statement about something you have never watched.

Tommy Vercetti · PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:39 pm

She's shocked that the commentators are unsurprised about the magnitude of the accident.

Welcome to auto racing, you dumb bitch.

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