2014 Verizon IndyCar Season

cookie · PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 5:53 pm

There was talk around the time of last years 500 that Zanardi wanted to do it. So hopefully he will also be announced soon.

Shane · PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 5:59 pm

There is no way in HELL IndyCar would let someone waltz in for the 500 with any kind of different setup from Chevy and Honda and compete. Imagine if for some reason that entry won or even flat out dominated? Chevy and Honda would be livid.

Juihi · PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:12 am

StefMeister · PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:44 pm

Oriol Servia's will run at Long Beach, Barber & both races at Indy with Rahal, More will be added if they can get funding:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112781

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2014 IndyCar line-up so far:

Team                    Engine Driver(s)
AJ Foyt Racing          Honda  Takuma Sato
Andretti Autosport      Honda  M Andretti/C Munoz/J Hinchcliffe/R Hunter-Reay
Bryan Herta Autosport   Honda  Tba
Chip Ganassi Racing     Chevy  S Dixon/T Kanaan/R Briscoe/C Kimball
Dale Coyne Racing       Honda  Justin Wilson/tba
Ed Carpenter Racing     Chevy  Ed Carpenter (ovals)/Mike Conway (road/street)
KV Racing Technology    Chevy  Sebastien Bourdais/Sebastian Saavedra
Panther Racing          Chevy  Tba
Rahal Letterman Racing  Honda  Graham Rahal
Sarah Fisher Hartman    Honda  Josef Newgarden
Schmidt Peterson        Honda  Mikhail Aleshin/Simon Pagenaud
Team Penske             Chevy  JP Montoya/H Castroneves/W Power

Part-time:

Oriol Servia         RLL       Four races
Kurt Busch           Andretti  Indy 500
Jacques Villeneuve   Schmidt   Indy 500
Martin Plowman       Foyt      Both Indy rounds

rhashana · PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 8:07 pm

I think it's funny that most of you guys are getting excited this year's indy500 because drivers who you liked years ago when you were a kid are taking part or expressing an interest in taking part, or coming over from NASCAR. That tells me the Indy500 wouldn't be half as good without them.

But wait they're all old and lacking recent experience or in the case of Busch don't have any experience. If they do well that means anyone (with some degree of talent) can hop in today's dallara and do well. If they do poorly that just states the obvious. And if they do midpack well that just means a driver who hasn't raced indy-type cars on ovals in 10+ years is more competitive than half the field. And if they crash and injure themselves it just reminds everyone that IndyCar is comparatively dangerous. Last time most people in America will have heard about INdyCar will have been when Dario's big crash made the mainstream news.

It's a no win situation.
At best it's short term gain at the risk of longer term damage.

Vassago · PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 8:23 pm

Jack Hawksworth will be driving for Herta. That's some upset!

http://www.racer.com/index.php/indycar/ ... port-drive

Gaara · PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 2:36 am

PT back?

Paul Tracy wrote:

Very excited about the opportunity to be back at some of my favorite venues ... Stay tuned

iks · PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:19 am

Yessssssssssssss!

I wonder if he'll drive for Dale Coyne...

Best news I've heard all day.

ellis · PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:49 am

rhashana wrote:

I think it's funny that most of you guys are getting excited this year's indy500 because drivers who you liked years ago when you were a kid are taking part or expressing an interest in taking part, or coming over from NASCAR. That tells me the Indy500 wouldn't be half as good without them.

It's not rocket science that names like Montoya, Villeneuve and Tracy are more exciting than Man, Vautier and Legge.

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:30 am

Gonna be one of the most anticipated Indianapolis 500 races in a long time

electrodevo · PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:37 pm

rhashana wrote:

It's a no win situation.
At best it's short term gain at the risk of longer term damage.

The "long term damage" has already been done a long time ago, thanks to the CART / IRL split. Why not enjoy the nostalgia?

Actually, the last 3 500s have been real good stories, and 2 of them did involved drivers "newer" to the Indycar series. (On the losing end, granted, we're talking about Hildebrand pulling off the biggest choke in Indy history, and Takuma Sato almost passing Franchitti then crashing, but still). The other had some nostalgia feels (TK winning Indy) but TK's an active driver.

Honestly, the odds are not very good for a relatively inactive nostalgic driver (eg a PT or Villeneuve) really making a difference in the race. Kurt Busch is a bigger question mark (as he is active), and Montoya even more so because he will be both active *and* used to the Indycars by then. But honestly I think the talent in the Indy series is greater than say when Montoya schooled the entire IRL field in 2000.

Cheeveer · PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:14 pm

electrodevo wrote:

I think the talent in the Indy series is greater than say when Montoya schooled the entire IRL field in 2000.

That is not a bold statement. lol

ptclaus98 · PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:12 pm

mclaren2008 wrote:

Gonna be one of the most anticipated Indianapolis 500 races in a long time

Why? Why more than 2008 or 2011?

RtN · PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:14 pm

Because a couple of old farts are coming back to qualify on the last row and crash into Pippa Mann a third of the way in.

ptclaus98 · PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:24 pm

RtN wrote:

Because a couple of old farts are coming back to qualify on the last row and crash into Pippa Mann a third of the way in.

I mean seriously, Villeneuve will turn up and be slow as he's done in just about everything he's turned up in in a decade, sans the Nationwide cars. And if Paul Tracy shows up, he won't be any good, either. Busch and Montoya will be genuinely interesting but only because they'll be in fast teams.

kals · PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:56 pm

ptclaus98 wrote:

mclaren2008 wrote:

Gonna be one of the most anticipated Indianapolis 500 races in a long time

Why? Why more than 2008 or 2011?

J.Morelli has hacked into mclaren2008's account

Soul Reaver · PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 6:42 am

Lol, by Antecipated Morelli wanted to say the news that everyone already knew in the brazillian press media, now most expected, it`s just a different meaning of the word Antecipacao in portuguese.

Anyway, Montoya will have a bigger challenge now, not that his talent is different, the cars are so much closer, and I`m not saying anything about the draft package.

gkmotorsport · PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:54 am

RtN wrote:

Because a couple of old farts are coming back to qualify on the last row and crash into Pippa Mann a third of the way in.

Woah, this isn't on at all.

Pippa doesn't have a confirmed drive yet, so they might crash into Saavedra :P

StefMeister · PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 5:32 pm

Indy qualifying has been changed:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112813

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Under the new format, qualifying will take place across three sessions over two days, culminating in a Fast Nine shootout for pole on Sunday, May 18.

Saturday will be used to determine the 33 cars that will compose the starting grid, although not the grid order itself.

All entries will be guaranteed at least one four-lap attempt to make the field, with the fastest nine entries advancing directly to the shootout.

For the remaining cars, Saturday's times are erased for the Sunday session, and each entry will make one four-lap run to determine the starting positions between grid spots 10 and 33.

The order for qualifying attempts will run from slowest to fastest from Saturday's times.

Entries that qualify for the shootout will also make a four-lap run, with the order again based on slowest to fastest from the previous day. The top nine grid positions will be determined by aggregate times over the four laps.

The timed sessions on both days will be preceded by a practice session.

I don't think there was anything wrong with the qualifying format as it was to be honest. Saturday was all about pole & we have had some pretty exciting bump days since 2008 (Last year been the exception).

This just seems like change just for the sake of change rather than something been changed because it really needed changing. I don't even think the changes are going to end up been more interesting or exciting for fans either.

Gaara · PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 5:40 pm

Bad change, the old format was perfectly fine.

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