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| Author: | RtN [ Fri Aug 30, 2019 10:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
racer612008 wrote: Norris MacDonald of Wheels.ca had some rumors on where Hinch might do if he doesn't return to Schmidt. Pappone thinks Andretti, while Norris has a gut feeling of Hinch starting a team https://www.wheels.ca/news/racing-round ... s-himself/ PT put some meat on the bones of this one on Gold - Petro Canada and Honda would be backing Hinch financially to buy a chassis from Schmidt and source some old Forsythe equipment. |
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| Author: | RtN [ Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
Anyway, after all of that chatter, Hinch is definitely staying put. https://www.autosport.com/indycar/news/ ... dycar-seat |
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| Author: | racer612008 [ Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
2020 Schedule will be released this afternoon - Some chatter going around that Ganassi could reform the third car to keep the IMSA team employed Sent from my Z797C using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | pending [ Sun Sep 01, 2019 8:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
Foyt loses ABC after this year. |
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| Author: | racer612008 [ Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
schedule news: Barber stays at the first of April - probably a good thing to give some space for fans doing the double with Talladega, also gets it out of Tornado season CoTA takes over Barber's old date slot in late April Richmond returns - race will run on June 27th / mirroring the original race weekend from 2001-2009 Mid Ohio moves to mid August due to the Olympics TV schedule basically the same known supports: St. Petersburg IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup USA Pirelli GT4 Americas - Sprint TC Americas Barber IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup USA IMSA Lamborghini Super Trofeo Long Beach IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship Pirelli GT4 Americas - SprintX SPEED Energy Stadium Super Trucks Formula Drift Historic Atlantics IMS Freedom 100 - Indy Lights Detroit IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship Texas NASCAR Trucks Toronto IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Canada IMSA Lamborghini Super Trofeo Gateway NASCAR Trucks --- Tickets are already on advance sale for Richmond prices are the following: upper rows - $40 lower rows - $30 Party Deck - $25 (must be 21 or older) - bummer about Pocono, hopefully IndyCar adds another track (or returns) up there for 2021 / ASAP |
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| Author: | RtN [ Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
ABC Supply will still be on Foyt's cars (or just one of them?) at the Indy 500 but that is it. Regardless, the team plan on running 2 cars next year. https://racer.com/2019/09/01/foyt-vows- ... y-backing/ ---------- Not sure there's been any sort of explanation given from Indycar's side as to why Pocono is gone. From what Miller was writing around the time of this year's race, the track management wanted to do a deal but Indycar were not interested. I hope it isn't a safety thing as that could set a bad precedent. What happens if (when?) the next car gets into the fence at Indy or Texas? |
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| Author: | racer612008 [ Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
RtN wrote: ABC Supply will still be on Foyt's cars (or just one of them?) at the Indy 500 but that is it. Regardless, the team plan on running 2 cars next year. https://racer.com/2019/09/01/foyt-vows- ... y-backing/ ---------- Not sure there's been any sort of explanation given from Indycar's side as to why Pocono is gone. From what Miller was writing around the time of this year's race, the track management wanted to do a deal but Indycar were not interested. I hope it isn't a safety thing as that could set a bad precedent. What happens if (when?) the next car gets into the fence at Indy or Texas? other than the chicken wire / gate fix following the big shunts, shouldn't be due to safety more so on the costs for teams end ($500k at least to run Pocono alone according to Bobby Rahal) apparently is one of the reasons sadly with ABC pulling out from Foyt, the race presumably would have lost it's title sponsor as well |
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| Author: | racer612008 [ Mon Sep 02, 2019 5:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
Pocono was still on until last Thursday - teams didn't want to add a extra race due to engine lease costs https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2019/ ... -thursday/ |
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| Author: | Gaara [ Mon Sep 02, 2019 11:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
That just sucks even more. |
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| Author: | StefMeister [ Mon Sep 02, 2019 9:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
Losing Pocono in favour of Richmond is a poor trade. The racing at Richmond was always poor from what I remember as it's a single groove track where you can't pass anyone unless they let you past. Maybe with the new car it will be better than before, Have to wait & see I guess. |
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| Author: | Dan Belcher [ Mon Sep 02, 2019 10:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
The earlier IRL races at Richmond were actually pretty good from what I remember. They got pretty awful during the later days of the '03-'07 crapwagon era however. I'm cautiously optimistic about the IR18 working better there and making it more like Iowa which has been amazing with the IR18 in my opinion. |
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| Author: | Beezle [ Tue Sep 03, 2019 6:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
Iowa: D-shaped oval Length 0.875 mi (1.4 km) Turns 4 Banking Turns: 12°-14° Frontstretch: 10° Backstretch: 4° Richmond: Length 0.75 mi (1.21 km) Turns 4 Banking 14° in turns 8° on frontstretch 2° on backstretch It should be very similar... |
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| Author: | racer612008 [ Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
Beezle wrote: Iowa: D-shaped oval Length 0.875 mi (1.4 km) Turns 4 Banking Turns: 12°-14° Frontstretch: 10° Backstretch: 4° Richmond: Length 0.75 mi (1.21 km) Turns 4 Banking 14° in turns 8° on frontstretch 2° on backstretch It should be very similar... Richmond is much more narrow, and Iowa is progressively banked thus giving a extra couple grooves I'll say Richmond will be more like Gateway rather than Iowa another thing to remember with Richmond tho when looking in the past was that the final years was in the ultra crapwagon stupid high DF / high drag / low horse era, track is much more abrasive now & cars have 200+ more horse as well - I'm optimistic about the racing product, but every race next year is a question mark as the aeroscreen is putting a shit ton more load on the right front given the 50 pound + higher CoG add |
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| Author: | mclaren2008 [ Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
Richmond is a totally different track from Iowa. The exit of Turn 2 at Iowa is open so you can stay with the car in front. The banking at Richmond falls off and you can't get within 7 tenths because of aero push. I hope the current car can race well there. I wouldn't get my hopes up. |
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| Author: | Chris A [ Tue Sep 03, 2019 2:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
Richmond's surface is super abrasive. NASCAR races there have enormous tire wear. Curious to see how that translates to the IndyCar guys. |
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| Author: | Dan Belcher [ Tue Sep 03, 2019 2:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
That's why I'm holding out hope it won't suck like Phoenix and will be more similar to Iowa, simply because there won't be enough grip to let them just keep their foot in it. Cars might slip and slide enough for mistakes to be common and tire wear to be enough of a factor that we see comers and goers. |
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| Author: | racer612008 [ Tue Sep 03, 2019 2:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
I got a feeling most of the teams will be fighting tight & burning the right front off with the aeroscreen - not just Richmond but all tracks, still a big wildcard that we won't know fully until October hope if that's the case they can get some of the weight re-adjusted on the rear, or cut some weight off elsewhere |
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| Author: | westracing01 [ Tue Sep 03, 2019 4:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
Jesus Christ Indycar, you're back to only one 500 miler again and your ONLY other Super Speedway is the roulette wheel in Texas. Indycar belongs on the big Super Speedways just as much as it does the bull rings and road courses. Losing Pocono over engine leases is idiotic, and so is Miles' vehement opposition to running longer into the season. Break up this back-to-back-to-back race nonsense and give the guys a break. End the season somewhere in mid to late October, especially if you're OK with 18 races. Bastards... I've lost Nazareth and now Pocono. I can't drive to Richmond and back in the same day which eliminates any possibility of going with my parents... A little family tradition we've done for as long as we've had a race to go to. 5 years at Nazareth (first Indycar race ever) and all 6 at Pocono. Sorry... Just pissed. |
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| Author: | codename_47 [ Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
Let us not pretend the racing was any good at Pocono either, aside from batshit crazy restarts where the drivers were so desperate to pass they did stupid, stupid things. |
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| Author: | RtN [ Wed Sep 04, 2019 11:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2019 IndyCar Silly Season Thread |
Mailbag titbits; -ABC Supply will only be sponsoring the #14 at the Indy 500 next year. -The downsizing of the sponsorship appears to be the result of new corporate leadership wanting to leave their mark. -"Right now (McLaren's drivers are) anyone’s guess except I’ll bet you all the money I can borrow from Bobby Unser that Hinch won’t be there." - what's more interesting is that the letter this was in response to was written after Sunday's race, and therefore after Schmidt's proclamation that Hinch was staying put. |
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