2021 IndyCar Silly Season Thread

racer612008 · PostPosted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 4:19 pm

Bob Jenkins is still planning on being visible at IMS this May, despite his battle with brain cancer

RtN · PostPosted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 11:42 am

David Land has posited the following additions to the 500 entry list;

-A 6th Andretti car, driven by Ryan Norman.
-Cody Ware to drive the #51.
-Santino Ferrucci to drive the #52.
-A 3rd Rahal car, driven again by Spencer Pigot.
-Carlin should confirm Chilton's return.
-One guaranteed Dreyer & Reinbold car for Hildebrand.
-Top Gun Racing with RC Enerson.

Which would make 35 entries in total. DRR may try to field a second car for Karam.

NVirkkula · PostPosted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 5:57 pm

Incredible!

Just few years ago we had to wait until early month to be sure we get full grid, now we are three months away and basically every available engine/car is reserved already.

And from IndyCar Serious fb-group:

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The 99th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is still more than four months away, but the event has already released an entry list. The announcement includes a wide variety of production-based and custom built racers, but the press release for the event quickly glosses over one standout entry: IndyCar driver and friend of Road & Track JR Hildebrand, who is listed alongside a "2021 Dallara DW12/IR18." For those keeping track, yes, that is a current IndyCar.
No further details have been shared and no further announcements have been made, but, if this entry comes to fruition, it would become an immediate contender to set an all-time record at the legendary event. That record currently belongs to Romain Dumas and the Volkswagen ID.R, a pair that turned in the first-ever sub-8 minute run up the mountain to clock a final time of 7:57.148. Any speculation on the relative speed of the IndyCar would depend on what configuration and boost level it could be running, but the ID.R's relative pace can be seen in its Nürburgring record for an electric car: 6:05.336, well ahead of all production cars in history, but 45 seconds behind the earth-shattering 919 Evo.
If Hildebrand does enter the car, it will be the first IndyCar to contest the race in decades, but not the first ever. Back in the 1950s and 1960s, racing on dirt was a normal part of the ultra-diverse USAC schedule that predated the modern IndyCar Series. The hill climb, then unpaved, was one of the the biggest and oldest dirt events in the country, so USAC competitors regularly ran it as both a points paying and non-championship event from 1948 to 1970.
If this does happen, an announcement may not come for some time. The race is still months away, no team or engine manufacturer details are listed, and, when reached for comment, Hildebrand simply told Road & Track that he currently has "Nothing more to share."

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That's quite ambitious target to beat the VW ID. R time, but it's not far fetched as the story says. And since it's unlimited class, I wonder what kind of changes they do for a regular Indycar and engine? Probably well overboosted compared to IndyCar Series race or qualifying trims and maybe some interesting aero setup.

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 7:54 pm

Pikes Peak with Indycars was something from a legendary lore, is pretty much the Indianapolis 500 equivalent on the dirt back in the good old days, counter steering while heading up to the clouds

racer612008 · PostPosted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 5:53 am

RtN wrote:

David Land has posited the following additions to the 500 entry list;

-Cody Ware to drive the #51.

Pruett said on his listeners podcast yesterday saying that it's more likely that you will see Cody in the #52 on the road & streets

racer612008 · PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 6:46 am

100 days until the 500 :flag:

(COVID depending of course)

racer612008 · PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:03 pm

Dale Jr has joined the ownership group for the Music City Grand Prix
https://www.musiccitygp.com/press-relea ... ship-group

racer612008 · PostPosted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 2:44 pm

Jimmie Johnson will reveal his Carvana paint scheme for 2021 on Monday

Most teams that were slated to test at Barber has postponed testing to Tuesday due to weather

Top Gun Racing apparently has 2 Dallara DW12/IR18 chassis now

RLLR running some throwback paints this year it appears, with Graham's United Rentals car being the Miller Lite base, and Sato's 500 car being the MGD base

sennadesillva · PostPosted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 5:23 pm

James Davison will be driving the #51 Rick Ware car for the Indy 500 this year

sennadesillva · PostPosted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 5:14 pm

Here's the livery for JJ's car this year.

And here's the full article with more picture. I like how it looks, but still want to see it in daylight and out on a track.
https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2021/ ... tner=Yahoo

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:10 am

10 years ago today

sennadesillva · PostPosted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 5:17 pm

This is on the NASCAR side of his race teams, but he's still an Indycar owner and I'm sure this isn't the first time he's tried this, just the first time he got caught. Chip Ganassi has been fined 30k and suspended for the next cup race due to bringing someone into the restricted paddock area during the Daytona 500.
https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2021/02/22 ... -one-race/

Chris A · PostPosted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 6:37 pm

Just ordered a 3-day pass for the Music City GP weekend!

iks · PostPosted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 6:48 pm

Chris A wrote:

Just ordered a 3-day pass for the Music City GP weekend!

I was just curious but I've got 282 people "in front of" me buying tickets on the website. Good to see!

Chris A · PostPosted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 6:54 pm

Yeah, I was at 291 when I clicked the link. Took about 20 minutes to get my turn to shop.

sennadesillva · PostPosted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 7:51 pm

Found this on twitter. Grosjean has already put the car in the tires

. He's fine and the got back out on track. I havent seen lap times posted anywhere yet.

original post
https://twitter.com/brysonfrank_/status ... 32/photo/1

Coldtyre · PostPosted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:27 am

Short video of Grosjean, his hands haven't fully healed yet.

Coldtyre · PostPosted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:30 am

racer612008 wrote:

Dale Jr has joined the ownership group for the Music City Grand Prix
https://www.musiccitygp.com/press-relea ... ship-group

Thank fuck someone finally mentioned the actual city's name (Nashville), about two thirds in that press release, by chance.

sennadesillva · PostPosted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 4:57 pm

McLaren launch in just a couple minutes, if anyone is interested.

Gabriel · PostPosted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 5:27 pm

I wonder how the chassis will look like

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