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Author:  de31168 [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 8:00 pm ]
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If you have a 6 month to heal type injury because of a crash in some meaningless race, and miss the start of the season and the Indy 500, was it worth it? I think not.
Author:  Shane [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 10:33 pm ]
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dicksplaash wrote:
After all the good will Chili Bowl, and its popular winner brings:

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Of course it was another missed opportunity for IndyCar. Ryan Hunter-Reay was offered a good ride but had to decline because Michael Andretti wouldn't let him run. I asked Penske if he'd let Will Power (who grew up on dirt) have a go and he replied: "Tim Cindric called and wondered if we were going to field a midget team." So that was a non-answer but Power would be perfect – along with Scott Dixon, who has been a frequent visitor to the Chili Bowl but never been allowed to race.
The bottom line is that putting a couple of IndyCar stars in front of this audience would be the best promotion IndyCar could get during the off-season, which only lasts seven months. Hell, IndyCar should finance a team because most of these die-hard open-wheel fans in Tulsa couldn't care less about IndyCar and seeing the AMERICAN Indy 500 winner or IndyCar champion or a Josef Newgarden might change their attitude.
At the very least IndyCar should have a display at the Chili Bowl and give out hats, T-shirts and schedules while flying in a couple of drivers to sign autographs and mingle with the fans who never watch their races.


http://www.racer.com/more/viewpoints/it ... mitstart=1

Why are they letting this happen? :slaphead:


Because IndyCar teams see it as tiny rocketship deathtraps.
Author:  SBan83 [ Wed Jan 21, 2015 8:07 am ]
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Well, can't blame Penske after what happened to Gary B but yes I agree it sucks. You'd think atleast guys who own their own frickkin teams, like Carpenter, would run it.
Author:  racer612008 [ Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:44 pm ]
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Track update progress ongoing at Brasilia

Towers coming down for new pit lane
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Turn 3 progress
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Drainage work to start sometime soon
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Track layout
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Old garages and pit lane
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Turn 1
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Author:  micha [ Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:49 pm ]
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de31168 wrote:
If you have a 6 month to heal type injury because of a crash in some meaningless race, and miss the start of the season and the Indy 500, was it worth it? I think not.



With that logic the season should start in may and the Indy 500 grid should be determined by the previous year final standings and absolutely no testing whatsoever.....
Author:  de31168 [ Wed Jan 21, 2015 3:16 pm ]
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Fine I should clarify it to a non-contractual binding IndyCar race that the sponsor and team is paying for.
Author:  StefMeister [ Wed Jan 21, 2015 7:36 pm ]
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Has there been any proper images of the aero kits yet?

If not when can we expect to see them?
Author:  racer612008 [ Thu Jan 22, 2015 1:35 am ]
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StefMeister wrote:
Has there been any proper images of the aero kits yet?

If not when can we expect to see them?

Rumor is they could be revealed by the series on Media Day at Indy on 2/17, or separately by the manufacturers in the next month. First official testing for them will be at Barber on March 15 or March 16
Author:  RtN [ Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:27 pm ]
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Indycars will spend the next 7 years getting bumped for Serie A coverage on BT Sport in the UK.
Author:  racer612008 [ Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:22 am ]
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Conor Daly is testing with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in the next month or so, trying to get the #7 ride for 2015.

Max Chilton is testing for Carlin for their Indy Lights program
Author:  Fish88 [ Fri Jan 23, 2015 6:09 pm ]
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IndyCar will be broadcasted by Sport1 in Holland.
Author:  racer612008 [ Sat Jan 24, 2015 7:30 am ]
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Katherine Legge is working on trying to get a ride for the Indianapolis 500. She also said something about trying NASCAR.
http://www.motorsport.com/tusc/news/kat ... spirations

Also hearing that Simona de Silvestro has gotten a new manager and is trying to get a ride for the Indianapolis 500
Author:  Cheeveer [ Sat Jan 24, 2015 11:43 am ]
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I'm going to sit high up between Turn 1 & 2 at the Indianapolis 500 this year! Can't wait! :flag:
Author:  mclaren2008 [ Sat Jan 24, 2015 12:55 pm ]
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I'm going next year for the 100th edition :)
Author:  codename_47 [ Sat Jan 24, 2015 7:42 pm ]
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RtN wrote:
Indycars will spend the next 7 years getting bumped for Serie A coverage on BT Sport in the UK.


Hopefully between BT SPORT 1, 2 and Espn there'll be enough slots to ensure indycar gets shown.
I have more faith with them than if eurosport were to get it again, and I heard they were sniffing around....

Fingers crossed.
Author:  bigears [ Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:18 am ]
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codename_47 wrote:
RtN wrote:
Indycars will spend the next 7 years getting bumped for Serie A coverage on BT Sport in the UK.


Hopefully between BT SPORT 1, 2 and Espn there'll be enough slots to ensure indycar gets shown.
I have more faith with them than if eurosport were to get it again, and I heard they were sniffing around....

Fingers crossed.


Ah that's a shame as I have been enjoying the BT coverage because it had subtitles and ESPN with their upper case subtitles as well!
Author:  codename_47 [ Sun Jan 25, 2015 4:24 pm ]
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bigears wrote:
codename_47 wrote:
RtN wrote:
Indycars will spend the next 7 years getting bumped for Serie A coverage on BT Sport in the UK.


Hopefully between BT SPORT 1, 2 and Espn there'll be enough slots to ensure indycar gets shown.
I have more faith with them than if eurosport were to get it again, and I heard they were sniffing around....

Fingers crossed.


Ah that's a shame as I have been enjoying the BT coverage because it had subtitles and ESPN with their upper case subtitles as well!


I always wonder how far behind the action the subtitling is for live events?
I don't know if it's still a human typing out what they're hearing or its more speech to type recognition software these days but either way that'll take time to process so how long between seeing an incident does it take you to make sense of it via the subtitles?
Author:  bigears [ Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:40 pm ]
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Roughly about 5secs or so. But BT and ESPN subtitles has been pretty accurately in terms of drivers' names, Motorsport jargon and other things you would expect to hear from Motorsport commentary.
Author:  Juihi [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:43 pm ]
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Author:  Mobil1fan [ Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:04 pm ]
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N: http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/20 ... /22468501/

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