2021 IndyCar Silly Season Thread

Beezle · PostPosted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 7:42 am

racer612008 wrote:

(international coverage will be on the IndyCar app for those outside of the USA)

Lika a phone app? Any way to get this running on a pc?

racer612008 · PostPosted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 9:13 am

Beezle wrote:

racer612008 wrote:

(international coverage will be on the IndyCar app for those outside of the USA)

Lika a phone app? Any way to get this running on a pc?

yes - could try a Android emulator like BlueStacks, that type of deal more used for mobile games but it might work (have had mixed results - either it be betting apps or the Trans-Am app last year)

Cheeveer · PostPosted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 11:55 am

Beezle wrote:

racer612008 wrote:

(international coverage will be on the IndyCar app for those outside of the USA)

Lika a phone app? Any way to get this running on a pc?

hopefully it has a chromecast option so you at least can throw it up on a TV

Cheeveer · PostPosted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:00 pm

Santucci confirmed at Rahal for the 500, and the team is aiming at 5 or 6 races in 2021 for that car, so my guess is that Ferrucci is not done with Indycar just yet.

deggis · PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:57 am

Here is the link for the app:

https://www.indycar.com/mobile-app

They might be plain enough stream links that they can be sniffed from the app.

Edit: hmm, the ondemand videos including past "app exclusive" live streams are just embedded Youtube videos...

RtN · PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:51 pm

The 32 cars at the open test will include Karam in the DRR entry and Cody Ware trying to complete his ROP. The only confirmed driver\car pairing not taking part is Kimball in the 3rd Foyt entry.

https://racer.com/2021/04/06/indycar-op ... -entrants/

RtN · PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:55 pm

The highlight of this week's Mailbag is a treatise from Mike Hull on why oval races may have been less active over the past few years.

https://racer.com/2021/04/07/robin-mill ... ing-hpd/4/

codename_47 · PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:19 am

"We need to add efficient downforce to improve the racing..."

*sigh*

They'll just never get it.

Gabriel · PostPosted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 3:30 am

codename_47 wrote:

"We need to add efficient downforce to improve the racing..."

*sigh*

They'll just never get it.

Efficient is the key, here.

Vassago · PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:14 am

Only 6 races for Paul Tracy in the NBC booth this season. Diffey/Bell will be the regular pairing as NBC is cutting funds in their last season of IndyCar TV deal.

https://www.thestar.com/autos/opinion/2 ... -time.html

westracing01 · PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:54 pm

NBC has been infinitely better coverage than ABC was at the end. Please, for the love of all that is Holy, I hope they do not go back to that abysmal sham.

I'd rather they go to an exclusive streaming deal than go back to ABC/ESPN.

Vassago · PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 8:02 pm

Tough to predict what happens next. If we consider Peacock as a viable option then they can still sign a new deal with NBC but only selected races will be on TV and some others stream-exclusive. Peacock is owned by NBC.

The big unknown remains what revenue NBC gets from the Olympics (if they actually happen).

Beezle · PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 8:36 am

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ricc ... OieMOEMtrM
Danny wants to indycar

RtN · PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:29 pm

The 500 will have a maximum capacity of 135,000.

https://racer.com/2021/04/21/indy-500-a ... nce-plans/

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One of the musings from the Mailbag is that Fox and CBS have tentative interest in the TV rights, although Miller is sceptical that they will be as generous to the series as NBC have been. Tangentially, Sunday's race mustered 914,000 viewers on NBC, which considering the clash with NASCAR seems a decent number.

Gabriel · PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 5:33 am

RtN wrote:

Tangentially, Sunday's race mustered 914,000 viewers on NBC, which considering the clash with NASCAR seems a decent number.

Hopefully it was not just because of being JJ's first race.

RtN · PostPosted: Sat Apr 24, 2021 7:59 pm

Power has signed a new contract with Penske until the end of 2023, meaning that if Cindric decides that 4 cars is not the right fit for the team it will be Pagenaud getting the boot.

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New or returning ovals are still being sought after.

https://racer.com/2021/04/24/indycar-ex ... -for-2022/

FiatFan83 · PostPosted: Sun Apr 25, 2021 2:09 am

RtN wrote:

Power has signed a new contract with Penske until the end of 2023, meaning that if Cindric decides that 4 cars is not the right fit for the team it will be Pagenaud getting the boot.

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New or returning ovals are still being sought after.

https://racer.com/2021/04/24/indycar-ex ... -for-2022/

Nice to see them still showing interest in Richmond!

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RtN · PostPosted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 10:51 am

NBC have changed their minds on limiting PT's presence this year and he will be at every race as opposed to the 6 that were planned.

iks · PostPosted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 5:15 pm

RtN wrote:

NBC have changed their minds on limiting PT's presence this year and he will be at every race as opposed to the 6 that were planned.

Good to hear!

sennadesillva · PostPosted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 5:55 pm

Phew! I was worried we might miss a broken valve stem when Slick Willie P pulls off a Pruett Fade! lol

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