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Danica's back! Gonna be a great month of May in Indianapolis
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Date: May 16th, 2018 12:00 PM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/motor/2018/05/15/indy-500-practice-day-1-danica-cant-believe-shes-back-penske-power/613629002/ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36061817) |
Date: May 17th, 2018 6:33 AM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig Fuck yeah!
https://www.indystar.com/picture-gallery/sports/2018/05/16/best-photos-from-day-2-of-indy-500-practice/34987475/ |
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Date: May 17th, 2018 6:35 AM Author: demanding useless brakes kitty cat Thought this was referencing danika mori (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36067373) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:01 PM Author: Avocado Curious Indirect Expression University No this is white trash driving around in circles. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081104) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:03 PM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig Again, not NASCAR (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081118) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:04 PM Author: Passionate friendly grandma Europeans driving around in circles. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081122) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:04 PM Author: Avocado Curious Indirect Expression University Eurotrash (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081124) |
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Date: May 21st, 2018 12:45 PM Author: Irate concupiscible death wish rehab (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36096772) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 11:47 AM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig https://www.cleveland.com/autoracing/index.ssf/2018/05/danica_patrick_has_last_chance.html (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36077007) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 11:49 AM Author: Ocher community account filthpig So are they gonna rig it for her (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36077013) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 8:46 PM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig LOL, no. This isn't NASCAR. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081038) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 8:50 PM Author: Passionate friendly grandma The Indy 500 is the POTUS of motorsports events. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081057) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 8:52 PM Author: Effete Shimmering Field Monaco?
Le Mans? |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 8:54 PM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig 1. Indy 500 2. 24 hours of Le Mans 3. Monaco
125. Daytona 500 |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 8:56 PM Author: Passionate friendly grandma Monaco's prestige has to take a hit because it's the least competitive race on the F1 calendar and it has been for years. The Indy 500 has great racing every year.
Le Mans has the issue that endurance racing is so niche.
The Indy 500 transcends it's promoter, which is extra prestigious. It's been promoted as a Formula 1 Grand Prix, as well as a USAC, IRL, and now Indy event. Dudes from other racing leagues regularly try their hand at the Indy 500. |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 8:59 PM Author: Effete Shimmering Field I'm with you on Monaco. It's beautiful and iconic, but so little opportunity to overtake (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081087) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:02 PM Author: Avocado Curious Indirect Expression University Do you actually watch people driving? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081113) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:06 PM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig ?
It's fucking Christmas for sophisticated auto racing fans
Early morning: Watch Monaco live Mid morning: Attend mass Noon: Watch Indy Evening: Fall asleep watching Charlotte 600 |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:08 PM Author: Avocado Curious Indirect Expression University “sophisticated auto racing fans”
LMAO |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:08 PM Author: Effete Shimmering Field I've gotten into Formula 1 lately. It's pretty fun (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081158) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:13 PM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig IndyCar is better. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081187) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:17 PM Author: Effete Shimmering Field It may be. I honestly watch so much less sports now than I used to 10 years ago that idk whether I can squeeze in anything new. Maybe I will watch Indy this year just to try it out. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081220) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:22 PM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig If you're remotely interested in racing, give it a try.
The cars are impressive, but slightly less so than F1. They're faster, but not quite as good handling. Drivers are insanely good. They have to be able to handle road, street and oval courses. None of the WWF-style manipulation of story lines/outcomes of NASCAR. |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:23 PM Author: Effete Shimmering Field I will try to check it out so we can thread about it brother (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081274) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:27 PM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig Excellent! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081300) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:33 PM Author: Effete Shimmering Field Btw what do you mean re NASCAR being WWF style? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081338) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 10:55 PM Author: Passionate friendly grandma They have numerous rules to bunch the cars together and erase leads. It results in the races being more random and the fastest car winning less often than in Indy or Formula 1. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081877) |
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Date: May 19th, 2018 7:26 AM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig Basically this, but also the too good to be true storybook endings: Richard Petty gettin win 200 in front of Ronald Reagan, Jeff Gordon winning the first Brickyard, Dale Jr's charge through traffic to win the next race at Daytona after his daddy's death there, etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36082873) |
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Date: May 21st, 2018 9:30 AM Author: Effete Shimmering Field you think those were setups? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36095344) |
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Date: May 21st, 2018 12:44 PM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig Not really, although it seems like NASCAR has frequently gotten the person it needed to win at just the right time.
The way the rules are set up creates bunched racing and makes it more likely/possible to get that special winner.
I also really dislike how in-race deals are worked out between teams to help each other with drafting. Those also help get just the right winner in particular races, imo.
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Date: May 21st, 2018 12:52 PM Author: Effete Shimmering Field Even though I'm not a motorsports guy like you, I agree with your sentiment.
Many american sports seek to maximize "excitement" at the expense of organic competition. |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 8:55 PM Author: Avocado Curious Indirect Expression University (Xo 2018) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081075) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 8:58 PM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig ?
I've been IndyCar poasting for the better part of a decade. |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:00 PM Author: Avocado Curious Indirect Expression University (xo 201 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081097) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:02 PM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig (xo 20 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081109) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:02 PM Author: Avocado Curious Indirect Expression University (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081115) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:09 PM Author: Effete Shimmering Field Bizarre subthread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081162) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:14 PM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081189) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:20 PM Author: vengeful keepsake machete When I was growing up the Indy 500 used to be a huge sporting event -- like the Masters, the Kentucky Derby, World Series. Seemed to lose a lot of its luster over the last 20 years. Don't know why (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081246) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:23 PM Author: Passionate friendly grandma The people involved in open wheel racing fucked up big time. They split into CART and IRL. The popular teams and drivers all went to to CART but the Indy 500 stayed with IRL and ran with a bunch of nobodies. This was all happening right as NASCAR was getting really popular so they lost tons of fans. They have since amended the split, but Indy never recovered. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081269) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:28 PM Author: vengeful keepsake machete Shame really, I used to like watching it with my Dad. Can't remember the last time I watched it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081306) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:34 PM Author: Effete Shimmering Field Why on earth would they do that? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081344) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 10:59 PM Author: Passionate friendly grandma They were greedy and didn't know what they had. It's hard to imagine anyone being that stupid.
To make an analogy, imagine if all the best baseball players left MLB to form their own league. Because the MLB teams still have all the stadiums, the players have to play in shithold stadiums in small markets. The teams meanwhile import a bunch of scrubs and try to get people to forget about the old players. It's so obviously and monumentally stupid that I find it hard to imagine anyone thought it was a good idea at the time. |
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Date: May 19th, 2018 7:58 AM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig There was some logic to what Tony George was trying to do, he just ran into Roger Penske's massive ego and he went about it terribly.
He was trying to do two main things and he used IMS and the 500 as leverage.
First he wanted a more centralized authority making key decisions from race control to series specs to races run. CART was a mess from a governance standpoint in which the team owners practically had to agree on every decision and they couldn't.
Second he wanted greater opportunities for American drivers. Teams were turning to European drivers who could come over and buy a seat. Top American USAC drivers were finding they couldn't get a ride and started turning to NASCAR where there was greater opportunities. Jeff Gordon was the prime example of a guy who should have been an IndyCar lifer and superstar but he ended up racing taxicabs.
George accomplished his first goal. IndyCar is now put of the hands of team ow ers and much better run today, although tho cost to the sport wasn't worth it.
There was a brief period where there were greater opportunities for American drivers, too. But now we are back at the same spot on that front. Kyle Larson should be pushing Josef Newgarden to be the face of Indy, but he is instead running on NASCAR.
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:27 PM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig IndyCar as a whole lost a lot of ground when the owner of the IMS decided to split with CART and start his own series. For 15 years or so there were two distinct IndyCar series in competition with each other. They reunited a few years ago and the racing has been fantastic, but they have had a hard time rebuilding audience.
The 500 is still the greatest auto race of the year. |
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Date: May 21st, 2018 1:09 PM Author: Magical adventurous sanctuary Where did you grow, where the lamest events imaginable are also the biggest? Some shithole Trumptardian state? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36096951) |
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Date: May 18th, 2018 9:30 PM Author: Sable haunting locus I have zero interest in racing, but I enjoyed touring the Indianapolis Motor Speedway when I was in Indiana. It's worth a visit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36081324) |
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Date: May 21st, 2018 7:59 AM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig Qualifying this weekend was fantastic.
Bump day drama on Saturday as Hinch and Pippa fail to make the field. Then Ed Carpenter claims the pole on Sunday.
Our gal starting a respectable seventh. The winner has come from the seventh spot five times. |
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Date: May 21st, 2018 9:52 AM Author: supple grizzly institution newt I hope the Hondas race better than they qualified. A Penske parade would suck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36095446) |
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Date: May 21st, 2018 12:46 PM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig True, although I'd be happy if Newgarden won just because I have been a fan of his since his Sarah Fisher days. The rest of Penske can suck my ass. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36096778) |
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Date: May 21st, 2018 12:52 PM Author: Effete Shimmering Field What's wrong with Penske? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36096832) |
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Date: May 21st, 2018 1:01 PM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig Rooting for Penske is like rooting for the Yankees. He's great for the sport, but it gets old watching him snatch the best talent from smaller teams. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36096898) |
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Date: May 21st, 2018 1:07 PM Author: Effete Shimmering Field Ah, got it.
And I really will try to catch at least some of Indy this weekend. |
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Date: May 21st, 2018 1:22 PM Author: ruddy laughsome center rigpig Nice. The opening laps and the last 30 or so are usually the most exciting parts if you're just tuning in for a bit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3978293&forum_id=2#36097096) |