2020 IndyCar Thread

[elfenix 34385]

Holy shit that brake fire

[Hawndoh 2400]

I've never seen a wheel fail like that.

[RamjetFDO 10603]

Yeah, that was wild.

[Halohal 506]

 

[C-Man 27347]

The Aussie's tire completely exploding was ... unexpected. Wow!

[Hawndoh 2400]

Can't believe the commentators missed Ericcson's crash live. He was right on the top of the screen and clearly slammed the wall.

[Hawndoh 2400]

Haha, that fan that built a tree house to watch is awesome.

[Hawndoh 2400]

Btw if you have the IndyCar app you can listen to a scanner of all radios.

[elfenix 34385]

Excellent pit by Arrow McLaren

[Hawndoh 2400]

A few mistakes by people trying to enter pits, costly mistakes by Veekay and Karam.

[elfenix 34385]

Alonso goes off schedule, then goes back on schedule? Wut?

[Hawndoh 2400]

I think he's just searching for balance, he's been stuck around people like Karam and Veach all race and can't gain any ground.

[Hawndoh 2400]

Yellow, I think Alonso just held onto the lead lap and will get to come around and regroup.

[dcar00 14602]

did they say what happened to the aussie's wheel?

[Hawndoh 2400]

Nope. I don't think they'll really know until they can analyze the debris.

[elfenix 34385]

So now everyone is on pretty much the same strategy

[Hawndoh 2400]

Big wreck on restart.

[elfenix 34385]

Holy shit that was bad

[Hawndoh 2400]

Listening to Dixon's radio on the app and this second extended yellow is going to help Dixon on fuel mileage. They were already talking a lot about having to save fuel while also leading the race. Now it'll be easier for them to hit their numbers and take two more stops.

[Hawndoh 2400]

Geeze Daly, just dipped low and lost it.

[Hawndoh 2400]

Askew slammed hard. Man his rears just kicked out on the brakes.

Edited August 23, 2020 by Hawndoh

[Bill Brasky 1475]

I understand why they started using the aeroscreen, but it seems like this is making it harder for the driver to get out after a wreck.   Add that in with the amount of fires we have seen today and this is a asking for disaster.   

[Hawndoh 2400]

I dunno, I think they're getting out about as fast as always, a couple guys have been a bit clumsy with the air hose on the helmet but they'll adjust to that. The belts and steering wheel take the longest and they're unchanged.

[Prepuce of Doom 21112]

The Corvette is giving me serious Diablo vibes. 

[Hawndoh 2400]

Dixon radio still worried about fuel mileage.

[Hawndoh 2400]

Rossi takes the lead, Dixon let him by pretty easily, they want to save fuel behind him a little bit 

[CowtownHorn 5126]

1 hour ago, RamjetFDO said:

Yeah, that was wild.

No Bert?

[elfenix 34385]

Rossi hit Sato on pit road

[elfenix 34385]

Sounds like Alonso stalled it

[Hawndoh 2400]

Yeah, wonder if that will be some kind of penalty.

[elfenix 34385]

Had to push start Alonso

[elfenix 34385]

And Herta bumped Ferrucci on pit exit

[Hawndoh 2400]

Wow, that's a huge penalty for Rossi. 

[Hawndoh 2400]

Rossi crashes out, probably overdriving to try and recover from the penalty 

[elfenix 34385]

More yellow with Rossi into the wall

[Hawndoh 2400]

Dixon won't pit. I wonder who might.

[elfenix 34385]

Yellow that'll red flag it or Sato wins

 

 

 

[Hawndoh 2400]

Holy cow. Huge crash with 5 to go.... Is that going to be Sato win? Or red flag?

[Hawndoh 2400]

Sucks for Dixon, dominated all day, was my pick to win but Sato was on rails in the last stint and the yellow cut it a bit short. Dixon may not have caught him anyway but oh well.

Congrats to Sato.

[Hawndoh 2400]

Huge day for the Letterman-Rahal team. 

[Jshep34 2381]

Hard crash to end with 5 to go.

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[Hawndoh 2400]

Alonso finishes 21st. OWard finishes as the highest rookie and 1 of only 2 Chevy engines in the top 10.

[elfenix 34385]

They can't fix the track to get back to green in any reasonable amount of time to red flag it.

Alonso says he'll beat McLaren next year

[Bill Brasky 1475]

that wreck to end the race could have turned out so much worse 

[hookem48 4717]

fuck, they aren't prepared for the tire barrier to get fucked up?

[Hawndoh 2400]

That particular spot is the most dangerous spot on the track, they can't run green until it's properly fixed, and it would have taken way too long to then come back and run a couple green laps.

[Prepuce of Doom 21112]

I'd really like to know an honest estimate of how long it would take to repair that tire barrier. Anything less than about 45 minutes and I think they should have red flagged it.

I hate how IndyCar can end under yellow. 

 

Edited August 23, 2020 by Prepuce of Doom

[C-Man 27347]

Anticlimactic ending for sure. That was a hell of a wreck.

[wood 11576]

6 hours ago, elfenix said:

Sounds like Alonso stalled it

 

6 hours ago, elfenix said:

Had to push start Alonso

So apparently he had an electrical problem that started early on. It was fucking up his gearbox & clutch. Had to reset the gearbox 2 or 3 times & was pushed out of the pits at least twice as well.

[elfenix 34385]

6 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

I'd really like to know an honest estimate of how long it would take to repair that tire barrier. Anything less than about 45 minutes and I think they should have red flagged it.

I hate how IndyCar can end under yellow. 

 

i once watched jacques villeneuve get fucked out of a win at his home track because nascar just kept saying one more lap until this thing is cleaned up.  wasn't really  a fan of that either.