2020 IndyCar Thread

[Shoxthemonkey 1,976]

Pigot's crash reminded me of this one. This was the first Indy that I attended and I had a ringside seat to this one. Cogan slid down pit row and came to rest within 100' of where we were sitting behind the pit area.

I chuckled when Paul Page gushed about the safety of the cars. He was right, of course , they were miles ahead of where they had been but they have come so much farther since then.

[wood 11,225]

Just saw that Alonso lost 2:30 on one stop after the clutch problem hit, and also had to be pushed out two other times as well. Amazing he even finished just a lap down.

[Tyrone Krivacs 50]

That race sucked. FU Marion county  

[Tyrone Krivacs 50]

And when did the Indy 500 turn into a restrictor plate race?

[Hawndoh 2,386]

You're kidding right? That was in no way a restrictor plate race.

The field spread out within 2 laps of a restart. The lead swapped a lot between Dixon and Rossi and then again between Dixon and Sato.

There were multiple big movers. Farucci went from 19 to 4. Castroneves went 28 to 11. Jack Harvey went 20 to 9.

And 8 different teams filled the top 10.

[Tyrone Krivacs 50]

exactly

[Anton Chigurh 3,319]

LOL at that start. Good lord.

[Prepuce of Doom 21,052]

At least the race for season runner up is getting interesting. Congrats to Dixon on #6. 

Sato's pass on O'Ward was pretty bold. 

[Prepuce of Doom 21,052]

Ferrucci's pit crew must hate him. 

[Anton Chigurh 3,319]

Ferrucci's pit crew must hate him. 

I don’t blame them.

[wood 11,225]

 

[elfenix 34,221]

doubleheader at mid ohio race 1 just started.  dixon starting way back

[elfenix 34,221]

rossi pulls out of his pit box right as herta is pulling into his.  it was so close that one of rossi's crew members pushing the car out of the box nearly tackled one of herta's coming over the wall. 

[Prepuce of Doom 21,052]

The NBC production crew is doing a better job than usual today. 

Lots of helpful and timely information presented in contrast to their usual "effort."

[elfenix 34,221]

cell moving in from teh southwest in a hurry.  might pass just south

Edited September 12, 2020 by elfenix

[Hawndoh 2,386]

Nice race today for team Andretti. Pretty lousy weekend for Dixon.

[Prepuce of Doom 21,052]

On 9/12/2020 at 4:43 PM, Prepuce of Doom said:

The NBC production crew is doing a better job than usual today. 

Lots of helpful and timely information presented in contrast to their usual "effort."

And they were back to shit again today. 

I swear, whoever is in charge of their motorsports coverage has a true contempt for the viewers. 

[wood 11,225]

IndyCar heading for a schedule shake-up in 2021  
COTA likely off the schedule...

https://racer.com/2020/09/29/indycar-heading-for-a-schedule-shake-up-in-2021/

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Another track missing from 2021 will likely be COTA, which is going to host a NASCAR race next spring, but may also be up for sale and not financially willing or able to keep IndyCar.
 

 

[Hawndoh 2,386]

It's kind of in Roger's interest to let COTA die and increase the odds of F1 returning to Indy.

[wood 11,225]

5 hours ago, Hawndoh said:

It's kind of in Roger's interest to let COTA die and increase the odds of F1 returning to Indy.

Could be, and the shitty crowd here for Indy was likely no help, either.

[wood 11,225]

IndyCar confirms 17-race 2021 schedule https://racer.com/2020/10/01/indycar-confirms-17-race-2021-schedule/

[Hawndoh 2,386]

Not a great schedule. Needs a couple more ovals and fewer IMS road courses.

Not a fan of double headers either.

[elfenix 34,221]

Honda and Chevy about to re-up with Indy:

 

https://racer.com/2020/10/02/indycar-set-for-next-gen-engine-announcement/

 

I thought I knew that honda's Indy effort was run completely separately from F1. Interesting that Chevy (read:penske) wanted to split the new engine size from the hybrid unit, seems like a waste of money, though I guess might be good for the Chevy (read:penske) team. At least until Roger bought the whole thing and now he has to worry about becoming a truly 1 make series.

 

 

 

That indycar schedule blows goats. Texas twice, no CoTA, run out of Richmond by Nascar, Indy 3x including the awful road course twice. I'm farily certain Roger has a big stake in Nascar so getting pushed out at Richmond is surprising. We're almost back to the end of the cart days when it was all grand prix races and no speedways.

 

 

[Anton Chigurh 3,319]

Honda and Chevy about to re-up with Indy:

 

https://racer.com/2020/10/02/indycar-set-for-next-gen-engine-announcement/

 

I thought I knew that honda's Indy effort was run completely separately from F1. Interesting that Chevy (read:penske) wanted to split the new engine size from the hybrid unit, seems like a waste of money, though I guess might be good for the Chevy (read:penske) team. At least until Roger bought the whole thing and now he has to worry about becoming a truly 1 make series.

 

 

 

That indycar schedule blows goats. Texas twice, no CoTA, run out of Richmond by Nascar, Indy 3x including the awful road course twice. I'm farily certain Roger has a big stake in Nascar so getting pushed out at Richmond is surprising. We're almost back to the end of the cart days when it was all grand prix races and no speedways.

 

 

Yep, they’re under HPD which is HQ in California and under Honda USA.

 

I wonder if they still report to Sakura somewhere up the ladder, though.

 

I’m not an oval fan so I don’t mind fewer races on them, but I get that others like them.

 

But yeah, overall, the schedule is not very inspiring.

[BlueGreySky 1,002]

Went to the race on Saturday.  Really meh.  But it was so fucking nice to be back at IMS and in the stands with other people.  Had me a big ol' pork tenderloin with the cooler full of beer I carried in (still one of my favorite sports traditions, being able to bring coolers in).  I strongly dislike W Power, so perhaps that's why I disliked the race.  Also was hoping Dixie could close out the championship but Josef climbed too many spots and Dixon couldn't quite catch up enough.  

I also went to the Iowa race and took my 10yo for his first in-person race.  He loved it.  We had our radios and he brought some binoculars.  That's an awesome track there in Iowa just outside of Des Moines.  Next year we may camp there.  One cool part is that my buddy is one of the radio broadcasters for the series and during the race gave a shoutout to my son - who lost his mind when he heard that called out over the radio - "And here today cheering on Indy native conor daly are a couple friends of mine from indy, shout out to little BGS jr who's here watching his first race with his dad."  

[elfenix 34,221]

"these guys have hit everything but the helicopter"

And now it's starting to rain

[elfenix 34,221]

Pace car ran out of fuel they've done so many fucking yellow laps

[Prepuce of Doom 21,052]

Good race to end the season on. 

Glad he still had to work a little, but Dixon absolutely deserved it. 

[elfenix 34,221]

Indycar putting classic 500s on facebook for Christmas