Indycar 2022

[Prepuce of Doom 21103]

1 hour ago, elfenix said:

How long until McLaren takes a hard look at O'Ward for Danny's seat?

He's been angling for it for years but they keep rebuffing him, and he just signed an IndyCar extension. 

Based on what they were saying about Rosenpenis not having a contract today, it might be more likely that Daniel takes his seat... 

[Sbbruin 21886]

My BIL’s seats 

 

[Hawndoh 2388]

Alexander Rossi is officially moving to McLaren (Indy, not F1). Rumored for a while. They are also expanding to 3 teams.

[elfenix 34332]

interesting that ganassi isn't splitting strategy with dixon and palou

[Prepuce of Doom 21103]

A smattering of pictures from RoadAmerica. 

[elfenix 34332]

will power is a whiny bitch

[elfenix 34332]

both arrow mclarens broken, herta's team fucks up and doesn't yell 'BOX' when a yellow is imminent, will power goes all the way to the back and now is effectively 5th

[elfenix 34332]

michael andretti going to rip some heads off

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

People named Scott are good in this series.

[Anwar Namtut 344]

Especially the ones from down under.

[Hawndoh 2388]

Alex Palou apparently going to McLaren. Pretty big news

[Anwar Namtut 344]

Ganassi Sues Palou

Should we get the popcorn ready?

[elfenix 34332]

indy gp part deux starting in 20

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

Graham Rahal is a gotdamn idiot.

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

Good lord this track is garbage.

[elfenix 34332]

is 18 cautions in 2 races bad?  that seems bad.

scott dixon may be a wizard

Edited August 8, 2022 by elfenix
lol at the flatbed full of broken wings after the race

[Anwar Namtut 344]

I like the idea of this track and the bridge but they still need to widen some of those corners.

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

Newgarden arguing with people on twitter about his hip check move.

[Prepuce of Doom 21103]

4 hours ago, Anwar Namtut said:

I like the idea of this track and the bridge but they still need to widen some of those corners.

The idea of racing over a bridge gives me the willies. 

[Prepuce of Doom 21103]

Saw this regarding the amount of carnage from Nashville:

Based on figures provided by teams that participated in Sunday’s 80-lap race, the least expensive repair bill was $35,000 and the highest could reach $180,000, with an estimated total of $860,000-$880,000 of damage done across the field in one afternoon.

[elfenix 34332]

40 laps under the lights at gateway after a 2 hour weather delay for a fantastic finish

Edited August 21, 2022 by elfenix

[Prepuce of Doom 21103]

Went down to the race this weekend - nice little track. Parking was easy and close, and getting in and out was a breeze. The scoring pylon was highly unreliable though for some reason. 

Vending and concessions were decent, though a little more "local flavor" would have been nice (probably says more about the tasteless rubes local to St. Louis that the lines were longest at the Chick-fil-A and Domino's stands than anything else...), but the non-chain offerings weren't restricted to only those generic and ubiquitous corn dog/cheesesteak/chicken finger stands. 

 

Edited August 22, 2022 by Prepuce of Doom

[Prepuce of Doom 21103]

And since I didn't have a chance to walk around the Vintage Paddock at RoadAmerica a couple months ago, here are some closer shots of the cars. 

 

[Anwar Namtut 344]

No photos yet at Portland , but first practice session is red flagged because a giant tv tipped over close to the track and is apparently leaking hydraulic fluid on the track.

[elfenix 34332]

Where the fuck did Dixon come from

[Anwar Namtut 344]

Didn't really get many pictures this last weekend. Awesome weather all weekend. Our seats are right at turn 1 and after watching them not even make the first turn, it was sort of a relief that they made it. Of course, the rest of the race wasn't all that exciting. Most of the passes in our location were not for position - just getting around Dalton Kellett again or something. Jimmie's crash was right in front of us, though. Was happy to see Scott M get the win but I wish Lundgard would have done better. Seems he had some bad pit stops / strategy plus the sign really messed him up. Always fun to go, though.

I was shocked to see Dixon suddenly in third. I had to watch a few replays to figure out what happened. Lol.

[elfenix 34332]

power wins his second championship, finishing 3rd in a somewhat boring race.   palou got into the lead after the first round of pits and never looked back, to the tune of a 30 second victory.  newgarden charged up from the back into the top 3 and eventually passed power for 2nd, but power would have had to finish worse than 5th to lose the championship. newgarden didn't even try to back power up into the pack, might want to have taken some notes from hamilton. 

Edited September 15, 2022 by elfenix

[Hawndoh 2388]

Thankfully Jimmie Johnson is not returning to IndyCar full time in 23.

Outside of one or two ovals it was a waste of time having him out there.

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2023 IndyCar schedule

St. Petersburg, March 4-5
Texas Motor Speedway, Apri1 1-2
Long Beach, April 15-16
Barber Motorsports Park, April 29-30
Indianapolis GP, May 13-14
Indy 500, May 28
Detroit GP, June 3-4
Road America, June 17-18
Mid-Ohio, July 1-2
Toronto, July 15-16
Iowa Race 1, July 22
Iowa Race 2, July 23
Nashville, August 5-6
Indy GP 2, August 12-13
Gateway, August 26-27
Portland, September 2-3
Laguna Seca, September 9-10