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As ugly as they are, those F1 cars are really good at going really quick around a race track.
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I think Indycar is the best racing out there by far. Beautiful cars, interesting tracks, and amazing drivers. There's more passing in a drag race than the typical F1 race. |
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Crazy end.
How old is the team owner? (And I'm fully aware of who he is.)
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^30s at the most?
He has cleaned up a bit, his hair used to be much longer when he had the Indy Lights team.
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Those slow-pokes on GP bikes can't even crack the 2:00 mark! 
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Great fun to watch, kept my attention all the way through. Some great battles and daring moves, everything F1 doesn’t have
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It was a great race in person. We debated going all weekend and then made the call Sunday morning. We didn't get to the race til about lap 25 due to a quick 911 CV joint repair on the side of the road, but what we did see was awesome.
Considering the parking and ticket cost compared to F1, I think it was a great deal. Plus it was a much smaller crowd than F1 so much easier to get around. 
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And why we missed the first 25 laps:
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That's hard core...carrying a spare CV joint.
Lap times? Still more exciting racing than F-1, where the big drama is guessing which Mercedes driver was chosen to win.
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SPOILERS!!!!
The owner of the winning team is 22! The winner is 18! https://www.foxnews.com/auto/18-year-old-colton-herta-becomes-youngest-indycar-winner-celebrates-with-sparkling-wine
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Same, been an F1 fan for >30 years, and I enjoy Indycar almost as much now, based on less ovals, more drivers I care about, good looking cars and incredible wheel to wheel passing...
I'd love to see what a Will power could do in F1, or Alonso in Indy ( I was hoping for a full season). I just wish Indycar had a little less gimmicky racing, the red flags on qualifying killed the race 2 weekends in a row now, the yellows are being thrown a little too casually... I mean it can be fun to bring the field together, but I hate seeing a driver pull a lead and see it wiped out. F1 can be boring in ints predictability, Indy can be annoying it its unfairness sometimes... |
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Yup. Seeing as Indy now has two Swedes and F1 none I am from now on going to watch that instead. Never watched Indy before. Surprisingly entertaining racing. At least compared to the snooze-fest F1 turned into.
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This time specifically - pretty much verbatim what Will power said when interviewed. The yellows and pit closing rule is a lottery. This one made sense for a change but it’s still a gamble on pits. The best drivers get hung out to dry. Same with red flags in qualifying. Complete BS 2 weeks in a row - resume running - why not? . I wish Indy would sort of run events with F1 like rules - it’d still be cool and more fair. You never see Hamilton and Vettel go first to last because of a yellow like just happened to Rossi and Power. Last edited by Deschodt; 03-25-2019 at 05:25 PM.. |
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Seems to me someone hit the wall at pit entrance to close the pits and cause a yellow? Will power said that the yellow didn't cost them the race, the blown half shaft did.
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But to me Indycar is too quick to throw yellows and bunch up the field "for the show". And killing qualifying with a red instead of restarting it robbed us of a true order - These teams are so close compared to F1 we don't need gimmicks. Rossi did not blow a half shaft and he was 2nd, on merit... If you have watched Indy for decades and can tell me they don't abuse yellows vs F1, and generate artificial bunching of the field for the show, and ruin the work of leaders, then OK, I got nothing... I just watched the end of the race 1 hour ago and deleted it unfortunately or I could have quoted Will Power verbatim. Edit - found it https://www.nbcsports.com/video/will-power-forced-retire-indycar-classic-due-mechanical-issue He might have lost it to the driveshaft, but his statement on indycar and yellow/closed pits was *scathing* and I was in complete agreement. I really like Indy, I wish the rules were less lottery prone, that's all. If you disagree, that's cool too. Everyone is praising Colton Herta but had he pitted with Power and Rossi he would have finished 18th. Meh, whatever... Fun race. Last edited by Deschodt; 03-25-2019 at 07:03 PM.. |
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