IndyCar thread

[Josh 12,386]

50 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

@Josh 5 more years of IndyCar at St Pete

 

 

One of these years you're gonna see my face on the cup

[Hovadipo 53,157]

Anyone watching the race? This Nashville set up looks incredible.* And a blast for fans. 

 

*after 5 laps, nvm

[NashvilleHoosier 3,639]

2 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

Anyone watching the race? This Nashville set up looks incredible.* And a blast for fans. 

 

*after 5 laps, nvm

Yeah I’ve said about 12 times that if it’s comes back I guarantee they change the course. It’s been rough.

[LIHoosier 25,049]

Good idea, bad in execution. Shoe-horning the race so late in the day cuz of TV didn't help matters either.

[NashvilleHoosier 3,639]

I drove back and forth across the bridge today. They still have all the barricades and stands set up. I've driven on that bridge countless times so I didn't think much of it until I was actually there. I kind of laughed b/c it was honestly way cooler than I thought it would be knowing that just a few days ago cars were driving up to 185mph on that same bridge. That's it. This is a very unremarkable post.

[Hovadipo 53,157]

22 minutes ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

I drove back and forth across the bridge today. They still have all the barricades and stands set up. I've driven on that bridge countless times so I didn't think much of it until I was actually there. I kind of laughed b/c it was honestly way cooler than I thought it would be knowing that just a few days ago cars were driving up to 185mph on that same bridge. That's it. This is a very unremarkable post.

Don’t lie. You bombed it coming down the other side, hoping to feel that big bump Paul Tracy and the boys wouldn’t shut up about. 

[NashvilleHoosier 3,639]

6 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Don’t lie. You bombed it coming down the other side, hoping to feel that big bump Paul Tracy and the boys wouldn’t shut up about. 

Hah! Oh yeah, I gave the Rav4 everything she had. Unfortunately it was about 6pm, plenty of traffic, and I don't think I even hit 50mph. Even more remarkable to think about what 185 on the downside of that bridge would feel like. 

[Josh 12,386]

St Petersburg race is this weekend!  Downtown is a mess with all the streets blocked off so don't come down here if you can avoid it.  

Here we go again!

[Josh 12,386]

Scott McLaughlin sitting on pole for tomorrow's race

 

[Hovadipo 53,157]

7 minutes ago, Josh said:

Scott McLaughlin sitting on pole for tomorrow's race

 

I thought JJ would do much better than he has. Finishing a race seemed like an exception last year. Really anxious to see him on the ovals and especially IMS this year. 

[Josh 12,386]

12 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

I thought JJ would do much better than he has. Finishing a race seemed like an exception last year. Really anxious to see him on the ovals and especially IMS this year. 

Yeah, it's pretty shocking.  He's a full second behind 24 of the 26 drivers here too

[Josh 12,386]

This race is on NBC right now

[Josh 12,386]

[Uspshoosier 44,421]

On 2/27/2022 at 12:29 PM, Josh said:

This race is on NBC right now

Yeah if you live outside of central Indiana.   They are back to blacking it out so the race won’t air on NBC for us until 7pm.   if you have Peacock you can stream it this year because IMS didn’t have the technology to black out a stream yet.  Next year they will black that out as well 

[LIHoosier 25,049]

Hey, an IU Football(Football??) shout-out in the race. Take that, crappy 'We're here too' Purdon't commercial.

[Josh 12,386]

1 hour ago, LIHoosier said:

Hey, an IU Football(Football??) shout-out in the race. Take that, crappy 'We're here too' Purdon't commercial.

I missed it.  What was it?

[Hovadipo 53,157]

Another great Indy weekend. You’d have trouble convincing me that crowd was smaller than the 100th running. An insane amount of people (and traffic…ISP has been out of Indy 500 traffic routing practice for a few years and it showed). 

[LIHoosier 25,049]

18 hours ago, Josh said:

I missed it.  What was it?

Coach Allen coached the head of Arrow McLaren and Pato's strategist at Ben Davis and it was mentioned after the last round of pit stops. Found this sit down with the two.

 

[Josh 12,386]

Indycar season starts today in the downtown streets of St Petersburg. Tune in at 12:30

 

 

[Josh 12,386]

The prerace prayer mentioned that the cars are driving on Firestone tires?