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Monthly Archives: July 2011
What does competition mean?
To some, we are witnessing the most competitive era that indycar racing has ever seen. The past two Indy 500’s have seen the two closest starting grids by time ever, 2010 by 3.0622 seconds and 2011 by 2.5399. That is … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Vomit, Personal
Tagged Anderson Speedway, Chevolet, Competition, dallara, dallara IRL 03, Ford, Honda Indy V8, Indianapolis Raceway Park, Indy 500, Indycar, Lotus, New Car, Thanks Dad
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RVM… That was Anticlimactic Edition
Very rarely, in indycar, does the prerace the hype did not live up to the actual event. (Ed: Is that because there is never any hype before a race??) The newly configured track looked to be home run on paper, … Continue reading
Into the Crystal Ball… Edmonton, New and Improved Edition
November of last year we received the crushing news that the Edmonton round of the 2011 season, scheduled to take place at the airport, would be cancelled. The track had to be revised to keep the main runway open for … Continue reading
My Take on Officiating
Although I could say that the hot button issue since Toronto was officiating problems, this is in issue that has haunted the IRL and now INDYCAR since its inception. The original IRL officiating staff was created amid major back to … Continue reading
Thoughts on Toronto
Sorry, loyal reader, for being late on the post. I wanted to really collect my thoughts on the race. There has been a large amount of nay saying about the race in general. True, the track and pits looked like … Continue reading
Posted in RVM
Tagged Dario Franchitti, Exhibition Place, Honda Indy Toronto, Indycar, Race Control, Ryan Briscoe, TK
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Into the Crystal Ball… The Heartland of Canada Edition
This week, INDYCAR goes north of the border for the first of two races in Canada; Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario. Way back in 1967, USAC visited Mosport, with Bobby Unser taking the win. The Molson Diamond Indy was run … Continue reading
Posted in Into the crystal ball
Tagged Andretti Autosport, CART, Exhibition Place, Ganassi, Honda Indy Toronto, HVM Racing, Indycar, James Hinchchliffe, Marco Andretti, Michael Andretti, Mosport, Newman/Haas, Oriol Seriva, Penske, Porkchop, Road/Street, Simona De Silvestro, Toronto, USAC, Will Power
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Indycar History is as Varied as the Tracks… Part 2
Last week I looked at historic first visits to the different types of track configurations the indycars have raced on in the past. Here is part two as well as the final time the series visited the respective tracks. Final … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged AAA, anotherindycarblog, ChampCar, Darlington Raceway, DuQuoin fair grounds, Elgin Road Race, Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Indycar, Mario Andretti, Milwaukee Mile, Mines Field, Old things easily forgotten, Pikes Peak Hill Climb, Sebastien Bourdais, Thompson International Speedway, USAC
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