Monthly Archives: July 2011

What does competition mean?

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

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 →

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RVM… That was Anticlimactic Edition

Posted on July 26, 2011 by

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 →

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Into the Crystal Ball… Edmonton, New and Improved Edition

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

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 →

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My Take on Officiating

Posted on July 19, 2011 by

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 →

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Thoughts on Toronto

Posted on July 13, 2011 by

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 →

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Into the Crystal Ball… The Heartland of Canada Edition

Posted on July 8, 2011 by

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 →

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Indycar History is as Varied as the Tracks… Part 2

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

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 →

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