Category Archives: RVM

RVM… The Black Eye Edition

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

No nice intro, just straight into the rant this week: It Just Keeps Getting Worse – I thought… I think, we all thought that we had seen the worst of what TGBB could muster. In true form, he goes above … Continue reading →

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RVM…The Sunday Coma Edition

Posted on August 9, 2011 by

Boy…What an exciting weekend of racing. My Sunday afternoons, when not watching indycar, usually involve a nap in the early afternoon… while “watching” NASCAR… roughly three minutes after I switch on the race. My TV has broadcast almost every Sunday … 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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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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Total Recall… IndyNation Loves Iowa Edition

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

Andretti is a name synonymous with success in indycar. On Saturday night the third generation Andretti was finally able to check a win in the oval column. It has been 5 years, 78 races since, as a rookie, Marco has … Continue reading →

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Total Recall… 225 Miles and 1 Big Smile Edition

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

The series’ return to the famed Milwaukee Mile was an almost resounding success. After a one year hiatus, the Mile returned to the schedule with stellar results. The box scores do not do the race justice as the final standings … Continue reading →

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Total Recall… What was that, Texas? Edition

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

Man oh man am I ever disappointed, a single caution in 228 laps of single file, follow the leader racing. Texas Motor Speedway is supposed to be the toughest track the series visits. Survival is more luck than skill, and … Continue reading →

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Total Recall… Centennial Edition

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

The calendar once again rolls onto June and another Indianapolis 500 is in the books. The race weekend saw hero’s etching their name in the lore that is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, even more hearts were broken in ways never … Continue reading →

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Total Recall… Samadrome Edition

Posted on May 2, 2011 by

Sao Paulo Indy 300 was actually the Indy 225 due to the 2 hour time limit on road and street events declared to be a wet race. Sunday started promising, nice alignment and initially looking like the entire field was … Continue reading →

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Bernard Barnhart and Race Control

Posted on April 23, 2011 by

The call/no call chatter about Helio at long beach last Sunday is frothing to a frenzy. On Tuesday we had Al Unser Jr. explaining the difference between a racing and a non racing incident. He goes on to say that … Continue reading →

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