Tag Archives: Takuma Sato

Into the Crystal Ball… Drama in the LBC, Edition

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

Pandora’s box has surely been opened this week. Nearly half the field will see grid penalties this weekend in Long Beach, the setting for the longest running street race in the western hemisphere. Open wheel racing has descended on the … Continue reading →

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RVM… 2011 Season Review Part 2

Posted on November 4, 2011 by

Last week we went over the results of the 2011 season and now I can really get into the nuts and bolts of 2011. There were some very cool moments of last year as well as some very awful times; … Continue reading →

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Into the Crystal Ball… One Last Time, Japan Edition

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

After thirteen previous editions of the Indy Japan 300, indycar will descend upon the land of the rising sun one final time before saying goodbye to Twin Ring Motegi and Japan. The sour world financial climate was cited as the … Continue reading →

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Into the Crystal Ball… At Least It’s a Race Edition

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

Not much can be said after this week’s events. An independent panel confirmed that the rule book is a joke, as is race control, Will Power rightfully received a fine for his double bird antics, and we finally received super … Continue reading →

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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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Into The Crystal Ball… The NEW New Hampshire Edition

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

The Magic Mile welcomes back open wheel racing this Sunday, after a 13 year hiatus. New Hampshire Motor Speedway saw four years of CART racing from 1992 through 1995. In 1996, the newly formed IRL inherited the race and ran … 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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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… 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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