Monthly Archives: June 2011

Indycar History is as Varied as the Tracks… Part 1

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Eric Hall

Open wheel, championship style racing has visited many different types of tracks through outs is 100+ year history. From street circuits to dirt tracks, the variety of tracks that the big cars have visited is, indeed as impressive as it … Continue reading →

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Total Recall… IndyNation Loves Iowa Edition

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Eric Hall

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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Into the Crystal Ball … Tiny Texas Edition

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Eric Hall

With the legendary Milwaukee Mile in the rear view mirror, INDYCAR soldiers on to Iowa Speedway for its third oval race in as many weekends. Iowa has produced good racing in the past and with the competitive year we have … Continue reading →

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Check out anotherf1blog over at TripleLeagueRacing

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Eric Hall

Attention all two (Ed: overstatement don’t you think??) regular readers: I am now writing a Formula One column over at Triple League Racing. Dylan was nice enough to ask for guest writers over at his, primarily, indycar blog. I answered … Continue reading →

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Aerodynamics of 2012

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Eric Hall

An incredibly heavy emphasis on aerodynamics is present at most top level series and INDYCAR is no exception. I have been sitting on this post for a while, but with Carl Edwards’ recent remarks to speed.com about the aero dependence … Continue reading →

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Total Recall… 225 Miles and 1 Big Smile Edition

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Eric Hall

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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Into the Crystal Ball… Historys Back Edition

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Eric Hall

I think that my 500 blues start after Texas, or at least they did this year. I was incredibly let down, I guess, by the racing and standings after it was all said and done. Not that they were boring … Continue reading →

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Total Recall… What was that, Texas? Edition

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Eric Hall

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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Into the Crystal Ball… Texas Two-Step Edition

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Eric Hall

Oh joy of joy’s, I have been patiently waiting for this race since the new format was announced. The doors are unlocked at the meanest track on the schedule and the boys and girls of INDYCAR started rolling into town … Continue reading →

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Come on… Motegi’s not that Bad

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Eric Hall

Amid safety and health concerns, earlier this week, INDYCAR announced that they will indeed return to Japan to run round 15 of the championship. The caveat to the news is the race will be staged on the full road course, … Continue reading →

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