Tag Archives: Dario Franchitti

Into the Crystal Ball… One Last Time, Japan Edition

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Eric Hall

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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RVM… EPIC Weekend, Baltimore Edition

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Eric Hall

Another event without a title sponsor, massive construction pains Thursday night, controversy over train tracks and chicanes, a poorly designed pit road; the event in Baltimore was almost born from controversy. As the checkers fell on Sunday afternoon, most of … Continue reading →

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Into the Crystal Ball… We Think Baltimore is Ready Edition

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Eric Hall

One short week after the common cure for insomnia that is racing at Sonoma, the paddock makes the 2800+ mile trip to Maryland for the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix. Reports are saying that the event is selling quite the large … Continue reading →

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RVM… WHAT!?! Another Coma? Edition

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Eric Hall

It’s hard not to point out that this is by far the worst track, in terms of action, that the series visits. Yes, we can make arguments for Barber Motorsports Park and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, but I believe Sonoma/Infineon/Sears … Continue reading →

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RVM… The Black Eye Edition

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Eric Hall

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 Eric Hall

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 Eric Hall

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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Into the Crystal Ball… Mid-Ohio Edition

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Eric Hall

Sold out camping… historic road circuit… double header weekend with the same machinery that runs the 24 hours of Le Mans… This is the type of right turn weekend we need more of… Created in 1962 and kicking off its … Continue reading →

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RVM… That was Anticlimactic Edition

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Eric Hall

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 Eric Hall

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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