(OT) Watch the Indy Grand Prix - Saturday July 4

[oliver1850]

Just wanted to give a heads up for anyone that might be interested, as the racing season has been so slow to get underway.

Will Power is on the pole. The top 19 cars are qualified within 1 second, and last year's race winner is the 20th qualifier.

Broadcast starts at noon (Eastern) on NBC.

[soulspinner]

Thanks.Open wheel junkie needs some noise.

[Bruce K]

Austrian GP #1 this weekend too

BK

[72gmc]

IMSA is at Daytona today making Porsche and Corvette noises.

[peanutgallery]

I like the fact that the IRL still has cars that make a racket accelerating and under braking. Also, it appears the driver still has to manipulate the transmission and a clutch a bunch. Something to be said for driver input. F1? I don't know what those things have turned into. For me, I think F1 peaked with the V10. Hasn't done anything for me since

It's kinda fun watching the driver have to fight the car a little bit on the road section with the aero package that one has to have for the high speed parts of Indy. Something to be said for planting the the car into a turn with some drift and a little opposite lock upon the exit

[Toeclips]

Sadly the Indy Series doesn't get as much mainstream coverage as it should

Love the old Cart Series, this is great racing too

[Plum Hill]

The tin tops are on the Indy road course now.
There was a possibility of rain....

[Bruce K]

Peanut - IRL hasn't existed for years - they run as IndyCar now.

It was a good race. Nice to see Graham Rahal run well today. Dixon is still amazingly fast.

BK

[peanutgallery]

potato...potahdo

marketing from decades past must have made an unintended impact, same difference for me

Originally Posted by Bruce K

Peanut - IRL hasn't existed for years - they run as IndyCar now.

It was a good race. Nice to see Graham Rahal run well today. Dixon is still amazingly fast.

BK

[benb]

Damn.. would have liked to watch, kind of a boring afternoon, it's really hot here and we were outside all morning.

Totally missed it.

[oliver1850]

Really unfortunate that the only yellow of the day ruined Rahal's strategy. Fuel conservation up to that point cost him a lot of track position. Guessing he would have cruised to the win if the race had stayed green. He did well to hold on to 2nd. Pigot looked like a legitimate contender before the engine went away. It's too bad that he doesn't have a ride for the full season. Pretty tough day for the Andretti team, only Colton Herta really figured in the mix.

[Bruce K]

Peanut - IRL dates back to when there was the split and Champ Car ran a separate series.

When the two organizations merged it became IndyCar.

But WOW what a great Xfinity race. Best NASCAR race I’ve seen in recent memory.

BK

[peanutgallery]

I will repeat (re: IRL), potato/potaaaaahdo

For the record..CART was a far superior series. I love watching NASCAR guys trying to shuffle those things around a proper road course, the suspension has to really work. Bonus...pretty sure those things are a H gate 4 speed sequential tranny that requires driver input. Props, the drivers are busy

Originally Posted by Bruce K

Peanut - IRL dates back to when there was the split and Champ Car ran a separate series.

When the two organizations merged it became IndyCar.

But WOW what a great Xfinity race. Best NASCAR race I’ve seen in recent memory.

BK

[PacNW2Ford]

Originally Posted by peanutgallery

I like the fact that the IRL still has cars that make a racket accelerating and under braking. Also, it appears the driver still has to manipulate the transmission and a clutch a bunch. Something to be said for driver input. F1? I don't know what those things have turned into. For me, I think F1 peaked with the V10. Hasn't done anything for me since

It's kinda fun watching the driver have to fight the car a little bit on the road section with the aero package that one has to have for the high speed parts of Indy. Something to be said for planting the the car into a turn with some drift and a little opposite lock upon the exit

Paddle-shifted gearbox, they only use the clutch to start from rest. Similar to F1.

[Ralph]

Great Indy car race today. Skill level with 1300 LB cars and lots of HP rather incredible. NASCAR Infinity race was a thriller also. Best NASCAR race I've watched in a while, and it wasn't even their top series (tomorrow for that). Some of these NASCAR guys could be successful driving anything.