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27th August 2013, 14:38 #41
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Originally Posted by heliocastroneves#3Keep it fast, keep it real!!!
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27th August 2013, 15:34 #42
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Originally Posted by FIAT1
I was noting that all areas of a track, including the runoffs and everywhere else, can be dangerous. Note TK's car flying into the runoff at Baltimore two years ago. Now imagine track safety people attending another car in the runoff when that happened. The track surface is most definitely not the only hazardous place at a track.
I was also noting that the probability of an incident, while still possible, is less likely in the runoff than on or very close to the track. So, IMO, not going full course was the correct call and should have been the call at MidO also.
Those who sit in the stands don't understand the substantial personal risk of the safety truck crews, the corner workers and the pit crews. It's part of the sport and all those people know the risk and accept it as part of doing their jobs."Old roats am jake mit goats."
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27th August 2013, 16:07 #43
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Originally Posted by StarterKeep it fast, keep it real!!!
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27th August 2013, 20:24 #44Originally Posted by FIAT1
I simply want a 20 race schedule with 10 road/streets and 10 ovals (well 8 ovals and 12 road/streets is still fine with me too just to take another example), start the season at the beginning of March and end mid October. Also dump the current road course qualifying format, just 1-hour of driving as much laps as you want and who's the quickest after 60 minutes has the pole. One bonus point for pole position, one for the most laps led and ZERO for the drivers who led any lap. I see why people don't care but I just have another vision of IndyCar racing, probably because I followed two series from 1996 until 2001 and left the original IndyCar World Series (CART) after 2001, so I have a different vision since I've enjoyed the racing very much when it comes to AOWR; Before the split, during the split and now after the split. That's where I differ from the rest, probably because I'm Dutch... Because I can tell you that the IndyCar Series back in '05 and '06 was very popular in this country and that was when ovals dominated the schedule which was basically the old IRL with 3 road courses being on the schedule too. NASCAR is very popular over here as well (I don't like it very much), so that may explain why the IRL was popular here too. I want to see some great racing and I get that now. If that schedule changes and gets more balance between road/street courses and ovals and if they remove that bumper, I'm already a happy fan to be honest.October 16th, 2011 - One of the blackest days in the history of motorsports.
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27th August 2013, 22:27 #45
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Originally Posted by heliocastroneves#3Keep it fast, keep it real!!!
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27th August 2013, 22:58 #46Originally Posted by FIAT1October 16th, 2011 - One of the blackest days in the history of motorsports.
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28th August 2013, 01:51 #47
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Some pics from Sears Point/Infineon/Sonoma Raceway this past weekend. I was there on Friday and it was dead. I bet less than 200 people total in the stands.
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28th August 2013, 01:52 #48
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\"If you have a problem with what I\'m doing, talk to me, get it all out, then shut up.\" - Juan Pablo Montoya
\"I tell ya, if my name was \'Juan Pablo Montoya,\' everyone would just kiss my ass!\" - David Letterman
\"That was a mugging.\" - Tommy Kendall \"You can\'t spell \'fiasco\' without the FIA.\" Those are shark gills, not shark fins! Get it right!
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28th August 2013, 04:02 #49
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Originally Posted by Starterracing-reference.info/showblog?id=1785
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28th August 2013, 14:12 #50Originally Posted by StarterOctober 16th, 2011 - One of the blackest days in the history of motorsports.
Oli vs Paddon is an interesting fight eh
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