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speaking of crowds, nobody much showed up for yesterday's qualifying to see Helios take pole, and today, it looks like that nobody showed for day 2, and TK smashed his back up this morning....guess they heard that DP had not been running well at all in the days leading up to Qing, so why go at all....Quote:
Originally Posted by harvick#1
i remember when this many would show up just for practice in the middle of the week........
(BTW--CART did not survive......
Danica means nothing attendance-wise or ratings-wise. Has not for at least 2-3 years. She brought some ratings over to her novelty attempt in stock cars, but I can guarantee you that no more than 5% of the current IRL viewers and attendees are doing so simply because of Danica. The series will or will not survive the next 3-4 years, but it will have nothing to do with the status of this particular driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by markabilly
I like spin so I'll give it a shot.Quote:
Originally Posted by SoCalPVguy
Danica got an inside tip that Randy is going to have a suprise inversion after qualifying.
I'm shellshocked about PT. Speechless!
In my opinion, the team mis-managed their efforts all week. Seems they took qualifying for granted and worked on the race car...which they obviously had a good setup for. Problem is, gotta get in. Just shows what I've been saying all year...KV is not a true professional outfit.
I'm so disappointed.
Wrong thread...sorry.
She bit the apple at Daytona and is forever poisoned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Easy Drifter
I have a question about her actions or lack their of today. Where was she. Maybe everyone else saw her their(forgive me I was at ncaa softball part of the afternoon)but I didn't. Every one from agr seemed to be involved in one way or another in trying to get tk into the race not just because he is a teammate but he is the best teammate anyone could have. The other drivers and crew members all seemed to be their at least if nothing else lending moral support. Where was she? If she was their I am sorry for being wrong but I certainly didn't see anything from her showing she has any idea what being a teammate means.
david
see you in grandstand a next week
I watched Princess today live and in person at IMS.
She is scared. Nothing else to say about it. She is lifting noticeably going into turn 1 on almost every lap. In race trim. With no other cars around her.
She won't be around long on raceday. And if she does soldier it around, she will be many laps down.
There weren't even many folks hovering around her garage today either. I saw a lot of folks around the Penske garage and a lot around Sarah Fisher's and Simona's garage. Saw a lot of Sarah Fisher t-shirts in the garage area today. Simona's team/group needs to get on the ball and get her some merchandise going. People will buy it.
Simona is so good with the fans. She smiles. Constantly. She actually speaks and has conversations with them. It doesn't appear to "bother" her to actually interact with people. Hope that doesn't change as her star continues to rise. Kinda doubt it does.
I was struck with just how small the HVM team is. Aren't many folks associated with that team. SFR's team in comparison looks 4 or 5 times bigger in terms of crew guys and team personnel. Also having 2 cars this year helps grow your personnel. But still. SFR is not a full-time team. HVM is.
Simona has been so consistant at Indy. Today she was in race trim and it was lap after lap after lap at 220 to 221. Every lap looked the same. She was running lap speeds right with all the big dogs in race trim. As long as she doesn't have a awful finish, she should win Rookie of the Year at Indy going away. She is clearly the best rookie.
Randy should be working now on keeping Simona in this series. He needs to get many more Americans (and that has to be a priority). But he better make sure this woman doesn't go anywhere. She is part of the future of this sport and its not going to be long before she very well could be one of the 2 or 3 biggest stars in it.
The opening segment of today's broadcast showed a split screen of TK's morning practice crash and Danica's horrified reaction to it. So she was there, or at least early on.Quote:
Originally Posted by DavePI2
Have fun at the race!
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Originally Posted by beachbum
1. So what? You think Sarah Fisher's car was very good this week? You think the Foyt cars were good the past 2 days (they were so bad, that AJ's grandson told his grandpa to stick it and quit this morning)? You think KV's cars were very good the past 2 days? You think ALL cars were fun to drive the past 2 days in the heat and with low downforce? Her car isn't always going to be great. Unless you are driving for Penske or Ganassi, most teams have to fight their ass off at Indy to get a good car in different conditions. John Andretti sucked it up and qualified at noon, with no practice today, and ran some of his fastest speeds of the week. He is just some old, washed up Cup driver who only races Indy Cars once or twice a year. :p How'd he do it and do it with class too?
2. Engineers aren't the ones driving the car. They have too much input/influence on these cars anyway. They can get you to a certain point. Its up to the driver to get that last tenth or two. Sometimes the driver has to help. The good ones do. The fakers don't.
3. Bull. She was roundly booed. Anybody with 2 working ears could hear it. And she deserved it.