That wing went dangerously high in the air. I'd hate to see that shiat at Texas.

No spare Hamsters to test at Indy?

Jensaarai: That wing went dangerously high in the air. I'd hate to see that shiat at Texas.

While I was away?

I was up I missed it.

cameroncrazy1984: Indy is like...the exact opposite of NASCAR when it comes to throwing cautions.

What I imagine the conversation in race control:

"Fark it, we now have a new chicane!"

A few years ago I was dispatching at seca during a car show. We had parade laps for fans and one car blew an oil line. It was a 62 Nova with a grand national engine. I was trying to send a flat bed to pick him up when a motorcycle cop on the track told the Guy to drive it off. Dumped oil on the entire race way. Cop turned off his radio cause I was screaming in his ear that he was a moron and we had cart the following week.
I didn't need to worry, that was the week the split ended. Our race was canceled.
csb

Tsrwedge: Did I just hear right? Lotus will skip the Indy test on account of lack of engines?

EPIC. Can't breed those high-test hamsters

And for the 2nd week in a row, she can't get a Legge up on the track

A hamster just decided to hit the litter box.

crotchgrabber: A few years ago I was dispatching at seca during a car show. We had parade laps for fans and one car blew an oil line. It was a 62 Nova with a grand national engine. I was trying to send a flat bed to pick him up when a motorcycle cop on the track told the Guy to drive it off. Dumped oil on the entire race way. Cop turned off his radio cause I was screaming in his ear that he was a moron and we had cart the following week.
I didn't need to worry, that was the week the split ended. Our race was canceled.
csb

That *is* at once cool, and sad. Hopefully they'll be back some day.

cameroncrazy1984: Just to recap:

-Parts of a wing strewn across a straightaway: no caution.
-Katharine Legge in the sandtrap: full-course yellow

Weird.

I'm just going to assume it was the combination that led to it. I'm giving the new race director at least half a season before I start talking shiat.

cameroncrazy1984: Just to recap:

-Parts of a wing strewn across a straightaway: no caution.
-Katharine Legge in the sandtrap: full-course yellow

Weird.

Sandtrap. Ha!

It's funny now that Danica is gone you don't hear much about the 2 or 3 ladies they have still racing here now

WhyteRaven74: cameroncrazy1984: -Katharine Legge in the sandtrap: full-course yellow

She's in a trap that's just off the apex of a turn, which is about the worst place to stopped.

Plus, if you look up track and see that giant gouge, that's where the Grand Am Prototype dug into the grass in a scary level of deceleration yesterday. You don't want cars getting nervous at that part of the track.

and Power snuck in cuz that one dude's nut fell off

(not trying to be dirty i swear)

DanZero: cameroncrazy1984: Just to recap:

-Parts of a wing strewn across a straightaway: no caution.
-Katharine Legge in the sandtrap: full-course yellow

Weird.

Sandtrap. Ha!

It's funny now that Danica is gone you don't hear much about the 2 or 3 ladies they have still racing here now

And I have to confess to a slight crush on Simona.

Video of yesterday's Grand Am WTF wreck. (new window)

It should start you at 2:23 in the video, where a GT car comes back on track in front of traffic, and a prototype goes in the grass to avoid it. That is some massive deceleration there.

10 laps to go at Martinsville. Gordon is chasing Johnson... again. It *is* close enough to warrant a look.

Spoiler discretion, from my announcers?

Ha... speed is showing a race from last year at my track!

Heheheh @ Robin Miller. I love that crotchety bastard. Even his compliments are backhanded.

"They actually look like professional race car drivers for 2 weeks in a row!"

Jensaarai: Spoiler discretion, from my announcers?

MORE LIKELY THAN WE THINK!

OK, NASCAR just hit maximum lulz.

Bowyer divebombed the 24 and 48, damaging the former and taking out the latter.

Jensaarai: OK, NASCAR just hit maximum lulz.

Bowyer divebombed the 24 and 48, damaging the former and taking out the latter.

IT WAS A WORTHY SACRIFICE. THE IDOL IS PLEASED.

Meanwhile, Dixon is still cursing out his pit crew over that nut

Word from someone over at /r/indycar from Reddit was that Franchitti is struggling because he insisted on running the old pedal/clutch configuration. In a way, that makes him an underdog, which makes me root for him.

WhyteRaven74: If Barichello really is getting a handle on the car and they can set things up right things could get very interesting this season.

Bourdais in that awesome paint scheme is also a good dark horse pick for a road/street win. He's the most likely to put that hamster to good use.

Well that's why I heard nothing about the Push to Pass -- the new engine manufactures still have to implement it.

Do it POST HASTE

DanZero: Well that's why I heard nothing about the Push to Pass -- the new engine manufactures still have to implement it.

Do it POST HASTE

They're trying to roll out the engines, then the different bodies, and P2P will come somewhere along there. They just don't want to throw all of it at them at once.

/Congrats, Will Power
//Good race

Jensaarai: /Congrats, Will Power
//Good race

Guess that makes up for yesterday's little qualifying snafu

RIGHT, WANKERS! TAKE THAT YELLOW N RED FLAG STUFF BACK! OY!

They still haven't quite learned how to get out of these cars, heh.

/Yes Will, I am indeed entertained