mikaloyd: Do I hear bagpipes or is somebody strangling a tomcat?

Is there a difference?

mikaloyd: [i.imgur.com image 640x380]



I may or may not be sitting on a "domo arigato, mr. taku sato" parody.



You're wondering who I am, (indy indy, i just won indy)
Machine or mannequin, (Secret secret, I've got a secret)
With parts made in Japan, (Secret secret, I've got a secret)
I am the brickyard man,

I've got a secret I've been hiding under my skin,
Dallara chassi, engine Honda, owned by Letterman,
So if you see me winning Indy, don't be surprised,
I'm just a man who needed someone and somewhere to hide,
I love to drive, just please let me drive

Donnchadha: WhyteRaven74: Donnchadha: not even used in practice / qualifying.

Sometimes stuff just breaks.

Well obviously -- but you'd think they'd be extra cautious to not put in the "this one looks okay, I guess" and go for the "brand new, best quality" one for the Indy 500.

Brand new often suffers from 'infant mortality'.

WhyteRaven74: Firestone unlike Pirelli actually makes good race tires.

yeah, but Pirelli makes damn good calendars.

turbokat: Comedy gold! GO 31!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

WhyteRaven74: No one, there's really no one who just needs to be rooted against.

And that's what makes this honestly a lot more enjoyable -- no JJ types here (yet)

rickythepenguin: huh. did they acknowledge Wheldon's sunglasses lap? i thought it was coming up, didn't realize it was 11 laps ago.

They'll do it again on lap 98. SDRR: Dumb-Ass-Monkey: Lotus cars both black flagged?

that was fast.

Poor Lotus.

No sympathy for the hamster brigade. There were teams without engines right before the season, and there are teams that didn't even get to test this new car at the track and are only running because Chevy and Honda stepped up production. If they hadn't have done that, Lotus would have probably caused the first Indy 500 in forever without 33 cars starting.

They went from pitiful to contemptible half a month ago.

Jensaarai: Side by side in the first break. You paying attention, NASCAR?

Blame the advertisers, not NASCAR

Grables'Daughter: Mrtraveler01: WhyteRaven74: Jensaarai: The split was really starting to take its toll.

Tony George really knew how to shoot himself in the foot.

To be honest, I only follow IndyCar during the Indy 500. So what exactly is this "split" you guys are referring to?

Wikipedia sums it up very well:

In 1994, Speedway owner Tony George announced plans for a new series, to be called the Indy Racing League.[55] The Indy 500 would serve as its centerpiece. Opinions varied on his motivations, with his supporters sharing his disapproval of the race's lack of status within CART, the increasing number of foreign drivers (as American drivers were gravitating towards NASCAR), and the decreasing number of ovals in the season series. Detractors accused George of throwing his weight around and using the race as leverage to gain complete control of the sport of open wheel racing.

In 1995 and in response to a change in schedule by the CART series that put several races in direct conflict with Indy Racing League events, George announced that 25 of the 33 starting positions at the 1996 Indy 500 would be reserved for the top 25 cars in IRL points standings (similar in practice to NASCAR's Top 35 rule introduced years later). The move effectively left only eight starting positions open to the CART-regulars that chose not to participate in the IRL races. CART's reaction was to refuse to compromise on the schedule conflicts, skip the IRL races required to accumulate the qualifying points, boycott the race,[56] and stage a competing event, the U.S. 500, on the same day. Veteran Buddy Lazier won a competitive but crash-filled 1996 Indy 500. Two CART teams, Walker Racing and Galles Racing, competed in the Indianapolis 500 to fulfill sponsor obligations and were welcomed without incident. The U.S. 500 was marred by a massive opening-lap pileup. The competing U.S. 500 failed to establish itself as a major event, and was cancelled after only one running.

Thus erasing much of the lustre from future Indy Car racing.

I'm glad that they started with good Dan Wheldon memories. But Jesus, it's really dusty in here.

There is talk of bringing push to pass back to Indycar. They just want to let all the engine manufacturers get a hold of things first.

If you want to see what awesome management of P2P at an oval looks like, watch last year's finish at Kentucky.

Fun fact: Indycar has decided to start posting full races to Youtube a few days after they happen. So if you missed this race or want to watch it again later, you can do so.

/Are you paying attention, NASCAR, F1?

WhyteRaven74: IndyCar does have a push to pass button, increases the turbo boost. But guess what? On a superspeedway? Not going to do much good. Especially when you're using the draft to get up on someone and get by.

Push to Pass button does not exist on the new cars. Might come back in the future, though I actually expect not, because, as today's race showed, the new cars might not NEED it.

9beers: Yeah, because drivers pushed a button on their steering wheel.

The push to pass doesn't exist any more. And this race was WAY better than any of the NASCAR races so far this season.

And I like both. This was a fantastic race, and anyone who says otherwise is not a racing fan.

Meanwhile the Lotus team has just requested to be let out onto the racetrack agaon but has been denied until the pacecar has left and is no longer in danger of catching Lotus from behind.

rickythepenguin: dear lord and baby jesus just ease ashley's tits out of that summer dress

Make it rain

FiendishFellow05: Someone spray Ashley with champagne. It would be nice consolation for having to watch this smug prick win again.

Have we found our IDOL?

Do I hear bagpipes or is somebody strangling a tomcat?

catastrophe averted: And SHUT UP Ashley. Ugh.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

How the heck did she shack up with that

dear lord and baby jesus just ease ashley's tits out of that summer dress

Dumb-Ass-Monkey: And Sato Hildebrand's the race!

Dumb-Ass-Monkey: And Sato Hildebrand's the race!

knbber2: Damn oriental drivers!

ClavellBCMI: And Sato goes all BANZAI! and commits seppuku.

What_Would_Jimi_Do: BRACK RAIN SATO

As crappy as the outcome is, these are the reasons why I cannot watch racing without Fark

Chip Ganassi gettin some gratuitous squeezin in on Ashley

Indycar does have GWCs.

This happened on the white flag lap. Would have ended the same way in NASCAR.

9beers: No green white checkered? This shiat sucks.

It was after the white flag, would have been the same in NASCAR.

Gonz: Sato, you can't pass there. It doesn't work.

That was wrong.
He should not have done that.

Amazing. Did Franchitti block down on him and knock him out?

And Sato Hildebrand's the race!

POHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHMYGOD

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

FAILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

holy crap Sato!

rickythepenguin: that really hurts NASCAR and as stated here for the 50th time, these boys are rolling on average 40MPH faster with no problems.

You cant make that comparison seriously.

If you made those indy cars twice as heavy, and cut the tires in half, they would not be running 220MPH.

ClavellBCMI: NASCAR fans asking the obvious question: Why can't *we* get us racing like this without 5 multi-car wrecks and/or bullshiat "debris" cautions???

Jimmie Johnson

Shadow Blasko: /Agree on the BS debris cautions though


that really hurts NASCAR and as stated here for the 50th time, these boys are rolling on average 40MPH faster with no problems.

take off your panties NASCAR and grow some balls.

Shadow Blasko: Raining at CMS. Green track tonight

Never a time when it's not raining this year so far wherever they are

ClavellBCMI: NASCAR fans asking the obvious question: Why can't *we* get us racing like this without 5 multi-car wrecks and/or bullshiat "debris" and competitioncautions???

ClavellBCMI: NASCAR fans asking the obvious question: Why can't *we* get us racing like this without 5 multi-car wrecks and/or bullshiat "debris" cautions???

Umm, we do get racing like this, often.

/Agree on the BS debris cautions though

Donnchadha: I'm going to say somebody between 5th and 10th currently decides to play it cool, let the people in front of them crash, and they drive to victory.


Operation Codename: Dan Wheldon '11

NASCAR fans asking the obvious question: Why can't *we* get us racing like this without 5 multi-car wrecks and/or bullshiat "debris" cautions???

DanZero: Well for any aspiring Andretti's next year,,, DON'T FUEL YOUR CAR WITH THAT GOSH DERN 3RD PARTY COLA AGAIN

Next year's car will be sponsored by Juggalos and powered with Faygo.

Well for any aspiring Andretti's next year,,, DON'T FUEL YOUR CAR WITH THAT GOSH DERN 3RD PARTY COLA AGAIN

Just remember. The Indy 500 is "safer" without the apron.

this makes 42 years of no Andretti winning the 500.

Andretti Curse strikes again...

NASCAR, pay attention! THIS is how you race... and the Andretti Curse continues, damnit! Cautions do indeed breed cautions.

Sad Andrettis are sad.

Andretti curse

Andretti keeps the curse alive

CURSE

Whoever called it, step up and claimed your prizes

YES TK!!

(lord, i hope I didn't jinx him by cheering for him)

Donnchadha: mikaloyd: [i.imgur.com image 342x336]

I don't know... that joke seems kinda thin.

White smoke and spin arounds, we kiss the wall and were almost done

I'll say it again - I have no idea how they've managed to keep avoiding the Big One.

catastrophe averted: mikaloyd: THIS friends and neighbors is a farking GOOD race.

Yes, with no chance of a JJ-spawned depression at the end.

Word!

mikaloyd: [i.imgur.com image 342x336]

I don't know... that joke seems kinda thin.

catastrophe averted: mikaloyd: THIS friends and neighbors is a farking GOOD race.

Yes, with no chance of a JJ-spawned depression at the end.

No manufactured green-white-checkered, either.

turbokat: Gonz: TK is a beast on restarts.

I try.

Hasn't been doing too well on idols, but that's because JJ's goons have been roughing him up

THIS friends and neighbors is a farking GOOD race.

Jensaarai: They want to go full power, but they don't have the Will Power.

But they do have --

rickythepenguin: mikaloyd: [i.imgur.com image 640x380]



I may or may not be sitting on a "domo arigato, mr. taku sato" parody.



You're wondering who I am, (indy indy, i just won indy)
Machine or mannequin, (Secret secret, I've got a secret)
With parts made in Japan, (Secret secret, I've got a secret)
I am the brickyard man,

I've got a secret I've been hiding under my skin,
Dallara chassi, engine Honda, owned by Letterman,
So if you see me winning Indy, don't be surprised,
I'm just a man who needed someone and somewhere to hide,
I love to drive, just please let me drive

*wild applause*

now do hakina matata!

They want to go full power, but they don't have the Will Power.

Jensaarai: TK or Sato, plz.

Pretty much this

Jeez, they're driving like there's 10 to go.

loser pulls into pits

Graham, when you go out there, I want you to hit the pace car.

Hit the pace car?!

HIT THE PACE CAR!

Get your guns and fire your bullets?

*FCC complaints rise against ABC for terrorism*

Think of the 3 races today.

Juan Pablo Montoya is most famous in Indycar for winning the Indianapolis 500.

Juan Pablo Montoya is most famous in F1 for winning the Grand Prix of Monaco.

Juan Pablo Montoya is most famous in NASCAR for crashing into a jet dryer.

Which is the "hard" form of racing, again? ;)

Commercials pay the bills. As long as I don't have to pay to watch the race I'm OK with it.

What I'm not OK with is when I pay for the privilege of watching commercials, like at the movies. I despise that.

knbber2: I'm wondering, if we ask really nicely, can they squeeze a few more commercials into this wonderful broadcast?

Are the commercials those things with the cars driving in a circle?

well, that's a bad way to end the race.

Tsrwedge: DanZero: I don't know what's worse, the Honda Crazy Train ad or the WATCH OUT FOR MY ROOOOOOTS kid for AT&T. Can't wait to see *that* one later.

You know what we haven't seen for a while? Flash mob.

That's how I got my start on these threads!

WE ARE!

yeesh, I honestly don't know how we've avoided the Big One. Indy cars shouldn't be 4 or 5 wide!

Marco sounds like Kurt Busch, the way he's getting beeped.

No fuel economy cuz you gotta cut the RC to gas mixture

*know

Looks like Andretti overworked the suspensions.

You'd think Michael would no better.

ObeliskToucher: Getting tired of "... the Sunoco fuel..." plugs...

Happens in NASCAR too. It's all the pit chick for which ever race series is trained and asked to say as often as possible.

Donnchadha: Yeah, I guess I'm overestimating their quality control capabilities.

No, you're overestimating the ability of humans or machines to make something indestructible.

Donnchadha: Ryan Hunter-Reay -- DNF (SIDS)


Marco Andretti - DNF (Curse)

Andretti curse!

WhyteRaven74: Was just thinking, there's a second generation Rahal, third generation Andretti, where's a third generation Unser?

What would they call him? "Really Little Al?" That's probably why there is no Al Unser 3.0 driving

Speaking of people who don't age:

Mario Andretti.

Donnchadha: How do you break a CV joint on a car like that? I'd expect those types of parts have zero miles on them prior to the race -- not even used in practice / qualifying.

Even the most stringent engineering processes don't prevent all defects. Things break, sometimes for no reason at all. Ask Kevin Cogan about it.

How do you break a CV joint on a car like that? I'd expect those types of parts have zero miles on them prior to the race -- not even used in practice / qualifying.

lunchinlewis: blew a tranny

Giggity?

Nice save by Hunter-Reay.

watching the cars on the track while Hinch was leaving the pits, I felt like someone had hit Fast Forward on the tv. Them things is FAST

Mrtraveler01: But believe me, the humidity really does make it much worse.


I spent about 3-4 years in Norfolk VA. I know the horror of humidity.

the horror.

the horror....

Wilson almost Conway'd it.

I think these new cars look pretty cool from some angles but pretty weird from others.

Mrtraveler01: It's basically like having a hair dryer blasted at your face.


or as we call in in Arizona, "every month not named 'January'"

expobill: no a/c in these cars?

Want more air? Drive faster.

catastrophe averted: Nascar could learn a lesson from the Indycar racecontrol page. Live telemetry updating every 5 seconds automatically, on the current lap, FOR FREE. Not 5-10 laps down and ya gotta keep manually refreshing after 5 mins, when it works.

Fair enough. But Indycar could also learn to not release their qualifying results as PDFs. Heh.

So, Last Resort looks obnoxiously political. I can't wait to not watch it.

catastrophe averted: What craziness is this? Legge is the last woman still IN the race? The racing gods have a sense of humor today!

When you're 2 laps (or more) down, it's pretty easy, plus she's got the yellow mark on the back of her car, meaning she's a rookie, a woman, and not Danica.

Ah. It's *that* time of the race.

Let's see if we go full 1992.

catastrophe averted: WhyteRaven74: orbitalfreak: It sucks that the team's lack of doing the right thing cost another driver his car. I'd be farking pissed.

I'm pretty sure Power is going to go through the roof when he finds out a team sent a car out onto the track with a broken front wing.

Think we'll get another farkworthy photo op from him today? :)

I'd love another one -- at least it will be one from this year and a race that still is on the schedule

FiendishFellow05: Yup, I know. Barnhardt's a moron; I sincerely hope he got either canned or moved to a position where he wasn't a danger to himself and others.

It was the latter. Everyone seems to like the new guy so far.

If Barnardt was in charge of this race, he not only would have left the Lotuses out there, he'd mandate every restart have them up front.

FiendishFellow05: Yup, I know. Barnhardt's a moron; I sincerely hope he got either canned or moved to a position where he wasn't a danger to himself and others.

from the Wiki - During the 2011 season, Barnhart was criticized by fans, drivers, and owners, and especially prominent open-wheel journalist Robin Miller for inconsistencies in his role as chief race steward. He has since been removed from the position.

Jesus, that was so close to being a REALLY bad wreck. Cannot believe that nobody actually got hurt.

Powerless to stop that, as it were.

I really wanted Will to win.

GO KANAAN!

WhyteRaven74: rickythepenguin: race fans, please explain.

Well according to AJ Foyt he drove out with a broken front wing. Why they didn't change the wing before sending him back out I have no idea. The fault for that wreck is all on the team, not the dirver.

One thing most people hate is a wingman that's not reliable

YEAHHHHHHH

rickythepenguin: DanZero: Jensaarai: (insert Will Power pic here,)

[img.photobucket.com image 640x355]

[img.photobucket.com image 283x283]


whoa! is that real? who is that and what's the story?

New Hampshire's race last year. Rain and cloudy conditions pretty much dominated the race. Mr. Power was involved in a 5 car wreck when Danica spun out on a restart and he gave his American fans the salute on live TV.

Flappy paddle shifting in Indy cars. I wonder if NASCAR would/could ever adopt it?

FiendishFellow05: bluorangefyre: FiendishFellow05: bluorangefyre: It looks like the RC car was made from a can of RC cola. I WANT THIS CAR TO WIN!

/who's driving it?

Marco Andretti.

/You're against a generation-leaping curse. Have fun.

Well if it only affects even-numbered generations, starting from Mario, then Marco has a chance.

/MOAR COMMERCIALZ PLZ!!! WE DEMAND IT!!!!

Are you kidding? Mario STARTED the damn thing! Sure, he won it once, but he had so many go south late in the race it became a 'curse'. Michael never even won it.

Winning generally means there is no curse. It starts for a new generation, though.

Mrtraveler01: DanZero: catastrophe averted: No side-by-side this break? I am disappoint!

Local ad break :( Get to see the stupid Chevy sale ad where the 2 people literally rush into the dealer thinking they're too late to get a good price on a POSmobile

I saw that one too!

Those commercials are so cheesy.

Nice. Was wondering if 2 Farkers would get the same local ads sometimes

bluorangefyre: Tsrwedge: but we're only running three ovals this season

What kind of nonsense is this? Wasn't the IRL or whatever its called made to run purely on ovals? When did CART take over and turn it to shiat?

/I loved seeing racing at Richmond, Texas and Charlotte

It's slightly ironic that IRL "won" the race to the bottom, but wound up looking "worse" in the oval department than CART did before the split.

That said, I think things will rebalance. We're racing at Indy, Micheal Andretti stepped up to save Milwuakee. We have Iowa, Texas, and Cali on the schedule, too.

Barnhart's clusterfark of a season killed New Hampshire (insert Will Power pic here,) Las Vegas, Japan, and Dan Wheldon.

Andretti Curse! Everybody drink

catastrophe averted: No side-by-side this break? I am disappoint!

Local ad break :( Get to see the stupid Chevy sale ad where the 2 people literally rush into the dealer thinking they're too late to get a good price on a POSmobile

WhyteRaven74: rickythepenguin: jesus god these cats are taking turns at 205.

they can take them at 215 in qualifying trim. And back in the 90s were taking turns near 230.

Just imagine if they were turned loose on Daytona or Talladega. They may just take flight!