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		Indycar returns to a 1.5 mile oval for the first time since losing Dan Wheldon. Can the new aero package break up the pack? Live coverage from Texas starts at 8PM ET (indycar.com)		192
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Lt. Cheese Weasel		2012-06-09 07:37:17 PM

Fast track for Indy. Didn't they have a tunnel vision issue before here?

WhyteRaven74		2012-06-09 07:47:10 PM

Lt. Cheese Weasel: Fast track for Indy. Didn't they have a tunnel vision issue before here?

yep, but keep in mind those were the old cars.

urban.derelict		2012-06-09 07:48:22 PM

I'm not interested in racecar driving until they do 500 laps on a figure 8 track.

/waste all that f*ckin' gasoline

Jensaarai		2012-06-09 07:50:11 PM

urban.derelict: I'm not interested in racecar driving until they do 500 laps on a figure 8 track.

/waste all that f*ckin' gasoline

Indycars don't run on gasoline.

2wolves		2012-06-09 07:56:09 PM

Losing him? Did you keep the receipt?

He died for your entertainment.

WhyteRaven74		2012-06-09 07:57:21 PM

Anyone catch the ARCA race earlier today?

FiendishFellow05		2012-06-09 07:57:23 PM

Well, I'm bouncing between 3 threads(IndyCar, Stanley Cup, Celtics/Heat), so forgive me if I mispost.

I remember them having issues here with speed and g-forces. Should be a fast, interesting race.

FiendishFellow05		2012-06-09 08:02:10 PM

Was this the track where they did that two-race circus gimmick last season?

WhyteRaven74		2012-06-09 08:03:45 PM

FiendishFellow05: Was this the track where they did that two-race circus gimmick last season?

Yep

clear_prop		2012-06-09 08:04:09 PM

FiendishFellow05: Was this the track where they did that two-race circus gimmick last season?

Yeah, it was.

They are just doing a normal race this year.

Jensaarai		2012-06-09 08:05:38 PM

FiendishFellow05: Was this the track where they did that two-race circus gimmick last season?

Yes.

WhyteRaven74: Anyone catch the ARCA race earlier today?

Missed it; heard it was good. Grand Am was pretty fun, too.

Lt. Cheese Weasel: Fast track for Indy. Didn't they have a tunnel vision issue before here?

That was CART. Faster cars. Still, this version of Indycar is a wild card. We'll see.

WhyteRaven74		2012-06-09 08:06:47 PM

Jensaarai: Missed it; heard it was good. Grand Am was pretty fun, too.

It started off with a heaping helping of fail, someone put their car into the wall, pretty hard, during the warm up laps before the race even started.

FiendishFellow05		2012-06-09 08:08:05 PM

Jensaarai: FiendishFellow05: Was this the track where they did that two-race circus gimmick last season?

Yes.

WhyteRaven74: Anyone catch the ARCA race earlier today?

Missed it; heard it was good. Grand Am was pretty fun, too.

Lt. Cheese Weasel: Fast track for Indy. Didn't they have a tunnel vision issue before here?

That was CART. Faster cars. Still, this version of Indycar is a wild card. We'll see.

I suspect if they've gotten this far, they aren't having issues. I remember the CART race was cancelled - they couldn't even get through practice; cars were too fast and the G's were too high.

good_2_go		2012-06-09 08:10:40 PM

WhyteRaven74: Anyone catch the ARCA race earlier today?

I saw tweets that there was a crash during the warm up laps, so I decided to skip it.

Igor Jakovsky		2012-06-09 08:14:34 PM

Something something turning left

Goggles_Pisano		2012-06-09 08:14:42 PM

The Grand-Am race was pretty entertaining too. The GT class was a bit of a slugfest at the end, and the DP class put on a good show too.

That ARCA warm-up crash looked bad. were there SAFER barriers there?

WhyteRaven74		2012-06-09 08:16:20 PM

good_2_go: I saw tweets that there was a crash during the warm up laps, so I decided to skip it.

Turned out to be a good race, but yeah there was some fail during the warm up laps.

Goggles_Pisano: The Grand-Am race was pretty entertaining too.

Yep it was.

Goggles_Pisano: were there SAFER barriers there?

I think so. I saw them on the outside wall in other parts of the track.

good_2_go		2012-06-09 08:16:47 PM

Jenna Fryer @JennaFryer
Going to starting grid, and may not be able to tweet for a bit. I don't care if its a boring race so long as it's a safe race.

What_Would_Jimi_Do		2012-06-09 08:18:24 PM

thanks for moving to a channel i don't get. good job good effort izod

DanZero		2012-06-09 08:19:13 PM

Yeah, didn't submit this one. Can only carry the hamster joke so long.

/sup all

DanZero		2012-06-09 08:19:58 PM

What_Would_Jimi_Do: thanks for moving to a channel i don't get. good job good effort izod

You don't get NBCSN? If you previously had Versus, that's where it'd be.

Tsrwedge		2012-06-09 08:21:38 PM

Anyone catch Pagenaud in a cowboy hat during Dario's interview?

good_2_go		2012-06-09 08:21:39 PM

NASCAR needs a Robin Miller type reporter.

DanZero		2012-06-09 08:23:29 PM

good_2_go: NASCAR needs a Robin Miller type reporter.

They also could use less commercials and more side-by-side coverage, but it's all wishful thinking.

Can't wait to see how TNT is gonna butcher it the next few weeks

cameroncrazy1984		2012-06-09 08:23:36 PM

Why is there cricket on my Indy livestream?

/not complaining really
//cricket is interesting

Tsrwedge		2012-06-09 08:27:36 PM

DanZero: good_2_go: NASCAR needs a Robin Miller type reporter.

They also could use less commercials and more side-by-side coverage, but it's all wishful thinking.

Can't wait to see how TNT is gonna butcher it the next few weeks

Please let me have one more night of denial about moving back to TNT...

Tsrwedge		2012-06-09 08:32:08 PM

Robin Miller to Randy Bernhard: "Spoken like a CEO. I like that".

Tellingthem		2012-06-09 08:32:36 PM

Doing triple duty right now. Hockey on the tv. Indy car streaming on the computer...on reading up on F1 on my kindle...

\multi-tasking like a champ!

mikaloyd		2012-06-09 08:40:22 PM

urban.derelict: I'm not interested in racecar driving until they do 500 laps on a figure 8 track.

/waste all that f*ckin' gasoline

Youve wasted trillions of strands of DNA in an unworkable useless sequence but nobody goes to the retarded troll threads to complain that you are unwatchable.

fatalvenom		2012-06-09 08:43:00 PM

Subby went full DW.

You never go full DW.

DanZero		2012-06-09 08:45:22 PM

They had *2* winners here last year? That sounds like a mess of fail

FiendishFellow05		2012-06-09 08:46:31 PM

What the fark just happened?!?

DanZero		2012-06-09 08:46:33 PM

I guess you could say the race was..... STAGED

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

fredzilla		2012-06-09 08:47:21 PM

DanZero: They had *2* winners here last year? That sounds like a mess of fail

It was a completely unfair gimmick. I don't think anyone but Will Power and his hardcore fans liked the result of it.

mikaloyd		2012-06-09 08:47:29 PM

First guy injured tonight before the engines start

FiendishFellow05		2012-06-09 08:47:40 PM

DanZero: They had *2* winners here last year? That sounds like a mess of fail

They ran two races, with some inversion/circus shenanigans thing between the two.

DanZero		2012-06-09 08:49:41 PM

FiendishFellow05: DanZero: They had *2* winners here last year? That sounds like a mess of fail

They ran two races, with some inversion/circus shenanigans thing between the two.

So it went about as well as the NASCAR All Star Race then?

mikaloyd		2012-06-09 08:51:04 PM

LOL AJ!

Tsrwedge		2012-06-09 08:51:48 PM

Seriously, how does Josef Newgarden not have a sponsor yet?

mikaloyd		2012-06-09 08:54:06 PM

Tsrwedge: Seriously, how does Josef Newgarden not have a sponsor yet?

He's less popular with people who give away millions of dollars I guess

DanZero		2012-06-09 08:54:29 PM

Do I see the Iowa race starting at 10PM ET? WTF?

DanZero		2012-06-09 08:55:12 PM

Aaaand the hamster's having issues already.

Jensaarai		2012-06-09 08:55:44 PM

Rubens!

Tsrwedge		2012-06-09 08:56:01 PM

DanZero: Aaaand the hamster's having issues already.

Can't even beat Rubinho's drama-laden Chevy.

Green!

Jensaarai		2012-06-09 08:56:26 PM

C'mon, Indycar. At least give Simona a new Hamster wheel.

mikaloyd		2012-06-09 08:57:06 PM

DanZero: Do I see the Iowa race starting at 10PM ET? WTF?

Flyover country no longer cares what New York likes

Jensaarai		2012-06-09 08:59:00 PM

Go Tags!

Tsrwedge		2012-06-09 09:00:11 PM

mikaloyd: Tsrwedge: Seriously, how does Josef Newgarden not have a sponsor yet?

He's less popular with people who give away millions of dollars I guess

Thanks Captain Obvious! I suppose I did set myself up for that one though.

Think this is about as good a start as Indycar could have hoped for?

/Simona doesn't start, skipped the black flag, I guess.