IndyCar Engine Durability
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Kingman
GT Owner
I think IndyCar has greater problems than just a new rule. I had no idea that the race was this weekend and I live only 25 miles away. There wasn't any of the usual advertising or hype that surrounds the race. The local news channels didn't talk about it beforehand.............well if they did, it wasn't much.
Long Beach used to be 'AN EVENT' here.
Long Beach used to be 'AN EVENT' here.
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
"The penalty was immediate. Chevrolet has three cars from Team Penske (Helio Castroneves, WILL POWER (I love that name, BTW!) and Ryan Briscoe"...etc.
..and Power's Chevy powered car won ANYWAY despite the "penalty". 'Poetic justice? Karma perhaps?
Racing in general has become just too clogged with nitpicky 'because-we-say-so' meddling IMO.
Buuuuuuuuut, what do I know...
..and Power's Chevy powered car won ANYWAY despite the "penalty". 'Poetic justice? Karma perhaps?
Racing in general has become just too clogged with nitpicky 'because-we-say-so' meddling IMO.
Buuuuuuuuut, what do I know...
GTMikey
GT Owner
CHevy's destroyed the Honda's on gas mileage.... I mean killed them by 10-15 laps..
Kingman, me too, it's 90 minutes away, would have been there in a heartbeat. Never knew it was coming. It's in Brazil this weekend, if we leave now in teh4 GT's we can get there a day early.
Kingman, me too, it's 90 minutes away, would have been there in a heartbeat. Never knew it was coming. It's in Brazil this weekend, if we leave now in teh4 GT's we can get there a day early.
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
Gasp! Then look for weight penalties on the Chevy powered rigs shortly! :rofl
Yeah, the sportscasters were all commenting on that particular li'l factoid all day.
SteveA
GT Owner/B.O.D
I used to be the print vendor and can tell you the event has been dying a slow death sense a few years before Champ Car went away. We had printed as many as 60k very high end programs in the past and I think the number was around 10k this year and they were very budget . The Charity ball was always a who's who event where you could rub elbows with both current and past stars of F-1 and Cart/Champ and tickets were harder to get than a NBA Laker final. A few years back the charity event was canceled altogether. I'm in So Cal at the moment and didn't hear a single local radio ad, turned on Wind Tunnel and almost nothing and the ESPN ticker was completely void. Not trying to pick a fight with any AJ fans here but you can thank he and Tony George for the death of open wheel racing in the US.....out of control egos.
steved57
GT Owner
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Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
Well, even Can-Am wouldn't allow some "ideas". Remember when the aux engine/fans that provided down force for the Chaparrals was outlawed? 'Would be hard to come up with a "better idea" than that little trick!
GTJack
GT Owner
As I recall the aux engine was a rotax snowmobile engine. Jim Hall was very innovative but McLaren had the bucks and dominated.