March 5, 20232 yr Man I so want to really like this series. I like the cars, I like a lot of the personalities, I like the mix of street, road, and ovals. And of course the Indy500 is one of the best events in the world. But it's sometimes brutal getting through a race because of all the bone headed crashes. A good percentage of the drivers are world class drivers, but an equally big percentage should not be in a race car. A third of the field crashed out here. There is almost always a lap 1 incident in Indycars. The quality of bottom third of the drivers needs to seriously improve and the number of stupid crashes needs to go way down or Indy will never be a series that really makes it to level it should be.
March 5, 20232 yr I don’t think this course design did them any favors. Especially the 10ft wide corner with ten ft of tire wall sticking out onto the track Edited March 5, 20232 yr by ChickenSandwich
March 5, 20232 yr 19 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said: I don’t think this course design did them any favors. Especially the 10ft wide corner with ten ft of tire wall sticking out onto the track True, but they all know it's there. But time again the go into the corner thinking "well maybe THIS time there's room" Only there never is.
March 6, 20232 yr 18 hours ago, Hawndoh said: Man I so want to really like this series. I like the cars, I like a lot of the personalities, I like the mix of street, road, and ovals. And of course the Indy500 is one of the best events in the world. But it's sometimes brutal getting through a race because of all the bone headed crashes. A good percentage of the drivers are world class drivers, but an equally big percentage should not be in a race car. A third of the field crashed out here. There is almost always a lap 1 incident in Indycars. The quality of bottom third of the drivers needs to seriously improve and the number of stupid crashes needs to go way down or Indy will never be a series that really makes it to level it should be. This is how I feel. I want to get into IndyCar, but I feel like every time I watch someone pulls the same bullshit and just shoved a faster driver into the wall with no penalty. McLaughlin did it to Grosjean earlier in the race but Grosjean backed out. On lap 71, he pulled the same bullshit, Grosjean doesn’t back out and they both crash out. Makes for a shit product when you’ve been invested in the race for 71 laps only for the two leaders it be gone. They need to start penalizing guys hard or watching the whole race feels really pointless. Edited March 6, 20232 yr by Burt Macklin
March 29, 20232 yr Completely agree with the above. Every season I watch at least a couple of races and try to get back into this series. I really enjoyed seeing them at COTA in 2019 and came away very impressed with the amount of performance they get out of the cars given their budgets compared to a series like Formula 1. But the boneheaded crashes are just inevitable and really spoil the sport for me. There are just too many bad drivers. If they can't fill the field with quality drivers, then they should just limit the field. I assume that economically, that's not feasible for the sport and they need all of that participation, but if it ends up leading to diminished attendance and viewership, then is it really working in their favor?
March 29, 20232 yr On a somewhat related note, Will Power liked a bunch of NASCAR COTA pics my 19 yo posted on IG. Maybe he's not such a dick after all. They're really great shots, though. Also ... go to the 500, at least once. Incredible experience, at a first-class facility run by people who care about their product. It's a really great day.
March 29, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, utee94 said: Completely agree with the above. Every season I watch at least a couple of races and try to get back into this series. I really enjoyed seeing them at COTA in 2019 and came away very impressed with the amount of performance they get out of the cars given their budgets compared to a series like Formula 1. But the boneheaded crashes are just inevitable and really spoil the sport for me. There are just too many bad drivers. If they can't fill the field with quality drivers, then they should just limit the field. I assume that economically, that's not feasible for the sport and they need all of that participation, but if it ends up leading to diminished attendance and viewership, then is it really working in their favor? Maybe they could use something akin to the 107% rule in F1 (but actually enforce it strictly).
March 29, 20232 yr 45 minutes ago, wood said: Maybe they could use something akin to the 107% rule in F1 (but actually enforce it strictly). Yeah, the moment I read the first bit I was thinking, "only if they actually enforced it!"
April 2, 20232 yr Man, as much as my previous post was bemoaning the lows of IndyCars, today was the highs. Fantastic race overall, lots of great action. Texas back to a legit two raceable lane track produced a ton of action. Feel bad for Grosjean as he looked really solid all day, but one mistake on a super speedway will get you. Also a bit crazy how O'Ward was so dominant in the mid-race lapping all but one car to then come back to reality in the final 10 and just not able to get around Newgarden. Overall a really fun race. This is when Indy is at its best. Edited April 2, 20232 yr by Hawndoh
April 3, 20232 yr 6 hours ago, wood said: Grosjean'd It’s amazing how the guy drives a great race for 90-95% of it and then consistently finds new ways to throw it away 1 hour ago, Hawndoh said: Man, as much as my previous post was bemoaning the lows of IndyCars, today was the highs. Fantastic race overall, lots of great action. Texas back to a legit two raceable lane track produced a ton of action. Feel bad for Grosjean as he looked really solid all day, but one mistake on a super speedway will get you. Also a bit crazy how O'Ward was so dominant in the mid-race lapping all but one car to then come back to reality in the final 10 and just not able to get around Newgarden. Overall a really fun race. This is when Indy is at its best. Yeah, I watched the extended highlights and this race was incredible. If they would just police the dirty driving tougher/more consistently, it would be an incredible product. I still enjoy it, but too many of their races feel like the F1 race today where the first 80-90% of the race was pointless.
April 3, 20232 yr The action was intense. Great watch. Loved the jockeying on a knife edge back and forth back and forth.
April 16, 20232 yr Author helio loses his nose on the exit of T1, AMR gets it refired, in pits trying not to go a lap down immediately F1 sprints should be wingless Edited April 16, 20232 yr by elfenix
April 17, 20232 yr Turn 8 (^^^Pato/Dixon) is always good for at least one incident per race, and there's hardly ever anyone standing in the couple of locations that offer a good view. Check it out if you ever attend. Edited April 17, 20232 yr by Prepuce of Doom
April 17, 20232 yr On 4/3/2023 at 6:38 PM, Telegraph_it said: I think I’m bad luck for this car maybe. I’ll get it together for Indy 500. Dude... it's not you. It's the color of the car. Green has historically been bad luck. https://jalopnik.com/how-the-color-green-became-a-deadly-bad-luck-superstiti-1763008917
April 17, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Lidig8r said: Dude... it's not you. It's the color of the car. Green has historically been bad luck. https://jalopnik.com/how-the-color-green-became-a-deadly-bad-luck-superstiti-1763008917 Haha awesome. My companies colors are blue and white. We are not a primary sponsor.
April 17, 20232 yr That was an ok race, but dull. O'Ward made a bit of a mess of things, and then IndyCar made a bit of a mess restarting a safety car putting the leaders right into some back markers. That was weird.
May 1, 20232 yr Good Barber race today. An ill-timed yellow from my Home town boy Sting Ray, but I like a nice clean race. Congrats to Scotty Mac.
May 22, 20232 yr Tough week for the Rahal team. Three out of four cars on the bubble and only the one-off driver wasn’t on the bubble.
May 27, 20232 yr Nice!I’ve decided I’m finally going to go to the Indy 500 next year. Any tips on where to sit, stay from anyone here? Things to do on non track action days?
May 28, 20232 yr Author On 5/21/2023 at 4:20 PM, Prepuce of Doom said: Oof. Feel bad for Graham. feel worse for stefan wilson
May 28, 20232 yr Holy shit! Kirkwood upside down, one of his tires cleared the catch fence and luckily shot through a gap in the stands and didn't hit the crowd. Tire is in the parking lot somewhere.
May 28, 20232 yr Damn that’s scary to see the wheel flying Yeah, that could’ve been really, really bad.
May 28, 20232 yr 14 minutes ago, Hawndoh said: Holy shit! Kirkwood upside down, one of his tires cleared the catch fence and luckily shot through a gap in the stands and didn't hit the crowd. Tire is in the parking lot somewhere. I hope you are correct. That was scary as shit. Just saw the slo-mo …… the tire did go through the gap and not into the stands (where it would’ve killed somebody. My great aunt’s husband was killed driving a midget racer in the 1940s. All they had for protection was a helmet and a lap belt like this outfit… Edited May 28, 20232 yr by Armybrat
May 28, 20232 yr Whoever owns that white car the tire hit must have pissed someone off in a former life.
May 28, 20232 yr Just now, Hawndoh said: OWard a little crazy there. Looked like he lost his lead and went on tilt.
May 28, 20232 yr Indy seems to improvise their restart procedures a lot. Surely this ends in caution now.
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