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Post by afx on Jan 12, 2018 7:54:26 GMT -8
The new cars are "less ugly" than the last few years.   |
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Post by robhart on Jan 12, 2018 13:38:23 GMT -8
Yeah, they're good looking race cars. We probably won't get any kits unless Sato wins the 500 again.
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Post by afx on Jan 12, 2018 15:10:09 GMT -8
Yea IndyCar managed to make itself more or less irrelevant - what a shame.
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Post by robhart on Jan 12, 2018 17:53:10 GMT -8
Why do you feel Indycar is irrelevant?
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Post by dustymojave on Jan 12, 2018 18:54:54 GMT -8
Has been ever since Tony began showing himself to be a petulant, childish bore of a race track owner. " I own THE race track so everybody has to play by MY rules"...Drove me away in a hurry. I haven't watched an Indy 500 since. Nor any of their other races. There are WAY too many sorts of motorsports that still deserve my attention. I DO wonder if the drivers of the cars shown above could maybe get seat cushions to prop them up high enough to see over the steering wheel and cowl though.  Reminds me of a little old lady that was driving down the street pulling herself up by the steering wheel rim the other day in town, weaving as she went. When she lifted herself, she could still peek between the top of the dash and the top of the wheel. These drivers very MUCH appear to be in the same situation. |
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Post by afx on Jan 13, 2018 5:20:27 GMT -8
Yes Tony George dealt CART (IndyCar) a huge blow back in the mid 90s when he started the IRL and held the Indy Speedway hostage and effectively wouldn't let CART compete in the 500. Before then CART and the Indy 500 were premier open wheel series. They have never recovered that status (at least not yet) becoming essentially a spec racing series. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_George#%22The_Split%22 |
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Post by 65slotcar on Jan 13, 2018 8:01:57 GMT -8
It's good to see Indy car got rid of those ugly rear pods . Now in F-1 the Halo driver cage is looking kinda ugly. But it's great if it will help save the driver.
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Post by vintagerpm on Jan 13, 2018 8:24:28 GMT -8
That Red Bull F1 car looks like a childs pedal car with that "window frame" halo.
Mike
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Reminds me of a little old lady that was driving down the street pulling herself up by the steering wheel rim the other day in town, weaving as she went. When she lifted herself, she could still peek between the top of the dash and the top of the wheel. These drivers very MUCH appear to be in the same situation.
