/f1/ - Formula One

where were you when the most embarrassing event in CART history happened?

>>6791

i was on kinder garden, whats the history here?

>>6792

Indycar used to be run by an organization called Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART). CART had different cars, chassis, tire, and other part suppliers like F1 in that it was not a spec series. CART had gained a ton of popularity in the 80s and 90s to the point where it competed with F1. Many F1 drivers went to the U.S. to race in CART.

Tony George (whose family owned the indianapolis speedway) decided that he wanted to have a bigger role in indycar racing, because he thought owning the indianapolis speedway entitled him to that.

He started a shitty racing league called the Indy Racing League (IRL) that only had 3 races, only raced on ovals, and had spec cars, and pretty much only american drivers.

People hated the IRL.

Tony George refused to allow CART teams to compete at the indy 500 in 1996 unless they gave up 25 of the starting positions to the IRL. This would only allow 8 CART drivers to start the race, which everyone saw as bullshit.

CART and everyone with a brain boycotted the Indy 500 and had a race on the same day at michigan called the U.S. 500.

This is what is called the CART/IRL split. People are still divided about this today.

The U.S. 500 was a disaster as all the cars crashed on the first lap, and everyone changed channels to watch the indy 500.

CART continued to exist until 2008, but it basically sucked bc it became the same as the IRL by 2005.

>>6793

Tony George bought the remains of CART in 2008 and merged the series. Today's bastard indycar series is the IRL after purchasing CART.

This is a decent documentary on the early part of the split.

oh and in 2001 CART had an oval race in texas (firestone firehawk 600) and the cars went over 233 mph on the 24 degree banking. drivers started passing out from the g force and they cancelled the race which helped bankrupt CART.

>>6797

Indycar is in the shitter nowadays. Viewership is down, they cant get anyone to go to many of the races despite discounted tickets.

They didnt have time to get G suits, but yeah they should have done that.

>>6797

people forget that CART was huge. European tracks were being built for CART races, Porsche, Lotus, Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Buick, Ford and others had serious CART programs. Open wheel racing is a huge part of american racing tradition, all the way back to midget cars on dirt ovals.

Now Indycar is smaller than NASCAR.

>>6799

>tfw Montoya did his first brickyard 400 race in NASCAR the commentators said:

>"Now remember Montoya has only ever gone down this straight the wrong way"

Really does show how far IndyCar has fallen

awww yeah pre-race has started.

>>6820

I'd love to be able to watch it with you Mexibro, but I'm old and still mad about the split.

>2014

>IRL cars still getting airborne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQZ0mnJKllU

Also,

Practice for the 500 is being live streamed on YouTube atm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjVbWlhPPh0

>>8535

I wonder if we could do a "Faces of IRL" poster.

Also. I recall getting accosted by a geezer for saying IRL. He flipped out and said: "it's indycar now". I had to restrain my laughing at how he thought the merger was anything other than tony george ruining what was left.

>>8532

Everyone in the stream is saying that they miss non spec cars.

>>8538

>Also. I recall getting accosted by a geezer for saying IRL. He flipped out and said: "it's indycar now"

The IRL really has the most /asp/ fans

>>8552

what do you expect of a driver who doesn't race at all the whole year and the only driving she does is going to the supermarket.

Like how the fuck does she get a drive for Indy 500, give the sponsors to De Silvestro who at least races.

>>8552

I never liked how the pitlane worked at Indy.

It looked like they designed to try and maximise the chances of a car crashing into the pit crews at speed

>>8552

Who is the worst female driver to drive (we're counting failures to qualify) at indy?

>>8555

Indy isn't really dangerous though. The dan wheldon crash is the result of having all the cars be the same on a very short track so there is less car spread. Other than that it's kind of difficult to hurt oneself at this point as helio and pippa have so masterfully demonstrated.

Swede Savage died from improper medical care after his crash and burns from the fuel not the crash itself which, while horrific, didn't actually do that much damage to him

>>8557

Oh yeah Dan Wheldon's death was because of circuit and the only way to prevent it would be to not race on that circuit or circuit style.

I'm thinking more about the pit crews. If Pippa had spun off a bit to the right she would have gone though into the pitlane. In a race that could cause problems for the crews.

If the pit exit extends on to the back straight why not the pit entrance?

>>8559

I don't think there's a problem with a short track if you have cars that have enough varied pace. With indycar how it is, yeah short tracks are shitty.

Fair point about the pit entrance.

>>8558

>>8552

The straight looks much longer in the old video.

Or has the pitlane just got bigger since then?

>>8557

Though knowing Indycars luck somebody will end up going full Tony Renna and through the catch fence while the commentators are talking about how fast the cars are going and the new bodykits.

>>8563

CART medical director Steve Olvey, who was on staff at the time, discussed the crash in his autobiography:

>"During an attempt to qualify for the Indy 500, Gordon Smiley, a cocky young driver from Texas, was determined to break 200mph or die trying. Several veteran drivers…had warned him that he was in way over his head, driving all wrong for the Speedway. Smiley was a road racer and was used to counter-steering his car to avoid a crash if the rear wheels broke traction. While rushing to the car, I noticed small splotches of a peculiar gray substance marking a trail on the asphalt leading up to the driver. When I reached the car, I was shocked to see that Smiley's helmet was gone, along with the top of his skull. He had essentially been scalped by the debris fence. The material on the race track was most of his brain. His helmet, due to massive centrifugal force, was literally pulled from his head on impact…I rode to the care center with the body. On the way in I performed a cursory examination and realized that nearly every bone in his body was shattered. He had a gaping wound in his side that looked as if he had been attacked by a large shark. I had never seen such trauma."

Shit man.

Josef wanted to join in with the flipping

>>8601

I wonder if the new aero kits are going to bring about another era of constant airborne crashes

video related

>Mario Andretti testing a car in 2003

>runs over a piece of debis

>car backflips 6 times

>>8602

He was actually setting super competitive times before that happened.

interesting differing takes on castroneves flip:

blaming the floor:

http://www.racer.com/more/viewpoints/item/116730-pruett-why-helio-castroneves-car-flipped

blaming the rear bumper pods:

http://somersf1.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-look-at-helio-castroneves-indycar.html

>>8638

I like how Somer's article is basically to call out the other guy for knowing fuck all.

It just keeps happening

Also IndyCar might be making these changes:

>Engines will return to their low-boost settings, which reduces something in the region of 40-50hp and lowers lap speeds below 230mph.

>All teams–from Chevy and Honda–will be required to race in the aerodynamic trim they use in qualifying. This effectively forces teams to abandon low-drag qualifying setups.

>Teams are allowed to adjust their wing angles as desired.

>Wing wickers are also open.

>>8679

>the moldavan hovel of chevrolet

>REVISED PRACTICE + QUALIFYING PROCEDURE:-

>Practice is now set for 1-1:30 for Group 1, 1:30-2 for Group 2.

>First qual attempt is at 3:15 - 1 shot each.

>NO Top 9 shootout. only a shoot out for the final row.

>There WILL be bumping.

>11:55 ET: IndyCar confirms must race in qualifying aero trim.

>Also, NO points will be awarded for qualifying.

>>8680

>Wing wicker

America calling it a wicker/wickerbill, while the rest of the world calls it a Gurney flap, as in Dan Gurney, seems so un-American.

>Americans not being overly patriotic about everything

>>8602

>I wonder if the new aero kits are going to bring about another era of constant airborne crashes

Called it!

Since no one posted it, flip number 3

>embed related

>>8688

errr m8

>>8679

>>8690

Oh derp, my bad.

Here is Carepartners crash compared to his almost identical crash 3 years ago.

Guess what doesn't happen?

>>8692

I can't wait until one goes in to the grater

>aka catch fence

>>8693

They are revising the rules to try and stop it but if it happened during a race I suspect IndyCar would finally die proper and NASCAR would take over the series.

Also this is comedy gold

>"This is amateur hour," said one former IndyCar champion. "They are changing the rules on the fly and it's madness. We didn't test these cars until a couple weeks ago so we had no idea what to expect and now they're messing with the aero package without having any idea about the consequences"

Potato stream:

http://tv4embed.com/usa/ABC-stream2.html

Bring back CART

This is legit more embarrassing than Texas motorspeedway 2001

>>8699

I know that feel anon.

>they're now full throttle around the entire track

>literally zero skill needed

>even Pippa Mann could win

These ads

>French's Sweet Mustard

"Sweet" by American standards sounds terrifying

why are they facing the wrong direction to begin with is more a problem

>>8695

Place your bets. Who said it? Mario Andretti, Jacques Villeneuve or other?

>>8700

Its a shitshow spec series where skill is not rewarded. Jacques Villeneuve won the last real 500.

>>8704

>We didn't test these cars until a couple weeks ago

I assume it's either current driver or owner.

Pls tell me Villeneuve isn't driving this year again?

>>8705

By two fucking laps no less.

>won by a lap

>was wrongfully docked a lap

>>8704

This level of bitching has Jacques written all over it.

>Mario is too much of an ass licker to call them out so brutally in public

>Daly: "I thought I was driving a coffin"

Famous last words right there

>That pizza

God dammit america stop making me hungry

>>8708

I'm thinking Mario BC he is clearly anti irl, but has been ass licking since Michael came back to Indy. The anonymity makes me think its him.

>>8712

> The anonymity makes me think its him.

That's a good point.

Jacques would do it on camera.

>"Will power says a gust of wind can mean the difference between being on the pole"

…or being in the grandstand.

>>8714

SICK BURN

What about Franchitti? I'm pretty sure he is there and he would clearly be annoyed by IRL for not making safety changes given how close he was to wheldon and his accident.

>dat yorkshire accident

Come on Jack. Go full yorkshire and make no one understand you.

>>8716

>dat yorkshire accident

IndyCar freudian slip

I want to say R.I.P. indycar but that happened years ago.

How many years has castroneves been racing Indy and he still can't speak English worth shit?

>>8718

>99th race Indy 500

>Marco has a great race

>Coming round the last lap and about to break the curse

>Last corner he loses control, flips and flies through the fence

>Killed instantly as his car rolls through the grandstand killing numerous fans, veterans and children

>Looks like a battleground

>Marco's body ejected from the car, is seen lying, all limbs broken and with no head

>This is broadcasted on live television around the world

>Series is killed and the 500 never gets to the 100th

>>8720

That's like putting a bullet through a zombie's head. You're killing the undead.

>>8720

Also wonderful greentext

>oh look it's something on ABC for once

>turn on television for the first time in at least a year

NO SIGNAL - UNABLE TO TUNE THIS CHANNEL

>oh yeah it does this shit if you start it cold let me turn it off and on again

NO SIGNAL - UNABLE TO TUNE THIS CHANNEL

>fuck

>I guess I need to let it run the channel finder shit again

>pull out homemade antenna

>oh, I can only get to the menu to run the channel finder from the remote

>dig remote out of couch cushions

>the batteries are dead

>find batteries

>they don't work

>pull working batteries out of working thing

>run channel finder shit

>2% 0 channels found

>…

>18% 0 channels found

> … … … … …

>87% 0 channels found

>…

>99% 19 channels found

>local ABC not in the list

>all jesus and mexico and mexican jesus channels

thank heavens for digital broadcast

How do they handle people like bourdais post irl? Like do they call him a 4 time indycar champion? Because he's a 4 time Indycar champion in a series that doesn't exist any more when the concurrent series also had championships that year.

>>8721

We could combine it with 'joonya' being killed in the NASCAR race and end up with the death of american motorsport

>>8726

Combine with new f1 regs and the death of a Brazilian driver and get the death of motorsport.

>>8725

I would have thought they would call him a 4 time champ car champion

>>8729

I would have thought so too, but I could have sworn I just heard them say 4 time indycar on abc

>>8730

Maybe they have inherited the history and just renamed it all IndyCar

Apparently it is going to be streamed on youtube

>>8732

It's had the "be right back" screen up for hours though, anon.

I can't believe I am reduced to watching a free broadcast on a stream like a common third world european

>>8733

ABC said it would be on ESPN, but its not. W/e I'm going to watch NASCAR amateur hour series brought to you by comcast.

It's also on ESPN3 apparently

>>8734

Try

http://espn.go.com/watchespn/player/_/id/2504397/

>Wont work outside the US

Got it!

http://dazsports.org/player3.php

Don't share this around, it's the only one that seems to exist, and if everyone uses it, it will lag to hell.

>>8739

Who is the none american commentator on that?

>Hildebrand crash replay

Yes this makes my dick hard

>>8741

Most luls choke ever

>Simona de Silvestro

>was unable to get a deal to driver for Sauber

How is that even possible?

>Sauber signs 45 drivers per car

Will Power:

>"You'e wide open the whole time, and it's quite easy"

Indycar BTFO

B T F O

T

F

O

>>8746

Lol fuck this series

>>8748

type one is the type you are born with, it has nothing to do with being fat

>>8750

I'm sorry America

>please don't bomb me

>Dixon Pole

thank god pole means jackshit at Indy 500

>>8752

>reads up on qualifying

Why the fuck is it so complicated?

Has it always been like this? The Daytona duels are also super inexplicable to me.

>lel at Indy road course qualifying method being the same as f1

>>8753

Well the current f1 qualifying system anyway. The old 2 day 12 lap system was better in that it was more strategic, had more clean air (fewer cars on track at a given time) and often produced shakeups of the grid organically.

>>8752

>Mexico claiming to not like Dix

Suuuuure Mexico

>James Hinchcliffe

>>8761

i just saw this on twitter

lol

I love how it manages to flip while going sideways this time (though missing one side would of helped.

They really are back to early 2000's aeroplane mode.

>>8763

>would of

*would have

DERP

>tfw 4am and can't think

>tfw this Indy 500 is gonna be super awesome because speed! or super dangerous because speed! and i'm probably gonna miss like half of it.

Fuck me

>>8761

>Something breaking on the car mid corner sending straight into the barrier

We 1994 San Marino now.

Hinch is thankfully awake and at the hospital

Practise is done for the day. 1.5 hours early.

>Indy discovers that a suspension part failed

>Full bricking it realising that it could happen to anyone and they will have to change it on all cars.

>mmble whisper indy lights 3:15 whisperm not officially cancelled whispwhips

oh let me turn it up

>JUMPIN JACK FLASH BOOM BOOM SCREECH FEEDBACK

ow my pancreas

>>8773

>Indy discovers that a suspension part failed

>Full bricking it realising that it could happen to anyone and they will have to change it on all cars.

First thing I thought when they said it was a suspension failure, was that maybe it was due to the increased sustained load because of to the lolmaxdownforce setup.

mayor of upper thigh surgerytown

>>8773

No wait hang on:

>Just received another update from an IndyCar official who says they have changed from being done for the day to on an indefinite hold.

Ahh IndyCar just make it up as you go long

>>8775

>Revert to the old setup

>Cars spin out

>Keep the current setup

>Cars break up

Chicane on the back straight here we come.

>>8765

Chill it's only interesting in so far as it being a shit show. This is like watching a train derailment.

>>8781

>they know

>>8783

but the big vodka bottle rolling across the new sign looks so bitchen

>>8783

To be fair I quite like the new board and it can still look like the old one if it wants given that is just screens

Indycars back on track @4:15 after all

>Medical Update: Hinchcliffe is in stable condition and undergoing surgery for an injury to his left upper thigh.

>Stable condition

Hinch is probably brain ded

>>8790

oh shit, Hinch is gonna miss Indy 500.

>>8791

Poor Hinch; He's going to miss the only Indycar race of the year that people (used to) care about.

takuma sato on fire

>>8793

I haven't got a stream

Pruett is saying it is Hawksworth

>>8794

yeah… it was hawksworth

41 not 14

>>8794

is >>8774 geoblocked for you?

also

>dat pippa mann puke pink everything

>>8796

No I'm just an idiot

Thanks

>every time they go through a corner I'm imagining them spinning out

This subliminal marketing by IndyCar is really compelling

it's pretty comfy with no commentary or graphics

>>8801

Just a shame they sound a bit naff

>>8802

yeah, they're pretty loud, but they all sound the same, and they're kinda low pitch.

>>8841

holy shit his injuries are worse than i thought.

thats gonna hurt like a bitch.

Safety safety time to make Indy slower and shittier than it is. Someone invoked senna, the god of fucking up sports.

>>8745

>wrote this as a joke

>It will probably be true by the end of the week

Shit would be funny.

>>8846

What if Buddy Lazier is allowed to race now that Hinchcliffe is out and Lazier causes a massive accident?

>>8851

I hope Lazier gets to start. Also, what's the story with Indy only drivers. Like the people who don't have full time drives in indycar or other series and once a year show up at the 500 wtf is up with that?

>>8853

Sponsor interest

Prize money

33 car field is bigger than regular season

Prestige*

>*not since 1996

>>8855

Oh I had forgotten about the 33 car field. (should have remembered because of the lovely 25/8 rule).

lol at that last point

>>9125

forgot about this

>09:00am - 12:00pm - Indy Lights Practice

>01:15pm - 02:15pm - Indy Lights Qualifying

(Eastern times)

should be an easy live stream up on youtube again for these

live stream should be this

>>9250

To be fair it's his first oval race and first time at Indy

>indycar

>we're gonna drive straight and then we're gonna be turnin to the left

>>9254

And somehow we will crash while doing it

>>9248

>open stream

>no one is driving so minimize and forget about it

>start hearing strained engines whizzing by

At first I thought there were kids on riced mopeds going by outside, but while I could hear them I could not see them I figured it had to be something further away. Then started to hear what was clearly cars doing starts and someone talking on a PA-system so I started wondering if some rally club was doing a stint but then I noticed the crazy revs of the engines.

The diffusion of the arena really made it sound like it was coming from the outside.

>>9258

I left it open for practice and at one point they stopped coverage to cut to a press conference about next year's 500

which they preceded by turning the volume up about 2000% and then a test tone

Indy Lights Freedom 100 race in 23 bings

but it's on NBCSN unfortunately

>>9362

Watching. Chilton is last. That field is tiny.

>>9364

Chilton technical dns

>>9365

nine finishers? points for everyone!

Hinch is alive and walking.

https://instagram.com/p/2_3jt1u4vG/

>>9389

I hope his dick is okay

>>9392

what's that weird british-ism ted and crofty use all the time?

"suck it and see" ?

>>9399

AHAHA somehow I haven't heard it. My concern isn't a gay thing. This is just a bro's well wishes. Getting your dick fucked up is shitty and emasculating, getting your dick fucked up because the IRL is pathetic is really a low blow.

>>9403

>>9399

I haven't heard of it outside of Crofty and Ted

>>9404

they can say that but they're the fucking language police on everything else?

>>9406

It has nothing to do with sucking cock, you American degenerate.

>>9413

He's not saying it does, but they use the "well if someone can interpret it as offensive" logic.

>>9416

Fair enough.

>>9416

I thought he was talking more about the fact that the radio ban came about pretty much because of Crofty and Ted complaining about it but that makes more sense.

Though a double entendre/innuendo is a bit different to what they apologize for on TV.

They are usually on the absolute bottom rung of the bad word ladder.

>>9419

what year was that strange apology from simon lazenby to the monaco royal family for saying something about princess grace?

>>9421

I tried to forget he did that.

It was 2012

>'Some twisty and dangerous roads above us here in Monaco, Princess Grace knows all about them.'

On Mock the week or some other comedy show, yeah that would be fine as would jokes about Diana but not on a god damn live broadcast.

>>9421

>>9422

>>9423

fucking classic

indy 500 stream starting in 5 http://cytu.be/r/8chanf1

So, will you fellas have a dedicated race thread for the Indy 500?

>>9932

this one isn't full and is already sticky so might as well us it

http://connectcast.tv/embed/hennogarvie

>HD Stream: http://m.ustream.tv/channel/besweeet87

>SD Stream: http://m.ustream.tv/channel/besweeet86

>turn on stream

>fucking ads

>more fucking ads

>ads finally over

>racing now?

>nope.jpg

>priest

>time to pray

For fuck sakes America

y'all just jealous your national anthem is introduced from space

>the space station is introducing the national anthem

my fucking sides

A M E R I C A

M

E

R

I

C

A

Sung by an American Idol winner too

can you imagine if sky made brundle wear race pyjamas to do the grid walk

A-10 Warthogs, perhaps the most redeeming feature thus far

>we still have FA-18s in aus gp though

BIOMETRIC TELEMETRY

I

O

M

Eah nevermind

>>10307

>Not doing a BBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT run on the golf course

Would be much better

>>10308

my thoughts exactly

>when you make a mistake in an indycar it hurts

>cue a bunch of footage of mechanical and design failures

>>10312

>crash montage

They really do a good job of making IndyCar look like a carnival act.

>>10313

yeah, look like

hehe heh …

America pls……..pls make this stop

>>10316

I told you we had a lot of time

it's like this every year

>Turn on stream

>Clapping and balloons

What the fuck clapistan?

>>10318

Also

>Dat attempted hijack of the "Start your Engines"

What fucking disrespect.

OMFG my side

Marie Hulam being not even spry enough to say "start your engines" without help

>Tagliani

>>10321

>do you also think the f-35 was a wise choice friend?

Trick question. No one thinks that.

Also:

>FA-18 gets raped by Indonesian MiG's

oh fuck you adam toyota

>Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Supercar

Putting "supercar" in the name doesn't make it one…

>dalyel

>>10324

could be right one the mig front lol

>didn't fall for my trap though

anyway we're here to discuss /turnleft/, not air superiority, lets see some murica burn!

>fire

This is starting well.

>catching on fire during the low speed parade lap

POWERED BY HONDA

>>10330

actually lolled

well that was quick

lolol lasted 2 corners

Do cars usually just die everywhere like this?

Nice and quick

>absolutely karam

rip sato

will they stop the race after the first death or just keep going?

>>10337

they just scrape the bits into the helicopter and pretend they are waiting for a medical update

>>10339

nen I'm watching on a 4:3 CRT and it's black bars top and bottom for the 16:9 with the 4:3 picture reaaaly small

>>10338

so imola 94 all over again :^)

thanks science coat guy

I wondered why my headlights were so dim

>>10344

>not having HID's

Montoya pls

>the fire "was related to the exhaust getting hot"

Exhausts get hot now?

Who would have thunk it.

>closed pit refusing to allow a safety hazard to be cleared

good jerb indy

>open wheel cars

>bumper bars

pick one

>>10348

It's much safer if he just circulates until it falls off

>>10348

yeah what, what is safety?

>>10348

>>10350

>>10351

My mind exactly when I heard that.

>simona d. womandriving

5 second pit stops

>the crumbling shanty town of american motorsport

>chevy 8 of the top 10

DORITOS

>10 gigs

>$80

I want to kill somebody.

so much garbage on track

….and those hot dog wrappers too!

Are clapper ads always this bad?

>>10361

they still make clappers?

>>10362

I dunno, its your country m8.

>>10363

must be a local station slot, I didn't get that ad

>>10365

No, I'm getting American ads for "Memorial Day Weekend" sales and shit. Ford ads, Firestone ads, and so on.

ESPN coverage for the record.

>>10362

>Are clapper ads always this bad?

Yes. Getting a soda isn't just grabbing something to pour in your face, it's an important relationship with a company that loves you.

>>10361

Yes.

>>10366

yeah there are network ads everyone gets and then regional ads sold in blocks

>>10370

I've yet to have any "regional ads", I am guessing because of my blocker doing its job. Only getting network ads, and I thought that Convictstani ads were painful.

With half the race gone, there is half the race to go, so as we go through lap 100 who does /f1/ think will take out the 500?

>>10371

it isn't always obvious which is which, like if you see a mattress store it's pretty obvious but if it's mayonnaise you'd have to know that it's called Hellman's east of the mississippi and Best Foods to the west

>>10372

>who does /f1/ think will take out the 500?

Is there an actually sign they can hit?

>>10372

who was just running out of tear-offs?

>>10374

Honda era Sato would find a way, God bless him.

Oh brilliant, ad for motor oil followed by and ad for something to fight Crohn's, TB and Hep B! Gotta love how they target the motor sport fan demographic.

>use this medicine

>the majority of commercial is explaining how it may kill you

Jesus christ …

Real USA is worse than any parody I've ever seen.

>>10377

m8 they still believe people who don't give a fuck about sports tune in for the 500 like they do for the superbowl

let them live in their delusion

ded

>>10377

>they never have ads for giant magnum condoms and automated text messaging assist for seven simultaneous girlfriends

also, crash

>>10380

>>10381

False alarm, unded.

>Car didn't flip when pointing backwards

Hey at least that is something

the vodka car setting a good example

man look at that corvette car

that thing is super

PROPER DED

ouch

>pippa mann

Oh shit guys, hurricane season soon. I hope that NBC12 can keep me updated like they just promised.

>>10388

>Richmond, Virginia

so that's where people buy clappers

>Burnt Rub-bear

tell me I didn't hallucinate that cologne ad

Why do the Yanks have so many fucking ads during races?

TK ded

another chevy kit losing the rear

Kanaan crashed out.

Is it normal in IndyCar to ask to their team bosses what happened less than a minute after the crash?

>>10395

yeah they love to get that shot of the boss taking one ear of the headset off

>>10396

And why did that radio comm of Kanaan and Ganassi sound like someone ordering a burger at the McDrive?

>would you like extra downforce with that

>>10397

Americans are called Burgers for a reason.

>>10398

is it because we are juicy and delicious

>de bris

nearing time for JPM to crash into someone

>>10399

Yes. :-DDD

There is your death

they still aren't showing Saavedra

>>10404

Hinchcliffe 2.0 with exploding knees.

>they had to cut his boot off

I hope his foot wasn't still in that

>>10406

Foot confirmed tomato juice.

Let's hope he gets a decent prosthetic for it.

>>10405

I wonder if that same bit of suspension went inside, the left front looks suspicious hanging on that crane

Oh man Montoya

PLS MONTOYA COME ON COME ON

MONTOYA YOU BEAUTIFUL BASTARD

>GAP 0.1046

Mexico is going to get home and cream himself

Did everyone live?

>>10415

No. Savreeda's foot is ded.

Montoya won though, so all is well/.

>tfw Montoya comes back to F1 and dominates

I wondered what that was she was chewing on

God damn it

I ended up getting tired and decided to go to sleep at 3:30am, thinking it was a boring race.

If I had have know JPM would win, I would have stayed up ;__;

>>10417

Montoya is not consistent enough what with all the hispanic driving to win a season in f1. also too fat.

http://www.wave3.com/story/29153859/report-indiana-man-choked-fiancee-who-trash-talked-nascar

Indiana man choked fiancee who trash-talked NASCAR

>FRANKLIN, IN (WAVE) - An Indiana man was arrested after allegedly attacking his fiancee because she said IndyCar racing is superior to NASCAR, according to a report.

>Indianapolis TV station WRTV reported the incident happened Sunday as friends gathered in Johnson County to watch the Indianapolis 500.

>David Wilson, 57, told investigators he was making dinner when his fiancee and another person were "talking trash about NASCAR," WRTV reported.

>Wilson admitted to deputies that he got upset and yelled at the trash talkers, but denied that any physical altercation took place.

>Wilson is now charged with domestic battery and strangulation, according to the WRTV report

>>10620

>tfw this wouldn't have happened if the split had not happened.

Blame Tony ever time

>>10620

it's for the best, that marriage would never have worked

>>10621

preach it brother

>>10871

>Taylor Swift concert in Detroit

There are people in the wasteland that listen to Taylor Swift?

>>10871

>Taylor Swift single race full livery sponsorship

who'd have thought?

so like… is there a race today or what?

>>10923

Yeah it's already happened

anybogy watching race #2?

>power

>if you're going to win with this GM engine there's nothing better than to do it here in Detroit

except P2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are all Hondas

>>10945

Hondas made in Detroit.

>>10945

yeah but like… they all lost.

>>10947

here in america we are all winners

>tfw indy 500s don't have the delta force intros anymore.

Texas tonight?

>>11897

>NBCSN

well fuck

Broadcast for the Indycar Firestone 600 has started

these

>>10295

still working get in here

NBC reduced to goading elderly men towards violence

half distance and zero maimings

>>11941

yeah it's been quite interesting.

only 1 yellow and was debris

that gold livery looks pretty great under these lights

well it wasn't the worst race I've watched today. that goes to moscow eprix

it was kinda fun, i mean dixon winning by strategy was boring but it wasn't that bad.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117507

>IndyCar's planned 2015 season-opener at Brasilia in Brazil has been cancelled.

>The series confirmed the cancellation late on Thursday, although no reason was given.

>"[Event promoter] BAND announced today that the race scheduled for March 8 in Brasilia has been cancelled," read a statement from IndyCar.

>"This comes as a great disappointment, and we will have further comment when we have had the opportunity to talk with all of our partners and the authorities in Brazil."

>The event would have been IndyCar's first at the Autodromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, and was set to represent a return to Brazil after the Sao Paulo street race fell off the calendar in 2013.

>It is the second new IndyCar fly-away to have been cancelled at the 11th hour in recent years, following on from the abandoned race in Qingdao in China that was slated for 2012.

>Brasilia's absence means that St Petersburg will reclaim its status as IndyCar's season-opener when it hosts the series on the last weekend in March.

>That race will also mark the debut of the manufacturer-designed aero kits.

LGTSS collapse of indycar.

>>12547

I would imagine that granting a subpar and incapable race organizer the race would be a sign of weakness on the part of the IRL management.

resur-erectioning this thread for st. pete today

on ABC

foreigners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tra2MtGTwkU (VLC and alt-C crop the leddit off the bottom of it)

>>38199

scratch that, checked and it ded

>turn on local ABC

>community audition star of the day (local singing contest) is on immediately before the race

better not miss anything for this crap

>>38201

update is that I missed the first 6 laps

>dat train behind castroneves

>postage stamp size race with FUCKING LOUD commercials every 15 seconds

oh yeah this is why I don't watch this

don't the brazilians watch this series? is there a brazilian network with better coverage

>every time they come back they cut to some wide shot of the city and ocean

THE RACE IS STILL GOING ON

you could talk about negroball over the top of the race you know

>>38203

>>38205

Hopefully they're just cramming in the commercial breaks while not much is happening

>implying things happen in this series

>inb4 there's a caution and even more commercials

>>38206

frustrating thing is, thanks to the side-scrolling nascar-style order list I spend the entire time back from break trying to regain my bearings of what is happening, only to have them go to commercial

i think there is a live timing somewhere but it is all in some shitty app format so i can't be assed

>>38207

this one?

http://racecontrol.indycar.com/

WE CAUTION NOW

>>38208

got it working, i'm just going to watch the rest of the race from that

>tfw yawn beegus

>went outside during the caution and changed the garage door opener keypad/control box

>come back and based JPM is leading

at least something good has come of this race

>>38211

i'm just keeping an eye on the rossi-chilton battle

>>38214

>Max in 14th and lapped

a pretty good race for him going off his F1 career

>the mayor of suck town

>>38217

he just pitted 3 laps ago, rossi should be down there soon

At least I've finally got a working stream

>>38221

my condolences

>come back to stream from making breakfast

>commentators are talking about "da fife hunnred"

It's all this series has, and they know it.

>"he's essentially driving the car with the steering wheel"

As opposed to a rope with a hook to get the car around corners?

>>38225

I'm less offended by the idea of a halo on the DW12 than I would be of forcing F1 teams to put a spec part on their chassis. Partly because it's already a spec series, but mostly since I don't watch it.

>talked to another F1 fan irl and he's also considering attending the indycar race in our town

>both of us realize we just don't care about the series that much

maybe I'll go to Canada this year or something

>reminder that this is the last year that the cockpits won't be (partially) enclosed

They have such a retarded amount of downforce now.

They look like they're on rails and doing it easy.

>tfw ChampCar used to look brutal and violent

>da fife hunnred

>tfw now we can't make fun of how one team qualified 1-2-3-4 and locked out the podium

reduced from old skool F1 to current F1 tier dominance I suppose

>front row lockout and a 1-2 finish

>>38233

well one replaced and kicked to the back

>>38229

>>mexico insight

Speaking of which

>8ch actually watches IndyCar for once

>Mexibro is watching by himself on Twitter

>Montoya's steering wheel not turning the car properly

>doesn't give a fuck

>Montoya confirmed for having more balls than 99% of current drivers

>>10324

dont worry, indonesians cant fly.

>>10342

who's the girl?

>>38227

just get a bigger "bring back cart" sign for two people

>>10924

like a rock

Chevy is the best