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Nice to see some suitably rejectful driving from Sebastien Bourdais too.
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Marco Andretti though. I hope for his sake there was something wrong with that car because he was a mobile chicane
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Next year's schedule is only a bit worse off this year's because they couldn't add to the number of races. Here's wishing everybody a good and safe new season. And now, let's not wait for the infamous Mark Plourde's team to win the 2019's races at Kentucky Speedway, Fontana and Surfers Paradise this month but head right into the offseason break instead.
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Indycar after being put on sky became a quick sunday highlight for me, great racing
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dr-baker wrote:Autosport is reporting that Penske has bought the IndyCar series and the IMS. Different branch of the company to the race team, but a related company nonetheless.
Its Penske Media Corporation owned by Jay Penske and until yesterday, best know for owning Rolling Stone and Variety magazines. PMC is a division of Penske Corp similar to Penske Truck Leasing and Penske Shocks. IMS will be a division of PMC which is a division of Penske itself. Confused yet?
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The Captain himself will be the head of IMS in some form or title, although his actual day-to-day involvement is still up in the air. But keen to quiet the rather surprising (and IMO unduly harsh criticism) he is receiving for conflict of interest, he is taking a step back from the running of the team, including no longer being on the pit wall, so the loss of Pocono is lessened by knowing I saw his last visit there. I do find it funny that many of the people screaming about this online had no problem when Tony George owned the series, and owned Vision Racing, and (still) owns 50% of Ed Carpenter Racing. Maybe because this is CART finally winning the war afterall?
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Wallio wrote:Its Penske Media Corporation owned by Jay Penske and until yesterday, best know for owning Rolling Stone and Variety magazines. PMC is a division of Penske Corp similar to Penske Truck Leasing and Penske Shocks. IMS will be a division of PMC which is a division of Penske itself. Confused yet?![]()
This isn't strictly true. While PMC is a real company owned by Jay Penske and whose portfolio includes Rolling Stone, IndyCar was in fact purchased by Penske Entertainment, a completely different company owned by Roger Penske. As far as I'm aware, Jay and Roger continue to heavily dislike each other and do not do business together.
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does the discussion of the "American Red Cross IndyCar Grand Prix of Watkins Glen" and the other sim racing events that are to follow as part of the ongoing IndyCar / iRacing cooperation to fill the current downtime for motor racing events belong here or in the "Perry McCarthy Memorial Forum"?
If it goes here, then Dreyer & Reinbold Racing has just won its 2nd race in IndyCar history with Sage Karam at the wheel (a wheel it probably is). Since this was a fully sponsored car, their sponsor must be very happy right now for all the positive coverage in the motor racing media who are also looking to fill the downtime with something to do - and to sell.
Most drivers racing in the sim were IndyCar regulars, though some have been notably absent. Also notable is that Scott Speed who is eligible for a profile on the predecessor of the gprejects website, has now made his IndyCar debut despite having been banned from iRacing for reckless but not wreckless driving some 2 years ago, but that ban seems to have expired.
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Yannick wrote:Dear forum moderators,
does the discussion of the "American Red Cross IndyCar Grand Prix of Watkins Glen" and the other sim racing events that are to follow as part of the ongoing IndyCar / iRacing cooperation to fill the current downtime for motor racing events belong here or in the "Perry McCarthy Memorial Forum"?
If it goes here, then Dreyer & Reinbold Racing has just won its 2nd race in IndyCar history with Sage Karam at the wheel (a wheel it probably is). Since this was a fully sponsored car, their sponsor must be very happy right now for all the positive coverage in the motor racing media who are also looking to fill the downtime with something to do - and to sell.
Most drivers racing in the sim were IndyCar regulars, though some have been notably absent. Also notable is that Scott Speed who is eligible for a profile on the predecessor of the gprejects website, has now made his IndyCar debut despite having been banned from iRacing for reckless but not wreckless driving some 2 years ago, but that ban seems to have expired.
Apologies for this, but I've only seen this now - which makes it a little moot now that they've finished their virtual season.
I don't really know how we should have classified it, as there isn't really a precedent for it - as a virtual racing event, it feels like it should have been with the "Perry McCarthy Memorial Forum", so I guess that is perhaps where to classify such events in the future. It is an issue that I guess we will have to deal with as e-sports become a more prominent phenomenon.
As an aside, I am surprised that nobody has mentioned the announcement from Ferrari that they are evaluating the possibility of entering IndyCar. https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news ... t/4792399/
Now, I think a lot of people are dismissing it as little more than a thinly disguised bluff from Ferrari, and that does feel like the most probable situation. What is perhaps more interesting is the fact that it seems to imply that IndyCar is perhaps now being seen as important enough for the threat of entering that series to hold some weight.
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mario wrote:Yannick wrote:Dear forum moderators,
does the discussion of the "American Red Cross IndyCar Grand Prix of Watkins Glen" and the other sim racing events that are to follow as part of the ongoing IndyCar / iRacing cooperation to fill the current downtime for motor racing events belong here or in the "Perry McCarthy Memorial Forum"?
If it goes here, then Dreyer & Reinbold Racing has just won its 2nd race in IndyCar history with Sage Karam at the wheel (a wheel it probably is). Since this was a fully sponsored car, their sponsor must be very happy right now for all the positive coverage in the motor racing media who are also looking to fill the downtime with something to do - and to sell.
Most drivers racing in the sim were IndyCar regulars, though some have been notably absent. Also notable is that Scott Speed who is eligible for a profile on the predecessor of the gprejects website, has now made his IndyCar debut despite having been banned from iRacing for reckless but not wreckless driving some 2 years ago, but that ban seems to have expired.
Apologies for this, but I've only seen this now - which makes it a little moot now that they've finished their virtual season.
I don't really know how we should have classified it, as there isn't really a precedent for it - as a virtual racing event, it feels like it should have been with the "Perry McCarthy Memorial Forum", so I guess that is perhaps where to classify such events in the future. It is an issue that I guess we will have to deal with as e-sports become a more prominent phenomenon.
As an aside, I am surprised that nobody has mentioned the announcement from Ferrari that they are evaluating the possibility of entering IndyCar. https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news ... t/4792399/
Now, I think a lot of people are dismissing it as little more than a thinly disguised bluff from Ferrari, and that does feel like the most probable situation. What is perhaps more interesting is the fact that it seems to imply that IndyCar is perhaps now being seen as important enough for the threat of entering that series to hold some weight.
Ferrari have used Indycar as a bargaining chip with F1 many times in the past. I would love to see them take a crack at Indycar (again), but I won't hold my breath for it.
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CaptainGetz12 wrote:mario wrote:Yannick wrote:Dear forum moderators,
does the discussion of the "American Red Cross IndyCar Grand Prix of Watkins Glen" and the other sim racing events that are to follow as part of the ongoing IndyCar / iRacing cooperation to fill the current downtime for motor racing events belong here or in the "Perry McCarthy Memorial Forum"?
If it goes here, then Dreyer & Reinbold Racing has just won its 2nd race in IndyCar history with Sage Karam at the wheel (a wheel it probably is). Since this was a fully sponsored car, their sponsor must be very happy right now for all the positive coverage in the motor racing media who are also looking to fill the downtime with something to do - and to sell.
Most drivers racing in the sim were IndyCar regulars, though some have been notably absent. Also notable is that Scott Speed who is eligible for a profile on the predecessor of the gprejects website, has now made his IndyCar debut despite having been banned from iRacing for reckless but not wreckless driving some 2 years ago, but that ban seems to have expired.
Apologies for this, but I've only seen this now - which makes it a little moot now that they've finished their virtual season.
I don't really know how we should have classified it, as there isn't really a precedent for it - as a virtual racing event, it feels like it should have been with the "Perry McCarthy Memorial Forum", so I guess that is perhaps where to classify such events in the future. It is an issue that I guess we will have to deal with as e-sports become a more prominent phenomenon.
As an aside, I am surprised that nobody has mentioned the announcement from Ferrari that they are evaluating the possibility of entering IndyCar. https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news ... t/4792399/
Now, I think a lot of people are dismissing it as little more than a thinly disguised bluff from Ferrari, and that does feel like the most probable situation. What is perhaps more interesting is the fact that it seems to imply that IndyCar is perhaps now being seen as important enough for the threat of entering that series to hold some weight.
Ferrari have used Indycar as a bargaining chip with F1 many times in the past. I would love to see them take a crack at Indycar (again), but I won't hold my breath for it.
It's true that Ferrari have used the threat of an IndyCar in the past, but I do not recall them making that threat for a number of years - it was more the fact that Ferrari seemed to think that IndyCar had now reached a point where the threat might be thought of as a more serious threat (though in practise I can't see them following through with it either).
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I actually watched IndyCar for the whole season for the very first time in 2020. It was ok, not all that crazy, although I was informed last year was relatively dull by the standards of the series. For anyone interested in watching it, they show highlights on YouTube which are about 30 minutes long, and I'd say the length is perfect for all the interesting bits of the race. Although I will say that the highlights make it look like IndyCar have the most awful pitcrews in the entire universe, because the only time the highlights show the pits is if there's a mistake
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"You will never see a Mercedes using a Ferrari engine or the other way round."
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If his Cup career is any indication, Cody will probably make even Dalton Kellett look vaugely competent
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This legit might be one of the weirdest things I remember. Like... huh?
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