2018 Verizon IndyCar Series schedule (post #1)

[Dr Johnny Fever]

Do they still blackout the city during the race? There are online options around that these days.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Nice ending, but I hate that the city of Indianapolis will never get to see the race live. I'd love for the blackout to be lifted for the 100th running of the race... as an experiment.

I believe the race is shown on delay...the IPL 500 PARADE isn't blackout, and NBCSN shows that.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Conor Daly, who never made it past the pace laps at the 500, named as the interim driver of the week for Belle Isle (Detroit GP)

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

GP of Detroit @ the Raceway @ Belle Isle Park Duel # 1:

pole to the Penske # 1 of Will Power; race called due to severe weather at lap 41 OF THE 70 lap distance; had been considered a 2 hr timed event; but Andretti Autosport's Carlos Munoz awarded 1st career win due to weather; Marco Andretti finishes 2nd despite multiple issues dodging weather/incidents.

IMHO, Just BECAUSE Penske loves promoting Belle Isle, why they continue to race there after the issues w/ the track coming apart a few years ago, and the constant weather issues surrounding these duels, makes me think why couldn't Indycar move these to MIS?

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

pole to the Penske # 1 of Will Power; race called due to severe weather at lap 41 OF THE 70 lap distance; had been considered a 2 hr timed event; but Andretti Autosport's Carlos Munoz awarded 1st career win due to weather; Marco Andretti finishes 2nd despite multiple issues dodging weather/incidents.

IMHO, Just BECAUSE Penske loves promoting Belle Isle, why they continue to race there after the issues w/ the track coming apart a few years ago, and the constant weather issues surrounding these duels, makes me think why couldn't Indycar move these to MIS?

A different track in the same general area won't change the weather issues. And I'll take a guess and say the street course venues may be more profitable to the series than an oval?

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

A different track in the same general area won't change the weather issues. And I'll take a guess and say the street course venues may be more profitable to the series than an oval?

anbd Baltimore proved what, can't race there either

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Bourdais wins Duel 2; no fuel

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

anbd Baltimore proved what, can't race there either

Can't live there, let alone race there.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Reminder:

Firestone 660 @ Texas will be on CNBC

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Indycar: Firestone 600 on NBCSN:

Will Power on pole; Ryan Briscoe returns to the 5

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Hinchcliffe starts Texas race via video from Indianapolis

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Scott Dixon outlasts Texas

 

[tezgm99]

Dixon crushed it too....made it look easy.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Indycar: Honda Indy Toronto

pole to the #1-Power, now 5th in all time career poles; race is 3 pm this afternoon on NBCSN.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

CFH Racing dominates Toronto AS Josef Newgarden/Luca Fillipi go 1-2.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Next:

MAVTV 500 from Auto Club Speedway (Fontana, CA) Saturday 4pm NBCSN

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

Thanks IndyCar for the most asinine scheduling you could possibly come up with for this race. It's only going to be a billion degrees in Fontana (F or C, take your pick) this time of year, like it always is. I quit going to races in this kind of weather a few years ago.

Two years ago I saw a great race to finish the season in October. Guess that made too much sense.

 

[uncommonsense52]

Thanks IndyCar for the most asinine scheduling you could possibly come up with for this race. It's only going to be a billion degrees in Fontana (F or C, take your pick) this time of year, like it always is. I quit going to races in this kind of weather a few years ago.

Two years ago I saw a great race to finish the season in October. Guess that made too much sense.

Yep. The schedule this year is beyond stupid. We axed a perfectly good venue in Baltimore too, in order to get this "done before Labor Day" idea to work. Dumb dumb dumb.

 

[Smoke]

Nice to see IndyCar is trying to get someone killed with pack racing...again

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

They need to do something and quickly. Experimenting with the aero packages every race weekend is dangerous.

I also noticed, while watch from home instead of attending, why it is the MavTV 500. It looks like they had about 500 people actually attend the race. Brilliant scheduling.

IndyCar needs much better leadership. At this rate, they will run themselves out of business.

 

[tezgm99]

Well that was an interesting race. I really thought Newgarden or Dixon had that, but Bourdais just lit the afterburners from halfway on

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Next:

Iowa Corn 300 tomorrow on NBCSN 8PM

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Iowa Corn 300

to Andretti Autosport's RHR

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Next:

INDY 200 @ Mid-Ohio;

Qualifying: 3pm today (NBCSN)

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Indy 200 @ Mid-Ohio:

Pole to the CGR #9 Scott Dixon;

Race today 1:30 CNBC