IndyCar Funracing '11 at St. Petersburg

chimp · PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:49 pm

ellis wrote:

He's a complete fucking moron if he's managed to sign away the series broadcast rights so much that they can't even stream the series they own.

Hey we are talking about Tony George here. He signed those deals.

Wil Vincent · PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 2:40 pm

Tony George= Everything that was bad about Indycar

I think NBC-Comcast proberbly looked at how the series has grown in the last 12 months, and thought "Shit, we need to capitalise on that"....

Raikkon · PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 4:39 pm

Wow.. looks like AFS will make it after all. Matos confirmed at AFS for the whole season..

herdez · PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:05 pm

One week till the race at St. Petersburg

22 cars confirmed, we will see Seb Bourdais, Tony Kanaan?
Last minute drive for Jay Penske / Paul Tracy?
Hope for Hinchcliffe and the second Conquest entry :flag:

Vassago · PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:31 pm

Raikkon wrote:

Matos confirmed at AFS for the whole season..

Source? He's been confirmed for St. Pete only.

Curt Cavin reports Coyne will field two cars in St. Pete for Bourdais & Jakes.
http://blogs.indystar.com/racingexpert/ ... ete-plans/

Adding these two, Matos, Kanaan, Saavedra and one Newman/Haas (Servia most likely) I think we have 26 cars on the grid confirmed (could be 27 if Hinchcliffe somehow lands the second NHR).

Raikkon · PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:28 pm

Vassago wrote:

Raikkon wrote:

Matos confirmed at AFS for the whole season..

Source? He's been confirmed for St. Pete only.

http://www.versus.com/blogs/indycar/matos-teams-with-afs-for-return-to-indycar/

Gaara · PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:34 pm

I thought Hinch was confirmed at NH.

chimp · PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:11 pm

Let's remember that from this season race cap is limited to 26 car so if more cars will show up for an event then we will get bumping.

Squall · PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:54 am

Simona de Silvestro's sponsor : Nuclear Clean Air Energy

Epic fail...

iks · PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:08 am

Juihi · PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:17 am

Given the plant had a magnitude 9 earthquake then a tsunami hit it, I'd say it held up pretty well and the massive disaster the media were ohhh so hoping would happen didn't happen.... but this is the wrong thread to be talking about that.

Great news that TK got a drive!

Paul · PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:44 am

Squall wrote:

Simona de Silvestro's sponsor : Nuclear Clean Air Energy

Epic fail...

nah, not really.

Paul · PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:46 am

Juihi wrote:

and the massive disaster the media were ohhh so hoping would happen didn't happen

They weren't the only ones hoping it would happen.

Quote:

but this is the wrong thread to be talking about that.

ya, sorry

Vassago · PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:20 pm

Raikkon wrote:

Vassago wrote:

Raikkon wrote:

Matos confirmed at AFS for the whole season..

Source? He's been confirmed for St. Pete only.

http://www.versus.com/blogs/indycar/matos-teams-with-afs-for-return-to-indycar/

Thanks. I thought AFS was PT effort.

Raikkon · PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:34 pm

Entry list as been released... 25 cars. NHL with one car - Servia. Coyne has two cars, Bourdais and Jakes as expected. We were thinking there would be 26.. but there is no SFR car on the grid.. not sure what happened to Carpenter.

http://www.indycar.com:8080/var/assets/StPete2011IICSEntrylist.pdf

OldAsphalt · PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 1:29 am

Guessing they are concentrating on ovals only, considering Carpenter isn't that good on road courses/street circuits compared to ovals. Plus, SFR may not have had their road course program ready in time for St. Pete.

Vassago · PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:17 pm

SFR swapped the St. Pete entry for Sonoma later in the year.

Ed Carpenter / Sarah Fisher Racing wrote:

“I am really excited to be heading back to Infineon in 2011,” said Carpenter. “I am slightly disappointed that we will not be in St. Pete to be a part of the start of the season, but I am more excited about the progress that we are making as a team. I feel like my history at Sonoma shows better performance compared to St Pete as well. I just can't wait to get back in the car at Kentucky and to get to the month of May."

Wil Vincent · PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:28 am

I've got a bet with someone at uni, that the Indycar race will be more of a decent watch than Formula Bull**** going on in Australia.

He was like "But they have movable wings, and tires that fall off speed if you push them"

My Responce: "Yeah, but our guys can RACE, not whine like a baby all day (Marco aside)"

ellis · PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:40 am

Wil Vincent wrote:

I've got a bet with someone at uni, that the Indycar race will be more of a decent watch than Formula Bull**** going on in Australia.

He was like "But they have movable wings, and tires that fall off speed if you push them"

My Responce: "Yeah, but our guys can RACE, not whine like a baby all day (Marco aside)"

St Petersberg is usually a meh race. Albert Park is usually an awesome race. You might lose that bet.

ptclaus98 · PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:27 pm

Wil Vincent wrote:

I've got a bet with someone at uni, that the Indycar race will be more of a decent watch than Formula Bull**** going on in Australia.

He was like "But they have movable wings, and tires that fall off speed if you push them"

My Responce: "Yeah, but our guys can RACE, not whine like a baby all day (Marco aside)"

You better hope for rain in St. Pete.

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