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Author:  Gaara [ Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 2010-2011 IndyCar Off Season Discussion
It'll be like any other driving school experience. I'd imagine they're slower then actual Indycars.
Author:  Raikkon [ Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:32 pm ]
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Gaara wrote:
It'll be like any other driving school experience. I'd imagine they're slower then actual Indycars.

From what the guys are saying at TrackForum, the replicas are steel spaceframe chassis with single gearing and setup with alot of understeer so you lift under cornering and you don't spin out, and very straight forward to drive. Max speed 160mph.

But then again, although its hard to imagine what went badly wrong, you still wouldn't want to hit a wall at that speed at a horrible angle.
Author:  Raikkon [ Mon Oct 18, 2010 12:23 am ]
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Going back on topic, some very intruiging news reported here regrading Howard and Rahal....

autoweek.com wrote:
IndyCar: Jay Howard to team with Graham Rahal for Indianapolis 500

Graham Rahal doesn’t yet have a team announced for the 2011 Izod IndyCar Series season, but he might have a teammate for the Indianapolis 500, at least according to Jay Howard. Howard said that he will race alongside Rahal in the 500, but the team or teams involved remain unknown.

“Maybe [that will become clear] in a couple of weeks,” Howard said. Both have Service Central as a sponsor. Rahal’s program is for the season; Howard’s is just for the 500.

Howard, the 2006 Firestone Indy Lights champion who ran five races with Sarah Fisher Racing this season, said he is excited about his 2011 program.

“I am signed up for the 500 with a very good team and a very good car,” he said. “I’m very, very happy with what’s going on there. If someone said to me . . . do you want to re-sign the way you were (at SFR), same deal, five races, or do you want this deal for one race, I’m definitely, all day long, going to choose this deal.”

If the two drivers are a package-deal for a team, that would seem to rule out either the Penske or Ganassi operations, which already have a full complement of drivers. The best guess is Andretti Autosport, which only has the programs of Marco Andretti and Danica Patrick nailed down, but several other teams could turn out to be Rahal’s and Howard’s new home.

However, another well-placed source told AutoWeek that Howard and Rahal will, in fact, not be teammates at Indy despite receiving backing from the same sponsor. Stay tuned.

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20101015/IRL/101019924#ixzz12UtZqJmr
Author:  ptclaus98 [ Mon Oct 18, 2010 12:34 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 2010-2011 IndyCar Off Season Discussion
They won't be teammates, they just have the same sponsor.
Author:  electrodevo [ Mon Oct 18, 2010 1:15 pm ]
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Raikkon wrote:
Oh I was assuming it was one of those 2-seater experience jobbies.
Do they really allow someone off the street loose on an oval in a replica? Something doesn't sound right there.


I've driven the "driving experience" before during the CART days. The answer is "yes", but like mentioned below its very scaled down. Back then, the cars also had a "maximum speed" of 160mph; in practice that meant 120mph laps or so (at Las Vegas). Single gear, of course. When I did it, you got a few hours of instruction before hand. Back then, you also follow an instructor car for your laps, and the instructor paces you up to speed. (Not sure if they do that now.)

It's slower than even an Atlantic car would be. It actually felt pretty comfortable to drive at that speed, probably due to the big downforce mentioned below. The tandem ride in a 2-seater car (with an SCCA guy driving) felt a lot faster, I think that was 170-180mph or so.

It would suck for things to go wrong, but I felt a lot safer in that than I did yesterday on my roof replacing a shingle. :wave:
Author:  Wil Vincent [ Wed Oct 20, 2010 1:09 pm ]
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New Poll Up, Results from the Last one on first page...
Author:  Raikkon [ Wed Oct 20, 2010 5:34 pm ]
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Pretty obvious choice for Rookie of the year really.
Author:  Wil Vincent [ Wed Oct 20, 2010 11:22 pm ]
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Agreed.

Any other year, Alex Lloyd, or Baguette would have had a fighting chance of winning ROTW, however, Simona is Danica, just with more talent, less hypeand a better body
Author:  ptclaus98 [ Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:28 am ]
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Wil Vincent wrote:
Agreed.

Any other year, Alex Lloyd, or Baguette would have had a fighting chance of winning ROTW, however, Simona is Danica, just with more talent, less hypeand a better body

:lol:


She has more talent but come on now.
Author:  Juihi [ Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:52 am ]
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quite cool news
Author:  Tommy Vercetti [ Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:29 am ]
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That's awesome.

Meanwhile, the IRL has decided to upload the 1990 IndyCar race at the Meadowlands:
Author:  Wil Vincent [ Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:57 am ]
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Watch from 1:05:20 for the driving down the highway bit....
Author:  Beezle [ Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:02 pm ]
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Nice little track and good crowd. Why don't they run it anymore?
Author:  electrodevo [ Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:26 pm ]
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Beezle wrote:
Nice little track and good crowd. Why don't they run it anymore?


Apparently the crowds were only modest (for CART), so race officials planned to move the race to downtown Manhattan, then canceled it for cost reasons. Weird. (source)
Author:  sennadesillva [ Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:35 pm ]
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wow somehow i had never heard about that before. but seeing as how it was before i was born im not too surprised haha
Author:  Ian-S [ Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:15 pm ]
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Latest rumour: Indycars have approached Calder Park about running an Indycar event, either on the Oval or Road Course.
Author:  Gaara [ Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:28 pm ]
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Calder Park? Where'd you hear that.
Author:  Beezle [ Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:39 pm ]
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Image

:D :thumbsup:
Author:  James B [ Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:06 pm ]
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Hasn't the oval been derelict for the last 10-15 years?
Author:  Gaara [ Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:11 pm ]
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It's still used.
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