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Author: | Tommy Vercetti [ Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:38 am ] |
Post subject: | 2013 Firestone 550K at Texas |
Off an interesting Dual in Detroit that featured a fairly clean race for one and a small team winning and a wreckfest and a small team winning, it's time for the second of 6 ovals on the schedule (and the first of four consecutive ovals). With 6 different winners in 7 races, will we see that number grow in the season of parity? Will Penske or Ganassi FINALLY get their first win of the season? Will Sebastian Saavaedra continue to be a talentless chode? Is Barnes still a douche? (SPOILER: yes) 1.5-mile quad-oval 228 laps/550 kilometers (342 miles) Track Schedule (All times Central) Thursday, June 6 6:30am NCWTS Registration Opens 7:00am NCWTS Garage Opens 8:00am IZOD IndyCar Series Transporters Enter 9:00am - 5:00pm Texas Motor Speedway Credentials Office Open 9:00am 7:00pm IZOD IndyCar Garage Opens 10:00am South Tunnel & Reserved Infield Camping Opens 10:00am Burnout Alley Load In 11:00am Gate 4 Open 11:00am – 4:00pm IZOD IndyCar Credentials Open 11:30am - 12:45pm NCWTS Practice 1:15pm – 2:30pm NCWTS Final Practice 6:00pm NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Qualifying Night 7:00pm NCWTS Registration Closes 8:00pm NCWTS Garage Closes Friday, June 7 9:00am - 8:00pm Texas Motor Speedway Credentials Office Open 10:00am – 7:00pm IZOD IndyCar Credentials Open 10:00am - 9:00pm IZOD IndyCar Garage & Registration Opens 12:00pm Gate 4 Open 12:30pm - 1:45pm IZOD IndyCar Practice 2:00pm NCWTS Registration Opens 3:00pm Gates Open (2, 3, 5, 6, 7 & 3:00pm Luxury Suites and Victory Lane Club Open 3:30pm – 5:00pm IZOD IndyCar Series Qualifying Night 4:00pm NCWTS Garage Opens 4:30pm – 5:30pm NCWTS Autograph Session (Location: Between Gates 6 & 7) 6:45pm – 7:15pm IZOD IndyCar Series Final Practice 8:00pm NCWTS WinStar World Casino 400 (167 laps, 250.5 miles; TV:SPEED/ Local Radio: 105.3FM The FAN KRLD) 8:30pm NCWTS Registration Closes 9:00pm IZOD IndyCar Garage Closes 12:00am Burnout Alley Load In Closes Saturday, June 8 12:00pm IZOD IndyCar Garage & Registration Opens 12:00pm – 7:00pm Texas Motor Speedway Credentials Office Open 12:00pm – 7:30pm IZOD IndyCar Credentials Open 3:00pm Gates Open (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 3:00pm Luxury Suites and Victory Lane Club Open 3:00pm - 4:00pm IndyCar Autograph Session (Fan Village on Midway Gate 6) 5:20pm Pre-Race Show Begins 5:30pm Wild Asphalt Circus Ultimate Daredevil Jump Presented by Port-A-Cool 7:30pm IZOD IndyCar Series Firestone 550 (228 laps, 342 mi, TV:ABC Sports/Local Radio:105.3FM The FAN KRLD) TV Schedule (All times Eastern) Saturday 8 PM, ABC |
Author: | ptclaus98 [ Mon Jun 03, 2013 1:11 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 2013 Firestone 550K at Texas |
If this race goes as well as last year, I hope they start thinking about Kentucky and some ISC tracks again. Would be nice to have Chicagoland, Kansas, and Watkins Glen in the summer, Homestead and Kentucky in the fall |
Author: | Beezle [ Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:50 pm ] |
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I decide herewith to be the first one to bitch about the race distance in this year: Make it 500 Miles!!! |
Author: | Chris A [ Mon Jun 03, 2013 4:42 pm ] |
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Best race of 2012 IMO. Hope the tire wear is a factor again this weekend. |
Author: | westracing01 [ Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:49 pm ] |
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Beezle wrote: I decide herewith to be the first one to bitch about the race distance in this year: Make it 500 Miles!!! 500 milers should be at only the big tracks. I wouldn't mind seeing this go to 400 miles and Pocono go to 500... Won't happen for obvious reasons but would still be nice. But... If they did kick this to 400 miles then they could include it in the Fuzzy's Million. Win 3/4 of the 400/500 milers like the old Winston Million. Winner would still have to win one of the two 500 mile races to take home the cash. |
Author: | SBan83 [ Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:44 pm ] |
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Chris A wrote: Best race of 2012 IMO. Hope the tire wear is a factor again this weekend. Yea, hope it's exactly like last year's race. It was near perfect in every way. |
Author: | Gabriel [ Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:21 am ] |
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I hope I can catch the race. Gotta take care of the girlfriend. I should have compromised one of the duels for this one D: |
Author: | Shane [ Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:16 am ] |
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I support the 400 mile idea as it is the most feasible one. But they won't do it cause 550K sounds cooler.. |
Author: | Woodski [ Tue Jun 04, 2013 1:08 pm ] |
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While last years race was good, it was kind of embarassing they were running laps not too much quicker than a Sprint Cup car, and near dead on the same lap times when the tires started going off. |
Author: | mclaren2008 [ Tue Jun 04, 2013 1:10 pm ] |
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I'd rather cars spread out with drivers fighting the car and track conditions than 225 mph 3 wide pack racing, leave that to NASCAR. Traditional CART races on big ovals were never like that, it was always come and go type racing. |
Author: | Cheeveer [ Tue Jun 04, 2013 1:23 pm ] |
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Woodski wrote: While last years race was good, it was kind of embarassing they were running laps not too much quicker than a Sprint Cup car, and near dead on the same lap times when the tires started going off. I agree, kind of, but then again, this is a stock car track. It isn't built for Indycars! It would be many times more embarrising if the old pack racing would still happen. It isn't like that on any other oval on the Indycar schedule. |
Author: | electrodevo [ Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:18 pm ] |
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Woodski wrote: While last years race was good, it was kind of embarassing they were running laps not too much quicker than a Sprint Cup car, and near dead on the same lap times when the tires started going off. It's probably less embarrassing than having to cancel a race at this track due to high speed G-force induced vertigo, as they did in the CART era. |
Author: | Woodski [ Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:27 pm ] |
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electrodevo wrote: Woodski wrote: While last years race was good, it was kind of embarassing they were running laps not too much quicker than a Sprint Cup car, and near dead on the same lap times when the tires started going off. It's probably less embarrassing than having to cancel a race at this track due to high speed G-force induced vertigo, as they did in the CART era. I wouldn't call that embarassing at all, though. |
Author: | Ian-S [ Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:38 pm ] |
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I think most sensible people would call that making the best of a shit situation. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, do some reading and you'll learn the real story of that weekend, that "embarrassing" decision probably saved half a dozen lives, if not many more. |
Author: | SBan83 [ Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:56 pm ] |
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I don't think he meant that the decision was embarrassing but the situation, which it was for having to cancel a race and send the fans back home. |
Author: | SecretAgentHarvick [ Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:50 pm ] |
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Ian-S wrote: I think most sensible people would call that making the best of a shit situation. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, do some reading and you'll learn the real story of that weekend, that "embarrassing" decision probably saved half a dozen lives, if not many more. I still have never been able to find it, but what was Brack's pole speed that year? |
Author: | kals [ Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:09 pm ] |
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/motors ... cancel_ap/ Quote: Brack won the pole for the race with a speed of 233.447 mph, and drivers were turning even faster laps in practice. [youtubeidiot]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWHXbsri40A[/youtubeidiot] More information here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_Firehawk_600 Code: April 28, 2001 - Qualifying Speeds |
Author: | Ian-S [ Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:14 pm ] |
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Hotdogger wrote: I don't think he meant that the decision was embarrassing but the situation, which it was for having to cancel a race and send the fans back home. Yeah that's true, had they actually conducted a legitimate test things might have turned out for the better. |
Author: | Gaara [ Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:22 pm ] |
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They just had Kenny Brack do a test didn't they? Complain all you want about Team Rahal not doing the test properly but Brack was the fittest driver around at the time. He was one of the few that wasn't effected at all by the speeds that weekend. |
Author: | Beezle [ Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:46 pm ] |
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According to the wikipedia article there were more tests and all were dlower than 230. Than a track smoothing (requested by CART and the drivers) took place before the race weekend. |
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