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2024 $1 Million Challenge
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Author:  RtN [ Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:45 pm ]
Post subject:  2024 $1 Million Challenge
New for this year is a non-championship event held at the Thermal Club in southern California. The layout used will be the 'Twin Palms' variant also used at last year's pre-season test.

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There will be 40 laps of action on Sunday - the field is split into two groups, each of which is entered into a 10-lap heat race. The top 6 in each heat go through to the 20-lap main race, which will be run with a break at the halfway point to allow refuelling and setup changes. Which should delight those who don't like fuel saving.

The winning driver collects $500,000 from a total pot of $1.75 million - the original idea was that each driver would be paired with a resident, and the winning resident would also win $500,000. But the resident prize fund has been dropped (presumably no-one was willing to pay $75,000 to enter and risk ending up being paired with Sting Ray Robb or a Dale Coyne car), so only the drivers stand to gain (once the State of California and the teams have taken their share, natch).


Schedule (all times EDT)

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Friday 22nd March
FP1 12:00PM - 2:00PM
FP2 5:00PM - 8:00PM

Saturday 23rd March
FP3 12:00PM - 2:00PM
FP4 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Qualifying 8:00 PM - 8:45 PM

Sunday 24th March
$1 Million Challenge 12:30PM - 3:00PM
Author:  codename_47 [ Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:52 pm ]
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RtN wrote:
There will be 40 laps of action on Sunday - the field is split into two groups, each of which is entered into a 10-lap heat race. The top 6 in each heat go through to the 20-lap main race, which will be run with a break at the halfway point to allow refuelling and setup changes. Which should delight those who don't like fuel saving.



Oh, they'll find a way :lol:
Author:  ZeroX [ Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:13 pm ]
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Imagine all the places in the US you could have a non-championship event, and they choose a shit hole like this.

I guess Indycar desparately needs cash, since I presume the reason the race is being held here is because the facility can only be used by wealthly people to drive their cars around. I mean, it's not an actual race track in that sense, it's basically a private testing venue for rich people.
Author:  mclaren2008 [ Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:59 pm ]
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ZeroX wrote:
Imagine all the places in the US you could have a non-championship event, and they choose a shit hole like this.

I guess Indycar desparately needs cash, since I presume the reason the race is being held here is because the facility can only be used by wealthly people to drive their cars around. I mean, it's not an actual race track in that sense, it's basically a private testing venue for rich people.


Feels like the Pacific Grand Prix at Aida. There' plenty of tracks they could chose from but the one that gave the most money is the one that gets chosen.

It's a typical Alan Wilson design too - heaps of corners with nowhere to really pass. He's like Tilke, but worse. His only good track is Barber.
Author:  the ost [ Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:10 pm ]
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Too many corners! Track designers keep trying to replicate a genuine road circuit on an enclosed track.
Author:  codename_47 [ Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:31 am ]
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I mean to be fair to the designer, I doubt they ever thought this would be a RACE track and were just designing the most amount of corners to give the rich guys more bang for their buck per lap

That's what happens when you take your millionares trackday circuit and bribe the top tier open wheel series to hold an event there...
Author:  Gaara [ Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:17 pm ]
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It's basically testing with a bonus race at the end of it.
Author:  RtN [ Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:54 pm ]
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The draw was apparently at random, which perhaps wasn't the best idea, as most of the frontrunners have ended up in group 1 whilst Palou and O'Ward are free to mollywhop group 2.
Author:  Chris A [ Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:30 pm ]
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Watched some of the early testing coverage on Peacock. Course looks really cool. Not sure how it’s gonna race, but I like watching the cars run around the place.
Author:  JJ [ Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:57 pm ]
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Looks good. I'll always take a proper race track over a street circuit (unless it's Paul Ricard, but luckily Indycar doesn't race in Europe).
Author:  Swede [ Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:40 pm ]
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Author:  pending [ Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:23 pm ]
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Don't wanna be a party pooper, but I must say, track looks fun to drive but not very safe for an actual IndyCar race. Hope we won't see any clearing any of those guardrails.
Author:  mclaren2008 [ Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:13 am ]
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pending wrote:
Don't wanna be a party pooper, but I must say, track looks fun to drive but not very safe for an actual IndyCar race. Hope we won't see any clearing any of those guardrails.


Some of those walls don't look very secure
Author:  Soul Reaver [ Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:38 am ]
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This layout reminds me of Gran Turismo 3 Test Track

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Author:  Gaara [ Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:16 pm ]
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Looks like one of the kerbs is breaking up
Author:  FiatFan83 [ Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:56 pm ]
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Gaara wrote:
Looks like one of the kerbs is breaking up
THAT'S the Million Dollar Challenge! Keeping the track together the whole weekend...

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Author:  LucasWheldon [ Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:24 pm ]
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the winner will have to give up the prize to pay for the track repairs
Author:  Gaara [ Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:30 pm ]
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Kirkwood crashed
Author:  Gaara [ Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:01 pm ]
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Weather delay, sandstorm :lol:
Author:  the ost [ Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:56 pm ]
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I'd rather they run the Top Gear test track
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