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Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama - Officially

Started by PayasYouRace , Apr 03 2013 07:56

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Poll: Your favourite Alabama pop culture reference is... (69 member(s) have cast votes)

Your favourite Alabama pop culture reference is...

  1. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd (21 votes [30.43%])

    Percentage of vote: 30.43%

  2. Forrest Gump (Greenbow, Alabama) (12 votes [17.39%])

    Percentage of vote: 17.39%

  3. Biology - Girls Aloud (3 votes [4.35%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.35%

  4. Clarkson, Hammond and May getting chased out of town by rednecks (33 votes [47.83%])

    Percentage of vote: 47.83%

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#201 Prost1997T

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 21:23

He's not done yet, heading after Castroneves...

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#202 midgrid

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 21:23

He's not done yet, heading after Castroneves...


Now that would be the icing on the cake.

#203 Disgrace

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 21:24

Time for our mediocre driver round-up as powered by Lotus Judd...

#204 Prost1997T

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 21:26

Time for our mediocre driver round-up as powered by Lotus Judd...


SdS might actually finish worse here in a Chevy than she did in a Lotus powered car :lol:

#205 billm99uk

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 21:28

SdS might actually finish worse here in a Chevy than she did in a Lotus powered car :lol:


Ouch! Bit of a drop off after being at the front in practice :(

#206 SR388

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 21:29

I hope they replay this race on NBC.

#207 Prost1997T

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 21:30

Ouch! Bit of a drop off after being at the front in practice :(


Maybe not, she just passed AJA for 19th.

#208 jonpollak

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 21:32

Good Race...
Jp

#209 Disgrace

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 21:32

Great race, great circuit. Power won the two-stop race. :up:

#210 billm99uk

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 21:37

Nice race. Guess RHR deserved it after passing HCN and just hanging on at the end there. Right on the limit judging by the number of minor errors in the last laps too.

Hope all the beer-drinkers got their moneys worth ;)

#211 Risil

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 21:37

That's JoNewg's first Indycar top 10? Colour me surprised. Good for him. :up:

Edited by Risil, 07 April 2013 - 21:37.

#212 PayasYouRace

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 21:41

Very good race :up:

#213 SR388

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 21:52

Nice race. Guess RHR deserved it after passing HCN and just hanging on at the end there. Right on the limit judging by the number of minor errors in the last laps too.

Hope all the beer-drinkers got their moneys worth ;)


No. The beer drinkers did not. Good race, but really not a good spectator course.

#214 Risil

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 21:53

Will Power's nervous laugh is ****ing terrifying.

#215 Ross Stonefeld

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 21:54

Glad neither of the Penskes won after blocking RHR.

#216 Prost1997T

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 21:55

That's JoNewg's first Indycar top 10? Colour me surprised. Good for him. :up:


Yeah, shame about Vautier though, he really faded after the stops. Stalling in the pits cost Allmendinger a top 10 I think. Bad day for Simona de Silvestro too, 19th and she was close to being lapped.

Kimball 4th in the end, for a while there it looked like he had a good shot at the podium. Unconventional pass on Power but it worked for him.

#217 scheivlak

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 21:59

Glad neither of the Penskes won after blocking RHR.

Great to see them fall flat on their face after trying a bit too hard to be smart.

#218 911

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 22:06

Awesome track. I love the quick sections and it reminds of some of the old tracks/sections that F1 used to have....

#219 SR388

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 22:13

Oh boy. On a bus full of drunk Alabama residents.

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#220 Andrew Hope

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 22:14

What were the team orders? I missed 30 laps.

#221 nosecone

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 22:17

you really think Power let his teammate pass on purpose? Ok i thought the same because just few second after his teammate passed RHR he run wide... and this after he didn't made a mistake for many laps... And it looked really strange. I couldn't see it clearly due too a bad quality of the pictures, but i think he didn't even lock his tyres.

But nevertheless a very, very good race. very exciting with real racing!

#222 Disgrace

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 22:20

Great to see them fall flat on their face after trying a bit too hard to be smart.


I'm pretty sure he's joking, neither Penske had the pace of RHR while they were ahead of him for different reasons (fuel for Power, tyres for Castro) so obviously they held him up. Their strategy with Power made a lot of sense, and they didn't lose any places.

Edited by Disgrace, 07 April 2013 - 22:21.

#223 Ross Stonefeld

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 22:26

No I'm serious, I didn't like that move.

#224 billm99uk

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 22:30

No. The beer drinkers did not. Good race, but really not a good spectator course.


Bad sight lines?

#225 SR388

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Posted 07 April 2013 - 23:47

Bad sight lines?



Yeah. For such a compact track, try really could do a better job with that.

Did get to see a great pass on will power in the closing laps at the end of the backstretch.

#226 Watkins74

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Posted 08 April 2013 - 01:13

No. The beer drinkers did not. Good race, but really not a good spectator course.

Did you have time to visit the museum? Was it any good?

#227 Watkins74

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Posted 08 April 2013 - 01:23

I hope they replay this race on NBC.

http://affiliate.zap.../EP005544660484

#228 jonpollak

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Posted 08 April 2013 - 01:53

http://www.youtube.c...eature=youtu.be

Race highlights.
Jp

#229 SR388

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Posted 08 April 2013 - 04:15

Did you have time to visit the museum? Was it any good?


Yeah. We stopped by. It was alright. I am not a motorcycle guy, so it didn't really do a lot for me. Not a waste of $15 but I wouldn't go out of my way for it.

Nice time at the track.

#230 SR388

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Posted 08 April 2013 - 04:16

http://affiliate.zap.../EP005544660484


Thanks! Dvr set.

#231 rodlamas

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Posted 08 April 2013 - 10:36

I'm pretty sure he's joking, neither Penske had the pace of RHR while they were ahead of him for different reasons (fuel for Power, tyres for Castro) so obviously they held him up. Their strategy with Power made a lot of sense, and they didn't lose any places.


Castroneves had the fastest race car (though we never know how fast Power could have been due to be saving fuel all race), i.e. he socred the fastest lap. The problem is that he was blocked by Power on the first 2 (re)strats and he was 11th after the 11st stint so he had to do something to shake up, so he changed strategy in order to make up ground.

In the last stint, even on primes, he was the 3rd fastest car on the track.

Penske was 8th and 11th after the 1st and they finished the raca 5th and 3rd. This was far from being a bad race.

#232 OfficeLinebacker

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Posted 08 April 2013 - 14:48

Wait, Scott Dixon's nickname is
"The Ice Man?"

#233 billm99uk

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Posted 08 April 2013 - 16:56

Wait, Scott Dixon's nickname is
"The Ice Man?"


I thought they said "The Nice Man" ;)

#234 Deluxx

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Posted 08 April 2013 - 17:19

Simona will come in 18th.


called it

#235 Prost1997T

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Posted 08 April 2013 - 19:29

called it


Any predictions for Long Beach?

#236 OfficeLinebacker

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Posted 08 April 2013 - 21:01

I thought they said "The Nice Man" ;)

hahahaha

#237 Deluxx

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Posted 08 April 2013 - 21:04

Any predictions for Long Beach?


i predict..........someone will win

#238 Ross Stonefeld

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Posted 08 April 2013 - 21:41

I predict a riot.

#239 Watkins74

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Posted 08 April 2013 - 21:44

Any predictions for Long Beach?

The pace car will require a full tank of gas.

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#240 MattPete

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Posted 09 April 2013 - 01:58

Barber is surprisingly racy.



Barber always looks like it should suck (ala Mid-Ohio [too twisty and too narrow], which Ross mentions 2 posts later). But, it doesn't. In fact, I'd go so far as to say it might be the raciest road course in the United States.

#241 MattFoster

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Posted 09 April 2013 - 03:10

My prediction about EJ nearly came true :)

#242 jonpollak

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Posted 09 April 2013 - 15:11

called it

WINNER WINNER SWISS CHEESE DINNER
PM risil and pick a race to OP
Jp

#243 Victor_RO

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Posted 09 April 2013 - 15:15

WINNER WINNER SWISS CHEESE DINNER
PM risil and pick a race to OP
Jp


We need a proper competition to decide who gets to make the OP for the Indy 500 thread. :cat:

#244 Deluxx

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Posted 09 April 2013 - 15:52

We need a proper competition to decide who gets to make the OP for the Indy 500 thread. :cat:


I agree. Photoshop battle. Dance off. Something

#245 jonpollak

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Posted 09 April 2013 - 15:59

Anyway, I'm claiming my rights and calling Sao Paolo (unless we gots some Brazilians) and the Mork & Mindy 500.

Done deal there gang.
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#246 Deluxx

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Posted 09 April 2013 - 19:50

Oh yeah. Gg. Risil wins by default :p
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