324 replies to this topic

[LuckyStrike1]

I'm not even showing up on the overall standings 

 

Justin Wilson hears you 

[aray]

Lost all my bets too, and rightfully so.

 

Filippi to win a "possibly wet" race at 50/1... what was I thinking?

That bet goes well with your surname i guess...

 

If Montoya can keep his head cool,he can win this championship..

[Sheepmachine]

Even a blind chicken can find corn

I picked Power, Rahal, Kimball and Dixon.

Well done

Just don't look at the next page..........

[OvDrone]

Woohoo, got into the Overall page.

 

Why in the name of all that is holy I switched my Kimball pick with Saavedra? What was I thinking?

[jonpollak]

Congratulations PiperPA42 on your glorious round 5 victory.

 

OVERALL STANDINGS

http://fantasy.indyc...l&round_type=15

Jp

Edited by jonpollak, 10 May 2015 - 19:27.

[Option1]

Odd, I don't appear in the Overall standings (there's nobody listed on the 2nd page for that).

 

Neil

[jonpollak]

IndyCar would never have a f'ed up website....
Jp

[SonJR]

Can someone tell me who was wheel banging with Bourdais on pit road? I could've sworn it was Montoya, but somehow JPM was behind Bourdais not much later, with Pagenaud in front. I know I'm kinda colorblind, but thought I could tell the difference between the Penske's.

 

 

What's happened to Hildebrand?

 

Small mechanical issue is what he said on Twitter. He was just gone all of the sudden, after being the invisble man before.

[sblick]

Montoya's Car was red and white and Pagenaud's was orange and white. Most of the race Montoya and Bourdais were fighting it out. I would assume that it was Montoya. I was at the race and I assumed that Montoya with his early pit stop into clean air and track would get him to the front. Did he choke his out lap to lose position?

[Muppetmad]

It was Pagenaud.

[AustinF1]

Different week. Diffferent track. Same Turn 1 madness...

 

Oy.

[Prost1997T]

Different week. Diffferent track. Same Turn 1 madness...
 
Oy.

Except that was the first time anyone actually wrecked at turn 1 in an Indycar race all year. By the way, did you see the 2006 US Grand Prix? Half the field crashed on the first lap so F1 wasn't immune to it.

Edited by Prost1997T, 11 May 2015 - 18:48.

[B Squared]

Why let pesky facts get in the way of an Indy Car bash?

[Afterburner]

Why let pesky facts get in the way of an Indy Car bash?

Certainly doesn't stop us from having a good time!

...

Oh, you mean that kind of bash.

[Prost1997T]

Why let pesky facts get in the way of an Indy Car bash?

I understand NOLA getting bashed, that was poor. Yesterday was just a racing deal IMO, and the other 81 laps were fine. Shame ABC missed the good racing in the field to follow Power by himself.

[Risil]

I thought ABC had picked up the quality of their broadcasts lately so it was disappointing to see them reverting to normal.

 

Can't help enjoying Cheever and Goodyear's nonsense though.

Edited by Risil, 11 May 2015 - 19:39.

[AustinF1]

Sure, my bad. I meant Lap 1 & restarts, as I've talked about before in this thread. But meh ... T1. T3. Lap 1. Whatever it takes. :MrMom:

 

But in regard to the "facts" ... Just off the top of my head I remember Helio into Dracone at NOLA T1, and also a fair amount of difficulty just getting to T1 on restarts, with a big crash on the front straight and a couple of incidents of cars not making it around the final turn.

 

It's not just me. Even the announcers at St. Pete talked about half of the last 10 races there having Lap 1 cautions. Make that 6 of 11 now, as they had another this year.

[Prost1997T]

Just off the top of my head I remember Helio into Dracone at NOLA T1, and also a fair amount of difficulty just getting to T1 on restarts

True, and I've acknowledged NOLA above, but cold slicks into standing water made that a lot more difficult. Dracone was a lapped car and way off the pace so he should have given way. In general the incidents involved rookies (Coletti) or less experienced drivers (Hawksworth).
 

It's not just me. Even the announcers at St. Pete talked about half of the last 10 races there having Lap 1 cautions. Make that 6 of 11 now, as they had another this year.

The early caution at St Pete was for the extremely fragile wing endplates. Which have since been strengthened.

Hardly the same as "they always crash at lap 1" coming from an F1 fan who doesn't actually watch the full races...

Edited by Prost1997T, 11 May 2015 - 19:58.

[AustinF1]

True, and I've acknowledged NOLA above, but cold slicks into standing water made that a lot more difficult.
 

The early caution at St Pete was for the extremely fragile wing endplates. Which have since been strengthened.

1. It was a T1 incident, which you & others said didn't happen, and used to impugn my post based on "the facts".

2. So those endplates just fell apart all on their own? 6 of 11 races there have had Lap 1 SCs. What are the excuses for the others?

 

It's no secret that IndyCar has a horrible time on starts & restarts on road courses & street circuits. If that doesn't bother you, then more power to you. Seriously. But let's not try to pretend it's something that doesn't happen a lot. For me and some others, it gets hard to watch races that have a significant period with a cycle of SC-restart-SC-retsart...etc.

 

 

 

By the way, did you see the 2006 US Grand Prix? Half the field crashed on the first lap so F1 wasn't immune to it.

Sure it happens in F1 from time to time, but F1 starts and restarts are generally much cleaner than in IndyCar. 

Edited by AustinF1, 11 May 2015 - 20:05.

[Prost1997T]

I was talking about 2015, which other than NOLA, hasn't seen repeat turn 1 incidents. If you're going to change the subject just to provoke an argument from me, forget it. I'm not taking your bait.

This race had 2 caution laps of 82 and you're still whining after I've explained things to you. What happened in another season is not relevant to this thread.

Edited by Prost1997T, 11 May 2015 - 20:14.

[B Squared]

.... restarts are generally much cleaner than in IndyCar. 

Have you ever taken time to notice the amount of spacing between cars on restarts in F1 (generally)? They aren't exacty challenging one another too much, so I woudn't expect contact.

[AustinF1]

Have you ever taken time to notice the amount of spacing between cars on restarts in F1 (generally)? They aren't exacty challenging one another too much, so I woudn't expect contact.

Maybe so, but I'm sure you noticed that I said "starts and restarts", not just restarts. I don;t really see that big of a difference between the way restarts are conducted in the two series that should lead to so many incidents in one and not the other. But if there is a big difference, maybe IndyCar should look at it. Or maybe enough people like it that they won;t bother.

[AustinF1]

I was talking about 2015, which other than NOLA, hasn't seen repeat turn 1 incidents. If you're going to change the subject just to provoke an argument from me, forget it. I'm not taking your bait.

This race had 2 caution laps of 82 and you're still whining after I've explained things to you. What happened in another season is not relevant to this thread.

I'm not whining. Just observing and explaining my position. If disagreeing with you = whining, then I guess I don't know what to say to that.

 

First you said there were no other T1 incidents. No biggie. I corrected that. That's baiting you for an argument? Seriously? Ok man. LOL. As for changing the topic ...Not sure where you get that from. I'm merely continuing in the same vein I've been in at other points in the thread. We disagree & will likely continue to do so. Not a big deal in the big picture of things, in my estimation.

 

Yep, it was only 2 SC laps of 82, but I'm guessing the teams and drivers of the 7 cars involved probably took it a bit harder than you did when their races were ruined.

Edited by AustinF1, 11 May 2015 - 20:37.

[Risil]

#indyrivals

[jonpollak]

Lol.
Jp