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[paulb]

Last Year, aka The Dixon Great Escape


Last year’s victor, or how many races has this guy won?


(Giant) Track Map


Championship
Newgarden – 563
Pagenaud – 525
Rossi – 517
Dixon - 493

Indycar TV Broadcast Schedule (all times EST)
FRIDAY, August 30
NTT INDYCAR SERIES – PRACTICE 1 1:50P (Gold, Live Timing)
NTT INDYCAR SERIES – PRACTICE 2 5:40P (Gold, Live Timing)

SATURDAY, August 31
NTT INDYCAR SERIES – PRACTICE 3 ?
NTT INDYCAR SERIES - PRACTICE 4 ?
NTT INDYCAR SERIES – QUALIFICATIONS ?

SUNDAY, September 1
Grand Prix of Portland 3:35P – 5:45P (NBC, Live Timing)

Edited by paulb, 30 August 2019 - 16:15.

[maximilian]

Awesome!  FINALLY another IndyCar race!!       

[PiperPa42]

Awesome!  FINALLY another IndyCar race!!       

The wait has been killing me...

[Anja]

Haha. We'll see if you guys are still in such a good mood in a month's time, facing six months until the next race... 

[maximilian]

Haha. We'll see if you guys are still in such a good mood in a month's time, facing six months until the next race... 

 

[maximilian]

Yeah, NOTTTTTTTT looking forward to the excruciating off-season at all.  But first things first.  And hoping for an engrossing Silly Season, too 

[Imperial]

Wasn't the compressed season originally mooted as a temporary measure when things were getting a bit tight? It seems to have become the norm.

Glad I'll be free to watch live this week, seems like being stuck with watching the so-called highlights comes with a free lemon for all to suck on! (Just kidding).

Bring a top weekend of racing on.

[Muppetmad]

I also look forward to watching this live!

[paulb]

Haha. We'll see if you guys are still in such a good mood in a month's time, facing six months until the next race...

Well now that’s mean, even with a silly smilie.

Edited by paulb, 29 August 2019 - 22:13.

[BuddyHolly]

Wow! that first pic.  Don't tell me they pushed the car over with the driver still inside?  Reminds me of Barrichello at Imola.

 

as for the race, mixed emotions

1: Yay!!! another indycar race

2: ohh no.. only two left.

[Afterburner]

Wow! that first pic. Don't tell me they pushed the car over with the driver still inside? Reminds me of Barrichello at Imola.

as for the race, mixed emotions
1: Yay!!! another indycar race
2: ohh no.. only two left.

https://youtube.com/...h?v=bd02QeXBjcg

Yep.

Still not as miraculous as Dixon escaping unscathed, though.

[PayasYouRace]

Thread needs more Portland hype:

 

[maximilian]

Agreed!!

 

[red stick]

Wow! that first pic.  Don't tell me they pushed the car over with the driver still inside?  Reminds me of Barrichello at Imola.

 

Congrats!  The first and last time Marco will be compared to Rubens.    

[jonpollak]

Paul.. the race is in BIG NBC not nbcsn.
Jp

[William Hunt]

great... when will the race start CET (Central European Time, Brusseels region) time?

[LucaP]

Charleroi region

[Risil]

I lived in Brussels for two years, never visited Charleroi. True fact.

[PiperPa42]

All those US letter game tv stations. Where do I find BNBC?

[paulb]

Paul.. the race is in BIG NBC not nbcsn.
Jp

fixed, thx.

[William Hunt]

I lived in Brussels for two years, never visited Charleroi. True fact.

 

well I live in Antwerp

Charleroi is not that interesting (they do have an airport), it never really fully recovered after the mines closed down at the end of the '80s, lots of people with Italian roots living there

the art cities (Gent, Brugge, Antwerpen) are certainly worth a visit for people seeking culture or nightlife (Gent, Antwerp)

The interesting spots in Brussels are very scathered and traffic is terrible (especially on the ring) there

 

So... when is the start in CET? Don't want to miss it

Edited by William Hunt, 30 August 2019 - 17:12.

[Muppetmad]

I adore Antwerp. As for Brussels... I can't say I'd be sad if I never visited again.

 

Edit: And to answer your question, I *believe* it will start at 9:35pm CEST.

Edited by Muppetmad, 30 August 2019 - 17:12.

[loki]

“Belgium is a beautiful city”...

 

https://youtu.be/hIU8cAp-2VM

[Imperial]

My wages get paid from a place in Brussels. Well, until October at least.

[maximilian]

Enough of this Belgium nonsense!  Praccy is ON!

[BRG]

Charleroi is not that interesting (they do have an airport)

Isn't that the one that either Easyjet or Ryanair claim is Brussels airport?  Despite being 100km away.

 

Enough of this Belgium nonsense!  Praccy is ON!

This is the weekend for maximum Belgium nonsense.  SPA, SPA, SPA.   You can watch poor little Portland afterwards.

[PayasYouRace]

 You can watch poor little Portland afterwards.

 

Well that would make sense, seeing as that's the order the races are in.

[maximilian]

Isn't that the one that either Easyjet or Ryanair claim is Brussels airport?  Despite being 100km away.

 

This is the weekend for maximum Belgium nonsense.  SPA, SPA, SPA.   You can watch poor little Portland afterwards.

 

Spa?  Yeah, I'll be in the hot tub later, after my daily swim.

 

Belgium... unless Bertrand Baguette is coming back... no need! 

[red stick]

Fantrax Fantasy League driver's salaries this week:

 

Conor Daly  23

Colton Herta  21

 

Edited by red stick, 30 August 2019 - 18:45.

[PiperPa42]

I'm ready for the two final races, just upgrated from 32" to 65" TV.

 

 

I hope they go back to their old system next year. Much more user friendly imo, never managed to get fantrax working ok on my phone.

Edited by PiperPa42, 30 August 2019 - 19:13.

[jonpollak]

Isn’t Antwerp on the half hour like Adelaide. ???

Jp

[boomn]

Isn't that the one that either Easyjet or Ryanair claim is Brussels airport?  Despite being 100km away.

 

This is the weekend for maximum Belgium nonsense.  SPA, SPA, SPA.   You can watch poor little Portland afterwards.

Don't be so F1-normative.  It's more fun to be bi-series or pan-series

[jonpollak]

Right on boomn...
I’m a pan serial race fan like most here at Chez INDYCAR.
Jp

[jonpollak]

Bourdais crashed at the same place he did last year.
He’s gonna podium then.... obviously.
Jp

[ANF]

In the last corner... https://twitter.com/...567120726552576

...where I must have had thousands of offs in a dozen different ways in the old Papyrus IndyCar Racing sims.

[Jim Thurman]

For those further west in North America, Portland live, then watch Belgian GP later, since the Belgian GP is run when it is sleeping time in this time zone*

 

*at least in the days since VCRS, then DVRs came along. Also, the racing was better then 

[red stick]

For those further west in North America, Portland live, then watch Belgian GP later, since the Belgian GP is run when it is sleeping time in this time zone*
 
*at least in the days since VCRS, then DVRs came along. Also, the racing was better then 

Real fans set an alarm.

[jonpollak]

Others complain it’s not suitable for their weak ass lives.
Jp

[Myrvold]

In the last corner... https://twitter.com/...567120726552576

...where I must have had thousands of offs in a dozen different ways in the old Papyrus IndyCar Racing sims.

I had to look three times on the date of that tweet. Felt like 2018!

[jonpollak]

Kat Legge drives the 2 seater on Sunday.
Jp

[maximilian]

Kat Legge drives the 2 seater on Sunday.
Jp

 

And sounded like she might have a shot at entering the Indy 500 next year, too.     Said she's working on it.

[Imperial]

Others complain it’s not suitable for their weak ass lives.
Jp

Take THAT all you forumers who aren't retired/semi-retired, have a job outside the traditional Mon-Fri 9-5 that you rely on to eat and have a roof over your head, or who have family or carer responsibilities, or in fact even regular adult responsibilities, or have friends or family to visit before they are all dead, or a world they may wish to go out into and interact with on a Sunday for a change.

You and your weak ass lives. What's wrong with you all?

[Muppetmad]

I imagine JP's comment was directed at people like me, who take it in the jest with which it was intended 

[Imperial]

Hopefully mine is seen in the same light!

[red stick]

Take THAT all you forumers who aren't retired/semi-retired, have a job outside the traditional Mon-Fri 9-5 that you rely on to eat and have a roof over your head, or who have family or carer responsibilities, or in fact even regular adult responsibilities, or have friends or family to visit before they are all dead, or a world they may wish to go out into and interact with on a Sunday for a change.
You and your weak ass lives. What's wrong with you all?

I hear ya. I punted the NFL and NASCAR.

[paulb]

I hear ya. I punted the NFL and NASCAR.

A double pun, nice!

[jonpollak]

Take THAT all you forumers who aren't retired/semi-retired, have a job outside the traditional Mon-Fri 9-5 that you rely on to eat and have a roof over your head, or who have family or carer responsibilities, or in fact even regular adult responsibilities, or have friends or family to visit before they are all dead, or a world they may wish to go out into and interact with on a Sunday for a change.

You and your weak ass lives. What's wrong with you all?

Oh fer Christ sake...

http://youtu.be/ojyY-SC4t74

Jp

[Risil]

Take THAT all you forumers who aren't retired/semi-retired, have a job outside the traditional Mon-Fri 9-5 that you rely on to eat and have a roof over your head, or who have family or carer responsibilities, or in fact even regular adult responsibilities, or have friends or family to visit before they are all dead, or a world they may wish to go out into and interact with on a Sunday for a change.

You and your weak ass lives. What's wrong with you all?

That's why we have these threads! So you can catch up with it all later.

[Imperial]

I have always loved all of you.

[rghojai]

I have not always loved all of you.