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[red stick]

Nashville.

Queen City of the Cumberland River.



Home to Country Music.





An IndyCar champion.




Tennessee's state government.




One of the finer law schools in the United States. (Shameless plug)




And this weekend, the BIG MACHINE MUSIC CITY GRAND PRIX.





The Track:

2.17 miles of flowing goodness with a unique trip over an actual water feature. Twice per lap.





The Schedule:

All times U.S. Eastern Time

August 5
Practice 1 4:15-5:30 PM.

August 6
Practice 2 12:15-1:15 PM
Qualifying 4:30-5:45 PM

August 7
Warmup 10:15-10:45 AM
Indy Lights 1:00-2:05 PM
Race 3:15-5:45 PM



Who's here:

Simona De Silvestro appears in Paretta Autosport's last scheduled race for this season.





And a brief view of the points, to remind ourselves what's at stake:

1. Power, 431. No, don't check your calendar. It's not 2014.

 

2. Ericsson (-9) Still CGR's top driver. Won here last year after a short flight.

 

3. Newgarden (-32) With any luck this year's appearance at his home race will turn out better than last year's.

 

4. Dixon (-38) Still hanging in.

 

5. O'Ward (-46) How many teammates will he have next year, officially or otherwise?

 

6. Palou (-52) I have no words, so insert your own comment here.

 

 

Edited by red stick, 04 August 2022 - 13:44.

[PayasYouRace]

There's still something incredibly cool about seeing the Indycar field crossing that bridge.

 

There's a race rewind premiering tomorrow night for people who want to follow along.

 

 

Easy to forget that Nashville already had a decent Indycar history.

[eibyyz]

There's still something incredibly cool about seeing the Indycar field crossing that bridge.

 

 

 

Agreed.  Badass and stuff.

[juicy sushi]

Very, very well done OP.

 

It's going to be a very desperate weekend for many.

[prommer]

Thank you red stick for a timely OP!  It gives us something to do since there's nothing else to post about in motorsports right now. 

[Muppetmad]

I get the feeling we're in for a messy race. Still, I'll keep my fingers crossed we get to enjoy a fun race together!

[NickeyF1]

Could not watch last year's race live unfortunately, so I'm pretty excited for this one.

 

Weather forecast seems tricky, we might get some lightning/heavy rain the whole weekend.

 

https://twitter.com/...789575276601344

 

/edit just saw it's forecasted for all three days not only for Sunday!

Edited by NickeyF1, 03 August 2022 - 19:04.

[prommer]

In B4 they recap Ericsson's flying incident last year and Diffey starts calling him the "Soaring Swede."

 

(drink)

[LolaB0860]

The event I have most looked forward to besides the 500 and Iowa

 

Remember there are track changes

https://racer.com/20...n-to-nashville/

 

And the other support races besides Indy Lights:

 

Saturday

12.30 Trans-Am - Race

18.15 Stadium Super Trucks - Race 1

19.25 SRO GTA - Race 1 (Dusk Race)

 

Sunday

10.55 SRO GTA - Race 2

17.05 Stadium Super Trucks - Race 2

Edited by LolaB0860, 03 August 2022 - 19:12.

[PayasYouRace]

Bonus points for de Silvestro's car reminding me of a Valvoline Walker Racing car.

[red stick]

Bonus points for de Silvestro's car reminding me of a Valvoline Walker Racing car.

Better that than a Winnebago.  The only sponsor on the car I recognize.

[red stick]

Well, and The Henry Ford, a seriously cool museum that every auto racing fan should make a pilgrimage to.

[ANF]

How is it already round 14?

[prommer]

Better that than a Winnebago.  The only sponsor on the car I recognize.

 

Do they teach you at Vandy not to recognize the sovereignty of the University of South Carolina?

[red stick]

Do they teach you at Vandy not to recognize the sovereignty of the University of South Carolina?

I wondered if anybody would catch that.

Truthfully, as a Vanderbilt graduate and Baton Rouge resident, I may be doubly obligated to ignore lesser SEC schools.  

Edited by red stick, 03 August 2022 - 19:57.

[red stick]

How is it already round 14?

Tempus fugit.

[prommer]

I wondered if anybody would catch that.

Truthfully, as a Vanderbilt graduate and Baton Rouge resident, I may be doubly obligated to ignore lesser SEC schools.  

 

I always imagined you Commodores wandering around lost in peripatetic thought, running into lamp posts and things like that, while trying to adduce the concept of nothingness following every 0-11 Vandy football season.

 

 

By the way, I've never gone inside this thing to see the hot chick that I hear is in there.

[red stick]

At Vanderbilt, one
securely knows the sports teams
are not important.

And Athena rules.

[TomNokoe]

Hopefully not Crashville for Colton this year

[juicy sushi]

I always imagined you Commodores wandering around lost in peripatetic thought, running into lamp posts and things like that, while trying to adduce the concept of nothingness following every 0-11 Vandy football season.

I always imagined the Commodores more like this:

[Andretti Fan]

There are no "lesser" SEC teams! 😉

[jonpollak]

By the way, I've never gone inside this thing to see the hot chick that I hear is in there.

Hold the rotary dial telephone here.
Is that the Parthenon?
When did the good folks of Nashville have to fight off the Persians?

Jp

[GlenWatkins]

I wondered if anybody would catch that.

Truthfully, as a Vanderbilt graduate and Baton Rouge resident, I may be doubly obligated to ignore lesser SEC schools.  

 

 

This explains alot and answers so many questions!

[red stick]

Hold the rotary dial telephone here.
Is that the Parthenon?
When did the good folks of Nashville have to fight off the Persians?
Jp

Checks notes. 1897.

As reported in an earlier thread, one of my great pleasures living in Nashville in the late 1980's was having a phone number one digit off the Parthenon's.

I got an answering machine.

[loki]

Hold the rotary dial telephone here.
Is that the Parthenon?
When did the good folks of Nashville have to fight off the Persians?

Jp

Same time as Beverly Hills.  Right after the Shah fell…

[red stick]

This explains alot and answers so many questions!

Determinist!

[PayasYouRace]

I always imagined the Commodores more like this:

 

More like this for me.

 

[ANF]

Let's hope the bumps in the unnumbered bend before T4 have been removed. With the bumps and the bend and the fence, it was actually one of the scariest overtaking spots I have ever seen.

[HerbieMcQueen]

There's still something incredibly cool about seeing the Indycar field crossing that bridge.

 

There's a race rewind premiering tomorrow night for people who want to follow along.

 

 

Easy to forget that Nashville already had a decent Indycar history.

And I'll be looking directly as them from my comfy grandstand seat as they hurtle off it. Into Turn 9, not the river.

[amerikalei]

I always imagined the Commodores more like this:

Well, if Simona has a breakthrough weekend that would make an excellent victory lane anthem. 

[MattPete]

When did the good folks of Nashville have to fight off the Persians?

Jp

 

Revenge for the Bowling Green massacre.

[paulb]

Love the music themed, op. I look forward to hear what the drivers say about the new course.

 

Will Colton complete his escape the time?

 

One bet I would make is that there will be no inter-Penske team abuse this time.

 

The event I have most looked forward to besides the 500 and Iowa

 

Remember there are track changes

https://racer.com/20...n-to-nashville/

 

And the other support races besides Indy Lights:

 

Saturday

12.30 Trans-Am - Race

18.15 Stadium Super Trucks - Race 1

19.25 SRO GTA - Race 1 (Dusk Race)

 

Sunday

10.55 SRO GTA - Race 2

17.05 Stadium Super Trucks - Race 2

I had to do a double-take when I saw this. Trans-Am? Amazing, the series no one knows about. For what its worth, its the TA2 class that is racing, which would have a much larger field than if the Trans-Am class was running. A must watch if available.

[red stick]

It probably offends way too many contractual no-nos (see, topical!), but a Bus Bros with our two heroes in dueling Stadium Super Trucks would be epic.

[Radoye]

[eibyyz]

There are no "lesser" SEC teams!

 

Mizzou sez hi.

[jonpollak]

Missouri is in the SEC ?

Jp

[jonpollak]

So what’s with the ‘green’ tyres made of guallye? Or is it gullaye?

https://www.indycar....03-guayule-tire



Jp

[loki]

“What makes that ant think he can move that guayule plant”

 

Just doesn’t have that same ring to it.  Frank and Doris would not be pleased…

 

ETA here’s the low down on the process/plant as it relates to tires

 

https://www.bridgest...rubber/guayule/

Edited by loki, 04 August 2022 - 02:43.

[MattPete]

For Pato, from my Nashville/Knoxville era:

 

[Risil]

Guayule is the most exotic word to arrive in Indycar since Jabroc.

[BRG]

Tempus Fugit.

Isn't he the Transylvanian driver who has just signed for McLaren?

 

So, Nashville - have they done anything about the silly narrow bit across the bridge?  Widened it, or instance.  Or at least built a copy of the Baku Castle to go with the copy of the Parthenon?

[SenorSjon]

It sounds something you try with Scrabble with random letters on your plate.

[LolaB0860]

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I had to do a double-take when I saw this. Trans-Am? Amazing, the series no one knows about. For what its worth, its the TA2 class that is racing, which would have a much larger field than if the Trans-Am class was running. A must watch if available.

It should be live streamed just as SRO

Last year's race

 

Edited by LolaB0860, 04 August 2022 - 11:25.

[paulb]

It should be live streamed just as SRO

Last year's race

Cool, thanks!

[red stick]

Weather outlook for the weekend retains a substantial chance of rain. Be on the lookout for schedule adjustments.

[paulb]

Practice day bump.

[ANF]

Oh. Seven hours away, right?

[red stick]

Five hours, ten, er, nine minutes.

Synchronize!

Edited by red stick, 05 August 2022 - 15:08.

[LolaB0860]

So is there rain?

 

I wouldn't mind wet weather for the main race on Sunday, but the other sessions and supports... no thanks, don't mess up the schedule

[paulb]

IndyLights practice underway.