Thursday, July 29, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Indy Molson Toronto
Great IndyCar race on Sunday (although its no longer called the Molson Indy, I wish it was). Some highlights below. But my highlight prior to the race was getting a question re: Milka DuNOT on ESPN chat with John Oreovicz. John does a great job with ESPN's IndyCar coverage, which is a blessing among ESPN's significant NASCRAP coverage. Plus, he lives by Putnam Park in Indiana. Here is what I asked John.
CJ (Minneapolis (via Indiana))
How many laps do you think Milka will complete this year before she is asked to stop due to "handling problems" (e.g. her pace is a danger to others)?
Oreo
(3:34 PM)
John:
She was slower than the entire Indy Lights field here. She's 8.5 seconds slower than Hunter-Reay[fastest at that time], 6.4 seconds slower than her teammate (who was 22nd of 26) and 6.0 seconds slower than the next slowest driver. She is especially dangerous on a tight street circuit like this, where, let us not forget, a death occurred during the 1996 CART race. If they let her start, I expect her to be parked within 10 laps. They'll let her get lapped once then pull her off.
John could not have been more correct. As soon as the leaders caught her the stewards parked her on...wait for it...LAP 10!! Well done. You can read the whole chat here.
Will Power is both lucky and fast. Also a great result for Graham Rahal and a big disappointment for Justin Wilson.
Also announced last week were the plans for the 2012 car. Enough has been written about that so I am just going to say that I am cautiously optimistic, but think they would have been better off with multiple chassis makers.
CJ (Minneapolis (via Indiana))
How many laps do you think Milka will complete this year before she is asked to stop due to "handling problems" (e.g. her pace is a danger to others)?
Oreo
(3:34 PM)
John:
She was slower than the entire Indy Lights field here. She's 8.5 seconds slower than Hunter-Reay[fastest at that time], 6.4 seconds slower than her teammate (who was 22nd of 26) and 6.0 seconds slower than the next slowest driver. She is especially dangerous on a tight street circuit like this, where, let us not forget, a death occurred during the 1996 CART race. If they let her start, I expect her to be parked within 10 laps. They'll let her get lapped once then pull her off.
John could not have been more correct. As soon as the leaders caught her the stewards parked her on...wait for it...LAP 10!! Well done. You can read the whole chat here.
Will Power is both lucky and fast. Also a great result for Graham Rahal and a big disappointment for Justin Wilson.
Also announced last week were the plans for the 2012 car. Enough has been written about that so I am just going to say that I am cautiously optimistic, but think they would have been better off with multiple chassis makers.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Head Work
The M3 has had an extended stay in the garage on stands thanks to an earlier issue at BIR this year and I had not had time to tear into it until last week. It's getting fixed now and also getting a fancy new valve job.
As soon as I have some video, I will update the events at the 24 Hours of Iowa Speedway event.
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