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[Stub-o-matic]

monza gorilla, on May 22 2006, 05:45 PM, said:

Quantity and quality are rarely the same thing.
For what it's worth, I think Le Mans 24 hrs is the best.

Isle of Man TT

[AutoRacer5]

I'm gonna watch the 24 hours this year.

Go Pescarolo!

[Autumnpuma]

Stub-o-matic, on May 22 2006, 07:00 PM, said:

Isle of Man TT

Good God that race is dan-ger-ous! I've watched it and am constantly amazed at the sheer courage and skill of the riders!

Hat's off to 'em all, they got my respect.

[monza gorilla]

Autumnpuma, on May 23 2006, 07:19 AM, said:

Good God that race is dan-ger-ous! I've watched it and am constantly amazed at the sheer courage and skill of the riders!

Hat's off to 'em all, they got my respect.

I agree with that entirely.

[AutoRacer5]

Well, tomorrow I'm leaving for the greatest single-day sporting event. Pictures I hope will be available.

[AutoRacer5]

I'm leaving in about 8-9 hours, wish me luck.

[pumpdoc]

Have fun ar5, i'll be watching while I mow the lawn, clean the windows and wax my car then I'll sit down to watch the 600

[Autumnpuma]

pumpdoc, on May 26 2006, 06:46 AM, said:

Have fun ar5, i'll be watching while I mow the lawn, clean the windows and wax my car then I'll sit down to watch the 600

But you may miss the great Danica Patrick pull off a pass for 12th place...

[pumpdoc]

Autumnpuma, on May 26 2006, 09:32 AM, said:

But you may miss the great Danica Patrick pull off a pass for 12th place...

the only pass I want to see Danica make is the one where she gets passed around in a gang bang!!

[Autumnpuma]

pumpdoc, on May 26 2006, 09:55 AM, said:

the only pass I want to see Danica make is the one where she gets passed around in a gang bang!!

[cavallino]

Is this 'race' (I use the term rather loosely here) this weekend too?

[pumpdoc]

cavallino, on May 26 2006, 03:02 PM, said:

Is this 'race' (I use the term rather loosely here) this weekend too?

Yes Sunday.........

[AutoRacer5]

I'm in Southaven, Mississippi and I'm about 300 miles from my hotel that I'm staying at tomorrow.

[demonhorse]

pumpdoc, on May 13 2006, 06:32 AM, said:

I hate what has happened to the 500, but I will watch tomorrow------'like the moth drawn to the flame'

The TV equivalent of driving past a car crash, you're horrified but you HAVE to look...
Literally car-crashTV in this case.

[AutoRacer5]

I'm now in Louisville Kentucky, about 2 hours from the track. I'll give an update after the race.

[pumpdoc]

AutoRacer5, on May 27 2006, 06:12 PM, said:

I'm now in Louisville Kentucky, about 2 hours from the track. I'll give an update after the race.

What are you doing, hitchhiking??

[nojvnof1]

AR5, you seem to be the Indy 500 buff on here, I need you to explain a couple things to me about the race.

First, how does quali work and second, what do all those name days mean like Carb Day, Bump Day, Fast Friday etc?? Cheers

[AutoRacer5]

nojvnof1, on May 28 2006, 03:52 AM, said:

AR5, you seem to be the Indy 500 buff on here, I need you to explain a couple things to me about the race.

First, how does quali work and second, what do all those name days mean like Carb Day, Bump Day, Fast Friday etc?? Cheers

Pump, we're driving. My mom, dad, cousin, and myself.

Ok.

Qualifying is 2 or 3 warmup laps based on the weather, and the average of the four laps you run. Consistency is important.

Fast Friday is the day before Pole Day. Drivers try to set very fast times on this day.

Carb Day was traditionally on the Thursday before the race, now its on the Friday. It is the final day of practice before the race, and the Pit-Stop Competition is that day.

Bump Day is the final day of qualifying. If the field is full, an outsider needs to go really fast to "bump" somebody out of the field.

We're leaving for the race in about 30-35 minutes. Cheers to all.

My 12th, my dad's 43rd race. My dad hasn't missed one since 1978.

[pumpdoc]

nojvnof1, on May 28 2006, 01:52 AM, said:

AR5, you seem to be the Indy 500 buff on here, I need you to explain a couple things to me about the race.

First, how does quali work and second, what do all those name days mean like Carb Day, Bump Day, Fast Friday etc?? Cheers

Shaun, now for the real explanations, sorry ar5
When Indy was king and not the farce it is now the whole month of May was high drama first you had Rookie oriantation where the rookie hopefuls had to go out on track and prove infront of the senior drivers that they could handle driving at speed around this 2.5 mile flat banked monster, not all rookies  made it past this point, now sadly this is a farce as Tony George (hereafter just refered to as King tony or KG for short) can't let any driver not pass as he needs all the drivers he can muster, more on this later.

Qualifying used to be dramatic, on the first day you only set the front row(3 cars), there used to be 100k plus in the stands for this day, now they are lucky to get a few thousand.
They use a method now that goes like this(when it doesn't rain like this year)11 cars the 1st day,11 cars the next and then the following sat. 11 more to fill the field, hence the last day or 'bump day'.
But since KG has ruined this once fine race bump day which used to hold so much drama is now just a poorly attended day to see who will fill the last spot or two, as there are never enough cars to get bumped.

Carb day is the friday befor the race and harkens back to an era of carburators, it gave the teams one last chance to adjust the motors for the race, again befor KG this was a big crowd day, now just a few attend, they even hold a race (Indy lights) to try to get a crowd going. The people are not fooled....

[pumpdoc]

Well the 'other' farce..er I mean race is about to start, i'll make this prediction now, the race will have one of the most raggid starts ever.

For you Indy neophites, back in the day pre-King George and the gIRL the field would come down to the start with all 33 cars(11 rows of 3) in a tight bunch, with this group we'll be lucky if the whole field is on the main straight, sad, so sad

[pumpdoc]

The Andretti curse lives!!!!!!

[Autumnpuma]

Goddammit!!! Where the hell did Hornish come from!!! I thought Mikey and son would take it....

DAMMIT!!!

I need to get drunk...

[Autumnpuma]

Penske, Andretti/Green and Ganassi proved today that you can have a good race despite all the best efforts of King George. One other comment is about the sloppy pit situation. Pathetic. Other than that, a pretty good race.

More commentary after I've spent a few hours with Sam Adams and his wonderful Heffeweisen.

[AutoRacer5]

That was a damn good race, to think Marco is only 2 years older than I am. Shame about Al Unser Jr., but it was fun listening to my secret channel on the scanner. I wish either Marco or Michael would have won, as I was cheering hard for them.

[Autumnpuma]

AutoRacer5, on May 28 2006, 06:40 PM, said:

That was a damn good race, to think Marco is only 2 years older than I am. Shame about Al Unser Jr., but it was fun listening to my secret channel on the scanner. I wish either Marco or Michael would have won, as I was cheering hard for them.

Me too. I just about threw my beer, the couch and my cat at the TV when Hornish passed Marco for the lead...

[AutoRacer5]

The race will be haunting him for months now.

[Wez]

Quite a good race, I wanted Wheldon, Sheckter or Patrick to win.
Im glad Michael didnt take it though, It would have been sad for motorsport to see that same pathetic reject who couldnt even score more than 2 points in a season with Mclaren, to win a race as big as this.

My only complaint is that the safety car clearly had more bearing on the final winner than any car/drivers speed/talent. Had it not been for 90% of the race been behind a Chev road car for every time a fan farted in the grand stand, Wheldon would have won by days!!!

[pumpdoc]

Autumnpuma, on May 28 2006, 06:52 PM, said:

Me too. I just about threw my beer, the couch and my cat at the TV when Hornish passed Marco for the lead...

I just laughed, thus my Andretti curse post.
The shot of Mario in the pit, telling his grandaughter not to get excited was pure gold! He of all Andretti's know the curse well.

Shame on Marco letting Hornish pass without so much a juke, Sam reeled him in and didn't even need a gaff

[AutoRacer5]

Wez, on May 29 2006, 08:06 AM, said:

Im glad Michael didnt take it though, It would have been sad for motorsport to see that same pathetic reject who couldnt even score more than 2 points in a season with Mclaren, to win a race as big as this.

He's the 1991 CART champion and has led the most laps of the Indianapolis 500 without a win, and had a podium with McLaren at Monza in 1993. He also has, if I remember right, the third highest win total in CART.

Reject? I think not.

I will post pictures tomorrow in the Cafe.

Edited by AutoRacer5, 30 May 2006 - 02:32 AM.

[Autumnpuma]

pumpdoc, on May 29 2006, 06:17 AM, said:

I just laughed, thus my Andretti curse post.
The shot of Mario in the pit, telling his grandaughter not to get excited was pure gold! He of all Andretti's know the curse well.

Shame on Marco letting Hornish pass without so much a juke, Sam reeled him in and didn't even need a gaff

Yeah, I just hoped that Marco would break it...he's young, he still may...