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Comment on Hello, May. It’s Time For The Indy 500 by Brian McKay

Brian McKay — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:00:49 +0000

I would be elated to see Oriol Servia win the 500. I’d probably be motivated to GO to Speedway next year.

Comment on SCCA – Fun In The Sun at Heartland Park Topeka by atb73

atb73 — Thu, 10 May 2012 01:05:01 +0000

That Cobra is a sweet shot. I’ll give my ’96 Tacoma 4wd a good rip around. Enjoy Indy Doug

Comment on SCCA – Fun In The Sun at Heartland Park Topeka by Doug Patterson

Doug Patterson — Mon, 07 May 2012 21:28:50 +0000

Thanks, Brian. I really like that one too. Already made it my wallpaper for our laptop. I’ve really enjoyed these solo events and I’m bummed that the next few happen when I’ll be away at IndyCar races.

Comment on SCCA – Fun In The Sun at Heartland Park Topeka by Brian McKay

Brian McKay — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:30:09 +0000

NICE photos – especially the second one (Cobra & clean background)

Comment on SCCA – Fun In The Sun at Heartland Park Topeka by Craig Wilcox

Craig Wilcox — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:25:27 +0000

Great Pics! Feel free to jump into the Mini if you want to join us for a Solo event some time soon!

Comment on SimRacing – SIMRACEWAY® To Create Official INDYCAR Game by Anthony Stuart

Anthony Stuart — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:47:44 +0000

A few questions remain: will this be standalone or additional content within simraceway? Will offline races, career mode, and other things common in “official” games be included? How does this affect the “official” iracing series, which is on hold this year due to the change in chassis? Most importantly, could another company (such as codemasters, who did a good job in the past) join in with a console game or another take on the series, or is this an exclusive deal like the one that famously ended Papyrus’s NASCAR Racing series?

Comment on IndyCar – Wilting Lotus? by Maelochs

Maelochs — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:57:36 +0000

Sound, well-written analysis. Pulls in a lot of info and organizes it well.

I don’t see Lotus quitting unless the whole company folds. As far as I know, the money is flowing again after the two-week freeze, so what we are seeing is just Lotus being way behind the rest, not being incompetent or having a bad engine. I assume Chevy and Lotus had similar issues, but had the time and testing to solve them before they went racing. Lotus is doing a limited live-racing test program.

This sort of reminds me of Toyota stepping up to WEC manufacturer status and then withdrawing from Spa. A lot of people are slagging off Toyota, but the program is new, was seriously delayed (earthquake) and was never funded to operate at high levels in the first year.

With Lotus the program was underfunded initially and seriously delayed as well. By next year they will need to be competitive or be gone—of course by then Ford or Chrysler might be on board. But this year, Lotus started in a hole and then dug it deeper with the sale of Proton. Can’t get down on them too hard.

Comment on BREAKING – Team Barracuda-Bryan Herta Autosport Out of Brazil by oregonwings

oregonwings — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:38:41 +0000

I find the sudden surplus of engines quite interesting myself. Even after Chevrolet replaced 12 engines at one event they have plenty to share?

Comment on BREAKING – Team Barracuda-Bryan Herta Autosport Out of Brazil by Kevin Neely

Kevin Neely — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:32:59 +0000

Yeah, the interesting thing was Chevy and Honda were all “Oh, we can’t support any more teams” but now they have no problem doing so.

Comment on SCCA – First Experiences and Experienced Insights at a Solo Event by @BrianMcKayUSA

@BrianMcKayUSA — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:51:38 +0000

WOW! Those are mighty-fine photos of cone killers! Whew! Beautiful, diffused sunlight on interesting cars in sharp focus, and pleasantly out-of-focus foregrounds & backgrounds. Ver-ry nice… making me feel inadequate.
Looking forward to seeing your photography skills applied to more exotic cars and to motorcycles!