It’s taken far too long to get photos resized and watermarked and uploaded into galleries. At long last, they are uploaded. These are hardly professional shots like you’d see form Brian or Doug. I’m just a race fan w/ a cellphone that takes pretty good pictures. I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I had taking them! Carb Day Legends Day Race Day
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Episode 296 UMMM-Cast (part 1) – OpenPaddock.net
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadA while ago, we all connected to talk about what is arguably the greatest weekend of racing, which includes the Monaco Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. As you know, Mike, Dug and John were at Indianapolis for the historic event. We went on so long that I felt it prudent to break the podcast into two parts. Sorry it’s taken so long to get this out there, for our tens of fans. Life gets in the way, sometimes. Here’s the first…
Read MoreIndyCar – 2016 Schedule Drops
After my soggy trip to the United States Grand Prix (write-up forthcoming), I’m taking a sick day. It’s legitimate, as I was fighting a sinus infection going into the weekend. Slogging around in cold rain and wind didn’t help, I’m sure. So what happens on my sick day? Verizon IndyCar Series announces their 2016 schedule! About friggin’ time! Although, I think they did it for Robin Miller’s birthday, which happens to be today. (Happy birthday, fellow curmudgeon!) The #INDYCAR2016 schedule is here! 5 ovals, 5 street courses and 5 road…
Read MoreIMSA – TUDOR Brickyard Grand Prix in Photos
Brad Plant was on hand for the TUDOR United Sports Car Championship’s Brickyard Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Be sure too keep an eye out for his recap to be posted later in the week as well as his Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. In the meantime, here are his TUSCC photos. Enjoy! Photos from the TUSCC Brickyard Grand Prix
Read MoreIndy Lights – Freedom 100, Can We Expect Another Close One?
Last year we were treated to the most spectacular finish in the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as the Indy Lights drivers Carlos Munoz, Gabby Chavez, Sage Karam, and Peter Dempsey ran four-wide down the front stretch and across the yard of bricks. Every year, I try to convince people that as much fun as the 500 is, and in recent years as good of as the racing has been, that the best racing action at the Speedway is really seen on Carburetion Day when the Indy Lights Series…
Read MoreRoadToIndy – Episode 5, Indianapolis Grand Prix
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Read MoreINDYCAR – A Trophy and a Concert
I must commend IMS and INDYCAR for the bold design of the trophy for the new Grand Prix of Indianapolis. The trophy, although not a physical creation as of yet, looks to be another polished silver beauty that has come to define Indycar championship hardware. The futuristic look for the trophy dazzles me; high-tech and aspirational were the two words that come to mind as soon as I saw the hardware. Plus, the trophy has absolutely no historical connections, and I feel that was the correct decision, and important to…
Read MoreINDYCAR – How Did We Get Here? Pt. 3 The Indy Effect
(Note: Part one here. Part two here.) After years of instability, the championship had finally become recognized and repeatable. Historical mistakes were made, but the sport is well on its way to greatness and The Indianapolis Motor Speedway finally takes the helm of championship racing for the first time. Board track racing was at its height in the early 1920’s. Millions of trees were felled to accommodate the hundreds of miles of the highly banked wooden autodromes that popped up all around the nation. These facilities led to a decline…
Read MoreIndyLights – Peter Dempsey: Winning at Indianapolis
The month of May is always special in Indianapolis. All the IndyCar teams are flat-out testing and developing their race cars. I was fortunate to get to attend Pole Day this year for the first time, and what a day that was! Ed Carpenter lit up the field with his impressive pole run, and also to see Carlos Munoz qualify 2nd for the 500 was great. This really was amazing by him to out-qualify his seasoned teammates. Practice and Qualifying The FIL cars weren’t on track until Thursday with one…
Read MoreIndyCar – Indianapolis Race Weekend in Photos
Wow, what a long an exciting week and a half at the World’s Greatest Race Course! Although we didn’t beat the rain to IMS on Fast Friday, we were there for Pole Day, Bump Day, Community Day, Media Day, Carb Day, the Night Before the 500, and of course Race Day. It was great meeting up with old friends and seeing some twitter folk for the first time. Best of all, I got to show off our new baby girl on Carb Day! 😀 I shared the qualifying weekend photos…
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