Tag: oval

IndyCar – Pocono, The Tricky Triangle is Back!

Doug Patterson

Some of you in the eastern half of the US may have heard a loud detonation or felt a seismic event yesterday. That was the head out our own Spike Rogan exploding after his conversation with Christopher Mele, Executive Editor for the Pocono Record, about IZOD IndyCar Series’ return to Pocono Raceway. Spike has been leading a campaign for a LONG time advocating the return of open-wheel racing to the tricky triangle through various social-media outlets, including a dedicated page Bring IndyCar Back to Pocono. “Every chance I got to…

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IndyCar – Kansas Retrospective

Doug Patterson

Let’s be honest. We may have seen the last open-wheel race at the Kansas Speedway. The track is very capable of producing great racing. If you read my preview posts discussing the history of the IZOD IndyCar Series in Kansas City, you already know that. The track is the home of some of the closest finishes and most exciting racing in the history of IndyCar racing under Indy Racing League sanction. However, the event in recent years has been poorly promoted, and as a result its been poorly attended. Estimates…

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IndyCar – Rules and the Law of Unintended Consequences

Doug Patterson

Since the last weekend in April, the IndyCar series has been oval racing but the excitement of high-speed side-by-side racing has certainly been lacking. At the end of the Kansas Race, I wrote a short editorial, What Happened to Competitive Racing, where I went on a little rant about the new wheelbase rules further limiting the freedom of the engineers and reducing the drivability and competitiveness of the cars. It was pointed out at the time that the extreme weather might have been the primary factor for the lack-luster racing…

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IndyCar – Cleveland Rocks?

mike

So Robin Miller has had a few interesting quotes about Cleveland over the last few weeks. He said a few weeks ago that Cleveland might return as an oval (?!) on the airport track, and then threw in his normal vitriol. Granted, that vitriol would have been justly administered if it turned out to be true that they were considering going to Cleveland and not running the road course that was so successful for years. Seems he only got half the story and has now amended his earlier statement. On…

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