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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis week is an extended edition, because yours truly failed to edit last week’s podcast in a timely manner. So sit back and enjoy as Mike and Jace review the Mt. Hood Rally, LSPR, and Rally Spain. Then John joins in for some ranting of F1 (as usual) and finally finish with some good news coming to Indy Lights.
Read MoreRally de Espana, or the Rally of Spain is the penultimate round of the WRC and the only mixed surface event on the calendar. The first two day swill run on fast smooth tarmac outside of the seaside resort of Salou on Spain’s Costa Daurada. The stages are so fast that it is largely compared to circuit racing, but with much more picturesque surroundings. Sunday’s final stages will be on gravel which adds a bit of controversy as the running order will not be in reverse order when they hit the…
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis week Doug, Mike, and Mike review the IndyCar and IndyLights finales at Fontana and begin looking at the silly season news and rumors. Mr. Whitesell leads us through the news in Formula 1 and we preview the final Indian Grand Prix. Wrapping up the show, Mr. Shaw recaps the glorious event that was LSPR and gives us a preview of the WRC Rally de Espana. OpenPaddock.net Podcast: Episode 208 – Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013 IndyCar Fontana Review IndyCar title rivals get grid penalties…
Read MoreJust a brief recap here of the events of day 1 for Rally Spain. Keep it to OpenPaddock as the teams post indepth reviews of their first day for the penultimate round of the championship. Conditions were the name of the game for the gravel stages today. Loeb would start first on the road and usually that is an issue, but conditions actually favored the French ace as dust would cause the cars running behind massive problems. The gravel stages were very dry and there was not much of a…
Read MoreSebastien Loeb has taken it easy this weekend and is still leading Rally Spain by 3.8secs over future teammate and Citroen Junior driver Sebastien Ogier. Loeb’s lead does come as a surprise as the first leg has a mixture of both tarmac and gravel. The Frenchman was first on the roads and sacrificed little time because of it. Jari-Matti Latvala is currently in third which is slightly below what the team were hoping. The idea was to have JML utilize his fast gravel pace to put a lead over the…
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