Archive for January, 2016

Make Your Indianapolis 500 Reservations Now!

Posted in IndyCar on January 13, 2016 by Oilpressure

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Consider this a public service announcement. If you haven’t made your hotel reservations for the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500, you may want to consider doing so – quickly.

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Have Aero Kits Been Worth It?

Posted in IndyCar on January 11, 2016 by Oilpressure

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The Verizon IndyCar Series is now entering the second year of the aero kit era. It has been heavily documented how far behind Honda was compared to the Chevy – especially on non-ovals. The Honda fared better on race days than in qualifying, on most street circuits and road courses. At most non-oval events, the top-ten qualifiers on the grid usually contained only two to three Hondas, and they were normally in the bottom half of the top-ten.

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The Truth Sometimes Hurts

Posted in IndyCar on January 8, 2016 by Oilpressure

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Some will consider this post to be a very sexist stance from me. It isn’t intended that way. I don’t consider it sexist at all, but unfortunately – some will take it that way. This does tie in to motorsports and IndyCar, so please bear with me.

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My IndyCar Wish List For 2016

Posted in IndyCar on January 6, 2016 by Oilpressure

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The Christmas season is finally behind us. As we toss the tree to the curb, much like John Barnes did to JR Hildebrand in 2013, put the decorations away for another year and endure a lot of meaningless lopsided bowl games – the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series season suddenly seems much closer than it did just a couple of weeks ago. We are now only sixty-five days away from the first practice at St. Petersburg in mid-March. The 100th Running of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing is just 144 days away. Both will be here before you know it.

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