It’s that time of year again. It used to be that I wouldn’t start thinking about making my hotel reservations for Indianapolis 500 race weekend until mid-to-late February. Last year at this time, my friend Paul Dalbey (of More Front Wing) sent me a text telling me that rooms were already going quickly – and that was mid-January.
Archive for January, 2017
Let The Gouging Begin!
Posted in IndyCar on January 13, 2017 by OilpressureWhere Did The Time Go?
Posted in IndyCar on January 11, 2017 by Oilpressure
As I grow older, I become more and more amazed at how quickly time passes. When I turned fifteen, it seemed like it took another ten years to pass before my sixteenth birthday and the driver’s license that went along with it. Conversely, when my kids were born, it seemed like they were ten in the blink of an eye. At my current ripe old age, the years are passing by like weeks used to. I like to assume that I’ll live to be at least eighty-five, which is another twenty-seven years away – but something tells me those twenty-seven years will pass by at light speed.
Yellow, Yellow, Yellow!
Posted in IndyCar on January 9, 2017 by Oilpressure
Every now and then, I get to experience a perk for being an IndyCar blogger. Over the Christmas break, I had the privilege of taking advantage of one of those perks. I received an e-mail from the producer of an upcoming documentary special, entitled Yellow, Yellow, Yellow: The IndyCar Safety Team. They asked me to preview it to see what I thought. Why they would ask an aging blogger sitting behind a keyboard in Nashville, TN to preview it is beyond me, but I gladly obliged and was later very grateful they had given me the chance to see it early.
Getting Back Into Race Mode
Posted in IndyCar on January 6, 2017 by Oilpressure
Almost four months have passed since the Verizon IndyCar Series has turned a wheel in competition. In that time, the Cubs won the World Series, College Football has played their entire season and will wrap up their post-season on Monday night. The NFL has now completed its season and their playoffs get underway this weekend. Although I have not watched a single minute, the NBA has played almost half of its season and the NHL is in high gear also.
Was Last Year Really That Bad?
Posted in IndyCar on January 4, 2017 by Oilpressure
Santa has come and gone, all of the bowl games have been played (except for the National Championship game between Clemson and Alabama) and the ball has dropped in Times Square. That means it’s time to put away the Christmas decorations and turn our attention back to our favorite topic – IndyCar racing. Before we tackle the upcoming year, let’s take one more look at 2016.
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