For those of you that have Facebook, you know there is a relatively new feature called Memories that shows you where you were or what you posted on a certain date, so many years ago. Last week a photo popped up on mine that was from exactly two years ago at NOLA Motorsports Park, when Susan and I were there for the Inaugural Grand Prix of Louisiana.
Archive for April, 2017
Looking Back At A Recent Memory
Posted in IndyCar on April 19, 2017 by OilpressureBrilliant Move Or Shameless Publicity Stunt?
Posted in IndyCar on April 14, 2017 by Oilpressure
We all awoke to the same announcement on Wednesday morning; two-time Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso will skip the Grand Prix of Monaco and run the Indianapolis 500 instead. Like most of you, I thought it was a hoax of some kind. But we all now know that it turned out to be true.
The Pits: To Close Or Not To Close?
Posted in IndyCar on April 12, 2017 by Oilpressure
By Paul Dalbey
Note – Once again, I’ve turned over the reins of this site over to Paul Dalbey of More Front Wing. Most of the time we agree. However, on today’s topic – we don’t see exactly eye-to-eye. Still, its a good topic worthy of discussion. – GP
Trivia: What do you the Colorado Rockies, Justin Bieber, Y2K, Harry Potter, Facebook, and the careers of every current Verizon IndyCar Series driver have in common?
Answer: Not a single one of them was around when Indy car racing left the pit lane open when a caution period commenced on course.
That’s right — there isn’t a single driver in today’s Verizon IndyCar Series that raced in a time when drivers were allowed to duck into pit lane before the pace car had the field in tow. In fact, there are a good number of today’s drivers who weren’t even born when CART and USAC implemented the rule prior to the 1992 season.
Random Thoughts On Long Beach
Posted in IndyCar on April 10, 2017 by Oilpressure
Oddly enough, there will be some that will say that yesterday’s Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was boring. I will respectfully, yet strongly, disagree. Perhaps I’m a little enthusiastic after having just watched the race from the comfort of my easy chair, but after continuous decades of watching races at Long Beach – I’m thinking yesterday’s may have been the best of the bunch. Granted there have been some snoozers mixed in there, but even taking the very best ones into account – this one may have topped them all. I’m not afraid to call a parade a parade, but I thought this race had a little bit – no, a lot of everything.
Long Beach Preview
Posted in IndyCar on April 7, 2017 by Oilpressure
After a four-week hiatus, the Verizon IndyCar Series resumes this weekend at the second-longest continuous event on its schedule – The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Planning For The Future
Posted in IndyCar on April 5, 2017 by Oilpressure
With the NFL draft approaching later this month, sports talk radio is filled with all kinds of pontificating on how to build a football team. A perfect mix is to have a mixture of savvy veterans combined with budding stars of the future ready to move up when the veterans get too old to perform at a high level.
Another Year Of Racing Vacations
Posted in IndyCar on April 3, 2017 by Oilpressure
By Susan Phillips
Once the blue envelope came with our Indy 500 tickets in it, there has been a sense in our household that our racing season was about to start up. I’m not talking about the season-opener in St. Pete over three weeks ago. I’m talking about when George and I travel to the actual races.
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