I realize no one north of here will have any sympathy whatsoever, but the temperature turned plain hot for this afternoon’s practice. I felt for the drivers as they sat strapped in their cars in their fire-suits, with no relief from the heat.
Archive for March, 2019
St. Petersburg Friday Wrap-Up
Posted in IndyCar on March 8, 2019 by OilpressureSt. Petersburg–Midday Update
Posted in IndyCar on March 8, 2019 by Oilpressure
It is about 1:40 EST as I sit in the St. Petersburg Media Center to start typing. It has already been an eventful day.
Greetings From the Streets of St. Petersburg
Posted in IndyCar on March 8, 2019 by Oilpressure
Good morning from a sunny and warm St. Petersburg. I don’t mean t rub it in, but it is actually hot here. I’m in jeans and a polo, but the first chance I get, I will be changing into shorts.
St. Petersburg Preview
Posted in IndyCar on March 8, 2019 by Oilpressure
All of the pre-season testing has been done, all of the driver moves have been completed, the new teams have been announced and what new liveries there are have been unveiled. It’s time to go racing.
Mending a Few Fences
Posted in IndyCar on March 6, 2019 by Oilpressure
Be careful for what you ask for, You just might get it. OK…a couple of you asked for it, but now you’re going to get it. As I mentioned last week, One Take Only is not dead – though a few of you probably wish it was. For the uninitiated, One Take Only is the original videoblog of Oilpressure.com. It is unrehearsed and unedited. We start the camera and just start talking. If we flub, you see it – hence the name. It features myself and my longtime friend, John McLallen. John and I have known each other for about twelve years, and then worked together from 2010 to 2017 when my job was outsourced and his was not. While we still worked in the same building in or same offices, we had different employers.
A Qualifying Format I Can Live With
Posted in Indianapolis 500, IndyCar on March 4, 2019 by Oilpressure
It’s probably a good thing that the NTT IndyCar Series or the Indianapolis Motor Speedway doesn’t ask me for input whenever they are looking to revamp things. My idea of revamping things would be to go back at least a couple of decades, whether it made sense in today’s world or not. Some would accuse me of taking things back to the Stone Age.
Some Changes Coming to Oilpressure.com
Posted in IndyCar on March 1, 2019 by Oilpressure
Most readers here know how much I detest change. I constantly live by the mantra that “Change is Bad”. But that is not to say that I am opposed to improvements or new things. That is what I am announcing today.
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