This is not a news site. It never has been. If you want breaking news, this is not the place to come. When news breaks, I have my own reaction, but I also see people’s reaction on social media. Sometimes I’m in agreement with the masses and sometimes I’m not. Then one day, two days or sometimes a week later – I will opine on this site about whatever happened in the racing world.
Archive for September, 2023
The Kiss of Death
Posted in IndyCar on September 29, 2023 by OilpressurePlusses & Minuses of the 2024 Schedule
Posted in IndyCar on September 27, 2023 by Oilpressure
The 2024 NTT IndyCar Series schedule was released on Monday morning. Like most things, there were some positives and negatives. I’ll break it down fairly simply – citing both the good and the bad.
Why I Dread the Off-Season
Posted in IndyCar on September 25, 2023 by Oilpressure
By Susan Phillips
Like many of you, I read George’s article about ending the Indycar season on Labor Day weekend. Also like many of you, I disagreed with his argument—but not for the reasons that most of you did.
Things Are a Mess in Texas
Posted in IndyCar on September 22, 2023 by Oilpressure
The NTT IndyCar Series schedule for 2024 is still not out, although series officials had hoped to have it out by the season-finale at Laguna Seca. It turns out that there has been a kink thrown in that no one really expected. The problem is with the penciled-in date for Texas.
A Surprising Addition to the 2024 Grid
Posted in IndyCar on September 20, 2023 by Oilpressure
Shortly after I got to work on Monday morning, there was an e-mail in my Inbox that I had not expected to see. Chip Ganassi Racing is adding a fifth car for Indy NXT graduate Kyffin Simpson. Most of the reaction from fans on social media was a collective Who?
They Are NOT on Your Side
Posted in IndyCar on September 18, 2023 by Oilpressure
One of the few advantages of the IndyCar offseason, for me anyway, is that I have the freedom to go off-topic on this site from time to time. Sometimes it might be my annual rant about buzz-words and catch-phrases that annoy me, although I didn’t do one of those this past offseason. Other times, it might be describing a visit to an overly trendy restaurant that Susan and I were coerced into going to.
A Nice Idea, With Few Drawbacks
Posted in IndyCar on September 15, 2023 by Oilpressure
With all of the hoopla going into last weekend’s Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey, and then the post-race aftermath – there was one nugget that came out of the weekend that has generated some confusion and some unwarranted (in my opinion) backlash among some fans. Personally, it’s an idea that I think has very few drawbacks.
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