This post has the potential to come across very different from what I intended. I mean for it to be making a passionate statement for racing fans everywhere. However, it may simply come across as the ramblings of a frustrated old man. This alternate viewpoint may be further driven home by the fact that I can’t figure out how to produce what I’m talking about, on this site.
Archive for October, 2023
The Sound of Silence
Posted in IndyCar on October 13, 2023 by OilpressureWill Iowa Speedway be in Danger?
Posted in IndyCar on October 9, 2023 by Oilpressure
Last week, the NASCAR schedule for 2024 was announced. After many months of being teased about many changes coming to the new schedule; it seemed fairly ho-hum to me. Two items caught my eye, however. One was no surprise to anyone that NASCAR was returning to the oval at IMS. That needed to happen. The Cup cars just didn’t look right on the road course that was originally built for F1 cars – not lumbering stock cars.
The Pros & Cons of the WAG-Cam
Posted in IndyCar on October 6, 2023 by Oilpressure
If you are reading this, I am assuming you are a fairly hard-core fan of the NTT IndyCar Series. If that is the case, I am hoping you are old enough to remember back in the day when ABC was famous for their use of the Wives and Girlfriends (WAG)-Cam. The two most blatant examples of the overuse of the WAG-Cam were the closing laps of the 1982 and 1989 Indianapolis 500s.
It’s Not as Friendly as it Sounds
Posted in IndyCar on October 4, 2023 by Oilpressure
Yesterday we learned of another addition to a trend that I am finding annoying at best, and possibly detrimental to the NTT IndyCar Series as a whole – at least in my opinion.
It’s Time for ECR to Step it Up
Posted in IndyCar on October 2, 2023 by Oilpressure
I don’t think there is much argument that Meyer Shank Racing was the biggest disappointment of the 2023 NTT IndyCar Series season. With one championship and five Indianapolis 500 wins between them, much was expected of former Team Penske teammates Simon Pagenaud and Helio Castroneves. Even before Pagenaud’s frightening crash at Mid-Ohio that caused him to miss the second half of the season – both drivers were on a pace that would have seen them both replaced at the end of the season. Most would agree it was a season to forget at Meyer Shank.
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