As most of you are reading this, I am boarding an airplane bound for Boise, Idaho to visit with my son and grandson. Actually the plane I am boarding in Nashville is bound for Seattle. After a five hour and fifteen minute flight, I’ll only have a forty-five minute layover in Seattle, before catching my flight to Boise.
Archive for February, 2024
Oilpressure Heads West for the Weekend
Posted in IndyCar on February 28, 2024 by OilpressureA Step in the Right Direction
Posted in IndyCar on February 26, 2024 by Oilpressure
Just a little over a month ago, I wrote a post on changes I was hoping would come before the IndyCar season got underway. Last Thursday the NTT IndyCar Series took a step in the right direction, by outlawing The Dragon – that infamous move inside the pit-commit line that Josef Newgarden used on the final lap to cross the Yard of Bricks ahead of Marcus Ericsson. My good friend, Mike Silver of The Pit Window, had a clever title for his post on this the other day: IndyCar Slays the Dragon
Don’t Just Count the Milk Bottles
Posted in IndyCar on February 23, 2024 by Oilpressure
We are now a couple of weeks removed from Super Bowl LVIII and the fanfare has finally died down. But in the few days afterwards, the sports-talk radio comparisons of Patrick Mahomes to some of the other greats of the game, ended up spawning comparisons of several quarterbacks over the years.
Please Keep the Robot Away!
Posted in IndyCar on February 21, 2024 by Oilpressure
We’ve known for a while now that the TV rights package for the NTT IndyCar Series would be up for bid this season. NBC’s current contract runs out after the end of the 2024 IndyCar season. NBC has been the exclusive broadcast partner for IndyCar since the start of the 2019 season. NBC signed a three-year deal initially. That contract was set to expire at the end of the 2021 season, but a new deal was announced in July of 2021 – extending NBC through the 2024 season.
A Local’s Guide to the IndyCar Season Finale
Posted in IndyCar on February 19, 2024 by Oilpressure
Since last week’s announcement that the 2024 season finale for the NTT IndyCar Series has been moved from the streets of downtown Nashville to Nashville Superspeedway; I’ve received many calls, texts and e-mails asking me where to stay. Since I am a native Tennessean and have been a local resident of Nashville for close to a quarter-century – I suppose I am considered the local expert. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple.
An Interesting Turn of Events
Posted in IndyCar on February 16, 2024 by Oilpressure
Gaffes happen sometimes, among the biggest and best PR Departments. The NFL has been known for some of the biggest. MLB and NASCAR come to mind as letting out a few embarrassing PR moments as well.
Not the Way to Start Things Off
Posted in IndyCar on February 14, 2024 by Oilpressure
Athletes can suffer the strangest injuries, away from their respective playing surface. Patriots wide-receiver Irving Fryar severely cut his hand, supposedly while fumbling around in a knife-drawer the week of the AFC Championship following the 1985 season, as his team was preparing to face the Miami Dolphins for a berth in Super Bowl XX. There was a cloud of suspicion surrounding the circumstances, and it was later determined he suffered the laceration in a domestic dispute with his pregnant wife. Regardless of how it happened, it caused Fryar to miss the game. The Patriots won the game without him, only to be trounced by the famous 1985 Chicago Bears.
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