When Santino Ferrucci won the pole ths past Saturday, everyone seemed excited. Being a lifelong AJ Foyt fan, I was ecstatic. Kevin Lee and the rest of the NBC booth seemed as ecstatic as well. I was happy for both the driver and the team, and I thought this was going to be universally popular. Silly me.
Archive for August, 2024
Hating for the Wrong Reasons
Posted in IndyCar on August 28, 2024 by OilpressureRandom Thoughts on Portland
Posted in IndyCar on August 26, 2024 by Oilpressure
Sometimes you get a surprisingly thrilling race like last weekend’s race at Worldwide Technology Raceway, and sometimes you get a dud. The 2024 Bitnile.com Grand Prix of Portland was something of a dud – at least in my opinion. It’s bad when qualifying is much more exciting than the race itself.
Portland Preview
Posted in IndyCar on August 23, 2024 by Oilpressure
I will admit that until a couple of weeks ago, I thought the Bitnile.com Grand Prix of Portland was later. I am used to it being the next of the last race of the season, and I thought it was sandwiched in between Milwaukee and Nashville. I was listening to Trackside and Curt Cavin said something about Portland immediately after Gateway. I chuckled because I was certain he was wrong. When nothing else was said about it, I checked the schedule and realized who was wrong – me.
Who Exactly is “Penske Material”?
Posted in IndyCar on August 21, 2024 by Oilpressure
It has been over a week since we learned the surprise move of the silly-season, that David Malukas is headed to AJ Foyt Racing next season. Since then, there has been all types of speculation. Some of it involves the futures of current Foyt drivers Santino Ferrucci and Sting Ray Robb. Other speculation focuses on what motivated Malukas to go there. Few want to believe that it was simply the trajectory of the team, based on their technical alliance with Team Penske. They maintain that there is more than just a technical alliance there. Many believe that Team Penske will use the Foyt team as a farm system or satellite team to groom future drivers.
Random Thoughts on Gateway
Posted in IndyCar on August 19, 2024 by Oilpressure
The 2024 edition of the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 turned out to be probably the best IndyCar race I’ve seen at World Wide Technology Raceway (Gateway) that I’ve seen since the the NTT IndyCar Series returned to the 1.25–mile egg-shaped oval, just across the bridge from St. Louis.
Gateway Preview
Posted in IndyCar on August 16, 2024 by Oilpressure
Other than the COVID year of 2020, this will be the first time that Susan and I will miss the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 since the NTT IndyCar Series returned to World Wide Technology Raceway (WWTR) at Gateway in 2017. We have never been to the Milwaukee Mile, and when it appeared on this year’s schedule – I wanted to make sure we were there. Our budget won’t allow us to do both, so Gateway was somewhat expendable – at least for this year.
Many Questions, With Few Answers
Posted in IndyCar on August 14, 2024 by Oilpressure
Yesterday while I was at lunch, I got a text from a friend of mine in Indianapolis saying “Malukas to Foyt? Seems like an odd choice considering his options”. I looked at that text and was stunned. Before getting that text, I had no idea that there was even a slight possibility that David Malukas would sign a multi-year deal to drive for AJ Foyt Enterprises, starting in 2025. This announcement yesterday has provided a lot of questions, but very few answers.
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