It is now Sunday morning as I type this, while I am still in my Indianapolis hotel room. I’ve had a night to ponder what I witnessed on Saturday in the GMR Grand Prix, and I still think it was one of the craziest races I’ve ever seen – much less, been to in person.
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Random Thoughts on the GMR Grand Prix
Posted in Indianapolis 500, IndyCar on May 16, 2022 by OilpressureRace Day at the GMR Grand Prix
Posted in IndyCar on May 14, 2022 by Oilpressure
Good morning from a currently sunny Indianapolis Motor Speedway! However, weather is coming. The first band is supposed to move through around Noon local time (EDT). A round of thunderstorms is expected to move through around 4:00 pm.
Random Thoughts on Barber
Posted in IndyCar on May 2, 2022 by Oilpressure
What started out as a bleak and dreary morning turned out to be a beautiful day. By the time the Indy cars were lined up for the starting grid, it was a beautiful day. Any hopes that anyone had of a race in the wet, were dashed about an hour before the green flag waved. A wet race might have made things more interesting, because rain can always provide a wild card.
Barber Race Wrap-Up
Posted in IndyCar on May 1, 2022 by Oilpressure
The 2022 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama is now in the books. Pato O’Ward avenged his disappointing loss from a year ago, made the winning pass on pole-sitter Rinus VeeKay on Lap 62 and won this year’s race at Barber Motorsports Park.
It’s Race day at Barber!
Posted in IndyCar on May 1, 2022 by Oilpressure
Good morning from a soggy and still rainy Barber Motorsports Park. The rain everyone talked so much about this weekend, finally arrived around 7:00 this morning. We stayed at our hotel a little longer than planned, not in any hurry to brave the elements. There were red and purple cells in the system, and it looked like we were in for a rough morning. As it turned out, there was some distance thunder a couple of times, but a lot of rain.
Back in the Land of the Living
Posted in IndyCar on April 30, 2022 by Oilpressure
By Susan Phillips
Yesterday was a strange day for me. I woke up and my legs didn’t want to work right. I have neuropathy in my feet and apparently when I’m tired, it is amplified. I made it through getting acquainted with the track again, but couldn’t really make it through the day, so George took me to the hotel and I had four blissful hours of much-needed sleep.
Barber Qualifying
Posted in IndyCar on April 30, 2022 by Oilpressure
There is a reason that I don’t do this for my day job. In my last post, I said you could count on Romain Grosjean, Colton Herta and Scott McLaughlin to make the Firestone Fast Six. I said that based on their consistency going from Practice One on Friday, to Practice Two this morning. As usual, I was wrong.
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