No media over-hypes things, like sports media. They have the power to make or break events and careers, by over-promoting a sporting event or a potential career to the point that neither can ever lived up to the lofty and unrealistic expectations that have been forced upon the public.
Is He Really All That?
Posted in IndyCar on March 12, 2021 by OilpressureThe Golden Age of IndyCar?
Posted in IndyCar on March 10, 2021 by Oilpressure
When it comes to the time when I was growing up as a racing fan, I consider myself very lucky. From 1965 through 1972, I missed only one Indianapolis 500 – and that was in 1966, when my father took my uncle and grandfather instead of us kids.
A Closer Look at NBC’s IndyCar TV Schedule
Posted in IndyCar on March 8, 2021 by Oilpressure
NBC released the 2021 TV schedule for the NTT IndyCar Series this past week. There were a few surprises, most of them positive. There was one that prompted questions from a few fans and a glaring omission.
Smile! We’d All Love to Have Your Job
Posted in IndyCar on March 5, 2021 by Oilpressure
This is a slight revisit to a topic I dwelled on years ago. I don’t think I wrote an entire post about it, but I probably devoted a couple of paragraphs to it. I’ll admit that I have a lot of pet-peeves, but this is one that had always bothered me. The NTT IndyCar Series was one of the worst offenders of this topic and I was complaining about them whenever it was I last rambled on about it. I don’t claim that they listened to me and reversed course, but they are no longer an offender as some sporting leagues are.
Admitting I was Wrong…Again
Posted in IndyCar on March 3, 2021 by Oilpressure
It’s never fun to admit when you are wrong. If you were to talk to my wife, she would go so far as to say I have an insatiable desire to be right all of the time. While I think that may be an exaggeration, I do find it hard to eat crow and admit I was wrong. Then again, I think most people are that way. It seems I’ve been proven wrong a lot lately – at least more than I care for.
Renewing Personal May Traditions
Posted in IndyCar on March 1, 2021 by Oilpressure
Those that follow me on Twitter (@Oilpressureblog) know that I usually do a monthly countdown to the Indianapolis 500 every month of every year. This year, the Indianapolis 500 runs on its traditional date of May 30. That’s great for traditionalists like me, but it makes it difficult to say it will run exactly three months from today, when there is no such thing as February 30. So, I guess we can sort of say that the 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500 will take place exactly three months from tomorrow.
Is There Really a Big Four in IndyCar?
Posted in IndyCar on February 26, 2021 by Oilpressure
The other night, I was reading Robin Miller’s Mailbag. Someone had asked a question about potential crash damage after the Texas race, heading into the Month of May. Their question centered on how much this would affect the small-budget teams in the NTT IndyCar Series. Normally I would not have paid much attention to this question, because Miller’s answer was fairly predictable – saying that it would affect the smaller teams much more than the larger teams.
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