Two of my IndyCar buddies and I are on a group text thread. Whenever we communicate, we rarely allow the topic to venture away from IndyCar. One afternoon last week, I was at work when I received a random and very brief text from one of them asking the simple question “Over/under 5.5 races this year?”
Which Races Will Actually Run This Season?
Posted in IndyCar on April 27, 2020 by OilpressureIt Makes Too Much Sense
Posted in IndyCar on April 24, 2020 by Oilpressure
As said here earlier this week, Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) track president Eddie Gossage has made it clear that he had no interest in running an IndyCar race at TMS with no fans. But when NASCAR showed their interest in running at Texas along with the Governor of that state indicated that he wanted to see racing very soon at Texas Motor Speedway – Gossage was all in. Some IndyCar fans bristled at the inconsistent reaction by Gossage, but the explanation was really very simple – money.
A Different Way to Kill the Time
Posted in IndyCar on April 22, 2020 by Oilpressure
Some people have a lot of time on their hands these days, while many do not. I get that. I am still going in to work every day because my line of work is considered essential. My good friend and fellow blogger from Fieldof33.com, Paul Dalbey, has been working from home for weeks – but says he is working harder than ever. I believe that, because I’ve heard that same story from several people.
Would You Go?
Posted in IndyCar on April 20, 2020 by Oilpressure
There has been a lot of conjecture, speculation and debate over the last few days of when and if sports should come back and how it will look on the front-end. Last Thursday, the President unveiled a three-phased plan to re-open the country, with Phase One including sports venues. Earlier last week, Dr. Anthony Fauci said that he thought the only way sports could come back this summer was if there were no fans.
No Asterisk Required
Posted in IndyCar on April 17, 2020 by Oilpressure
I read a social media post this week where some claim that if much more is trimmed off of the NTT IndyCar Series season for 2020, that the championship should have an asterisk by it. I know that this is a word that is often mispronounced (astrix and astersk come to mind), but even the spellings in this post were way off. I know I’m guilty of some occasional typos or misspellings, but when the main word is essential to the message of your post is misspelled – it sort of undermines the credibility of what you are saying.
IndyCar One-Hit Wonders
Posted in IndyCar on April 15, 2020 by Oilpressure
At the most random times, my good friend Paul Dalbey and I will swap texts trying to stump each other with IndyCar trivia. We have a gentleman’s agreement that we will not make a mad dash to turn on the Wikipedia Machine to look up the answers. If we know it, we know it. If we don’t – we fess up.
A Major Loss to the IndyCar Community
Posted in IndyCar on April 13, 2020 by Oilpressure
While most of the racing world awoke on Easter morning to the news that motorsports icon, Sir Stirling Moss had passed away at the age of 90; the IndyCar community was mourning a more personal loss.
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