One of the many things I like and admire about Donald Davidson is his aversion to controversy. During the Month of May, he would much prefer to discuss Sam Hanks or Johnnie Parsons, than he would the circumstances surrounding the 1981 or 2002 Indianapolis 500s or why the 1979 and 1997 races had more than thirty-three starters.
My, How Things Have Changed!
Posted in IndyCar on April 24, 2019 by OilpressureA Question From a Reader
Posted in IndyCar on April 19, 2019 by Oilpressure
Earlier this week, I received an e-mail from a longtime and loyal reader. He began by saying that he had started to put his question out on my site as a comment for how boring the racing was at Long Beach. But he decided against posting it publicly, out of fear that his question would be viewed as a “troll-like” comment and he would receive some unwanted backlash. I can completely relate to that.
Should IndyCar Change the Rules?
Posted in IndyCar on April 17, 2019 by Oilpressure
When we were at Barber Motorsports Park a couple of weeks ago, there was a Saturday press conference that Susan and I both attended. It featured Hulman & Company CEO Mark Miles, and IndyCar President Jay Frye. There were no bombshells planned for the gathering, but more of a chance for the media to ask questions of the two of them.
Random Thoughts on Long Beach
Posted in IndyCar on April 15, 2019 by Oilpressure
If you are a longtime fan of the NTT IndyCar Series and you were disappointed in what you saw yesterday in the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, then that’s on you. If you’ve been watching Indy cars at Long Beach for very long, you should have known what you were going to get. Yesterday’s race was fairly typical for Long Beach. It was a parade-like race with little passing that is usually won in dominant fashion. More times than not, that’s how it plays out at Long Beach; so no one should have been surprised yesterday.
Long Beach Preview
Posted in IndyCar on April 12, 2019 by Oilpressure
For the first time this season, the NTT IndyCar Series has races on back-to-back weekends. Just a few days ago, the series was set up in the deep south in Birmingham, Alabama. Just like that, they picked up and moved everything to the west coast and set it all up again to be ready to go for the first practice later this morning.
A Good Time Was Had By All
Posted in IndyCar on April 10, 2019 by Oilpressure
By Susan Phillips
On Qualifying Day at Barber Motorsports Park, George and I usually watch qualifying from the stands in the Fan Zone. We climbed aboard the tram and shortly after we got on, a couple with a young child got on the tram and sat across from us. They had a dazed look about them and I could tell the little girl was starting to get bored. The tram stopped at the Museum stop and they looked at each other and questioned if they should get off at this stop or was there more to see.
Random Thoughts on Barber
Posted in IndyCar on April 8, 2019 by Oilpressure
First of all, I must put out the disclaimer that I am typing this out on Sunday night in the car as Susan drives us back to Nashville, so there may be more than my usual amount of typos. At least that’s my story and I’m sticking with it.
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