I’m not quite sure what it looked like on television, but the Children’s of Alabama was an extremely fun race to see in-person. There was mayhem near the back of the field, in the first turn of the opening lap. After that, things settled down to the point I was afraid things were going to get processional.
Another Entertaining Race at Barber
Posted in IndyCar on April 28, 2024 by OilpressureIt’s Race Day at Barber!
Posted in IndyCar on April 28, 2024 by Oilpressure
Good morning from a sunny Barber Motorsports Park. It has been good weather all weekend, but somehow the racing gods created an even better day today.
Barber Saturday Qualifying Wrap-up
Posted in IndyCar on April 27, 2024 by Oilpressure
Team Penske will make up the front row for Sunday’s Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix at Barber Motorsports Park. Scott McLaughlin will start on Pole as the defending champion of last year’s race here. Will Power will start second, alongside his team Penske teammate.
Lindsay Brewer: Not What You Think
Posted in IndyCar on April 27, 2024 by Oilpressure
Most of you that have followed this site for a while, know that I don’t do many interviews. I can probably count on one hand how many actual sit-down one-on-one interviews I have done in the near-fifteen years of this site – and they all occurred within about a six-month period in 2011. IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard, Sarah Fisher and Ed Carpenter were all done in spring of 2011. That summer, IndyCar asked me to meet Indy Lights driver Josef Newgarden in Nashville and interview him.
It’s Day Two at Barber
Posted in IndyCar on April 27, 2024 by Oilpressure
It’s another sunny, but very breezy day at Barber Motorsports Park, just east of Birmingham, Alabama. The weather calls for a little bit more cloud clover today. Tomorrow calls for brilliant blue skies.
Barber Wrap-up–Day One
Posted in IndyCar on April 26, 2024 by Oilpressure
It was a hot day in Alabama, both on the track and on the grounds. This past Tuesday morning in Nashville, it was 35°. Today in Leeds, Alabama just three days later; it was 85°. Welcome to spring in the south.
Finally Made it to Barber
Posted in IndyCar on April 26, 2024 by Oilpressure
Last night, Mrs. Oilpressure let me know that the cake top she had been working on so feverishly this week, was due on Friday. We would have to drop it off at the bakery she contracts with on our way out of town. Although I was not altogether pleased with that surprise announcement, I’m not sure what else I could do without totally ruining our weekend. Consequently, we arrived at the track around 11:30 this morning – just in time for lunch.
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