Fans of the NTT IndyCar Series have been expressing their discontent with several things about the series for a while now. Things seemed to bubble over last fall, when there was nothing but one bad news story after another with nothing positive inserted for balance. There was yet another delay with the hybrid engines, the video game that had been on the drawing board for a couple of years was suddenly scratched. Texas Motor Speedway was off of the schedule for the first time since 1996 and so on. IndyCar fans love to complain, even when there is nothing to complain about. They had their pick when deciding what to complain about last fall.
Get Your Popcorn Ready!
Posted in IndyCar on March 13, 2024 by OilpressureRandom Thoughts on St. Petersburg
Posted in IndyCar on March 11, 2024 by Oilpressure
Whether it’s subconscious or not, I’m always trying to talk up IndyCar at work to all of my co-workers. Those that have been around me for a while are immune to it, but those that are fairly new are sometimes intrigued at my life outside of the office. There were a few newer employees that seemed to be open to the idea of spending the first morning of Daylight Saving Time lounging around and tuning in to the start of the new season for the NTT IndyCar Series.
St. Petersburg Preview
Posted in IndyCar on March 8, 2024 by Oilpressure
I think I’ve used this line before, but our long nightmare is over. The 2024 season for the NTT IndyCar Series, officially gets underway today. I usually despise change, but I welcome all of the changes we are going to see regarding drivers at new teams, cars with new liveries and a general sense of newness that each season-opener brings this weekend at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
A Change of Plans
Posted in IndyCar on March 6, 2024 by Oilpressure
I’m back from Idaho. I had a great time visiting with my son, his family and especially my grandson. I did have a chance to ask as a few Boise residents if they had heard of Sting Ray Robb. Unfortunately, they had not. Oh well, maybe that will change if he has a decent season.
Oilpressure Heads West for the Weekend
Posted in IndyCar on February 28, 2024 by Oilpressure
As most of you are reading this, I am boarding an airplane bound for Boise, Idaho to visit with my son and grandson. Actually the plane I am boarding in Nashville is bound for Seattle. After a five hour and fifteen minute flight, I’ll only have a forty-five minute layover in Seattle, before catching my flight to Boise.
A Step in the Right Direction
Posted in IndyCar on February 26, 2024 by Oilpressure
Just a little over a month ago, I wrote a post on changes I was hoping would come before the IndyCar season got underway. Last Thursday the NTT IndyCar Series took a step in the right direction, by outlawing The Dragon – that infamous move inside the pit-commit line that Josef Newgarden used on the final lap to cross the Yard of Bricks ahead of Marcus Ericsson. My good friend, Mike Silver of The Pit Window, had a clever title for his post on this the other day: IndyCar Slays the Dragon
Don’t Just Count the Milk Bottles
Posted in IndyCar on February 23, 2024 by Oilpressure
We are now a couple of weeks removed from Super Bowl LVIII and the fanfare has finally died down. But in the few days afterwards, the sports-talk radio comparisons of Patrick Mahomes to some of the other greats of the game, ended up spawning comparisons of several quarterbacks over the years.
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