This past Friday morning, I was going through my Twitter Feed while eating breakfast – my usual routine each morning trying to catch up on any overnight racing news. I saw an item re-tweeted by someone I follow, who has a habit of re-tweeting everything he comes across. Many times, his re-tweets are the very first of late-breaking news; but every now and then, he will send out something that proves to be totally false.
An Event for the Rich and Famous
Posted in IndyCar on October 23, 2023 by OilpressureNot Sure This Was a Fair Trade
Posted in IndyCar on October 20, 2023 by Oilpressure
This may be an unpopular take, but I was a little disappointed in the Juncos Hollinger Racing (JHR) driver announcement this week. First of all, we got word on Twitter late last week that JHR would be making an announcement to their driver lineup on Tuesday. It didn’t happen.
More Questions than Answers
Posted in IndyCar on October 18, 2023 by Oilpressure
First of all, thanks to all for the personal texts and e-mails I received over the past couple of days. I think when I said I had COVID, others were a lot more concerned about it than I was. My biggest concern was having to burn time-off from work. As my friend Paul Dalbey said – personal time off should be time spent at a race track, and not in bed.
Falling Short, With Good Intentions
Posted in IndyCar on October 16, 2023 by Oilpressure
This past Thursday and Friday, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was the site of a four-car test, conducted by IndyCar to further develop the hybrid engines for 2024. That was to be my topic for the day, but a funny thing happened over the past few days – I got COVID.
The Sound of Silence
Posted in IndyCar on October 13, 2023 by Oilpressure
This post has the potential to come across very different from what I intended. I mean for it to be making a passionate statement for racing fans everywhere. However, it may simply come across as the ramblings of a frustrated old man. This alternate viewpoint may be further driven home by the fact that I can’t figure out how to produce what I’m talking about, on this site.
Will Iowa Speedway be in Danger?
Posted in IndyCar on October 9, 2023 by Oilpressure
Last week, the NASCAR schedule for 2024 was announced. After many months of being teased about many changes coming to the new schedule; it seemed fairly ho-hum to me. Two items caught my eye, however. One was no surprise to anyone that NASCAR was returning to the oval at IMS. That needed to happen. The Cup cars just didn’t look right on the road course that was originally built for F1 cars – not lumbering stock cars.
The Pros & Cons of the WAG-Cam
Posted in IndyCar on October 6, 2023 by Oilpressure
If you are reading this, I am assuming you are a fairly hard-core fan of the NTT IndyCar Series. If that is the case, I am hoping you are old enough to remember back in the day when ABC was famous for their use of the Wives and Girlfriends (WAG)-Cam. The two most blatant examples of the overuse of the WAG-Cam were the closing laps of the 1982 and 1989 Indianapolis 500s.
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