Forum: rev-ed's IZOD Indy Car Series

Here are videos from San Jose 2007 when Champ Car decided to use the "white line" rule, which is exactly the same as the IRL's current rule without the actual line. kl5C-4_PYBc

There's a column by Bruce Martin in this week's NSSN (the paper version - no link online yet but I'll try to watch for it and post it) speculating that Sam Hornish may return to IndyCar in 2011. His contract with Penske ends after this season and sponsors don't seem to be exactly beating down his...

So far. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85623 Good news. If we can get a second engine the rules have already made a difference.

we have 3 more shows to film , tell me what else you would like to see

Tony Cotman will be on trackside live shortly if you want to hear what he has to say.

Forget about ABC, Versus, whether he even wants to or not. Just a simple question if all the stars were in perfect alignment. Would you like to see Paul Page back in the booth calling the show? Yes or no?

Which of these drivers most deserves a full time ride?

IICS press release from this afternoon: IZOD INDYCAR SERIES OFFICIALS TO MEET WITH HELIO CASTRONEVES INDIANAPOLIS (Thursday, July 29, 2010) - IZOD IndyCar Series officials will meet with driver Helio Castroneves next week to further review his actions following the July 25 race in Edmonton....

Francesco Draco will be at the wheel of one of the Conquest cars in collective testing at Mid-Ohio. The twenty-seven from Turin will face rookie pilot test with the team of Eric Bachelart, seeking a replacement for Mario Romancini who is short of budget. ...

Sarah Fisher needs to pick up a good Street/Road course driver in order to field her car in all races of the season. She drive the Ovals, the other drive the Street and Road races. She needs to have that car in every race. With the Ovals and Street/Road Championships, it's a good opportunity.

lifted from the TV broadcast http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc311/arthurvandele/tf/pt.jpg http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc311/arthurvandele/tf/vitor.jpg

This idea came into my head today...yeah its alittle bit of a stretch but I think it would really sell tickets... Have an Indycar Allstar race sometime in the Month of May (you decide when in your head) at IRP. However, instead of the using Dallaras, each driver would be provided with a replica...

...started a fund for drivers? You know like the "North American Open Wheel Drivers Fund," and took donations and eventually paid for a driver or two for a seat? You know, drivers like Graham Rahal, Paul Tracy, or Townsend Bell? It's an idea, but what do you think?

Some speculation from this guy on how it could happen. http://www.sbsun.com/sports/ci_15626006

still waiting for him to eat a crow sandwich:gomer

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85092

http://twitter.com/GrahamRahal Morning everyone. Just getting going here. Should have some exiting news announced today! Things are looking up! Should be interesting

Found this little tidbit on Indystar.com. While the overall veiwership is still very low, a 24% increase is signifcant. Maybe Helio's outburst will pull more people in.....

FULL-TIME Andretti Autosport - 4 (Kanaan, M. Andretti, Patrick, Hunter-Reay) Penske - 3 (Castroneves, Briscoe, Power) KVRT - 3 (Sato, Viso, Moraes) Ganassi - 2 (Dixon, Franchitti) D&R - 2 (Wilson, Conway/Hildebrand/Scheckter/Tracy/Rahal*) DCR - 2 (Duno, Lloyd) Conquest - 1 (Romancini,...

There's nothing I have seen that warrants his dismissal. I will lose a lot of faith in Randy Bernard if he fires him simply over public outcry. That's not leadership. I haven't seen too many people on this forum voice their support for Brian. Maybe it's not worth the backlash from Brian's most...

I would like to hear a sorry I was wrong . Had a ok car in the race , still not where I would want it to be . But I finally felt in the groove again . Working on a couple more runs this year . I want to thank all the fans for supporting make a wish , you guys raised over 112k in 2 races for kids...

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-simona-de-silvestro-almost/ :cool::+

What kind of "Blocking" rule should the league adopt? 1. Current Indycar rule - when the leading car enters a straight, it must take the designated lane specified by Brian Barnhart before the race. Leading car may not cross over to the passing lane. 2. Champ Car rule - When the leading car...

Yesterday's outcome made me think about another really bad officiating move during an IndyCar/Champcar race from many years back. I've been trying to find some info about it but haven't been able to find it yet. Basically, on a short oval (I think it was during the 80's) the yellow was out at...

I'd put more choices except I'm on my lunch hour and this new board won't let me do long descriptions... EDIT--meant to add that if you have an option other than these choices, please post it (as long as it's not illegal, immoral or obscene, of course ;)).

I just drove by his race shop on the Northwest side this morning had me thinking what he even uses this race shop for. Very nice facility, probably one of the best race shops in Indy. I know he despised TG but with him out of the league does anyone expect him to return. I really thought that he...

There is already talk about the future Indycar Schedule, Edmonton, Vancouver, Calgary, Quebec City and even a possible return to Montreal’s Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve? http://www.thestar.com/sports/autoracing/article/829635--indycar-race-in-quebec ...

Sorry this has nothing to do with blocking or Paul Tracy or TCBY or CBGB or whatever the acronym for Brian is. A not-so-good news article... http://www.gatewayraceway.com/track/press/article.php?dir=201007&id=3537 Dover Motorsports, Inc. (NYSE: DVD) announced today that its wholly owned...

This is from the Cleveland Plain Dealer: http://www.cleveland.com/sports/index.ssf/2009/06/grand_prix_of_cleveland_auto_r.html

There is a twitter post from Ford racing that says they had discussions about supplying an engine but that there are no firm rules yet.

Says its a Bad rule. Basically saying what I have said all week.

And yes, this is IndyCar related, stay with me. http://www.indystar.com/article/20100728/SPORTS0109/7280330/1034/SPORTS15/TV-makes-going-to-race-unnecessary First of all, I agree with him completely. I could have gone to the Brickyard fairly cheaply, but even I said "meh... I'll just watch...

I guess CBS aired a segment about this today. I missed it. ItGZ7StZu_4

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-robin-millers-helio-mailbag-729/ Some funny Barnhart related emails

http://www.tmz.com/2010/07/28/nascar-team-owner-jack-roush-plane-crash-photographs/

That was RM's suggestion just now on WT+

Who should be the 2011 Chief Steward (or whatever the position is called) for IndyCar? Barnhart who enforced the rule or Cotman who wrote the rule.

Remember when racing was racing and guys were actually allowed to race each other? XZtPqfi93ZQ I don't understand the excitement of racing on an airport when you aren't going to allow them to take advantage of all that tarmac. Can you imagine if this was 1994 and Brian Barnhardt tried...

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With the rules allowing 4-6 cylinder engines up to 2.46 liters, everyone's been talking about I-4's and V-6's. What about In-line 6's would those be legal? and 5 cylinders? Audi, VW, Volvo, Fiat, Ford and Honda all have experience with 5 bangers...just a thought....

you did what you were told to do...................but it didn't work out did it? The red car won instead of the car that you were told to let win................. Charles..........you showed great restraint..........much more than this fellow Marine would have shown..........helio vs...

“You have plenty of options on where to put your car and we should not have any defending or blocking,” he said in the closed-door meeting. “Again, we will be visually dividing the braking point through the entry into the corner in half. You can only be on the inside half if you are attempting to...

From her facebook discussion page, used with her permission.

Here it is Wednesday and Indy is still on the lips of so many people. At work I hear, did you see what happened to Helio. How this evolved was not perfect. But the press is awesome. This is the first time all summer IRL is getting loads and loads of ink. Before this the only ink we got was...

With the blocking rule taking the majority of efforts here lately, it made me think of the other rules that BB has allowed teams to slide with. As said, the rule is not written in the rule book. BB has the ability to use his own judgment to just make up a rule. The rule itself is bogus, but the...