I've been to every Brickyard 400. I will not renew my tickets after this junk race. I'm done.
I've been to every Brickyard 400. I will not renew my tickets after this junk race. I'm done.
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." Groucho Marx
Originally Posted by racer x-f1
What was 'junk' about it...JJ started 16th and won...Juan screwed himself...few yellows...good racing not aiming...so tell us racer x what was junk...
Were you there?
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." Groucho Marx
I was wishing I had gone. It's been over five years since I've been up there. I missed it today. I enjoyed the race. I'm going to take my Dad next year, maybe to the 500 and the 400.
Sorry you didn't like it. Different strokes. I did, from tv. But watching the lap times helped, as there wasn't a ton of passing up front. I was up and yelling at the tv though when Johnson was digging hard to get past Vickers. And again when Martin was trying to get him.
It would have been better live for me as I could watch whoever in the field instead of just who they showed on tv. Although on tv I see the entire lap.
"... gotta watch them Libertarians! They want to take over the government and leave everyone alone!"
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It was the usual parade much like Pocono will be next week.
I'm sorry you couldn't be here, I just found the Nationwide race the night before much better. Just me I guess.
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." Groucho Marx
I guess it is not a race unless everyone is within 1 second of each other. I enjoyed the race. Not the outcome, but, Juan only has himself to blame.
Last edited by NoviVespa; 07-26-2009 at 10:57 PM.
I may have too. I saw some of it on tv and it was great.
I have no problem understanding why people don't like the racing at a place where the aero can make it a parade for so much of it. But for some reason there's always just enough good passes to keep my interest up. I really do like it to be tough to pass. Wish the aero didn't make an equal car just sort of stuck, but that's the way it goes.
Maybe they should those old IROC whale wings in the cars,so that they can draft and slingshot. I mean, that did bug me. As great a run that Mark Martin would get out of two, and be right on Johnson, there wasn't enough of a draft so he could even make an attempt going into three. That was a bit of a bummer. I wish the draft worked better.
"... gotta watch them Libertarians! They want to take over the government and leave everyone alone!"
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I was in my living room watching JJ go from 16th to a win...watching Juan screw himself...watchich Lagano and Juan have at it alte...watching TS secure a third place late...watching Martin and Johnson slide in the corners...that's where I was...great race...
Last edited by hdolan; 07-26-2009 at 07:41 PM.
Sounds like a personal economic reason not to renew...I agree for you, great choice, more power to you, watch on the tube next year...bye!
"this time it's different..."
first time at Indy 500-1960
It stunk in my living room. Martin could close the gap on Johnson down the straights, but lost it again in the turns. Clearly the lead car had the aero advantage. It took Montoya laps to get by Lagano and he had the best car in the race. A parade should have fire trucks and marching bands in it, not race cars.
"When you come to the fork in the road, take it".
Johnson started in 16th...finished first...
And watching Juan mired back in 12th, behind Logano for ten laps, showed it's a lot easier to look dominant when you aren't working your way up from 16th.
To be fair Logano said afterwards that by the end he felt his car was really strong, as good as the leaders. But I was amazed how lousy Montoya's laps times were compared to what Johnson ran when he was in traffic. Of course he was only races for points by that time.
"... gotta watch them Libertarians! They want to take over the government and leave everyone alone!"
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I wished I was there today.
The hardest part of doing nothing all day is when to schedule the breaks.
-Dave Tarvin
Classxradio.com
Me too!
You can't expect every race to be the last four laps of the 2006 500
Heck, people were even complaining about that race tho
Odd that many of these same people complain about how Jerry Bruckheimer-ish the finish at Daytona can be, with cars crossing the finish line upside down and on fire.
If there is a heaven, there obviously isn't any racing up there. No two people's idea of what would be Utopian would be close enough for it to work.
(Plus the NIMBY's up there are just Hell to deal with!)
I was there today making it 16 in a row. Sorry to say besides last year that this was the worst Brickyard ever. Very little passing and basically a parade. Granted the track is not the best for NASCAR but the racing had been improving before last year but this was awful. Maybe it is the car of today but it was sad.
Been a long time since I had a good nap on a Sunday. Turned on the Brickyard and by lap 40, snoozing away. Woke up an hour and half later, nothing had changed! I don't want to ever hear anyone say Indycar races are parades. The only difference today was the parade the Indycars ran on was a RoadCourse and the parade that Nascar ran on was an oval.
16th and Georgetown, the greatest place on EARTH!!!
It wasn't so bad. I've seen worse. I fell asleep a couple of times. They can't all be barn-burners.
Looked as if Montoya got jobbed.
Didn't see a bunch of crap thrown onto the track post-race by disgruntled Little Dale fans (maybe those who were there can tell me otherwise), which is an improvement.
Goodyear got their feces in one sack this time. Apparently, tire testing is a good idea. The open wheelers have been doing it for decades.
It's very cool to see the classy old school guys like Martin and Elliot do well.
...a puerile junior-high zit-laden bloviating bozo loser blogger using third-rate scatological pseudo-humor talking loud and saying nothing.
Just got back from the race. What a snoozer. Anybody who thinks that was a great race is drinking the NAScar cool-aid.
I don't plan on going back for a while.
3rd time going, and all three JJ's won.
BUT, it was a good race. Lots of passing in turn three where I was sitting. Joey made a ton of his passes going into the turn. Smoke started a lot of his turns there too. YES, Juan killed himself on this one.
YELL, SCREAM, GO HORSE!
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