What's your take on exposed wheels? What's their purpose?Originally Posted by Spike
What's your take on exposed wheels? What's their purpose?
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Brian's Wish
Who said anything about exposed wheels being the issue? That's certainly not what I was talking about when I mentioned changes in the rulebook and mindset of the powers-that-be.
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I believe I just did. I tried to PM you about it, but your box is full, as usual
It's what I think a lot of people object to, though.That's certainly not what I was talking about when I mentioned changes in the rulebook and mindset of the powers-that-be.
OOPS!!!
That childhood advice about assuming is buzzing around in my head. That & comprehending what I read is pretty important too.
Brazil, IN... I never knew ya (until today...)!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil,_Indiana
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No problemOOPS!!!
That childhood advice about assuming is buzzing around in my head. That & comprehending what I read is pretty important too.
Brazil, IN... I never knew ya (until today...)!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil,_Indiana
Get your head out of your past!!!
Look, we can agree or disagree about whether there's a place in Indiana called Brazil, but I think we can all agree that Spike's a pedant.OOPS!!!
That childhood advice about assuming is buzzing around in my head. That & comprehending what I read is pretty important too.
Brazil, IN... I never knew ya (until today...)!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil,_Indiana
i was not a fan of the delta wing for indy, but i am happy it will make lemans. if concepts from that design and bowlby thinking can help indycar in the future via technology, design changes, etc. i am all for it. i did not want it at indy for 2012, but who knows what the future will bring. sit back folks and learn what you may not already know. good luck ben & co at lemans.
Let's have Pruett do a few stories about it like he did with the DW12, like is it as fast as the designers said it would be or is it as fast as Pruett thinks it should be.
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In my heart it will always be an indycar.. it was an innovative design to get around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Indianapolis 500 faster and more effecient than any other creation before it. In my book THAT qualifies it to be an " indy" car. I hope it shines, and I hope its allowed to run at the speedway in the future, recreating a modern day version of the rivalry between front and rear engine cars of the 60's.
The only thing that concerned me was have 33 spec cars at Indy again.
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Isn't there a sports car forum this should be in?
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I will be surprised if it handles well and sets decent lap times, but if it does, I never want to hear the excuse for the DW12 that its problems were related to it being a "new groundbreaking" design.
No disagreement about Brazil, Indiana existing... unless you think maps are inaccurate.
I do think we can all agree or disagree about Spike, but personally I welcome his vast racing knowledge. Also understand his quest to use proper English & general grammar. Google + online dictionaries are a simple right click away for any TF member to use if in doubt. JMO.
same thing I asked in post 23
This thing didn't make the cut, it's NOT and Indycar(thank God) can we please move this thread to the appropriate forum
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They don't call it the Delta Wang for nothing...How does this get applied to the DW and not to, say, a Watson roadster fuselage as well? Is it just because the front wheels are tucked in?
I guess I'm not seeing it. I consider myself lucky
It could still be the future of INDYCAR.
If that were ever the case I'd watch Nascar instead.
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So the 'how will it ever turn' doubters can fret no more.
actually , all this thread warrants is a big fat
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I think I'm the only one hoping this "thing" will fail
I remember an interview with Emmo about the 6 wheels F1 car. He said nobody wanted to work with that car, every engineer and driver outside of that team was expecting it to fail and he said people were pretty happy when it happened
I want to see some video tho.
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Does it matter? If it were picked there was no way it could have been done on time let alone filling the 26 car FT field and the 33 field at Indy. It is just about March and it finally turns a wheel?
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Lets see how it does in June.
I thought the design was silly. I just can't imagine it as an open wheel racer/indycar. But times change, and radical thinking and changes is what got us here.
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Seems kinda hypocritical to me that most posters on the forum bust a couple of people's chops around here for wanting a majority of the drivers to be American, but a lot of those same people are just as - hmm, tough word choice here - predjudiced? narrow-minded? when it comes to chassis choice.
I don't get it.
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Exactly. And Indianapolis can make any car look good.
Except for NASCAR bricks, of course.
I have nothing against the DW... As a LMP... But from the appearance of the video it was going so slow that even a Suzuki Samurai would be safe
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Good luck. Let's see what she can do. This could be really bad or really awesome.
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