2016 Verizon IndyCar SeriesOpen Wheel

[IforceV8]

Ok now everybody is on a 1 stopper.💡

 

[GTPorsche]

That was definitely a broken right rear suspension with the way the car acted going into that corner.

 

[IforceV8]

Bourdais, Kimball, and Rahal are the ones to watch if it stays green. IF...

 

[IforceV8]

Cheever just said Bourdais drove in F1 for Toyota.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Did the commentator just refer to Bourdais' F1 career with Toyota? I must've missed that when it happened.

E - Two of us heard it so it must've happened.

 

[GTFan24]

Cheever interrupting Scott. Of course

 

[IforceV8]

Well hell Penske 1-2.

 

[GTFan24]

WTF was with the wife cam there ABC?!

 

[catamount39]

STOP MENTIONING THE INDY 500 FOR GOD'S SAKE! IT'S OVER!

Edit: WOOH! Congrats Will!

 

[GTFan24]

Why the hell does ABC have an obsession over Will's wife every time?

 

[IforceV8]

WTF was with the wife cam there ABC?!

 

[chrisjohnson93]

How many times did Will Power say the phrase 'you know' during that interview?

 

[GTPorsche]

What was Eddie Cheever's favorite moment of the season?

Well, if you guessed the Indy 500, you'd be abso-🤬-lutely correct!!!

 

[GTFan24]

ABC's coverage: OVER.


Thank god

 

[catamount39]

Rejoice! ABC's gone for the rest of the year! WOOH!

NBC, I love you.

 

[ukfan758]

If only NBC could buy out the contract from ABC.

 

[Kingofweasles]

If only NBC could buy out the contract from ABC.

Next year is supposedly the last year of ABC's current contract and they haven't really expressed any interest to continue...

I'd say an NBC broadcasting the 500 & Long Beach GP with the rest of series on NBC Sports would be Ideal IMO.

 

[catamount39]

Next year is supposedly the last year of ABC's current contract and they haven't really expressed any interest to continue...

I'd say an NBC broadcasting the 500 & Long Beach GP with the rest of series on NBC Sports would be Ideal IMO.

Thank God because ESPN is absolute **** at racing to begin with, let alone with ABC's awful production team.

If only NBC could buy out the contract from ABC.

I don't think NBC realizes just how much motorsports fans across NA want them to buy out both the Indycar and IMSA WSCC contracts as well as the World Endurance Championship.

 

[GTFan24]

Thank God because ESPN is absolute **** at racing to begin with, let alone with ABC's awful production team.


I don't think NBC realizes just how much motorsports fans across NA want them to buy out both the Indycar and IMSA WSCC contracts as well as the World Endurance Championship.

Don't forget Nascar

 

[ukfan758]

Next year is supposedly the last year of ABC's current contract and they haven't really expressed any interest to continue...

I'd say an NBC broadcasting the 500 & Long Beach GP with the rest of series on NBC Sports would be Ideal IMO.

If you want Indycar to grow, you need to have more than two races on network TV, there would need to be at least 4 like they do for F1. I would have 6 races including the two races you mentioned and also Texas (primetime on a Saturday in the summer, nothing else is on), GP of Indy (help build the hype for the Indy 500 and get Indy more exposure in the month), Sonoma (final race) and St. Pete (opening round).

This year's schedule would have looked like this:
St. Pete- NBC
Phoenix- Nbcsn
Long Beach- NBC
Barber- Nbcsn
GP of Indy- NBC
Indy 500- NBC
Detroit Race 1- Nbcsn
Detroit Race 2- Nbcsn
Texas- NBC
Road America- Nbcsn
Iowa- Nbcsn
Toronto- Nbcsn
Mid-Ohio- Nbcsn
Pocono-Nbcsn
Watkins Glen- Nbcsn
Sonoma- NBC

 

[IforceV8]

Detroit GP crowd said to be Fri 25k, Sat 40k, Sun 30k (rain impacted total). I think that they either need to have Roger fix this damn bumpy track or drop the Imsa race and the Saturday race and just run this as a single race.



Like I was saying, lets have another double header next year. http://racing.ap.org/article/event-chairman-says-detroit-will-host-indycar-again-2017

 

[TDZdave]

Detroit GP crowd said to be Fri 25k, Sat 40k, Sun 30k (rain impacted total). I think that they either need to have Roger fix this damn bumpy track or drop the Imsa race and the Saturday race and just run this as a single race.

This comment confuses me, I heard the commentators say Roger owns the track, but isn't it a public road?

 

[Northstar]

This comment confuses me, I heard the commentators say Roger owns the track, but isn't it a public road?

Roger is the promoter so he would likely have to flip the bill for any unnecessary road work.

 

[TDZdave]

Roger is the promoter so he would likely have to flip the bill for any unnecessary road work.

There's nothing unnecessary about it, those roads are Australian outback dirt roads of appalling,

 

[mustafur]

If the Tarmac was atleast at a 1st world standard we would probably see more attacking, but the drivers where too focused on keeping the car from going into the wall every time they hit 1 of the 50 million bumps on that gravel road.

 

[GTPorsche]

But the island is sinking according to Scott Goodyear.

It's got absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Michigan gets harsh winters and warm summers that cause the roads to be the way they are. 💡

Edit: Of course if Mr. Goodyear kept up with the news instead of being stuck on a three year old story, he would know that Belle Isle Park is under no current risk of being swallowed by the Detroit River.

 

[Northstar]

There's nothing unnecessary about it, those roads are Australian outback dirt roads of appalling,

In the Midwest the road doesn't get replaced until potholes start eating cars.

 

[catamount39]

In the Midwest the road doesn't get replaced until potholes start eating cars.

I thought that was New England?

 

[GTPorsche]

That's anywhere in the northern US. We don't maintain anything. We just react when it's too late.

 

[Anathema]

I thought that was New England?

That's everywhere that the state DOT's use road salt to "maintain" safe driving conditions in winter weather.