2020 IndyCar Miscellaneous

[Charlie Spencer]

I'm just saying if they are always concerned with safety on ovals then you should run them on iracing in this situation. Heck run at Talladega for the heck of it.

I don't know squat about how this works, but I'm -guessing- they don't already have a track configuration for Michigan or 'Dega for IndyCars, that the physics parameters don't exist. Does that make any sense?

 

[kkfan91]

I don't know squat about how this works, but I'm -guessing- they don't already have a track configuration for Michigan or 'Dega for IndyCars, that the physics parameters don't exist. Does that make any sense?

You can put cars pretty much on whatever track you want from my experience in Iracing but that was 4 years ago. I know I could test an IndyCar at Daytona, but it was on the top of the rev limiter the whole time so I'm not sure how it would work.

 

[kkfan91]

Well people have done it

 

[FLRacingFan]

I did vote Michigan but it was pretty close, 53/47 split on Twitter at least. They haven’t been to The Glen much either and it’s one of the top road courses in the country so I can understand either way. I'm looking forward to what the driver’s choice and ‘dream’ track choice will be.

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[FLRacingFan]

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Suppose someone will try the double?

And there it is.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Alonso was supposed to be announced in a third McLaren for the GP...if he can’t make it for whatever reason now, wouldn’t be a bad place for Jimmie to debut.

@Charlie Spencer

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Nothing signed yet, so it may all come to nothing. I expected Kurt's name to come up first, actually, or one of Penske's boys.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Nothing signed yet, so it may all come to nothing. I expected Kurt's name to come up first, actually, or one of Penske's boys.

Pockrass asked Pagenaud if he was interested too and he said he was, probably a tough ask and too much to focus on with a compressed IndyCar schedule though.

 

[FLRacingFan]

So the ‘Dream Track’ is also up to fan vote.

 

[kkfan91]

So the ‘Dream Track’ is also up to fan vote.

Now that be fun, like we know it never be safe in a real car, but I say do it virtually since we have the chance.

 

[Kiante]

I expect Daytona, Talladega, Michigan, Fontana, and other ovals to be VERY popular.

Maybe Spa, Bathurst, and Nurburging to all be popular options as well.

 

[kkfan91]

Bristol be a random fun one

 

[Zerkfitting]

It needs to be a track were they have to lift. Full throttle around a track isn't good racing.

 

[kkfan91]

It needs to be a track were they have to lift. Full throttle around a track isn't good racing.

Compared to yesterday? With everyone on the same setup that is great racing, and would be as awesome as the glorious days when I loved the IRL.

 

[Mispeedway15]

All this Dega talk, Martinsville or Bristol would be amazing and hilarious

 

[FLRacingFan]

And so it begins:

 

[FLRacingFan]

IndyCar to drop double points for 2020 season finale

It’s too early to tell if WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, the original site of the 2020 NTT IndyCar Series season finale, will host the last race of the year, but wherever it ends up being held, t…

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IndyCar looking at alternative Detroit dates

If the current NTT IndyCar Season opener on the streets of Detroit gets moved back as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, a window of alternate weekends following WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca’…

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[Charlie Spencer]

IndyCar looking at alternative Detroit dates

If the current NTT IndyCar Season opener on the streets of Detroit gets moved back as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, a window of alternate weekends following WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca’…

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The last paragraph of this one is really interesting.

 

[Marcingak]

I hope they run some oval races on iracing. The road courses are boring to watch in that game.

 

[Nitro Dude]

Here is a pretty good read.

Chip Ganassi Racing’s has ‘sense of direction’ with IndyCar on hold

IndyCar's Chip Ganassi Racing has a strong sense of direction as IndyCar officials have moved forward with a revised schedule for 2020.

www.yahoo.com

 

[FLRacingFan]

 

[FLRacingFan]

Leigh Diffey just confirmed at the end of the broadcast the drivers’ choice track next weekend is Michigan. Should be really fun.

 

[Kiante]

Leigh Diffey just confirmed at the end of the broadcast the drivers’ choice track next weekend is Michigan. Should be really fun.

This should be a fun one.

I wonder if IndyCar execs have one eye on this deal, if it leads to enough interest. Something tells me Michigan could possibly happen, but I wonder if it would come at the cost of Belle Isle? I would hope not, but I wonder if fans would be willing to go to both events if held around the same time. Maybe slot Michigan after the 500, then Belle Isle? Would be cool to see it back on the schedule.

 

[FLRacingFan]

This should be a fun one.

I wonder if IndyCar execs have one eye on this deal, if it leads to enough interest. Something tells me Michigan could possibly happen, but I wonder if it would come at the cost of Belle Isle? I would hope not, but I wonder if fans would be willing to go to both events if held around the same time. Maybe slot Michigan after the 500, then Belle Isle? Would be cool to see it back on the schedule.

As long as Penske and GM are involved I think Belle Isle will always be on the calendar, but I think MIS is ripe for a NASCAR/IndyCar combo weekend. That return trip in August would fall into what's normally a pretty open window for IndyCar.

 

[Kiante]

Bruh:

 

[kkfan91]

Bruh:

If they cancelled it if I was IndyCar I'd try to reach out to Michigan running there as a replacement

 

[FLRacingFan]

It takes five to six weeks to put Belle Isle together. I think they'll postpone it relatively soon. They’ve been looking at the first four weekends in October for makeup dates for St. Pete, Belle Isle, and Texas; the least preferred option currently being October 17-18 (Petit Le Mans).

If we’re fortunate enough to get any real racing this year I think anything before Independence Day Weekend is optimistic.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Belle Isle cancelled. Iowa and Laguna Seca become doubleheader weekends a la NASCAR’s Pocono concept, and a second race on the Indy GP circuit is added in October.

 

[Kiante]

Two races at Iowa.

I like that.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Hi, I'm a Moving Target! Good luck hitting me!

They're doing a decent job of trying to cobble together a season. Right now it's just the nature of the beast.

EDIT: Run the second Laguna Seca race clockwise. I wanna see 'em take the Corkscrew going uphill.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Hi, I'm a Moving Target! Good luck hitting me!

They're doing a decent job of trying to cobble together a season. Right now it's just the nature of the beast.

EDIT: Run the second Laguna Seca race clockwise. I wanna see 'em take the Corkscrew going uphill.

They should run the second Iowa race clockwise as well.

 

[HoneyBadger]

2015 MAVTV 500 is on right now... race was nutty bobo nut town nuts.

 

[kkfan91]

I'm not going to complain about adding an extra oval.

 

[FLRacingFan]

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

 

[FLRacingFan]

Good look.

 

[kkfan91]

You know it's kind of funny the week this came out on youtube Dale Jr gets in a virtual indycar.

 

[StandOnIt]

Johnson and Earnhardt in IndyCars. Who'd a thunk it