2023 IndyCar News / Misc.
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FLRacingFan
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RACER had one particularly interesting sentence in their article:
Hunter-Reay joins Ed Carpenter Racing IndyCar team
Ryan Hunter-Reay has been asked to help Ed Carpenter Racing in its quest to find the consistent speed and competitiveness that has been largely absent in recent years. The 2012 IndyCar Series champ…
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Doc Austin
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I guess if Daly had to go, at least they got a suitable replacement.
kkfan91
Everyones an outlaw til its time to do outlaw s%&#
I mean technically the race track is about 5-10 feet to his right
Doc Austin
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Oh, that's going to tear up some equipment.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
Isn't Rule 1, "Keep it on the black stuff"?
FLRacingFan
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You can’t expect everyone not to go a bit wide at some points. Lots of youngsters around the world in smaller single seaters are literally breaking their backs launching off these sausage-type curbs. They’re a huge problem.
Scott said series officials are already making sure it’s gone for race weekend.
kkfan91
Everyones an outlaw til its time to do outlaw s%&#
That's why roadcourses are supposed to have grass. Keeps you on the actual track surface.
Doc Austin
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In the old days we had houses and trees to keep us from going off.
donthaveanickname
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This happened almost 4 years ago. I'm surprised these kerbs still exist at some tracks.
Can't wait to see this.
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‘The Lionheart’ Doc On Late Indy 500 Champ Dan Wheldon Acquired By HBO Sports Documentaries
EXCLUSIVE: HBO Sports Documentaries has picked up North American TV and streaming rights to the sports documentary The Lionheart, directed and produced by Laura Brownson (The Rachel Divide), ahead …
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Doc Austin
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You're better off spinning out on the grass than you are running over a ramp.
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IndyCar's chances of new 2024 international race are growing - The Race
Expect a new venue on the 2024 IndyCar calendar - probably one outside the United States. But potentially not as a championship round
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Last week some Brazilian papers said that SPTuris, who are helping to bring the WEC back to Interlagos next year, are also working to do so with IndyCar. That would be an incredible track for the series.IndyCar's chances of new 2024 international race are growing - The Race
Expect a new venue on the 2024 IndyCar calendar - probably one outside the United States. But potentially not as a championship round
Another repave.
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Laguna Seca completes repaving project
The latest in an increasing number of positive developments for WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca has reached its conclusion after a fresh repaving of the well-worn 2.2-mile road course was completed…
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Doc Austin
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Then we'de be hearing it forever that F1 is X seconds faster than Indycar. If you really want a great Indycar race in Canada, go to Mosport.
donthaveanickname
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Who cares how much faster than IndyCar F1 is?
Interlagos usually puts on great racing (and we already got a comparison at COTA four years ago)
Doc Austin
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I don't really care. I just get tired of hearing it.
See? We're still hearing about it!
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
Reply with the number of Indycar passes for position.
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Change of pace: Palou prepares to change teams, still builds lead
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — The possibility that Alex Palou will drive for a new team as the reigning IndyCar champion next year grows increasingly likely with each race. Palou for has won two of the last three IndyCar races heading into Sunday’s event at Road America. The Spaniard holds a...
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Marcus deserves a good offer from Ganassi. Chips top two drivers in Indycar standings, could both be gone if Marcus isn’t offered a fair deal. It was elaborated in practice 1 that the mentality of this ‘contract situation’ sounds to be that Ganassi still expects Ericsson to pay for his spot in the #8.
SneakySwede
Marcus Ericsson & Purdue Boilermakers
Ericsson could be a leader for Ganassi’s team for many years to come, he should be rewarded!
FLRacingFan
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Marcus has more than earned a paid salary and quite a healthy one at that. I think this is where Chip not having made his wealth outside of racing or not having a major investor like the other big teams really hurts. He needs to go out and find sponsorship since he can’t just pay out of pocket, but Marcus has been a source of income himself before this. A team like Andretti or McLaren, who’ve had big money injected the last few years, would have no problem making him a paid driver.Change of pace: Palou prepares to change teams, still builds lead
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — The possibility that Alex Palou will drive for a new team as the reigning IndyCar champion next year grows increasingly likely with each race. Palou for has won two of the last three IndyCar races heading into Sunday’s event at Road America. The Spaniard holds a...
Marcus deserves a good offer from Ganassi. Chips top two drivers in Indycar standings, could both be gone if Marcus isn’t offered a fair deal. It was elaborated in practice 1 that the mentality of this ‘contract situation’ sounds to be that Ganassi still expects Ericsson to pay for his spot in the #8.
Chip just can’t afford to lose both Palou and Ericsson in the same offseason, especially not when Dixon is as old as he is. Unless his plan is to run paying or cheap F2/Indy NXT grads from this point on…would think there’s enough sponsors on the 10 for Marcus just to slide into Palou’s seat when he leaves.
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Palou is one of McLaren’s F1 reserves this season and also part of their development program so he gets to test older-spec cars at some points throughout the season.
Didn't know that! Thank you. I'm always leery of an Indycar driver going to F1, after what happened to Andretti in '93.
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In addition to Palou, Ericsson could also be leaving CGR at the end of the year because he is unhappy with his financial situation.
According to motorsport.com CGR could promote both Armstrong and Sato to full-time rides.
Armstrong going full-time seems like a no-brainer but as much as I would love to see it I don't think Taku will be full-time again given that he'll be 47 at the start of next season.
Malukas or Rosenqvist sound like more realistic options to me.
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According to motorsport.com CGR could promote both Armstrong and Sato to full-time rides.
Armstrong going full-time seems like a no-brainer but as much as I would love to see it I don't think Taku will be full-time again given that he'll be 47 at the start of next season.
Malukas or Rosenqvist sound like more realistic options to me.
Is IndyCar’s top team about to lose its standout 2023 drivers?
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Nolan Siegel, maybe, especially if he's bringing the NXT Scholarship with him.In addition to Palou, Ericsson could also be leaving CGR at the end of the year because he is unhappy with his financial situation.
According to motorsport.com CGR could promote both Armstrong and Sato to full-time rides.
Armstrong going full-time seems like a no-brainer but as much as I would love to see it I don't think Taku will be full-time again given that he'll be 47 at the start of next season.
Malukas or Rosenqvist sound like more realistic options to me.
Is IndyCar’s top team about to lose its standout 2023 drivers?
FLRacingFan
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This situation sucks for Ericsson because there’s no better place for him to be, CGR are the dominant force in the series right now. He just might get squeezed out because of finances. Several other teams would pay him a healthier sum to drive but they would all be a step down competitively.In addition to Palou, Ericsson could also be leaving CGR at the end of the year because he is unhappy with his financial situation.
According to motorsport.com CGR could promote both Armstrong and Sato to full-time rides.
Armstrong going full-time seems like a no-brainer but as much as I would love to see it I don't think Taku will be full-time again given that he'll be 47 at the start of next season.
Malukas or Rosenqvist sound like more realistic options to me.
Is IndyCar’s top team about to lose its standout 2023 drivers?
Chip will have his choice of cheap young talent between Malukas, Ilott, Shwartzman, etc. regardless. David already said this last weekend he won’t be returning to DCR and he’ll have a number of suitors.
Any news on 2024 schedule updates
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I would guess it is more likely than not they it won’t happen but a non-championship race would be at either Argentina (Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo) or somewhere in Australia. Milwaukee still has infrastructure improvements to make but is still a possibility. Nashville is making a new layout due to the Titans’ new stadium construction, but they sound optimistic they’ve created something very big with the new layout.
It doesn’t sound as though they want to say it right now but if anything gets added it would likely be at the expense of the second Indy RC race in August.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
I don't see how it could be any worse. Moving it to I-40 and putting pit road in a rest area would be an improvement.
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Anyone know what the sanctioning fees charged by IndyCar are?
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My recollection from publicly available info is somewhere around 1-1.5 million. You can get the number looking at the agreements between Indycar and Monterey, CA.
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I think it’s really cool minus the super tight 4-8 complex on the back side of the bridge. If they can eliminate a section like that it would be great progress. The bridge aspect is incredible and the stadium/parking lot section isn’t bad.