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Race - Inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix

Location - Streets of Baltimore, Maryland

Date - Sunday, September 4th

Time & TV Schedule - Pre-Race Show-Sunday, September 4th -2:00PM Eastern - Green Flag - 2:45PM Eastern - Versus

Course Type - 2.4 Mile Street Course

Distance - 75 Laps / 180 Miles

Practice Sessions -
Friday, September 2nd - 12:05PM -1:20PM Eastern & 4:10-5:10PM Eastern
Saturday, September 3rd -9:05AM -10:05AM Eastern
Sunday, September 4th -Warm Up Session - 8:35AM -9:05AM Eastern

Qualifications - Saturday, September 3rd - 12:10PM -1:20PM Eastern
 
Those cars pitting right along the warehouse is going to be a thing of beauty.

It's too bad the race is on VS; there will be more people at the race than watching on TV.
 
How are the streets there ? Any problems you might foresee there with road conditions or power outages ??
 
DanicaFan said:
How are the streets there ? Any problems you might foresee there with road conditions or power outages ??
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I know Baltimore County is still without power, not sure about Baltimore City though. They didn't get hit near as hard as we did in Southern Maryland.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Those cars pitting right along the warehouse is going to be a thing of beauty.

It's too bad the race is on VS; there will be more people at the race than watching on TV.
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I switched from Dish Network to Time Warner and PRESTO! There is VS in Hi Def - at no additional cost! I have been able to see every IZOD race - and I even got to watch the Tour de France for the first time in years! It's spectacular in HD, too!!

When F1 was running at the Long Beach Grand Prix ('76 to '81), the pits were on Ocean Blvd and it was really spectacular. Also, the steep uphill on Pine Ave and the steep downhill on Linden Ave (where drivers regularly got the front tires off the ground) were phenomenal!!

http://www.allf1.info/tracks/longbeach.php
 
robbybee said:
I switched from Dish Network to Time Warner and PRESTO! There is VS in Hi Def - at no additional cost! I have been able to see every IZOD race - and I even got to watch the Tour de France for the first time in years! It's spectacular in HD, too!!

When F1 was running at the Long Beach Grand Prix ('76 to '81), the pits were on Ocean Blvd and it was really spectacular. Also, the steep uphill on Pine Ave and the steep downhill on Linden Ave (where drivers regularly got the front tires off the ground) were phenomenal!!

http://www.allf1.info/tracks/longbeach.php
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It's gonna be a thing of beauty watching those cars race down Pratt Street and pitting along the B&O Warehouse with Oriole Park in the backdrop. Not to mention, the Indy drivers will get to experience how Maryland Crab Cakes are supposed to taste. I've had "Maryland Crab Cakes" in other states, y'all don't know what you're doing because you've never heard of Old Bay.
 
In Long Beach, one can taste Authentic Mexican Food! I've had Mexican in other parts of the country and it pales in comparison to what's available in SoCal!

I really wanna taste an authentic Crab Cake - and a Martinsville hot dog too! :p
 
You can keep the crab cakes....nasty. They are a waste of perfectly good crab meat. I only eat crab legs dipped in butter.
 
DanicaFan said:
You can keep the crab cakes....nasty. They are a waste of perfectly good crab meat. I only eat crab legs dipped in butter.
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Crab legs dipped in butter?

I prefer whole blue crabs seasoned with Old Bay (if you don't live in Maryland, you've probably never heard of it).

Around here, Old Bay goes on crabs, shrimp, vegetables, fries and popcorn. It's what's in our salt shakers.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
And Philly doesn't even know how to make Philly Cheesesteaks. Maybe if they put Old Bay on it, the food would be better and people would be nicer in that city. :D
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How can Philly not know how to make a Philly cheesesteak...it should only be called a Philly cheese steak if your in eastern PA...not Arizona like I saw 2 weeks ago
 
kkfan91 said:
How can Philly not know how to make a Philly cheesesteak...it should only be called a Philly cheese steak if your in eastern PA...not Arizona like I saw 2 weeks ago
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The bread isn't supposed to be stale, there's supposed to be more than one slice of steak, and there are supposed to be toppings like onions and green peppers.

Genos sucks ass.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
The bread isn't supposed to be stale, there's supposed to be more than one slice of steak, and there are supposed to be toppings like onions and green peppers.

Genos sucks ass.
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Not actually even a fan of cheese steaks but speaking of Genos he died like last week.
 
Looks like an interesting track layout! It will be interesting to watch. It's not Sears Point but then again, few tracks on the IZOD Tour are a great as that one.
 
let me get this straight- the pits are on the back side of the track, relative to the finish line? I could see a few teams playing with that.

I see a massive crash at the pit road opening. Hope everybody double-checks their brake lines...
 
Did the poor, spoiled athletes have a hard time getting to work? Some of us put up with it 5 or 6 days per week.
 
Well, events are delayed at Baltimore. This over track concerns. You have pavement curing problems and barriers were still being set for this race. They are expecting a delay of 3-4 hours from this. Drivers have also shown quite a bit of concern of this track with bumps and railroad tracks, etc.

Here is the "current" revised schedule but it could change..

Indycar practice from 3:50PM-4:50PM & 6:05PM-7:00PM

Thanks Bernard, we didnt need another street course, we needed more ovals and we wouldnt have this problem. Indycar didnt need this thats for sure.
 
Here is the latest schedule now..

Friday, Sept. 2, 2011

12:00 – 12:30 USF2000 Practice
12:35 – 1:05 Star Mazda Practice
1:20 – 2:35 ALMS Practice
2:00 – IndyCar Driver Meeting
2:30 – PR Rep Meeting
2:55 – 3:40 Firestone Indy Lights Practice
4:00-5:30 IZOD IndyCar Series Practice
5:50-7:00 ALMS Qualifying
 
DanicaFan said:
Well, events are delayed at Baltimore. This over track concerns. You have pavement curing problems and barriers were still being set for this race. They are expecting a delay of 3-4 hours from this. Drivers have also shown quite a bit of concern of this track with bumps and railroad tracks, etc.
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Sounds like the short-lived situation in San Jose. Those railroad tracks were nasty!

DanicaFan said:
Thanks Bernard, we didnt need another street course, we needed more ovals and we wouldnt have this problem. Indycar didnt need this thats for sure.
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More ovals on the schedule is not the answer when there are so many faaaabulous natural road courses in this country! But you are correct in saying that the series does NOT need any more bad publicity!
 
Traffic f'ing sucked.

Sorry DanicaFan, I'm putting you out of business this week.


Current Status
Rank Car Driver Diff. BL LL Gap TL BL#
1 Will Power 0.0000 1:22.1379 1:23.6130 0.0000 29 28
2 Dario Franchitti 0.0783 1:22.2162 1:22.2162 0.0783 24 24
3 Helio Castroneves 0.1467 1:22.2846 1:22.2846 0.0684 28 28
4 Ryan Hunter-Reay 0.4646 1:22.6025 1:29.4954 0.3179 22 19
5 Mike Conway 0.5879 1:22.7258 1:25.5320 0.1233 23 22
6 Graham Rahal 0.6007 1:22.7386 1:22.7386 0.0128 25 25
7 Takuma Sato 0.8326 1:22.9705 1:22.9705 0.2319 26 26
8 James Hinchcliffe 0.8703 1:23.0082 1:23.0082 0.0377 24 24
9 Tony Kanaan 1.0611 1:23.1990 1:23.1990 0.1908 20 20
10 Sebastien Bourdais 1.1647 1:23.3026 1:23.6039 0.1036 22 21
11 Simona de Silvestro 1.2352 1:23.3731 1:23.3731 0.0705 25 25
12 Alex Tagliani 1.2696 1:23.4075 1:23.8177 0.0344 20 18
13 Charlie Kimball 1.5581 1:23.6960 1:26.1483 0.2885 28 27
14 Giorgio Pantano 1.5941 1:23.7320 1:26.6888 0.0360 23 22
15 Tomas Scheckter 1.6289 1:23.7668 1:30.2023 0.0348 26 25
16 Marco Andretti 1.6435 1:23.7814 1:41.4783 0.0146 24 23
17 Sebastian Saavedra 1.6740 1:23.8119 1:27.8652 0.0305 27 25
18 Ryan Briscoe 2.0647 1:24.2026 1:28.2418 0.3907 11 10
19 Oriol Servia 2.0713 1:24.2092 1:24.2092 0.0066 21 21
20 JR Hildebrand 2.1085 1:24.2464 1:24.4601 0.0372 21 19
21 Vitor Meira 2.1303 1:24.2682 1:29.2857 0.0218 31 30
22 James Jakes 2.2697 1:24.4076 1:55.4681 0.1394 27 26
23 EJ Viso 2.2759 1:24.4138 1:24.4138 0.0062 18 18
24 Danica Patrick 2.3622 1:24.5001 1:24.5001 0.0863 25 25
25 Martin Plowman 2.9128 1:25.0507 1:29.3805 0.5506 20 18
26 Scott Dixon 2.9321 1:25.0700 1:25.0700 0.0193 3 3
27 Ana Beatriz 3.7564 1:25.8943 1:26.5011 0.8243 28 25
28 Ed Carpenter 3.8876 1:26.0255 1:26.0255 0.1312 28 28
 
Bill auburlen posted pics from door-car qualifying. intense! Also, Scott Sharp is apparently unhappy with the lack of practice time for the doorslammers.
 
Baltimore City screwed the pooch.

They're funneling all the traffic on to Lombard Street. Then, at the main intersection of Lombard and MLK, they don't let traffic off Lombard Street. They keep MLK Blvd. flowing for 20 minutes, then they let four cars off Lombard Street.

I spent an entire hour on Lombard Street -- a total of a half mile drive. I have nothing nice to say about traffic today. Hopefully it's an easier commute tomorrow morning.
 
Sorry Andy but that post is too hard to read.. Here it is in simpler form..

baltimorepractice1.jpg
 
Here are the qualifying groups for tomorrow..

Group 1

#10 Dario Franchitti
#28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
#38 Graham Rahal
#06 James Hinchcliffe
#19 Sebastien Bourdais
#77 Alex Tagliani
#22 Giorgio Pantano
#26 Marco Andretti
#6 Ryan Briscoe
#4 JR Hildebrand
#18 James Jakes
#7 Danica Patrick
#9 Scott Dixon
#67 Ed Carpenter

Group 2

#12 Will Power
#3 Helio Castroneves
#27 Mike Conway
#5 Takuma Sato
#82 Tony Kanaan
#78 Simona De Silvestro
#83 Charlie Kimball
#07 Tomas Scheckter
#34 Sebastian Saavedra
#2 Oriol Servia
#14 Vitor Meira
#59 EJ Viso
#17 Martin Plowman
#24 Ana Beatriz
 
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