IndyCar: 2021 Grand Prix of Alabama

[donthaveanickname]

 

[Charlie Spencer]

'Bout time!

 

[Mispeedway15]

If it were like 2 hours closer I’d go haha

 

[FLRacingFan]

Schedule could be a little better, but I’m glad we’re on track to return to Laguna, Portland, and Long Beach. Nashville should be an interesting new venue. I don’t think it’s outlandish to say this is perhaps the strongest grid since the CART days. Indy Lights has a talent backlog from the cancelled 2020 and looks the best it has in several years, and shouldn’t be a Kyle Kirkwood runaway like it would’ve been last year.

Barber is supposed to be super quick this weekend since it was repaved in 2020.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

If it were like 2 hours closer I’d go haha

Road Atlanta is barely three hours from me but I haven't gotten there yet.

 

[Hotrod]

This is the one race I have really been looking forward to.
Did not do a lot of thinking about my fantasy picks and went with
New, Page, and Gro.

 

[Reck]

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Wow zero practices on TV and barely gives you quals 5 hours later on delay. They’re going all out on streaming. Interesting strategy.

 

[Kiante]

Not a good start for Felix:

 

[FLRacingFan]

Not a good start for Felix:

And spun again in qualifying. And Zak is in attendance this weekend...

Qualifying was pretty intense. Jimmie beat Kellett in round 1, group 1 and won’t start last. Power bumped Grosjean from the Fast Six at the last second in the second round. CGR were a bit of a surprise with both Palou and Ericsson joining Dixon in the Fast Six. Pato got his second career pole.

 

[Doc Austin]

Not surprised that Johnson struggled on the reds. It takes most drivers a few weekends to figure those out..

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

God I’ve been waiting for this season to start. Let’s go Penske !!

 

[Reck]

Now let's do this.

 

[gnomesayin]

Paul Tracy looks like a sun dried potato.

 

[Kiante]

I swear if they continue to butcher Grojsean's last name...

 

[donthaveanickname]

Decided to watch this one and switch over to NASCAR when this is over.

 

[Marcingak]

I swear if they continue to butcher Grojsean's last name...

Raw man gross Shawn

 

[gnomesayin]

I'm glad that Diffey is back to IndyCar so that I didn't have to listen to him do Supercross last night.

 

[Kiante]

BRO.

 

[FLRacingFan]

That's a baaad spot to have an incident.

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

That’s not the start Newgarden needed championship wise. Jesus

 

[2019PensekeFan]

Yikes!

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

That’s was really good by Jimmie to get through all that

 

[Mispeedway15]

He legit drove off the road lol

 

[donthaveanickname]

Talladega at Birmingham

 

[Kiante]

Gutted for all of those guys.

My goodness, not a way to start the season.

 

[Reck]

Unfortunate. Basically a roll of the dice for an escape for everyone around.

 

[Kiante]

Rosenqvist is probably like f*ck this place.

Horrible first weekend with McLaren.

 

[2019PensekeFan]

Jimmie may have some wing damage, but still he did a good job getting through that.

 

[FLRacingFan]

That’s not the start Newgarden needed championship wise. Jesus

Herta too. Damn. That took out some good ones.

 

[gnomesayin]

Embarrassing way to start the year.

 

[Doc Austin]

I was going to wait an hour or so to zap the commercials, but now i gotta see what happened!

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

It’s like the twilight zone seeing Jimmie race in Indy Car. Surreal.

 

[Kiante]

O'Ward is drifting through every corner.

 

[FLRacingFan]

O'Ward looks wicked loose, wow.

 

[Kiante]

I think we're going to see a lot of mistakes from Johnson.

 

[FLRacingFan]

I think we're going to see a lot of mistakes from Johnson.

Flashbacks to Sebring

 

[donthaveanickname]

Local cautions are a great innovation.

 

[Kiante]

Local cautions are a great innovation.

I need you to speak in American.

 

[Kiante]

Mclaughlin is getting on with the program.

His pace is solid and he's settling in nicely. Big difference in pace from his first race in St. Pete last year.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Rosenqvist getting back out there after taking flight is a testament to how well-built Dallara's chassis are.

Palou is setting best laps now.