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[Fox Mulder]

The thing I hate about American driving is all the crashes. European racing is much more civilized.

Wreckers or checkers y'all.

oval racing with 30 cars creates a different style of racing.

 

[XGRaViSmOrSX]

The thing I hate about American driving is all the crashes. European racing is much more civilized.

Circle track is a totally different beast. going 3-4 wide into a banked turn while holding the lane or ducking down is NOT easy.

 

[Bits N Pieces]

I forgot there was a BT Sport/ESPN channel!

I take it we're nearly finished?

 

[brotkasten]

Max Chilton on P1 is insane, if you've seen him drive in F1.

 

[Juicy Bob]

I forgot there was a BT Sport/ESPN channel!

I take it we're nearly finished?

There's a quarter of the race left and it's by far the best quarter to watch.

 

[Aiii]

The thing I hate about American driving is all the crashes. European racing is much more civilized.

 

[FrankCanada97]

I forgot there was a BT Sport/ESPN channel!

I take it we're nearly finished?

Half hour left I reckon.

 

[Tubie]

Max Chilton is leading a race.

Unreal.

 

[killer_clank]

It's pretty amazing that they still manage 7 seconds and most of that is just refuelling.

True, I only just noticed the refuelling.

 

[DBT85]

Max Chilton is leading a race.

Unreal.

Hamilton sitting somewhere going, "hmmmm"

 

[dakun]

Max Chilton on P1 is insane, if you've seen him drive in F1.

well he wasn't fast but he was consistent. I remember him having a season without a DNF in the Marussia

 

[Addnan]

You guys told me Chilton is shit. Cunts.

 

[Han Seoul-Oh]

45 to go and Alonso is in 9th place.

Ahh virtually the same on mine, 2003 and 83,000. Monte Carlo Blue GT.

Monte Carlo is a nice color. Mine is Suzuka Blue, I was looking for a GPW with red interior, but couldn't find one that I liked.

 

[DrM]

Max Chilton is leading a race.

Unreal.

Well, looks like he is good on ovals

 

[FrankCanada97]

You guys told me Chilton is shit. Cunts.

He finished second last in the championship last year.

 

[BearPawB]

You guys told me Chilton is shit. Cunts.

He has youth on his side

 

[Aiii]

You guys told me Chilton is shit. Cunts.

He is. He should be.

Well fuck, nothing makes sense anymore.

 

[Tubie]

Yes of course, perfect time to go to commercials.

I bet they break for commercials during the last 5 laps too.

 

[Bits N Pieces]

There's a quarter of the race left and it's by far the best quarter to watch.

Half hour left I reckon.

Thanks folks, I don't normally watch IndyCar but whenever I do it always seems a bit wild. Crazy to see Max Chilton leading it, lol

 

[NO_Quarter25]

so is Alonso good to go till the end?

 

[Daffy Duck]

Max Chilton on P1 is insane, if you've seen him drive in F1.

Yeah when I tuned in to see how fernando was doing I thought it has to be another Chilton lol

 

[Aiii]

I have this feeling Alonso is driving Indycar full-time next year.

 

[Deadman]

Imagine if after all the hype of Alonso going to Indy Chilton ends up winning 😂

 

[thefro]

You guys told me Chilton is shit. Cunts.

His dad bought his way onto one of the better teams (Ganassi). He still sucks but he's ahead because of pit strategy.

 

[AmaterasuOkami076]

well he wasn't fast but he was consistent. I remember him having a season without a DNF in the Marussia

His consistency was really good. Until he binned it when Bianchi went round the outside of him in Canada I think it was. But yeah I think he was the only person to finish every race in the season before.

 

[Han Seoul-Oh]

so is Alonso good to go till the end?

Nah, he'll need to stop one more time for fuel.

 

[Vilix]

Circle track is a totally different beast. going 3-4 wide into a banked turn while holding the lane or ducking down is NOT easy.

Very true. And I'm not saying crashes don't happen in European races. But, IMO, American race audiences thrive on crashes. Especially with NASCAR. And I'm from Houston btw.

 

[Fox Mulder]

He is. He should be.

Well fuck, nothing makes sense anymore.

It's great that stuff like this can happen though. I think shit like Mercedes routing their f1 competition for years is boring.

 

[kharma45]

No more ads for the rest of the race woo

 

[DBT85]

well he wasn't fast but he was consistent. I remember him having a season without a DNF in the Marussia

Easy to not crash or spin in to people when you're that far off the pace lol.

Monte Carlo is a nice color. Mine is Suzuka Blue, I was looking for a GPW with red interior, but couldn't find one that I liked.

The GPW ones do look nice. I'm mad for blue though so it was easy for me. I'm on the s2ki forum but I tend to find most of them are... less liberal than I'm used to with GAF lol.

 

[Draconian]

Chilton probably can't make it on one more stop (on the off chance there's no caution which is lolworthy at this point) right now.

 

[XGRaViSmOrSX]

Very true. And I'm not saying crashes don't happen in European races. But, IMO, American race audiences thrive on crashes. Especially with NASCAR. And I'm from Houston btw.

NASCAR is definitely 50/50 with people there for the racing or crashes. I didn't appreciate circle track until I did some time in the simulator on iRacing. Lots of puckered buttholes and white knuckles going into some of those banked turns.

 

[DBT85]

Very true. And I'm not saying crashes don't happen in European races. But, IMO, American race audiences thrive on crashes. Especially with NASCAR. And I'm from Houston btw.

Take crashes out of this or hits out of NFL and see what happens to the viewership.

 

[Par Score]

All this militaristic shit is INSANE.

Like, as a non-American watching this, it is actually unbelievable. It's like a parody of what the rest of the world thinks of America when we're exaggerating. But it's real.

 

[Spades]

Shame Alonso's race has gone backwards after such a positive half.

 

[FrankCanada97]

Take crashes out of this or hits out of NFL and see what happens to the viewership.

I imagine not much happens. Outside of the Indy 500, IndyCar has pathetic viewership numbers.

 

[Draconian]

All this militaristic shit is INSANE.

Like, as a non-American watching this, it is actually unbelievable. It's like a parody of what the rest of the world thinks of America when we're exaggerating. But it's real.

What are you talking about? The American flag going around the track before the start?

 

[FrankCanada97]

Another Honda has expired!

 

[kiyomi]

What are you talking about? The American flag going around the track before the start?

Nah, probably the paramilitary stuff, dropping down from a helicopter or whatever they were doing.

 

[Velcro Fly]

Is that another Honda engine that let go

 

[Tempy]

Another Honda.

 

[Lender]

Another Honda down.

 

[brotkasten]

Shame about Alonso. It would've been great to see him win this, as unlikely as it was.

 

[Han Seoul-Oh]

The GPW ones do look nice. I'm mad for blue though so it was easy for me. I'm on the s2ki forum but I tend to find most of them are... less liberal than I'm used to with GAF lol.

Yeah, I have an account over there but have probably less then 10 posts. I mainly just lurk from time to time.

 

[Deadman]

They throw flags for nothing in this race

 

[Tubie]

Another Honda lol.

 

[XGRaViSmOrSX]

another one bites the dust...

 

[nny]

Another Honda.

Alonso *screams internally*

 

[Lach]

Wow. Chilton can really get this now...

 

[DBT85]

I imagine not much happens. Outside of the Indy 500, IndyCar has pathetic viewership numbers.

Sorry I specifically meant for the big oval races where crashes are such a huge part.