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Official Motorsports Thread of 2013 (MotoGP, WRC, Le Mans, Nascar, IRL, V8's etc)
- Thread starter Dead Man
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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106551
IndyCar race in Barber starting shortly... interesting grid today... Vautier's qualified extremely well again. Looking forward to seeing how Allmendinger does in his return to open wheel.
IndyCar race in Barber starting shortly... interesting grid today... Vautier's qualified extremely well again. Looking forward to seeing how Allmendinger does in his return to open wheel.
Not if he had Lorenzo or Rossi as a teammate.
Honda have a hell of a bike right now. This just isn't the best track for them. You spend most of the Qatar lap leaned over in a curve, which is where the Yamaha has the advantage. As soon as you get to places where there's more straights and point&squirt sections, you'll see the Honda dominate with its acceleration and straightline pace advantage, I guarantee.
And really, Yamaha and Honda haven't been that far off the past 5 years or so. Honda suffered a few years because of Pedrosa being injured a lot, but the bike was fine. 2011 Honda had the clear best bike. After that, its mainly down to the riders and consistency.
Business
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Agree, and if anything Honda was the better bike last season even if Lorenzo won thanks to being more consistent.
Yesterday the Hondas couldn't be very inferior if a rookie in his first race, even if it's a huge talent like Marquez, was fighting with Rossi and ended 7 seconds behind the winner. If anything Pedrosa underperformed.
After all the crashing Lorenzo did when he first started in the GP class he's become scarily consistent nowadays. If Rossi hadn't made that mistake early on (almost hitting Pedrosa) we might have seen another showdown between him and Lorenzo.
ClassyPenguin
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Edmond Dantès
Dantès the White
Anyone attending Le Mans this year?
Now why the hell can't we have anything like that for F1 (for viewers outside the UK)? Ridiculous.
Better than I was fearing, not as good as I was hoping. I would have liked if they just kept last years arrangement of just rebroadcasting through their site for free, but oh well. I wonder how many people in Australia will use it since we can watch for free anyway.
Making a separate pre race show with a pretty young thing seems a bit redundant, I mean Crompton is as pretty as anyone needs
Still, should be a good race this weekend, NZ always turns on a good show regardless of where the race is, Pukekohe in particular has had some amazing races over the years. And of course, this big mess from 2005: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzyesPX7fes
Because internationally Bernie does a shit job at managing media rights, he just wants maximum money, and locally, 10 are useless wankers.
Better than I was fearing, not as good as I was hoping. I would have liked if they just kept last years arrangement of just rebroadcasting through their site for free, but oh well. I wonder how many people in Australia will use it since we can watch for free anyway.
Making a separate pre race show with a pretty young thing seems a bit redundant, I mean Crompton is as pretty as anyone needs
Still, should be a good race this weekend, NZ always turns on a good show regardless of where the race is, Pukekohe in particular has had some amazing races over the years. And of course, this big mess from 2005: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzyesPX7fes
Yeah Crompton is pretty fetching and the chick that handles the pre-race stuff... the first time I saw her, oh look eye candy. Definitely the primary reason to have her. Pukekohe looks like a proper V8 Supercars track. There is some brilliance in the simplicity of tracks like Symmons Plains and Pukekohe.
moojito
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For a new follower of nascar, I'm having real trouble finding out when the races are. I went onto the nascar site to find out when the nationwide race was tonight, or if it was a truck race instead, like last week. Couldn't find anything there, so I check reddit. Turns out the nationwide race was last night! And the sprint cup race is half past midnight tonight (in the uk). It's going to be tough staying up for the sprint cup race and then getting up before 8am for the f1. Good thing I have some new grade 5 coffee in the machine!
I'm coming with you!
Been a fun weekend so far. Ready for the next 2 races.
Frosty mad!
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Grr, too much safety car.
Been a fun weekend so far. Ready for the next 2 races.
Frosty mad!
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Grr, too much safety car.
Yep. I do love this track, so simple, but really good to watch. In other good news, an Aussie channel has the Sprint Cup almost live today.
charlesthefirst
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www.jayski.com makes it pretty easy to tell when the races are. They actually have a countdown to every week's race! They also have the approximate green flag time instead of the bs TV coverage start time that other websites generally have. It's also probably the premier NASCAR news site.
Very eventful race. On the 4th safety car and going to hit the time limit.
Whincup, early on dove inside Frosty knocking his steering out of whack basically returning the favor from the reverse that happened in the previous race. Whincup had his foot slip off the brake pedal and beached himself later on. Lots more action everywhere else on the track and it is going to end with FPR and Will Davison winning.
Highly recommend watching a replay of this one.
Yeah, I'll have to find out when/if it's going to re-air on TV here.
Fascinating bit of info, with this the first Ford win in 9 years, the last being Marcos Ambrose. Long time between drinks :/
Ah, that's great. Jason Richards memorial trophy
Hell yeah, shout out to Ford fans
BTW I think I'm enjoying the V8s more this year than the past few... it definitely feels less bogan than other years, but I can't explain why (I doubt it's because of the Merc/Nissan entries).
Edit: Huh, there's something Nascar on one of our channels here that's "live". Says "NRA500" on the ground. Is that actually *live* live?
Fascinating bit of info, with this the first Ford win in 9 years, the last being Marcos Ambrose. Long time between drinks :/
Ah, that's great. Jason Richards memorial trophy
Hell yeah, shout out to Ford fans
BTW I think I'm enjoying the V8s more this year than the past few... it definitely feels less bogan than other years, but I can't explain why (I doubt it's because of the Merc/Nissan entries).
Edit: Huh, there's something Nascar on one of our channels here that's "live". Says "NRA500" on the ground. Is that actually *live* live?
Here is the circuit that the V8s will run in Austin.
There will be Porsche GT3 Cup West and Pirelli World Challenge support series as well.
Tickets are $69 for general admission with reserved seating starting at $89. On-site parking is $60 for 3 days. Children younger than 12 will be admitted free with a parent or guardian.
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I hope there is a nice turnout. They are expecting around 84,000 over the 3 days with around 45,000 on Sunday.
There will be Porsche GT3 Cup West and Pirelli World Challenge support series as well.
Tickets are $69 for general admission with reserved seating starting at $89. On-site parking is $60 for 3 days. Children younger than 12 will be admitted free with a parent or guardian.
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I hope there is a nice turnout. They are expecting around 84,000 over the 3 days with around 45,000 on Sunday.
Yeah, I'll have to find out when/if it's going to re-air on TV here.
Fascinating bit of info, with this the first Ford win in 9 years, the last being Marcos Ambrose. Long time between drinks :/
Ah, that's great. Jason Richards memorial trophy
Hell yeah, shout out to Ford fans
BTW I think I'm enjoying the V8s more this year than the past few... it definitely feels less bogan than other years, but I can't explain why (I doubt it's because of the Merc/Nissan entries).
Edit: Huh, there's something Nascar on one of our channels here that's "live". Says "NRA500" on the ground. Is that actually *live* live?
Yep, it is the NRA "National Rifle Association" 500. Live with 52 laps to go.
Good, they are running the circuit I'd like to see NASCAR run some time.
edit: $60 for parking? FUCK THAT SHIT! Ugh, should be included with the ticket :| One thing NASCAR did right at least, even if I had to walk 2 miles to get to the track in Phoenix.
Texas race with about an hour or so left, decent race so far (other than JPM being JPM :<)
edit: $60 for parking? FUCK THAT SHIT! Ugh, should be included with the ticket :| One thing NASCAR did right at least, even if I had to walk 2 miles to get to the track in Phoenix.
Texas race with about an hour or so left, decent race so far (other than JPM being JPM :<)
Holy shit. I'm actually surprised that "live" literally means LIVE. 45 laps to go now. Shame what happened to Ambrose.
And I have to say... I think I'm starting to appreciate NASCAR oval racing. It's probably been described to me this way before, but it's very much like a marathon-length run around a stadium track at the Olympics.
Two questions: Are the cars in NASCAR as closely specced (to the point of being essentially identical, save for car setups) as the V8 Supercars?
Are the Indycar/Champ car (or whatever it's called now) oval races as interesting to watch/have the same appeal?
More likely Fox screwed it up. Pretty good race, just don't like who won it (can't say that he didn't deserve it though, he was hot both series all weekend long)
Truck race tomorrow though
Truck race tomorrow though
There's a Truck race tomorrow?
Edit: Rockingham. That should be a good race. I hope the Nationwide and Cup Series go back there in a few years.
Watching. Nice holdover from NASCAR until f1 later tonight.
Elfforkusu
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COTA is pretty unlikely for NASCAR I think, seeing as (thanks to the ALMS purchase) they own almost every other relevant American circuit, and AFAIK still don't have plans to use them.
Road America should have a Cup date already, but it doesn't. Throw in Sebring, Road Atlanta, etc ... Too busy going to lame Charlotte/Michigan clones to add more real tracks to the schedule.
The Texas dates, i.e. this weekend, rightfully belong to North Wilkesboro. Never forget!
rangersfan414
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Blame Bruton Smith! I really hope that bastard doesn't get voted into the Hall of Fame this year, but I'm sure he will. He has enough money to buy the votes.
Dave_6
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Thanks for the link. These cars sound soooooo good.