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| PanelBilly |
 May 25 2014, 10:11 AM
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I'm positioned on the couch and Julie is cooking breakfast. Hope for a good show today.
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| Spoke |
May 25 2014, 11:29 AM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,978 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None
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Andretti hanging in there. Will he break the Andretti-Indy jinx?
Tony Kannan out. |
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| PanelBilly |
May 25 2014, 01:06 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 23-July 06 From: Kent, Wa Member No.: 6,488 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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One of the better Indycar races, I love to see a real battle for 1st
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| brp986s |
May 25 2014, 01:16 PM
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yellow really is faster. Dijon faster than sunflower. Whoops! take that back!
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| messix |
May 25 2014, 01:19 PM
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AKA "CLUTCH KILLER"! Group: Members Posts: 6,995 Joined: 14-April 05 From: between shit kickers and pinky lifters/ puget sound wa.north of Seattle south of Canada Member No.: 3,931 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
the best last 5 laps I've seen in a long time!!!
one hell of a good race! |
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| stugray |
May 25 2014, 01:49 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,824 Joined: 17-September 09 From: Longmont, CO Member No.: 10,819 Region Association: None |
classic finish!
It looked like Castroneves was crying there for a few minutes. I was just commenting to my son (learing about performance auto stuff) that in that final struggle where the 2nd place car pulled up to the side of the 1st and then overtook him. The car that comes up from behind has just spent the last few seconds running at less than full power while the lead car is giving it every bit. I wonder if the car that comes from behind has a couple extra HP just because the engine should be a few degrees cooler than the lead car. With modern ECUs the hotter engine would pull a couple of extra degrees of timing... |
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| PanelBilly |
May 25 2014, 01:59 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 23-July 06 From: Kent, Wa Member No.: 6,488 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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I was swearing at abc when they split the screen in the heat of the action to show his wife.
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| Dave_Darling |
May 25 2014, 02:41 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,986 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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QUOTE(stugray @ May 25 2014, 12:49 PM)  I wonder if the car that comes from behind has a couple extra HP just because the engine should be a few degrees cooler than the lead car. It's probably more due to aero than engine power. The car in the back is not pushing through as much air, so it can go a little faster and get around. Of course, at some point the airflow over the car gets disrupted and the handling gets funky, so you have to be careful exactly where you go relative to the other car... I missed the last ~half of the race, too bad. --DD |
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| stugray |
May 25 2014, 04:22 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,824 Joined: 17-September 09 From: Longmont, CO Member No.: 10,819 Region Association: None |
QUOTE The car in the back is not pushing through as much air, so it can go a little faster and get around. But I was referring to after he made the move to pass. They were neck & neck then the car that was behind began to pull away and win. I was just wondering if he had that extra 1/3HP because he just came out from the draft and was running cooler as a result. |
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| Elliot Cannon |
May 25 2014, 04:40 PM
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914 Guru Group: Retired Members Posts: 8,487 Joined: 29-December 06 From: Paso Robles Ca. (Central coast) Member No.: 7,407 Region Association: None 
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It was a great finish. However, I don't think I have ever seen so many commercials during a sporting event before. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
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| Larmo63 |
May 25 2014, 04:48 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,264 Joined: 3-March 14 From: San Clemente, Ca Member No.: 17,068 Region Association: Southern California |
It was almost unwatchable because of so many commercials. The first 3/4 of the race was a snoozer. No real racing, just positioning. Basically, it was a merry-go-round. The last 30 laps were by far worth the price of admission. (except for the %^&*#$@ commercials)
The pass that Ryan Hunter Reay made on the inside (he almost went into the grass) should have been replayed more at the end. That was insane. I'm glad an American won too! |
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| Jetsetsurfshop |
May 25 2014, 06:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 814 Joined: 7-April 11 From: Marco Island Florida Member No.: 12,907 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(messix @ May 25 2014, 11:19 AM) the best last 5 laps I've seen in a long time!!! one hell of a good race! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) |
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