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> OT: No, I'm not excited., Formula 1 coming to Las Vegas for Thanksgiving
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post Nov 15 2023, 08:24 PM
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post Nov 15 2023, 10:59 PM
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i'd be almost tempted to put money down on stroll for fastest lap.
good odds and he would either do it or smear the walls with himself.
have to wait for practice to see if that a m has speed at the l v track.
depends how they have it set up but it can be a fast car and stroll has been fast in it.

but truthfully - i'd be thinking there is a good chance that norris might take that prize.
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post Nov 15 2023, 11:22 PM
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Marshaling the Marshals.
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post Nov 16 2023, 03:19 AM
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post Nov 16 2023, 03:21 AM
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post Nov 16 2023, 03:24 AM
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post Nov 16 2023, 09:19 AM
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QUOTE(VegasRacer @ Nov 15 2023, 09:22 PM) *

Marshaling the Marshals.

Or a retirement home for utility workers ...
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post Nov 16 2023, 09:25 AM
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Ya'll have enough water in Vegas to wash the roads or did it actually rain? HAHA
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post Nov 16 2023, 10:18 AM
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post Nov 16 2023, 11:11 AM
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Safety car lap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6QkCPhJ6Fw

I am highly unimpressed. It reminds me so much of the old WW2 airport circuits in Texas/Oklahoma that we were forced to race on in the 80s, because we had nothing else; a string of long straights with turns necessary to get the cars back to the start/finish line -- plus immovable walls

I hope I'm wrong, but I suspect this will be an unending series of yellows, blacks, and maybe some reds...
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post Nov 16 2023, 07:59 PM
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Not just Marshals either. ‘Intervention’ Marshals. What are one of those? Plenty of them.
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post Nov 17 2023, 12:05 AM
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‘Intervention’ Marshals. What are one of those? Plenty of them.

Kevin. See post #52.
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post Nov 17 2023, 06:02 AM
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I see a lot of good fencing. I know of a good place for that fencing when they are done with it.
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Did they ever get FP1 and FP2 going? I DVR'ed FP1 but only saw Sainz's Ferrari hit a water access cap and damage his car. I read that he would be penalized 10 grid spots to change the chassis and other damaged pieces.
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post Nov 17 2023, 08:36 AM
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Great start to the weekend eh? Them giving him a penalty for unsafe track condition accident is very dumb.
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post Nov 17 2023, 09:09 AM
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Clown shoes.

- Track not properly prepared
- Cars damaged as a reuslt, have to replace chassis and sub-components
- Damaged Ferrari given 10-place grid penalty because of a battery replacement due to that damage, no wiggle room offered
- FP2 delayed 2-1/2 hours
- Yet despite many waiting, all spectators removed from all stands due to "security teams shifts ending" (and, I strongly suspect, due to the requirement to open up the roads immediately after end of FP2)
- Martin's comment, paraphrased, "it's like a lock-down race".

This reminds me a lot of the 2005 Indy debacle. Michelin made it right for us spectators with refunds/discounts, I hope Liberty is calling in their check writers (and ticket dispensers) to make their Thursday evening ticket holders whole.

Clown Shoes.

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post Nov 17 2023, 09:19 AM
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Marshaling the Marshals.
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Orange is the new black!
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post Nov 17 2023, 09:41 AM
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Top tip. Tack weld manhole covers down. That’s what was done when Tacoma hosted a street circuit for Winston Cup cars in the mid 80s. Everyone one wearing puffy jackets and warm hats for the Vegas night race…only in America.
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post Nov 17 2023, 09:54 AM
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QUOTE(technicalninja @ Nov 17 2023, 10:19 AM) *

Orange is the new black!

Actually, "the new white" (flaggers tradtionally wear all-white).

I will offer that, despite my initial concerns, the track looks like it'll race better than I thought it would. It's still an "airport circuit" but there's some interesting corners and braking areas that will offer some viewing excitment.

And I've already seen a couple friends on TV; the marshall in black and the helmet with the Texas outline that was shoo-ing away the camera from Sainz' car is an SCCA friend. She must be sleeping now as I can't seem to get a rise out of her via text...lol - GA
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Welding the manhole covers is OLD, OLD, school.

Every time a President visits your town every single manhole cover on his route is welded shut.
Makes it a BITCH for the telephone techs to fix stuff in the future...

The manhole covers cover more telecommunication stuff than anything else.
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