Posted on 08/05/2009 7:57:45 PM PDT by Chode
Not surprised the IndyCar guys are lapping faster than they were when they last visited. After all, they do have considerably more power these days in road course trim.
#INDYCAR In-Car Theater: Visor Cam With James Hinchcliffe At Watkins Glen International
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMF6zcahv0w
Their running the boot! This will be fun.
oh yeah... watch the YT in #2183
Now if they would get not use the Tommy Kendall chicane, this would make an interesting race.
don’t remember now if J.D McDuffy got killed before Kendall’s little excursion or after
On June 30, 1991, Kendall encountered serious injuries at Watkins Glen when a mechanical failure caused his Intrepid RM-1 IMSA GTP car to leave the track. This occurred along the same area of track where J. D. McDuffie of NASCAR Winston Cup fame was killed only a month later.
PHOTO GALLERY: IndyCar tests at Watkins Glen International
WATKINS GLEN—Watkins Glen International race track once again heard the roar of IndyCar open-wheel race cars, Monday June 20. Select teams participated in one-day testing at the newly paved road course. This test comes in advance of the race scheduled Sept. 1 to 4 at the track. The last time IndyCar raced at Watkins Glen was in 2010, but an opening in the schedule was created on Labor Day weekend due to the cancellation of the Grand Prix of Boston.The Monday event was open to the public in the Argetsinger Grandstand.
http://www.observer-review.com/photo-gallery-indycar-tests-at-watkins-glen-international-cms-5347
14 July 2016 Earlier this month, GPUpdate.net gave readers the opportunity to pose questions to Haas team boss Guenther Steiner. We put a selection of them to him during the British Grand Prix weekend at Silverstone.
Lode Beuten, Facebook: What do you have to do to start up a Formula 1 team?
They’ve had a solid first year.
I’d love to see a financial balance sheet on the whole deal.
In my view it must be costing Haas a ton of money.
thankx to ColdOne...
Police say it WAS an inside job! Bernie Ecclestone’s helicopter pilot is arrested over ‘masterminding plot’ to kidnap his mother-in-law
courtesy of carriage_hill
have at it...
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/09/07/liberty-media-seals-8-billion-deal-to-buy-formula-one.html
Formula One is being bought by Liberty Media, a U.S. company that invests in entertainment and sports, in a takeover valuing the motorsport series at $8 billion.
Liberty Media, which is controlled by 75-year-old tycoon John Malone, has ended years of uncertainty about the ownership of the sport with Wednesday’s deal.
The transition is due to be overseen by F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone, who told The Associated Press that he will retain his role as the sport enters a new era.
Liberty Media will be renamed Formula One Group after the deal is complete, which is expected by March 2017.
F1’s biggest shareholder is investment fund CVC Capital Partners.
I do not know what this means; should I be concerned about the future of the sporting regs from a media company?
And, also should I be concerned about the t v fate of Lee, Steve, and David of whom I have respected and enjoyed.
Probably not, but I can't recall a buyout or takeover with a happy ending.
Comments and criticisms welcomed.
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Higher payout to teams,
Reduce ticket cost for fans,
center the racing on Europe
maybe get rid of all the “green” crap...
i like some of the new tracks, but some of them simply lined bernie’s pockets
courtesy of ColdOne
Lawyer reveals Michael Schumacher cannot walk as court case over false claim begins
A lawyer has revealed that seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher cannot walk at the beginning of a court case in Germany over false claims about his condition.
Schumacher (pictured above in 2012) sustained a severe head injury in a skiing accident in December 2013, one year after retiring from racing, that led to an extended spell in hospital in a medically-induced coma.
Schumachers manager Sabine Kehm confirmed in September 2014 that the German had returned home to continue his rehabilitation, but updates regarding his condition have been limited since then.
In December 2015, Kehm was forced to deny a report in German publication Bunte that Schumacher could walk again.
The celebrity magazine claimed a source had informed them Schumacher was able to raise an arm and take some steps with the help of his therapists.
Unfortunately, we are forced by a recent press report to clarify that the assertion that Michael could move again is not true, Kehm said.
Such speculation is irresponsible, because given the seriousness of his injuries, his privacy is very important for Michael. Unfortunately they also give false hopes to many involved people.
The claim made by Bunte is now the subject of a court case in Germany as the Schumacher family seeks damages of between 40,000 and 100,000 ($44,000 and $111,000) for the false report and an invasion of privacy.
He cannot walk, Felix Damm, the Schumacher familys lawyer, confirmed at a court hearing in Hamburg.
Damm went on to add that he would not reveal the full extent of Schumachers condition solely to counter the report from Bunte.
A verdict on the case is expected next month.
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