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Chode ^ | 8/5/2009 | Chode

Posted on 08/05/2009 7:57:45 PM PDT by Chode

This will be a general purpose thread for F1 news and pings that really don't require a thread of their own.


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: chode; f1; f1gp; formula1; formulaone; grandprix; kmg
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To: Chode

Damn!!! Well, he is sure gonna take some gas the next time he shows his face at the office from the rest of the troops! (Driver error or a mechanical malf I wonder?)


2,621 posted on 06/03/2018 4:34:41 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: bobby.223

i agree with the announcer, he prolly wasn’t expecting to see Mario or whoever was piloting the two seater putting along like that as he rounded the corner and lost it


2,622 posted on 06/03/2018 4:48:23 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: God luvs America; Chode; All
A 2019 Corvette ZR1 pace car driven was murdered by Mark Reuss, executive vice president of global product development, purchasing and supply chain “upper” level manager at GM.

I’ll bet he doesn’t want to be at The Monday Safety Meeting, he might be getting a better look at the side of life from below management than the view he’s been used too.

I’m betting if there’s a Teenager in his house there won’t be any lectures from Dad about driving for a while.

2,623 posted on 06/04/2018 12:59:32 AM PDT by mabarker1 (congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: mabarker1

heh heh heh heh...


2,624 posted on 06/04/2018 4:07:31 AM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Chode

And when they got the Backup Pace Car out THEN...

They had to attach a Transponder before going forward to actually Starting the Race.


2,625 posted on 06/04/2018 4:31:38 AM PDT by mabarker1 (congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: mabarker1

whoever was driving the 2-seater was dragging his feet, pacecar should have taken immediate action to pass


2,626 posted on 06/04/2018 4:36:14 AM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: bobby.223; Chode; Squantos; All

BIG Bump at Turn 1, I’m going to say “Someone” missed The Drivers Meeting.

Heck, Everybody else made it past the same bump ALL Weekend. Practice, Qualifying, 1 Race Saturday. (Indy Cars)

Plus the IMSA Kids Sunday AM.

I Wonder if anyone at the Office added a Steering Wheel and Brake Pedal to his Fancy Office Ergonomic a$$ perch.

And line ALL surfaces with empty boxes to make SAFER™ Barriers.


2,627 posted on 06/04/2018 4:49:24 AM PDT by mabarker1 (congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: Chode

?2 Seater?

You talking about the Indy Car Ride Along with Mario driving it ?


2,628 posted on 06/04/2018 4:53:22 AM PDT by mabarker1 (congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: Yo-Yo

got it...all i heard was “celebrity driver”...the guy just lost the back end for no reason..


2,629 posted on 06/04/2018 5:02:17 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Chode

I just realized You said that they were using feet.

So that means Fred and Barney and running around taking Dino out for a Bringing their.


2,630 posted on 06/04/2018 5:25:19 AM PDT by mabarker1 (congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: mabarker1

DAMNED AUTO SPELL!!!!!!

Bringing their=Bronto Burger


2,631 posted on 06/04/2018 5:29:58 AM PDT by mabarker1 (congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: mabarker1

yup...


2,632 posted on 06/04/2018 3:26:24 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Chode; al_c; arbitrary.squid; arderkrag; atc23; BBB333; Bad~Rodeo; bajabaja; Betis70; biff; ...

https://racer.com/2018/06/09/mclaren-to-indycar-favorable-for-2019/

McLaren to IndyCar ‘favorable’ for 2019

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown describes the chances of his team entering the IndyCar series next year as “favorable.”

Brown (pictured above) has openly admitted he is exploring the opportunity of McLaren entering the championship in a full-time capacity in the future, and recent months have seen an acceleration in plans that could result in an entry as early as 2019. After a visit to Detroit last weekend to hold further discussions, Brown had Michael Andretti with him on Friday and Saturday at the Canadian Grand Prix and admits a positive decision is looking more likely.

“We’re seriously considering IndyCar,” Brown said. “We’ve been doing due diligence for quite some time. As stated before, if we’re going to get into other forms of motorsport — which McLaren has a great history in — we need to do it in a way that first and foremost doesn’t compromise our Formula 1 activities or we won’t consider it.

“It needs to be commercially viable, something we feel we can be competitive in and fits our brand. It has to tick all of those boxes, not most of those boxes.

“We’re not done yet with our due diligence but it’s looking favorable, so we will take a decision in order to be prepared for 2019 sometime in the upcoming months. If we’re confident all four of those elements really tick those boxes then it’s something that we will probably move forward on, but we’re not done with the journey yet.”

With Fernando Alonso racing for McLaren in last year’s Indianapolis 500, inevitably the Spaniard has been linked with a full-time IndyCar seat and Brown says conversations are ongoing about where he will race next year.

“We’re in talks with Fernando — as he said it was about this time last year that we started having conversations. He’s been doing Formula 1 a long time, he’s enjoying driving as much as he ever has. I think he’s driving better than he ever has.

“As he’s mentioned I think he’s a little frustrated with Formula 1 being, I think as he said, becoming more of a constructors’ championship than a drivers’ championship. He loves Formula 1, he loves World Endurance and Daytona, so hopefully we will keep Fernando in the McLaren environment in some way, shape or form.”

Despite a difficult relationship with Honda in Formula 1 that came to an end last year, Brown insists an IndyCar partnership is not out of the question.

“Yeah, there’s two engine manufacturers, both who do an excellent job in IndyCar. We’d love to race with Honda again. They make great engines, they win a lot of races in IndyCar, so we wouldn’t hesitate to race with Honda again if that was ultimately the direction we were headed in.

“We’ve spoken to both manufacturers in our process of exploring what we might want to do.”

-Chris Medland


2,633 posted on 06/09/2018 8:13:05 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Chode
current car on display at the IMRRL

1970 Chinook F5000

This car, chassis number 01, was originally built for Mario Andretti to race in the F5000 series and was raced early in its history by George Eaton (Mario had decided to race for Lotus).

It has raced in many SCCA national events and finished 3rd in total points in the SCCA Northeast Division in 1972.

The car has a Ford Boss 302 V8 engine paired with a Hewland LG500 transmission.

Previous owners are the Fejer Brothers, Tony Narocki and Dennis Reed.

The 1970 Chinook F5000 will be on display at the Racing Research Center until Memorial Day.  It is on loan courtesy of Mike Knittel who races it in HSR, SVRA and other historic racing events.


2,634 posted on 06/09/2018 8:33:34 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Chode

The McLaren road cars, almost all of them (P1, MP4-12C 650, LT750, 570) had the Tom Walkinshaw 3.8 L engine he designed for an Indy Racing League car. But Indy Racing League and Indy Car combined on the alcohol engine formula and the engine had no home. McLaren licensed the engine for their road cars and have only recently altered it for a 4.0L design for the 720S and Senna.

I am specing a 570S car right now.


2,635 posted on 06/09/2018 9:32:36 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber
do you kow if they are going to campaign the Senna?


2,636 posted on 06/09/2018 9:45:44 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Chode

I don’t know. In the US Continental Tire Series The 570 has become the 360 in the horsepower equalization. Something like the Senna will be so far above the rule HP limit for any series that I cannot see it qualifying. Maybe detuned for a LeMans GTLM car.


2,637 posted on 06/09/2018 10:11:52 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

so it doesn’t meet LeMans spec either then?

they should have an OPEN spec class for super cars


2,638 posted on 06/09/2018 10:15:00 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Chode

I am guessing that a 675 LT is above the class specifications for Le Mams so a Senna would be way out of Spec. Even the P1 prototype cars are detuned from what they used to be.


2,639 posted on 06/09/2018 10:27:59 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Chode
It makes sense from their car sales to this market.

North America Leads The Way For McLaren Sales

North America continued to be McLaren’s largest market, with 1,234 cars being delivered. This represents an increase of 8.3% over 2016, when the brand delivered 1,139 vehicles across the North American market.

McLaren is nurturing this strong growth in the States and Canada, with the announcement of additional and updated retail facilities in Montréal and Denver.

In 2017, McLaren also opened a new 7,500-square foot North American Regional Distribution Centre, the first centre of its kind distributing parts outside of the company’s UK headquarters in Woking, Surrey.

Mike Flewitt, Chief Executive Officer of McLaren Automotive, was pleased with the figures from 2017, and said: “Demand has been strong for McLaren Automotive across our product families in 2017, with interest particularly robust in our biggest market, North America.

http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2018/01/mclaren-automotive-speeds-record-sales-2017-bright-outlook-2018/

2,640 posted on 06/10/2018 2:10:59 AM PDT by Lockbox
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