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  1. Anyone there? What's the weather?
     
  2. fatbillybob

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    I was there Friday and it was perfect. I watched practice of the indy cars and the CanAm cars. I only live 30 mins away and the weather here is perfect. Maybe there might be some wind for a very minor effect on the cars. I think the most unusual thing I saw was in the IMSA paddock where the rollcage doorbars are now a hybrid stlyized "X" bar. There was a move from the classic "X", to hybrid NASCAR, to Hybrid nascar-esque pyramid X bars ala european rally, to the new hybrid X. It looks like the carbon fibre doors sandwich bumper crash foam. These doors are really slick and remove easy for crew access to work on the cars.
     
  3. BartonWorkman

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  4. A little late, no? :confused:

    The race was run 19 hours ago.... ;)

    (And prior to the race, I was askin' for someone on the grounds)
     
  5. tifoso2728

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    A nice result for Honda, unlike F1 . . .
     
  6. BartonWorkman

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    Uhm, no, the answer to your original question was posted at 1:19PM, just about three
    hours before the start of the race.

    And, the information easily found with an Internet search where there are about three
    dozen weather sites to choose from.

    It seems there is just no winning with some people.

    And, you're welcome.

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  7. 'Cept for the Andretti cars...
     
  8. #8 lorenzobandini, Apr 9, 2017
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    Uhm, yes.

    Again, your answer was today. The weather I was curious about was yesterday... I wanted to know from someone firsthand what it would be like for IMSA.

    Thank you very much, though, for your useless reply. 'Truly appreciated. :p ;)

    ("It seems there is just no winning with some people."....I know exactly what you mean.... Pretty often, it's when a fragile ego is in such a hurry to discredit someone, they don't even get their facts straight, if at all....)
     
  9. OhioMark

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    Good to see Marco doing well.....again!
     
  10. Devilsolsi

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    That harpin is such a cluster****. The end of the IMSA race was really pretty sad.

    Saw during the PWC race a fire hydrant broke and flooded part of the track. How does that happen?
     
  11. A Mario the rest of the Andrettis have never been, driving or personalitywise (tho' he was known to break a number of race cars also...) :)



    They surmised during the show it may have been a truck ('could have been another vehicle for that matter) that hit it. Nothing too amazing. 'Seen it happen before.
     
  12. RWatters

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    Indy race was boring. I'm not sure what Will Power was thinking on the first lap when he made contact with Charlie Kimball. He didn't have the corner and it's the first lap of the race.

    IMSA race was pretty damn exciting. I felt bad for the #3 Corvette losing out in the last corner on the last lap like they did. I'm not a huge Wayne Taylor Racing fan (simply due to their dominance), but there's no denying the fact that the team is on fire and that was one hell of a drive to win.
     
  13. Gatorrari

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    Okay, so why did Andretti lose three cars to mechanical woes when the rest of the Hondas ran fine? What do they not know that everyone else seems to know?
     
  14. GuyIncognito

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    or the opposite, they got parts/software from HPD nobody else got and it backfired?
     
  15. bjwhite

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    I haven't paid attention to Indycar in many years (or ever?) but am a religious F1 junkie. (I love the Long Beach track--I drive it often on iRacing in a Lotus 79....talk about a wonderful layout).

    So during the Chinese GP aftershow, they showed some footage of the Indycar race at LB...my god the cars have gotten crazy looking--and not really in a good way--with aero spoilers over the rear tires and crazy stacked rear wings....

    Wow......a far cry from 1993 that's for sure...
     
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    If you had looked at the link yesterday it would have given you yesterdays weather. You look at it today it gives you todays weather, you look at it again tomorrow and it will give you tomorrows weather. No need to be ungrateful to someone trying to help you out.
     
  17. I know all about weather sites. Thank you very much. Again, I wanted someone at LB to give a personal report 12 minutes before the race.. Often they're not the same. Just last week my sister called and asked if it was pouring here as that's what she saw online. It was a gorgeous day in my neighborhood.

    I appreciate your suggestion though. Thank you so much for your input.
     
  18. Devilsolsi

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    LOL...not sure if serious...


    Did you watch the race? Weather conditions are usually one of the first things they cover in a race broadcast.
     
  19. #19 lorenzobandini, Apr 10, 2017
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    Agreed, the Indycars are a far cry from back then (CART) and look rather cluttered and silly.

    I've been an avid Indycar and F1 fan since the mid sixties and can sorrowfully say the same about the change from the 90s to now for F1 also.... :(
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  20. You're not sure if you're serious??? I am. :)

    No, dang it. Our FOX affiliate decided not to "air" it. 4 o'clock rolled around and we got a Lifelock infomercial followed by other stuff. All the better, I was more able to concentrate on my billiards. I see that it replayed on FS1 yesterday but I missed it. It's on again tonite/tomorrow morn so maybe I'll check it out. Already know the results and that it was a crash fest so it doesn't really matter at this point.
     
  21. Devilsolsi

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    You can stream it on Fox Sports Go.

    Also, IMSA does a very good job at posting the full race broadcasts to Youtube, usually within 24 hours.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi5PeRQU3sU&t=864s[/ame]
     
  22. Don't you start in on me too, now. :p
    I know this!!! :D

    I was at an, ahem, "billiard parlor" and only had the TV's, which I was lucky enuff to have changed to "supposed" auto racing (not a fan favourite in such places)... :)
     
  23. kevin956

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    #23 kevin956, Apr 12, 2017
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    The fire hydrant broke because of a street car accident outside the track. Apparently, the individual fled so guessing there was more to the story on that front. Doesn't sound like anything the track or the series could have done to prevent, but major kudos to addressing quickly and extending the window for the race to get more running in.

    The last corner for the IMSA race was indeed a cluster. The Lexus certainly had no business trying to make that pass and ended up costing himself, the NSX and BMW finishes and robbed Garcia of a GTLM win.

    I was shooting at that turn and the whole thing happened right in front of me. The BMW hit the wall within 5 feet of me. Here are a few pics - check out the marshall on the inside of the turn as he sees what's happening.
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  24. Devilsolsi

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    I am not sure the Acura and the BMW were going to make it through there without making a mess anyway. I was also surprised to see the BMW driver exit his car while cars were still trying to complete their last lap.
     
  25. tervuren

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    Give him some slack, he's old enough he was there for President Lincoln's inauguration address.

    When you're that old, a few things can slip by...
     

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