Nashville IndyCar Music City Grand Prix thread.

agree, if it’s not a top team it’s a waste of his talent

 

Herta’s gonna have to dive bomb off the bridge to pull this off

 

Colton just hit the wall (tires).

 

Herta stuffs it

 

Rule number one. In order to finish first,, first you must finish. Damn

 

anyone up for some tacos?

sjd

 

red flag #2

given the darkness I don’t see this restarting

 

I should be a track designer. I own pen and paper.

 

They should just cut to the road america tape delay now.

sjd

 

I watched the Miata cup , the Porsche cup and the Lamborghini trofeo on YouTube from RA this weekend. I should of gone to see it

 

this restart will be full send throughout the field

 

Fun hanging out with you guys. See ya

 

Bummer Colton locked up his inside front.

 

Well, that was chaotic.

When I heard "street course", I was a bit surprised.
Nashville does have a speedway (that NASCAR used).
But city-maintained streets are fairly notorious, in these parts.
At least they "fixed" most of the potholes.

Now Indycar has its own version of Monaco -- including the chance for cars to dive into water.
Not exactly a "race" course for modern cars.
(More of a "parade" course. More red and yellow than green.)

Power was gorilla driving, out there.
Tons of penalties. Some of the regs are incompatible with driving in a broom closet.

Have to agree: Surprising that they approved this course.
The selling point must have been the parties after the race.
(Since the speedway is further from downtown.)

(Wait 'till Indy finds out weed is still illegal in TN. )
(Although I'd guess Nashville isn't enforcing that -- when the state isn't looking.)

 

lol

 

IndyCar ran the Nashville speedway for a few years too, back in the bad old days

this race was brilliantly promoted, huge crowds and lots of buzz, a few changes to the layout and an earlier start time and it could live up to the hype.

but Monaco it ain’t.

 

What's that spell?

 

It lacks the glamour and film stars.
But it's got the narrow track with poor visibility, hard barriers, and water hazards.
And it has C&W stars and parties.

 

The usual IndyCar street circuit yellow flag sh*t show. How was this not foreseeable? IndyCar needs a reboot or at least re-think street circuits.

 

After the Indianapolis 500 and Helio's brilliant win, Indy Car seemed to have been poised to
return to CART level of interest and prestige.

After that debacle in Nashville (last night), Indy Car's cause has been set back 8-10 years.

Mickey Mouse circuit with so many bumps, it made Sebring look like a billiard table smooth
by comparison.

Had the chance to go, glad I didn't now.

BHW

 

Well I was in bed during the race as I had to wake up early and it started at midnight my time however, with the benefit of not having had to go through the whole race the accounts of it are great and it certainly have lots of action. Congrats to Marcus, what a race though he hit the wrong Frenchman;-)

Poor Herta will kick himself all week but he deserves to be in F1 (after a haircut).

What was the water problem on track?

Will watch highlights after my holiday.

 

here's the highlight reel.

if nothing else, lots of action to hype next year's race