And have you seen his car? It is TEH SEX!

Quote from Yuri Laszlo :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT9JtACUZuI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... fsni0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... S7J-8&feature=related

TK - says it all


Re: insane outside passes, Tscheck's take at them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID8dv7o045A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm3a3tKSUwE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wImIolYPR5g

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c ... exas-boycott/?eref=sircrc

An interesting read. Eddie Gossage tells it exactly how he sees it I tell you.

On breaking up the pack though, I don't see it as possible really without adding bumps on the track somehow. Let them tandem bump draft.. that'll do the trick (entirely kidding)

I hope the new car is as safe as they claim it to be.

Texas won't be boycott, you do not see 'pack racing' there.

Quote from JackDaMaster :

Texas won't be boycott, you do not see 'pack racing' there.

Not like NASCAR at 'Dega or Daytona, but they do have couple car breakaways which kind of draft together. That won't change there.

09 Texas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxaHICyFuVY
11 Texas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2M_gW6NgcM


11 Vegas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAYIbAvKTdI

there is no real pack racing in texas... especially if you compare these pictures to those from Las Vegas, you can see that the cars are moving in relation to each other while in Las Vegas the cars had trouble to break away, and when they did, cars behind could use that "gap" much easier. If we compare just the state of the last year's racing on lap 10 in Race 1 at Texas and at Vegas, you can see that in Texas the field is streched out, there were only two cars running side by side. In Vegas however, everyone behind P4 was having someone else aside of him/her.

I viewed those videos actually before I posted. Texas isn't "pack racing" via the Las Vegas definition, but it still is pack racing in my opinion. Texas looks like a little tamer version of the old Daytona before it was repaved. It's still a pack, it's just a bunch of small packs. Obviously less dangerous, but just the speeds are dangerous.

I suppose it's not much more dangerous that way then alone. Either way you're going 215+ MPH in a light weight open wheel vehicle.

The field is likely going to be even more spread out this year to unfamilarity with the chassis as well.

Quote from Mustafur :

The field is likely going to be even more spread out this year to unfamilarity with the chassis as well.

And different engines will also give a different power output

Luca Filippi joins Takuma Sato at Rahal Lanigan Racing.

You got to admitt guys, indy seems to have gone from its lowest point ever to being one of the most awaited seasons ever.

Awesome onboard from Simon Pagenaud: http://auto-racing.speedtv.com ... -pagenaud-sebring-in-car/

Isn't shy to step on it quick that's for sure.

Wish they were there when I was.

Quote from PMD9409 :

Wish they were there when I was.

And I wish the video was available over here If wishes were fishes, the world would be an ocean.

Quote from TFalke55 :

And I wish the video was available over here If wishes were fishes, the world would be an ocean.

Same...

Sorry guys, it's not on youtube yet unfortunately.

This?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3YuSPTVB2Q

Yeah that was it, good find.

Power really did not want to lose that car lol

inofficial combined results of the sebring test

01. 9 Scott Dixon (Ganassi-Honda) - 51.793s - 144 laps
02. 10 Dario Franchitti (Ganassi-Honda) - 52.016 - 142
03. 3 Helio Castroneves (Penske-Chevrolet) - 52.141 - 201
04. 8 Rubens Barrichello (KV-Chevrolet) - 52.161 - 165
05. 12 Will Power (Penske-Chevrolet) - 52.206 - 161
06. 4 J.R. Hildebrand (Panther-Chevrolet) - 52.207 - 185
07. 2 Ryan Briscoe (Penske-Chevrolet) - 52.207 - 179
08. 14 Mike Conway (Foyt-Honda) - 52.223 - 169
09. 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti-Chevrolet) - 52.347 - 153
10. 15 Takuma Sato (Rahal-Honda) - 52.384 - 203
11. 38 Graham Rahal (Ganassi-Honda) - 52.469 - 136
12. 77 Simon Pagenaud (Schmidt-Honda) - 52.470 - 200
13. 5 Ernesto Viso (KV-Chevrolet) - 52.632 - 146
14. 18 Justin Wilson (Coyne-Honda) - 52.654 - 174
15. 67 Josef Newgarden (Fisher-Honda) - 52.655 - 120
16. 83 Charlie Kimball (Ganassi-Honda) - 52.733 - 133
17. 19 James Jakes (Coyne-Hona) - 52.829 - 191
18. 27 James Hinchcliffe (Andretti-Chevrolet) - 52.912 - 162
19. 22 Oriol Servia (Dreyer/Reinbold-Lotus) - 52.918 - 212
20. 11 Tony Kanaan (KV-Chevrolet) - 52.919 - 133
21. 98 Alex Tagliani (Herta-Lotus) - 52.931 - 129
22. 26 Marco Andretti (Andretti-Chevrolet) - 52.958 - 166
23. 78 Simona de Silvestro (HVM-Lotus) - 53.231 - 129
24. 6 Sebastien Bourdais (Dragon-Lotus) - 53.299 - 69
25. 20 Ed Carpenter (Carpenter-Chevrolet) - 53.476 - 108
26. 6 Katherine Legge (Dragon-Lotus) - 53.816 - 111
27. 27 Ana Beatriz (Andretti-Chevrolet) - 54.148 - 86

Edit: Photos from the testings:
http://www.indycar.com/multime ... ebring-open-test-group-1/
http://www.indycar.com/multime ... ebring-open-test-group-2/

Super speedway (Indy + Fontana) wings




neat

That looks pretty badass.

Similar to how they cut the rear spoiler for the Cup cars on superspeedways. Hopefully it doesn't cause any issues.

dem green tires

They should glow in the dark.