Comments on: Random Thoughts On St. Petersburg http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/ Speed is Life Fri, 24 May 2013 03:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Leigh O'Gorman http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3051 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:22:50 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3051 Surely the quote of the weekend came from Goodyear just before the start of the race when said:
“…there’s Milka Duno. She’s just won the award for spinning in every possible place this weekend.”

Brilliant :D

]]> By: scott http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3050 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:30:12 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3050 I thought I had it all out of my system, but there is one more issue to vent about.

They delayed the start of the race because if the cars started on rain tires, league rules dictate that it become a 2 hour timed race.

I don’t get it. Why have a rule that says “If you start now you will only get to go for 2 hours, but if you waint for another half hour to start, you will be able to run a full 2 hours and 7 minutes!”.

Personally I like to watch a wet/dry track transition because it levels the playing field and rewards the drivers and teams who handle the situation with the most skill and best strategy.

But I don’t get to see that because they have a rule that makes the event more difficult to fit into a TV window for absolutely no reason!

Surely somebody can explain the point of this idiocy, right?

]]> By: AZZO45 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3049 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:24:06 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3049 Double AMEN P-Dog… well said :!:

]]> By: AZZO45 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3048 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:22:41 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3048 WTF wer you expecting keith :?: SFR is basically an all-OVAL team & this was their 1st RC in a long time.

Will Power in a SFR car would have had similar results :idea: I’ll join you in the disappointed camp if Barber brings the same general results.

]]> By: Mars http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3047 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:14:44 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3047 Along with Lewis Hamilton apologizing for getting his car impounded after the Australian race, change is on the horizon-

]]> By: Mars http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3046 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:12:54 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3046 Totally agree with Scott but this is a “new” racing experience.
Watching Helio, Power, and Briscoe at the beginning of the race this weekend put it all in perspective, along with the new Izod commercials, of course-
RHR is now the pretty boy and we have to watch him be humiliated, but that is what he signed up for-
“Pretty and Prettier” is the new standard but Briscoe, Power, and Helio are the force-
Hard for the rest-

]]> By: Stephen_P83 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3045 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:59:06 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3045 Better than Bahrain for sure, but not close to the Australian GP!

]]> By: Leigh O'Gorman http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3044 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:00:51 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3044 Much, much better than Fontana or Bahrain

]]> By: Dylan http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3043 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:05:56 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3043 I didn’t get to watch the race (don’t have a DVR), but it sounded alright, better than Fontana(NASCAR) or Barhain (F1).

]]> By: Scott http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3042 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:26:13 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/random-thoughts-on-st-petersburg/#comment-3042 RHR has to be the biggest disappointment. How could he stay clear of mishaps and still fall back that way? Its understandable when TK or Marco fall back after hitting bad luck in debris, but what happened to RHR? Danica demonstrated what should happen when you keep your nose clean… you move up without needing to make on track passes.

You have to give ESPN credit. They spent most of the race following cars that weren’t actually the leader of the race. Very unusual for the network.

As usual the restarts are a total disgrace. The league needs to put an end to the leader leaving the field in the dust by jumping the restarts. He shouldn’t be at full throttle crossing the start/finish line while the 5th place car is still exiting the corner and there shouldn’t be a 3-4 second lead on the 3rd place car when they enter the first corner. Those restarts make for boring finishes like we saw yesterday. Goodyear said that the rest of the pack needs to keep on his tail, but that is idiotic. You can’t keep on his tail without racing and it is insane to encourage the pack to start racing prior to the green being thrown without creating safety issues.

They need to get a radar gun out on the track just before start finish and never wave the green flag before the leader reaches it. If he’s above a set speed, give him a stop and go. Give anybody who jumps out of line a stop and go behind him.

Why is this series afraid of penalties anyway? They need to start handing them to guys like Graham when he punts the Swiss Miss out of his way too. He shouldn’t be allowed to benefit from taking out somebody he had failed to pass properly.

If the current regime were running the 500 back in 1995, they would have just put the pacecar back out in front of Goodyear and given him a second chance to win the 500. There is absolutely no discipline enforced out there.

Maybe if they can get a handle on these guys they can figure out how to not close the pits unless there is an actual incident that impacts safety in the pit lane. That way we wouldn’t have cautions that last 10 minutes and 5 laps for a spinout in the backstretch that is pushed out of harms way in less than one lap. I know it’s a lot to ask for, but seriously, if there’s a pit speed limit how is it safer to have 22 cars pit at once rather than spacing them out based on when they reach pit lane? All the current system does is benefit the points leader with the patented IRL “rich get richer” pit selection system.

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