Comments on: Random Thoughts On Long Beach http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/ Speed is Life Thu, 23 May 2013 17:18:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: John2010 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3306 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:46:05 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3306 The ALMS race was great-if you haven’t seen it, you should see it. Sports car racing in Long Beach was very exciting, no kids, though.

What do you mean? I like this. LOL

]]> By: MARS http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3304 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:17:32 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3304 The ALMS race was great-if you haven’t seen it, you should see it. Sports car racing in Long Beach was very exciting, no kids, though.

]]> By: Stephen_P83 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3303 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:14:54 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3303 That was my exact thought when I read that. Wow. Seems George is getting too popular and attracting some shady posters on here…haha

]]> By: Stephen_P83 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3302 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:13:56 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3302 I just got to see the race today (thank you DVR), so I’m a little late with my comments. I made a post Saturday morning after the qualifying report saying that I was hoping Ryan Hunter-Reay would win. WOW!!!! My wish came true! What a great race. Hunter-Reay cemented himself as my new favorite driver. (For anyone curious, Ryan overtook TK as my number 1 diver). I’m really glad that another team won. I just don’t want a season like last year where only one team other than P and G won a single race. I do like Penske Racing, but I like to see competition as well.

I don’t know if anyone will read this comment now since it’s a little late, but you gotta be happy with the direction the series is taking. I’ll admit right now that I am a HUGE, MASSIVE fan of all things road racing related (did anyone see the ALMS race…AMAZING SHOW) but the series really has gotten off to a great start with the road course part of the schedule. The series has a pretty big buzz around it heading into Kansas and while I am not a huge fan of oval racing, I’m looking forward to seeing the ovals. I really think that the biggest strength of the IZOD Indycar Series right now is the diversity of the schedule (honestly I wish it was more like 13 road courses and 4 ovals, but I digress). There is no other series in existance, that I know of at least) with a 50/50 split of road and street courses. Our drivers really have to have some talent to do both. Anyway, I really enjoyed Long Beach. Looking forward to Kansas (and especially Texas since I’m going), and if you haven’t saw the ALMS race you should watch it now!!!!

]]> By: Huh? http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3300 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:29:13 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3300 Huh? Are you related to MARS (whom I skip-over ever time)?

]]> By: Roy Hobbson http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3298 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:10:16 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3298 Exactly, BP. My thoughts exactly.

(Now can we all settle on whether it’s “IZOD” or “Izod?” And that’s not a rhetorical question. These different versions are making my O.C.D. flare up like hay-fever.)

]]> By: Namitamaki http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3297 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:07:58 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3297 Now Hunter-Reay, who led 64 of the 85 laps in Long Beach, is the brightest of all of Izod’s new stars? Really?
Front row not too hot yet-
accept for Banana boy.

When Paul Tracy comes to town, the game will change. The untrained Mizod will have to get the 411 on the new starpower rules of play-

]]> By: Dylan http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3295 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:02:00 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3295 I thought the race was alright, it was DEFINITLY better than Barber. Glad to see an American win, and glad to see the ovals again. Although I’m a little worried about starting the oval season at Kansas, I don’t remeber it being that great of race the last 2 years….

]]> By: BentWickerbill http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3292 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:22:12 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3292 On occasion even the Captains day does not turn out the way he would have liked it to. The best laid plans of mice and men as it were. I recall rear wing box bolts shearing on Helios and I believe also on Hornish’s car several years back nearly killing both of them, errant wheel bearing seizures et-al, thats racing folks. Does anyone remeber back two races when Marco and Tony were essentially taken out of any level of contention at St. Pete when they both unavoidably drove through the field of parts pieces and carbon fiber that Scott Dixon sprayed across the track? Like MA said in that horribly shot Jack Arute, ‘filmed in black and white, ala’ convicted felon lighting and camera angles (I expected MA’s voice to be broadcast in that off frequency manner that they use to hide the identity of those in the witness protection program.) Whatever it takes, every team out there is always looking for an edge the other teams do not have…. That segment along with that pitiful excuse for an HD monitor that Jack was using for show and tell were kind of scary even for an upstart professional sports casting company like Versus. BTW, Do you folks listen to some of the unsubstantiated mumbo jumbo drivel, that Robbie Buhl spouts during any given broadcast.? Bob Jenkins has forgotten more about open wheel racing than Robbie Buhl will ever hope to know.

]]> By: Mars http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3291 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:41:52 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/random-thoughts-on-long-beach/#comment-3291 Watching Will Power slow down because he hit his speed -pit- limiter was just coincidentally suspicious… but the racing seems rather stacked up as of late. The weekend is the party and since I used to really like RHR I was happy for him…Watching Danica gloat and gesture after the race was genuinely sad-
Now American Open Wheel racing is pretty..and the winner is prettier. Only in L.A.

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