Comments on: Friday Afternoon Barber Wrap-Up http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/friday-afternoon-barber-wrap-up/ Speed is Life Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:14:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Classy Chassey http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/friday-afternoon-barber-wrap-up/#comment-7024 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 05:39:14 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/friday-afternoon-barber-wrap-up/#comment-7024 Barber is an awesome motorcycle track.

Its not a track built for race cars.

Don’t care how “beautiful” it is.

Hope the first lap is exciting. That will probably be the extent of the excitement tomorrow.

]]> By: redcar http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/friday-afternoon-barber-wrap-up/#comment-7020 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 23:52:09 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/friday-afternoon-barber-wrap-up/#comment-7020 George, I think you were channeling Donald Davidson on that first answer. Thanks.

hey–have a blast tomorrow and good luck with the R. Bernard one-on-one.

]]> By: Oilpressure http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/friday-afternoon-barber-wrap-up/#comment-7018 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:56:04 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/friday-afternoon-barber-wrap-up/#comment-7018 Regarding the numbers with zero’s…I’m not a fan. When Newman/Haas came over from Champ Car. Their traditional numbers had been Nos. 2 and 6. When they moved over to IndyCar, those numbers were taken. Rather than taking whatever was available, they opted for 02 and 06. When de Ferran dragon didn’t answer the bell, then No. 2 was available, but they are still using 06 for Hinchcliffe. At least there is a reasonable explanation for that. Scheckter will run No. 07 at Indy. I’ve heard no explanation why. Of course, this all was started by Vision Racing in 2007 when Davey Hamilton ran Indy in the No. 02. Before that, there had never been a “0″ number at Indianapolis.

As far as the new tire qualifying rules go, it is a problem that they didn’t anticipate. They may tweak the rule or wait until next year.

]]> By: redcar http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/friday-afternoon-barber-wrap-up/#comment-7017 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 15:46:17 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/friday-afternoon-barber-wrap-up/#comment-7017 2 questions, George. The first is very unimportant, but I’m curious why they are numbering cars with a zero in front, like 06 or whatever? Don’t they have enough regular numbers?

After “watching” qualifying on the website, it seems like the qualifying is not as exciting as last year when they had the option to change tires.

I read that they changed it for the promoters so more teams would practice. Why take away from exciting quals to make practice better? Don’t more people watch quals than practice? Surely they could think of a better way to encourage (or mandate) that teams do practice runs?

]]> By: Red http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/friday-afternoon-barber-wrap-up/#comment-7014 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 04:09:48 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/friday-afternoon-barber-wrap-up/#comment-7014 Cool site man! Nice to meet you guys today.

]]> By: JohnMc http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/friday-afternoon-barber-wrap-up/#comment-7013 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 03:43:55 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/friday-afternoon-barber-wrap-up/#comment-7013 My main observation of the day is that Barber is an awesome place to see an INDYCAR race. Good places to see the track and it is a very comfortable, beautiful facility. This event should be a long-term jewel on the INDYCAR schedule.

]]> By: Br!an McKay http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/friday-afternoon-barber-wrap-up/#comment-7012 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 03:35:51 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/friday-afternoon-barber-wrap-up/#comment-7012 Ganassi always has a trailer, and Whanica always has a trailet… Law of demand-and-supply.
Have safe commutes, George.

]]> By: Randy Holbrook http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/friday-afternoon-barber-wrap-up/#comment-7008 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 02:08:25 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/friday-afternoon-barber-wrap-up/#comment-7008 Probably not really a question for Randy, but I was disappointed with the amount of team swag available in the fan zone. Danica had a trailer and there were a few generic ones, but I couldn’t find any gear for Simona anywhere. There were a few items from Penske and Ganassi. I know you can get a few things over the internet for some of the smaller teams but I was hoping to be able to pick up some stuff at the track.

]]> By: Steve K http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/friday-afternoon-barber-wrap-up/#comment-7005 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:34:46 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/friday-afternoon-barber-wrap-up/#comment-7005 I love the self deprecating humor.

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