Comments on: Random Thoughts On Milwaukee http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/ Speed is Life Sun, 26 May 2013 07:52:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mike R http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7875 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:51:20 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7875 I believe it goes down the line in terms of better finishes. If tied in wins, then they look at the number of 2nd places, and so on.

]]> By: JHall14 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7872 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:36:46 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7872 That kid led first 20 + laps. Was penalized for supposedly jumping the start of the race. He then gives an official the “salute”. He was moved to the rear of the pack, then talent kicked in, and he mowed em down.
As far as most IndyCar owners, they only see green, not talent. That is why we are where we are today in INDYCAR.

]]> By: Chris Lukens http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7871 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:55:30 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7871 Don’t hold your breath waiting for Bobby East to get an Indycar seat. Most owners think “Silver Crown” is some kind of Canadian whisky.

]]> By: JB http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7870 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:46:36 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7870 Attended Indy and Milwaukee. Was not at Texas, but there was only one yellow all night.

Unless someone has a good reason why, they need to happen just one lap earlier. They wait until they were approaching the final lap before green.

At Indy the waved around cars would be racing (single-file) down the front stretch while the green was waving in the north chute. I don’t recall seeing anyone pit, but I saw plenty of people faked out in the stands because they heard them coming at full song and thought the wave around cars were the restart.

At Milwaukee, they’d race to the pits for some reason and do their service and come out right in the middle of the top five racing at the restart.

Blood Sugar did this at least 3 times, each time I believe he still lost the lap back, so the strategy wasn’t working.

On a road course it probably doesn’t matter because of the average speed under yellow and the distance. But someone tell us why this can’t happen at 2 laps to go on an oval?

I’ll be watching in Iowa too and I’d imagine at 7/8′s of a mile it will be even worse.

ClustrerF’d

]]> By: JHall14 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7869 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:01:48 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7869 Thoroughly enjoyed my Father’s Day Weekend in Milwaukee. Enjoyed the local casino, and when you leave with more money than you came in with, that is great. Loved the USAC Midgets and Silver Crown cars. Bobby East sure put on a show in the Silver Crown race. I would hope someone from INDYCAR noticed that drive. Best of year in my opinion.

It did not take long for myself to remember what I had seen some 25 years ago. The great racing and busy circuit of the MM. I was disappointed in the crowd, however the 15,000 of us who showed up, were really treated to a great show. Great Brats!! Great Racing !! If the Hampton just did not have all those Little League Baseball players staying there, all would have been grand.

No finer way to enjoy the weekend, along with 1 of my sons, my wonderful wife, and INDYCAR racing. I certainly hope Milwaukee is brought back in 2012. If so, I guarantee you I will be back.

]]> By: redcar http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7868 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:48:20 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7868 wasn’t the compromise on the “Lucky Dog” something about allowing cars to stay out and then they could pit right before going back to yellow in an attempt to get a lap back? seems like I remember something like that as being touted as an advantage on the twisties…

]]> By: redcar http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7867 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:45:40 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7867 “busy” was my informal term for whatever the real rule is. problem is–once again–the rule is subjective and therefore subject to human error. who knows how much time before the Verizon car came in is allowable except the people who judge these things.

]]> By: gnome http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7866 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:39:51 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7866 DVR’d it, though, and it was a great race Sunday!

]]> By: gnome http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7865 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:38:32 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7865 We can make excuses all we want, but you are right about the weather. I had planned on going to the Milwaukee Mile since the announced it’d be returning to the schedule, but it poured all morning where I live and I decided not to spend the gas money to drive 3 + hours when I didn’t know if there would be a race or not. It’s not watch INDYCAR wants to hear, but it’s the truth. Here’s hoping it’s good for Iowa next weekend ;-)

]]> By: The Speedgeek http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7864 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:56:01 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/random-thoughts-on-milwaukee/#comment-7864 So, basically the argument is that the USAC races were leeching fans away from Sunday? Because the other 3 support races (USF2000, Star Mazda, Lights) were all on Sunday, so they wouldn’t have stolen Sunday’s sales, but how many people went on Saturday because that’s when the USAC races were instead of going on Sunday? You might be right that that was a contributing factor, I just think that that’d be like 7th or 8th on the list of what led us to miles of bare aluminum yesterday.

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