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re: 2023 IndyCar Season - R17 Laguna Seca 9/10 2:30 pm ET (NBC)

Posted on 4/30/23 at 3:57 pm to
Posted by tccdc
Washington, DC
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 4/30/23 at 3:57 pm to
poor Rogro...cannot get a win
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 4/30/23 at 3:58 pm to
Dude overcooked it.
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
near the Apple spaceship
Member since Nov 2012
5769 posts
Posted on 4/30/23 at 3:58 pm to
Once again a bridesmaid, never the bride.

Did I use that phrase right?
Posted by UncleFestersLegs
Member since Nov 2010
11946 posts
Posted on 4/30/23 at 4:00 pm to
If power is 2 secs faster he won't even be 2nd
Posted by UncleFestersLegs
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11946 posts
Posted on 4/30/23 at 4:15 pm to
Groj gonna hold on. He has to
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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5769 posts
Posted on 4/30/23 at 4:19 pm to
Penske committed early and totally to the three-stopper, and it worked.
Posted by UncleFestersLegs
Member since Nov 2010
11946 posts
Posted on 4/30/23 at 4:20 pm to
Damn good race. Groj was nails with Power breathing down his neck. .6 as close as Power could get
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Posted on 4/30/23 at 4:23 pm to
Yeah Grosjean drove great. He lost on strategy, not from any lack of performance.
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Posted on 4/30/23 at 4:31 pm to
Grosjean believes McLaughlin got lucky with the yellow timing (by comparing to the other three-stoppers who ended up further back), but I think the other three-stoppers (e.g., Newgarden) got unlucky with the yellow timing. I still feel like the three-stop strategy should be the better one under ideal conditions.

I think O'Ward agrees that he should have done three stops?

Great race!
This post was edited on 4/30/23 at 4:34 pm
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
13396 posts
Posted on 4/30/23 at 7:12 pm to
Great race! Much better than F1 racing wise. Love all the post game interviews too! One in one and get real honest answers.

Grosjean is so close. He lost on team strategy last week. He lost on yellow timing today. But he raced his arse off.

Maybe Andretti can serve up an Indy win for him. Would make up for being so close all 4 races.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 4/30/23 at 7:53 pm to
McLaughlin was my preseason pick to win the championship, but I was rooting for Grosjean to hold him off.

There was some, good, hard, clean racing today.
Posted by Rig
BHM
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 4/30/23 at 7:55 pm to
I went to Barber today and man what a blast that was! First INDYCAR event for me since the 2010 Indianapolis 500 and I’ve got a strong desire to continue following the sport.

Thoroughly enjoyed Grosjean’s driving today, but having trouble deciding who to pull for moving forward.

I know all the old heads and don’t want to put my focus on a Scott Dixon or Will Power who may not be in the sport in 5 years.
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
13396 posts
Posted on 4/30/23 at 8:56 pm to
quote:

Thoroughly enjoyed Grosjean’s driving today, but having trouble deciding who to pull for moving forward.


Thats the thing, Indycar has some really likeable drivers up and down the pit lane. And pulling drivers from all over the world from different type racing. And the series found a great balance in the car. The PTP was a great idea too. But driver wise, some really cool cats right now.

One thing I like is not too much is televised leading up to race. No qualifying on TV even. In a weird way I’m liking that. Its not overkill. And they stay after to do interviews with just about any driver who wants to.

And I like this track too. Great venue and suits Indycars perfectly. I think the series is slowly building momentum.
This post was edited on 4/30/23 at 8:57 pm
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
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Posted on 4/30/23 at 9:02 pm to
Points after Barber:
1) Ericsson
2) O'Ward (-3)
3) Palou (-9)
4) McLaughlin (-11)
5) Grosjean (-15)

Next up is the GMR Grand Prix IMS on May 13th.
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
13396 posts
Posted on 4/30/23 at 9:03 pm to
Another thing I love that Indycar does:

IndyCar race control will pause throwing a yellow if a pit sequence is on-going and the driver is not in danger or needs medical attention, i.e. crash. Hence the completion of green flag pits before caution came out.
Posted by Rig
BHM
Member since Aug 2011
41869 posts
Posted on 4/30/23 at 9:57 pm to
I’ll be tuning in for the Indy road course on the 13th and the 500 at the end of the month for sure. Going to be reading up to find a driver or team as well.

Expect to see me in this thread moving forward!
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
13396 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 10:48 pm to
I just learned Indy has a weekly show and on on my box it shows Thu night at 8pm on CW.

Adam Stern
@A_S12
·Apr 28

@TheCW got 189,000 viewers for last night's debut episode of IndyCar's #100DaysToIndy, per @ShowBuzzDaily, and it competed against the @NFLDraft
.
That compares to @USA_Network's 233,000 for the first episode of NASCAR's 'Race For The Championship' last year.
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
13396 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 9:18 pm to
Adam Stern
@A_S12

@ESPN got a 0.53 rating and 958,000 viewers for Sunday's @F1 race in Baku, up from a 0.48 rating and 832,000 viewers last year, though the 2022 edition was held in June.

——

Adam Stern
@A_S12

@NBC got a 0.57 rating and 930,000 viewers for Sunday's NTT IndyCar Series race m @BarberMotorPark, roughly unchanged from a 0.59 rating and 920,000 viewers last year.

——

Adam Stern
@A_S12

@FS1 got a 0.63 rating and 1.067 million viewers for Monday's re-scheduled NASCAR race @MonsterMile, up from the Monday/FS1 races there last year (944,000) and in 2019 (798,000).

NASCAR has now seen three straight weeks of year-over-year viewership increases in Cup.
Posted by Cocotheape
Member since Aug 2015
4024 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 9:46 pm to
quote:

NASCAR has now seen three straight weeks of year-over-year viewership increases in Cup.


Coinciding with Chase Elliott’s return
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
52932 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 9:56 pm to
quote:

@FS1 got a 0.63 rating and 1.067 million viewers for Monday's re-scheduled NASCAR race @MonsterMile, up from the Monday/FS1 races there last year (944,000) and in 2019 (798,000).

NASCAR has now seen three straight weeks of year-over-year viewership increases in Cup.



That's still shite and it should be noted the F1 race was on at 6AM Sunday.
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