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F1 car/livery launches. Cadillac's is during the Super Bowl halftime show.
Redbull is in a few hours.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f4XK16uGZo
Redbull is in a few hours.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f4XK16uGZo
I'm miffed with how much F1 gets attention in the US these days. Indycar is a much more competitive series and most of the races are in the states. Yes, F1 is "F1", but Indycar is much more compelling racing. F1 feels like high class racing with too much drama.
Meanwhile, Roar before the Rolex is this weekend. The VP racing series is out on the course.
www.imsa.com
The following week is the Rolex 24. Former VP racing series racer, Samantha Tan is graduating to the Michelin Pilot Challenge, racing in tandem with Random Vandals Racing which is reintroducing a car in that series after skipping a year. The Michelin Pilot Challenge has one of their four hour events the day before the 24. I look forward to seeing the other 4-hr event at Mid-Ohio. Tan has done respectably in the lower series, which provide trophies a bit easier due to lower numbers of entries in classes. She'll be getting truly tested with notably larger fields in the Pilot Challenge.
Meanwhile, Roar before the Rolex is this weekend. The VP racing series is out on the course.
2026 Roar Before The Rolex 24 | IMSA
Experience the 2026 Roar Before The Rolex 24 at Daytona — three days of IMSA practice, qualifying and VP Racing SportsCar Challenge action at Daytona Int’l Speedway.
www.imsa.com
The following week is the Rolex 24. Former VP racing series racer, Samantha Tan is graduating to the Michelin Pilot Challenge, racing in tandem with Random Vandals Racing which is reintroducing a car in that series after skipping a year. The Michelin Pilot Challenge has one of their four hour events the day before the 24. I look forward to seeing the other 4-hr event at Mid-Ohio. Tan has done respectably in the lower series, which provide trophies a bit easier due to lower numbers of entries in classes. She'll be getting truly tested with notably larger fields in the Pilot Challenge.
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Yeah, F1 is so relatively infrequent that I try and get into other racing - but lose track of when it's on, and am not engaged or interested in any of the racers or teams. The combination of F1 coming here to Vegas and then the Netflix series humanizing the participants and allowing me to connect to all of the personalities involved is how it got it's hooks in me. That's led to playing the F1 video game as well - of which there is no Indycar equivalent. Atlassian sponsoring Williams has also given me a reason to be a fan of a specific team, given my IT career for more than a decade has been focused on supporting their products.
At the same time, we've had a NASCAR race here for a while and that's of course just stupid popular and I'm not really interested /shrug.
On another forum the motorcycle racing gets more mentions and traction (no pun intended) than Indycar.
All of that sounds interesting, but unless I start reading random blogs or something or am already a big fan of all of those things you mentioned, how would I even begin to keep up with all of that? Googling around, looks like there is/was a Road to Indy series but it's dead. Maybe I'll give that a try. Anything else you recommend? Looks like some of their races are on Youtube, are they always there?
At the same time, we've had a NASCAR race here for a while and that's of course just stupid popular and I'm not really interested /shrug.
On another forum the motorcycle racing gets more mentions and traction (no pun intended) than Indycar.
All of that sounds interesting, but unless I start reading random blogs or something or am already a big fan of all of those things you mentioned, how would I even begin to keep up with all of that? Googling around, looks like there is/was a Road to Indy series but it's dead. Maybe I'll give that a try. Anything else you recommend? Looks like some of their races are on Youtube, are they always there?
Well, I caught a long prescription drug presentation. For whatever reason, they showed bits of the Rolex 24 during breaks. I was flirting about attending this year. 6+ hour yellow in the dark due to fog made me happy that I didn't go down. Also, in NE Ohio with about 10 inches of snow on the ground.
Good race overall. GTD right down to the wire. GTP was close to being a late pass for the win too.
Good race overall. GTD right down to the wire. GTP was close to being a late pass for the win too.
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Peacock is great for IMSA. You get the qualifying and racing. IMSA is big on sharing on Youtube as well. I have found simple immersion is enough to follow along. Indycar is on Fox now, but Fox does get their practice and qualifying online at YouTube rather quickly too, so if you "cut the cord" you'll be fine. I think watching the practices and qualifying is very helpful because that provides the immersion to start following along, as well as giving a bigger on track feel experience.
I generally don't do the blog or reddit thing. So much noise. I haven't much time for noise.
I did start watching Road to Indy after I posted that, but haven't gotten back to it. Stuff like that is what got me hooked on F1 aside from a general initial interest because it was coming here.
Well, there is apparently going to be an Indycar Race in DC this August. Trying to keep politics out of it, but umm... they kind of are jamming politics into it, the Freedom 250.
Lots of opinions flying around about it. Personally, I'm curious how they are going to turn around an event in 7 months. You need a course (somewhat necessary), jersey barrier / fencing setup, grandstand locations and set up, pits, parking, and then the entire oh... there is an extra race this year thing for the teams, oh... and umm... security as it sounds like they want this in downtown DC. I've never seen something like this before. I don't know whether this was on the drawing board last year and they have thoughts in mind already, but they had the replacement for Toronto in Markham set up last year, not 7 months before the Toronto race (near the World Cup).
More Indycar racing is always great. But this seems rushed and rushing a race can have consequences.
Lots of opinions flying around about it. Personally, I'm curious how they are going to turn around an event in 7 months. You need a course (somewhat necessary), jersey barrier / fencing setup, grandstand locations and set up, pits, parking, and then the entire oh... there is an extra race this year thing for the teams, oh... and umm... security as it sounds like they want this in downtown DC. I've never seen something like this before. I don't know whether this was on the drawing board last year and they have thoughts in mind already, but they had the replacement for Toronto in Markham set up last year, not 7 months before the Toronto race (near the World Cup).
More Indycar racing is always great. But this seems rushed and rushing a race can have consequences.
The Daytona how awful will it end this time 500 came and went. An earlier start time to help keep rain out of the race worked out in the end. Ending of the race lived up to the NASCAR standard, quite stupid.
First bunch of cars get spun out, but we race to the checker now. Elliot is assured the win until apparently Reddick put in a can of Liquid Swartz and had about 100 more horsepower and wrapped around the competition from third to first. Thankfully that pass wasn't for nothing. Another set of spins for the leaders up front as the cars get to the check flag.
Alleged great drive Connor Zilisch appeared to help cause both of these incidents. Dude finished 2nd in the Rolex 24 in the GTP class. What the heck happened to that guy?!
First bunch of cars get spun out, but we race to the checker now. Elliot is assured the win until apparently Reddick put in a can of Liquid Swartz and had about 100 more horsepower and wrapped around the competition from third to first. Thankfully that pass wasn't for nothing. Another set of spins for the leaders up front as the cars get to the check flag.
Alleged great drive Connor Zilisch appeared to help cause both of these incidents. Dude finished 2nd in the Rolex 24 in the GTP class. What the heck happened to that guy?!
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F1 coming to IMAX, and also a deal w/ Everpass to come to bars and restaurants.
www.bizofspeed.com
Apple Bringing F1 to IMAX
Apple is building F1’s first three-tier distribution architecture
www.bizofspeed.com
Looking at the schedule, I forgot that F1 moved Monaco and instead of preceding the Indy 500, they are following (or potentially intersecting with it) in Canada. F1 on IMAX sounds nice, but I doubt that IMAX can save me from my lack of interest in the lack of passing series. But people will probably sell it out. I'm curious what an IMAX Indy 500 would look like. We'll see how well it does. It could be the new thing for big racing events.
The Formula change may promote passing as the teams figure out what techniques work best with the increased emphasis on "Push to Pass" and energy harvesting. DRL is gone, but using up you energy to execute a pass may leave the driver vulnerable to being re-passed when they are down on power afterwards.
The rule saying no Electrical drive allowed until 50 kWh is short-sighted in my opinion. Ferrari powertrains have already shown their power plants produce torque off the line quicker than the other engine providers. Could be a real mess in Melbourne if they don't get it sorted by then.
Whether it's better or not remains to be seen.
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