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A.P. Hill said:
The Redditors are still seething about it, acting like this is a "propaganda event" for the orange man and that Penske is in bed with him instead of it just being part of the normal country anniversary celebrations. Normal presidential tasks = propaganda apparently.
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They are only mad because of who does it. Everyone cribs stuff that Mussolini did for propaganda purposes and it's become standard political practice for pretty much everyone to use sporting events as image enchancers.
 
Lundgoff said:
Good thing is we won’t have the Fox broadcasters sucking off Herta all weekend
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When I started attending races regularly in person I started understanding this. Any US driver really gets the fans pumped. Weirdly the more mid they are they stronger the response. Conor Daly blows out the curve because he's a local kid at IMS but seeing people lose their shit over Rossi and Rahal makes you wonder what they're on.

A.P. Hill said:
The Redditors are still seething about it, acting like this is a "propaganda event" for the orange man and that Penske is in bed with him instead of it just being part of the normal country anniversary celebrations. Normal presidential tasks = propaganda apparently.
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JFC I haven't booked a room for this yet. I need to get on that. It's going to be a weird summer for me race schedule-wise.

And yeah. I don't actually doubt... Like Roger's an orange man fan to some extent, that's actually true. But the inability to decouple from how it's the country's 250th birthday and there is just no saying no to this opportunity boggles me, even the commentators are sketchy about it. Whatever, if it gets me more fans with money at the stands and makes Reddit go off to endure watching nuF1 this year, I'll be cool.
 
Mikoyan said:
When I started attending races regularly in person I started understanding this. Any US driver really gets the fans pumped. Weirdly the more mid they are they stronger the response. Conor Daly blows out the curve because he's a local kid at IMS but seeing people lose their shit over Rossi and Rahal makes you wonder what they're on.


JFC I haven't booked a room for this yet. I need to get on that. It's going to be a weird summer for me race schedule-wise.

And yeah. I don't actually doubt... Like Roger's an orange man fan to some extent, that's actually true. But the inability to decouple from how it's the country's 250th birthday and there is just no saying no to this opportunity boggles me, even the commentators are sketchy about it. Whatever, if it gets me more fans with money at the stands and makes Reddit go off to endure watching nuF1 this year, I'll be cool.
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I remember social media meltdown when Lundgaard replaced Rossi. Everyone acting like Rossi was god then Lundgaard doubles his podiums last year
 
Lundgoff said:
Good thing is we won’t have the Fox broadcasters sucking off Herta all weekend
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I was going to say leave that to the Apple TV broadcasters, but they're just using the Sky feed too. Herta is going to do mediocre against F2 drivers a decade younger than him, get put in the Caddy seat as America's F1 anointed next year, and the Sky broadcast will not give half a shit because they'll be focused on Washed Hambone running 10th.

Meanwhile, there won't be any Americans left to watch "Our Racing Team" because Apple TV is a bitch to buy, never goes on sale, doesn't work with most viewing platforms, and has nothing to keep you interested beyond car go fast.
 
Hauger was fucking unstoppable last year, watching him at the races was nuts, just next level compared to the rest.

I'd prefer he not run away with it in Indycar since the FIA-zone will take it as 'even our rejects can mog anyone else' rather than seeing their pipeline as a meat grinder.

Lineup today is very good. Scotty Mac on top, Newgarden falling off. Palou not up four tenths on everyone, Grosjean in the fast six, lmao.

Edit: god nxt is a wreckfest today.
 
TheHarbinger said:
First time in years I skipped the Indy opener. I might skip the season aside from the 500. Palou won by 12 seconds which is not even competitive.
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only good part was the battle for the podium, but Fox had ignored Lundgaard for 90% of the race h til he made his move
 
Normally I'm unusually okay with seeing dominance in action but I'll state what I've kept quiet about my take on the situation: If Palou and CGR have figured something out about this car that nobody else has, and if this situation continues through the current car's run, it is going to be incredibly bad news for Indycar. The only time even slightly comparable to this was Zanardi's run in 97-98, and the difference was his wins were anything but boring to watch.

Lundgoff said:
Also Townsend bell sucks
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I actually am at a bit of a loss why they carried him over from the NBC team.
 
>26 other drivers and their crews working 24/7 for 6 months to beat Palou
>Palou wins comfortably first race of the year

lol
 
Mikoyan said:
If Palou and CGR have figured something out about this car that nobody else has, and if this situation continues through the current car's run, it is going to be incredibly bad news for Indycar.
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He's clearly got a better car. Last year he was running a full second faster than any other car on road courses per lap. There would be a caution with 8 laps left and he would win by 8-10 seconds once it restarted. His car at the 500 last year looked faster as well. Indycar is allowing his team to kill the promotion.
 
Spyro the Dragon said:
I was absolutely pissed that they ignored a lot of passes, Kirkwood going from 15th to 2nd and every time he was about to pass they would cut to someone all by themselves.
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Buxton at one point even going "I don't know what they're trying to show us there" speaks volumes.

TheHarbinger said:
He's clearly got a better car. Last year he was running a full second faster than any other car on road courses per lap. There would be a caution with 8 laps left and he would win by 8-10 seconds once it restarted. His car at the 500 last year looked faster as well. Indycar is allowing his team to kill the promotion.
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I've been trying to avoid 'it's cheated up' but I admit it is possible at this point.

In other news, Milwaukee pre-sale started today. Got mine.
 
del_toid said:
Never watched an oval race, always thought they would be boring. Ended up loving it.
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They are pretty darn good when they're good. When something goes wrong (the track is one-lane usually) nothing is worse.

Fortunately Indycar has salvaged the oval program on this chassis. Partly.

Today's was good! Yay, someone took Palou out. I can take the podium. Some wild battles for position. Pretty good!
 
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