View Full Version : The Foyt Futility Watch -- The Joliet Joint
Spike Lee would smoke this stuff.
Went there on a Sat. once to check out practice and quallies. Was told at the ticket window the place was sold out. I could only see about 50,000 empty seats...and they wouldn't let me PAY to get in. Love that NASCRAP bundle thing. DOZENS walking around outside holding up tickets asking as "low" as $60! :rofl:I will NEVER return. Someone tell me how many times they show Brisco erupting in flames on the intros.:shakehead
NASCAR didn't sell out its race at the Joliet Speedway this year.
Good. My episode was in yr. 1 or 2 down there. (League weekend) I recall a report from the track this yr. saying they were going to "review" their ticket package deal. Gee, ya think?:shakehead
PEAK Antifreeze Indy 300 – Qualifying times
1. Ryan Briscoe Penske 1m 41.6327s 215.364mph
2. Helio Castroneves Penske 1m 41.7090s 215.202mph
3. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 1m 41.8174s 214.973mph
4. Tony Kanaan AGR 1m 41.9652s 214.661mph
5. Graham Rahal NHLR 1m 42.0151s 214.556mph
6. Scott Dixon Ganassi 1m 42.0447s 214.494mph
7. Marco Andretti AGR 1m 42.0560s 214.470mph
8. Mario Moraes KVRT 1m 42.1224s 214.331mph
9. Oriol Servia NHLR 1m 42.2204s 214.126mph
10. Danica Patrick AGR 1m 42.2305s 214.104mph
11. Dan Wheldon Panther 1m 42.3724s 213.808mph
12. Ed Carpenter Vision 1m 42.6009s 213.331mph
13. Hideki Mutoh AGR 1m 42.6373s 213.256mph
14. Tomas Scheckter Dreyer & Reinbold 1m 42.6556s 213.218mph
15. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne 1m 42.7553s 213.011mph
16. Mike Conway Dreyer & Reinbold 1m 42.9194s 212.671mph
17. Raphael Matos Luczo Dragon 1m 43.0571s 212.387mph
18. Ryan Hunter-Reay Foyt 1m 43.0814s 212.337mph
19. Sarah Fisher Fisher 1m 43.1846s 212.125mph
20. EJ Viso HVM 1m 43.4472s 211.586mph
21. Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold 1m 43.5066s 211.465mph
22. Robert Doornbos HVM 1m 43.6514s 211.169mph
23. Jaques Lazier 3G 1m 45.0626s 208.333mph
Times based on four-lap total
The Futility Watch will continue for 2010!
The complete 2010 IndyCar Series schedule is as follows:
Sunday 14 March Brazil
Sunday 28 March St Petersburg*
Sunday 11 April Barber Motorsports Park**
Sunday 18 April Long Beach*
Saturday 1 May Kansas Speedway
Sunday 30 May Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Saturday 5 June Texas Motor Speedway#
Sunday 20 June Iowa Speedway
Sunday 4 July Watkins Glen International**
Sunday 18 July Toronto*
Sunday 25 July Edmonton City Centre Airport*
Sunday 8 August Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course**
Sunday 22 August Infineon Raceway**
Saturday 28 August Chicagoland Speedway#
Saturday 4 September Kentucky Speedway#
Sunday 19 September Twin Ring Motegi
Saturday 2 October Homestead-Miami Speedway
[# denotes night race; * denotes street circuit, ** denotes road course; all other ovals]
So Brazil is an oval.
I don't think so. They just haven't designed a street circuit worthy of the IRL's great American street racing heritage yet. :tony:
miatanut
08-29-09, 01:27 PM
So glad the IRL was created to promote the "Americana" of oval racing in the US. Where oh where would we be without it?
oddlycalm
08-29-09, 03:14 PM
So glad the IRL was created to promote the "Americana" of oval racing in the US.
I can hear the barking idiot on the Versus promo spots now; "From the streets of Brazil to the rolling hills of Alabama..." :tony:
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TravelGal
08-29-09, 04:55 PM
So glad the IRL was created to promote the "Americana" of oval racing in the US.
I know but it sounded so much better than, "I'm an egomaniac and the league is created for MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" :cry:
Don Quixote
08-29-09, 10:50 PM
This race looks like another sellout. :gomer:
This race looks like another sellout. :gomer:
No, it's still the same one.
PEAK Antifreeze Indy 300 – Race result
1. Ryan Briscoe Penske 200 laps 1hr 42m 34.3051s
2. Scott Dixon Ganassi +00.0077s
3. Mario Moraes KVRT +00.0699s
4. Dario Franchitti Ganassi +00.0997s
5. Graham Rahal NHLR +00.1295s
6. Ed Carpenter Vision +00.1668s
7. Oriol Servia NHLR +00.2612s
8. Tomas Scheckter Dreyer & Reinbold +00.2683s
9. Raphael Matos Luczo Dragon +00.3356s
10. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne +00.4344s
11. Marco Andretti AGR +00.5224s
12. Danica Patrick AGR +00.5840s
13. Tony Kanaan AGR +00.8269s
14. Sarah Fisher Fisher +00.5125s
15. Ryan Hunter-Reay Foyt +00.6588s
16. Mike Conway Dreyer & Reinbold +00.9794s
17. EJ Viso HVM +02.6469s
18. Robert Doornbos HVM +05.0451s
19. Jaques Lazier 3G +03.3090s
Rtd Helio Castroneves Penske 184 laps completed contact
Rtd Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold 155 laps completed mechanical
Rtd Dan Wheldon Panther 95 laps completed mechanical
Rtd Hideki Mutoh AGR 90 laps completed contact
The results seem like the usual underpowered, massive downforce, and high drag crapola the IRL thinks is hot stuff on ovals. Frankly, 40+ FVs at Road America would be a lot more interesting.
stroker
08-30-09, 10:57 AM
I'll be interested to hear what excuse Team Penske has for suspension failing on car they've been using forever...
SurfaceUnits
08-30-09, 12:22 PM
This race looks like another sellout. :gomer:
Looks like motorsport.com didn't bother to send anyone to take photos. No Friday photos, no Saturday photos, no race photos
Wheel-Nut
08-30-09, 02:13 PM
The Futility Watch will continue for 2010!
The complete 2010 IndyCar Series schedule is as follows:
Sunday 14 March Brazil
Sunday 28 March St Petersburg*
Sunday 11 April Barber Motorsports Park**
Sunday 18 April Long Beach*
Saturday 1 May Kansas Speedway
Sunday 30 May Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Saturday 5 June Texas Motor Speedway#
Sunday 20 June Iowa Speedway
Sunday 4 July Watkins Glen International**
Sunday 18 July Toronto*
Sunday 25 July Edmonton City Centre Airport*
Sunday 8 August Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course**
Sunday 22 August Infineon Raceway**
Saturday 28 August Chicagoland Speedway#
Saturday 4 September Kentucky Speedway#
Sunday 19 September Twin Ring Motegi
Saturday 2 October Homestead-Miami Speedway
[# denotes night race; * denotes street circuit, ** denotes road course; all other ovals]
No Houston, what's wrong with these irl people?
oddlycalm
08-30-09, 05:00 PM
[B]The results seem like the usual underpowered, massive downforce, and high drag crapola the IRL thinks is hot stuff on ovals. Frankly, 40+ FVs at Road America would be a lot more interesting.
So, ugly cars making ugly sounds, many driven by people you find repulsive, droning around side by side or nose to tail all night doesn't have you on the edge of your seat....? :D Does the suspense of whether douchebag A can inch by douchebag B after 15 laps of side by side no-lift motoring really rival watching slow motion beginner parallel parking drills at the driver training range down at local high school? :laugh:
oc
grungex
08-30-09, 05:29 PM
The gomerz gave it an average rating of 12 out of a possible 10. Side-by-side, wheeee!!!!!!!!! :shakehead
So THIRTEEN cars finished inside of .8? Crikey...5-wide! 5-wide! :gomer:
So THIRTEEN cars finished inside of .8? Crikey...5-wide! 5-wide! :gomer:
Just like the Shriners and their "precision" go kart driving.
http://www.freemasonrywatch.org/pics/shrinergocarts.jpg
http://www.ericmansfieldphotography.com/Images/blog-img/Parade-4Jul09/Parade2.jpg
http://www.boldts.net/p3/HcHdp.3.jpeg
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/thanksgiving-parade-2008-in-downtown-houston_2791769_36.jpg
Just like the Shriners and their "precision" go kart driving.
http://www.freemasonrywatch.org/pics/shrinergocarts.jpg
http://www.ericmansfieldphotography.com/Images/blog-img/Parade-4Jul09/Parade2.jpg
So in America, Freemasons wear fez's and drive miniature cars, and have parades to raise money for childrens hospitals. Wow.
Every day, something new. :)
Yeah, I think they used to ride around on little motorcycles then they all started getting really old and fat!
TKGAngel
08-31-09, 12:57 PM
How did TK finish ahead of Fisher and RHR if his time behind the leader (.82) was larger than theirs (.512 and .65 respectively)? Why am I even trying to make sense of this?
ugly cars making ugly sounds, many driven by people you find repulsive, droning around side by side or nose to tail all night doesn't have you on the edge of your seat..
The drone of the cars does put one to sleep pretty easily. Though that might not be the result they're looking for.
Steve99
08-31-09, 02:22 PM
How did TK finish ahead of Fisher and RHR if his time behind the leader (.82) was larger than theirs (.512 and .65 respectively)? Why am I even trying to make sense of this?
19th also finished two seconds ahead of 18th. Is this some gomer math?
stroker
08-31-09, 02:27 PM
19th also finished two seconds ahead of 18th. Is this some gomer math?
Nah, the cars are so fast they're bending the space/time continuum...
:shakehead
So in America, Freemasons wear fez's and drive miniature cars, and have parades to raise money for childrens hospitals. Wow.
It distracts people from the nefarious plots and the Templar gold hoarding.
Milka Duno vs Luca Badoer
On a track they both know in equal equipment with the sun shining, who wins last place?
Discuss.
Sidebar:
On a scale of 1-10, "1" being miserably depressed and "10" being Fisi on pole, how happy are you they never met and had children that would surely have plagued the racetracks of America and Europe for decades to come.
It distracts people from the nefarious plots and the Templar gold hoarding.
Nefarious plot and gold hoarding I can understand, miniature car parades.... :saywhat:
I know. It's sick. Really sick.
JohnHKart
09-04-09, 12:33 PM
How did TK finish ahead of Fisher and RHR if his time behind the leader (.82) was larger than theirs (.512 and .65 respectively)? Why am I even trying to make sense of this?
The drone of the cars does put one to sleep pretty easily. Though that might not be the result they're looking for.
And that it did. Put it on a couple of nights ago and drifted off. Regretting the waste of time when I have several unwatched History/Discovery documentaries on DVR I could have watched instead. Watched the last 20 laps last night. It's not even like they are on a race track, but just going in a straight line that never ends. The monotony and sheer crappy product- it's gotta end soon. I don't even like most of the drivers either. Just wish it was 1998 again and I was watching Cart. (Or maybe even 93). Most nights I have to put my tv on a timer so it shuts off, especially when I know I'll be asleep while watching garbage like this.
So, ugly cars making ugly sounds, many driven by people you find repulsive, droning around side by side or nose to tail all night doesn't have you on the edge of your seat....? :D Does the suspense of whether douchebag A can inch by douchebag B after 15 laps of side by side no-lift motoring really rival watching slow motion beginner parallel parking drills at the driver training range down at local high school? :laugh:
oc
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