The Three Hours of Indy [Archive]

SurfaceUnits

11-14-11, 04:17 PM

You asked for it:

Grand-Am released a 13-race 2012 schedule, starting at Daytona Jan. 28.
A North American Endurance Championship will include Daytona, Watkins Glen, and the new three-hour event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Chief

11-14-11, 04:34 PM

way to underachieve

wAKE ME up when the mediocrity is over...

stroker

11-14-11, 04:36 PM

y'know, that new car they have planned isn't too bad looking, at least compared to the Scrubbing Bubble.

Napoleon

11-14-11, 05:39 PM

I have to admit a little bit of admiration for IMS for not feeling that it is good enough to half ass something when they can 1/4 or 1/8th ass something.

Indy

11-14-11, 06:30 PM

Dude, that is a 1/16th ass if I ever saw one. Don't cut those idiots short.

gerhard911

11-14-11, 07:19 PM

Let's see, 1/16 = .0625. Ratings wise, that's aboot right for the hapless :gomer: at 16th and Jonestown.

As for the new GrandSham chassis, only marginally less :yuck: inducing.

mapguy

11-14-11, 07:30 PM

I would like to say what a bunch of fooking morons. But that would be an insult to morons everywhere.

The crowd watching the scrubbing bubbles at Indy make the pole day crowd look good.

nissan gtp

11-14-11, 08:45 PM

y'know, that new car they have planned isn't too bad looking, at least compared to the Scrubbing Bubble.

Got any pics ??

You'd think it would be hard for them to be uglier, but after the new mindycar ....

cameraman

11-14-11, 10:31 PM

Timing is everything, here's your chance to find out...

Please join us at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, November 15 for an exciting announcement from Chevrolet and GRAND-AM.

GRAND-AM.com will have live streaming of a press conference at Daytona International Speedway that will unveil plans for Chevrolet's 2012 Daytona Prototype program.

You would think that they would have the car at the presser.

Trevor Longman

11-14-11, 10:47 PM

y'know, that new car they have planned isn't too bad looking, at least compared to the Scrubbing Bubble.

Its alright. Definitely an improvement but they're still pigs on the track. I say put the engines from Sprint Cup in them, open up the bodywork regulations and call it the new Can Am. :cool:

High Sided

11-14-11, 10:57 PM

http://media.al.com/sports_impact/photo/9957416-large.jpg
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/09/grand_am_unveils_its_new_2012.html

Lux Interior

11-15-11, 06:06 AM

Its alright. Definitely an improvement but they're still pigs on the track. I say put the engines from Sprint Cup in them, open up the bodywork regulations and call it the new Can Am. :cool:

I checked out Grand Am Mid Ohio once. Only once. The race literally bored me so bad I almost fell asleep. Never went again.

emjaya

11-15-11, 07:53 AM

http://media.al.com/sports_impact/photo/9957416-large.jpg
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/09/grand_am_unveils_its_new_2012.html

New Grand Am regulations also call for a more upright nose and a higher tail to give the car a dramatic shape.

Wut the? Dramatic shape?

Indy

11-15-11, 08:55 AM

It's all about the marketing, not the product.

Personally I think anyone engaged in the practice called "marketing" should be shot.

Rogue Leader

11-15-11, 11:20 AM

I will admit that drawing is FAR less horrible than what they are currently putting out there.

Spicoli

11-15-11, 01:53 PM

It's all about the marketing, not the product.

Personally I think anyone engaged in the practice called "marketing" should be shot.

And do you not "market" wine and beer for a living?

Trevor Longman

11-15-11, 03:47 PM

I'll admit, the Corvette body kit actually looks pretty good.

http://assets.speedtv.com/images/article_assets/109/1094015/1094015_article_img_large2.jpg

http://assets.speedtv.com/images/article_assets/109/1094015/1094015_article_img_large1.jpg

Chief

11-15-11, 07:50 PM

So this the GrandAm version of the ICONIC committee prophacy?

cameraman

11-15-11, 10:30 PM

Chevorlet designed the body and they built it so that it can be used with the Coyote, Dallara or Riley chassis. I'm guessing that Coyote, Dallara & Riley also make their own bodies plus who knows who else.

One other car that recently hit the track is a Ferrari 458 Italia built to run next year which I think is the first factory Ferrari for this current version of Grand Am.

Indy

11-15-11, 11:35 PM

And do you not "market" wine and beer for a living?

No, selling is different from marketing. :rofl:

Michaelhatesfans

11-16-11, 01:37 AM

chop456

11-16-11, 02:58 AM

What they need are Peugeot, Lola, Audi and AMR body kits. :gomer:

cameraman

11-16-11, 03:40 AM

So then they can not run in the US too?

BigIrlFan

11-16-11, 02:06 PM

THis is gone to be awlsome. I can hardly wait to see them machines run at INdy. CAn you amagine what running at INdy will do to that series? BOggels the mind.

trauma1

11-16-11, 10:46 PM

THis is gone to be awlsome. I can hardly wait to see them machines run at INdy. CAn you amagine what running at INdy will do to that series? BOggels the mind.

the legacy of mindy continues to circle the toilet:tony::tony::tony:

NismoZ

11-18-11, 01:55 PM

extramundane

11-18-11, 02:25 PM

^^^
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I predict an Earnhardt the Lesser DP run would work out about as well as his last "Corvette" race weekend did.

TrueBrit

11-18-11, 04:05 PM

Slap a black and silver kit on the ChebbyCar with GOODWRENCH plastered all over it, throw on a #3, hire LittleDale and Doc Bundy then start counting the dozens at the turnstiles!:thumbup: ( is Doc's 3-wide attempt in T-1 @ Riverside still out there in video land? Not a recommended move, as I recall:eek:)

I was there that day...the wreckage from that accident looked horrendous...I am still amazed that they all walked away from that one...

NismoZ

11-21-11, 12:37 PM

Speaking of Jr's last Corvette race...wasn't that near disaster ultimately blamed on a pit crew screw-up involving something to do with the fuel system? That car should NEVER have lit up like that!

Spicoli

11-21-11, 05:47 PM

Speaking of Jr's last Corvette race...wasn't that near disaster ultimately blamed on a pit crew screw-up involving something to do with the fuel system? That car should NEVER have lit up like that!

As with all overrated dribers (Princess Sparklepony eg.) NOTHING is ever their fault.

just needed to h8 a little bit today. :)

NismoZ

11-21-11, 11:31 PM

No, no...that's not what I meant. He screwed up just fine, no question there. He didn't blame anyone for wrecking but the dang thing just lit up up like it was 1968. I guess my point was if he was put in a Corvette Rolex seat IN the Rolex @ Daytoner some people might think that was a great marketing move. :gomer: I mean, it's not like he's Danica or anything but...?