33 is just a number...

[dando]

34 cars entered (http://espn.go.com/racing/indycar/story/_/id/7833451/indianapolis-500-start-34-cars-entered) for the 497.5 (it's just a number, yo).

-Kevin

[Andrew Longman]

Ed Carpenter Racing, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, Sam Schmidt Motorsports and Newman/Haas Racing each have one car with no assigned driver.

Hmmm

[Racing Truth]

Hmmm

ECR is likely Buddy Rice, Rahal is either Jourdain or Filipi. Schmidt is Townsend Bell (who's been great on TV) and N-H, if it happens (skeptical), is Jean Alesi.

[EDwardo]

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ7QC3FA7w5x3QJ76gChcYyHxgV9JQ7R Pb1Am1DC4bMkarOzPiItDkGeuH3

[SurfaceUnits]

(it's just a number, yo).

-Kevin

since the first CART race

[trauma1]

All these teams are saying they are committed to run the 500, however none of them have a contracts to get engines. It will all come down to Cheby and Fonda to supply the rest of the backmarkers. Lotus cannot hardly give their teams a good working engine and who knows if they can ever make it to the full season with their parent Co. in deep financial trouble:gomer::gomer::tony:

[stroker]

Are there any more Menard V6 engines out there? :p

[DagoFast]

Are there any more Menard V6 engines out there? :p

Those ain't hoosier enough. I think it's time to head down to a genuwine Indiana barn and dust off some Greenfields.

[opinionated ow]

Maybe an Offy or two? There are probably more running these days than in their heyday...

[Rex Karz]

Have a one or two or three of the under-funded shoestring teams stuff a Dullara into the cheese grater . . . have the "Lotus" "engine" program undergo a financial implosion . . . then we'll have 32 or 31 or 30 . . . .

[TKGAngel]

Newman Haas just pulled it's 500 entry (http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268756/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=84IdggwO).

[SurfaceUnits]

donot worry,,,,I heard Danicles will come to the rescue at the last moment with all the drama and spectacle that is common with the greatest spectacle on earth



P.S. this all depends on whether or not it wood enterfear with her record breaking NASCAR winning streak

[dando]

MSR's hopes on the ropes. (http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120430/INDYCAR/120439989)

-Kevin

[Don Quixote]

Bump day is going to be EGGGCITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rex Karz]

If they start 32 Dullara Turtlemobiles, that means there's one spot reserved in memory of Dead Weldon.

[stroker]

If they start 32 Dullara Turtlemobiles, that means there's one spot reserved in memory of Dead Weldon.

Man, that's cold...

:D

[Elmo T]

Man, that's cold...

:D

True, but you know that is EXACTLY the kind of BS they'd spin if they came up short. :rolleyes:

[Napoleon]

True, but you know that is EXACTLY the kind of BS they'd spin if they came up short. :rolleyes:

Not only that but I bet they run a missing man formation on one of the warm up laps.

[gjc2]

How many of the current spec cars exist?

[cameraman]

Not only that but I bet they run a missing man formation on one of the warm up laps.

Wouldn't that require a car to go over the fence?

[SteveH]

How many of the current spec cars exist?

I've read somewhere around 60. Hard to believe ugly can be made to that proportion.

It's the supply of engines that is the issue, not the chassis.

[Rex Karz]

Looks like 32 is just another number too.

http://www.indystar.com/article/20120501/SPORTS0101/120501031/Indy-500-Michael-Shank-set-release-statement-regarding-inability-sign-engine-lease

[stroker]

Where's Briggs & Stratton when you need 'em?

[gerhard911]

How many of the current spec cars exist?

Aesthetically speaking? At least 33 too many.

[dando]

And it just keeps getting worse. Nabors to miss the 497.5 after heart surgery. (http://www.theindychannel.com/news/30990704/detail.html)

-Kevin

[Elmo T]

And it just keeps getting worse. Nabors to miss the 497.5 after heart surgery. (http://www.theindychannel.com/news/30990704/detail.html)

-Kevin

Tradition is so important - what is next? NASCAR at the IMS, rearranging the entire month of May, rear engine cars? :rolleyes:

Seriously though, I wish the dude well. :thumbup:

[Chief]

Tradition is so important - what is next? NASCAR at the IMS, rearranging the entire month of May, rear engine cars? :rolleyes:

Shhhh, rumor has it the open wheel bumper is the next evolutionary step. :eek:

[SurfaceUnits]

Shhhh, rumor has it the open wheel bumper is the next evolutionary step. :eek:

whose got the photo of the superspeedway sprinter

[Gnam]

I've read somewhere around 60. Hard to believe ugly can be made to that proportion.

It's the supply of engines that is the issue, not the chassis.

Would the old Dallara chassis be allowed to race? Did Honda destroy the old engines?

If only FTG were in charge...

[SurfaceUnits]

It's the supply of engines that is the issue, not the chassis.

it's hard to believe this wood happen when you force your engine manus to sell each one at a loss

[Chief]

Would the old Dallara chassis be allowed to race?

You mean the *official* deathtrap of the IRL? It was condemned long BEFORE Wheldon got gratered. Just think, if they got out of Las Vegas with just severe burns, broken backs, severed thoracic arteries, wrist fractures or compound femur fractures with simple unexplained wheel to wheel airbourne contact they might have been able to go back.

They are stuck now....:laugh:

[Gnam]

You mean the *official* deathtrap of the IRL?
:D

But reversing directions is what the IRL does best, and they'll gladly step over a few bodies to get to 33.

[dando]

And then there were 32... (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/racing/news/20120502/shank-howard-indy-500/)


Michael Shank Racing on Wednesday released driver Jay Howard from his Indianapolis 500 contract because the team does not have an engine.

"We are working every possible opportunity to make this happen and continue to hold our entry for the Indianapolis 500," Shank said. "But at this point, we've not made the progress that we need to in terms of having our package finalized and having an agreement with a motor manufacturer.

"I know firsthand how hard it is to have the opportunity to race in the Indianapolis 500, and the last thing in the world I want to do is to hold Jay back from getting the chance to do that."

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/racing/news/20120502/shank-howard-indy-500/#ixzz1topzUNP1


-Kevin

[SurfaceUnits]

Penske,,,ummm Chevy says only 15, honda says only 14

[RTKar]

I imgine they'll cobble together assorted pieces of something and rebadge them to have enough "start and parks" to make up the numbers.

[stroker]

it's hard to believe this wood happen when you force your engine manus to sell each one at a loss

What else can you do when nobody but a half dozen cars carry enough sponsorship to pay full tilt for them?

[Rocketdoc]

What else can you do when nobody but a half dozen cars carry enough sponsorship to pay full tilt for them?

To be witness to the decline, destruction and death of the Indy 500 is not a happy thing.
I wish Nabor's well, but I've never been able to tolerate his warbling and caterwauling about the Wabash.

[Methanolandbrats]

To be witness to the decline, destruction and death of the Indy 500 is not a happy thing.
I wish Nabor's well, but I've never been able to tolerate his warbling and caterwauling about the Wabash.

Thats cuz you ain't never wandered down to the river bank barefoot on a hot summer day to do some fishn' and court yur cousin :gomer:

[trauma1]

http://collectingtokens.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/slim-pickens_riding-the-bomb.jpg

[Rocketdoc]

Thats cuz you ain't never wandered down to the river bank barefoot on a hot summer day to do some fishn' and court yur cousin :gomer:

Prolly so.

[Ed_Severson]

Penske,,,ummm Chevy says only 15, honda says only 14

It's the other way around. Honda has 15 entries, Chevy 14. Sounds like Lotus is committing to 4, so a 34th entry will have to come from a 15th Chevy -- that may hinge on how the final turbo hearing turns out later this week.

[Methanolandbrats]

Chebby and Honda are not real into this **** are they. How hard could it be to build a couple more motors if they cared? They know the ROI is evaporating.

[Ed_Severson]

They sell each engine lease at a loss, and they don't have an infinite supply of trackside personnel. Both of them want to limit the scope of their programs this year so they don't bleed cash, and so they don't stretch themselves thin enough that they screw up their chances of winning.

Can't blame 'em for that.

[stroker]

They sell each engine lease at a loss, and they don't have an infinite supply of trackside personnel. Both of them want to limit the scope of their programs this year so they don't bleed cash, and so they don't stretch themselves thin enough that they screw up their chances of winning.

Can't blame 'em for that.

Absolutely right! So it all falls back on... Who set that situation up? Lemme think... Hmmmmmm.....

Oh, YES that's right, it was "Indycar" (aka The .1RL) wasn't it? They're the brainiacs who set the engine rules and lease program up, aren't they?

Who'da thunk it?

[SteveH]

When a manufacturer's participation in a series is governed by reducing their monetary losses and not by doing everything to increase their wins something is wrong. :tony:

[grungex]

They should call up Uncle Jerry...

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa208/grungexx/IMG00045.jpg

[indyfan31]

Well, it's official (again), this time it's REALLY official 'cause Tony Kanaan said so. 33 really is "just a number". That plus other "intrigue":

Indianapolis 500 full of intrigue this year (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/indianapolis-500-full-intrigue-222027987--irl.html)

[Elmo T]

There are so many winners in this quote, I don't know where to start. :rolleyes:

And I like TK. :shakehead


''We will have a 33, but, honestly, if we didn't, I think we need to focus on the quality, not on the quantity,'' said Tony Kanaan. ''I believe that with the economy right now, it's been remarkable how many cars we've already got, and it's just a number. You start 33 cars, I know it's tradition this and that, but in the first lap you have a five-car accident, you're already down to 27 cars, so what's the deal? I'm not concerned, I understand that the haters might criticize us for that, but I think we'll be OK.''

[Don Quixote]

Tony didn't do so well in math. :laugh:

[dando]

Tony didn't do so well in math. :laugh:

Said he guy who counts to five with his shoes off.... :gomer: :p

-Kevin

[gerhard911]

Tony didn't do so well in math. :laugh:

I figured he had already realized no way they would start 33 and was hoping for 32. No matter, Knose is an Indy butt crack sniffing :gomer:

[Chief]

Indianapolis 500 full of intrigue this year (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/indianapolis-500-full-intrigue-222027987--irl.html)

I haven't heard nuthin' about a race in Indiana. Nothing on TV, Radio or Innerwebs. Intrigue that no one cares about. :thumbup:

[SurfaceUnits]

I haven't heard nuthin' about a race in Indiana. Nothing on TV, Radio or Innerwebs. Intrigue that no one cares about. :thumbup:

ain't nuthin bout it here either

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[TKGAngel]

I haven't heard nuthin' about a race in Indiana. Nothing on TV, Radio or Innerwebs. Intrigue that no one cares about. :thumbup:

NBCSN has been advertising Pole Day during the NHL games. I don't watch ABC Sports or ESPN (outside of PTI), so I can't comment on what they are (or not) doing to promote the race.

[dando]

ABC Sports or ESPN (outside of PTI), so I can't comment on what they are (or not) doing to promote the race.

Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Tree falling in a forest...

-Kevin

[SurfaceUnits]

NBCSN has been advertising Pole Day during the NHL games. I don't watch ABC Sports or ESPN (outside of PTI), so I can't comment on what they are (or not) doing to promote the race.

someone said 2 hours of coverage during the entire month leading up to race day.

It's the media partner's fault [/defenderer]

[Andrew Longman]

someone said 2 hours of coverage during the entire month leading up to race day.Trending back to sacred traditions... like when the race was shown weeks later in abbreviated form on ABC Wide World of Sports. :tony:

(or on film in movie theaters)

[Don Quixote]

Trending back to sacred traditions... like when the race was shown weeks later in abbreviated form on ABC Wide World of Sports. :tony:

(or on film in movie theaters)That, and putting the engines back in front is where we want to go with this.

[SurfaceUnits]

They should call up Uncle Jerry...

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa208/grungexx/IMG00045.jpg

Wouldn't it be great to have one of them in your Pinto


Apparently 9 is just a number as well. The IRL has tied its own record for futility for fewest borned and bread American drivers

[gerhard911]

^^^

Chris Paff approves this message :gomer:

[Don Quixote]

Apparently things are better at team Andretti after sparklepony's departure. :laugh:

http://espn.go.com/racing/indycar/story/_/id/7972550/andretti-autosports-experiencing-better-teamwork-danica-patrick

[opinionated ow]

Useless fact of the day: Olivia Newton-John's nephew crashed in the Freedom 100 yesterday.

[dando]

Useless fact of the day: Olivia Newton-John's nephew crashed in the Freedom 100 yesterday.

Useless fact of the day II: she was introduced for the Indy Lights race as Oilivia Newton-Johns. :saywhat:

-Kevin

[G.]

Useless fact of the day II: she was introduced for the Indy Lights race as Oilivia Newton-Johns. :saywhat:

-Kevin

Stupid-ass hyphenated name, shoulda called her Oliver. :grumble:

[dando]

Stupid-ass hyphenated name, shoulda called her Oliver. :grumble:

Well, she is a ferener...maybe they'll introduce the Jim Nabors video as Jim Nabor. :gomer:

-Kevin

[Don Quixote]

Krogers :gomer:

[dando]

Krogers :gomer:

Grumbles.... :p

-Kevin

[dando]

Got dat daggum 33...and then parked the Lotus turds ~15 laps in. Yup, it's just a number. :tony: :saywhat: :shakehead

-Kevin

[opinionated ow]

Can they make it the Australian trifecta? Webber cleaned up in Monaco; can Power or Briscoe do it at Indianapolis and Ambrose at Charlotte?

[RTKar]

Can they make it the Australian trifecta? Webber cleaned up in Monaco; can Power or Briscoe do it at Indianapolis and Ambrose at Charlotte?

That would be kind of cool. World domination.

So much for Will Power

[trish]

Is it over?

[TKGAngel]

That was kind of fun to watch. I wish Kanaan had won though.

And Marco has to be the whiniest whiner that ever whined? Every time ABC opened up his radio, he was whining.

[trish]

That was kind of fun to watch. I wish Kanaan had won though.

And Marco has to be the whiniest whiner that ever whined? Every time ABC opened up his radio, he was whining.

Genetics are hard to overcome.

Edit: Who won?

[Don Quixote]

I had no idea that Rubens was in that race.

[TKGAngel]

Genetics are hard to overcome.

Edit: Who won?

Dario. He and Sato were fighting on the last lap, Sato dove into turn 1, spun and that's all she wrote.

[trish]

Dario. He and Sato were fighting on the last lap, Sato dove into turn 1, spun and that's all she wrote.

Did Ashley give a big speech about how great her husband is? I would have watched, but I'm boycotting ABC and have the channel blocked.

[extramundane]

I spent the day drinking Macallan 10 year and eating steamed shrimp & conch fritters on the beach. I say *I* won.:thumbup:

[stroker]

And so effing Fonda wins the only race that matters... :shakehead

That'll darken The Captain's mood. :D

[nissan gtp]

I spent the day drinking Macallan 10 year and eating steamed shrimp & conch fritters on the beach. I say *I* won.:thumbup:

yep :thumbup:

[dando]

Did Ashley give a big speech about how great her husband is? I would have watched, but I'm boycotting ABC and have the channel blocked.

Well, I just caught the replay, and we know three things...Jackie Stewart brought him up right, Jim Clarke was looking down upon him, and Dario is a legend. :yuck: Three wins...all under caution. Just like Paul Tracy's win. :tony: :saywhat: :shakehead Oh, and we also know that Ashley can count to three. :gomer: :rolleyes:

-Kevin

[Andrew Longman]

Having never actually done the Indy thing I thought I would try to do the whole tenderloin thing. Used this recipe: http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_food_blog/2008/05/pork-tenderloin.html

We liked them. :tony:

[dando]

Dario. He and Sato were fighting on the last lap, Sato dove into turn 1, spun and that's all she wrote.

He got away with that move just a lap before, but not the second time. He was complaining after the race that Dashley didn't give him enough room. :saywhat: :shakehead Get over it, you pulled a Micro and tried to pass too soon. Glad to see Rahole get one wadded up with the race on the line. :thumbup:

-Kevin

[dando]

Having never actually done the Indy thing I thought I would try to do the whole tenderloin thing. Used this recipe: http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_food_blog/2008/05/pork-tenderloin.html

We liked them. :tony:

WTF is wrong with just grilling them? Seriously...you have to try to **** up a pork tenderloin. :saywhat: :shakehead

-Kevin

[Andrew Longman]

WTF is wrong with just grilling them?this was considerably more work. But I consider it anthropological research.

You do get more grease this way :D

[dando]

this was considerably more work. But I consider it anthropological research.

You do get more grease this way :D

Here's my story about grease/oil...fried a turkey last fall with the neighbor folk. While pouring the cooled used peanut oil back into the jug (**** now costs ~$40 for a 5-gallon jug, BTW :saywhat:), spilled some onto the grass due to funnel overflow. No worries, right? I still have a ~1' diameter spot (size of a basketball overinflated) on the lawn where nothing is growing. :saywhat: That is some scary shiznit. :eek:

-Kevin

[cameraman]

I still have a ~1' diameter spot (size of a basketball overinflated) on the lawn where nothing is growing. :saywhat: That is some scary shiznit. :eek:

-Kevin

Dig out the dirt & throw it in the trash. Fill in the hole with some nice new dirt and reseed yer lawn. It'll take several years for that stuff to biodegrade on its own.

[dando]

Dig out the dirt & throw it in the trash. Fill in the hole with some nice new dirt and reseed yer lawn. It'll take several years for that stuff to biodegrade on its own.

Yeah, it's in the plans once we're done with the Memorial Day Heat Wave from hell. :saywhat: Next Fri and Sat are forecasted to be in the 60s here. Must be Memorial Tournament week. :gomer: Already have a few bags of Com-Til (http://utilities.columbus.gov/content.aspx?id=38184) ready and waiting. That stuff just rocks. Got my starter veggies planted last weekend in a mix of that and top soil and they are going nuts already. :thumbup: :thumbup: Unfortunately the cats decided to have a snack on the leaves of the pepper plants while they were waiting inside during the last few cold spells earlier in the month. They need some help. :irked:

My point was more about the affects of that **** on our bodies. The good news is that I may have found a new weed and neighbor's grass killer. :gomer:

-Kevin

[cameraman]

My point was more about the affects of that **** on our bodies.
-Kevin

You and your lawn are pretty far apart in terms of biochemical processes.

[SurfaceUnits]

So Chevy was the only marque without a new race engine for the only weekend that matters? hmmm

[chop456]

Having never actually done the Indy thing I thought I would try to do the whole tenderloin thing. Used this recipe: http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_food_blog/2008/05/pork-tenderloin.html

We liked them. :tony:

A gallon of oil? :gomer: :laugh:

[Andrew Longman]

A gallon of oil? :gomer: :laugh:No kidding.

I put about 1/4" in large cast iron skillet. Always works fine as a deep fryer for something like this.

I also use corn starch instead of flour in the coating. Combined with cornmeal and planko it crisps up much better.

[Methanolandbrats]

You and your lawn are pretty far apart in terms of biochemical processes. Maybe not :D