If a race happens in Baltimore

[Elmo T]

would you know by driving through the city?

Apparently NOT.

We took the kids to DC on Saturday - driving through Baltimore SB and NB. Not once did I see a billboard or sign or any type of promotion.

On the NB run, I did see a flashing traffic sign indicating roads to be closed Aug. 30-Sept. 3 in the Inner Harbor area. It didn't say WHY, just that the roads will be closed. Maybe they are paving or doing sewer work or holding a race. :rolleyes:

[SteveH]

Sewer work. A new euphemism for an IndyCar street race. :thumbup:

[TravelGal]

Sewer work. A new euphemism for an IndyCar street race. :thumbup:

:rofl::rofl:

[gerhard911]

http://mypartyshirt.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/e/d/ed-norton-honeymooners_1.png

feels insulted ;)

[nissan gtp]

I'm going Sat to see the ALMS race

[Lux Interior]

The ALMS cars are cool always

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/558/img0188gm.jpg

[nissan gtp]

weather report has a chance of Isaac's leftovers arriving for Sunday. :laugh:

[stroker]

That ventral fin is one ugly mofo, innit?

[Wally]

weather report has a chance of Isaac's leftovers arriving for Sunday. :laugh:

Along with a potential Junky siting..... in for Newgarden or whatever his name is :confused:

[Lux Interior]

No one, and I mean no one, could whine and complain like Junky:rofl:

[dando]

would you know by driving through the city?

Apparently NOT.

We took the kids to DC on Saturday - driving through Baltimore SB and NB. Not once did I see a billboard or sign or any type of promotion.

On the NB run, I did see a flashing traffic sign indicating roads to be closed Aug. 30-Sept. 3 in the Inner Harbor area. It didn't say WHY, just that the roads will be closed. Maybe they are paving or doing sewer work or holding a race. :rolleyes:

You were expecting to see Gene Simmons and his tongue on billboards promoting the race? :tony: Even advertising for the M-O race was muted here in Cbus, but that may have had to do with the volume of political ads running around here in July/early-August. :shakehead :saywhat:

-Kevin

[Elmo T]

You were expecting to see Gene Simmons and his tongue on billboards promoting the race?
-Kevin

It worked for the Banana Junior 6000

http://i46.tinypic.com/2zpo5qp.jpg

[TKGAngel]

Another race, another flying start. Practice has been red-flagged and a driver meeting convened, as there are issues with the train tracks. Multiple drivers have gotten all four wheels off the ground.

[dando]

Another race, another flying start. Practice has been red-flagged and a driver meeting convened, as there are issues with the train tracks. Multiple drivers have gotten all four wheels off the ground.

What?!? They can't just stop, look left, right and left again to cross? :gomer: Welcome to San Josie east coast style. :saywhat: :shakehead

-Kevin

[dando]

It worked for the Banana Junior 6000

http://i46.tinypic.com/2zpo5qp.jpg

:D

I was always a bigger fan of Deathtongue.

http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~mortenj/fimland/boingers/deathtng.jpg

:D

-Kevin

[NismoZ]

Ugly fin? So what! That little Mazda being passed on the last turn of the last lap then REpassing on the run up the hill to the checker to win by .089 at RA has provided me with THE best highlight of this ALMS season.:thumbup:

[TRDfan]

And the cars are now flying....

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-airborne-cars-halt-opening-baltimore-practice

[Elmo T]

:D

I was always a bigger fan of Deathtongue.

-Kevin

Note to NBCVersusSportswhateveryoucallit - A slide show of Bloom County would get better ratings than the race. Free advice right there.

[TRDfan]

Billy and The Boingers please!

[extramundane]

Indycar 2013 TV Package preview:

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[cameraman]

Saw some footage of the Flying Lizards doing exactly that:rofl:

Last year's chicane is being rebuilt tonight:rolleyes:

[NismoZ]

Awww, I wanna see a lizard fly!

[opinionated ow]

When will these people learn? Racetracks do not contain tram tracks...

[RTKar]

Awww, I wanna see a lizard fly!



http://webspace.webring.com/people/oa/aaawebpage/images/low_flying_lg.jpg

[NismoZ]

Nice aero, but will it TURN?

[Lux Interior]

I turned on qualies for 15 minutes. What a horrible track. :thumdown:

[nissan gtp]

went up today, had a good time. really hot, but the overcast helped at lot. Lots of indycarnage :p at the chicane. crowd was decent, but only about 1/3 of last year

[Rex Karz]

http://webspace.webring.com/people/oa/aaawebpage/images/low_flying_lg.jpg

Is this the extinct species known as the Dan Weldon Flying Lizard?

[dando]

Tim May ‏@TIM_MAYsports
What a joke that temporary chicane is on the bumpy straight on Baltimore streets for IndyCar race. How long til the tires are "taken out"?

From my Twitter feed....

-Kevin

[stroker]

Any word on the final attendance?

I only watched the "highlights" on the Speed Report and if anyone is trying to characterize that concrete tunnel as "Long Beach on the East Coast" they're out of their friggin' minds...

[chop456]

Smaller crowds and clouds greet the Grand Prix (http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-09-02/sports/bs-md-grand-prix-finale-20120902_1_crowds-grand-prix-indycar-ceo-randy-bernard)


Some fans said they preferred this year's race because it was less crowded, with shorter lines for concessions and no back-ups at pedestrian bridges over the track.

"I kind of enjoy the crowd the way it is," said Frances Cadden, a marine engineer from Towson. "It's a really light crowd compared to last year."


General manager Tim Mayer said attendance would not be an important benchmark

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

Think the lesser will buy more lipstick for this pig next year? :tony:

[Hard Driver]

Not a good track. The reason that the rain tire strategy didn't work out for Powers is that the amateurs couldn't keep off the walls the entire rain period. Generally not a very good race. Even for someone who has let go of their hate. And I agree, if a track has a RR crossing, then that is not a good course.