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weekend round up 17 April 2011 #F1 #NASCAR #Indycar

Posted on April 18, 2011 by thatconsultantbloke

#F1 Chinese GP – What a race! Hats off to both Hamilton and Webbo for heroic drives, well done Vettel, Rosberg and Massa for decent runs, to JB for a good early run and then adding a bit of comedy in the pits (did he fancy Seb’s tyres, or did he think that the Red Bull boys might be quicker on the stop?) and finally to whoever the Alonso look-alike was; lets face it, 7th place for a stand in isn’t half bad.

#IndyCar at Long Beach – Will Power still owns qualifying on road and street tracks, but got punted off by Helio and could only manage 10th as Mike Conway picked up a great maiden win.

#NASCAR – all the fun of the fair at Talladega and another fantastic finish with just 0.145s covering the first eight. Watch the last two laps here. What is it with the Busch boys? Even I have to admit that, even if they are both pretty ugly, they have talent as drivers, so why are they so often found shoving people off? I’ve never forgiven Busch major for punting Mr Excitement off at Dover (and that was years ago). After a Hendrick blitz in qualifying, they come up 1-3-4-8 in the photo finish.

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The Indy Photo Archive Project

Posted on April 16, 2011 by thatconsultantbloke

In their centenary year the folks at Indy are to be congratulated on their project to digitise their photo archive to ensure its longivity.

Read more about it here:

Indy photo archive

and take a look through some of what they have to offer.

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weekend round up – 10th April 2011 #F1 #NASCAR #Indycar

Posted on April 10, 2011 by thatconsultantbloke

#F1 #MalaysianGP – has Shorty been at it again? There used to be a time when I could get up at my usual time and find these Far East races to watch before everyone else got up and in the way, but not today. Start put back so that it works better for the lazy sods and TV no doubt. Oh well.

The race? Well a good win for Vettel, with intelligent drives from Button, Heidfeld, Webbo and Massa to round out the top five. Those two great pals from their McLaren days both in trouble, but they are two of the best racers out there and both handled the outcome of this one with dignity, so top marks both for battling and for taking the penalties on the chin.

Just a thought, but the team right at the back of the grid are named after a treatment for menopausal women; would a name change give them a second or two a lap?

#NASCAR – A good win for Matt Kenseth and a strong Blue Oval showing over both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup races. Well done Digger for a top ten as well. The man from down under is getting there.

#IndyCar – Over at Barber Motorsport Park in Alabama another Aussie was doing pretty well as Will Power dominated the event. Can he pull off the title this year? He’s going the right way again, and is the best on the twisty tracks, but needs to bang in some more consistent good results on the ovals.

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weekend round up – 27th March 2011 #NASCAR #F1 #Indycar

Posted on March 28, 2011 by thatconsultantbloke

#NASCAR – a bit of a bore at Fontana until the final laps from what I hear. West coast races don’t start until it’s nearly time for bed for me here in the UK, so I have to check in on the results next morning. Nice (for me) to see Shrub not win it, but I’m pleased to see JPM continuing his good start to the season. Fingers crossed for him.

#F1 – a bit of a bore from down under as well in most ways at the #AustralianGP. The Barra Boy seemed to have been showing that he did learn something from his Ferarri team mate, or did he mistake which Mercedes he was attacking? Another question; why does JB get a drive through for going off the track in his overtaking manoeuvre (when he had been pushed off in the attempt a few times earlier), but Vettel gets away with doing the same thing when he re-passed JB following his pit stop? He clearly deliverately drove off the track round the outside of JB, so why did he not get penalised as well? Still, a big well done to Petrov for a great drive and for hanging on under pressure at the finish, and also to Perez for a great debut, even if it was spoiled by disqualification. And on that note, a final question; the Saubers went through scrutineering before the race, but were disqualified for an infringement that must have been apparent then, so why was it not resolved at that point?

#Indycar – A good opener at St Pete with some good personal performances. Nice to see Tony Kanaan’s third spot after his off season woes; the series needs to have its heroes there on the track (why no Dan Wheldon for goodness sake?), and also a great personal  best from Simona de Silvestro in fourth, and putting pressure on Kanaan to the flag. The Indy series looks at bit sad at the moment and doesn’t seem to be able to pull in the cash at anywhere near the level that NASCAR can. Hopefully it can hang in there until times get better.

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might it be a wet race down under? Australian GP coming up

Posted on March 22, 2011 by thatconsultantbloke

Down under, the race marshals and corner workers are being briefed ready for next weekend’s fun and frolics.

“G’ day folks. Let’s all have a good one and get this one into the books with no damage, and we can all get off to the Barbie. Now we should get through with no worries, but the V8 blokes will probably get a bit involved in their thrash and we might have to break sweat there. Probably some sweeping up to do afterwards whatever.

Now with the F1, we all want Webbo to take a win, but no partisan stuff, OK? Keep your eyes out for the bloke in the silver car with the red helmet though; we’ve had trouble with him down here before, but he’s been looking a bit past it, so make sure you’ve got your blue flags ready for when the quick blokes are lapping him.

Now we’re not expecting anything on the terrorist front, and the security blokes have got all that well covered, but we do have one special warning that we need you to keep your eyes open for. We’re heard that there may be this little old guy; apparently he thinks that a sudden wet patch on the track might liven things up, so watch out in case he might try urinating on the track at some point. Never mind how good his credentials look, if he tries to slip by you just chuck him back over the fence.”

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