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Thankyou Drew!

not strictly indy, but as good as anywhere else i guess:

http://www.speedtv.com/

SPEED POLL:
Which Racing’s #Greatest Weekend event are you most looking forward to?
Indy 500 29.91%
Monaco GP 35.16% […]

Beautiful. Bravo Man!

”This track is so technical, so difficult, 90% of the guys in Formula One have no idea how hard this is.”

Rubens Barrichello describing his experience at Indianapolis.

@Don

I’d read that Dallara were making changes to the wing supports to help prevent air getting under the car – but I can’t help but think it’s more to do with those short sidepods and floor extensions next […]

Joey – I’d love to go, and Indy is definitely on my bucket list. Can’t make it this year.
Mercedes has no affiliation with Ilmor Engineering, other than when they were in CART years ago and used their […]

from the above dallara link:

Chevrolet’s first IZOD IndyCar Series engine since 2005 was built through a collaborative effort, uniting Chevrolet and General Motor’s experience in E85 fuel and direct injection […]

Is anyone else considering going? At $30 for infield tickets I’m seriously thinking of a list minute trip.

The coverage for Indy should be fantastic. Some very interesting pre-race pieces are scheduled also. Previous race coverage has been very good except for the local feed from Brazil.

How about $3 million to win […]

Are they ever going to put any catch fencing up on the divider separating the S/F straight from the pit lane? They have all sorts of officials and photographers standing there with nothing but a 1 metre (or […]

The local broadcaster in Sao Paulo did a pretty shoddy job too, but the other two races were good as I recall.

Hopefully they step it up… The opener at St. Pete was horribly covered.

Impressive details of ESPN/ABC’s coverage plans for the race:

ESPN’s production will utilize more than 80 cameras to televise the premier event of the IZOD IndyCar Series, including four onboard cameras per […]

A very cool moment seeing Hinch with Greg Moore’s gloves.

Fantastic qualifying! Briscoe earns pole by closest margin ever! http://www.indycar.com/en/News/2012/05-May/5-19-Pole-qualifying

Brian Clauson and […]

James Hinchcliffe carried Greg Moore’s gloves in the car with him during qualifying:

https://twitter.com/#!/jakequery/status/203899648832835588/photo/1

Just got home from “Fast Friday” and wow Marco Andretti was flying. 227.540! I also got Rubens autograph and shook his hand! There were some pretty big fellow f1 fans who made him a sign that said Rubens and […]

Practice live at http://racecontrol.indycar.com/

The cars sound wicked with the extra boost pressure.

Marco just ran a lap a tick under 226.

http://www.crash.net/indycar/news/179805/1/alesi_may_call_time_on_indy_500_bid.html

Alesi may back out of running the race because of how un-competitive the engine is.