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Title: 2020 Indy 500 thread
Post by: Payman on August 13, 2020, 08:28:32 AM
It's on. Man the cars look awesome with the new windscreens.

https://www.indycar.com/photos/gallery?g=3604
Title: Re: 2020 Indy 500 thread
Post by: CaminoRacer on August 13, 2020, 09:32:02 AM
Looks cool from the side but the front view is super blocky. Like a semi truck windshield.
Title: Re: 2020 Indy 500 thread
Post by: Soup DeVille on August 13, 2020, 10:05:07 AM
Quote from: CaminoRacer on August 13, 2020, 09:32:02 AM
Looks cool from the side but the front view is super blocky. Like a semi truck windshield.

I was thinking more like a boat.
Title: Re: 2020 Indy 500 thread
Post by: Payman on August 13, 2020, 10:18:40 AM
Quote from: CaminoRacer on August 13, 2020, 09:32:02 AM
Looks cool from the side but the front view is super blocky. Like a semi truck windshield.
Quote from: Soup DeVille on August 13, 2020, 10:05:07 AM
I was thinking more like a boat.

Yeah, blocky from the front, but pretty slick in side profile.
Title: Re: 2020 Indy 500 thread
Post by: FoMoJo on August 13, 2020, 10:49:25 AM
Quote from: Soup DeVille on August 13, 2020, 10:05:07 AM
I was thinking more like a boat.
One of those offshore racing boats.

Oh, for the good old days...

(https://i.postimg.cc/ydHQM51b/1c6ac3fc78079f7aa99c83276c570d92.jpg)
Title: Re: 2020 Indy 500 thread
Post by: Payman on August 13, 2020, 11:08:02 AM
Quote from: FoMoJo on August 13, 2020, 10:49:25 AM
One of those offshore racing boats.

Oh, for the good old days...

(https://i.postimg.cc/ydHQM51b/1c6ac3fc78079f7aa99c83276c570d92.jpg)


Loved the cars, loved the racing, but a one in twenty chance of death was not sustainable.
Title: Re: 2020 Indy 500 thread
Post by: Soup DeVille on August 13, 2020, 11:13:28 AM
Quote from: Rockraven on August 13, 2020, 11:08:02 AM
Loved the cars, loved the racing, but a one in twenty chance of death was not sustainable.

In F1 it peaked in 1955 at 1 in 7.
Title: Re: 2020 Indy 500 thread
Post by: r0tor on August 13, 2020, 11:17:41 AM
I think the F1 halo looks better than the aeroshield thing
Title: Re: 2020 Indy 500 thread
Post by: Payman on August 13, 2020, 12:15:38 PM
Quote from: Soup DeVille on August 13, 2020, 11:13:28 AM
In F1 it peaked in 1955 at 1 in 7.

Lol yeah if you include spectators.
Title: Re: 2020 Indy 500 thread
Post by: Payman on August 13, 2020, 12:16:33 PM
Quote from: r0tor on August 13, 2020, 11:17:41 AM
I think the F1 halo looks better than the aeroshield thing

The flip-flop rollerskates? Ugh.
Title: Re: 2020 Indy 500 thread
Post by: r0tor on August 16, 2020, 12:22:33 PM
Marco Andretti on pole... How the hell did that happen!?!?
Title: Re: 2020 Indy 500 thread
Post by: CaminoRacer on September 18, 2020, 10:21:39 PM
https://jalopnik.com/indycars-nashville-street-course-crosses-a-huge-bridge-1845083026?rev=1600307189417

IndyCar's Nashville Street Course Crosses A Huge Bridge And Looks Like It Might Be A Lot Of Fun