tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post3575439173712582292..comments2023-04-27T04:20:37.175-07:00Comments on My Name Is IRL: LiveBlog: Richmond 2009Iannuccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120192496901254768noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-9977452274460123262009-06-30T19:32:32.184-07:002009-06-30T19:32:32.184-07:00Roger,
Furthermore, Hornish finished that race in...Roger,<br /><br />Furthermore, Hornish finished that race in a car with a struggling rear wing, something I thought Barnhartt shouldn't have allowed, BUT he did finish the race.The American Mutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01396701492082850805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-87351526819330546992009-06-30T03:20:53.826-07:002009-06-30T03:20:53.826-07:00Hey, just stumbled on your blog. great account of ...Hey, just stumbled on your blog. great account of race, I shall be following.Lucyhttp://www.anchorvans.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-55406994533180248842009-06-29T14:21:23.154-07:002009-06-29T14:21:23.154-07:00Wasn't that when the rear wing collapsed on bo...<i>Wasn't that when the rear wing collapsed on both Penske cars? HMM. Perhaps the rear wing mounting was a little bit too light? As I recall, Helio was leading when his collapsed.</i><br /><br />Roger, that was actually Milwaukee in 2007. Proof <a href="http://www.mynameisirl.com/2007/06/everything-but-sausage-race.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, in the My Name is IRL archivesmmacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-52365853344561789762009-06-29T11:37:43.753-07:002009-06-29T11:37:43.753-07:00" Last time two Team Penske cars DNF'd wa...<i>" Last time two Team Penske cars DNF'd was Michigan in 2007."</i><br /><br />Wasn't that when the rear wing collapsed on both Penske cars? HMM. Perhaps the rear wing mounting was a little bit too <i>light?</i> As I recall, Helio was leading when his collapsed.Rogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-31032128697652585892009-06-29T10:42:23.632-07:002009-06-29T10:42:23.632-07:00Scott,
Not dead, but on life support.
barnhart ...Scott,<br /><br />Not dead, but on life support. <br /><br />barnhart isn't the saviour, he's the cause. Between his inability to do anything about blocking (Moraes gets a drive thru, top teams have to give up the spot...WTF!?!) to his constant restrictions on the cars. It's clearly been coming to this situation for awhile. Don't give me this, they've had the car since god was a kid stuff, sure that doesn't help, but Penske and Ganassi only got the honda engine in 06 and it's been coming to this since then. There were only two races won by someone other than Penske or Ganassi that year as you may recall. (a side note as I sit outside and top this, the plastic walmart bag is the tumbleweed of suburbia) Furthermore, it's TIME TO RIP OUT THE EFFING FUEL KNOB. Drivers want to win the race on fuel strategy so be it, make them do it with their right foot. I'm firmly convinced we'd have had a different champion last year if they didn't have the knob. How on earth could they even conceive that the fuel knob is going to raise the enjoyment factor for the fan?<br /><br />Three words about Richmond. Worst Race Ever.<br /><br />I'm done rambling.<br /><br />Wait, one last observation, Dixons only two wins this year are a result of a crash in the pit cycle. Why compare him to Hornish who actually beat cars to the line? I may not like Hornish, but at least he came by his victories on the track.The American Mutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01396701492082850805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-15089250727206726462009-06-28T11:53:37.804-07:002009-06-28T11:53:37.804-07:00"I'll leave you with this from Dario in a..."I'll leave you with this from Dario in a post-race interview: "I really apologize to fans because that was a dreadful race tonight."<br /><br />Dear Brian Barnhart, PLEASE FIX THIS!"<br /><br />If Barnhart is the beacon of hope for change here, we've got a big issue. Does he care at all about passing? If he does, you would think he'd drop the hammer on the horrendous blocking going on out there.<br /><br />This series is dead.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11167685006156929367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-14662919543314043352009-06-28T04:47:14.637-07:002009-06-28T04:47:14.637-07:00That race needed "Fred Figgilhorn" [http...That race needed "Fred Figgilhorn" [http://www.youtube.com/user/Fred] to get things going. Or Jack Arute could have inhaled helium all night long. That would have been interesting.<br /><br />The race, however, wasn't interesting.<br /><br />So....bad.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-24620770600246356632009-06-28T04:44:01.890-07:002009-06-28T04:44:01.890-07:00the only thing worse than no on track passes for p...the only thing worse than no on track passes for position is the fruit salad yummy yummy song in your head all day.<br /><br />thanks a lot my name is irlstand bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-81591701244047824062009-06-27T23:12:57.442-07:002009-06-27T23:12:57.442-07:00Two interesting bits there, Jeff.
First: "So...Two interesting bits there, Jeff.<br /><br />First: "Sounds unexciting, but fortunately it usually isn't."<br /><br />Second: "149: Just aired a 100 Years of Indy package where, I swear, Juan Pablo Montoya just called the IndyCar a "eunuch car"."<br /><br />From what I observed tonight, I'd say that the use of the word "usually" in the first portion serves as the disclaimer and covers the fact that it was pretty terribly boring.<br /><br />Regarding the lap 149 "eunuch" comment, I'd say he was right on target (unintended pun, HAR). Compared to CART's cars which he'd been racing prior to running/winning Indy, the IRL cars were certainly a castrated version of supposed top-level open wheel cars.<br /><br />It seems the two items are probably inextricably linked when you think about it.<br /><br />"Pretty bad when even a top finisher feels it necessary to apologize to the fans." Well said, Anonymous.Mike Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-68443668504207057482009-06-27T21:42:00.073-07:002009-06-27T21:42:00.073-07:00For all the people who lose their Monday Moanin...For all the people who lose their Monday Moanin' Minds over post race Ashley Judd interviews...<br /><br />VERSUS supplied you with a mid-race Emma Dixon chat & the now traditional post race wife interview!<br /><br />Please stop B*tching & Moaning about the IRL promoting some Access Hollywood agenda... its just a programing trend (& it was proved tonight)AZZO45noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-80228346170951025172009-06-27T21:38:10.939-07:002009-06-27T21:38:10.939-07:00Our drinking cue is the IZOD commerical, so I just...Our drinking cue is the IZOD commerical, so I just woke from being passed out by lap 50, guess I didn't miss much.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-41553030980191070702009-06-27T21:38:00.199-07:002009-06-27T21:38:00.199-07:00Thanks for the play-by-play, Jeff...I fell asleep ...Thanks for the play-by-play, Jeff...I fell asleep once my excitement over seeing both Penske's out was totally overshadowed by another blow-out by the other "super team." Pretty bad when even a top finisher feels it necessary to apologize to the fans. Now, not only are the two teams still dominating (ok, one team tonight), but now the streak of little or no passing continues. Wake up Brian...wake up Tony...what we are watching is the slow demise of Indy car racing and whatever meager fan base there is left!! Who wants to watch everyone race for 5th place?!<br />And, come to think of it, there IS more action on the average ICarly episode!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-42076856313172869042009-06-27T21:16:33.849-07:002009-06-27T21:16:33.849-07:00If so many people who love open-wheel are down on ...If so many people who love open-wheel are down on the IRL, what is it about the league that could make the average sports fan watch it? It's sort of depressing.reddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-59604012337464700942009-06-27T19:33:02.408-07:002009-06-27T19:33:02.408-07:00New IRL drinking game terms for the remainder of t...New IRL drinking game terms for the remainder of the season: 1.Cookie dough, 2.Dr. Feelgoods, 3. mention of a drivers wife practically popping out a baby at the speedway.BP in Louisvillenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-48792638088635966182009-06-27T19:26:19.844-07:002009-06-27T19:26:19.844-07:00Oh god, I have tears streaming down my face. I'...Oh god, I have tears streaming down my face. I've never seen that "let a fan beat Dixon at something" commercial before LOL.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04476944589668626586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-14071020437744665442009-06-27T19:23:12.455-07:002009-06-27T19:23:12.455-07:00iCarly is on? See ya.iCarly is on? See ya.Demond Sandersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-76031180132001156382009-06-27T17:38:14.408-07:002009-06-27T17:38:14.408-07:00Jeff, sorry you were deprived of your right to *ah...Jeff, sorry you were deprived of your right to *ahem* scenery as a kid. That's a rough deal, man. :-)Fred Hurleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379706257551429697noreply@blogger.com