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Firestone IndyCar Grand Prix of St Petersburg (FL), today at 12noon ET... until F1 comes back on next month.
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| 2.27.2022
| Me
Posted on 02/27/2022 5:34:29 AM PST by Carriage Hill
Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (FL)
100 LAPS | 180 MILES
The 1.8-mile, 14-turn (5 lefts, 9 rights) circuit incorporates streets of downtown St. Petersburg and a section of runway of Albert Whitted Airport.
After the long front stretch, there's a tight right-hander into Turn 1 and then a quick left-hand turn. Plenty of drivers have gotten into trouble in these two turns over the years. There are two other long straights with heavy braking zones that afford opportunities to overtake.
Broadcast by NBC & Peacock Networks, 12 noon ET.
TOPICS: Outdoors; Sports
KEYWORDS: fl; florida; indycar; racing
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The IndyCar season starts. F1 starts March 20th at Bahrain, and IMSA begins 12 Hours of Sebring, March 18-19th.
This should be a good race on an exciting city street track...
To: carriage_hill
Yay!!! Indy car is back!!!
2
posted on
02/27/2022 6:01:02 AM PST
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: God luvs America; Chode
I wonder how the war in Ukraine will affect the F1 season’s races in Europe, if at all?
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posted on
02/27/2022 6:06:53 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: God luvs America
Gentle Men,
Start Your Engines!
.
Indy Cars ROCK!
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posted on
02/27/2022 6:16:09 AM PST
by
Big Red Badger
(Make His Paths Straight!)
To: Big Red Badger
While I like the early start it is kind of crazy. The next race after St Pete is almost a month away!!
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posted on
02/27/2022 6:33:35 AM PST
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: carriage_hill
They’ve already cancelled the Russian GP.
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posted on
02/27/2022 6:34:12 AM PST
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: God luvs America
GOOD! That $10-20 million in revenue they won’t get from the race, sponsors, vendors, TV contracts etc.
7
posted on
02/27/2022 6:56:37 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: God luvs America
3 weeks. Then they get closer together as the Spring arrives and the weather becomes more predictable. Hand in there; I’m anxious, too.
Here’s where I go to get everything on my favorite — F1, IMSA, FIA-WEC, IndyCars — venues of racing:
http://www.tvracer.com
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posted on
02/27/2022 7:02:35 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Big Red Badger
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posted on
02/27/2022 7:02:55 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: God luvs America
Hand in there —> HANG in there. Damned finger!
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posted on
02/27/2022 7:04:44 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: carriage_hill
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posted on
02/27/2022 7:49:26 AM PST
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: carriage_hill
TVRACER,,
I’ll take a peek, thanks.
.
My old boss passed
last Month,
Vince Granatelli,
Loved that mobster.
1990’s I started in his shop wrenching on
Tom Snevas IndyCar.
What a Time!
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posted on
02/27/2022 7:59:47 AM PST
by
Big Red Badger
(Make His Paths Straight!)
To: Big Red Badger
I remember Andy Granatelli and his STP Indy Car, with Tom, from back in the 60s &n 70s. Any relation?
I was on the BFG IMSA Camel-GT Racing Team, doing tire testing (I only had a Class C SCCA license, so I couldn’t do wheel-to-wheel racing; needed a Class A SCCA license for that), in their new Porsche 962 (US) /957 (Europe), back in the mid-late-70s and early 80s.
“Most fun I’ve had with my clothes on.” — me. Heh.
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posted on
02/27/2022 8:08:02 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: carriage_hill
Vince was Andy’s son who built a Shop in North Phoenix 1994.
Great shop !
.
I remember IMSA at Mid Ohio
, Camel GT , I think.
Good times.
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posted on
02/27/2022 8:55:01 AM PST
by
Big Red Badger
(Make His Paths Straight!)
To: carriage_hill; Big Red Badger; Chode
Wasn’t the Turbine Indy car on it’s way to win the Race when a bearing failed ?
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posted on
02/27/2022 8:55:22 AM PST
by
mabarker1
((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
To: carriage_hill
I was a cable guy,
Radios,Data Guy and pit gear all needed wireing.
From the truckers CB to the
Driver’s Helmet I had the tools and technique.
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posted on
02/27/2022 8:59:29 AM PST
by
Big Red Badger
(Make His Paths Straight!)
To: mabarker1
The turbine (bearings) swallowed itself and blew-up. Lots of blue oil smoke, but no win.
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posted on
02/27/2022 9:27:46 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Big Red Badger
You were one of the “rocks” of the pits; keeping everything moving smoothly. Congrats on that job.
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posted on
02/27/2022 9:28:41 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Big Red Badger
We raced at every track from The Glen to Laguna Seca, and everything in between. Great times.
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posted on
02/27/2022 9:29:47 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: mabarker1
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posted on
02/27/2022 9:46:05 AM PST
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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