LOL, Literally just thought this to the other commentator when he mentioned F1.

To be fair, Indycar is the feeder to F1 in the US. If you end a season the champ, you get enough points to get a Super License (As of this year 40 points, points expire after 3 years.) I know NASCAR is banned from the track though due to Texas Motor Speedway (They have exclusive rights to races for 200 miles out.) I…

Remember, politics here is going to be the bigger issue than money in F1. The FIA let the teams vote on the halo, but Red Bull said no (They were publically broadcasting this much in the leadup to the vote,) and you need 100% of the voting members to agree for a change to happen. As long as you need 100%, no changes…

OK, while in this case it would not have prevented this accident from happeing, I think the big issue with Indycar goes beyond just the canopy issue, (which is not to say it isn’t a big issue, it is.) I really think Indycar needs to consider what tracks it races on. Simply put, most of the 1.5+ tracks Indycar races at…

Well I’ll concede your point on the individual pursuit, that needs to return ASAP (Though to also be fair, Individual Pursuit only really was added in 1964, so it isn’t the BIGGEST crime in the world that it was removed either.) I would honestly argue the Sprint event is the better event, even with the shortness of…

OK, honest question here. Why doesn’t someone pick up track cycling and televise it more often? I honestly had the most fun watching these events so far and most of them are really easy to digest.

To be fair, one of them was a Phelps vs Lochte Semifinal. That does merit some airtime.

True, but then again, if you know a talent like Rossi is out there and he has no team, would you want to pass him up?

Well again, you can’t really rule out Haas or another team, but in my mind TR makes the most sense. Here is how I worked it out (Feel free to argue on this:)

Mercedes and Ferrari have their drivers locked up next year. Now MAYBE Mercedes is considering dropping Rosberg, but I doubt it. Red Bull is also all set for…

I think if Haas has a seat available (Likely because Grojean’s seat was for 1 year IIRC,) it may go to Santonio Ferrucci. He just became eligible for a Super License during the last testing session.

Saying that, maybe Toro Roso is looking to drop Kyvat?

Sadly I hate to say this, but Sheriff Joe is from my area (Western MA.) I deeply apologize for this transgression.

And IIRC, the NBC crew (Wanna say it was Diffey to be precise,) caught right away where he got the idea from (Which the Buxton interview obviously confirmed.) I will admit, everyone involved in the NBC broadcast is great and it all just works out well. Not very often things come together like this in the broadcasting…

Well maybe not. I mean in theory it should be, but let’s remember some of the tracks on the current Grade 1 list would likely NOT be G1 if their credentials lapsed (Monaco anyone?)

Is Indy still Grade 1 though? I have not seen the 2016 update to the list (Is one even available yet?) but Indy was about to lose it’s G1 status as of this year IIRC, and you need to be Grade 1 (Outside of Circuit de la Sarthe of course,) to get a WEC race.

Actually it is codified in the Rules of baseball. Specifically 9.01c:

Let’s be fair, Sochi only left the issues to the support buildings. At least they had the venues done relatively on time.

OK, so I actually have a question. I am seriously considering grabbing season passes for the major events next year, and was wondering how it is camping at the track (For my mark of shame, I have never been to Lime Rock despite being only 90 minutes from it.) From what I can see it looks like fun, but I also have a…

Stef, I am shocked you did not address the other big rumor about the possibility of no more Track Limit Penalties. Buxton was blowing up about it on his twitter when word came. Here are the high(low)lights (or in this case the entire rant:)

Well, funny you mention that part about someone slamming into the drivers back. There is a reason Indycar ditched standing starts on road courses almost as fast as they adopted them:

Fair enough. As you said it is hard to tell. He could have popped the clutch, engaged the reverse gear, or both, or neither. Without asking him, I dunno if we will ever know.