Lots of story lines Indy 2021 (1 Viewer)
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mikebcurve
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Yes
timebombkal
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How about 1st round, nitro cars left lane 16 wins, right lane 0.
Stands fairly empty. Track does not look prepped by evidence of all the one lane wins. Last time I was there it was standing room only first 660 of track.
Biggest race of the year, stands look like a D3 college game. Barely full fields, future is grim. JFR drops out and DSR drops of downsizes and what you have a 300 MPH display, no ones is going to believe it’s “competitive”
Biggest race of the year, stands look like a D3 college game. Barely full fields, future is grim. JFR drops out and DSR drops of downsizes and what you have a 300 MPH display, no ones is going to believe it’s “competitive”
They showed a line several miles long from the air trying to get in. Those guys missed the whole first round,
Possibly. By switching from one broadcast to the other, they do a fair amount of clipping. Are people really showing up in droves after first round for remaining 3
Hours? It was the traffic clip cut and pasted to make it look bigger than it is?
typically there’s more people in the seats at even during round 1 than round 4 as day goes on
Professional Fan
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If you were in the right lane today you were screwed until the final:
Top Fuel: 14 left 0 right
Funny Car: 12 Left 2 Right
Pro stock: 12 Left 2 Right
PSM: 9 Left 5 Right
I realize that if all the faster cars choose the left lane the results will be skewed but not that much. Also, most of the losses in the right lane were right off the start.
What is weird is that in the final only Torrence won from the left lane.
Top Fuel: 14 left 0 right
Funny Car: 12 Left 2 Right
Pro stock: 12 Left 2 Right
PSM: 9 Left 5 Right
I realize that if all the faster cars choose the left lane the results will be skewed but not that much. Also, most of the losses in the right lane were right off the start.
What is weird is that in the final only Torrence won from the left lane.
Chili
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Have you not been on nitromater lately? A bunch of negative posts from people that don’t actually go to the events. I was there as well and the crowd was great. The pits were packed and the concession lines were long too. If everybody in the place were in the stand all at once, there would have been very few empty seats.
mikebcurve
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I’m not saying Sunday wouldn’t have been packed anyway, but I’m sure the Saturday rain out helped Sunday attendance.
Professional Fan
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Agree with others, I thought the crowd on Sunday was very good. Concession lines were crazy long-glad I brought my own food!
Headerfire
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I don't get the "both lanes always have to be equal" mentality. Sometimes they are not. What's the point of having lane choice then? Or crew chiefs?
Tim went 3.91 in the final. Brittany blew the tires off right behind him. Is that the lane's fault?
Tim went 3.91 in the final. Brittany blew the tires off right behind him. Is that the lane's fault?
There were more than just lots of story lines, just plain lots of lines period. There were many, many people at the ticket booth Sunday trying to get tickets to get in well after round 1 of the pros were done, I saw it. There were way too few food vendors and the lines were terribly long. Then when the allowed people to renew tickets for next year, that was about a farce too. I missed all of round 2 of the pros to do that. and they only had one person working the tent for that. Overall, I've had better experiences at other races. See Norwalk and Charlotte for how to host an event.
I wonder if NHRA, being the facility owner, is trying to crash-dive the place. Sunday morning, 9am, and the one bathroom building was out of paper towels and TP both. Our third time at Indy and by far the worst customer experience of the three visits.
I wonder if NHRA, being the facility owner, is trying to crash-dive the place. Sunday morning, 9am, and the one bathroom building was out of paper towels and TP both. Our third time at Indy and by far the worst customer experience of the three visits.
Jer
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Ud think they would fix the roof! Looks like crap
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mick
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great crowds 2 races in a row. i think it is obvious by results, subsequent scraping to 300', and racer comments that the rt. lane was suspect earlier on sunday. that is unfortunate,
regardless of what track it is at. if they are going to finish on sunday, they should have both friday and saturday available to manipulate schedule for pros in event of rain.
i don't get the canopy top missing on roof of tower either; unless a new tower is scheduled? that tower has got to be close to 40 yrs. old?
regardless of what track it is at. if they are going to finish on sunday, they should have both friday and saturday available to manipulate schedule for pros in event of rain.
i don't get the canopy top missing on roof of tower either; unless a new tower is scheduled? that tower has got to be close to 40 yrs. old?
