The extraordinary experiences of two ordinary IndyCar fans
A different style of racing happens at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend as it hosts the season finale for the Intercontinental GT Challenge (the Indianapolis 8 Hours or as I call it – 8 Hours at the Brickyard). The racing this weekend will include the largest field in the GT Challenge with 41 drivers, … Continue reading All 8 Hours (an Indianapolis 8 Hours Preview)
We just can’t get through Lap 1 Turn 1 at this race can we? Is it the Chicane? Is it too ‘chicaney’? I watched the race with my family and my mom commented, during the parade laps, “that’s a dog leg” when the drivers went through the chicane. Perhaps that’s the problem? They’re coming down … Continue reading Get In and Out (2021 Grand Prix of Portland Review)
For one reason or another (a laptop killed by a Naturday and flying straight from Bommarito to Seattle in 2018), I’ve never done a real Grand Prix of Portland Preview. Of course, 2020 had its slew of issues that we won’t dwell on. In a few short days, the drivers of the NTT INDYCAR series … Continue reading Keep Portland Fast! (2021 Grand Prix of Portland Preview)
It’s a universal truth, as we have five years of racing to review, that the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway always provides a show. The very first year we had true teammate infighting in Team Penske. We’ve had rain providing no practice or qualifications and the drivers going right into a … Continue reading 5th Time is a Charm (Bommarito 500 2021 Review)
It’s time for what we’ve all come to call the home away from home race: Bommarito 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway (or as I still sometimes call Gateway). The mid-short, but not short, oval. It’s 1.5 miles in length and every corner of that track is different. With the turns, Turns 1 and 2 … Continue reading It’s a Freaky Circle (Bommarito Automotive Group 500 2021 Preview)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-txuhg-10b9242 We're running down the past weekend of racing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway! It felt great back on the mounds watching some fantastic racing! Please subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with your friends, family, enemies, and perfect strangers. Past episodes, show notes, and blog entries can be found on our website www.fastcarsfastgirls.com. Thanks … Continue reading S5E14 – Race Review: Big Machine Spiked Coolers GP
The Big Machine Spiked Cooler Grand Prix (which I realized I kept putting the word “Vodka” in title) was a prime example of good clean racing. Good clean racing in the NTT INDYCAR Series doesn’t mean everyone follows the leader like a parade, elbows are out, and paint is traded, but we don’t get the … Continue reading Good Clean Racing (Big Machine Spiked Coolers GP Review 2021)
I want to start this off by saying I absolutely adore the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is highly underrated by INDYCAR fans and has done an amazing job of putting on great racing. That being said: can we figure out when we’re going to have the second IMS Road Course race? … Continue reading Super Sweet Spiked Grand Prix (2021 Preview)
This weekend showed the best of INDYCAR…as well as some of the most unfavorable parts of the series. There is no doubt that the inaugural Music City Grand Prix on the streets of Nashville put on a show. What I still can’t figure out is: what type of a show it was. Was it a … Continue reading Do The Two-Step (2021 Music City Grand Prix Review)
The always correct Dolly Parton describes her home state “In my Tennessee mountain home, Life is as peaceful as a baby's sigh”. While I will never argue with Dolly - I know this upcoming weekend will not be as peaceful as a baby’s sigh. The NTT INDYCAR Series thunders onto the Streets of Nashville Tennessee … Continue reading Hopefully It’s Not Line Dancing (Music City GP 2021 Preview)
