Auto Racing Discussion Thread

[Zem]

Auto Racing has had a noticable impact on coasters lately with rides like Ring Racer at the Nurburgring, Intimidator 305 at KD, and Formula Rossa at Ferrari World. Personally, I am a big follower of Formula One and IndyCar and I will be leaving today to attend my first ever F1 Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin. I have also in the past attended many IndyCar races (now twice a year including the Texas Motor Speedway and the Houston Circuit) and a couple NASCAR races, although I'm not a big fan of oval racing. This thread is for discussion about anything related to racing and about any type of racing. There are other threads devoted to the major sports so I felt this was fitting. Hopefully I'm not the only one here who appreciates this type of sport.

 

Circuit of the Americas:

[BigBomer]

I was sad to see Dario Franchitti retire today, especially because of the injury that he suffered in Houston and while I don't follow Indycar as closely as I do NASCAR, I appreciate all motorsports and he was one of my favourites in the sport, (perhaps because he was on the NASCAR circut at one point.)

Edited November 20, 2013 by BigBomer

[Zem]

I was sad to see Dario Franchitti retire today, especially because of the injury that he suffered in Houston and while I don't follow Indycar as closely as I do NASCAR, I appreciate all motorsports and he was one of my favourites in the sport, (perhaps because he was on the NASCAR circut at one point.)

 

Great Thread!

 

It's interesting that you mentioned Dario's wreck as he is one of my two favorite Indy drivers (Scott Dixon being the other). I happened to be at the Houston race on the day of the accident and was in the closest grand stands. You can even see me in the video coverage of the wreck. Here are some pics I took (you can even see the section of fencing that landed in the crowd I was in):

 

 

 

 

 

As for the US Grand Prix, it was a nice race. Vettel won his 8th race in a row setting a new record as expected. I was glad to see Grosjean get 2nd although I'm upset that Raikkonen wasn't racing. Massa was having problems throughout the weekend and Ferrari had an overall disappointing race. Sutil also wrecked in the first lap which brought out the safety car. There was a good amount of passing and I thoroughly enjoyed the race weekend. I hope to have some pictures up tomorrow from my time at the track as well as Fan Fest in downtown Austin.

Edited November 20, 2013 by Zem

[WillaHolland]

Yes, definitely because the exicitment is bit similar in both roller coasters and auto racing.

[Zem]

Yes, definitely because the exicitment is bit similar in both roller coasters and auto racing.

 

Well I guess both involve high speeds, fast turns, and lots of g-forces.