Other Topic: Car racing

[PoodlesAgain]

Well, I was hoping the catch Road America's bike race, on Fox Sports, no luck, not on my (spouse) cable package. Grrr...

Clicking around, I found a replay of a 2012 tennis match, a replay of 2019 IRL Toronto GP, and a simulated e-race, with unrealistic car oversteer and crashes!
NASCAR runs. Meh, never got the oval thing.

Anyhow, there are plans for F1 GPs in July and August. I did not catch details.
Our resident F1 expert, Mickey will fill in.

[JeffBeck]

I can get enthused about F1 and Rally, everything else just leaves me flat.

Mostly I just like the old Top Gear.

[mickey]

F1 this year sounds screwy to me. Running without fans at Silverstone this year & there will be two races at Silverstone?
Two British GP's???
They aren't making a lot of sense. They ought to hire Bernie back because he would sort it no matter who he has to buy!

BBC re:Silverstone

BBC Season Opener

[UrenragK]

I've marshalled the British GP a couple of times, obviously the best race, more corners

[mickey]

I've marshalled the British GP a couple of times, obviously the best race, more corners

Sounds like fun. I've watched it from the pits at Silverstone. A friend had an F1 team.

[JeffBeck]

A friend had an F1 team.

That's not normally the sort of thing a friend owns. A cabin? Sure. A boat? Why not? But an F1 team...not usually.

[mickey]

This was his race weekend car.

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At that time this was his driver (an absolute nut! Funniest guy I've ever met)
For a long time Graham & his son were the only father/son ever to win the World Driving Championship.

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My friend's name was Rob walker, his (insert several greats) grandfather was named Johnnie Walker.
As in Johnnie Walker Black & Johnnie Walker Red.

[Rollin Hand]

As soon as I saw the plate, I knew it was Rob Walker.

And I always thought Graham Hill looked so serious. Guess you can never tell from pictures.

[mickey]

As soon as I saw the plate, I knew it was Rob Walker.

And I always thought Graham Hill looked so serious. Guess you can never tell from pictures.

Graham had a difficult time being serious for two sentences in a row, unless he was pissed about something.
He could have made a living doing standup.

[Houblues]

If you are into dirt sprint car racing, as I somewhat am, the serious enthusiasts say Saturday nights All Stars feature was one of the best races they have ever seen, period! Aaron Reutzel (local to me) and Austin McCarl switched leads multiple times per lap for the entire race. The full race video is only available on FloRacing, and I've yet to even find highlights....

World of Outlaws was supposedly good too, with Schatz winning another one.

[mickey]

2020 Formula1 Schedule
If you know how to find SKY TV on the internet, you can watch them all.

[Perfect Stranger]

You can have a Nascar race anytime. Just flush the toilet, drop in a handful of Skittles, and see who goes down the hole first......LOL