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  • Re: Open Wheel Racing 2018- with less winglets.

    Originally posted by solovsfett View Post
    Alonso ride swap with Jimmie Johnson. Yawn. Who cares about this?

    Johnson can’t hold a candle to Dale Sr., and doesn’t have the guts to race the 500.
    Alonso is a narcissist who hasn’t done squat in years.
    I went to the Tony Stewart - Lewis Hamilton ride swap at Watkins Glen. It was great! Just seeing an F1 car scream around the Glen again was amazing. And seeing the NASCAR rednecks get schooled into how great an F1 car was hilarious.
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    • Re: Open Wheel Racing 2018- with less winglets.

      @CTVNews: Hanoi announces Formula One street race starting in 2020 http://ctv.news/oivv1rD
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      • Re: Open Wheel Racing 2018- with less winglets.

        Originally posted by joecct View Post
        @CTVNews: Hanoi announces Formula One street race starting in 2020 http://ctv.news/oivv1rD
        Hold onto your horses on this one.

        There is no contract. No one in Liberty Media or the FIA has even come close to confirming this. This is simply Vietnam saying, "Yeah, we can have a grand prix." Nothing more. Nothing less. Remember all the announcements New Jersey made? Heck, it even got on the provisional calendar...

        I'm not saying Vietnam is not going to happen. But that announcement is not an announcement.
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        • Re: Open Wheel Racing 2018- with less winglets.

          Originally posted by Russell Jaslow View Post
          Hold onto your horses on this one.

          There is no contract. No one in Liberty Media or the FIA has even come close to confirming this. This is simply Vietnam saying, "Yeah, we can have a grand prix." Nothing more. Nothing less. Remember all the announcements New Jersey made? Heck, it even got on the provisional calendar...

          I'm not saying Vietnam is not going to happen. But that announcement is not an announcement.
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          • Re: Open Wheel Racing 2018- with less winglets.

            Originally posted by TovarishchLisa View Post
            I just saw that and came here to say, "I guess I wasn't keeping up with the news close enough."

            Too busy paying attention to some elections somewhere... LOL

            Okay, so who's going to Vietnam to watch this?
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            • Originally posted by Russell Jaslow View Post
              I just saw that and came here to say, "I guess I wasn't keeping up with the news close enough."

              Too busy paying attention to some elections somewhere... LOL

              Okay, so who's going to Vietnam to watch this?
              The cynical, vindictive, sarcastic bastahd in me says Jane Fonda.
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              • Re: Open Wheel Racing 2018- with less winglets.

                Originally posted by TovarishchLisa View Post
                "The race is backed by Vietnamese conglomerate VinGroup, which specialises in real estate but has recently launched the first Vietnamese car manufacturer VinFast. It plans to use the grand prix to promote VinFast, which plans to build cars based on BMW platforms. The company is controlled by Phạm Nhật Vượng who became Vietnam's first billionaire off the back of VinGroup's success in real estate."

                So much for communism in Vietnam. Just saying...
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                • Re: Open Wheel Racing 2018- with less winglets.

                  Originally posted by joecct View Post
                  The cynical, vindictive, sarcastic bastahd in me says Jane Fonda.
                  She'll be the Grand Marshall and wave the checkered flag....
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                  • Re: Open Wheel Racing 2018- with less winglets.

                    Originally posted by Russell Jaslow View Post
                    So much for communism in Vietnam. Just saying...
                    To the modern capitalist, communism = cheap labor.

                    Given the track record of many of the recent Asian adds to the F1 calendar, I don't see this lasting more than a few years. F1 will sweep in, take their cut, there will be huge losses, and they will sweep back out.

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                    • Re: Open Wheel Racing 2018- with less winglets.

                      Bingo!. I was rather thinking they should cut races rather than expand them. I guess that's not going to happen however. There was an interview with Claire Williams posted today and she will not name the second driver as yet, but will in a week or so. I'm really hoping they field a more competitive car next season.
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                      • Re: Open Wheel Racing 2018- with less winglets.

                        Promotional video from Formula 1 for the track- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8vGfM9BZsU

                        Seeing that, I don't really share the enthusiasm as the presenter. Not because it would not be a very cool track- it does look neat. But seeing what it is- one does not get a warm fuzzy that it will be pulled off in UNDER 2 years.

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                        • Re: Open Wheel Racing 2018- with less winglets.

                          Just a shameless plug for the 50th anniversary of Formula Ford that is being held at Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wi, in September. There are to be 4 FF race groups. Historic cars, Club Ford with treaded tires, ( that's me) Club Ford SCCA, and modern cars. At the 40th anniversary some years ago there were 200 cars. I'm guessing there will be more this time.
                          The VSCDA which is running the event has had record applications for membership and registration doesn't open until tomorrow.
                          It's possible I will take two cars and it's also possible I will rent out my Citation. We'll see. There are people from all over the world coming to it.
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                            https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/18/m...cli/index.html
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                              It's amazing she survived. Saw the video earlier, and holy crap. Wish there was video leading up to the crash....that was some serious air.
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                              • Scary. This reminds me of Gonzalo Rodriguez’s crash at Laguna seca. Headfirst, she’s lucky to have survived.
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