Going a lot faster ...( 3 months ago by gofastandwynn)
Going a lot faster than champ cars have been this year...
Those crapwagons ...( 3 months ago by ChicagoCrew)
Those crapwagons are going a lot faster than the DP01s these days . schmuck
Great to hear Bob ...( 3 months ago by BengtsonJ)
Great to hear Bob Jenkins on ESPN again!
Ok true, but the ...( 3 months ago by BDC1001)
Ok true, but the IRL cars were 2 to 3 seconds slower than the Champcars at Edmonton last year. You can see in the video how slow the IRL cars look compared to the Champcars.
IRL cars have ...( 3 months ago by BooBooToo)
IRL cars have engines spec'd for super speedways, and don't really have enough power for road and street circuits. At Mid-Ohio they were topping out at ~170 on really long straights.
More power. Please.
Champ cars made ...( 3 months ago by Edgarpabelo)
Champ cars made racing more interesting
Interesting little ...( 3 months ago by DBoy02)
Interesting little fact - up until recently the block of the IRL engines were the same as what's used in Japanese Formula Nippon(Formula Nippon's gone down slightly in displacement recently, though). The FN cars have no rev limiter, they not also run great, they SOUND awesome as well. Amazing how much difference the IRL's rev limiter makes. I think all we need to do to make these engines better on road courses is remove that limiter.
DP-01 was still a ...( 3 months ago by DBoy02)
DP-01 was still a much better car all-around. So long as you mean the Panoz DP-01, not the Dallara DP-01(Daytona Prototype).
That is interesting ...( 3 months ago by BooBooToo)
That is interesting. I checked the F - Nippon web site and it appears they are using the exact same rev limit as Indy: 10,300 RPM. I think that's a little strange, 10.3K, kind of an odd coincidence, eh?
Looking at those engines, I think that both of them are actually Indy V8s. Same rev limit, same cockpit fuel ratio adjustment, same engine/chassis mount... even the same cam covers. Also, the current Indy engine is 3.5, but a couple years ago it was 3.0.
I'm tellin' ya... same engine.
Bob Jenkins called ...( 2 months ago by GotRiceBish)
Bob Jenkins called this Indy race in Edmonton, Alberta when Marty Reid was in ORP in Indianapolis for the Nationwide Series.
