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INDYCAR: Miller's Mailbag, 8.9
Hello open-wheel types and thanks for all your questions. I intend to answer your questions every week during the season, so just email me at . Don’t feel left out if I didn’t directly respond. I appreciate your interest and passion.~Robin MillerQ: It was great seeing Charlie Kimball get the win at Mid-Ohio. I have been waiting all season for the "we need to save fuel" strategy to blow up in someone’s face. I get so sick and tired of hearing the phrase "save fuel.” The races should be a sprint with the drivers pushing the entire way, not a clinic on fuel conservation. If we wanted to watch clinics on fuel conservation we would watch people roll on down the road in Hybrid cars. Bravo Cycle Sector to Charlie for pushing the car. I do have some gripes to add though, can we get rid of these big gaps between races in 2014 or can we have more races in 2014? Can we get MIS back on the schedule in May,Coach Outlet Store Online, June, July, August, or September? Invite the Brewers guild, and Michigan car clubs the people will come in droves. CJ Shoemaker, Charlotte NC RM: Agreed, the two worst phrases in racing: “Thinking about points and trying to save fuel.” We want to watch RACING and, therefore, it was cool to see Charlie and Simon Pagenaud going flat stick the whole day. It’s also why we need 150-mile doubleheaders on ovals like Iowa. MIS not likely until Detroit goes away. Q: After watching Charlie Kimball win last weekend’s race at Mid Ohio by RACING and RACING HARD (read not trying to save fuel) I think Indy Car should adopt a new rule. Make it illegal to save fuel. Make it mandatory for all drivers to race as hard as they can at all times. A more exciting strategy would be to figure out when to stop after racing flat out and top off so you can race hard to the checkered flag. How many teams at Mid Ohio blew it by trying a two-stop strategy only to change horses mid stream and go to a three stop strategy? Wouldn’t it have been fun to see someone challenging Kimball last weekend by racing as hard as he was the entire race? Far be it from me to enjoy a Ganassi win but kudos to Charlie! Somewhat more importantly, RIP SPEED. Thanks for years of great racing coverage and broadcasters like Despain, Varsha, Squire, Berggren and Miller. I will miss Wind Tunnel most of all. Good honest show. With any luck NBCSN or Velocity will pick up the slack.Bill Phypers, Brewster, NYRM: Well, Hinch had the same strategy but pitted too early and Helio went to three stops so save his day but Pagenaud and Kimball were battling as hard as you could want for the lead at the end of the race. That’s all you can ask at a road course. Q: Good race,Coach Factory Outlet, yet another reason why you can have awesome racing without competition (er, "debris") cautions. It was interesting to watch the strategies play out over an entire race distance, and I thought Kimball's pass for what would be the eventual win was awesome! Also, mad props to TK for pulling off in a responsible manner so as not to ruin the rest of his competitor's race. Kyle LantzRM: To think we’ve had back-to-back caution-free races at Mid-Ohio is amazing but they needed to be for Charlie’s strategy to pay off and when it became obvious a 2-stopper was going to be way too slow a pace,Coach Outlet, the Big 3 changed plans. It was very cool of T.K. to do the right thing.Q: Kudos to Charlie and the team for an excellent drive and great strategy, I knew this win was coming,Coach Factory Online, sooner than later.In the post race interview, Dario referred to him as "Charlie Murphy" I laughed at that but was curious how Charlie got that moniker. Also, any idea when the 2014 schedule will come out?Mick FallonRM: It comes from the Dave Chappelle Show of which Dario and Dixie are big fans and it’s a reference to Eddie Murphy’s brother. Q: Not only was it great to see Charlie Kimball get his first win at a tough track but even more bad ass that he did it on a flat out run and his hell bent pass on Simon for the lead change was sick! That fuel saving jazz is for the birds and I can only hope that teams will get that friggin strategy out of their playbooks - the drivers don't like it, the fans don't like, the promoters can't like it and even if the drivers do win on that style it's more of an engineer win than a driver win (blah). Any chance the Grid Run will be back? Did Chip leave a dent in the pit lane after that tumble?JakeRM: Will Power was lamenting afterwards how much he hates fuel runs and was envious of Kimball’s balls out orders. In 2012, Scott Dixon and Will Power ran 1-2 on 2-stop strategy so this year chief steward Beaux Barfield to shake things up. It worked brake clutch levers . Adding five laps to the race created choices for the teams and, obviously, made for an entertaining finish. I hope the Grid Run re-surfaces soon and I understand Mid-Ohio sent Ganassi a bill for damage.Q: Well, Mid-Ohio wasn’t the impatient/crashes/yellows type of race that you predicted. Seems like the impatience actually translated into some good passing maneuvers on track. For a track labeled as a no passing, follow the leader type of race producing track, this race was far from that. It was really fun to watch on TV. Plenty of passing & dicing. It was interesting to see how the race shifted from RHR & Power leading the way to CK & SP leading. A really great drive by Charlie! Who needs push to pass! Just charge back to the lead & drive! My question is that when the winner pulls into the pits & stops & is full of adrenaline, energy & excitement, who’s the mastermind that always has an IndyCar employee tell the driver to wait & not get out of the car? That’s really stupid. What a moment killer! For god’s sake, let Motorcycle lever the winning driver & his teammates enjoy the moment naturally. Is that too much to ask? Chip wanted to yank his first time winning driver out of that car & lift him up to the sky like a new born baby but there’s that guy saying: “stay in the car!” Huh? Why? No other series does that. Now I know in past races, that IndyCar guy would have the driver sit in his car until the commercial break is over – which is an eternity. But, for the Mid-Ohio race, the broadcast didn’t go to a commercial so that makes the sit in your car & wait thing even stranger. Can you tell th sport bike parts e powers that be to just stop that already! Please. Just let the driver jump out of his car & do whatever the moment bring clutch and brake levers s to life. Bob IrvinRM: Other than picking Ed Carpenter to win Fontana last year, my record is about the same in the NFL: 30 percent. Television is the reason the driver waits in the car and NASCAR does the same thing. Q: Maybe I am writing in too much, but I wanted to submit some feedback. I sat in the Esses last Sunday and the crowd was MASSIVE. I have not watched the race on TV yet, but I did watch Simon's interview and I can understand his frustration. I can understand Viso fighting to stay on the lead lap, but I watched Saavedra hold up Simon lap after lap and each time he went by he was getting the blue flag. Granted I am only seeing turns four through six, but from my angle it didn't look like he was being a good sport letting Cha adjustable handle rlie just pull away like that. Charlie ShuttsRM: Pagenaud had a little chat with Saavedra at our State Fair get together on Monday so I guess he saw the same thing you did. But Viso actually helped set the winning pick for Kimball. Q: I love having multiple strategies in play in a race. What I don’t understand is how any team thought two stops would work. Assuming they got a properly timed yellow where the 3-stoppers haven’t started a cycle of pit stops the 2-stoppers still had to spend far too many laps on a set of the primary black tires. Marco showcased just how slow those tires were at the start of the race and you’ve got to try and save fuel billet mirrors and run on the blacks for 30 laps? That’s a real head scratcher. Not only was it slower but it was about 40 seconds slower. That says a lot. Absolutely thrilled to see Charlie win a race. Now if only management will pull their heads out of their backsides and realize ending the season in September is the worst idea ever.Ryan in West MichiganRM: Dario, Dixon and Power are the best at saving fuel and keeping up a decent pace but all three knew it was way too slow a pace early on (a second a lap slower than Kimball) and the Target boys were able to rally quicker. Page 1 of 3 motorcycle helmets for sale Prev 123 Next |
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