INDYCAR: The Friday Setup (Mid-Ohio)
"The Friday Setup" will be a preview of the upcoming races and the schedule of the weekend events (practice and qualifications) leading up to race day. Also it will include other forms of...
INDYCAR: Power Rankings (Mid-Ohio)
We now have got a nice championship battle brewing between Ryan Hunter-Reay, Helio Castroneves and Will Power. However... COMMENCE SILLY SEASON 2013, SO SAYETH GRAHAM RAHAL!!! Yep, it's that time...
HAIKU TUESDAY: Fun while it lasted
It was bound to happen. The fun can only last for so long. Then one day, you turn around, and it's gone. As a man once said "You never miss it until it's gone away". Oh, you thought I was only...
Passion is no excuse
Passion is part of being a fan. But there is an ugly side to passion, particularly when it is used as a weapon or, worse, an excuse for vitriol. When I caught myself gloating about the empty stands for Sunday's Brickyard 400, I was appalled.
End of a season
In the end, it came down to three points. An American accepted the Astor Cup with the title only decided at the checkered flag. An American stood in victory lane after 500 miles on an oval track. I...
INDYCAR: The Friday Setup (Mid-Ohio)
"The Friday Setup" will be a preview of the upcoming races and the schedule of the weekend events (practice and qualifications) leading up to race day. Also it will include other forms of...
INDYCAR: Power Rankings (Mid-Ohio)
We now have got a nice championship battle brewing between Ryan Hunter-Reay, Helio Castroneves and Will Power. However... COMMENCE SILLY SEASON 2013, SO SAYETH GRAHAM RAHAL!!! Yep, it's that time...
HAIKU TUESDAY: Fun while it lasted
It was bound to happen. The fun can only last for so long. Then one day, you turn around, and it's gone. As a man once said "You never miss it until it's gone away". Oh, you thought I was only...
Passion is no excuse
Passion is part of being a fan. But there is an ugly side to passion, particularly when it is used as a weapon or, worse, an excuse for vitriol. When I caught myself gloating about the empty stands for Sunday's Brickyard 400, I was appalled.
INDYCAR: The Friday Setup (Edmonton)
"The Friday Setup" will be a preview of the upcoming races and the schedule of the weekend events (practice and qualifications) leading up to race day. Also it will include other forms of rambling...
INDYCAR: Power Rankings (Edmonton)
Has the world gone crazy? Nothing has made sense thus far. Every race weekend (besides Texas and Indy) has seen at least one wet-weather practice session or a rain delay (meanwhile Indy is going...
The Paddock Pulse: July 18 Edition
Make sure you keep up-to-date with the latest goings-on in the IndyCar blogosphere with PopOffValve.com's weekly Paddock Pulse!
HAIKU TUESDAY: More Penske/Ganassi schadenfreude...because MOAR
Are we living in a Robin Miller wet dream? If so, WHERE'S MY SEVEN TENDERLOIN SAMMICHES? Anyways, this is almost too much to handle. It's been HOW LONG since Penske/Ganassi won a race? Has the...
INDYCAR: The Friday Setup (Toronto)
Toronto. A physics lesson in DERP.
INDYCAR: Power Rankings (Mid-season)
More short ovals, IndyCar. Because MOAR!!!
50 Shades of Black and White
The market for spicy, steamy novels was blown wide-open by "50 Shades of Grey" - but the theme breaks down a bit when it is adapted for an IndyCar audience. Read on...
My day as a backmarker
Not everyone can compete every week for the win in racing. But there is still a nobility to chasing that competition, even if your goals are far more modest than others.
The Paddock Pulse: June 27 Edition
The end of a long stretch of races is not the end of the IndyCar blogosphere... check out this week's latest in the Paddock Pulse!
INDYCAR: The Friday Setup (Iowa)
So if this DW12 chassis can make the other ovals quite nice, what is it going to do to the already insane Iowa Speedway?
INDYCAR: Power Rankings (Iowa)
I know technically this should be a mid-season Power Rankings episode, but the usual mid-season summer mini-vacation Indycar takes doesn't happen until post-Iowa. That also means I've got this blog, the Friday Setup, and BAM...SUMMER VACATION. No sleep til Toronto.
