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Everso Biggyballies wrote: 3 years ago
MonteCristo wrote: 3 years ago
Thats weird. I was only earlier today thinking how he has disappeared from the scene. Not that I am a fan, just his name came to mind when thinking of his F1 years, in particular his slide from favour within STR backed by poor results relative to Buemi and of course Vettel. I recall him doing Le Mans post F1 and returning to the US scene and him having a major crash at Indy and returning but not heard anything much since that.
I thought he would have been a bit over the hill by now. He is no spring chicken surely.
He won a race in 2018 I think, and started okay in 2019 before fading. Had some bad luck, but also not quick.

Certainly getting slower with age though. He's no Dixon.
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and there it is

3 Foyt entries at the Harvest GP, with Kellett in the #41
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Quickfire poll - who is the worst driver?

Dalton Kellett
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René Binder
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Binder. That was spectacularly bad.

Kellet is just meh.
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Tough one. Binder had some *ok-ish-y* results in junior formula.

Dalton Kellett has literally done nothing.

But Binder was horrible, in a horrible car.
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Cheeveer wrote: 3 years ago 3 Foyt entries at the Harvest GP, with Kellett in the #41
Team Kimkellbass will be unstoppable!

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With Nashville coming in 2021, this is the layout.
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John wrote: 3 years ago With Nashville coming in 2021, this is the layout.
:( and here I was hoping I could just add to the RCDB entry. Any word on the length?
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Michkov wrote: 3 years ago
John wrote: 3 years ago With Nashville coming in 2021, this is the layout.
:( and here I was hoping I could just add to the RCDB entry. Any word on the length?
2.17 MILES LONG
553 YARDS OF BRIDGE
300 FEET OF PIT ROAD

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Hmmmmmmmm.

I actually really like the layout. But two big potential problems: is it long enough to allow for a run out of some of those 90-degree turns? And how wide is it?
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I hope they run it at night. Would make for some juicy views around downtown Nashville.
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https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news ... n/4876375/

Track designer Tony Cotman believes the new Nashville street course has a long-term future due to local enthusiasm and is also truly unique. He told David Malsher-Lopez what makes the venue special.
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Scott McLaughlan Indycar start confirmed

With the final round of the V8SC championship now confirmed as being Bathurst in mid October, this has allowed Scott to work around quarantine needs to travel to the US and take part in the final Indycar race of the year, around the streets of St Petersburg , Florida, the weekend after Bathurst .

He has predictably been locked in for a start in the season finale on the weekend of 23-25th October in a fourth Team Penske entry. He will drive the #3 Chevrolet-powered machine with backing from Shell V-Power Nitro+. Render below shows it is pretty much his V8SC Mustang livery with a couple of extra stickers.

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With no further commitments over here post the St Petersburg race Scott will have plenty of time to do the mandatory 14 day quarantine upon return to Australia.

Scott was originally scheduled to run in Indycar races starting back in May but of course the worldwide spread of Covid and quarantine needs shut the door on those plans.

Good luck to him.... he did a few test sessions earlier in the year and IIRC impressed those who needed to be impressed.

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Oh that is sweeeet!
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