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Re: 2020 NTT IndyCar series - News, gossip, banter and all the other good stuff
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 20:35 pm
by kals
Bottom post of the previous page:
So I see Ganassi has re-signed Kimball.... I mean re-signed Chilton... I mean signed Ericsson...
Fuck this, I'm going for a lie down.
Re: 2020 NTT IndyCar series - News, gossip, banter and all the other good stuff
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 20:59 pm
by John
kals wrote: ↑4 years ago
So I see Ganassi has re-signed Kimball.... I mean re-signed Chilton... I mean signed Ericsson...
Fuck this, I'm going for a lie down.
You need a strong drink there, pal? Bleach? Rum?
Re: 2020 NTT IndyCar series - News, gossip, banter and all the other good stuff
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 21:08 pm
by kals
John wrote: ↑4 years ago
kals wrote: ↑4 years ago
So I see Ganassi has re-signed Kimball.... I mean re-signed Chilton... I mean signed Ericsson...
Fuck this, I'm going for a lie down.
You need a strong drink there, pal? Bleach? Rum?
Bundle me up in some Tetra Pak wrapping...
Re: 2020 NTT IndyCar series - News, gossip, banter and all the other good stuff
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 21:36 pm
by Cheeveer
kals wrote: ↑4 years ago
So I see Ganassi has re-signed Kimball.... I mean re-signed Chilton... I mean signed Ericsson...
Fuck this, I'm going for a lie down.
Ericsson has started his own team, by renting space and mechanics from Ganassi's soon-to-be-over-Ford GT program.
Re: 2020 NTT IndyCar series - News, gossip, banter and all the other good stuff
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 21:36 pm
by John
kals wrote: ↑4 years ago
John wrote: ↑4 years ago
kals wrote: ↑4 years ago
So I see Ganassi has re-signed Kimball.... I mean re-signed Chilton... I mean signed Ericsson...
Fuck this, I'm going for a lie down.
You need a strong drink there, pal? Bleach? Rum?
Bundle me up in some Tetra Pak wrapping...
If the milk at Indy doesn’t come in a Tetra Pak next year I’ll riot.
Re: 2020 NTT IndyCar series - News, gossip, banter and all the other good stuff
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 22:12 pm
by kals
John wrote: ↑4 years ago
kals wrote: ↑4 years ago
John wrote: ↑4 years ago
kals wrote: ↑4 years ago
So I see Ganassi has re-signed Kimball.... I mean re-signed Chilton... I mean signed Ericsson...
Fuck this, I'm going for a lie down.
You need a strong drink there, pal? Bleach? Rum?
Bundle me up in some Tetra Pak wrapping...
If the milk at Indy doesn’t come in a Tetra Pak next year I’ll riot.
Well if the milk comes to Indy in Tetra Pak, expect cheese. Not sure how that'll go down with the winner
Re: 2020 NTT IndyCar series - News, gossip, banter and all the other good stuff
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 22:33 pm
by Vassago
I'd take Ericsson over Kimball tbh
The guy from Reigate doesn't even qualify for analysis.
Re: 2020 NTT IndyCar series - News, gossip, banter and all the other good stuff
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 08:41 am
by Ian-S
Vassago wrote: ↑4 years ago
The guy from Reigate doesn't even qualify for analysis.
Oi you mo... oh you're not talking about me.....? Hahaha.
@John yes Rain-X is that good but no it doesn't work with oil very well, just water. You are supposed to use the windscreen wipers every so often but I never dropped below 60 so didn't need them lol.
Re: 2020 NTT IndyCar series - News, gossip, banter and all the other good stuff
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 08:47 am
by John
Now that the first domino has fallen, that leaves:
- The two SPAM cars
- The possible third RLL entry
- The possible fourth CGR car for Askew
- The #20 car for the road courses
- All Carlin cars
Did I miss anything?
Re: 2020 NTT IndyCar series - News, gossip, banter and all the other good stuff
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 09:32 am
by MonteCristo
John wrote: ↑4 years ago
Now that the first domino has fallen, that leaves:
- The two SPAM cars
- The possible third RLL entry
- The possible fourth CGR car for Askew
- The #20 car for the road courses
- All Carlin cars
Did I miss anything?
Technically Juncos.
*make it happen noises* Veekay will surely end up somewhere... But it'll be Carlin or Juncos, surely. He wants a full season.
Re: 2020 NTT IndyCar series - News, gossip, banter and all the other good stuff
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:00 am
by John
MonteCristo wrote: ↑4 years ago
John wrote: ↑4 years ago
Now that the first domino has fallen, that leaves:
- The two SPAM cars
- The possible third RLL entry
- The possible fourth CGR car for Askew
- The #20 car for the road courses
- All Carlin cars
Did I miss anything?
Technically Juncos.
*make it happen noises* Veekay will surely end up somewhere... But it'll be Carlin or Juncos, surely. He wants a full season.
Also missed the two Foyt cars. If there is two cars remaining, that is.
https://racer.com/2019/10/12/mclaren-cl ... r-line-up/
Sounds like Zak Brown is keen on Hinch for 2020 then.
Re: 2020 NTT IndyCar series - News, gossip, banter and all the other good stuff
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:15 am
by MonteCristo
John wrote: ↑4 years ago
MonteCristo wrote: ↑4 years ago
John wrote: ↑4 years ago
Now that the first domino has fallen, that leaves:
- The two SPAM cars
- The possible third RLL entry
- The possible fourth CGR car for Askew
- The #20 car for the road courses
- All Carlin cars
Did I miss anything?
Technically Juncos.
*make it happen noises* Veekay will surely end up somewhere... But it'll be Carlin or Juncos, surely. He wants a full season.
Also missed the two Foyt cars. If there is two cars remaining, that is.
https://racer.com/2019/10/12/mclaren-cl ... r-line-up/
Sounds like Zak Brown is keen on Hinch for 2020 then.
If there are 2 Foyt cars after ABC leaves...
Re: 2020 NTT IndyCar series - News, gossip, banter and all the other good stuff
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:17 am
by MonteCristo
I have to say that a line-up of Hinch and Askew would be really, really underwhelming.
Hinch is a great guy, but average driver. Maybe Askew will end up being something (who knows?), but it's not exactly a statement of intent.
Re: 2020 NTT IndyCar series - News, gossip, banter and all the other good stuff
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:58 am
by John
There's plenty of good-but-not-great drivers out there. Daly and Hinch at the top of that pile.
Veekay negotiating with ECR but Special Ed isn't too keen on giving him a full time ride.
Re: 2020 NTT IndyCar series - News, gossip, banter and all the other good stuff
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 12:09 pm
by MonteCristo
John wrote: ↑4 years ago
There's plenty of good-but-not-great drivers out there. Daly and Hinch at the top of that pile.
Veekay negotiating with ECR but Special Ed isn't too keen on giving him a full time ride.
At least Daly
might grow into something... Hinch is a known "meh" quantity. But he's PR friendly. I'd go for someone like Hartley though. Kiwi (Mac history aww story arc), and half decent.
Ideal scenario: Hinch goes to Rahal. Macca gets someone else. More cars for the win.
Re: 2020 NTT IndyCar series - News, gossip, banter and all the other good stuff
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 14:17 pm
by John
Which is funny considering that Arrow went nuts over the ESPN body issue shoot and forced SPM to shaft their PR-manager.
There's also the prospect of Felipe Nasr doing a part-time schedule in 2020. Foyt have confirmed the #14 as full time since some time back, the #4 is TBA as of yet. Santucci is still in the wings too.
A quick glance on the interwebs gives these cars as TBA still:
Foyt
#4 (FT/PT?)
#14 (FT)
SPAM
#7 (if nothing happens with Hinch - FT)
Carlin
#23 (FT)
#59 (FT)
Dale Coyne
#19 (FT - Santucci?)
ECR
#20 (road courses)
#21 FT)
Juncos
#32 (FT - here's hoping anyway)
Meyer Shank Racing
#60 (FT - an alliance with someone incoming?)
Which would net 25 FT entries if the #4, #32 and both the Carlin entries goes full-time. And that's still not counting a possible CGR entry for Askew. I don't think Chip will go FT with Askew, but he has an IMSA crew in need of work and the cost is practically the same for an IMSA entry as a FT Indycar entry, so here's hoping.