Round 1: Genesys 300 @ Texas Motor Speedway

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Round 1: Genesys 300 @ Texas Motor Speedway

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Schedule in local times:
June 6th:
Practice: 1.00 PM - 3.30 PM
Qualiifying: 5.00-6.00 PM
Race: 8.10 PM.

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Repaved and redesigned in 2017, Texas Motor Speedway features 20 degrees of banking in Turns 1 and 2 and 24 degrees of banking in Turns 3 and 4 and the wide (minimum 60 feet) racing surface has produced many memorable moments since the series began racing at the 1.5-mile oval in 1997.

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Past winners:
JOSEF NEWGARDEN 2019
SCOTT DIXON 2018
WILL POWER 2017
GRAHAM RAHAL 2016
SCOTT DIXON 2015
ED CARPENTER 2014
HELIO CASTRONEVES 2013
JUSTIN WILSON 2012
WILL POWER 2011
DARIO FRANCHITTI 2011
RYAN BRISCOE 2010
HELIO CASTRONEVES 2009
SCOTT DIXON 2008
SAM HORNISH, JR. 2007
HELIO CASTRONEVES 2006
TOMAS SCHECKTER 2005
HELIO CASTRONEVES 2004
TONY KANAAN 2004
GIL DE FERRAN 2003
AL UNSER, JR. 2003
SAM HORNISH, JR. 2002
JEFF WARD 2002
SAM HORNISH, JR. 2001
SCOTT SHARP 2001
SCOTT GOODYEAR 2000
SCOTT SHARP 2000
MARK DISMORE 1999
SCOTT GOODYEAR 1999
JOHN PAUL, JR. 1998
BILLY BOAT 1998
ARIE LUYENDYK 1997

Spotter's guide to follow during the coming days, I presume.
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Is it real or is it iRacing? It's hard to tell with these same names sim-racing these past couple of months. :lol:
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SB83 wrote: 3 years ago Is it real or is it iRacing? It's hard to tell with these same names sim-racing these past couple of months. :lol:
https://www.texasmotorspeedway.com/even ... nesys-300/

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erwin greven wrote: 3 years ago
SB83 wrote: 3 years ago Is it real or is it iRacing? It's hard to tell with these same names sim-racing these past couple of months. :lol:
https://www.texasmotorspeedway.com/even ... nesys-300/

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Fark that - midnight UK time?
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11:10 our time - woohoo! Probably not on TV though, lol.
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DoubleFart wrote: 3 years ago Fark that - midnight UK time?
Sunday morning re-run for me. :rockedover:
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Yeah, doesn't look like it'll be on live here. MotoGP repeats instead.

Streaming links appreciated!
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Spoke with Felix Rosenqvist a bit yesterday, he seems much more confident ahead of an oval more than never but also realises that it is a good idea for the teams to run very conservative since it is a 1 day event. If you crash in practice, you are out.
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Cheeveer wrote: 3 years ago Spoke with Felix Rosenqvist a bit yesterday, he seems much more confident ahead of an oval more than never but also realises that it is a good idea for the teams to run very conservative since it is a 1 day event. If you crash in practice, you are out.
Yeah, God I hope they don't tear up equipment all over the place like in the past at Texas. That place simply has magnets in the walls.
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This weekend's entry list.

Four rookies, none of who has never driver an Indycar on an oval before. It's also Harvey's first visit to Texas.

Also 7/11 returns to sponsor the #14. That's sweet.

There will be a 35 lap limit on tyre stints due to the Covid pandemic. The reason apparently is that we're not fully stocked up on new tyres and a lot of them were made for the 2019 event.

Lord help us, this can get ugly.
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Quality content.
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John wrote: 3 years ago Quality content.
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Looks like Fox Sports in Australia is trying to show it... But the times look a bit messed up for the race.
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