Attending US Grand Prix for first time - any suggestions?
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I am in as well, going to visit my little sis in cincinatti and we are driving up for the race. Cant wait 20000 rpm yeaaaaaaaaaah what a way to go deaf. Lets pray for a ferrari victory in a field of more than 6 cars.
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I'd be up for a brunch at the track also. I was told the supercup race is on sunday before the main race, though. Anyone know what the schedule of support races was last year?
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Arrwin,
The Indy 500 is actually on Memorial Day Weekend, which was about a week ago. Sam Hornish Jr. won. I have actually been 26 years in a row. Fun race. They are a part of the Indy racing league which is its own specific kind of car.
The USGP is a Formula 1 race, and is a different league altogether. They are mostly european manufacturers and it is a very different style of racing. They race, rain or shine. The Indy 500 is only dry weather racing. Indy 500 is an oval. USGP has seventeen turns last time I checked.
ANyway, they are both great races. You ought to go experience the USGP if you have never been. Take the advice of where to sit from this board and go watch history being made.
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The Indy 500 is actually on Memorial Day Weekend, which was about a week ago. Sam Hornish Jr. won. I have actually been 26 years in a row. Fun race. They are a part of the Indy racing league which is its own specific kind of car.
The USGP is a Formula 1 race, and is a different league altogether. They are mostly european manufacturers and it is a very different style of racing. They race, rain or shine. The Indy 500 is only dry weather racing. Indy 500 is an oval. USGP has seventeen turns last time I checked.
ANyway, they are both great races. You ought to go experience the USGP if you have never been. Take the advice of where to sit from this board and go watch history being made.
Robert
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Originally Posted by Robert Collins - 96 993TT
Arrwin,
The Indy 500 is actually on Memorial Day Weekend, which was about a week ago. Sam Hornish Jr. won. I have actually been 26 years in a row. Fun race. They are a part of the Indy racing league which is its own specific kind of car.
The USGP is a Formula 1 race, and is a different league altogether. They are mostly european manufacturers and it is a very different style of racing. They race, rain or shine. The Indy 500 is only dry weather racing. Indy 500 is an oval. USGP has seventeen turns last time I checked.
ANyway, they are both great races. You ought to go experience the USGP if you have never been. Take the advice of where to sit from this board and go watch history being made.
Robert
The Indy 500 is actually on Memorial Day Weekend, which was about a week ago. Sam Hornish Jr. won. I have actually been 26 years in a row. Fun race. They are a part of the Indy racing league which is its own specific kind of car.
The USGP is a Formula 1 race, and is a different league altogether. They are mostly european manufacturers and it is a very different style of racing. They race, rain or shine. The Indy 500 is only dry weather racing. Indy 500 is an oval. USGP has seventeen turns last time I checked.
ANyway, they are both great races. You ought to go experience the USGP if you have never been. Take the advice of where to sit from this board and go watch history being made.
Robert
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Now, i'm assuming the Supercup race are for Porsche Cup cars only?
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Originally Posted by Arrwin
Now, i'm assuming the Supercup race are for Porsche Cup cars only?
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I will be in Indy from Friday........anybody fancy meeting up sometime Saturday lunchtime..........This year I have decided not to put the miles on the p-car...1600 in one weekend along nothing but interstate seems a waste of miles....so I am renting something!!!
The Supercup races are not to be missed, usually some great close racing and much spinning and wing mirror damage!!! The interesting thing is that if you hear these cars before you hear anything else they sound loud, but after the F1 cars they sound so quiet and tame!!!
As to Ferrari winning...........please NO.....kimi deserves a win.....the guy is so talented and is currently in a duff car....and no I do not want him to leave McLaren, but want McLaren to improve and give him a car he can put on the podium!!! (you too Flying Finn)
The Supercup races are not to be missed, usually some great close racing and much spinning and wing mirror damage!!! The interesting thing is that if you hear these cars before you hear anything else they sound loud, but after the F1 cars they sound so quiet and tame!!!
As to Ferrari winning...........please NO.....kimi deserves a win.....the guy is so talented and is currently in a duff car....and no I do not want him to leave McLaren, but want McLaren to improve and give him a car he can put on the podium!!! (you too Flying Finn)
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When the cars were turning 16.5K rpms, the noise in the grandstands was
incredible, painful after a bit so ear plugs for sure. Now that they are up to 19K rpm, I can only imagine what the sound will be like. Be prepared.
You'll never forget that noise. Also, Ferrari red in person is nothing like on TV, much more vivid. Have fun you guys.
incredible, painful after a bit so ear plugs for sure. Now that they are up to 19K rpm, I can only imagine what the sound will be like. Be prepared.
You'll never forget that noise. Also, Ferrari red in person is nothing like on TV, much more vivid. Have fun you guys.
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Only one person has mentioned the pit walk on Thursday. As far as I know its the best chance in all of F1 to see inside the garages. You also have a chance to see body work, fuel rigs, etc. up close. If you love mechanical things, don't miss it! I watched them start and run one of the Renaults in '04. Its quite an operation.
Also, people may claim to be able to go without ear plugs. They have probably already suffered hearing damage and are just making it worse. The cars are incredibly loud, and up in the grandstands the effect is magnified.
Don't forget to knock back a couple of Fosters!
Also, people may claim to be able to go without ear plugs. They have probably already suffered hearing damage and are just making it worse. The cars are incredibly loud, and up in the grandstands the effect is magnified.
Don't forget to knock back a couple of Fosters!
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I went last year to the US Grand Prix and I had a blast besides the fact that it was barely a race.
The biggest thing I would recommend would be to bring radio's(not the AM/FM kind) to tune into the brodcast of the race. There is no play-by-play while the race is going on, so you will have no idea what is happening on other parts of the track you can't see. At least I was informed when they decided 75% of the cars were not going to race last year. Everyone around me was clueless.
The biggest thing I would recommend would be to bring radio's(not the AM/FM kind) to tune into the brodcast of the race. There is no play-by-play while the race is going on, so you will have no idea what is happening on other parts of the track you can't see. At least I was informed when they decided 75% of the cars were not going to race last year. Everyone around me was clueless.
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I second the idea that you should try to make it to as much of practice and qualifying as possible. In fact, those are the only things that I'm going to. Some of the guys from my Atlantic team and I are going to be heading down on friday night to hang out at the bars in broad ripple and downtown, then to practice and qualifying on saturday. If you guys are interested in getting together shoot me a PM and we can figure out which bars we want to hit. I can tell you right now if you have time definitely hit up land sharks in broad ripple. If you are a race fan its the only place to go as that is where all the local pro drivers hang out.
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Originally Posted by Itgb
The biggest thing I would recommend would be to bring radio's(not the AM/FM kind) to tune into the brodcast of the race.