Swift Wins. Game Over.

Posted by Roy Hobbson on February 8th, 2010  •  16 Comments

In terms of designing a new IndyCar, I’m not terribly hard to please. I’m not fussy. I want what every American wants: for it to combine the aesthetic elements of a Ninja throwing star & a seductive January Jones — all while maintaining the sleek lines of a cheetah cyborg of some sort. Oh, and I want it to look like it’s doing 900 mph while parked in a garage. Is that so hard?

Ummm, apparently not.

BOOM! RIGHT THERE!! THAT’S HOW YOU DESIGN AN INDYCAR!!

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Dallara Freaks, REJOICE!!!

Posted by Roy Hobbson on February 5th, 2010  •  24 Comments

Mmmmmmmm … buttery. Below are some never-before-seen views of that which ignited the IndyCar blogoverse yesterday.

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Some Comments Deserve To Be Reprinted As Posts … This Is One Such Comment

Posted by Roy Hobbson on February 4th, 2010  •  27 Comments

(By Pat Caporali — from Vision Racing Will Not Go Gently)

Dear Mr. Brian McKay,

It’s unfortunate that you feel that “the Vision team as a whole is a joke, and the sponsor-seeker(s) and PR flack(s) should fall on their swords in shame rather than blame their misfortune on ‘the economy.’ — pathetic…”

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In Their Own Words: Super Bowl Predictions

Posted by Roy Hobbson on February 4th, 2010  •  19 Comments

Time to make Super Bowl predictions. Take it away, various IndyCar folk: 

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The Off Topic Super Bowl Chronicles

Posted by Roy Hobbson on February 3rd, 2010  •  13 Comments

Indianapolis again finds itself in a dark place. A bad, self-loathing place where we’re stricken with guilt & no confidence. It’s a place reserved for Goth kids & strippers on most days. But not today.  

Because for the second time in four years, we must own up to the painful truth that we — and we alone — unleashed this vile little turd demon on the world. May God have mercy on our souls:

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The Off Topic Super Bowl Chronicles

Posted by Roy Hobbson on February 2nd, 2010  •  13 Comments

Because Indianapolis is currently in a crazed lather over Dwight Freeney’s (alleged) 3rd-degree ankle sprain, I thought I could shed some much needed light on the situation. Some truth. Not because I know Freeney, really. Not because I know the Colts doctors. But rather because I know the injury.   

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A Quick Word on Randy Bernard

Posted by Roy Hobbson on February 2nd, 2010  •  12 Comments

Randy Bernard is IndyCar’s new CEO. Others have weighed in on the hire far more eloquently than I could, and I tend to defer to their learned opinions on such things. So should you. So should that cowboy, who looks so sad. But back to Bernard. 

All I know is that at the time of his hire, he was a complete IndyCar outsider who’d never once seen an IndyCar race (MADNESS!) and that he built the Professional Bull Riding empire out of shrewd grit & broken ribs. Well say no more —  I think I’ve heard quite enough. I think we’re ready for a decision. Judges?

Yep. That’s a 9.42 on the Störtebeker-Ganassi Scale. Savvy hire, Mr. Belskus. Savvy indeed. It’s a new era for IndyCar, and anyone not on board with this might get their skull thumped. (I’m just kidding. You WILL get your skull thumped. Chin up, cowboy.)