For all you petrol heads and Indy fans

The Indy 300 is on at the Gold Coast here in Queensland today.

All the Yank drivers love this race, it is in OZ after all .

They vote it the best event of the year and an Aussie is off pole position, for the first time in many years.

The Gold Coast circuit comprises streets In Surfers paradise with lots of concrete walls and little room to make a pass.

Check out http://www.google.com/search?as_q=G...as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images

Local TV Channel 10 starts at 11am today and I can't wait. Bazza

 

I used to enjoy watching Indy Car races, but when the split happened several years ago and IRL & CART could only muster 14-16 car fields, that kind of killed the interest for me. The best thing they could to do regenerate interest in the sport is to merge, as the only race worth watching is the Indianapolis 500 as it's the only one with a full field.

That might also allow for less coverage of Danica Patrick; finishing 8th each week in a 14-car field is not as impressive as the press likes to think it is.

 

She didn't go well here either. I think the Surfers Paradise circuit frightened hell out out of her. It is a very tough street circuit and she is not the only one that came to grief.

So tough, they have has 16 different winners, here, in 16 years.
Bazza

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For me it was the splitting of teams and drivers more than the size of the field. Some of the guys I liked to follow went one way, some went the other, and a lot of those that stayed with CART weren't at Indy, CART ran a competing race for Memorial Day after the split. Just wasn't the same.

 

Hope some of you USA guys (and gals) caught it on cable, or whatever.
Hope you got to see our V8Supercar supporting races as well. Bazza

@Halo@ Catch any on UK TV? Baz

 

can't beat F1, just watched the last race of the season in brasil (on tele), it starts again in march down your way, in a little town called melbourne

 

Yep, used to live there for 30 years until I woke up to myself and kept moving North to the best weather. Bazza

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