On a day that I should be up to the Thunder Road Speedbowl, I am home sick. Murphy’s law bit me big time this weekend. I had been planning for months to be up there for the whole weekend, but as luck would have it, I woke up yesterday, Saturday, with a full blown head and chest cold. I’m not feeling much better today and will stay home and catch all of the racing that’s on TV.
F1
It’s going on 8am est and the Turkish GP is about to start. F1 is a lot different than most racing series. The racecars are basically land jets that cost millions of dollars to research and construct. F1 takes the cake for the most expensive form of autoracing. The whole strategy of F1 is different than the racing we are used to here in the USA. Over here in the USA, we stress parity and that every car should have a chance. It never quite works out as planned, because the cream always rises to the top. In F1, build a legal car, and if it whoops everyone’s butt, great! F1 allows alot more in the way of development freedom, which allows those engineers to shine.
The Indianapolis 500
Around noon, est, The Indy 500 will begin at the Indianapolis Speedway. I don’t follow the Indy cars much and haven’t seen an Indy 500 in the past 3 years. Danica Patrick is the only driver I really know of out there. It should be fun getting reacquainted with Indy Car racing.
NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600
At 5:30 pm est, coverage begins for NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600. This is a race I never miss on TV. This is one of the most exciting NASCAR races of the year. Charlotte Motor Speedway is 1.5 miles of speed. The pole sitter was just below 190 mph. Forty-three racecars will race for 600 miles which takes 400 laps to complete. What’s great about this race, is they begin in the daylight and race into the night. NASCAR looks awesome under the lights.
I am disappointed that I am going to miss the ACT Tour Race at Thunder Road, but I plan on making the most of it with a ton of televised autoracing today. I hope you all have a fantastic Memorial Day.
