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FourWheelDrift

90,218 posts

296 months

Sunday 21st May 2023
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Here we go, top 12 shootout final qualifying.

FourWheelDrift

90,218 posts

296 months

Sunday 21st May 2023
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Tony Kanann has the weirdest writing style I have ever seen.

Left handed writing at 90 degrees writing upwards, so it looks correct if you turn your head 90 degree anticlockwise.

Speed Badger

3,046 posts

129 months

Sunday 21st May 2023
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I swear I have never been so edge-of-the-seat excited for someone to qualify in last place for a motor race!

J6542

2,518 posts

56 months

Sunday 21st May 2023
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Great effort by Jack Harvey in the last 4 knockout

MCBrowncoat

1,224 posts

158 months

Sunday 21st May 2023
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Speed Badger said:
I swear I have never been so edge-of-the-seat excited for someone to qualify in last place for a motor race!
That was absolutely mega. What fight to go again

sociopath

3,433 posts

78 months

Sunday 21st May 2023
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Amazing last stand by Jack Harvey

anonymous-user

66 months

Sunday 21st May 2023
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Fantastic effort from Jack and his team!

500TORQUES

6,974 posts

27 months

Sunday 21st May 2023
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Brutal

FourWheelDrift

90,218 posts

296 months

Sunday 21st May 2023
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RLL should never have been in that position, they need to find out what's wrong. One car in a team can be off and fixed, but all of them. Someone needs firing.

500TORQUES

6,974 posts

27 months

Sunday 21st May 2023
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FourWheelDrift said:
RLL should never have been in that position, they need to find out what's wrong. One car in a team can be off and fixed, but all of them. Someone needs firing.
Someone who knew their onions probably left.

FourWheelDrift

90,218 posts

296 months

Sunday 21st May 2023
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That's also possible. Or they lost the napkin with the settings written on it

Speed Badger

3,046 posts

129 months

Sunday 21st May 2023
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Haha, Veekay saying he should have taken a dump before going out.

anonymous-user

66 months

Sunday 21st May 2023
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FourWheelDrift said:
RLL should never have been in that position, they need to find out what's wrong. One car in a team can be off and fixed, but all of them. Someone needs firing.
Ms Legge had no issues. smile

covboy

2,593 posts

186 months

Monday 22nd May 2023
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Just seen the grid - How can anyone call their son "Sting Ray" ?

Mammasaid

4,573 posts

109 months

Monday 22nd May 2023
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covboy said:
Just seen the grid - How can anyone call their son "Sting Ray" ?
'Cos Murica!


Sandpit Steve

11,863 posts

86 months

Monday 22nd May 2023
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unrepentant said:
FourWheelDrift said:
RLL should never have been in that position, they need to find out what's wrong. One car in a team can be off and fixed, but all of them. Someone needs firing.
Ms Legge had no issues. smile
Katherine did very well, given that she only ever drives these cars at the 500, and her team couldn’t get any of their cars set up properly! She’s the only lady in the race this year as well, and one of the oldest drivers at 42.

FourWheelDrift

90,218 posts

296 months

Monday 22nd May 2023
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unrepentant said:
FourWheelDrift said:
RLL should never have been in that position, they need to find out what's wrong. One car in a team can be off and fixed, but all of them. Someone needs firing.
Ms Legge had no issues. smile
She was the last official qualifier in 30th before the shootout for the 4 below her, so RLL had all 4 cars in the bottom 5 that's not good. Katherine's average in Saturday qualifying for 30th was 231.070mph, Lundgaard's that was 31st and dropped him into the shootout was 231.056mph.

covboy

2,593 posts

186 months

Monday 22nd May 2023
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Mammasaid said:
'Cos Murica!

I suppose in retrospect it's just like naming your son Jensen

realjv

1,153 posts

178 months

Monday 22nd May 2023
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RLL were dog slow at Texas as well. Even though they won the 500 only 2 years ago in 2021 with Sato if you look at the quali speeds for 2021 and 2022 for all the RLL cars they are about the same as now and mid pack at best. The competition has progressed whilst they haven't. Watching the cars yesterday they just don't accelerate out of T2 and T4 like the others leaving them about 3mph or more short by the time they reach T1 and T4. Palou was coming out of T2 with a higher speed than the RLL cars had entering T3!.

It seems unlikely to be aero since you can wander up and down pit lane and see what everyone is running so that points to something in the mechanical preparation and setup.

RobGT81

5,229 posts

198 months

Monday 22nd May 2023
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FourWheelDrift said:
She was the last official qualifier in 30th before the shootout for the 4 below her, so RLL had all 4 cars in the bottom 5 that's not good. Katherine's average in Saturday qualifying for 30th was 231.070mph, Lundgaard's that was 31st and dropped him into the shootout was 231.056mph.
Lundgaard does Indycar full time, Legge hasn't raced an Indycar in 10 years. Fantastic result for her to jump in and out qualify 4 full timers.