**blows dust off laptop** **cough, cough** Is this thing still on?? Oh, HI!! Welcome back to Fieldof33.com!! It's been a little while. Needless to say, a lot of life has happened since I last took to these pages, both in my day to day life as well as with the NTT IndyCar Series. A fascinating …
Category: Current News & Commentary
Dixon leaves IMS empty handed again
(Photo: INDYCAR/Chris Owens) Scott Dixon took the green flag last Sunday as the odds-on favorite to win the 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500, just as he had in 2017 and 2020. And just as in 2017 and 2020, circumstances left Dixon leaving the Month of May disappointed, frustrated, and still looking for that elusive …
Two men – kicked by system – reign supreme
(Photo: INDYCAR/Matt Fraver) As has been talked about and written about extensively, the 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500 was truly a battle of generations for the current soul of Indy car racing. And once again, the Indianapolis 500 proved that experience tends to rule the day when 46 year-old Helio Castroneves finally joined the …
2021 Indianapolis 500 Preview
Perhaps it was there and I was just too young to notice at the time. However, I think IndyCar racing of today is in a truly unique era. Back in the early 1990s, there was a coming changing of the guard where long-established stars were beginning to see the last glimmers of daylight setting on …
Looking back, looking forward – Indy 2021
With the first race of the Month of May - that is to say qualifications for the Indianapolis 500, not the GMR Grand Prix - now in the books, it's time to both look back at the weekend that was and look forward to the weekend that is to come! To accomplish that, I'm pleased …
Live Blog: Qualifying Weekend 2021
Sunday, May 23, 2021 9:30 am -- Full transparency - I had a full post written up last night lambasting the qualifying procedures and how anything so convoluted could ever be expected to be understood by the very people INDYCAR convoluted the rules to attract. However, I followed the advice of many people over the …
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