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"See you in future leagues" would be best since Deko hasn't announced anything yet besides the fact April will be nothing and nothing will be announced (at least) until after the KY500. No assumptions should be made yet, besides the 48 hour TBO @ FE1 race. Everyone knows about that right?

1 Winner? Alonso
2 Fastest lap? Vettel
3 Number of pitstops the winner does? 2
4 Who gets pole? Ham
5 Which team scores most points? Ferrari
6 How many points Ferrari gets? 37
B Driver who drops most places during the race (but finishes the race) Hamilton

Well, just because they deny something now doesn't necessarily mean it isn't true.

Ahh thanks, yes I forgot about the factory support in LMP2 being a no-no. I was thinking by 2016 it'll be all DP in the US because NASCAR, so that would be another reason I assume.

I just don't like the DP and wish they wouldn't support it.

Just be happy it is only two oval races. I'm pretty sure it used to be 4.

Welp:

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Jenna Fryer ‏@JennaFryer 1m
#NASCAR penalizes Keselowski and Logano 25 points each, crew chiefs suspended 6 races and fined $100k each

Jeff Gluck ‏@jeff_gluck 1m
Penske penalties: Crew chiefs, car chiefs, engineers and team manager all get six-week suspensions. 25 pts lost for Keselowski, Logano.

Jenna Fryer ‏@JennaFryer 1m
#NASCAR penalizes Truex 6 points, crew chief Chad Johnston fined $25k and on probation until June 5.

Jeff Gluck ‏@jeff_gluck 3m
Ron Hornaday: No suspension but 25-point penalty and $25,000 fine. #NASCAR

From Bob Pockrass..

Penske penalties for unapproved parts. violated rule that all fasteners & mounting hardware must be solid magnetic steel & violated rule that all suspension mounts must not allow movement or realignment of any suspension component beyond normal rotation/travel

Ron got off easy, but Penske got raped.

Guys, tell me why Audi would rather make a factory DP effort in US (and dominate as only factory team), instead of building and running a LMP2 and dominating worldwide?

I understand trying to make Audi more popular here in the US (which IMO it already is just looking at the roads on a daily basis), but why not make a car that will be able to be used in the US and in other series (well, WEC).

Well, can't run this stuff 24/7/365.

The reversed order is to screw Americans out of the race! Protest it!

Most likely to lighten the load on admins. All the other calculations are just time consuming. In the overall points a simple * could designate a rookie and have them find this information on their own.

I'm glad its up, just upset its low.

For those interested in discounts:

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Should be in the build next week, here are the details.


Additions to iRacing Volume Discount Program in latest build – April 2013

Are you interested in a new car or track? Take advantage of these great volume discount options!
iRacing has added two new content volume discounts, one for oval racers and one for road racers. Both new discount programs are at 25% each. In addition, iRacing increased the “All Content Discount” from 25% to 30%. The other discounts remain intact and unchanged.

In regard to the two new programs, you need to own every oval car OR every road car, plus any 25 paid tracks to get the 25% discount. Cars are now labeled (as of the build) as road or oval cars in the car section of the member site. The Indy car will count as both a road and oval car. The additional good news that might not be obvious is once you own all the oval cars and any 25 tracks, if you buy a road car or an additional track, you will get the 25% discount as well for example and vice versa.

We hope this makes the content more affordable in the long run and our previous highest discount of 25%, more attainable to more members. Also this makes more sense to those who only focus on either road or oval racing.

• 10% General Discount: License any three to five pieces of content (cars/tracks) at once and receive 10% off the total.

• 20% General Discount: License any six or more pieces of content (cars/tracks) at once and receive 15% off the total.

• New! 25% Oval Discount: License all oval cars and any 25 non-free tracks and receive a 25% discount. For example if you own 20 tracks and all but two oval cars if you license 5 more tracks and the last two oval cars, a 25% discount will be applied at check out. As long as you continue to own all oval cars and any 25 tracks the discount will always apply at checkout, even if you are buying a road car!

• New! 25% Road Discount: License/buy all Road cars and any 25 non-free tracks and receive a 25% discount. For example if you own 20 tracks and all but two road cars if you license 5 more tracks and the last two road cars, a 25% discount will be applied at check out. As long as you continue to own all road cars and any 25 tracks the discount will always apply at checkout, even if you are buying an oval car!

• New increased discount! 30% License All Content Discount: License all content or all remaining content and receive 30% off the total. Affectionately known as the 100% club by our members.

All discounts are automatically calculated at checkout. This offer may not be combined with any other discount or promotion.

Ouch:

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From John Oreovicz of ESPN: @IndyOreo 18m
A 0.18 final rating for IndyCar @BarberMotorPark broadcast basically means more people will ATTEND the #Indy500 than watched Barber on TV.

Quote from Bmxtwins :

I heard that it was a rumor that there were more bombs.

There were an extra 2-3 that were found and disarmed that had not detonated. So no rumor. Unless you mean more today or something.

Quote from J@tko :

So apparently Webber has signed a deal to race for Porsche in the WEC next season.......

http://motoring.syd.ninemsn.co ... he-denies-play-for-webber

Truex has debris in LF shock and fails post race inspection for front being too low. Could his night get any worse?

Also, Brad's car is taken by NASCAR to R&D center. Probably not a "random" decision like it is supposed to be.

Race 4 was a good watch. Those side by side moments through the last sector was awesome to watch.

Race 3 was a tad messy.

I hope Jack is 100% correct now.

1) which team will score most points? Ferrari
2) will pole sitter win the race? No
3) who wins the race? Alonso
4) number of cars finish? 20
5) will williams score points? no
6) who gets the fastest lap? Massa
Bonus) first driver to finish lap down? Gutierrez

Fuel should be fine for at least 100 laps or so, think in perspective to how far they could go at Martinsville, and then add about 10%. I think it is because there is so many unknowns they don't want a 100 lap dash or something like that. The event is going to take most of the day (Q, heats, LCQ), and then a 100 lap dash could take 40 minutes including 5 cautions (Just looked up some WoOLMS). Most features are 35, 50, 75, and (less often) 100 lap races. NASCAR doesn't want a main race to last less than one hour, as they want to put on a "show" like normal.

What I don't understand, is will they reward efforts in the first two segments? Or will the last segment be the only one to matter?

Just put ramps on the last chicane.

Full race onboard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uvtc0zJlYY