Stories from Checkpoint 10
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Checkpoint 9: The Great Automobile Race
Checkpoint 10 &bull Nov 14, 2009
The year was 2014. It was a quiet year for open-wheel racing. The IndyCar Series had folded at the end of 2013 after an unprecedented eleventh consecutive season of racing the same Dallara cars. The major open-wheel teams either went to NASCAR or sports cars. Many of the smaller teams simply went out of business.In February 2014, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway sensationally announced that it would change its formula to accommodate Formula BMW and Formula Atlantic race cars in addition to old Indy cars. For the first time in nearly two decades, the Indy 500 entry list swelled to fifty… Full Story »
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Checkpoint 9: The Great Automobile Race
Checkpoint 10 &bull Nov 14, 2009
The year was 2014. It was a quiet year for open-wheel racing. The IndyCar Series had folded at the end of 2013 after an unprecedented eleventh consecutive season of racing the same Dallara cars. The major open-wheel teams either went to NASCAR or sports cars. Many of the smaller teams simply went out of business.In February 2014, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway sensationally announced that it would change its formula to accommodate Formula BMW and Formula Atlantic race cars in addition to old Indy cars. For the first time in nearly two decades, the Indy 500 entry list swelled to fifty… Full Story »
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Checkpoint 8: Books
Checkpoint 10 &bull Nov 13, 2009
I'm an avid collector of auto racing books. Over the last decade, I have amassed a collection of two shelves full of Autocourse annuals, Indianapolis 500 yearbooks, and many other books on Formula 1, Indy cars, and sports cars. Most… Full Story »
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Checkpoint 7: Innovation
Checkpoint 10 &bull Nov 12, 2009
A car with three wheels A car with three hundred small wheels A car with no wheels A car powered by batteries A car powered by the sun A car that makes the road ahead of it sticky A car… Full Story »
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Checkpoint 6: Simulations
Checkpoint 10 &bull Nov 11, 2009
In 1995, I got Papyrus IndyCar Racing for my birthday. It barely ran on my 486 and I had no sound card, but it ran okay if I turned off all the graphics options. I learned all the default circuits (including Long Beach, Milwaukee, Portland, Michigan) using the keyboard! I desperately wanted the expansion pack (which includedMid-Ohio, Cleveland, Road America and others), but that was incredibly difficult to find in stores. Eventually, my dad helped me draft a purchase order to a distributor… Full Story »
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Checkpoint 5: The Speed
Checkpoint 10 &bull Nov 10, 2009
When I was a teenager, I went several times to SpeedZone, a go-kart/amusement park in Los Angeles. I became somewhat addicted to the "Slick Trax" where you had very little grip and could drift through corners. My friend and I would compete for best times, and inevitably I… Full Story »
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Checkpoint 5: The Speed
Checkpoint 10 &bull Nov 10, 2009
When I was a teenager, I went several times to SpeedZone, a go-kart/amusement park in Los Angeles. I became somewhat addicted to the "Slick Trax" where you had very little grip and could drift through corners. My friend and I would compete for best times, and inevitably I… Full Story »
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Checkpoint 3: The Event
Checkpoint 10 &bull Nov 8, 2009
I grew up in the car crazy Southern California during the 1990s. The CART series came to town every year at Long Beach, and for several years they raced at Fontana, too. I was fortunate enough to attend the races there before the decline of the series.In 1998, I attended my first CART event at the California Speedway. Actually, I only went on Saturday, to watch Bobby Rahal qualify… Full Story »
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Checkpoint 3: The Event
Checkpoint 10 &bull Nov 8, 2009
I grew up in the car crazy Southern California during the 1990s. The CART series came to town every year at Long Beach, and for several years they raced at Fontana, too. I was fortunate enough to attend the races there before the decline of the series.In 1998, I attended my first CART event at the California Speedway. Actually, I only went on Saturday, to watch Bobby Rahal qualify… Full Story »
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Checkpoint 3: The Event
Checkpoint 10 &bull Nov 8, 2009
I grew up in the car crazy Southern California during the 1990s. The CART series came to town every year at Long Beach, and for several years they raced at Fontana, too. I was fortunate enough to attend the races there before the decline of the series.In 1998, I attended my first CART event at the California Speedway. Actually, I only went on Saturday, to watch Bobby Rahal qualify… Full Story »
