Posted by Roy Hobbson on March 18th, 2010 •
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Whenever I fill out my otherwise pathetic bracket that won’t win, there’s always that one upset I’ve chosen that fills me with great confidence & pride. I will marvel at my stroke of brilliance & feel like a gambling savant of some kind — one who has boldly gone against the grain (and all of society, for that matter).
#12 Cornell over #5 Temple?!?! No, that is unwise. What kind of drug-crazed madman would take such a risk?! OH, THE GALL!! And yet, it DOES seem oddly plausible. If not probable. YES! Indeed, Cornell has the scrappiness & guard-play to pull off such a feat!! They will be victorious!! I AM BRILLIANT & FEARLESS!! NOBODY ELSE HAS THE STONES FOR SUCH AN AUDACIOUS MOVE!!! KNEEL BEFORE ME!!!
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Posted by Roy Hobbson on March 17th, 2010 •
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About three seconds after the green flag dropped at Sao Paulo, a very unsurprising thing happened: all hell broke loose. And as the thick clouds of baking soda & chaos had cleared, Mario Moraes opted to park his car on Marco Andretti’s forehead. Yeah, well — whadayagonnado? Welcome to Brazil, folks — step lively now. This place is many things, but predictable is not one of them.
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Posted by Roy Hobbson on March 14th, 2010 •
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The general demeanor inside the Flag Room: festive. (But understaffed.) So begins the 2010 IndyCar season.
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Posted by Roy Hobbson on March 12th, 2010 •
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There are many delightful perks of this job, and I’m grateful for them all. But perhaps none are more wonderful than the cover-fire it provides for otherwise impossible weekend debauchery.
Case in point, come Sunday, my house will likely be in complete & awful disarray — and my two toddlers amped out of theirs skulls on fruit punch and Skittles. Chaos on all fronts, and certainly not the time to go out galavanting with friends. That would be an unacceptable breach of marital duties. Husbands have been stabbed for lesser things, and rightfully so. But alas, I MUST! I have no choice, woman!! There is an IndyCar race on television, and I have to watch it. IT IS MY JOB!
Of course, this will not sit well with the missus, who always seems to forget about my job responsibilities as she’s scrubbing throw-up & crayon marks off the cupboards:
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Posted by Roy Hobbson on March 10th, 2010 •
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Four days until Sao Paulo, people. Let’s get our heads on. Go or no-go.
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Posted by Jeff Iannucci on March 5th, 2010 •
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Like many of you I have become intrigued at the recent announcement of Simona De Silvestro’s participation in the IZOD IndyCar series. Probably for different reasons, though, since I get the impression many of you are frothy with concern over her as a driver because of her gender. This is not news, friends – not to Sally Ride, or Sandra Day O’Connor, or Florence Henderson or most assuredly a man like me. We’ve had plenty of “them” in the series for years now, and I’m not going to be overly-concerned about the newsiness of any more additional women into the world of open-wheel racing unless Megan Fox or Lady Gaga or Marissa Miller become top-level drivers.
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Posted by Roy Hobbson on March 1st, 2010 •
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The new IndyCar.com springs to life sometime today. And if the temporary landing page is any indication — and I’m fairly certain that it is — then we’re all in for a treat. Blood splatterings, jet fighters, knife-wielding hippos, mosh pits, Rorshach tests (IT LOOKS JUST LIKE MOTHRA!!), swank condominiums, futuristic Zeppelin airships … it’s all there. It’s a magical time to be alive.
