Sad race Marco's last race in the Snapple paint scheme. That was by far my favorite paint scheme. Looked gorgeous on the track. That should go down as one of the best looking Indy Car paint schemes of all time!
They should really run this race in March. Everything is more green, the temperatures are cooler, you can see the fans in the stands not hiding from the heat and it would not only get the cars to California but also give a buffer between the month delay of St Pete and Long Beach where everyone forgets about the series unfortunately. We don't want that, keep it trucking!!! @Indycar get on it!!!
I was at the first Indy Car road-race at Sonoma (known as Sears Point back then) in the Spring of 1970 . . . back in an era of racing prior to aero-appendages/wings on Indy cars . . . or in USAC's term for the cars of that era: _Champ Cars._ Because of the lack of aero-appendages on the cars, they could bunch up closely to each other. It was an impressive field with Mark Donohue, Mario Andretti, Dan Gurney, and John Cannon among the contenders. AJ Foyt skipped this race at the last minute as a close family member was severely injured in an accident back home and he rushed back to Texas to be with that family member. It was announced over the PA system that Andy Granatelli loaned Foyt the use of his private jet to fly back to Texas. The race itself was interesting with the assortment of engines used: The 255 ci Ford DOHC Indy engine (that screamed!), the stock-block Ford engine by Gurney; the Chevy stock block used by Donohue and Cannon, and some turbo-offys . . . at a time when turbos on road courses did not work well. Donohue dropped out early with engine failure. Gurney dominated the early going until full-course yellow, where Andretti and Cannon closed it. There was considerable dicing among the three for many laps, with Cannon falling back; but Andretti stayed on Gurney's tail the rest of the race, it was a close finish with Gurney winning by a car-length.
Sad race Marco's last race in the Snapple paint scheme. That was by far my favorite paint scheme. Looked gorgeous on the track. That should go down as one of the best looking Indy Car paint schemes of all time!
Thank you for uploading this.
However, the starting time was horrendous. Please change it back to earlier in the day next year!
agreed
They should really run this race in March.
Everything is more green, the temperatures are cooler, you can see the fans in the stands not hiding from the heat and it would not only get the cars to California but also give a buffer between the month delay of St Pete and Long Beach where everyone forgets about the series unfortunately. We don't want that, keep it trucking!!!
@Indycar get on it!!!
Race start 16:15
the real MVP ^^^
I was at the first Indy Car road-race at Sonoma (known as Sears Point back then) in the Spring of 1970 . . . back in an era of racing prior to aero-appendages/wings on Indy cars . . . or in USAC's term for the cars of that era: _Champ Cars._
Because of the lack of aero-appendages on the cars, they could bunch up closely to each other.
It was an impressive field with Mark Donohue, Mario Andretti, Dan Gurney, and John Cannon among the contenders. AJ Foyt skipped this race at the last minute as a close family member was severely injured in an accident back home and he rushed back to Texas to be with that family member. It was announced over the PA system that Andy Granatelli loaned Foyt the use of his private jet to fly back to Texas.
The race itself was interesting with the assortment of engines used: The 255 ci Ford DOHC Indy engine (that screamed!), the stock-block Ford engine by Gurney; the Chevy stock block used by Donohue and Cannon, and some turbo-offys . . . at a time when turbos on road courses did not work well.
Donohue dropped out early with engine failure. Gurney dominated the early going until full-course yellow, where Andretti and Cannon closed it. There was considerable dicing among the three for many laps, with Cannon falling back; but Andretti stayed on Gurney's tail the rest of the race, it was a close finish with Gurney winning by a car-length.
Love this track but not for the finale
RacingandGaming live I highly agree.
16:15 Start (Stolen from Doug T)
1:48:00 Final Laps
Not quite the track anyone wants for a finale. The crowd size was also telling.
I've heard the numbers were actually decent, but that the amount of seating available really spreads the crowd thin.
A lot of people hiding from the heat. As a person who was there 90% of people in turn 9 were hiding in that wooded area up top.
It was actually really busy. Just a lot of people avoiding the heat - I know we did.
Thats where we were. We tried to sit out in the turn 9 grandstand, lasted 20 minutes.
I miss the green.
Target's final ride...
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Sonoma race track, awesome track, but I prefer 🇺🇸LAGUNA SECA 🇺🇸😎👌I miss the ganasis target paint job.
Well Indycar came back to Laguna Seca
The one track I want Indycar to come back to is Chicagoland
An oval like Fontana should be the finale
Stupendously tiny pre-race show. NASCAR had a 30 minute post race show before IndyCar came on air at 6:30. What a shame.
Shouldn't be the finale
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this race was boring
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