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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by mikegarrison,Jul 30 2008, 06:07 PM
Still no Portland race. The NW gets ignored once again.
friend raced there last year, says the track is overrated and kinda boring.
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Birel186,Jul 30 2008, 06:01 PM
friend raced there last year, says the track is overrated and kinda boring.
It is kind of boring. Very, very flat. Not nearly so boring as a street circuit, though, or an airport track. And the IRL seems to have no hesitation about running on those.
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 05:31 PM
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As anticipated Robin Millers view.

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/ind...dule-reactions/
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Colin,Jul 30 2008, 05:29 PM
I had no idea! I had an uncle named Tadashi so I always assumed.....
Tadashi is the CAR'S name I'm not important, only the S!

Tadashi Kume was a Honda engineer who worked on their F1 program in the 60s. He was the "father" of the S600/S800 programs back then and I see him as the "grandpa" of the S2000s.

All my cars are given names... and you can't go and call an S2000 something American like "George", "Mike" or "Tom"
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 05:19 AM
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It also now occurs to me all the people here who probably thought I was gay

(I hope that doesn't get me censored)
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Tadashi,Jul 30 2008, 05:43 PM
So Pete -- I see Sunday, Aug. 9 is Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course... going to put together the S2000 stuff again????
Indycar and Mid-Oh are for it as long as Honda is the main event sponsor.
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 02:49 PM
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Yeah I am SOOO "in" next year

If there's anything people can do to help you from a distance just let me know

Thanks Pete!
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 03:12 PM
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Greg Weld dies at age 64:


He was equal parts bad ass, good guy and savvy businessman.

But it
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Old Aug 6, 2008 | 05:02 PM
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Anyone read anything on Tony Kannan. He had a deadline of August 1 for AGR to resign him w/ his new deal; or else he'd start talking to other teams. If you saw wind tunnel or speed news 2 weeks ago, u'd know why he should leave the POS team. Hope he can go to Gannasi or Penske and make a 3 car team.
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Old Aug 6, 2008 | 09:21 PM
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my prayers have been answered.

TK possibly going to Ganassi!

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/exc...in-ganassi//P1/
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