A Day In The Races
Yesterday I went to races, the Toyota Indy 300 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Although I like motor sports, I am more fanatic of Formula 1 than anything else. I don't follow US motor sports because I think there are too many different leagues, categories and subcategories, and all them are sort of boring, mainly because the run in oval circuits.
Anyway, because I'll have to pass again this year the next Formula 1 US Grand Prix in Indianapolis due to economic shortages (I've been unsuccessfully planning to go since 5 years ago), I decided to try going to a motor race whose cars are the most alike to F1's: Indy Car Racing League.
I must admit it fulfilled all my expectations and I liked it. It's not Formula 1, but heck, it's the nearest and cheapest race I can go by now.
The sad thing of yesterday's race was the death of one driver, Paul Dana, which occurred in the morning practices, before I arrived to the motor complex. I never knew about his accident until the end of the race, when the announcer in the tracks's PA explained the reason why Danica Patrick didn't participate in this race. It was disappointing for me, because watching her was one of the reasons why I decided to go. Other than that, I felt very excited with the whole event.
I snapped some pictures you can see after the jump or by going to my Flickr album.
Ralph Schumacher's Formula 1 car. This is the car he competed with last year.
That's me :-)
My next car (hopefully), the new 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser.
The new FJ Cruiser's sticker price, wow!, well equiped under $30K.
The moment when the race started, after two warm-up laps.
In the far side of the track, Sam Hornish Jr. and Helio Castroneves from Marlboro Team Penske.
Dan Wheldon and Helio Castroneves battle in the last lap ina very tight, nose to nose finish. Dan Wheldon won the race for a difference of barely 0.0147 seconds.
Dan Wheldon congratulated by his pit engineers after winning the race.
Although I like motor sports, I am more fanatic of Formula 1 than anything else. I don't follow US motor sports because I think there are too many different leagues, categories and subcategories, and all them are sort of boring, mainly because the run in oval circuits.
Anyway, because I'll have to pass again this year the next Formula 1 US Grand Prix in Indianapolis due to economic shortages (I've been unsuccessfully planning to go since 5 years ago), I decided to try going to a motor race whose cars are the most alike to F1's: Indy Car Racing League.
I must admit it fulfilled all my expectations and I liked it. It's not Formula 1, but heck, it's the nearest and cheapest race I can go by now.
The sad thing of yesterday's race was the death of one driver, Paul Dana, which occurred in the morning practices, before I arrived to the motor complex. I never knew about his accident until the end of the race, when the announcer in the tracks's PA explained the reason why Danica Patrick didn't participate in this race. It was disappointing for me, because watching her was one of the reasons why I decided to go. Other than that, I felt very excited with the whole event.
I snapped some pictures you can see after the jump or by going to my Flickr album.
Ralph Schumacher's Formula 1 car. This is the car he competed with last year.
That's me :-)
My next car (hopefully), the new 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser.
The new FJ Cruiser's sticker price, wow!, well equiped under $30K.
The moment when the race started, after two warm-up laps.
In the far side of the track, Sam Hornish Jr. and Helio Castroneves from Marlboro Team Penske.
Dan Wheldon and Helio Castroneves battle in the last lap ina very tight, nose to nose finish. Dan Wheldon won the race for a difference of barely 0.0147 seconds.
Dan Wheldon congratulated by his pit engineers after winning the race.
posted by Mario at 8:00 AM
4 Comments:
Are you serious about the FJ cruiser? I have loved it since it was shown as a concept vehicle, and it seems exceptionally off-road capable, decent mileage, and very cool looking. I have shown it to people who think it is quite ugly. It is ok with me if I have the only one in town. I understand they are showing up at dealers right now (above MSRP of course ;-)
Well, what can I say..... I can´t say ot in english..... COÑOOOOOOO QUE ENVIDIAAAAAAAA. Algun dia estaré allá no solo para ir a esas carreras, SINO PARA ACOMPAÑARTE A LA FORMULA 1!!!!!
Solo espero que no sean tus nietos quienes nos lleven....
I've known the FJ Land Cruisers for all my life and I can tell you it's a very rough, dependable and durable vehicle, and although the FJ is just (re?)entering the US market, it has been selling all over the world for the last 40 years.
Maybe Toyota decided to soften it a little for making it competitive the SUV segment, but anyway that's a hard working truck.
And it's not that ugly. There are other vehicles more expensive and definitively uglier than this, that don't have even a fraction of the quality a Toyota has (cough, hummer, cough).
I don't know whether they started to show in the dealers, but anyhow it's a good idea to wait the hype to pass, and in that way you can avoid dealer's current overpricing.
Bueno compadre, solo estoy esperando a que te decidas a venir...
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