Indy 500 Feat

Let’s Look Deeper at Those TV Ratings

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. First of all, thanks for the big response to last week’s look at the Indy 500 TV ratings. They were the worst ever for a Memorial Day weekend race. You were interested so let’s look a bit deeper. Many in racing lose sight…

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Indy 500 Feat

IndyCar Has Another Thing Comin’

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Bumped into a ‘Net piece this week that amounted to a State of IndyCar right now. The conversation with Roger Penske was before last weekend’s Indy 500. It gave a little detail on where Penske has spent money and time and where he’s…

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Andrew Brilliant Explains F1 Porpoising & The Kitchen Sink

Aerodynamics Consultant Andrew Brilliant visited The Freak Nation Sunday night to detail a problem that’s stumped many engineers in the Formula One garage. It’s called porpoising when the aero flowing over a race car causes the car to bounce up and down like a porpoise breaking through the surface of the water. Andrew explains how…

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