A guy named Rice wins Indy in a Honda...

[MeanBuicks]

Good Grief!

Well, congrats to David Letterman and Bobby Rahal for owning the winning team. Won from the pole too.

 

[salvageV6]

Mr. Rice in an American however.

His engine ain't.

3 liters and lotsa shifting, no torque.

 

[Ray R]

And whats wrong with the name Rice
I got a new email address at work and the used everyones last name with the first letter of the first name at the end, mine is RICER

 

[Reggie West]

.3 liters and lotsa shifting, no torque.


Do you know how much HP and TQ those motors make?

I thought that Indy or whomever the sanctioning body is madated a set displacement on the motor and aerodynamic limits on the body.

And they still run 220 mph. I love those cars and kudos to any manufacturer that can design a motor to do that

 

[UNGN]

Originally posted by Ray R
And whats wrong with the name Rice
I got a new email address at work and the used everyones last name with the first letter of the first name at the end, mine is RICER

Consider yourself lucky. You are one of the elite .1 of 1% of Ricers that have run a 7 second 1/8 mile.

 

[salvageV6]

Reggie bet it's less than the old pushrod V6.

 

[TwoLaneBlackTop]

I hate the IRL, after the split I will not watch them race. I will watch CART some, CART should still be racing at Indy, not the IRL. The CART cars are much much faster.

 

[b231v6]

700 horse. not a f1 engine but in a 1500 lb car still better than nascrap.

I remember seeing a (in the life) of B Rice on the discovery channel I think. Good show,interesting. In fact I was glad to see a show that the person being filmed did'nt have JR. behind his name.

 

[TurboBuckeye]

Originally posted by Ray R
I got a new email address at work and the used everyones last name with the first letter of the first name at the end, mine is RICER

Dude....

 

[2quiktocare]

So I wasn't the only one to see the irony in that winning combination.

 

[jastrckl]

Originally posted by Reggie West
And they still run 220 mph. I love those cars and kudos to any manufacturer that can design a motor to do that

Indy has run 220+ for a -long- time.
http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/dealers.detail/hmn_vehicle_id/5397

They're not really going anywhere... bring back can-am

 

[2quiktocare]

Having grown up in Indy and seeing many tire test, time trials, and races, I still get a rush everytime I hear, "gentlemen,,,, start your engines". It is still truly the greatest specticle in racing. Last time I was at an event there was watching Graham Hill break the 170 mph mark with the STP turbine car in '68.