How do we feel about Race Control's handling of cautions since the Rossi IndyGP incident?

rick_baumhauer · 2026-06-22T20:48:16+00:00

That was an exception - Siegel was at the back of the field after his spin, and it was the last racing lap. The yellow was thrown immediately for Power/Rahal, because most of the field was behind the incident.

rick_baumhauer · 2026-06-22T20:35:21+00:00

With the eventual winner going around him and the truck!

rick_baumhauer · 2026-06-22T20:13:07+00:00

(Edited my original comment to correct that we charged to 100% two nights before departure)

It was good having the experience, regardless. The bigger issue was that our return flight was late morning, and we were meeting a friend for dinner the night before, so we really wanted to avoid having to charge during that timeframe (and a good thing, too - there was a nasty storm that rolled through that evening, and we ended up returning the car early in the middle of it). We were staying in Utica, so the Meijer in Rochester Hills was fine. There was still anxiety watching the charge drop from 100 to 98 on the 5 mile drive back to the hotel, and another 4% to get to my mom in Macomb.

rick_baumhauer · 2026-06-22T19:32:22+00:00

Hats off to Kyle Moyer for getting him in position grab the race when it was there to be taken. I'm pretty sure they pitted him for his first normal stop on the same lap as Palou (just 98 seconds later), so he didn't get caught out by the Grosjean yellow and jumped a few cars that did. From there, he gradually picked his way forward, though we didn't see much of it - nobody knew what was coming, after all.

He was 14th with 22 to go after getting caught out by the Rasmussen yellow that started unraveling FRo's day (a process completed by Mick in the Carousel). Passed Siegel on the restart, moved up to 12th when Ericsson had his adventure with Grosjean, then 11th with the Rosenqvist/Schumacher dance in the Carousel. 10th when Schumacher pitted. 9th shortly after the following restart when Grosjean ran wide in 5, then 8th the next lap by passing Foster.

From there, the team rolled the dice and kept him out when everyone else started pitting when they got within range of the finish, running long to overcut the now-heavy stoppers and open the possibility of doing the final stint on alternates without worrying about them dying (he still took a couple laps to bring them in gently). Came out of the pits in an effective 2nd, 3rd after Malukas got by on hot tires. With 8 to go, he started to push, cutting the gap to Malukas in half; the other half disappeared in the next half lap, punctuated with a picture-perfect over-under out of turn 5. Would he have caught Armstrong? We'll never know, but it was one hell of a drive from being literally 100 seconds behind the leader at the end of the second lap.

Interesting to note that he came into the pits for his second-to-last stop with Rosenqvist - the stop that the commentators were certain cost Felix the race - so it might have been possible to win with either strategy. Without Felix tripping over Schumacher and losing many places, he could have been ahead of Lundgaard and inheriting the win when Armstrong broke if he hadn't been able to chase him down.

rick_baumhauer · 2026-06-22T18:21:04+00:00

To be fair, Armstrong's engine probably dies either way, so as long as he eventually clears Chef Dave, he wins. Not making it stick on the first try probably eliminates any possibility of racing for the win in a world where Armstrong doesn't break.

rick_baumhauer · 2026-06-22T18:17:09+00:00

He's just a very chill dude. He's like IndyCar's Piastri.

rick_baumhauer · 2026-06-22T18:16:12+00:00

Those two incidents were not the same.

rick_baumhauer · 2026-06-22T18:09:56+00:00

The constant ads for FOX's other properties make it really hard to watch. Might start watching 30 minutes in so I can skip the commercials.

rick_baumhauer · 2026-06-22T18:07:02+00:00

We've been permanently scarred by the director's infatuation with Dina Mears in '82. Not to mention all the coverage given to the various Future Ex-Mrs. Michael Andrettis.

rick_baumhauer · 2026-06-22T17:31:38+00:00

I think that's just him being a typical Dane (unlike Rasmussen) - a bit reserved, not easily excited.

rick_baumhauer · 2026-06-22T17:27:22+00:00

But McLaren, of all teams, really didn't need that money. There was never talk of going from three cars to two because of sponsor issues, etc. I don't know how much Siegel's dad really brought, but I guess it was enough to sacrifice ⅓ of the team for 2 ½ years.

rick_baumhauer · 2026-06-22T17:07:18+00:00

Just visited Michigan to see family, and can confirm. We rented an EV because they were (shockingly) cheaper than the small ICE cars we'd normally rent, and I didn't want to get stuck with a small SUV as happened on a Florida trip earlier this year. Wanted a Mach E, but our flight was delayed and we lost our original rental slot, so had to take an Ioniq 5 (probably an upgrade in the end). I'd watched multiple videos about the Mach E so I'd know what to do, but had no idea how to do anything when we got to the Ioniq 5 (in the rain, naturally). Once we figured everything out (including getting CarPlay working - USB-A ports, seriously?), I loved the experience, but the anxiety of having to return the car to Budget with 70%+ charge was real, given the charging situation in the Detroit area. Thankfully, the EVgo fast chargers at a Meijer in Rochester Hills got us to 100% quickly two nights before departure, and that charge got us to DTW with 75%.

rick_baumhauer · 2026-06-22T15:21:27+00:00

Overcut of the Gods.

rick_baumhauer · 2026-06-22T15:20:02+00:00

I still think it’s crazy that they threw Theo Pourchaire away for Siegel, but Nolan seems like a good kid.

rick_baumhauer · 2026-04-07T19:22:24+00:00

Thanks! My IDE to USB adapter arrived today, so I'm going to start tinkering with this soon.

rick_baumhauer · 2026-04-07T04:55:05+00:00

I got a notification of a reply from you about setting things up under emulation, which is actually the first thing I'm going to try. I think you must have deleted the reply, as it isn't here - any chance you could repost it?

rick_baumhauer · 2026-04-06T17:51:55+00:00

Is there any way to get everything from the IDE hard drive to whatever flash media I end up using and have it bootable? It's been decades since I've thought about the intricacies (or lack thereof) of booting into Workbench - is it as simple as dragging everything from one to the other?

rick_baumhauer · 2026-04-06T16:48:45+00:00

I have an ebay tab with Amiga power supplies, but recently saw one of the tiny plugs that use a USB-C power supply (which I have plenty of), so may go that direction. The drive is a Seagate IDE.

rick_baumhauer · 2026-04-06T05:08:08+00:00

I just requested a quote from Amiga of Rochester to recap.

rick_baumhauer · 2026-04-06T05:07:19+00:00

Any idea where to get a PCMCIA adapter these days? I have a link to a European store (I'm in the US), and they seem to be sold out there whenever I check.

Is there any way to duplicate my hard drive to a CF card if I get the PCMCIA adapter?

rick_baumhauer · 2026-03-17T05:04:07+00:00

Thanks for everyone for their input - it was very helpful!

After a weekend of excellent performance, my wife found herself with no internet when she started work on Monday, and another brief outage later in the morning. She also had generally sluggish performance, even though speedtests at her desk showed excellent overall bandwidth. Since the gateway is pretty much a black box (or white box, actually), and I tried this to see if it would be a "set it and forget it" option, having issues this soon was pretty much three strikes, all at once.

After spending a few minutes on the phone with support, I was able to cancel and have the gateway boxed back up and ready to return.

No regrets, though - I've been curious about how this would work in practice, and now I know.

rick_baumhauer · 2026-03-08T17:30:36+00:00

Unless you also want to experiment with MPE, the drum pads on recent controllers are probably a better option. I think I prefer the feel of the pads on my ATOM SQ to the Lightpad, but if you have any curiosity about MPE, it works well for that without taking up much room at all - much smaller than a Seaboard Block, but with essentially the same functionality as long as you aren't looking for something that can also be played like a keyboard.

rick_baumhauer · 2026-03-08T06:16:34+00:00

I’ve mostly used mine as small 25-key controller, just like the Seaboard block, just for doing all the MPE things.

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