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Old 11-04-2019, 09:04 AM
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Sold to Penske
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2019/11/04/indianapolis-motor-speedway-sold-penske/4154155002/

Penske has owned the 500 for decades, now he owns it literally too. Probably a good thing.
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Auto crossing there soon?
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Old 11-04-2019, 11:30 AM
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Maybe. I have no clue. But it wouldn't hurt to ask.
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Whoever wrote the article referred to the track as an oval. Probably one of the reporters that report an aircraft accident that was the result of an aerodynamic stall as an engine failure.
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Whoever wrote the article referred to the track as an oval. Probably one of the reporters that report an aircraft accident that was the result of an aerodynamic stall as an engine failure.
The article also said they sold the Clabber business to focus on the racing, then sold that. Heirs just cashing in, plain and simple, trying to beat the new wave of taxes when Lizzie or HRC become President.
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Whoever wrote the article referred to the track as an oval. Probably one of the reporters that report an aircraft accident that was the result of an aerodynamic stall as an engine failure.
Define oval.

It is not a precise mathematical term. An ellipse, a circle, a trapezoid - these things have a mathematical defition. Oval does not. The track is more oval than circular or square.
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Define oval.

It is not a precise mathematical terem. An ellipse, a circle, a trapezoid - these things have a mathematical defition. Oval does not. The track is more oval than circular or square.
Yes, at least in racing. I believe they typically refer to all tracks that are not road courses as ovals.
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Scary thought!
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It is a rectangular oval....
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It is a rectangular oval....
That's about it. Rectangle with rounded corners is too long so they go with oval.

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From Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oval_track_racing
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The Speedway opened 110 years ago! How time flies! Anyone here attend the opening?
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Heck I drove in it!
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Heck I drove in it!
Did you have a fast team of horses? The kind that burn hay instead of gasoline?
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