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2 Seater Exhibition Race

Posted 1 month, 1 week ago.

Posted by: marchuleta

If the IRL wants to bring in more fans they should have a 2 seater celebrity challenge at IMS. Here’s my list of driver and passenger combos. Also some of what I would expect to see before and during the race.

  • Of course you have to start with Sarah Fisher and Ellen DeGeneres.  With the @Ellen2Indy500 campaign on twitter that Sarah has started, this one should happen. Hopefully they both come out wearing disco ball mirrored helmets dancing to Flo-Rida’s “LOW”. I feel like getting my groove on just thinking about it.
  • EJ Viso and Alice Cooper.  Why you ask?  They’re both creepy.
  • Mario Moraes and Joe Jonas.  I honestly think they are the same person and I’ve never seen them at the same place at the same time. Mario/Joe will probably be running solo at the drop of the green.
  • Paul Tracy and his passenger will be 1982 AJ Foyt.  Wouldn’t it be cool to see them come screaming into the pits, spin out on a dropped high heel from one of Danica’s Go Daddy crew members and get taken out of the race. The transvestite pummeling would be priceless.
  • Marco and Mario.  This round Mario’s driving. His car will be setup with a button that removes the front wings. Mario’s plan is coming out of turn four he will hit the button and the car backflips over the leaders.
  • Graham Rahal and Rollie Fingers.  Bringing back the Stache baby!
  • Justin Wilson and Kareem Abjul Jabar.  Their car will have to be twice the length of the other cars because their both 8 ft tall.
  • Tomas Scheckter and Douglas P. Gernert, president of Isotoner.  Now he has a hook-up with an unlimited supply of gloves. The car will have a glove cannon built into both side-pods. It has the capability to unleash a fury of ten gloves per second.
  • This one’s a slam dunk.  Dan Wheldon and Dr. Jack Miller.
  • Ed Carpenter and Pinocchio.  It’s all about strategy. After the loss to Briscoe by a “nose” in Kentucky, guess who’s going to be lying like hell the last lap.
  • Tony Kanaan and Smokey the Bear.  Smokey’s new slogan “Only your Pit Crew can Prevent a Car Fire”.
  • Raphael Matos and Edward ScissorHands.  Time for a haircut and a shave.
  • Bronte Tagliani with Alex Tagliani as her passenger.  Why? Because I said so that’s why!
  • Danica Patrick with Oprah, get it.  Oprah Ellen, Ellen Oprah, on second thought scratch that Oprah gets enough attention. Danica Patrick and umm Hitler, naw some idiot already tried to pull that one off. Danica and let’s see thinking thinking OK got it. Danica and Martha Stewart.They can cuss like sailors while trading recipes and sewing tips.
  • Vitor Meira and Will Power.  One word description, Bionic.
  • Helio Castroneves and the Saturday Night Fever John Travolta (not the present husky and bald Travolta).  Can you say dance-off?
  • Nelson Phillipe will run with the Tony Kanaan cardboard stand-up.  Rumor has it they’re pretty “close”.
  • Scott Dixon and a block of ice, or the person that updates his twitter feed.  You know what, I think their one in the same.
  • Mike Conway and the devil on his shoulder.  We shall name him Tomas Andretti.
  • Hideki Mutoh and his new girlfriend.  What’s that, nobody has ever seen her. OK than, Hideki and his “new girlfriend” just go along with it.
  • Ryan Briscoe’s passenger will be his new “smartcar” he just purchased.  It will fit in the rear cockpit with room to spare.
  • Dario Franchitti and Sean Connery.  I double dog dare you to tell Sean Connery to say “they’re magically delicious” you’ll be eating out of a tube the rest of your pitiful existence.
  • Ryan Hunter-Reay and Sylvester Stallone. The only catch instead of quarters flipping out of the cockpit, Stallone will be ejected from the cockpit automatically when the car hits 180 MPH. That’s payback for dropping acid before writing a movie about my beloved Indycar.
  • Driving the pace car will be Robin Miller with “VOTE FOR  TONY COTMAN FOR KING OF THE UNIVERSE” banners all over it. He will have a 1970’s PA system with major feedback and noise. His words will sound something like this, “BARNHART (buzz) KNOW ANYTHING (buzz) COTMAN IS THE MAN!! (buzz) I LOVE (buzz) COTMAN!(buzz)  HE KNOWS(car veering into infield fishtailing at 100 mph, gets control back) EVERYTHING – IRL, CART, USAC (buzz). DONE RIGHT (buzz) CHAMPCAR RUINED CRAPWAGON SPEC MONEY (buzz)!! ALL HAIL KING COTMAN!”  (car runs through photographer’s stands at the end of the pits, PA goes silent)
  • Green flag waves!

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An Interview with Helio Castroneves

Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago.

Posted by: Paul

In today’s episode of the Planet-IRL Off Season Interview Series, I am very fortunate to be joined by Helio Castroneves, driver of the Team Penske #3 Dallara/Honda and the driver voted by our fans as the Driver of the Decade. Helio discusses his early days with Team Penske, his relationship with various teammates throughout the decade, his love of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, what keeps him motivated to keep going after 12 years of racing at the highest level in America, and much more.

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Where’s Wheldo?!?!?!?!

Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago.

Posted by: marchuleta

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