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[indycar-series]

ROUND 9: Road America

Some quick facts:

Location: Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin

Track type: Road Course

Track length: 4.048 miles (6.515 km)

Number of Turns: 14

Fun facts: One of the US's longest permanent road courses. The food is highly recommended by both teams and spectators.

Indycar Stats:

Defending winners: Scott Dixon (Race 1), Felix Rosenqvist (Race 2)

Past Winners: Hector Rebaque (1982), Mario Andretti (1983, 1984, 1987), Jacques-Joseph Villeneuve (1985), Emerson Fittipaldi (1986, 1988, 1992), Danny Sullivan (1989), Michael Andretti (1990, 1991, 1996), Paul Tracy (1993, 2000), Jacques Villeneuve (1994, 1995), Alex Zanardi (1997), Dario Franchitti (1998), Christian Fittipaldi (1999), Bruno Junqueira (2001, 2003), Christiano de Matta (2002), Alex Tagliani (2004), A.J. Allmendinger (2006), Sebastien Bourdais (2007), Will Power (2016), Scott Dixon (2017, 2020), Josef Newgarden (2018), Alexander Rossi (2019), Felix Rosenqvist (2020)

Year of first race: 1982

2021 Race:

Event name: REV Group Grand Prix of Road America

Duration: 55 laps/ 220.55 miles (354.94 km)

Dates: Friday June 18 - Sunday June 20, 2021

Weekend Schedule:

Practice 1: Friday 5:00 - 5:45 pm EDT (9:00 - 9:45 pm UTC)

Practice 2: Saturday 11:10 - 11:55 am EDT (3:10 - 3:55 pm UTC)

Qualifying Round 1 Group 1: Saturday 2:30 - 2:40 pm EDT (6:30 - 6:40 pm UTC)

Qualifying Round 1 Group 2: Saturday 2:50 - 3:00 pm EDT (6:50 - 7:00 pm UTC)

Qualifying Round 2: Saturday 3:10 - 3:20 pm EDT (7:10 - 7:20 pm UTC)

Firestone Fast 6: Saturday 3:30 - 3:40 pm EDT (7:30 - 7:40 pm UTC)

Final Practice: Saturday 5:30 - 6:00 pm EDT (9:30 - 10:00 pm UTC)

Race: Sunday 12:40 - 2:45 pm EDT (4:40 - 6:45 pm UTC)

Got any questions about Road America or Indycar in general? Send me an ask, and I'll get to you as soon as I can!

[jashasedai]

Tame AU- Asking Questions and Getting Answers

Asking Questions and Getting Answers

Alternate Universe- Tame Racing Drivers

Fandom- MotoGP, Indycar

In an AU where a secret species is used as Racing Drivers, sometimes Racing Drivers and their human matches have conflicts that are too big for them to solve by themselves.

Colin goes to visit to a little Racing Driver who is having a BIG problem.

Tags: MotoGP, Indycar, Colin Edwards, AU Tame Racing Drivers, Alternate Universe, Mentions of Racism

Asking Questions and Getting Answers

Haas Motorsport Compound- Post Season 2014

In some ways, Valentino had power that made Colin afraid.  He could call Ferrari and tell them he was walking into their stable in an hour and would be walking out with as much of their prime stock as he wanted.  He could arrange for Honda to divert funds into building a state of the art medical center, or a test track.

In some ways, Colin had things that made Valentino sick with envy.

He could walk into any grocery store in the world, wearing regular clothing and sunglasses, and walk out without being recognized, hounded, or groped.

He could travel to races where ever he liked, and no one asked him why.

He could meet people Valentino would never be allowed to lay eyes on.

He drove down to Haas headquarters in North Carolina and asked to be taken on a private tour.  He had Jake with him, and Mike, but no cameras, no publicity.  Tony Stewart wasn’t onsite, which Colin didn’t feel sorry about, he’d gone head to head with Smoke twice when Ratchet had been driving NASCAR, but Danica Patrick happened to be there.  She met them and invited them to see the informal part of the facility.

“Colin just loves lawn mowers,” Mike commented, slapping Colin on the back so hard he staggered.

It made Colin happy when he saw Danica’s eyes narrow at the demeaning nickname for young Racing Drivers.  It was a little test Ricky had taught him for determining who believed in Racer’s rights and who didn’t.  Apparently, Danica was on the same side as the Riders.

She took them down to the newly matched wing, anyway.

America matched early these days, Valentino had said.

Jake grunted when they walked into the mess hall.

Haas didn’t own a stable, just a team, but in addition to their team Drivers, they owned several dozen prospective team members.  These lived at the GMC stable most of the time, but were sent to Haas for off season training.

It was easy to find the Racing Driver Colin had come here to see.

He had his mother’s smile.  The same wicked grin she leveled at the Riders who thought because she was a small class champion, she did not know how to be responsible for a herd.

No one made that mistake about Winter Spark twice.

[Hello, what is your name?] He sat down at a table next to a foal with fluffy brown hair.

[Ferret, what is yours?] The foal answered, one handed, pushing food onto his spoon at the edge of his tray.  He put the overcooked greens into his mouth and then looked up.

[My name is Colin, I work with deaf Racing Drivers.]

Danica must be onto him by now.  A glance told him she wasn’t going to interfere.

[That is cool,] Nodded Ferret.

[I do not just work with deaf Racing Drivers, sometimes I help Racing Drivers who are having a hard time making good times,] He said, watching the young stallion push another bite of food into his mouth.

Ferret turned and put his left elbow on the table, chewing and considering Colin.  [Can you help a Racing Driver if he is confused?]

[What are you confused about?]

His elbow dropped off the table and his turned, hanging his head over the tray, with a sad expression.  [I think there is something wrong with my match.]

That could mean almost anything.  Colin waited.

There was a long wait, and nothing more was said, so he asked, [What do you think is wrong?]

Ferret pinched his lips together in the Racer gesture for confusion and disgust.  It didn’t mean a word, it meant a feeling, the gesture equivalent of a human watching someone pick up and eat a live spider.

[Santino is not always kind to the other Racing Drivers.  He got very angry at Kembar, and said he should not be the color that he is.]

Colin had no idea who’s Racing Driver’s name was Kembar.  [Why, what color is Kembar?]  Red, probably, that color affinity tended to draw ire, sometimes on reputation alone.

Ferret made the confused face again.  [Brown.]

That was ridiculous, only baby Racing Drivers wore brown.  It wasn’t even a color affinity.

Colin’s stomach dropped.

Some idiot had matched Rasoio’s son with a racist.

And now Ferret hoped Colin was equipped to help him.

To change Santino’s mind.

Colin turned around.  Mike and Jake were wide eyed.  Danica looked like she’d run into this problem before.

“Do you think you can help?” She asked in a tired voice.

“Take on white supremacy single handed?” Colin said.  “I think if it were that easy it would be taken care of already.”

“Not everyone who is...like that...is a match.  Racing Drivers can have a big influence.”

“Bigger than society?” Colin asked.  “Why did you match him to someone like that in the first place?”

“It’s not alway apparent with 13 year olds.”  She put her hands on her hips.  “Besides,” She waved a hand to indicate Ferret.

He was fast.

Of course he was.

He had a career ahead of him.  The company wasn’t going to waste that profit.

“I can teach his boy how to ride, that’s hardly going to make him accept all mankind as equals.”  Colin threw up his hands.

[You cannot help,] Ferret said, lowering his eyes.  [There is something wrong with him, and you cannot help him.]

He looked so much like Rasoio when he was sad.  

[I will try,] Colin said.

Mike snorted.  “Anyway, this one’s a cake walk.”

The other humans looked at him in confusion.

[Hello, colt!] Mike gestured to get Ferret’s attention.  [Where is Kembar from?]

How was Ferret supposed to know the names of countries?

“Sean is Indonesian,” Danica started.

[Kembar was born at the Redbull stable,] Ferret answered promptly.  

Oh.

“See,” Mike said, “With Racers, it’s all a matter of perspective.”