For anyone who was watching the rather tight qualifying for the Indy 500 yesterday, there was uttered what could go down as one of the most interesting quotes in racing history.
Rinius Veekay lost the pole to Alex Palou by .006 mph!!! (234.211 mph to 234.217 mph)
Obviously this means even the tiniest thing could have changed that outcome. Even a few ounces of weight could have made the difference, so in the after the race interview, Veekay noted (quite correctly potentially) that he may have lost the pole because he had a big lunch, and "should have taken a dump". This of course was on air, and of course, no one commented on it!
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/us-sport/indy-500-star-toilet-break-30044186
(this could probably be in the Indy thread, but I thought it might be a bit derailing!)
FYI, I just ran the numbers, after the 4 laps/10 miles of qualifying, the on-track difference between Palou and Veekay was about 16 inches at 234+ mph!
If someone does take a position (seated or otherwise) on this I would like to see the math they use to calculate the . . . outcome.
If it was on the larger side of dookies, it would be maybe 3 lbs?
use the nelsons "adding lightness" math to figure out how much power/time that the 3lbs would have provided.
poop.
I still think the best racecar driver quote was Danny Ric.
"I'm tripping major nutsack right now"
Tazio Nulovarri, when asked why he jumped from his burning race car while it was still going over 100mph...
"Better to be splattered on a billboard, than roasted like a chicken."
wvumtnbkr said:
I still think the best racecar driver quote was Danny Ric.
"I'm tripping major nutsack right now"
I still love Martin Brundle asking what Kimi thought of a pre-race presentation by Pele and would he get over it. And he laughs and says, "Yea....I was having a E36 M3."
Kimi has lots of great quotes. He has sooo many that they have sort of lost their impact. You just expect him to say something frank. Kimi is hilarious!
Marcus Gronholm's co-driver takes a rock to the...well, just give it a watch:
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TJL (Forum Supporter) said:
If it was on the larger side of dookies, it would be maybe 3 lbs?
use the nelsons "adding lightness" math to figure out how much power/time that the 3lbs would have provided.
I guess it depends on how much margin he had over minimum weight.
j_tso
Dork
5/22/23 4:41 p.m.
somewhat related, in 2009 All Nippon Airways asked passengers to pee before flying to save fuel and cut emissions
jmabarone said:
Marcus Gronholm's co-driver takes a rock to the...well, just give it a watch:
Watch | Facebook
didn't see an explanation in the description, but during that rally the organizers used concrete rebar with tape to close off side roads on the stage. One of them fell, got wrapped in the car's wheels, and it penetrated all the way through the seat. Timo said it didn't go through him but broke 2 bones down there.
wvumtnbkr said:
Kimi has lots of great quotes. He has sooo many that they have sort of lost their impact. You just expect him to say something frank. Kimi is hilarious!
"Leave me alone, I know what I'm doing."
You always mention the sponsor, right? So when some annoying guy with a microphone asked a very frustrated Emerson Fittipaldi why his practice times kind of sucked, he said, "Because my Goodyear tires all day is E36M3!"
TJL (Forum Supporter) said:
If it was on the larger side of dookies, it would be maybe 3 lbs?
Picture what three pounds of food is by volume....
If I had to take a dump that badly, I'd have been driving FASTER 
Yeah, 3 lbs is over-estimating things. In high school, there was a 300 lb scale with 1/4 lb graduations in our locker room, and it was calibrated and certified for accuracy. There was a big wrestling tournament held annually at our school, so they made sure th scale was accurate. One of my buddies thought it would be interesting to not take a dump for as long as he could, just to see how heavy a turd he could produce. He made it three days and since we had PE the first period, he came running into the locker room desperate to relieve the pressure. My pal did take long enough to weigh himself before diving into the toilet stall.
We all stood around while he evacuated his bowels, and being high school boys, we thought it was hilarious to hear him making all sorts of animal noises. We all thought it was at least 3 or 4 lbs, but when he finished, he hopped back on the scale and he had lost exactly 1 lb.
It was really a let down.
"My car was just all ate up with motor!"
"King Hiro" has always brought fond memories.
