Chapter 1447 Crazy Indy Car

Yang Cheng roughly read the interview outline sent by the editor of the Times, and there was nothing new about it. There were many clichéd questions, and a few few questions were new, but they really didn't interest him.

After thinking about it, he replied to Eddie's email and declined the interview, but he suggested in the email that the interviewee should be replaced by Riz Khan, or that Eddie himself could do it. Boss, maybe people are more interested in the new age media and the actual managers of the four-dimensional space?

In the evening, when the twilight was dark, after the three members of the Yang family enjoyed the authentic Chinese food cooked by the chef, Liu Yun suddenly said, "I heard from some Chinese friends today that the terracotta warriors will be exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum?"

Yang Cheng drank the red wine after dinner, hummed, "When I went downstairs today, I happened to see a promotional poster of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses hanging on the outer wall of the Metropolis. It is said that there are also a batch of precious Qin and Han period The cultural relics will be exhibited together at that time."

Yang Sen was in a good mood today. He drank several times more during meals, and he was a little tipsy at the moment, "Would you like to see it? Speaking of which, we haven't seen it with our own eyes."

Liu Yun was also very interested. When Yang Cheng traveled to Xi'an in his previous life, he often took pictures on Pit No. 1, but in this life, he has never seen the most splendid treasure in the history and culture of country Z.

"Let's go, then? Let Old John buy the tickets."

"What's the hurry, there's still some time left before the curtain."

"Is there a basketball game tonight?" Yang Sen asked the servant to turn on the TV and asked.

Yang Cheng shook her head, "Tomorrow night~"

Old John rarely interjected, "Today is the qualifying race for the Indy 500, and I recorded the entire race video."

When Liu Yun heard this, she immediately shook her head, "Race racing? Not interested, you two, go and see, Old John can help me make an appointment for a beauty spa~"

Old John bowed and smiled, "Okay ma'am, the beautician will appear in front of you within an hour."

After Liu Yun thanked her with a smile, she walked slowly to the massage room. Before the massage, she had to take a nice bath and then take a sauna. After a set of procedures, one hour may not be enough.

Women, especially non-white women, will never be as interested in racing as beauty shopping, but for men, racing will always be the most exciting and adrenaline-inducing sport.

Especially the crazy Indy 500 race where only the brave deserve to be on the track.

Although Yang Sen and Yang Cheng are not fanatics,

But now that I've heard it, I'll regret it if I don't take a look.

Yang Cheng immediately asked the servants to put beer and various snacks on the leather coffee table. Watching the game without food and beer is more regrettable than missing the game.

In fact, for real racing fans, this time of year is like Christmas, a carnival, a carnival for men!

During this super race month, several world-renowned races are held in different corners of the globe - Formula 1's Monaco Grand Prix, GT racing's annual Nürburgring 24 Hours, motorcycle world's exciting and terrifying Manchester United. Island TT, located in Charlotte, USA, the longest NASCAR sub-station in the whole season-the Coca-Cola 600-mile race. . .

Of course, in this series of events, the most eye-catching, or the "highlight" that makes Americans crazy, is undoubtedly the 100th Indy 500 held by the most historic American Indy.

Every May, in the outskirts of Indianapolis in the Great Lakes region of the United States, hundreds of thousands of people gather to watch the famous motor sports event, and many world-class drivers will also show their skills in front of the full audience, competing with speed and passion Compete.

This is the thrilling indy500 that makes countless people excited!

indy500 is the most important race in the indycar series, not only because it is the only race with double points except the final race, but also because there are tens of millions of dollars in prize money for a single race here , but also because of the long history and profound tradition here.

This is the longest continuous motor sports event in the world. It can even be said that the entire indycar series revolves around the indy500.

What is indy500? The full English name is indianapolis 500 mile race, and the Chinese translation is the Indianapolis 500 mile race. As one of the famous "three grand slams" in global motorsports, it is as famous as the F1 Monaco Grand Prix and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Throughout the past and present, there is only one driver who can embrace the three Grand Slam trophies at the same time, the famous F1 championship driver Graham Hill.

The Indy 500 race was born after its main track ims was built. This ancient track was built in 1909. It was originally built as a track for testing cars. It is precisely because of this purpose, As a result, the construction was not too distracting, so that at the beginning, ims was nicknamed "Brickyard", because the early track was built with 3 million large bricks.

Later, with the upsurge of the race, the track was extensively remodeled, and the runway was also paved with asphalt, but the start and finish line still retained bricks about 90 cm wide.

People who are not familiar with Indy racing may not know much about the IMS track, or even heard of it, but when it comes to the oval track, even those who are not familiar with this crazy motorsport, I am afraid that they have heard of it. It is 2.5 miles long and is the American The largest of the many oval tracks.

It is said to be an oval track, but in fact it is more rectangular in shape, with right-angled corners, an inclination angle of more than 9 degrees, and a corner length of 0.25 miles, about 400 meters.

The start and back straights are 0.625 miles (1006 meters) long, and the two shorter straights are 0.125 miles (201 meters) long.

Because of the existence of these straight lines, the Indy car can achieve an astonishing speed far exceeding that of the F1 car. The higher the speed, the greater the danger. This is the biggest charm of the Indy car.

In addition, ims is also the largest single sports venue in the world, with 250,000 fixed seats. On a match day, including the infield, it can accommodate 400,000 people to watch the game at the same time, which is equivalent to five bird's nests.

Thinking of this scale, it is enough to make people's blood boil.

The Indy 500, which is the same age as the Revolution of 1911, has a history of 105 years, but this year is its 100th special event. Due to the impact of the two world wars, it was suspended for several years.

As the most important event of the year, with the addition of centuries-old feelings, this year's Indy 500 may become a carnival in the United States.

The fact is also true, this year's Indy 500 event, the entire schedule will last for more than two weeks, between practice, qualifying and the final finals, there will be many rallies interspersed.

The final will be held at the ims oval track on the last weekend of May.

Old John called up the video recorded today, and waves of frenzied sound came from the TV speakers, and the live broadcaster had been recording since early in the morning.

Countless crazy car fans can be seen cheering outside the track in pairs. The camera glanced at a few red noses. It is estimated that they have been rinsing their mouths with beer since they woke up in the morning.

The camera then shifts to the center of the carnival, where the organizers have parked an open-wheel race car, which is where IndyCar comes from.

The main difference between the Indy car and other open-wheel cars lies in the weight, size and engine specification of the car body. The engine displacement of the Indy car is small, the body is large, and the weight is heavy, but the speed is no less than other types of cars.

Therefore, in the Indy track, the competition process is more intense, not only has higher requirements for the skills and courage of the drivers, but also competitions at the technical level of the racing cars of the major teams are also indispensable.

Of course, compared with F1's more safety-oriented cars, Indy cars are much rougher, at least on the surface.

Old John said, "According to official statistics, the number of spectators who attended the qualifying match today reached 350,000. By the finals next week, it is expected to reach the saturated figure of 400,000."

Yang Cheng clicked his tongue, a gathering of 400,000 people, any little thing may trigger a riot.

But this number should set a new Guinness record for the sports event with the largest number of spectators in a single day in the world.

With such attention, there will naturally be countless sponsors flocking to it, which indirectly increases the income of the event organizers, and the amount of prize money for the participating drivers is also more considerable.

The winner of the championship will have a bonus of at least 2 million US dollars, the runner-up will have more than 1 million US dollars, and the third runner-up 5 will have at least 500,000. This is just the number of bonuses for this single event, from the game scene to the number of viewers, and then to the final bonus number. All make people crazy!

Having just personally experienced the frenzy of the F1 Monaco Grand Prix, and watching the Indy 500, Yang Cheng found that there is still a considerable gap between the fanaticism of Europeans and Americans.

If you have to use language to make a comparison, the F1 Monaco Grand Prix is ​​more like a show for the rich. After all, ordinary people simply cannot enjoy the luxury of Monaco.

The Indy 500 is undoubtedly more friendly to the people. As long as you have a fanatical heart, you can join this carnival. There is no red wine, no exquisite desserts, and no expensive seafood dinners. Sausages, hamburgers, hot dogs, the direct enjoyment brought by these civilian delicacies, of course, the excitement of the violent collision of racing cars is indispensable in the end!

Even through the screen, Yang Cheng could feel the liveliness of the scene.

Old John said that today the organizer held a special racing themed parade. A total of 150,000 people participated in the parade. Even the 9,000 seats for the parade were sold out as soon as the tickets were released.

The ensuing qualifying round brought today's carnival atmosphere to GC. Yang Cheng had never seen what it was like hundreds of thousands of people shouting and screaming at the same time.

In his opinion, the cheering of up to 100,000 people in the Super Bowl is enough to make one's scalp tingle. Nearly 400,000 people, oh my god, it's unimaginable.

When the racing cars whizzed by in front of the spectators, several white aunts directly took off their clothes and used their feng shuang to pay respect to the drivers.

The intensity of the qualifying round is far less than that of the finals. After all, this is just a qualifying round, but from the perspective of warming up, the effect is good enough.

At least all the eyes of the United States have been gathered in Indianapolis. Even the boxing champions who will compete for the hegemony at the end of the month cannot resist the charm of motorsports.

Infected by this fanatical atmosphere, Yang Cheng felt itchy in his heart, and had the urge to fly to Indianapolis immediately.

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