Auto racing 2011

[cassiesmom]

Very cool little piece of info from Indycar....

One of the rookies has diabetes. He controls it with an implanted blood sugar monitor. The data from the monitor is displayed on his steering wheel. VERY neat use of technology. If his sugar gets low, he takes a drink.

Wow, I wonder how the display gets the information. Is it attached to the wheel somehow? Or some kind of a chip? Does he have to go to the pit for fluids, or is there some sort of a super-high tech Indy car cup holder? I'm just wondering how he would take a sip going 200 miles per hour. That is very neat use of technology.

I saw on the Indianapolis 500 Web site that you can drive your own car for a lap on the speedway! How cool would that be?! My mom, dad and I went there for the tour, and you can take a lap around the track in a bus. They show you the starting line, the grandstands, the infield, the pits, and they give loads of neat information and facts about the Indy 500, cars, technology, and how the Indy 500 races have contributed to the safety of cars and drivers over the years. My dad absolutely ate it up!

[pomtzu]

Any bets on if they get the NASCAR race going today? Sure doesn't look too promising weather-wise right now. I'm about 10 miles NW of the track, and it's damp and foggy and looks like it could rain at any minute. Showers and t'storms forecast for this afternoon. I'm surprised they got yesterday's race in - with it's slam-bang ending too! Son and DIL are headed down to Dover, with the rain gear packed. I'll watch it from the comfort of my dry house - if they do race!

[Cincy'sMom]

Any bets on if they get the NASCAR race going today? Sure doesn't look too promising weather-wise right now. I'm about 10 miles NW of the track, and it's damp and foggy and looks like it could rain at any minute. Showers and t'storms forecast for this afternoon. I'm surprised they got yesterday's race in - with it's slam-bang ending too! Son and DIL are headed down to Dover, with the rain gear packed. I'll watch it from the comfort of my dry house - if they do race!

That was an interesting finish yesterday. Wow!

Don't know about today. I was thinking about going to the ARCA race here in Toledo today, but it has been raining non-stop since about 6 am. It would be nice if the waether would cooperate either here or in Delaware so that I can see some racing somehow!

[pomtzu]

That was an interesting finish yesterday. Wow!

Don't know about today. I was thinking about going to the ARCA race here in Toledo today, but it has been raining non-stop since about 6 am. It would be nice if the waether would cooperate either here or in Delaware so that I can see some racing somehow!

Okay - looks like we'll be racing afterall, Amy. The sun is trying to come out - for now anyway. I wonder if Kyle and Kevin will behave themselves???

[Asiel]

Okay - looks like we'll be racing afterall, Amy. The sun is trying to come out - for now anyway. I wonder if Kyle and Kevin will behave themselves???

We have nothing like that here. We have the horse races so just the track every Wed. and Sat. nights. Probably too cold for car races here anyway. Last week we had two days of 26 and today we're back to -2 when we got up...it's gone up to 6 degrees but with a gusty north wind so it might as well be winter again.

[aTailOf2Kitties]

I thought Mark Martin really was a "crazy old man" for not taking any tires, glad it worked out for him. Great run by Marcos Ambrose too!

[pomtzu]

I thought Mark Martin really was a "crazy old man" for not taking any tires, glad it worked out for him. Great run by Marcos Ambrose too!

I'm just thankful that it wasn't another Jimmy Johnson win!

[Lady's Human]

Wow, I wonder how the display gets the information. Is it attached to the wheel somehow? Or some kind of a chip? Does he have to go to the pit for fluids, or is there some sort of a super-high tech Indy car cup holder? I'm just wondering how he would take a sip going 200 miles per hour. That is very neat use of technology.

Most drivers have fluids of some sort in the car with them (However, gone are the days of the allison boys with a cooler full of coke in the car)

Charlie Kimball (the driver who has diabetes) has a continuous glucose monitor which sends the blood sugar info to the display on his steering wheel through rf.