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Doug Patterson
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Higginsville
Favorite Team/Driver
Andretti Green Racing / Hideki Mutoh
Favorite Track
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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? for road/street fans

Replied Aug. 26, 2009

? for road/street fans

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IndyCar Grand Prix at Sonoma Race Reactions

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A rainy day at the track is better than a sunny day at work!

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Doug at the scope You can read more about me and my adventures as a gambler and my experiences with remodeling my old farm house at these blogs:

Tall Tales from the Patterson Ranch
The Gambling Geek

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My JCCC Page

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Shutterbugs
A group for those who are dissatisfied by only seeing a race once. From novice to expert, this forum is for the exchange of pics, experiences, and experience among all those enjoy capturing the sport in 2D.
September 25, 2009
xorpheous replied to Joe's discussion '? for road/street fans'
TBA is right, if you want to know why the stands were so vacant, ask SMI and the SF residents. Mid-Ohio was packed, as were most of the other street and road courses. Sonoma this year, which typically is a snoozer, was pretty decent this year. St. P…
August 26, 2009
xorpheous replied to Joe's discussion '? for road/street fans'
What he said ^^^ Mid-Ohio was jam packed, and was a fantastic event.
August 25, 2009
xorpheous replied to IndyCar Garage's discussion 'IndyCar Grand Prix at Sonoma Race Reactions'
Versus is locked into some pretty fierce and hardball negotiations right now. They are likely asking more for a carriage fee now that they have some bigger sports products in their lineup, including IndyCar, but the sat companies aren't wanting to p…
August 24, 2009
xorpheous replied to Wilsonfan's discussion 'Things happening quickly?'
I would love to see JR in an IndyCar next year. As a driver, he's more than ready, but it takes more that driving talent these days to secure a ride. Time for the young Mr. Hildebrand to start working on his business skills and his salesmanship. You…
August 24, 2009
xorpheous replied to IndyCar Garage's discussion 'Mid-Ohio Race Reactions'
The first half of the race was fantastic! Wilson taking Briscoe in the Carousel, Milka being a blocker, Conway being Conway, and Tracy showing mas skillz and executing an excellent pass on Viso in Turn 4 made for very exciting viewing. Dixon certain…
August 15, 2009
Joe replied to xorpheous's discussion 'Panning Technique' in the group Shutterbugs
Some nice shots X. Bikes have got to be tough to shoot. How close were you for these shots? I find that it's usually easier to pan when I can get closer to the action and go with a shorter focal length, somewhere around 70mm is nice if you can get c…
August 4, 2009
xorpheous replied to xorpheous's discussion 'Panning Technique' in the group Shutterbugs
Tried at 400 today. Good tip! Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250) Aperture: f/13.0 Focal Length: 200 mm Focal Length: 201.6 mm ISO Speed: 400
August 1, 2009

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Regenerative Shocks

We've all heard of regenerative braking, but there's been a technology lurking about that could both aid a car's handling characteristics while recovering energy at the same time: the Power-Generating Shock Absorber. Recent news articles, like this one… Continue

Posted on February 3, 2009 at 1:06am —

xorpheous

2008 SCCA Runoffs

Heartland Park Topeka

I know the Runoffs happened two months ago, but this has been a very busy semester so please forgive the tardiness of this post. The 2008 SCCA Runoffs were held for the third, and last, time at Heartlan… Continue

Posted on December 17, 2008 at 2:21pm —

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2008 RedBull Indy GP - Race Day!

Fans in their rain gear


We watched the weather report on Sunday morning with great interest. On Saturday, the prediction had been for increasing clouds and thunderstorms, some heavy, through out the afternoon. They couldn't have been more wrong as Saturday was hot and sunny all day. So when we saw… Continue

Posted on September 18, 2008 at 8:31am —

xorpheous

2008 RedBull Indy GP - Saturday

Saturday started out slightly overcast, but rapidly became sunny and hot. With all the rain from Friday, it also became incredibly humid! We did run into the strangest sight of the weekend, two cars parked next to each other from completely opposite sides of the automotive design spectrum. We couldn't help but laugh at the scene.… Continue

Posted on September 16, 2008 at 1:22pm —

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2008 RedBull Indy GP - Friday



In a word. Ick. Here I refer to the weather, not the on-track action which was amazing. I never did make it to a Formula One race when the the USGP was at IMS, so this was my first time seeing the Speedway in its road course configuration. Looking at the track, the flow of the curves, and the transitions from inf… Continue

Posted on September 15, 2008 at 4:12pm —

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At 3:13pm on January 18, 2009, Gary said…
I'll be there
At 3:13pm on January 18, 2009, Gary said…
I'll be there
At 12:13pm on September 23, 2008, Tabatha Patterson said…
Yeah, but I still haven't gone back to downforce.
At 9:35am on September 11, 2008, Davisracing said…

At 7:13pm on August 31, 2008, IndyCar Garage said…
I'm planning on chatting during practice, quals and the race. There were some issues with the old chat feature that were out of my hands, I think this will provide the best of both worlds - a public message board and a private message feature.
At 7:07pm on August 7, 2008, Christy said…
Thanks... yeah I did...I will download them and put them on myspace probably tomorrow or Saturday... the camera is still in the van and it is raining out :)
At 8:36pm on August 5, 2008, Jim Huntington said…
Doug, FYI, Reggie, who posts on Indy Car Garage, has started a Ning site similar to ICG, dedicated exclusively to Danica. If you are of a mind, come on over and join us. Jim
http://www.godanica7.com/
At 2:31am on August 4, 2008, B-Dawg said…

At 12:22pm on July 30, 2008, Peggy Willenberg said…
Not at all, in fact that would be much appreciated. I looked at your page and notice you're at KU. Kansas is just about my favorite state. I think the Flint Hills area, including the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, has some of the most beautiful scenery in the US. My favorite place is Strong City. Oh, and I like Kansas Speedway too!
At 11:33am on July 30, 2008, Peggy Willenberg said…
Glad you like it! That picture was taken in Iowa, one of several tornadoes we saw that day. I don't know how "professional" we are, but we do forecast and chase storms for a living: http://www.twistersisters.com. My undergraduate degree was in Biochemistry but I went to graduate school for Meteorology. Check out our website, there are some pretty cool storms on there :-).

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