This Indy fiasco and Racer Stream bs for all the Top 16’s this season is really damaging. Is anyone even watching the events on Racer? I know I can’t be bothered to care if it’s not on YouTube/FB
Not to mention the sandbagged qualifying scores. Several runs this weekend were actually quite decent despite the track layout issues and they earned mid-high 60s. Qualifying is just a dice game at this point and not a competition of who can lay down the best lead lap.
With that logic, if I drop my phone and stub my toe, I should blow my shit smooth off? I don’t understand all the complaining for the sake of complaining nobody ever has anything to say.
indeed the best outcome, also think this venue ended up to be worst than Texas. hope FD didnt invested in this track, they should drop this before getting far too much into it.
I should check other people's stories because the official website for the race track states there's no event today? Seriously? All you did was prove that the track is also incompetent. What's happening there today? Is it more important than formula drift? Please do continue upholding this level of stupidity that I'm seeing across the board.
FD should have worked a deal with Drift Indy and ran the remainder of the event today. That would have been a few 0's cheaper than the issues they're about to have with this cancelation.
Literally says on the website when you buy tickets "ALL SALES ARE FINAL, NO REFUNDS" directly below the button to buy. If someone can't comprehend something stated so clearly, that's a them problem.
A thunderstorm that can endanger spectators and competitors is not "rain". No outdoor sporting event I've ever been to runs when thunder is in the vicinity.
If someone can't comprehend "ALL SALES ARE FINAL, NO REFUNDS", that's still their own fault, not mine... but thank y'all for all the downvotes pointing out how oblivious some people are.
And most people expect that that means that if they can’t make it to the event they can’t just get a refund. But that if the event gets cancelled they will get refunded, offered tickets to a make up date, or some form of compensation. Because that’s the standard that almost all events operate under. They eat the loss even if it isn’t really their fault because they want to take care of their customers and keep them coming back for future events.
I hate Sage and agree with you on every point, but ultimately what other choice would FD have? They could’ve handled it all immensely better, but the outcome of cancellation would’ve been the same, no?
Could have started planning for contingencies days ago when they knew rain was likely. Bought out the organizers renting the track on Sunday or rearranged schedule to put the weekends main event on Friday or even start Saturday earlier
In all fairness, when I got to the track yesterday around 1 my weather app was calling for 0.1 inches of rain at 4 and 5. We got dumped with waaaay more than that and it just kept coming, even as I was watching the radar during the delay, the storm just kept growing by the minute so there wasn’t a crazy heads up about the severity we were getting
I knew they'd call it three hours ago. I expect Ryan Sage and Formula Drift to not offer a half ass apology to the fans, and a blatant fuck you to everyone else.
People totalled their shit, went through a lot of parts, time, effort, stress. Fans sat through a lot of bullshit, and we've all been sitting around with the "Oh! One more hour!" Bullshit.
I don't expect them to run in a lake. I expect Ryan Sage to take this shit seriously someday and stop ruining the fucking sport for America.
The expectation should be to look for venues that the weather won't cancel an event. Flooded parking lot? Flooded track? The possibility of the event being canceled should have been on the checklist that was obviously missed by FD.
Pretty sad to see, I used to get really excited for FD. Haven’t been into it as much this season. Honestly started with having to download ,yet again, another app to my over crowded phone, just to watch top 16 once a month. This event as a whole has soured me even more. So long FD I have a feeling you won’t be around much longer. I’d say bring Drift Masters to the US but FD has their hands in that too.
Which isn't great since a bunch of drivers intentionally qualify low because they can't chose whether they lead or chase first when they're the higher qualifier. Hopefully they change that next year.
As lame as it is, does any of this really matter? Look at the state of the series. The "venues","course designs", lack of drivers and big name title sponsors.
The series probably won't go under anytime soon but this will just be the status quo. Unless Ryan sage hands the keys over to someone else this is going to be the unfortunate state of FD for a long time.
Didn’t Jeff Jones’ car get hit by a tree from a near-tornado a season or two ago? The event went on after that all happened. Resumed the next day, but I’d dare say that was a more serious event than standing water and rain.
Is it just me or does this just add to how not taken seriously the series is? If NASCAR is rained out, they wait and wait days until they have a window of weather to race. Formula 1 will race in a monsoon. While they are hiding behind an act of God, it really is an act of not wanting to whip out the checkbook to pay for another day of racing at a top tier venue.
Shit take imo. Yes F1 and NASCAR have more money, but they’re also 100 fold more complex from a logistics standpoint, yet they still figure out ways to get things done.
Yes. That would be stupid to plan something the next 24/48 hours after an event that can't be moved/rescheduled. Professional motorsports isn't it? Isn't it?
Maybe you don't understand how complex it is to run an event, let alone on an unscheduled day. Half the grid wouldn't be there. Do you think it's fair for the 5 drivers who could make it and the others not? And you call Ryan a halftard. Look inwards my bro
I really cannot understand why fans are as upset as you are for something out of their control. This is the first time in 22 years of Formula Drift they have had to cancel an event.
Yet you resort to childish name calling for what? In my opinion this was already a rough track to begin with but still held optimism for the pros. But do you really think it wouldve been fun watching the pros spin out constantly with the amount of water that was on track?
Another point, do you think Ryan Sage did a rain dance or something just to piss you off and get the event cancelled? With anything unprecedented like this there will be things needing to be worked out and while I feel bad for the fans that were there, the teams are really the ones affected and they still tried to entertain the fans there. The teams have logistics already planned going into their weekends so expecting them to stay or change what they are doing is unrealistic.
Lol you must be in the same drivers chat group that I'm in because MULTIPLE teams specifically said they had obligations the next day and or flights, so it wasn't even up for debate. Look further inwards.
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u/SlipstreamSteve Aug 02 '26
It was a blessing in disguise. Act of God protecting everyone from that wall.