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Folks! We’ve got a new opening for a data analyst at @ArrowMcLaren! We’re working on many new and exciting things around performance and strategy research, and building out awesome #dataviz tooling to support our trackside engineering team. Check it out! racingcareers.mclaren.com/o/…
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We saw some spectacular racing in last week's #PPG375 at Texas, but were deprived of what might have been a finish for the ages. On the 2 laps prior to the yellow that ended the race, @PatricioOWard beat @josefnewgarden to the line by less than 15 thousandths of a second #INDYCAR
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Bit of an announcement on my end ahead of today’s #GPSTPETE: as some of you may be aware, I’ve joined Arrow McLaren as Data & Strategy lead.
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As for the future of this account, I remain as bullish as ever about the power of data-heavy content in telling the on-track stories around #INDYCAR. While the shape or cadence of it may evolve somewhat, I plan to keep Rows of Three going to the extent possible.
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Enjoy the race today, folks, and say hey if you see me around the paddock.
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Is this thing still on…? Say hello to the Rows of Three Instagram account: instagram.com/rowsofthree_in… #birdgram
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Last one of these of the year: lap time distributions by tire compound in the #INDYCAR finale at Laguna Seca. While most drivers turned their best laps on reds, high tire deg due to a rough track surface meant most saw more consistency on the firmer black @FirestoneRacing tires.
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The @IndyCaronNBC team talked about high tire deg due to a rough track surface at Laguna Seca, and the numbers bear it out. Drop off over a stint was significant on both tire compounds, but was especially high on reds, which saw an avg time increase of ~0.3s/lap after ~12 laps.
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Laguna Seca produced possibly the most dominant performance we saw all season. @AlexPalou owned almost every section of the track: straights, corners, everything. Palou's fastest *50 laps* were faster than runner-up Newgarden's by 0.55s on avg. That's per lap. Wild. #INDYCAR
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The day surely belonged to @12WillPower and @Team_Penske for securing an extremely hard fought championship with his 3rd place finish. But that makes it so easy to overlook the strikingly impressive day that Palou had. Quite a way to cap the season for the 10 team.
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Have a look at the difference between @smclaughlin93 and @scottdixon9's days in Portland. Both finished up front--McLaughlin earned a dominant win, and Dixon notched a critical podium coming home P3--but their journeys couldn't have looked much different. #INDYCAR | #PortlandGP
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While the day surely belonged to McLaughlin, Dixon's result was particularly critical to keep him within striking distance of championship leader @12WillPower heading into the final weekend of the season.
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In the 7 laps after the lap 158 restart, @josefnewgarden passed: Scott Dixon, Alex Palou, Scott McLaughlin, Marcus Ericsson, Will Power, & Pato O'Ward. A great strategic call from the #2 team to pit for tires during the preceding yellow, and a short oval clinic from JNew himself.
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Look at the work that @malukasdavid did to seal his podium finish in St. Louis. He made his way around @PatricioOWard and onto @smclaughlin93's gearbox over the last 35 laps of the race, setting up an impressive last lap move around the outside of McLaughlin for P2. #INDYCAR
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Take a look at the tremendous drop in pace that @12WillPower experienced when his gearbox malfunctioned after being rear-ended in a multi-car incident. It was clear why he lost pace, but it's particularly striking when you look into the data. #MusicCityGP | #INDYCAR
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Also, as a reminder, if you're into these kinds of segment heat maps, head over to rowsofthree.com where you can play with the interactive versions yourself. The Will Power maps in this Tweet are pulled directly from the viz on the site: rowsofthree.com/events/indyc…
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Rounding out your weekly diet of tire-related content, here are each driver's lap time distributions. The big takeaway here? Just how few teams opted to turn more than a handful of laps on the new @FirestoneRacing green tires. #MusicCityGP | #INDYCAR
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Curious how the new alternate green tires held up this past at the #MusicCityGP? The data is muddied a bit by frequent yellows, but they showed pretty minimal pace drop-off over the course of the stint. Still, they were generally 0.1-0.2s slower per lap than blacks, on average.
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The more interesting thing about this plot might be the fact that you can really see the effect that a yellow-heavy race has on the shape of a stint. Frequent yellows meant many stints began on a restart, leading to slow initial laps on both tire compounds. #INDYCAR
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