2025 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500

Doc Austin said:
That could be a problem. The Frances maybe.
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That could be a possibility in the future along with many others. The reality is that either they will pry his cold dead hands away from the series or he has already named his successor(s) when he does pass. There is no way anybody but Roger Penske that will make that decision, not a few whiney fans, not team owners, and not the media looking for click bait. Penske owns the racetrack and the series outright.
 
rd45usa said:
The one name I have not heard mentioned is Kyle Novak, the head of tech inspection. Strange.
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Novak is race control. Tech inspection is Rocket Blanch. I’m not too big on Kyle myself, but it’s usually a good thing when you don’t hear too much of him - which has, fortunately, been the case so far this season.
 
Doc Austin said:
This was so unsettling it took a few days for me to come up with something to say. I've admired Penske for decades, and I'm convinced he had no idea this was going on.

I think Roger really needs to divest himself from either the speedway and series or sell his team. That complete eliminates any possibility of any conflict of interest. Anything less and people will still complain about it.

Be honest with ourselves that we all knew something like this (though not necessarily cheating) was going to happen eventually. The filler thing is silly because it probably didn't help much, but after the PTP scandal that's all it took to blow the whole thing up.

Notice I didn't blame anyone because I think the villains are obvious. I just think it's sad.
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I said this last year, but Roger should be left to head up IMS and leave the series operations to his son Greg. It’s what the teams had increasingly been hoping for anyways.
 
FLRacingFan said:
I said this last year, but Roger should be left to head up IMS and leave the series operations to his son Greg. It’s what the teams had increasingly been hoping for anyways.
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The conflict of interest would still be there. People aren't going to forget this.
 
FLRacingFan said:
Novak is race control. Tech inspection is Rocket Blanch. I’m not too big on Kyle myself, but it’s usually a good thing when you don’t hear too much of him - which has, fortunately, been the case so far this season.
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I read Rocket reports to Kyle.
 
StandOnIt said:
They are going to have to make him sell everything if he keeps doing that. 😁
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If I were ever going to lose my job over an illegal part I would at least want the part to have had a valuable effect on the performance of the car. This one doesn’t seem to be doing that 😃
 
The Indy 500, a multi-week festival of speed with tons of racing and on track action, televised for the world to see.

Speedweeks at Daytona, a few days of on track activity, with a significant fraction of it not televised or streamed at all.
 
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The winning wiener failed post race inspection. It was leaking mustard on the track.
 
Nitro Dude said:
Penske must have left the illegal part on the cars for carb day. 😃
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The Penske cars have been rockets all month and a different attenuator wasn’t going to change that, regardless of the legality.

Plus, Homelander is pissed off and even more determined than usual. I wouldn’t be surprised at this point if he becomes both the first ever to win three 500s in a row and the first ever to win from the back row. He and Power will be very fun to watch move through the field on race day.
 
Nitro Dude said:
If I were ever going to lose my job over an illegal part I would at least want the part to have had a valuable effect on the performance of the car. This one doesn’t seem to be doing that 😃
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Could you imagine if they had stuck a nitrous bottle in there? Off with his head lol. Doesn't matter, it's still tough to compete with an unlimited funded organization even with spec limitations.
 
What another crappy year for Graham Rahal. Not running good and then blowing a motor on carb day. At least his company GRP is doing very well.
 
Hard to pick a clear favorite because there is no one in the top 10 or maybe even 15 I can't say won't win. Lots of fast cars in the back too. Palou has the edge just based off momentum, but there was so much attrition yesterday even that can't be sure.
 
So far FOX is doing a great job, but for the life of me, I cannot figure out how Chris Myers got this gig over Curt Menefee Rob Stone and Greg Gutfeld
Myers is absolute trash and he doesn’t even like IndyCar
 
nickp said:
So far FOX is doing a great job, but for the life of me, I cannot figure out how Chris Myers got this gig over Curt Menefee Rob Stone and Greg Gutfeld
Myers is absolute trash and he doesn’t even like IndyCar
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NASCAR is a joke to FOX and NASCAR should really terminate their contract.
 
HoneyBadger said:
The Indy 500, a multi-week festival of speed with tons of racing and on track action, televised for the world to see.

Speedweeks at Daytona, a few days of on track activity, with a significant fraction of it not televised or streamed at all.
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There's no point in more practice at Daytona though. They know they'll spend the entire race in a pack.
 
donthaveanickname said:
There's no point in more practice at Daytona though. They know they'll spend the entire race in a pack.
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NASCAR and the RTA finished Speedweeks off. The buildup and anticipation is gone.

But even before COVID, FOX had dramatically scaled back Daytona 500 coverage.

FOX only wants NASCAR as a bridge between NFL and MLB. That’s why, when baseball season starts, everything moves to FS1.

That said, NASCAR needs to bring back three day race weekends.
 
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