DanicaFreak
2021 Big Gator winner <Green Monster>
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They have wheel tethers that are supposed to prevent that, something about that impact sheared it off. I'm sure they will inspect it and make needed changes.question about the rogue wheel.
Is this something to worry about? As in will there be changes to prevent this in future?
TKs KKFThey have wheel tethers that are supposed to prevent that, something about that impact sheared it off. I'm sure they will inspect it and make needed changes.
I believe in some form yesTKs KKF
didnt know about wheel tethers,
Do sprints and midgets have these as well?
this is very true.Have you seen Indy this year? The road races have been awesome
I don't think it was disrespectful. I guess it's a matter of whether you like the guitar or not.Apparently people thought Jewel's national anthem was disrespectful? I thought it was beautiful and wonderfully done
I was thinking the same thing. Or worst, they'll hit the attenuator...They need a do not cross while racing painted line before pit road. Sooner or later they going hook up while snaking and blocking the draft just before the entrance to pit road and take the carnage to the pit crews.
With our kids when they were that young , I started them out on low budget Saturday nite local tracks. We usually would park on the fenceI'm thinking of going to Iowa and bringing my 2 year old son, but gosh Iowa in middle of the day in that July heat is a huge deterrent. I dunno how I would do and more importantly how he would do in that heat in his first race. But its been so long since I've been to an IndyCar race, I got the itch to go for sure.
Are tickets still $230 or is your 2 y/o such a big Ed Sheeran fan?I'm thinking of going to Iowa and bringing my 2 year old son, but gosh Iowa in middle of the day in that July heat is a huge deterrent. I dunno how I would do and more importantly how he would do in that heat in his first race. But its been so long since I've been to an IndyCar race, I got the itch to go for sure.
He actually prefers Kenny ChesneyAre tickets still $230 or is your 2 y/o such a big Ed Sheeran fan?
Good. It is like they are getting a second chance to get this right. The odds of the tire barely missing a grandstand launched from that part of the Speedway are slim.Roger Penske discusses flying tire at Indy 500 with Dallara executives: ‘We’ve got to fix that’
Roger Penske and Dallara executives discussed the tire that went flying over the catchfence during the Indy 500. "We've got to fix that," Penske said.www.yahoo.com
Seems like mixed messaging compared to the series statement that the tether didn’t fail. Or am I interpreting it wrong?Roger Penske discusses flying tire at Indy 500 with Dallara executives: ‘We’ve got to fix that’
Roger Penske and Dallara executives discussed the tire that went flying over the catchfence during the Indy 500. "We've got to fix that," Penske said.www.yahoo.com
We’re going to look at that, but I guess the shear (force) from when (Rosenqvist’s) car was sitting, (Kirkwood’s car) went over and just that shear force tore that tether. Because we have tethers on there, and I’ve never seen a wheel come off.
I think the high energy force sheared it off. I'm sure they will look into that.Seems like mixed messaging compared to the series statement that the tether didn’t fail. Or am I interpreting it wrong?
This is the most extreme still imagine I could find of the “dragon” on the final restart. At the very least they have to keep these guys above the dashed line.
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When you make moves like he did at Long Beach and Indy you have to be able to live with both the good (vs. Dixon) and the bad (vs. Kirkwood and Ericsson). You can’t just send it into a turn and think it’s always going to wind up your way out the other side.What a jerk. Threatening to put another driver into a wall… dude drives over his head, touched the dirt, barely controlling his car and yeah with less than 10 to go, the guy your racing does not want to leave the door open for you into a corner at the Indianapolis 500.
This is the same guy (pato) that dove-bombed Dixon out of contention earlier this year too.
Now its ok to say you will put another guy into the wall (while possibly racing at over 200+)?!
Pato, stick it!!!
Pato O'Ward on pinch from Marcus Ericsson: '(Next time) he'll make friends with the wall'
Pato O'Ward says even after giving Marcus Ericsson extra room, he was 'pinched' down the track, causing a wreck that ended O'Ward's Indy 500.www.indystar.com
Tbh, i looked at it as a racing deal when it took place. Its the indy 500 and both wanted/needed that track position…When you make moves like he did at Long Beach and Indy you have to be able to live with both the good (vs. Dixon) and the bad (vs. Kirkwood and Ericsson). You can’t just send it into a turn and think it’s always going to wind up your way out the other side.
I write it of as heat of the moment. These guys aren't children. I am sure he and Marcus will work it out and it will be fine. It's too dangerous to play games or make enemies in these cars.It just infuriates me that Pato is so easy to say he’d dump Marcus and “introduce him to the wall”
He's already got F1 attitude, meaning "I can do no wrong."I don't know, Pato is starting to come off as a little bit entitled to me.
Any given week, he's rolling out of the paddock in the best car on the grid, and it feels like he expects everybody to just part the seas for him.
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