2013 Indy 500 - Pole Day Discussion

[KevinWI]

lol Brad Keselowski and Jimmy Johnson tweeting about Indy 500 qualifying.

 

[HoneyBadger]

Holy ****, are you kidding me? NBC Sports Network leaving the Fast Nine Shootout for Preakness post-race show?

I guess all five people watching CNBC or MSNBC will be pissed off if they dump their taped programming to air Preakness BS on there. This is bull.

 

[KevinWI]

racecontrol.indycar.com isn't working for me. I guess their servers can't handle the load of the entire NBC audience going there simultaneously. Thanks NBC.

 

[KevinWI]

Mayor of Hinchtown out now, according to the timing chart. Still no video on racecontrol.indycar.com

 

[HoneyBadger]

The live stream is just a blank screen on my end.

 

[KevinWI]

Same here. Now it says "offline".

Thankfully I have a good imagination so I can imagine the cars going around the track!

 

[FLRacingFan]

lol Brad Keselowski and Jimmy Johnson tweeting about Indy 500 qualifying.

Sounds like Kez doesn't like the coverage either.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Race Control is also blank on my end. Neat-o.

 

[KevinWI]

I have video, finally.

 

[HoneyBadger]

VIDEO

 

[KevinWI]

Viso up next in the Andretti Chevrolet.

I met EJ at the Milwaukee IndyFest last year. Seems like a nice guy.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Viso's first lap a lot faster than Hinch's.

 

[racer8]

I don't expect much to change with this format but you never know.

 

[HoneyBadger]

Now the stream's getting choppy. Guess IndyCar's servers are getting overloaded by all the NBCSN viewers.

 

[KevinWI]

Dinger is going to get the pole.

 

[KevinWI]

Dinger is going to get the pole.

Nevermind.

 

[HoneyBadger]

IndyCar: The red-headed stepchild of the sports world.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Dinger is going to get the pole.

Just got beat out on the fourth lap. Close.

 

[FLRacingFan]

IndyCar: The red-headed stepchild of the sports world.

Unfortunately. The only way the series even gets a mention on SportsCenter is if it's one of the five weekends ABC is covering the race.

 

[racer8]

Dinger is going to get the pole.

Would love to see him win the race.

 

[KevinWI]

Last Andretti to sit on the pole at Indianapolis was Mario in 1987.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Wow, 229+ for Marco Lap 1.

 

[KevinWI]

Marco got a full head of steam.

 

[Jameswnh]

Good to see speeds up from last year.

 

[HoneyBadger]

Unfortunately. The only way the series even gets a mention on SportsCenter is if it's one of the five weekends ABC is covering the race.

It was very rare for NASCAR to get coverage on SportsCenter back when FOX and NBC had the races. I imagine it will be that way again in 2015 when NBC picks up NASCAR again. SportsCenter's gonna be irrelevant in a few years though. FOX Sports 1 is going to do some serious damage to ESPN's empire.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Damn, Carpenter has some serious speed.

 

[KevinWI]

I hate Ed Carpenter and want to see Marco get the pole.

 

[HoneyBadger]

At least all four American hockey fans get to watch the NHL games on CNBC when NBCSN is overbooked.

 

[KevinWI]

God damnit, Carpenter, blow a tire or something.

 

[FLRacingFan]

SportsCenter's gonna be irrelevant in a few years though. FOX Sports 1 is going to do some serious damage to ESPN's empire.

And it's about time. I'll be glad to see their monopoly fall apart.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Not sure if anyone will be able to top that.

 

[HoneyBadger]

And it's about time. I'll be glad to see their monopoly fall apart.

Look at what FOX News Channel did to CNN and MSNBC.

 

[KevinWI]

Six cars into a nine car shootout and NBC Sports decides they want to air qualifying? What bullcrap.

 

[KevinWI]

Honda has just got to be smarting. They just said a few races ago that the only reason Honda is in IndyCar is to win Indy 500s. They could care less about the IndyCar championship.

 

[HoneyBadger]

Carlos Munoz is the real deal. He don't give a ****.

 

[KevinWI]

Come on, Power, park that thing in P1.

 

[KevinWI]

This is why I can't have nice things.

 

[HoneyBadger]

Ed Carpenter is on the pole for the Indianapolis 500.

 

[wilson89]

A driver from Indianapolis won the pole, a rookie starts second and an Andretti starts third. I would of never guessed this would be the front row.

 

[FLRacingFan]

I'm very surprised. Fun day.