Race thread: 102nd Indy 500

[FLRacingFan]

He thinks the characteristics of the race is different this year..uh yeah..aero push, can't draft up and hard as hell to pass..it's organic.

Heh...just wait...NASCAR fans: "Make the Brickyard 400 like the Indy 500! Wait...no...not this Indy 500!"

 

[gnomesayin]

This is a superior race that will be portrayed as otherwise by people who don't appreciate the nuances of auto racing and need loads of gratuitous (credit to @LewTheShoe) action and meaningless back and forth position shuffling to hold their attention. I find this interesting and full of genuine suspense.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Well there goes the second championship contender of the month. Hinch and now Bourdais.

What a bizarre-looking incident.

 

[Kiante]

Sea Bass was the last guy I expected.

Man, I couldn't even imagine.

 

[DewChaser988]

No Seabass!!!

 

[KTMLew01]

Guess Bordeaux "ran out of talent" too...

 

[FLRacingFan]

Guess Bordeaux "ran out of talent" too...

lol

 

[ChexOrWrex]

This yellow greatly helps TK right?

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

The odds are really high but it would be pretty special if Stefan Wilson won somehow

 

[StandOnIt]

cars are so bad they can't drive em.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Sea Bass was the last guy I expected.

Man, I couldn't even imagine.

So good all month.

This place will bite you.

 

[KTMLew01]

cars are so bad they can't drive em.

THIS is what Indy is supposed to be.

 

[KTMLew01]

So good all month.

This place will bite you.

AMEN!!!

 

[StandOnIt]

THIS is what Indy is supposed to be.

spun out on a straight

 

[Racer1930]

Well Indy certainly has the "max-commercials" thing pioneered by Nascar figured out

 

[ChexOrWrex]

cars are so bad they can't drive em.

3 out of 30 drivers lose it and now all the cars are literally undrivable.

K

 

[donthaveanickname]

That should be 26 of 27 cars on the lead lap now. Gonna be a good one!

 

[FLRacingFan]

I'll take an American sprint car driver anyday. This series should be based around ovals, if you want a bunch of road courses and road course specialists watch F1

I think it's good that there's room for both. It's sad that Bryan Clauson passed before he could really got a proper chance here, and it sucks that Chris Windom totaled his Lights car in testing and couldn't race in the Freedom 100 on Friday. It sounds like he has real aspirations to race here in the 500 someday too.

 

[gnomesayin]

THIS is what Indy is supposed to be.

Cars are so bad that they are challenging to drive. The horror.

 

[FLRacingFan]

WTF Rossi????

 

[be9ak7ts16]

Oooooo, that was good

 

[Racer1930]

Rossi with a KyBu restart move ....OH NO!

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

Hélio

 

[Blaze]

Damn so much for Castroneves winning.

 

[ChexOrWrex]

WTF Rossi????

Its go time!

 

[Barbara Charles]

No. no. no no.

 

[FLRacingFan]

You never pass on the outside at Indy like Rossi just did. And he got two guys doing it. WTF. Unbelievable.

 

[be9ak7ts16]

Castronevous on pit road, not pointing the right way.

 

[KTMLew01]

Cars are so bad that they are challenging to drive. The horror.

Castroneves just ran out of talent...too.

 

[REBS31]

Roger Penske on TV watching Roger Penske on TV

 

[Blaze]

3 out of 30 drivers lose it and now all the cars are literally undrivable.

K

4 now.

 

[FLRacingFan]

So, is it okay to say that Danica is just as good as Helio and Bourdais?

 

[ChexOrWrex]

4 now.

12%

 

[harkin]

He was on the paint just like Danica. Has anyone at ABC mentioned this yet?

 

[ChexOrWrex]

RHR has been a badass all day.

 

[Blaze]

12%

Still, shows that it isn't a lack of talent thing or anything. Just **** happens.

 

[StandOnIt]

So, is it okay to say that Danica is just as good as Helio and Bourdais?

as long as you don't look at the win column, heck yeah

 

[VaDirt]

Now Helio!

 

[Mispeedway15]

I think the track temp has a lot to do with it. Such a hot track it looks like it is eating through tires

 

[KTMLew01]

Still, shows that it isn't a lack of talent thing or anything. Just sh!t happens.

That's my point. Racing happens.