Race thread: 104th Indy 500

[Kiante]

OH MY GOD!!!!

Glad Spencer is okay.

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

Sato better not get ****ed over

 

[Reck]

Are you serious? They told Dixon to let Sato go with 25 laps to go? That seems like a huge risk.

I'd like to see his team explain this beauty. Awwwwwwwwkward

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Can they fix that pit wall?

 

[Old Kid]

This is going to take awhile. Glad he's okay.

 

[racer8]

Nasty hit

 

[ChexOrWrex]

A few years ago I said that the pit walls at Indy and Pocono are incredibly dangerous and someone here said that was a ridiculous statement.

Guess what? They are still stupid dangerous.

 

[JBone88]

The safety of these cars has been tested today.

First Askew, now Pigot.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Spencer won't be invited back to RLL anytime soon if they red this and Sato loses.

 

[RFK-PensekeFan]

That was a brutal hit, glad Pigot is okay.

 

[Reck]

Wow that is an eerie sight looking at him just laying flat on the track.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Hope he's okay. That was wicked.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Yay! TAKUMA!

 

[JBone88]

TWO TIME WINNER! Takuma Sato!!

 

[ChexOrWrex]

Sato did a great job and had a controversial block to keep Dixon behind him. I’m sure that will be talked about for a long time.

 

[FLRacingFan]

NBC has local news coming up. I think that's a factor, it often is when it comes these scenarios in IndyCar.

 

[RFK-PensekeFan]

Don't understand them not red-flagging it. Was the wall too damaged to repair in time to restart the race of they stopped.

 

[Kiante]

Taku-san, what a LEGEND he is.

To think he left F1 and made a wonderful career out of coming to IndyCar has been amazing. I love this man to pieces!

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

Love seeing Sato get another one. Glad I don’t have to make Marco my avatar

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Don't understand them not red-flagging it. Was the wall too damaged to repair in time to restart the race of they stopped.

That's my ignorant opinion. There's a lot of work there.

Personal, I've never had a problem with finishing under yellow.

 

[FLRacingFan]

I'd like to see his team explain this beauty. Awwwwwwwwkward

Yeah, I hope they question this in post-race interviews. Not sure the difference between getting to save a bit and then run full rich was worth losing track position.

 

[Reck]

Sato did a great job and had a controversial block to keep Dixon behind him. I’m sure that will be talked about for a long time.

I think the commentator over hyped the severity of it. Looked like an ok block to me. It wasn't a sudden one.

This one is on Dixon's team. I'm still baffled with that message that he should let Sato by. Sheer stupidity.

 

[RFK-PensekeFan]

Congrats to Sato!!

 

[gnomesayin]

Sato did a great job and had a controversial block to keep Dixon behind him. I’m sure that will be talked about for a long time.

I think the booth did a good job of dissecting it and agree that it wasn't significant enough to drop that call on him.

 

[Old Kid]

That sucks. I don't mind Sato winning but I didn't wait three extra months to see a race end like that. Could have been a great dash to the checkers.

 

[FLRacingFan]

That's awesome, man. Taku joins Helio as the only active multi-time Indy 500 champions! Exclusive company.

 

[gnomesayin]

I just want them to be consistent. Fine with it ending under yellow. It's a race, not a show, just decide how you're going officiate it and stick with it. The issue is with reserving the discretion to make it up on the spot.

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

That sucks. I don't mind Sato winning but I didn't wait three extra months to see a race end like that. Could have been a great dash to the checkers.

Rather see a race end naturally then them putting out a red just so they can get a crazy finish. We just had a bad wreck, no need

 

[donthaveanickname]

Good to see Pigot get out of the car. That crash was extremely scary.
Sucks that the greatest race of the year finished under caution but awesome to see Sato get his second 500 win

 

[gnomesayin]

Letterman still rocking the Santa Claus beard.

 

[JBone88]

When did David Letterman join ZZ Top?

 

[HoneyBadger]

Wow that is an eerie sight looking at him just laying flat on the track.

As they have the field parade through the crash site just to get it over with.

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

Takuma could easily have 3. If he doesn’t wreck when passing Dario in 2012 I think he wins

 

[FLRacingFan]

I just want them to be consistent. Fine with it ending under yellow. It's a race, not a show, just decide how you're going officiate it and stick with it. The issue is with reserving the discretion to make it up on the spot.

Agreed. Something tells me if it weren't so late they would've tried to flag it. A driver laying on the track being tended to is usually reason enough for a red. My guess is they saw the attenuator, figured it would take much too long to repair, and kept it yellow to the finish. I don't disagree but would like to see them stick to a rhyme and reason.

 

[ChexOrWrex]

Classy interview by Scott.

 

[Reck]

Yeah, I hope they question this in post-race interviews. Not sure the difference between getting to save a bit and then run full rich was worth losing track position.

Geez. They were just over confident.

Thinking Sato was going to run out of fuel. What a terrible reasoning.

The difference was like...1 lap. lol ffs

 

[JBone88]

Tough loss for Dixon. But he can take solace in winning his 6th championship this year. When will the suffering end? Lol

 

[TexasRaceLady]

Just got my breath back after that wreck.

Congratulations to Sato.
No point in risking a 4 lap dash --- bad things could have happened. Yellow ending is fine with me.

 

[aunty dive]

Renouncing my one-day Marco fandom early.

 

[kyle18fan]

Happy for Sato but wish it had went green all the way