The 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500

[donthaveanickname]

Back home again in Indiana will never not be awesome

 

[Hotrod]

Its show time. Hoping for a first time winner.
Those helicopters are awesome. Thats what they did
for Richard Pettys last race in Atlanta Nov.1992.
Just chills.

 

[Greg]

More than Taps, more than the anthem, nothing in any opening ceremony moves me like Back Home.

It is probabaly my favorite pre race tradition, I avoid most of them but I always want to be around for this one.
Excellent performance today, but I think of Jim Nabors everytime I hear it.

 

[RFK-PensekeFan]

 

[gnomesayin]

I’m glad Fox One has a three day trial, because I’m traveling and don’t want to have to depend on methstreams or whatever.

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

Go Penske, Helio and Mick !!

 

[RFK-PensekeFan]

Newgarden is flying

 

[FLRacingFan]

One of the cleaner and less eventful starts than we’ve had in recent years.

 

[DaleJrFan2003]

Pretty racey so far. Clean start too for once.

 

[Greg]

The drivers and crews are the pros and I dont anything compared to their skills or knowledge. But I dont really understand why they get so strung out before taking the green. I would think they would take off in a tighter formation.
The cars must be a bigger handful or a beast to handle than most would expect.

 

[DaleJrFan2003]

This dogfight between Palou and Rossi is great.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

The drivers and crews are the pros and I dont anything compared to their skills or knowledge. But I dont really understand why they get so strung out before taking the green. I would think they would take off in a tighter formation.
The cars must just a bigger handful or a beast to handle than most would expect.

Tradition and being three-wide, I suspect. They bunch up at other tracks where they start two-wide.

 

[gnomesayin]

Of all the years for Rossi to finally have some luck again during the race, this would be it.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Tradition and being three-wide, I suspect. They bunch up at other tracks where they start two-wide.

Not sure if that's the official reason but no time to react if something goes wrong if they're closer together.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Welp. Sorry, Kat. She was running 27th.

 

[RFK-PensekeFan]

Legg and Hunter-Reay in trouble on the backstretch. Legg's quest to complete the double is over.

 

[DanicaFreak]

Ceap

 

[donthaveanickname]

Damn, big one and no 1,100 miles

 

[FLRacingFan]

Pretty heavy impact for Kat. Damn.

Wasn’t really any room for her to avoid RHR, not her doing.

 

[Blaze]

Damn. That sucks for her.

 

[DanicaFreak]

Legg and Hunter-Reay in trouble on the backstretch. Legg's quest to complete the double is over.

Wrecked herself to avoid major accident

 

[donthaveanickname]

That was almost a fantastic save by RHR.

Kate was an innocent bystander, nothing she could do.

 

[Hotrod]

Good move by Legge to avoid the T-bone for sure.
Well at least hopefully she gets '2 Starts' for the double.

 

[DanicaFreak]

Pretty heavy impact for Kat. Damn.

Wasn’t really any room for her to avoid RHR, not her doing.

I’m not a follower as much as I used to be for INDYCAR, but is the frame that damaged on that car or they couldn’t repair the panels and put it back out I got some too used to NASCAR

 

[HoneyBadger]

Nothing Kat could do.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Four stay out

 

[donthaveanickname]

I’m not a follower as much as I used to be for INDYCAR, but is the frame that damaged on that car or they couldn’t repair the panels and put it back out I got some too used to NASCAR

The frame probably isn't damaged but the rest of the car is torn up.

No point in trying to fix it, she'd be 100 laps down. She's headed to Charlotte.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

If you plan properly, you can mount a towel rod on the bathroom wall between the end of the Trucks and the green at Indy.

 

[gnomesayin]

It’s amazing how unique a true 500-mile oval race with no artificial stoppages and forced pit strategy is at this point.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

It’s amazing how unique a true 500-mile oval race with no artificial stoppages and forced pit strategy is at this point.

The absence of planned cautions is also a delight when multiple strategies play out at road and street courses.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Really poor stops on the ECR cars. Rossi has a lot of passing to do.

 

[DanicaFreak]

The frame probably isn't damaged but the rest of the car is torn up.

No point in trying to fix it, she'd be 100 laps down. She's headed to Charlotte.

Tks DHN.

 

[DanicaFreak]

Really poor stops on the ECR cars. Rossi has a lot of passing to do.

Go rossi

 

[Charlie Spencer]

If you plan properly, you can mount a towel rod on the bathroom wall between the end of the Trucks and the green at Indy.

It doesn't look level in the photo but it is.

 

[DanicaFreak]

A other wreck

 

[RFK-PensekeFan]

Ed Carpenter crashes on the restart. Not a good last few minutes for ECR.

Also just before Hunter-Reay and Legg crashed was the Kyle Busch tribute lap.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

But I dont really understand why they get so strung out before taking the green.

If you didn't notice how they closed up for this restart, you're about to get another chance.

 

[Speedbowl14]

Ed got squeezed there

 

[donthaveanickname]

Zimmermann out.

Damn shame, third Indy-only entry out today.

 

[DaleJrFan2003]

We’re now in the meme portion of this race lol