2011 Indianapolis 500

Wow, a very entertaining race! Jr, I don't know what to say. I like you and hope you recover from this, but this is one of the biggest chokes in sports history. A couple of big golf chokes come to mind, Greg Norman blowing the Masters with a huge lead and the French guy gagging on the final hole of the British Open with a 3 shot lead. But the final corner of the 100th anniversary of the Indy 500, that has to be maybe the biggest ever.

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Originally Posted by hornet

Being a good driver should see that tactic pay off at more tracks than just Indy and Motegi though. My pet theory is they just happen to punish her style less, hence she appears to run better at them than elsewhere. That tactic didn't pay off at Barber, as she finished nowhere, despite avoid all the incidents.

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Oh I tend to agree. But then Indy isn't the average race.

I came here thinking about the amazing, epic and heartbreaking finish, but I see that people are still talking about Danica. Oh, dear.

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Originally Posted by DBell

Wow, a very entertaining race! Jr, I don't know what to say. I like you and hope you recover from this, but this is one of the biggest chokes in sports history. A couple of big golf chokes come to mind, Greg Norman blowing the Masters with a huge lead and the French guy gagging on the final hole of the British Open with a 3 shot lead. But the final corner of the 100th anniversary of the Indy 500, that has to be maybe the biggest ever.

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Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis for the World Snooker Championship in 1985 is up there as well. Black ball game to win it and they both managed to choke several times before Taylor won. Tension was unbearable.

Back to JR, should the team perhaps have been coaching him home more, bearing in mind his rookie status? Don't know if we got all the radio transmissions, but did they warn him about the slow car? Two schools of thought I suppose, as you could just as easily consider that a distraction.

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Originally Posted by gm99

Apparently Panther Racing are protesting the result as Wheldon passed Hildebrand under yellow.
I doubt the protest will be successfull, though, as it was of course Hildebrand who brought out the yellow in the first place.

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Huuummmmm, race was on, he was leading yellow on, and he still going when passed and made it over the finish line.

looks like a clear rule violation, but do not think for a second that the IRL will uphold that appeal and destroy all the winning images by having a busted car finish first.......

But they did it to Paul Tracey

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Originally Posted by Mad_Hatter

Whoa, Dan Wheldon the best ever?



That's a stretch there Bryan Herta....

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At what?? Passing crashed cars to win??????

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Originally Posted by markabilly

Huuummmmm, race was on, he was leading ylloe on, and he still going when passed and made it over the finish line.

looks like a clear rule violation, but do not think for a second that the IRL will uphold that appeal and destroy all the winning image by having a busted car finish first.......

But they did it to Paul Tracey

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Originally Posted by Andrewmcm

Someone posted this - http://twitpic.com/54bhhc

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Don't try and include logic here, that would curtail all the amusing attempts at trolling.

I guess that makes me a killjoy then!

Actually, are the in-car yellow lights and track lights synchronised following the 2002 debacle?

unbelievable finish to a great race....shame for Hildebrand...an amazing victory for Wheldon & Herta.