From Twitter;
"Panther Racing has not, nor will it, protest the finish of the Indianapolis 500."
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From Twitter;
"Panther Racing has not, nor will it, protest the finish of the Indianapolis 500."
Well...
It's weird, because it was an exciting race. But I'm feeling a little underwhelmed, since no one I'm rooting for did anything of note. I'm all for DeSilvestro, Sato, Franchitti, Hinchcliffe...none of them did anything. So I was left with a Big Spectacle that did nothing for me.
And, I had to battle a sour taste as Danica led the race. Funny aside - I always asked my husband "What DOES happen next?" on Go Daddy for every commercial. He always knew ;)
Good for Rahal and Kanaan. Love TK, so that was pretty fantastic when he passed almost the entire field twice to finish 4th.
Does anyone have any insight on what exactly happened on Power's tire situation? So far as I could tell, the jack dropped before the back wheel guy was done, and based on that, the lead guy gave him the go ahead. It's too bad, because I think Will Power had some stones going into this one. He's not my favorite, but he is one of the best drivers.
I'd hate to be the pit guy who has to explain it to Penske. I swear RP can shoot lasers out of his eyes....
Great drama. This is Indy!!!
If Dario is "devastated", I'd put Hildebrand on suicide watch. Tough luck! I wanted him to win at the end. Slid down in my chair when he came across that lapped car.
Awesome pre-race opening with the track walk, CG and history of Indy. Extremely, and surprisingly, well done.
If Kanaan had started at the front and avoided mishaps I guess he would have lapped the field a couple of times.
Tough for Tagliani and Schmidt. He drove a pretty sick handling car for quite a while before hitting the wall and calling it a day.
Bad day for Canadians. LOL, PT hits the wall on the first few laps, goes a ton of laps down and soldiers around to finish ahead of both Tagliani and Hinchcliffe.
Congrats to Wheldon and great to see Rahal at the front as well.
I don't care how exciting restarts are. The new rule Stinks! There is no way that a driver who has a half a lap and six lapped cars between him and his pursuer should have to restart wheel to wheel with said pursuer.
I don't know what happened but apparently waving your left arm in the air is a somewhat ambiguous sign and something that has to be ironed out before the next "Penske Pitstop". A bad race for Penske is one thing but a bad Indy for Penske is another thing entirely. Someone is going to pay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sateryn76
I wonder what Hildebrand's spotter was telling him as he approached, at a goodly pace mind, what looked to be a car that had run out of gas and was going pretty slow.
Consider what happened to Conway last year.
After looking at it several times, if he had slowed to stay behind the other car he would have had to slow A LOT, Weldon may have, may not have, been able to catch him before he could get around the other car and accelerate to the finish line. It would have been really close.
I think I would have done exactly what Hildebrand did, gone for the outside pass.
I saw nothing of Rice, Wilson, Bia, Pippa on the coverage all day!Quote:
Originally Posted by Leo Krupe
I was wondering the same thing. It's easy to just say that JR choked, and maybe he did, but that lapped car really takes some of the blame. I think he was put in a tough position, either possibly lose his lead to Wheldon, or take a risk by going around the lapper. In the heat of the moment, he made the decision a lot of us would make, and those damn marbles made it an impossible pass to actually pull off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nem14
I agree with both of you guys. If he would have let up too much Weldon could have blasted past him & the only thing worse than choking is to be too timid. He went for it & lost. Glad to see he at least slid across in 2nd. IMO he has nothing to be ashamed of.
Great race!
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Originally Posted by NickFalzone
Did the lapped car play a role? Yes, it did. Is it to blame? No, it isn't. The lapped car, driven by Charlie Kimball, did exactly what you want a car being lapped to do. Stay on "it's" line. The last thing you want a lapped car to do is the "Chicken Dance" to try and get out of your way. Race school basics.Quote:
Originally Posted by NickFalzone
When is the yellow light coming on going to return to being based on what is happening on the track and not some chicken-little dumb-**** afraid some one might cut their finger?Quote:
Originally Posted by markabilly