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The lapped car is 100% to blame! The lapped cars aren't supposed to hold their line, they're supposed to avoid any semblance of the leader's line. Kimball should have gone for the warmup lane. He was certainly going slow enough to drive there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marbles
Best Indy 500 I've ever watched though.
I sure hope he does too, beachgirl !!! I'd hate to think "that was it" for him...Quote:
Originally Posted by beachgirl
Not to get too far off topic, but the entertainment value of this years 500 made me wonder what things will be like next year, and not necessarily in a good way. With the spec cars we seem to have reached the point where almost any decent team has a shot at Indy. This year probably had the most even field in terms of equipment and highest quality of teams/drivers that Indy has seen in a long while. Once the field is split up by different engines/aeros, etc. we may be back to a "which team is the richest" scenario of blowout wins. Which is not to say that I am against that. I believe it is necessary. But this years race showed to me that the current spec can actually produce exciting racing. Also, I think the 2-wide restarts were contributed to the show as well. Barnhart, for all the crap he gets, deserves some props for the quality of this year's race.
Can someone give mRNA quick explanation of what happened to Simona today?
Assuming for the moment that Hildebrand was in front of Wheldon when the yellow came out (WHICH HE WAS NOT), the results still stand because Hildebrand brought out the yellow; therefore, Hildebrand was the one driver whose position wasn't frozen when the yellow came out (as opposed to Castroneves v. Tracey where the yellow was unlreated to the actions of the leading cars).Quote:
Originally Posted by markabilly
What a spectacle of the most immense human drama possible! I absolutely love the Indianapolis 500, and this was as good a rendition as any, if not the best of all-time. Surely the greatest I've seen. Every year the Speedway tells a story, and this one had all the elements of a true classic. Triumphs, dreams, adversity, heartbreak, and the emergence of another all-time great rising from the obscurity of "has-been" with a team of longshots. A glorious victory for Wheldon, and a glorious day for automobile racing in America! Experience outlasting the exuberance of youth as two men find their way into the archives and, more importantly, into our memories. Exactly what I'd expect from the 500, and yet nothing I could have ever predicted. Perfection.
If I sold crack, I'd want you as a customer.Quote:
Originally Posted by call_me_andrew
Only if the slower car's driver has eyes in the back of his head. The slower car should always hold it's line. It's the overtaking cars responsibilty to make a safe pass, not for the slower car to get out of the way. Otherwise people get hurt, or worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by call_me_andrew
Jochen Mass tried to get out of Giles Villeneuve's way but Giles was going so much faster and had committed to his line and couldn't do anything about it, and Giles was dead just a few seconds later.
I agree completely. Every year I have high hopes for Indy, but this is the first year, honestly that I can remember, that the race actually lived up to all the possible hype. ABC also did a great job with the pre-race Centennial videos.. I particularly liked this one:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Mister
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A bit of history for us all and why racing schools around the world promote this very basic rule in regards to being lapped.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nem14
You may very well be able to get out of the way of a much faster car when being lapped and depending on the speed and the track you are racing on it may be a very nice gesture on your part when executed appropriately but disastrous when things go awry.
We are not talking Andrea de Cesaris and F1 blue flags here folks.