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My point being the first Indy 500 I Attended many many Moons ago I thought was just about a sell out . With all the Drama the past few weeks that was going on I thought that would have attracted a few more fans .
one of the better races to me in the past few years Never a Dull moment the whole race drivers literally on the ragged edge . at all times interesting to me was watching the race within the race for those not in the top 10 . |
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I'm very concerned with mechanics that let drivers leave the box when there's cars in the pitlane. It's far from unusual in IndyCar. |
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25 May 2015, 07:40 (Ref:3540954) | #254 | |
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I'm not comparing IndyCar to other series, but honestly, it didn't have my attention for the first 3/4. I don't know why, but it just wasn't interesting until near the end.
But when the end came, the racing was utterly amazing. Loved the racing. Shame we couldn't have more of that throughout the race. |
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25 May 2015, 10:51 (Ref:3541008) | #256 | |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x32eV3Vi4n0
Didn't notice this pass at the time. 2 wheels off the road and still passes into turn 2. Incredible car control. |
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25 May 2015, 11:03 (Ref:3541012) | #257 | ||
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Sky have cut the last 6 laps off of that last 2 Indycar races I've recorded.
I'm so glad I don't pay for this cra.. ...oh. |
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The last 15 laps were great to watch.
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So if I had only watched the last 6 laps, I wouldn't have necessarily known Montoya had come from 30th to win the race, or he had run over the air hose, or any of the other things that make up the race. What would be a waste would have been to watch the last 6 laps, only to have the race end under a yellow. |
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25 May 2015, 17:33 (Ref:3541114) | #260 | ||
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Interesting comments from Montoya regarding his win, particularly about the aero-kits.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119167 |
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1 Juan-Pablo Montoya, Team Penske, Dallara/Chevrolet. 200, 3h05m56.5286s 2 Will Power, Team Penske, Dallara/Chevrolet. 200, 0.1046s 3 Charlie Kimball, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 200, 0.7950s 4 Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 200, 1.0292s 5 Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, Dallara/Honda. 200, 2.3122s 6 Marco Andretti, Andretti Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 200, 2.5388s 7 Helio Castroneves, Team Penske, Dallara/Chevrolet. 200, 2.7821s 8 J.R. Hildebrand, CFH Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 200, 3.5631s 9 Josef Newgarden, CFH Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 200, 4.0281s 10 Simon Pagenaud, Team Penske, Dallara/Chevrolet. 200, 4.2148s 11 Sebastien Bourdais, KVSH Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 200, 5.3067s 12 Ryan Briscoe, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Dallara/Honda. 200, 5.6687s 13 Takuma Sato, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Dallara/Honda. 200 6.1678s 14 Townsend Bell, Dreyer and Reinbold, Dallara/Chevrolet. 200, 8.5005s 15 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 200, 9.6481s 16 Gabby Chaves, Bryan Herta Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 200, 10.1016s 17 Alex Tagliani, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Dallara/Honda. 200, 11.2151s 18 James Jakes, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Dallara/Honda. 200, 12.0431s 19 Simona de Silvestro, Andretti Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 200, 12.7328s 20 Carlos Munoz, Andretti Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 200, 39.8346s 21 Justin Wilson, Andretti Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 199, 1 Lap 22 Pippa Mann, Dale Coyne Racing, Dallara/Honda. 197, 3 Laps 23 Sebastian Saavedra, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 175, Contact 24 Jack Hawksworth, AJ Foyt Enterprises Dallara/Honda. 175, Contact 25 Stefano Coletti, KV Racing Technology, Dallara/Chevrolet. 175, Contact 26 Tony Kanaan, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 151, Contact 27 James Davison, Dale Coyne Racing, Dallara/Honda. 116 Mechanical 28 Tristan Vautier, Dale Coyne Racing, Dallara/Honda. 116, Mechanical 29 Oriol Servia, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, Dallara/Honda. 112, Contact 30 Ed Carpenter, CFH Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 112, Contact 31 Bryan Clauson, KVSH Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 61, Contact 32 Sage Karam, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 0, Contact 33 Conor Daly, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Dallara/Honda. 0, Mechanical |
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25 May 2015, 18:20 (Ref:3541132) | #262 | ||
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He did a mid-corner save as well not long after. Really lairy stuff, but the risk was rewarded. This is the Montoya we all know and (sometimes) love and it's wonderful to watch. |
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25 May 2015, 23:48 (Ref:3541235) | #264 | ||
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I thought the race was great, start to finish. Last year was exciting also with RHR and Helio dicing in the final laps. I mostly watch sportscar racing but the Indy 500 is usually the most exciting race viewing experience of the year for me. Real edge of the seat action!
I was hoping my man Will Power was going to pull it off but I was happy for Montoya also and it's always good to see a driver come back and be successful again. I can't wait to attend next year for the 100th! |
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I thought the race as a was brilliant. It had a real ebb and flow as different people came to the fore.
I could swear Dixon had it totally covered, he just seemed to be able to surge to the front whenever he chose. But crucially didn't have the car at the last. That's Indy for ya! Gotta love it! |
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26 May 2015, 11:26 (Ref:3541361) | #266 | |
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So is Indy racing officially cool again?
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26 May 2015, 14:57 (Ref:3541415) | #268 | ||
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I'm just glad there was little discussion of (a) fuel strategy, and (b) tire wear. Obviously both were concerns at times but neither seemed to dominate the racing.
Wowsers drive from Simon Pagenaud, particularly in the first half of the race. I thought Power had it at the end but Montoya was absolutely undeniable. Waste of a day? I think not. Enjoyed the whole thing. |
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As much as I said I wouldn't be enjoying it. I did.
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26 May 2015, 19:01 (Ref:3541491) | #271 | ||
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Loved the race but then I always do. Montoya was a contender last year until his pit stop speeding so we could be sat here discussing him going 3 for 3. Wish id put real money on him for the win.
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27 May 2015, 09:12 (Ref:3541675) | #273 | ||
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Great race, was well worth staying up all night for it again as ever.
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I'm planning on going to the 100th 500 next year. Who else is doing the same?
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