105th Indianapolis 500 race day thread.

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ROW 1

1. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 231.685 mph
2. (26) Colton Herta, Dallara-Honda, 231.655
3. (21) Rinus VeeKay, Dallara-Chevy, 231.511

ROW 2

4. (20) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevy, 231.504
5. (48) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 231.032)
6. (10) Alex Palou, Dallara-Honda, 230.616

ROW 3

7. (28) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 230.499
8. (06) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 230.355
9. (8) Marcus Ericsson, Dallara-Honda, 230.318

ROW 4

10. (27) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 231.046
11. (18) Ed Jones, Honda, 231.044
12. (5) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 230.864

ROW 5

13. (51) Pietro Fittipaldi, Honda, 230.846
14. (7) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 230.744
15. (30) Takuma Sato, Honda, 230.708

ROW 6

16. (29) James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 230.563
17. (3) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 230.557
18. (15) Graham Rahal, Honda, 230.521

ROW 7

19. (47) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 230.427
20. (60) Jack Harvey, Honda, 230.191
21. (2) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 230.071

ROW 8

22. (1) JR Hildebrand, Chevrolet, 229.980
23. (45) Santino Ferrucci, Honda, 229.949
24. (86) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 229.891

ROW 9

25. (98) Marco Andretti, Honda, 229.872
26. (22) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 229.778
27. (14) Sebastien Bourdais, Chevrolet, 229.744

ROW 10

28. (25) Stefan Wilson, Honda, 229.714
29. (59) Max Chilton, Chevrolet, 229.417
30. (4) Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 228.323

ROW 11

31. (24) Sage Karam, Chevrolet, 229.156
32. (12) Will Power, Chevrolet, 228.876
33. (16) Simona De Silvestro, Chevrolet, 228.353

 

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RACE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I want the most deserving to win, career wise.

Your riddle today: who based on his form during his heyday was, more than all he beat, prevented from winning because of how the US single seater scene evolved earlier in his career?

Hint: the Speedway bit him hard in recent years so he truly deserves it more than anyone on the grid.

Awaiting your guesses

 

Bourdais?

 

Ding ding ding!: Mr 375+ wins!

Well done.

I will make it more difficult next time!

 

a great-and fast-field with lots of deserving story lines.

if you saw the action from Carb Day you know we're in for a wild one

hope it's fun, safe and a great show.

 

Dixon.

Forecast is for temps in the mid-60s and 0% chance of rain. Sounds like its going
to be a glorious day.

BHW

 

I'm saying only two yellows.

What say you?

 

Rooting for Stefan Wilson. He was my coach at Ferrari Evolution and Challenge schools and will likely work with me during Club Challenge events. Great kid with a tough history at Indy.

 

Lots more and aeroscreen will save at least one life.
I don't want any yellows but with the expected traffic pattern, i.e. tons of hairy action I think they are likely.
Also since I will be having dinner during the race they will allow me to run into the kitchen with my tray.
Here's to a safe exciting one!

 

Cool story!

 

Just got to the track, sitting on Turn 1. Go Bitcoin Chevy!

 

Awesome, have blast(and post a few photos if you can). Raise a glass in honor of the late, lamented Turn One Lounge on Georgetown Road.

 

Spot on Marc.

 

will do!

 

To me, this is life getting back to normal. God Bless racing!
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Fantastic seats, thanks for posting.

 

Its better to record this race so you can skip over Danica Patrick's comments.

 

and the endless pre-race “excitement.”

 

Thank you

Rooting for Bourdais Pagenaud, Felix and Marcus my four compatriots as well as Juan Pablo, never count him out...and it would be very nice and truly historic to see "Helium" win his fourth. So with almost a quarter of the field I have a 25% chance of success!

 

They should just show the driver's wives. Would get better ratings!

 

great seats. enjoy