2022 Indianapolis 500 Mile Race thread. Practice, qualy and race

Agree 100% - Usually Monaco rocks and Indy is a snoozefest- quite the opposite today-

 

I've never seen it for sale in Colorado Vegas Florida or NY- But not really searching for it

 

Dragon tail! I congratulated Pagenaud a few months after he won Indy mentioning that expression of his and his polite smile became a carnivorous smile; that's what it takes in the final laps!

 

You know, I think I could actually listen to Crofty for three hours more easily than Diffy. At least there’s Brundle to clear the fog.

 

Heading into Walmart for burger buns- Will focus and see if they have it- Will report back

 

The joys of Ganassi cars at a Penske owned track.

The pit lane closes as Palau approaches it.
Dixon finds the hot pit entrance is harder to stop on.
Then Ericsson's lead taken away by the red flag.

Seems every motor sport is dumping on the old masters.
Surprised O'Ward didn't comment on at least losing to a team that's been at it much longer than Arrow.

 

Post-race relegated to streaming. (Peacock)

Everybody seems to be pushing their "subscription" services.

 

No Huski at Walmart in Parker CO

 

Terrible form...

sjd

 

and if you don't it's $4.99/month

 

it's a great deal IMO

 

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/indy-500-scott-dixon-messed-up/10313642/

 

Part of the issue is I don't have anything mainstream.

I quite literally have a digital antenna, SlingTV, and motortrend +

sjd

 

I don’ t have cable at the cottage, streamed the race (after looking around for quite a while) and got Sky with Max Chilton. It was nice but they used the NBC feed mostly.

 

who was the last driver to win the 500 who didn’t take a karting/formula car path to Indy? (Europe, Brazil or America)

Rick Mears?

 

he did karting and Atlantics

Buddy Lazier was a road racing guy but not sure if he did karts/open wheel. All I can find is some Can Am and sports car stuff

 

I remember a Lazier who drove Super Vees--or was that his dad?

 

good question. I know Bob ran Super Vees, not sure if Buddy did (wouldn't be surprised if he did, a lot of his contemporaries did-at one point SCCA FV was a part of the unofficial ladder system! Michael Andretti, Al Jr, etc)