Originally Posted by richie:
It was a great race! I was hoping Kanaan was going to finally get it done with seven to go, but it didn't happen.
Also, whatever problems anyone thinks IndyCar racing has these days, it all goes out the window once the green flag is waved at the Indianapolis 500. It's still one of the most spectacular sporting events in the world and I am grateful that I have the opportunity to attend the race every year.
I was sitting toward turn 3, when he took the lead on that restart everyone was up and cheering. Him and Carpenter got big cheers when they were moving up late. I think Sato did even when he got 2nd just because few people wanted a Ganassi car to win.
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I watched about every circuit Bryan made and had high hopes when he passed SeaBass. It's too bad his day didn't turn out as well as we had hoped but was proud that he gave a great effort.
He looked comfortable early, passing Bourdais and was working his way up to Legge. Then he had the spin at the other end of the speedway. When he came back out later in the race he was just getting passed left and right. I don't know if they were just doing confidence laps and put on more downforce or what. Cavin said on Trackside that if he did well and the car didn't wreck there may be other races down the road for him with Fisher later this year. Well technicallly the car didn't wreck, but I'd like to see him on a short oval like Milwaukee or Iowa since that's closer to the types of tracks he does in a Silver Crown car.
Marco blew it in my opinion. He had the best car. When I watched the race on TV later that night and heard him on the radio talking about his vibration, this is coulda woulda shoulda but if he stayed out one more lap he'd've gotten a caution and could've pitted remaining in 4th instead of being on the tailend of the lead lap. Even running in the back he'd pick cars off and move up, but if him and his team was a little smarter he'd've never gotten back there to begin with.
Other random thoughts:
-Alesi and de Silvestro racing for 32nd early were blocking the heck out of each other and being side by side going down the backstretch.
-How did Oriol Servia get 4th?
-Looks like Honda's design philosophy on the single vs. twin turbo debate was proved correct.
-Penske a non-factor really. I didn't know at the track that Castroneves had maybe touched the stray tire in the Power/Conway wreck but he never really challenged, while Briscoe did about what I expected: competitive but not up there for the win.
-Michael Andretti has to be kicking himself.
-Great run for Justin Wilson.
-Conway before his wreck looked good. Flying up to Indy I sat next to the VP of the ABC Supply Co. racing program for Foyt's team and he's goes to all the Indycar races except for the overseas ones. He had a couple fun remarks on the team and A.J.