97th Indianapolis 500 - May 26th 2013

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Dario had handling problems all day. I highly doubt anyone purposely stuffed it in the wall to change the outcome of the race. Especially when it wasn't their teammate.

This isn't the 2008 Singapore GP....
 
Earth
Franchitti didnt just understeer into the wall when he crashed, he was up in the grey way out of the groove where there was no grip. Also if he was ordered to crash they're quick because he crashed just seconds after Kanaan took the lead. If Im traveling 200mph+ and Im ordered to crash Im going to have to at least think about how to do it for a while. I cant imagine anyone with any brain ramming a wall at 200mph instantly once someone takes a lead.

I think this was the last year we will see racing that close. The cars are still spec outside of the engine. But next year the aero kits will debut at the 500 so I dont think we'll ever see racing this close again for a long time. It was fun, but once technology and innovation starts advancing in the new cars, as it should, there wont be nearly as many lead changes etc.

I didnt mind the pack racing at all, because the drivers still were challenged as evident by the incidents we saw. It was a perfect day weather wise for racing so all the grip from that helped
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I'd rather see indy be aero and engine dominated like the 90s. So this news is great, thanks Earth.
 
All I have to say is that I'm proud for Tony Kannan. It doesn't matter how you win- as long as you legally win. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Let's not go say it was any kind of tainted win or some unearned win. I also have to hand respect to Carlos Muñoz for his efforts. Equal love goes to A.J. Allmendinger.

The race for the most part was crazy. I was just sad the race had to end under Caution. I am not going to advocate for some Green-White-Checker deal for IndyCar. We can't make every series NASCAR or NASCAR-like just to make them more exciting. Looking forward to next season's Indy 500!
 
Furinkazen
Last laps of the Indy 500 you are gonna push. Dario was complaining about his car all race. It was a crash.

Well done to Tk :cheers:
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Dario's quote to local WRTV6 here in Indy, paraphrased: "My car was crap all day long. I had no chance to win this race. The car was worthless."

Hinch had issues all day long as well. Currently watching the re air of the race here in Indy and getting the goosebumps all over my arms. Congrats to TK indeed. I was there attending, and it was awesome. :D
 
LMSCorvetteGT2
I'd rather see indy be aero and engine dominated like the 90s. So this news is great, thanks Earth.
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Im happy about the aero kits too but not too happy they will only be part of the superspeedway oval races. Chevrolet built a high downforce body kit and is furious they wont be able to race it next year.

But yeah, Indy needs to move away from spec racing and towards aero and engine wars to regain all the glory from the past. Not too long ago it was common to have 5-6 different engines in the race and 3-4 chassis
 
There are guys I wish to win but TK is always up there as he is just an all around good guy!
 

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