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Cygni posted:it really is amazing how loving great this race is every year, man. thats at least the 7th in a row where i was standing and screaming at the tv at the end like a lunatic Indy really is the only race every year for me where for 3 hours nothing else in the world matters
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May 28, 2017 22:10
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George Zimmer posted:A Sato win is the only way this race can be redeemed kidcoelacanth posted:The People Want Sato Very happy with the finish. 
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May 28, 2017 22:11
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CactusWeasle posted:The irony here is that tomorrow Honda will be hailed as heroes for getting Sato-san the win It's a bit bittersweet, given two major drivers blew up.
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May 28, 2017 22:11
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Also if y'all missed it during the race, there's a Discord now for SAS racing stuff: https://discord.gg/kg3d2Uu
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May 28, 2017 22:12
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gret posted:I like how passing, while still possible, was more challenging this year, whereas it seemed like in the last couple of years it was very very easy to get a huge run and pass. Took real balls and some great outside moves to pass cars towards the end of this race. Nando impressed me with some of his moves on the outside in 1. Did the TV catch Hinch pretending he was a lawnmower on one of the restarts? Got super low in 1 and kicked up a big cloud of dirt.
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May 28, 2017 22:19
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If there was one thing this race sorely needed, it was More Hinch. Also I'm not certain but I think Chilton ended up leading the most laps?
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May 28, 2017 22:21
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Michael Andretti just confirmed that at the start of the season, Honda approached the teams and said that they had an engine that was less reliable with more power. All the teams said that's what they wanted
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May 28, 2017 22:22
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io's thoughts: The Good: Sato, exciting and tense racing, FIVE WIDE ON THE BACK STRETCH, the race Indy needed with the racing world watching as a whole, the DW-12 showing that it is a loving boss the last two weeks. The Bad: Honda's three blowups. The Ugly: Two of them belonging to RHR and Alonso. Also: https://twitter.com/ClarkWade34/status/868934436435501056
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May 28, 2017 22:26
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Honda is really good at making less reliable engines.
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kidcoelacanth posted:If there was one thing this race sorely needed, it was More Hinch. Yes Chilton did.
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May 28, 2017 22:28
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IOwnCalculus posted:This a million times over. Your wife is still right. Sato won and that's loving awesome. But gently caress Honda forever. No credit to them, all credit to Andretti Racing and Sato. Poor Alonso...
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May 28, 2017 22:29
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kidcoelacanth posted:Also if y'all missed it during the race, there's a Discord now for SAS racing stuff: https://discord.gg/kg3d2Uu Nevermind, Discord had me logged out.
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May 28, 2017 22:31
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Human Grand Prix posted:Yes Chilton did. A big chunk were under yellow at the end there, so he somehow ended up with 50 lead. Today set the record for most leaders in Indy 500 history at 14, though. Nearly half the field at some point or other was at the point in. What a race.
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May 28, 2017 22:31
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Next year is going to be a tad different, because Honda is at disadvantage for aero currently, but considering they're moving to back to spec aero, I think the teams won't feel they need that extra little power again.
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Bentai posted:Link expired. https://discord.gg/muq6evv
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Cygni posted:A big chunk were under yellow at the end there, so he somehow ended up with 50 lead. He drove quite well today.
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Davison also impressed me even if his positions were gained through strategy.
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Human Grand Prix posted:Davison also impressed me even his positions were gained through strategy. I was not impressed when they refused to loving pit when their front wing as about to fall off
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Hallelujah, Sato! 
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May 28, 2017 22:35
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Japanese commentary, final 5 laps and victory lane, direct feed.
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KingShibby posted:Michael Andretti just confirmed that at the start of the season, Honda approached the teams and said that they had an engine that was less reliable with more power. All the teams said that's what they wanted Source? I hope Alonso comes back. He earned that standing ovation. Also, just now putting together how loving lucky Helio was today. Dodging under Dixon, the yellow helping him on the drive through penalty. During a commercial break, Cheever and Goodyear were arguing about Helio's penalty. Because of course Scott would argue against it.
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May 28, 2017 23:07
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IOwnCalculus posted:Source? Alonso proved he can win it. Button can race Monaco again next year.
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Hey guys, Takuma Sato won the Indy 500. The world is a cool and good place. Ok bye.
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Laughed my rear end off at Taku and TK chumming it up on the ABC6 interview.
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Verizon Indycar Series 2017: 佐藤━━━(゜∀゜)━━━!!!
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IOwnCalculus posted:Laughed my rear end off at Taku and TK chumming it up on the ABC6 interview. I gotta see this.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Laughed my rear end off at Taku and TK chumming it up on the ABC6 interview. Same, it was pretty great
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"Come on, we gotta touch rings." "I'm part of your club now, right?"
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Still watching through the race. Dixon's wreck was scary as gently caress, Jesus Christ.
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I am back home now. I am so, so god drat happy Sato won that. He was always a guilty pleasure of mine in F1, and being at the USGP when he podiumed in '04 was cool as gently caress. I drat near threw my remote at the TV when he stuffed it on the last lap 5 years ago, and being back at the track for this was so worth the money I spent over the last month.
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Finally got home from work (was helping to run an AAU basketball tourney here), I added in an extra 30 minutes of buffer to my DVR and avoided all spoilers as much as I could...until I saw someone fav a Bad Tweet of someone mad about a Japanese driver winning on Memorial Day, to which I asked myself if Mutoh or some other Japanese driver had also entered the race. I had about 2 minutes left in said buffer due to all the cautions, but still...HAI! HAI! HAI! SATO-SAN ICHIBAN! SATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN! (insert your best faux-Japanese here, including many uses of "NO ATTACKU NO CHANSU!"). Makes up for Are Nando living in Groundhog Day, sponsored by Honda.
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Hot take: aside from all the commercial breaks and Cheever & Goodyear, ABC's broadcast this year was actually.....good? (No more WAG cam for instance)
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May 29, 2017 01:25
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Had seen the winner before starting to watch. Seeing the end/final few laps of the Japanese coverage posted here? Absolutely glorious
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Basticle posted:Hot take: aside from all the commercial breaks and Cheever & Goodyear, ABC's broadcast this year was actually.....good? (No more WAG cam for instance) Yeah. Bestwick is actually pretty good, they let the cars and the crowd do a lot of the talking this time instead of having to analyze everything all the time.
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iospace posted:Yeah. Bestwick is actually pretty good, they let the cars and the crowd do a lot of the talking this time instead of having to analyze everything all the time. Really easy to do when the cars had a gently caress ton to say this year.
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Basticle posted:Hot take: aside from all the commercial breaks and Cheever & Goodyear, ABC's broadcast this year was actually.....good? (No more WAG cam for instance) Only because Sato was considerate enough to not bring his wife along
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