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Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

IT

IS

MAY

MOTHERFUCKERS







https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lVNTkKTpVM


Gather round children, its time for HISTORY

1982 - Shades of Things to Come

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmX08S5Pc2c&t=51s
Winner: Gordon Johncock - Patrick Racing - Wildcat/Cosworth



1989 - The Touch


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu8YwDgWxwA&t=110s
Winner: Emerson Fittipaldi - Team Penske - Penske/Chevy



1992 - The Closest Finish


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtiGra-pj5c&t=200s
Winner: Al Unser Jr. - Galles Racing - Galmer/Chevy



1999 - "Ran out of fuel... Fuuuuckkk!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U765Bc-m-uY&t=459s
Winner: Kenny Brack - AJ Foyt Racing - Dallara/Oldsmobile



2006 - The Andretti Curse


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2faJYdeEPK4
Winner: Sam Hornish Jr - Team Penske - Dallara/Honda
(the worst loving announcing team ever)



2011 - The Rookie and the Veteran

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tFV-85gyzQ
Winner: Dan Wheldon - Herta Autosport - Dallara/Honda




BONUS LIGHTS VIDEOS (bring back the Freedom 100, cowards):

Four Wide in Indy Lights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1klmtsWQA

.022 Seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGcnbXq3B-A

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Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

The Current Era


2012 - No Attack, No Chance


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrFIc6RJKGU
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLX3OCmweO0
Winner: Dario Franchitti - Ganassi Racing - Dallara/Honda



2013 - The Fan Favorite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkCsk_HwU6U&t=7267s
Winner: Tony Kanaan - KV Racing - Dallara/Chevy



2014 - The Yellow Car Party

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeREa0HUrXY
Winner: Ryan Hunter-Reay - Andretti Autosport - Dallara/Honda



2015 - The Drive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyYKUKXT520&t=10656s
Winner: Juan Pablo Montoya - Team Penske - Dallara/Chevy
(really, just reset the timestamp and watch the whole drat race. Montoya's drive in this race is just incredible)

Also: https://www.instagram.com/p/3FiPseGyYs/



2016 - "Clutch and Coast!"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7BZrwSLSZE
Winner: Alexander Rossi - Andretti/Herta Autosport - Dallara/Honda



2017 - The One That Got Away Comes Back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhOqhXTDjKY&t=189s
Winner: Takuma Sato - Andretti Autosport - Dallara/Honda



2018 - Show Me Respect, Motherfucker


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3F5gaGtSOI
Winner: Will Power - Penske Racing - Dallara/Chevy




2019 - Norman's Pride


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOUW1kHBm_A&t=1486s
Winner: Simon Pagenaud - Penske Racing - Dallara/Chevy


2021 - Four Time Number Four

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZYDmqQjIC4&t=118s
Winner: Helio Castroneves - Meyer Shank Racing - Dallara/Honda

2022 - 🐍The Swedish Snake🐍

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbeF0jWWylI&t=1211s
Winner: Marcus Ericsson - Chip Ganassi Racing - Dallara/Honda

Cygni fucked around with this message at 03:47 on May 20, 2023

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

Today was Fast Friday, there was the fastest practice lap since 1996!

https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1659697743517093888

and he almost crashed!

https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1659603505357922304

Tomorrow is day 1 of quals! There is gonna be a bump this weekend! Here is the qual order!

https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1659700106663276545

Here is the TV schedule!



You should watch!

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

opposable thumbs.db posted:

I read somewhere that the road course race was on a Saturday to give more time for 500 practice / logistics of some type, maybe for the lower tier races

yeah, the road course race was last Saturday. its still a weird race on the schedule cause of that, and cause of its proximity to the rest of the stuff during this month.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

IOwnCalculus posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyOdeh0Pu_U

The only words you'll understand are "Final Lap".

As this gets further into the past, its extremely cool to see the two active masters at the speedway duel it out like that (and 2 of the 3 best at the speedway in the last 30 years with Dario).

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

Tomorrow, the laughing at Rahal will continue

https://twitter.com/IndyCaronNBC/status/1660040934208274434

Schedule and weather:

https://twitter.com/Indycar_Wxman/status/1660042360607088640

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

Dog Faced JoJo posted:

Is sting ray his actual name?

Yes!

quote:

Robb's first name, Sting Ray, comes from a place his ancestors lived (Stirlingshire, Scotland, shortened to Sting) and his grandfathers' first names (Ray).

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

It is go fast time. Fast 12 will run once with 6 eliminated, last row shoot out with 1 car going home, then Fast 6 go one more time for pole.

Chat here or in the discord!

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

PotatoJudge posted:

So what did RLL to do put themselves in this spot? Any reason in particular they're so slow?

They've run the same speed the last 3 years with largely the same cars. I think everyone else has increased mechanical grip in the shock package which lets you peel off downforce, reduce drag, add speed, and reduced parasitic mechanical losses in the gearbox, differential, etc. There are a million other small things teams do to reduce weight and drag (replace every single steel or aluminum bolt or nut with titanium, fill every single crack with filler before the wrap, contour the actual bolt heads with air flow etc), but RLL's problems aren't those little things imo.

I personally think its mostly the gearbox and mechanical losses.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

Such a relief tbh. Feel insanely better going into the race tomorrow now.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

https://twitter.com/arrowmclaren/status/1662764007231483906

ITS RACEDAY

HERE IS THE SCHEDULE



HERE IS THE STARTING GRID



HERE IS THE SPOTTERS GUIDE



HERE ARE THE ODDS

quote:

Pato O'Ward +500
Alex Palou +575
Scott Dixon +700
Alexander Rossi +900
Rinus VeeKay +1000
Marcus Ericsson +1100
Takuma Sato +1100
Felix Rosenqvist +1200
Josef Newgarden +1400
Santino Ferrucci +1500
Scott McLaughlin +1500
Will Power +1600
Tony Kanaan +1700
Colton Herta +2000
Kyle Kirkwood +2500
Conor Daly +3000
David Malukas +4000
Romain Grosjean +4500
Ed Carpenter +5000
Simon Pagenaud +5000
Graham Rahal +5000
Helio Castroneves +5500
Marco Andretti +6000
Ryan Hunter-Reay +6000
Benjamin Pedersen +7500
Christian Lundgaard +10000
Jack Harvey +20000
Agustin Canapino +25000
Callum Ilott +25000
Devlin DeFrancesco +30000
RC Enerson +30000
Katherine Legge +30000
Sting Ray Robb +30000

HERE ARE YOUR FELLOW FANS

https://twitter.com/idonthavtwitrr/status/1662554631371628546

HERE IS THE DISCORD

https://discord.gg/kg3d2Uu

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

https://twitter.com/RichNye13/status/1662966467107618816

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

As much as I hate Ferrucci (and it is a LOT), he isn't the slowest driver and had an incredible month of may. I wish him nothing but the worst moving forward.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

DEEP STATE PLOT posted:

judging by his other finishes this season, he ain't very far off being the slowest driver when he isn't at indianapolis

its foyt. nobody can save those sleds lately, and many have tried.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

Bentai posted:

https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1696238203634585952
The comments are about as expected, plenty of "who care drive fast" bigot defenders.

i literally got this twitter ad today so about what you would expect on the platform

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

smackfu posted:

Oh I see why the guillotine:

i dont know how mad to be, considering its not a points race. Thermal paid for the teams to run a group test there this year that wasnt televised... and now they are basically paying them more to run a group test there again but it will be televised?

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

Bip Roberts posted:

But the winner gets 1 million dollars?

for marketing purposes, sure. its a nice bonus to run a test. depending on the drivers contract, the team will take anywhere from 100-50% (with most recent contracts leaning towards the 'all' side)

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Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

Qualifying for round 1 is on Peacock right now. Reminder that most of the chatter is now on Discord!

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