Running Indianapolis 500 thread

[The Rules of Golf]

Will you watch it?

Or is it more like this:

 

[Chi City 81]

Hell, I almost fell asleep while laying out the auto racing page yesterday.

 

[The Rules of Golf]

the milk is spiked!

 

[GB-Hack]

I will have it on in the background while doing other things.

 

[The Rules of Golf]

I will too. I'm about to go purchase the NYT, assuming the one outlet in town that sells it, the campus bookstore, is open on this holiday weekend. Then, I'll finish up a book I've got 100 pages left.

And when the race gets down to 10 laps, I'll put down the book/nyt.

 

[shotglass]

I'm like Doc on it ... but it bothers me. I really have no good explanation why I can enjoy three hours of NASCAR, and Indy-car racing just bores me to tears. I wish I did.

My wife really wants to go to Maple Grove Raceway, too, to see the dragsters. And I can't imagine sitting through that for an entire afternoon, either. And yet, I can enjoy a night with the sprint cars.

 

[GB-Hack]

Well, its started off pretty exciting, two lead changes in the first three laps.

 

[93Devil]

Tivo it and then watch the final few laps if one of the ladies is winning.

 

[Moderator1]

Who beat?

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

ABC...there's this thing called weather radar. It really helps illustrate your point, rather than just talking about it.

 

[GB-Hack]

And off the track we go. This is why I prefer F1, real tracks, wet tires, keep racing.

 

[GB-Hack]

If the rain doesn't stop, Kanaan wins his first Indy, Patrick finishes third.

Patrick has impressed me with how she fought through having a bad car early to get up to the front.

 

[dooley_womack1]

the milk is spiked!

The milk is people!

 

[Bob Cook]

Good thing for the race that Indiana finally adopt DST. That gives them til 7-7:30 to get this wrapped up.

There's another system over Champaign, but everything is moving to the northeast. If the rain lets up in the next hour or so, there's plenty of time to get this going again.

 

[Bubbler]

Good thing for the race that Indiana finally adopt DST. That gives them til 7-7:30 to get this wrapped up.

There's another system over Champaign, but everything is moving to the northeast. If the rain lets up in the next hour or so, there's plenty of time to get this going again.

Rain is about to end, but if the sun doesn't come out, the track is going to take at least 2 1/2 hours to dry. It's going to be very close.

It rained last time I covered the race in '97. Sorry everyone.

 

[Freelance Hack]

If they're drying it now, they should be ready to race by 6 ET.

Would love to see Patrick win it, but her car has been hit or miss all day.

Side note, anybody catch Daughtry on the pre-race entertainment? He was totally craptacular, reminiscent of Steven Tyler's hideous national anthem there a few years ago.

 

[markvid]

Anyone know what time they'd go tomorrow if they can't finish?

 

[Del_B_Vista]

It's official now, I believe.

 

[markvid]

Correct.

101 laps is the fifth inning. If they can't restart, it's over and Kanaan wins.

Thanks, I'm a little busy on a baseball game, can't watch until I get home around 10 tonight.

 

[sportschick]

How much would it suck to be Marco Andretti if this thing is over now? Two years of getting passed on the final lap to finish second.