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Live Thread- 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 (The Greatest Race in the World!)
5/25/2025 | Me

Posted on 05/25/2025 9:31:10 AM PDT by God luvs America

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To: MtnClimber

I was there twice too. Saw Jim Clark in a Lotus win in 1965. I actually owned a Lotus Elan then, was rooting for Clark. Don’t remember who won the other time I was there.


41 posted on 05/25/2025 11:55:17 AM PDT by Veto! (Trump Is Superman)
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To: Bigg Red

NASCAR is the JV league of car racing. I mean, does FERRARI, MERCEDES, LEXUS, INFINITY, SUBARU or PORSCH even participate in NASCAR?


42 posted on 05/25/2025 11:55:28 AM PDT by Racketeer
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To: All

Larson just crashed, so no 1,100 mile day for him.


43 posted on 05/25/2025 11:59:15 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989

this is playing into the hands of Devon Defransico, Jack Harvey and hometown boy Ed Carpenter...

Why the hell is Larson down shifting at such a high speed?


44 posted on 05/25/2025 12:00:49 PM PDT by God luvs America
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To: Racketeer
You realize that NASCAR is about Stock Car racing? They build their cars with approved common stock parts, so Ferrari, Mercedes, Porsche, etc., can't participate.

It's nothing but Fords, Chevys, and Toyotas (Lexus parent company).

-PJ

45 posted on 05/25/2025 12:00:51 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Lib-Lickers 2

Ferucci is driving the #14 car


46 posted on 05/25/2025 12:05:10 PM PDT by 38special (I should've said something earlier )
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To: Lib-Lickers 2

AJ may just get another victory today


47 posted on 05/25/2025 12:33:13 PM PDT by God luvs America
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To: God luvs America

Putting under green and shuffling the deck


48 posted on 05/25/2025 12:41:01 PM PDT by 38special (I should've said something earlier )
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To: God luvs America

Lap 10 to 130——


49 posted on 05/25/2025 12:42:57 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: 38special

Setting up to be a hell of an ending...they will be running on fumes or running out of gas!!!


50 posted on 05/25/2025 12:45:18 PM PDT by God luvs America
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To: God luvs America

I’m sorry, but until they lend a modicum of concern for the planet I will neither watch nor attend. The cars henceforth must be solar powered.


51 posted on 05/25/2025 12:45:37 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Are you now, or have you ever been, a Democrat?)
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To: 38special

Palou playing it smart


52 posted on 05/25/2025 12:46:18 PM PDT by God luvs America
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To: Fester Chugabrew

I was reading an article where some of the cars are hybreds now with a small battery installed. It was interesting with the various drivers talking about the pros and cons. Added weight and the balance of the car is different. But it really gives added power, but just for short intervals and then the battery is dead.

The drivers were saying how it adds to the mental calculus. Do you use it for a little boost throughout the last portion of the race to save on fuel, or save it for the very end and a big boost to pass or what?


53 posted on 05/25/2025 12:52:45 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant - Never Fearful)
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To: 21twelve

Wow. I had no idea there was allowance for a variable of that nature.


54 posted on 05/25/2025 1:00:12 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Are you now, or have you ever been, a Democrat?)
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To: God luvs America

BHR down and out 😳


55 posted on 05/25/2025 1:07:27 PM PDT by 38special (I should've said something earlier )
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To: Racketeer

F! is basically just one guy winning every race


56 posted on 05/25/2025 1:10:01 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If Hitler were alive today and criticized Trump, would he still be Hitler?)
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To: God luvs America

20 laps left!!! Wow!!!!


57 posted on 05/25/2025 1:14:24 PM PDT by God luvs America
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To: AppyPappy

F1 is chasing- not racing....whoever wins pole wins the race 90% of the time


58 posted on 05/25/2025 1:15:18 PM PDT by God luvs America
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To: God luvs America

And da Brakes!
Swartz!!!

BRAKES !


59 posted on 05/25/2025 1:15:28 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: 38special

Erickson going to be tough the pass- he’s a racer


60 posted on 05/25/2025 1:17:05 PM PDT by God luvs America
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