Posted on 05/25/2025 9:31:10 AM PDT by God luvs America
I just saw the greatest performance of our National Anthem ever. Incredible emotional. Race about to begin
-PJ
John Andretti did the same to Air Jack/Vent Man Ted Bitting which twisted his ankle and caused Ted to be taken away on a Gurney-—a little sore.
I was Airjack/Vent Man for the Remainder of That Indy.
Funny story.
The choppers were cool!!
God Bless America 🇺🇸
Indy always has great pre-race traditions and I’ve watched them all since 1974- or at least all of what they showed on TV except the time i was there in 2015- but today was hands down the best ever!!!
1) Choppers on the parade lap!
2)Possibly the most beautiful, elegant and patriotic singing of our Anthem i have ever witnessed at any major event (not often at a major even does the person singing the National Anthem do so with their hand over their heart
3) a great invocation
4) an incredible version of God Bless America!!! Florence Henderson sang the song for years yet you only heard it on the radio broadcast- TV never showed it. The guy who sang today, someone with a latino name, was incredible. He was wearing a shirt with red and white stripes...at the end of the Anthem he opened up the right side of his jacket....i did not initially see what it was and was afraid it was some protest message....during the commercial i replayed it back- the inside of his jacket was a blue background with stars!!! (i found the video!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIx3dgQDoPk)
I may have read it wrong. A further google search asking if all indy cars will be hybrid didn’t answer it specifically. I did see one where it said something like INDYCAR, Chevrolet and Honda will be debuting their hybrid cars in the summer of 2024...
I think you are correct that all of the cars need to meet certain narrow parameters. Oh - found the sentence in an article:
“INDYCAR will be using hybrid power units, a collaboration between the racing series, Honda and Chevrolet. The new unit pairs the existing 2.2-liter twin-turbocharged V6 combustion engine with groundbreaking supercapacitor hybrid technology.”
And a capacitor - not a heavy battery.
“Who spunout at Pit Entry?”
Veekus...a lot of drivers had problems with brakes today; Dixon during the parade lap and Veekus as well as Schawartzman both said their pitlane crashes were due to brake issues
When our tv started recording, it was just after the National Anthem. I’m looking for a link to that. If you find one, please send.
A trap door for extra foot power would be welcome.
Excellent race! A lot of news stations are reporting it is in Apache flyover. I didn’t see any Apaches. What I did see was two Blackhawks. Pretty sure they were Night Stalkers. Whatever the latest version of the Blackhawk is in Pave status.
https://home.army.mil/campbell/160thSOAR
There is one shot that portrays the speed “somewhat”, it’s along the wall, with flowers right next to the track- the speed, sound etc and flowers getting tossed around that make it look pretty awesome. Bu5 still nothing like being there I’m sure.
WOW!!!
Indy 500 runner-up Marcus Ericsson penalized to 31st
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis 500 runner-up Marcus Ericsson was penalized to the rear of the 33-car field along with Andretti Global teammate Kyle Kirkwood on Monday after their cars were found to have unapproved modifications in the postrace inspection that could have helped their aerodynamic efficiency.
Ericsson finished second to Álex Palou on Sunday when he was unable to make a winning pass in the closing laps. He now will be credited with a 31st-place finish while Kirkwood, who had finished sixth, has been relegated to 32nd.
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IndyCar said the modifications made by Andretti Global were to the Energy Management System covers provided by Dallara, the company that provides the chassis for the series. The rulebook states that those parts must be used as supplied.
Ericsson and Kirkwood had to forfeit their prize money and championship points from their original finish and instead will receive the money and points for their penalized finish. Each of the cars also was fined $100,000 and the competition managers for the teams have been suspended for the upcoming race on the streets of Detroit.
https://www.espn.com/racing/story/_/id/45332490/indy-500-runner-marcus-ericsson-penalized-31st
This Is Hugh!
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Andretti Racing gets Nuked!
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Kyle Moyer was at Green Racing 24 yrs
Ago about when it went to ANDRETTI. Kyle
was Fired by Penske for ‘Attenuators.’
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I’M Still curious about Rossis’ Pit Fire and it’s cause.
That’s big!
yup, that’s the place...
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