The Month of May: INDYCAR Races.

INDYCAR/FoxSports/Me ^ | 05/02/2025 | Me/INDYCAR

[mabarker1]

I'm going to do this 1 Thread to cover all of the INDYCAR Races in May. CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA INDY GRAND PRIX at Barber Motorsports Park near Birmingham, Alabama, The Indianapolis GP on the Indianapolis Road Course and The 109th Indianapolis 500 2025 on the Historic Oval.

TV Racer Listing for all Races on TV

This weekend is at Barber Motor Sports Park in Birmingham, Alabama.

WEEKEND DETAILS

[Big Red Badger]

Oh Shit Lite!
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Amazing how little Things changed.

[Bob434]

I had read once that they can cost a million or more

[mabarker1]

Just absurd !!!

But it really doesn’t surprise Me.

[mabarker1]

✅

[God luvs America]

Tel Aviv native Robert Schwartzmann in the fast 12 tomorrow!!!

[Big Red Badger]

Anyone see Penske pulled Their Cars
Today?
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The Indy has a Very complex Qualification
Procedure. Exilerating but Technically
Stringent.
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Always changing year to year.

[God luvs America]

Two failed tech inspections and McLaughlin had a huge crash in practice

[God luvs America]

Schwartzman!!!

[God luvs America]

Schwartzman wins pole!!

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4317779/posts

[mabarker1]

ROBERT SHWARTZMAN First Rookie on the INDY 500 POLE IN 43 YEARS !!! 232.790 MPH !!!

Rookie only ?28? laps in an INDYCAR EVER !!! Never seen IMS until now and never been on an oval !!!

GET TO KNOW ROBERT

Robert Shwartzman makes his rookie debut in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES with PREMA Racing. Shwartzman raced for PREMA from 2018-2021 in other championships and has claimed several wins in FIA Formula 2. A 2019 FIA Formula 3 champion, he has also served as a test and reserve driver for Ferrari and Sauber (2022-24) and as a Formula E test driver for DS Penske. Off track, Shwartzman was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, grew up in Italy, and has a connection to St. Petersburg, Russia. A Star Wars fan, he boasts an impressive collection of lightsabers.

Birthdate September 15, 1999 Residence Indianapolis, Indiana Hometown Tel Aviv, Israel

Oval-novice Shwartzman wows everyone with stellar Indy 500 qualifying performance.

Who had IndyCar Series rookie and complete oval novice Robert Shwartzman as the rockstar performer during Saturday’s qualifying session for the Indianapolis 500 ?

Even the Israel-born, Russia-bred driver had no expectation for his PREMA Racing team – a total non-factor in every one of its five introductory IndyCar races – to propel the No. 83 Chevy to the sixth-fastest qualifying effort and earn a ticket into Sunday’s Fast 12 session and a chance at pole position.

His teammate, three-time Indy starter Callum Ilott, qualified 23rd.

“Honestly, I was quite nervous before the run,” Shwartzman admitted. “I was like, ‘How is it gonna be feeling? It's quite cooler. We haven't driven in these conditions. Everything is new to me.’ But then I was like, ‘Listen, it's one chance. It's my first qualifying. I just have to go for it.’ And I just floored it. I went flat. The first two laps were really good. The car was hanging on, was really fast. And then from lap three, obviously, at some point, it started to have a bit of a deg on the rear, like the car started to move. "So the last two laps, honestly, was like on the edge, and I was trying to hold on to it. I'm really happy I managed to finish my qualifying run. I still know that I could have done even a faster lap time, speed wise, but yeah, obviously, for my first time, I didn't know how to react to these changes. Overall, I'm really happy how it was. Honestly, the emotions in the car, like, how fast it goes and how you're playing on the limit at 240mph, like, that's crazy.”

[Bob434]

240- dang- that’s fast- in racing games- that track, you get about 4-6 laps of good grip, but after that the car starts sliding toward the wall more and m ore and you have to keep adjusting corner speed to keep out of the wall- fun track- the corners are pretty tricky- and definately stay off the white paint on inside corners- you will go for a spin lol

[Bob434]

my mistake- just looked it up for f-1 cars- they vary in costs- some around $25,000 dome upwards of #$300,000, not sure where i got $1 mill figure from- I musta misheard what they were talking about

indy car wheels seem to be similar price

https://thesportsrush.com/f1-news-f1-steering-wheel-cost-how-expensive-are-f1-steering-wheels/

[Bob434]

I did find one for $350 though

https://www.amazon.com/MOMO-Steering-Wheel-Mahogany-IND35ZB0P/dp/B00N21QA76

[Big Red Badger]

Pole Postion At Indy is a Race Winner in itself——$Several Million No Doubt.
Great Work Team !
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Team Penske kinda Screwed up-—Ooopsie.

[Big Red Badger]

XLNT Run for the Rookie !
He Is A Hero Now.
Video showed a slight twitch probably
Turn Three but Giddy-Up Cowboy
He held It !

[NFHale]

Re 232.790 MPH:

Years go, when I was a 19 ear old with mush for brains and a 390 cu in motor in my 1967 Fastback Mustang, I decided to see what it could do with the pedal to the floor.

On a stretch of open road in upstate Pennsylvania, I stomped the pedal to the floor, and took the speedometer all the way up to its limit… I think it was 120, or there about.

Now, things get real sporty with drum brakes, all around… And a car with a giant motor upfront, and almost no weight in the ass end gets real exciting real fast…

But for a few brief seconds, beyond being absolutely terrifying, it was positively exhilarating. Stopping however… That was a completely different story.

[mabarker1]

not sure where i got $1 mill figure from

That's the F1WELOOKEDATIT LICENSE FEE©️™️®️ of the FIA.l

[AFreeBird]

455 Wildcats if I recall correctly.

[AFreeBird]

Buick 455 Wildcats

[mabarker1]

You should get one and then the next time You’re taking Your car in for a State Safety Inspection have it mounted on in place of the Factory Wheel and wait for the look on the Inspector’s face when they get in the car.