You need that on a t shirt

VR FTL Sorry for your loss, Esty

 

Indy 500 qualifying:

 

sato just touched the wall twice and bumped ALO off the front row. wtf

 

Outqualified by two F1 rejects doesn't mean much. It's a long race.

 

TFW Rossi the real MVP.

MAYBE MCHONDA BE CONTENDERS IF THEY REPLACE ALO WITH A REAL DRIVER LIKE A.ROS.

 

ALO must have been thinking same song different verse when they told him they had to change his Honda power plant.

 

I was thinking the opposite direction. Alonso qualifying 5th is pretty damn impressive considering his lack of seat time and it's pretty sad that the rest of the field can get outqualified by a guy from a different series that just hopped in an open car.

 

yup.

he has better kit than a lot of the other drivers doe

 

and a super aguri driver

 

Yes, 5th is damn impressive. I'm not knocking him by saying he was outqualified by two of his teammates. I'm just saying that anything can happen because it's a long race. Hinch was on pole last year but finished 7th while Rossi started 10th and won.

 

No one has won from the Fast Nine in the DW12 era.

Pretty damn exciting Pole Day. Rows 4 & 5 were all stupid fast too.

 

that is a curious fact. is it just random chance or does starting near the front hurt you over 500 miles? people talk about the swirl that gets going where the air starts traveling in the same direction as the cars after a while. if you're in front at the start you're pushing that air around until it gets moving.

or is it a combo of that and psychological: maybe people at the front in the early part of the race overdrive trying to stay there while someone mid pack is taking it easy until the final dash so they have more in reserve?

 

This combined with our intrepid hero's wonderful luck does not bode well for Fred come Sunday.

 

Commentators said ALO had gone with a very low downforce setup, while improving quali time could that not wind up with more tire degradation?

 

At this point I'd say it's pure luck and nothing else. 5 data points is not a significant sample size.

 

No parc ferme here. They'll make all sorts of changes for the race.

 

So there's probably a good chance the car breaks down on the formation lap before the race.

 

Hopefully not a Cogan ala 1982 or Guerrero in 1992

 

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/n...o-bell-909224/

Alonso's whereabouts at the time remain unconfirmed.

 

kids! with guns.... 'MURICA

 

But... but... there are gun laws preventing kids from owning guns. Can't happen! There are laws against it! Fake news!

 

Nicky Hayden didn't make it.

 

damn. that sucks. RIP

 

he's gone? :-<

 

I don't think headphones would have kept him from hearing cars. I ride with headphones and you can still hear everything around you unless you have the volume turned up to ear piecing levels.