Comments on: More Reflections On Indianapolis

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:34:25 +0000

Fastest mistake-free drive won. Dario seemed to be able to build up 5+ second leads at will, and he doesn’t make mistakes. I would love to see another team or driver win as much as anyone, but I was happy to see a favorite driver of mine win in such a dramatic fashion.

The black mark on the day was the Conway wreck. Specifically, the lack of any news on his condition over the PA. I wanted to jump up and down and cheer for Dario, but my concern for Conway’s safety after that wreck put a damper on things. I ended up calling my dad to get the news from the radio broadcast.

Verdict: A fantastic race live, easily the best I’ve attended. It sounds like television managed to neuter yet another barn burner…

By: AZZO45

AZZO45 — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:25:15 +0000

I 3rd that motion (the NBC w/ Costas part).

Although, I have business issues with Comcrap, one of the worst cable companies (in terms of customer service complaints) getting even more powerful with NBC

but ABC was total dog $h*t coverage. Side by Side is a joke & ABC averaged 5-6 laps + 5-6 laps of SBS or traditional commercial breaks Impossible to tell a compelling story with hacked coverage like that

By: NaBUru38

NaBUru38 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:12:28 +0000

The broadcasting by ESPN Latin America with Andrés Agulla and Alex Pombo was brilliant as usual. They love open-wheel racing, they narrate thrillingly or calmly depending on the action, they actually go to the tracks and talk to the drivers, they know about the stuff. Last year we got a partial television schedule, now they are for the full season. How could I ever complain? The only thing is that football sometimes pushes race broadcasts to strange times, like Sunday-to-Monday midnight for Barber.

George, when Michael Schumacher retired in late 2006, I was left without my driver. After the amazing first races of Lewis Hamilton in McLaren, I decided to root for him. But I couldn’t get over my strong dislike for McLaren, Schumi’s title contenders since 1998. Now my heart is broken between Brazilian Ferrari’s man Felipe Massa and Schumi in his lees than top Mercedes.

By: Brian McKay

Brian McKay — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:11:14 +0000

Kangaroo was available in Saint Petersburg and Alabama. I didn’t rent because I was roaming, roaming, roaming to see racing from various vantages and to make photos.

By: The Speedgeek

The Speedgeek — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:04:58 +0000

Ooh, that’s a good call about the Kangaroo TVs, but unfortunately, they’re not available. I don’t know why that would be, though, since I distinctly remember them being available at CART races as far back as ’03 and ’04. I wonder if they’re just sitting around in a warehouse somewhere, and if they could be brought back out…

By: The American Mutt

The American Mutt — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:34:20 +0000

Best car on Sunday: Dario. Best driver on Sunday: tie between Marco and TK. That’s why you’re disappointed George. Once again, the best engineer won the race, not the driver.

By: Brian McKay

Brian McKay — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:07:12 +0000

TK “made the majority of his passes in the pit lane.” At home, watching on TV, I didn’t know that. Who would tell us? ABC? No… That’s a credit to the 7-11 team, and it’s a team sport. I knew that TK passed about eight on the first lap. And I thought that after green-flag running resumed that he passed one or two at a time, as he’s a wily veteran.

I appreciate what you wrote about Marco’s blitz during one fuel stint. Now I realize that I should’ve been logged-onto IndyCar.com for live timing and scoring and additional cameras. I have a high-speed Internet connection and a very capable computer. But I’d heard complaints about it, and I assumed that if thousands of fans who’re in the blackout zone (and elsewhere that ABC or ESPN/Star Sports isn’t available) were logged in, it’d be too slow & problematic. So I didn’t even bother. NEXT YEAR I will try to glean info from IndyCar.com, especially during commercial breaks, because ABC doesn’t want to help us.
And one year I will go to the 500. I wonder if race-goers can use Kangaroo TVs to see ABC’s feed (from right there, on-site) or if blackout is effective at the venue also.

By: Brian McKay

Brian McKay — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:53:26 +0000

Wow! Fifty-one consecutive Indy 500s?! That’s astounding! I’m not even 51 years old. And I haven’t attended the Indy 500 once. Wow.

By: Brian McKay

Brian McKay — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:51:33 +0000

You’re right; ABC/ESPN doesn’t care about ‘our’ sport. It just wants to cherry-pick the biggest event of the season for ratings. And we want the big event to be distributed on broadcast TV for any interested American to see on Memorial weekend…

By: Brian McKay

Brian McKay — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:47:47 +0000

I agree with all that you wrote. I liked the potential for ‘dark horses’ to win or place, and Tony Kanaan racing toward P2 from the start (Made 8 places b4 the first-lap yellow flag!), Tagliani, Carpenter, Wheldon, et al (shame about Bruno).
As you aid, Dario (and his crew) didn’t make mistakes, and he shepherded his fuel loads. Fastest-qualifying, mistake-free team won.
I also had waited for Dario to shake his milk bottle, as Dixon had. I guess he has more reverence for tradition, following in Jim Clark’s tire tracks — and Chipster and Ashley might not have liked being sprayed.