I also thought the TV broadcast was good under the circumstances. Miller is good in or out of the booth. Having said that, I find his “Mailbag” on Speed to be relentlessly downbeat and depressing. His constant harping on BB, for example, is really getting old.

I had to listen to the race live and watch it on TV later. I find Mike King’s delivery annoying and I stongly disagree with his remarks that Simona should be “scolded” for challenging the leaders late in the race while she was nine laps down. Last time I checked this is called racin’. At the time she was the fastest car on the track and had an opportunity to practice her craft on a wet track. Was she supposed to just put the car in Sunday drive mode? She did not put Marco at risk of crashing.

It is not likely that you should find yourself short of subjects to write about in May, but if you do you perhaps you would consider writing about the sounds of racing and how that adds to the excitement. There is a wealth of racing engine sounds and other racing sounds on YouTube. Using YouTube and a fine little program called Audacity I have made some very enjoyable racing sound CDs for my own use. Thankfully, the turbines did not catch on and hopefully the electric cars won’t either.

Finally, Indy and some ovals:) Why we need another twisty in Brazil is beyond me.

Ending with this fine quote from the Simeone Automotive History Museum in Pennsylvania: “The first race was conceived when the second car was built” Amen.

I’m very much in agreement on Miller in the booth. Actually, I thought the booth as a whole was great, if crowded. A Jenkins-Miller-Dallenbach Jr. booth could probably be the best since Page-Unser-Posey. While I certainly don’t mind Jan Beekhuis in the booth, he’s been an outstanding pit reporter in the past and I think is better suited to be down there than Miller.

Jenkins, sets the tone, brings the focus back to the race when it strays, and makes mistakes just often enough to be charming. Miller and his spontaneity fill the Unser role, and Dallenbach’s tendency to talk more than anyone else in the booth keeps Jenkins from droning.

I’m not going to complain when the booth likely returns to Jenkins-Dallenbach-Beekhuis, but swapping Miller and Beekhuis is an idea that I think has a lot of merit.

agree that Miller needs to be in the booth. While I have learned to enjoy twisties, they need to mix up ovals and twisties more. I know that makes it more difficult on the owners, but this year is all about the fan, right? So next year they should alternate types of tracks when possible. and they really need to run on an oval prior to Indy.

and lastly, I read where Nascar is going to honor Navy Seals this week. It makes me burst with pride to know that Indy–on Memorial Day weekend–refused to give in to national pride and the sacrifices of our soldiers and instead will honor that great, highly-decorated soldier, humanitarian and long time supporter of the 500–Donald Effing Trump.