Comments on: What A Finish!

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 31 May 2011 05:24:13 +0000

Fantastic weekend is right. I’ll just parrot everyone else and say, “Great race!” So many stories…

You too, John, one of the best parts of Indy is meeting friends new and old.

By: Savage Henry

Savage Henry — Mon, 30 May 2011 23:03:05 +0000

I was about 10 rows behind you in RR. I was so pumped that JR was going to win this race. When he went by we raised our beers to him and were celebrating, and then I looked down into Turn 4. Kimball’s car was going so slow it looked like he was stopped. JR was obviously too high. Such a shock to look on the video board and see that he had crashed. I still can’t believe it.

By: billytheskink

billytheskink — Mon, 30 May 2011 21:53:03 +0000

Agreed on all counts. What an amazing race.

Not that Dan and JR weren’t amazing, but the drive of the race has to go to either Kanaan or Rahal. I wouldn’t be surprised if they made 75 passes for position on track, between them both.

By: Travis R

Travis R — Mon, 30 May 2011 17:42:03 +0000

I thoroughly enjoyed the race. Getting a chance to see the Marmon Wasp actually driving would have been enough by itself, but the day was great all the way through. We really enjoyed the show from Stand A, and for the first time ever, didn’t have at least one group of obnoxious drunks sitting near us.

To top it off, it was a hell of a race! Quite a few guys managed to charge from the back, and the finish was unbelievable. I can’t see how anybody would find it boring.

What a day!

By: Ron Ford

Ron Ford — Mon, 30 May 2011 12:41:29 +0000

I sometimes think I could give my old Chrysler Town and Country van to Tony Kanaan and he would put it into the top ten. WOW!

I hope some of you fine folks can make it up to Milwaukee. I’ll keep the beer cold and the light on for you.

By: JohnMc

JohnMc — Mon, 30 May 2011 11:37:50 +0000

It is Monday morning and I am exhausted from this fantastic weekend and one of the very BEST Indianapolis 500s ever run and, George, I hope you remember my picking Wheldon as my dark horse. After this performance by Dan I am going to re-think my list of the top 33 drivers.

By the way, a big shout out to Speedgeek and Rick, I wish we could have spent more time together. That was a lot of fun and you guys are great! Samer with the Philips bunch and our FedEx pal and his son. There is something pretty awesome about race fans and hanging out.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 30 May 2011 04:59:50 +0000

What I’ve told peoples that this situation wasn’t that a dominating racer who’d led for 70 laps and had the win almost in-hand was crashed by a competitor on the last lap and thus robbed of a well-deserved win. I said that J.R. hadn’t expected all month, or all week, or all race to win as a rookie AND that he crashed solo as several others had earlier.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 30 May 2011 04:50:44 +0000

J.R. “thought he had enemies right on his tail (he didn’t) … I wonder what his spotter was telling him” I guess that his spotter and strategist at the pit did nothing while amazed — didn’t tell him to feather the throttle. Though I had hoped that Oriol might win, I assumed that one of the Target twins would win. I was entertained by the race, tracking Oriol, Dandy Dan and the Target twins, but the ABS booth crew was BORING.

By: HB Donnelly

HB Donnelly — Mon, 30 May 2011 03:50:04 +0000

Whoever said this race was boring clearly did not have their eyes on the 82 car. There was a time that I thought Tony Kanaan, who started 22nd, moved into the top ten, dropped back to the high 20s, then came up to 2nd; he was absolutely unbelievable to watch!

You’re right about Baguette: the kid’s a fine racer, but nobody knows who he is or what he’s done in the past, and it’s hard to get American fans excited about someone with such a ridiculously French name.

The emotions of the end, with Danica, then Baguette, then Hildebrand, then the crash…just amazing. Penske was absolutely awful through no fault of the drivers, and same with Ganassi; that’s something you don’t hear at the end of the 500 vary often.

Congrats, Dan!

By: Steve K

Steve K — Mon, 30 May 2011 03:37:37 +0000

Good thing JR is a rookie. A vet would be on suicide watch.