Indycar 2023

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

I really miss Hobbs and Matchett for calling F1 races . Tons of REAL knowledge without the screaming or babbling . I think Varsha was the main voice if I remember correctly . He was solid also .

Yep, and some real humor thrown in on occasion.

One of my biggest hates of the Sky F1 announcers is they all talk at once! Often three of them are yammering at once and I have no idea what anyone is saying, and then they seem to break into laughter at some inside joke.

Some are knowledgeable, but have such thick accents it is really hard to understand them. I wish they just spoke English as well as most of the drivers. Alonzo would be a great announcer and way easier to understand than some of the crew they use now, and he is not a native English speaker! Same with most of the current drivers.

[herr_oberst]

The payouts for the 107th Indy 500:

1. Josef Newgarden, $3,666,000
2. Marcus Ericsson, $1,043,000
3. Santino Ferrucci, $481,800
4. Alex Palou, $801,500
5. Alexander Rossi, $574,000
6. Scott Dixon, $582,000
7. Takuma Sato, $217,300
8. Conor Daly, $512,000
9. Colton Herta, $506,500
10. Rinus VeeKay, $556,500
11. Ryan Hunter‐Reay, $145,500
12. Callum Ilott, $495,500
13. Devlin DeFrancesco, $482,000
14. Scott McLaughlin, $485,000
15. Helio Castroneves, $481,500
16. Tony Kanaan, $105,000
17. Marco Andretti, $102,000
18. Jack Harvey, $472,000
19. Christian Lundgaard, $467,500
20. Ed Carpenter, $102,000
21. Benjamin Pedersen (R), $215,300
22. Graham Rahal, $565,500*
23. Will Power, $488,000
24. Pato O’Ward, $516,500
25. Simon Pagenaud, $465,500
26. Agustín Canapino (R), $156,300
27. Felix Rosenqvist, $278,300
28. Kyle Kirkwood, $465,500
29. David Malukas, $462,000
30. Romain Grosjean, $462,000
31. Sting Ray Robb (R), $463,000
32. RC Enerson (R), $103,000
33. Katherine Legge, $102,000

*–Broken down between two teams, $460,000 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, $105,500 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing/Cusick Motorsports

[astrochex]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

The payouts for the 107th Indy 500:

How in the world does Sting Ray Robb, a rookie, get a much larger payout than Rosenquist, who not only finished ahead of him, but also started on the front row?? Both are full season participants.

The 500 payout formula has always baffled me.

[astrochex]

Found some explanation, https://racereviewonline.net/2023/05/30/why-the-indy-500-payouts-vary-and-how-the-red-flag-was-a-3-million-decision-a-deep-look-here/ .

Leaders Circle standings from 2022 are a factor also.

[Zeke]

Paying Graham Rahal $460,000 to start 34th, or as an alternate CAR (not driver) is beyond me. And then as a DNF he got more than Power (total).

[Mahler9th]

I am sure glad no one got hurt with that flying wheel/tire.

My wife had an incident in our911 race car back in '09... right rear took off under load at about 80-90 mph. Brake rotor disintegrated, brake caliper broke of the trailing arm. When the wheel/tire took off (it was a 16 inch diameter 13 inch wide slick), it knocked off the oil suction line, and whatever oil was in the tank hit the headers and caused a flash fire.

No one was hurt.

The wheel/tire was found a long way away. The forces were incredible.

I am sure folks involved here will work hard to make sure that they learn everything they can about this situation at Indy.

Racer magazine web site has some great articles on this year's race with some video segments by Marshall Pruett. I enjoy his work. I met him when he was just getting started.

Great dude, great fan of racing and a great journalist. I think he still lives in this area.

I expect that he might have some insight about that open visor. I noticed it on replay right away and was surprised that the commentators did not mention it, as far as I can recall.

Anyway, I am really glad that no person got hurt... except maybe financially.

[Mahler9th]

A gem from MP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn4dXsoVvAw&t=673s

[rfuerst911sc]

McLaren to purchase the facility that Andretti are vacating .

https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/articles/arrow-mclaren-calls-off-whitestown-move-to-take-over-andretti-hq-in-indy

[CurtEgerer]

Originally Posted by astrochex

How in the world does Sting Ray Robb, a rookie, get a much larger payout than Rosenquist, who not only finished ahead of him, but also started on the front row?? Both are full season participants.

The 500 payout formula has always baffled me.

From reading the article, he must be in somebody's car that was in the Leader's Circle last year?? The money stays with the car, not the driver.

BTW: I can't tell you how annoying that name is, in a trying-to-hard type of way

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

BTW: I can't tell you how annoying that name is, in a trying-to-hard type of way

It really is, isn't it. His parents should be speed-slapped.

[JackDidley]

Originally Posted by Mahler9th

I expect that he might have some insight about that open visor. I noticed it on replay right away and was surprised that the commentators did not mention it, as far as I can recall.

Anyway, I am really glad that no person got hurt... except maybe financially.

Mike Joy said Indy drivers flip up the visor to let everyone know they are ok. Sort of like NASCAR guys dropping the window net.

[Por_sha911]

Thanks Mike for the video - very well laid out argument.

"Sting Ray Robb" - from what I heard, dad was a Corvette fan. That said, he's an idiot to name his son. What if the kid wanted to be a lawyer or a doctor?
"Hi, I'm Sting Ray Rob and I'm going to be doing your heart surgery today...."

[rfuerst911sc]

Hi I 'm doctor Sting Ray how can I help you today ? Hahaha ha

[URY914]

It’s being reported by ESPN that the lady whose car was hit by the flying tire is getting a new car. I saw that coming.

[rfuerst911sc]

Originally Posted by URY914

It’s being reported by ESPN that the lady whose car was hit by the flying tire is getting a new car. I saw that coming.

The Penske Entertainment group is supplying/buying the new car .

[herr_oberst]

That's a no-brainer. They need that problem to go away right now with zero negative-waves. There's got to be 25 ways to get a brand new car at cost within the Penske group of companies, and another 25 ways with all the sponsors that Penske and Indy associate with and the sooner this little episode is forgotten by the ticket buying public the better.

This is a bullet dodged.

"Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?"

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

It really is, isn't it. His parents should be speed-slapped.

They did consider Clovis

[Por_sha911]

I guess it could have been worse. What if his dad loved to eat at Hooters?

[rfuerst911sc]

Kyle Kirkwood admits opening his visor while upside down wasn't his brightest moment 😋 .

https://racer.com/2023/05/31/kirkwood-ponders-gravity-of-upside-down-indy-moment/

[greglepore]

Yeah, the incar was pretty clear that he reached up, but it was dark in there...