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20 May 2023, 21:46 (Ref:4157054) | #76 | |
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2 more guys to run most likely, both outside the top 30
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Holy crap. All 4 RLL cars are about to be fighting to see who is missing the show, along with Sting Ray.
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I went by their radio call of up one, guessing they meant backwards one
Kat sitting in the car but no chance to go out, Lundgaard will end it with only 3 min to go for his attempt so the cannon will sound before his lap ends Just feels like Graham is going home unless one of the 4 wrecks tomorrow Kat is in, no way to make that up and she's ready to celebrate it |
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20 May 2023, 21:52 (Ref:4157059) | #79 | |
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If Graham doesn't, United Rentals there's an empty car up there in the teens you could jump on the sidepods of
Congrats to Peacock for commercial free when it wasn't on NBC. Well done and took me a minute to notice I didn't see any. And reasonable talk without too much fluff |
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I'm confused. The timing website says that Lundgaard is 30th and Legge is out. IndyCar Radio says that Legge is in the.top 30. What's going on?
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Bad day for RLL, not great day for Penske and Andretti
Great day for McLaren and AJR, good for Ganassi Rosenqvist 4th fastest lap average ever, tomorrow will be warmer so that might stand all weekend as fastest. |
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All hands on deck down at RLL. It looks like Lundgaard is having a chassis change or they are taking the engine from his spare car for the race car. Either way they are working on two #45 cars in the RLL garage. https://ibb.co/m5NsXM9
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That’s exactly what happened! I watched on Peacock later in the day and you can see where the commercial are, all in the NBC window.
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Pretty sure all three of the other RLL cars made totally flat throttle runs during the day. I don't think that the drivers are the problem The cars are simply off pace. I doubt that we (and possibly not the team) will ever know what they need to reach competitive lap times. Hinchcliffe kept bringing up the possibility of mechanical drag being the problem. When I built uprights for Indy cars we didn't do anything different for Indy/Michigan/Pocono vs. any other race. I never built the gearbox but I don't remember any mention of any special preparation for the big ovals. These days the mechanical bits always get mentioned as being specially prepped for Indy but I have never heard any reference to what exactly is done, or how much benefit the extra treatment results in. Seems it must be labor intensive for minimal improvement or everyone would go to the effort for every race. |
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This was IndyCar's prediction for Top 12 Qualifying, compared to the actual Top 12.
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Several 235 mph laps in morning practice. Interesting that TK didn't run, but evidently he has no worries. Foyt cars looking stout.
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History could be in the making today. If Dixon takes pole, he will equal Rick Mears 6 and he also would become the first driver to win three Indy poles in a row.
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Being pretty much the best American series open wheeler in my generation, I'd prefer him to take the win a week from today than equal the pole record, but a record and history, indeed, sir. Thx for pointing that out!
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Lundgaard had the fastest lap and the fastest 4 lap run in the practice session - followed by Rahal, Robb, and Harvey. All so close though that any sort of problem during their run could put one out. |
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