Indy 500

[JMT]

simply amazing. one of the most exciting finishes ive seen. high drama on the last few laps.

with his dad mario in the pits, michael andretti led with a few laps to go and it looked like he was finally going to win Indy for the first time after coming out of retirement at age 43. shockingly, his car lost speed and his 19 year old rookie son (mario's grandkid) took over the lead with about 2 laps to go. then sam hornish pulls an aggressive move to pass in the turn and they almost lock up wheels as marco barely holds him off. hornish is blocked and falls back and it looks like the young andretti is going to do what his dad never could, and his grandfather only managed to do once in 1969, but hornish keeps gaining again and makes another move on the final stretch. he passes at the last second and takes the victory, the second smallest margin of victory in indy history. the andretti family is denied once again.

incredible race.

[tres-b]

Exciting, but caution flags play such a huge role in the outcome. Dan Wheldon and Tony Kanaan were dominant all race and a caution put a rookie and retiree in position to win.

Sam Hornish was fast all day. Of those that had a shot at the end, he was the one that deserved the win.

[V. Barbarino]

Put the pedal to the medal, never let up for 500 miles, not even in the turns...

great focking race... nothing like doing 215mph thru the turns... I was pulling for Marco or Michael or Danica.

[tres-b]

from itv-f1:

While he may have just missed out on the biggest single prize in motor racing last weekend, Indianapolis 500 runner-up Marco Andretti could be racing for the ultimate title – that of Formula 1 world champion – in the future.

The 19-year-old American rookie led US motorsport’s biggest event until the last corner before giving best to his countryman Sam Hornish Jr.

But the third-generation racer, grandson of 1978 world champ and former Ferrari ace Mario and son of McLaren driver Michael, is destined for greater things if grandpa gets his way.

“I would like him to come to Formula 1 with Ferrari,” Mario, who raced for the Italian team in several guise during his 40-plus years career, told Gazzetta dello Sport.

For Marco, the weekend was a bitter pill to swallow and echoed the misfortunes of his father at Indy over the years, as the “Andretti curse” continued.

“I’m disappointed I would love to have won,” he said.

“But I am happy anyway and it is great to see that all the people around me are happy with what I have done.”

Ironically Michael came out of retirement for the event so that he could race his son.

But once again victory slipped through his fingers late in the race when the final yellow flag period cost him the lead and certain victory.

[240turbo]

Wow!! Susre sounds like an exciting race. Wish I caught it. This is the type of shit that makes us enthusiasts happy.

[Lola]

i watched the race from start to finish.. it was the best Indy 500 i've seen in years...

The whole race was great.. the last 5 laps were awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee