re: 2024 NTT Indycar Series Season Thread: Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, 06/02, 11:00 AM

Posted by Tornado Alley

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 12:12 pm to SkiUtah420

I plan to go to Indy in the next couple of years. We will have to do a TD meet up.

Anyone going to any other races this season?

Posted by Tornado Alley

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 12:13 pm to Tornado Alley

Siegel gets bumped IMO. He is too slow.

Posted by SkiUtah420

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 12:13 pm to Tornado Alley

after seeing that last sim by Graham, Siegel has a legit shot to bump him

Posted by SkiUtah420

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 12:14 pm to Tornado Alley

quote:
plan to go to Indy in the next couple of years. We will have to do a TD meet up. Anyone going to any other races this season?

Ill be at Detroit (wife is from there) and probably hit up Nashville for the season finale

usually do 3-4 races a year

Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 1:05 pm to SkiUtah420

Boy, yesterday I was sure Siegel was going to get bumped. Now I'm not so sure. He's approaching this like he's got nothing to lose, and Graham is ready to have a meltdown. It's gonna be a nail-biter.

BTW, when i saw on the graphic that Nolan was from Palo Alto, I thought he was probably the son of a really rich tech entrepreneur or something. Nolan's wiki and web site were no help, but with a tiny bit of sleuthing, I was able to figure out that his father is venture capitalist and IMSA racer Mark Siegel.

This post was edited on 5/19/24 at 1:34 pm

Posted by SkiUtah420

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 2:11 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82

his dad is one of the managing directors of Menlo Ventures which is one of the biggest VC firms

I think Siegel will eventually progress into a pretty competitive driver.

I could see his and Malukas’ dad eventually buy out Dale Coyne (He drives for HMD- Malukas’ team in Indy lights)

This post was edited on 5/19/24 at 2:13 pm

Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 2:30 pm to SkiUtah420

OK Honda is not winning the Indy 500 this year.

But it's weird how Sato and Rosenqvist's four laps are so consistent instead of having the drop-off in speed that we expect.

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 2:32 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82

Outside of the world of Max Verstappen, Kyle Larson may be the best driver in the world. This is incredible

Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 2:33 pm to Fus0623

Larson instantly locked into the Fast 6.

Posted by SkiUtah420

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 2:37 pm to Fus0623

i would put palou, Dixon and newgarden ahead of Larson , but Larson is really good for a nascar guy- maybe the best ever

Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 3:02 pm to SkiUtah420

After the Fast 12 round:

Fast 6
1. Scott McLaughlin #3 (Penske / Chevrolet) 233.492 mph
2. Will Power (W) #12 (Penske / Chevrolet) 233.483
3. Josef Newgarden (W) #2 (Penske / Chevrolet) 233.286
4. Alexander Rossi (W) #7 (McLaren / Chevrolet) 233.071
5. Kyle Larson (R) #17 (McLaren - Hendrick / Chevrolet) 232.788
6. Santino Ferrucci #14 (Foyt / Chevrolet) 232.723

Row 3
7. Rinus VeeKay #21 (Carpenter / Chevrolet) 232.610
8. Pato O'Ward #5 (McLaren / Chevrolet) 232.584
9. Felix Rosenqvist #60 (Meyer Shank / Honda) 232.305

Row 4
10. Takuma Sato (2W) #75 (Rahal Letterman Lanigan / Honda) 232.171
11. Kyle Kirkwood #27 (Andretti / Honda) 230.993
12. Ryan Hunter-Reay (W) #23 (Dreyer & Reinbold / Chevrolet) 230.567

Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 3:09 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82

Time to Bump!

Nolan Siegel (R) #18 (Coyne / Honda)
Marcus Ericsson (W) #28 (Andretti / Honda)
Katherine Legge #51 (Coyne - RWR / Honda)
Graham Rahal #15 (Rahal Letterman Lanigan / Honda)

They have one hour. They can make multiple runs until the hour is up.

But it takes a while to cool the car off, so the number of runs they can make is pretty limited.

This post was edited on 5/19/24 at 3:20 pm

Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 3:19 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82

Yikes, did Ericsson really think he was done?!

Wow, he's in real danger now. He won the race just two years ago! He should have won last year as well!

Posted by SkiUtah420

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 3:19 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82

omg Andretti… lmaoooo

siegel’s gonna make it

Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 3:25 pm to SkiUtah420

Legge is gonna have to change her underwear. But she's probably in.

Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 3:30 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82

Wow, Ericsson admitted he thought he was done after Lap 3.

Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 3:46 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82

With less than 25 minutes left, I think Legge is in.

I don't think the other three guys are all going to go out and beat her pretty weak speed of 230.092 mph.

Marcus will beat it, but I don't believe both Graham and Siegel will beat it.

Legge should be lined up to do another run now, just to take up time. This might be mistake not making that strategic move.

Edit: Oh wait, I just learned that you have to withdraw your last run in order to take another run! That explains why they are waiting. They have to wait until Marcus takes another run. No one else is going to withdraw their run until they are bumped out of the lineup.

This post was edited on 5/19/24 at 3:50 pm

Posted by UncleFestersLegs

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 3:52 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82

Marcus can wait until 1 minute to go and no one else can go again