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FourWheelDrift said:
Danica has driven better I thought...
4th last year, top 4 runner this year never off the lead lap to finish 8th. I think there are some bigger names that would like 2 Indy's like that
She's too cute to complain about
Don't get me wrong. I'm a fan (ok - vixpy mode off) I would have liked to see her in the top three this year...
ErnestM
A truly great spectacle (like Le Mans) and I was there yesterday (still here in Ohio - next door to Indiana 
) My first Indy - me and a couple of mates amongst the 300,000 crowd 
in 90 degrees of heat with the track temp starting at 109 and up to as high as 125 towards the end of the race. Shame Dan couldn't do it a second time after leading for much of the race . . . yep and Danica is a babe and the talk of many race fans in the USA (mostly male)
My ears are still bleeding from the noise of the cars.
) My first Indy - me and a couple of mates amongst the 300,000 crowd in 90 degrees of heat with the track temp starting at 109 and up to as high as 125 towards the end of the race. Shame Dan couldn't do it a second time after leading for much of the race . . . yep and Danica is a babe and the talk of many race fans in the USA (mostly male) My ears are still bleeding from the noise of the cars. Fantastic finish!
Marios face was a picture! First he thought his son was going to win and then he thought his grandson was going to win and then Penske pipped him on the line! Brilliant. (I have an autographed bottle of Andretti wine on its way to me courtsey of a friend who works at Deanos Vino in Indy. Hope its not gone sour.
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Felt sorry for Wheldon, he led for most of the race and perhaps deserved to win.
Marios face was a picture! First he thought his son was going to win and then he thought his grandson was going to win and then Penske pipped him on the line! Brilliant. (I have an autographed bottle of Andretti wine on its way to me courtsey of a friend who works at Deanos Vino in Indy. Hope its not gone sour.
) Felt sorry for Wheldon, he led for most of the race and perhaps deserved to win.
Maybe I'm too cynical, but what I saw was a seemingly unnecessarily long yellow (the car touched the wall and drove off the track with minimal debris) that could possibly have been to engineer an Andretti 1-2, with all the subsequent jubilation. Dan was fuelled to the end on new tyres and running 2-3mph faster than everybody else. The long yellow meant he did not have enough time to catch up. Problem was, nobody told Hornish...
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