It's the longest day in Motorsports and the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500 at IMS. This was a race that would see several different leaders, 30+ lead changes, different pit strategies, a few wild wrecks, a few near misses, but in the end it would be now 3-time winner Dario Franchitti comes back from 33rd after first restart to win the Indy 500 in front of a good sized crowd. Now this was racing with this DW12 chassis.
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| Conway-Power wreck. Photo Credit: LA Times via twitpic |
1. Scary wreck early in the race when Mike Convey lost it in turn 1, hitting the outside wall hard, collecting Will Power after breaking a front wing piece in the pits by hitting a crew member. Lucky the crew members and both drivers are ok.
2. Wild three-four-five wide restarts. There seems to be no real order on the restarts during the Indy 500, but boy are they entertaining to watch and one driver can pickup or loss spots fast.
3. Weird, but cool seeing Rubens Barrichello running in the Indianapolis 500, instead of earlier this mornings Monaco Grand Prix. However for his first Indy 500, he lead a few laps and ended up finishing in the 11th spot, not bad.
But in the end, it sucks this one ended under caution after a wreck on the final lap for the lead between Takuma Sato and Dario Franchitti. Good try Takuma Sato, but not enough room for the move especially with Dario so far down on you.
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3. Weird, but cool seeing Rubens Barrichello running in the Indianapolis 500, instead of earlier this mornings Monaco Grand Prix. However for his first Indy 500, he lead a few laps and ended up finishing in the 11th spot, not bad.
But in the end, it sucks this one ended under caution after a wreck on the final lap for the lead between Takuma Sato and Dario Franchitti. Good try Takuma Sato, but not enough room for the move especially with Dario so far down on you.
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