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Pick the Podium - IndyCar - Genesys 300, Texas Speedway, Forth Worth, TX, June 06, 2020

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IndyCar has returned to their season with the Genesys 300 on Saturday Night, June 06, 2020. With a revamped schedule of 14 races including the running of the Indy 500 on August 23, 2020 and a halo/semi-canopy enveloping the driver this year, IndyCar is back. Pick the Podium is also back for this series and the rules and points awarded are the same as last year. So join in. This will be fun to see how the new nearly complete driver canopies will effect the car and the racing in general.
 

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Zach Veach, Colton Herta, and Scott Dixon all look fairly stout in Practice Session 1.
 

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Scott Dixon, Colton Herta, Zach Veach, and Marco Andretti are all top cars as P-1 winds down.
 

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The top five after both practice sessions are: Dixon, Herta, O'Ward, Veach, Andretti. Some fresh faces in the top five.
 

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After Qualifying, Newgarden takes the pole followed by Dixon, Pagenaud, Hunter-Reay, and Veach.
 

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For the Podium I'll go with: Newgarden, Dixon, Hunter-Reay, and Veach for my extra points.
 

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The final results are as follows: Dixon wins it followed by Pagenaud, Newgarden and Veach comes in fourth.

Here's How We (I) Did:

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1 point - correctly selected Veach for fourth place

Season Totals:

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- 1 point
 
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Next Race is July 4, 2020 at the GMR Grand Prix in Indianapolis, Indiana.
 

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Very strange racing without fans in the seats. Hoping that a few hundred thousand fill the seats at Indy on August 23.

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Great win by Dixon who led 157 of 200 laps. The cars looked sleeker than ever especially with the new cockpit-protecting wraparound windscreen. I watched part of the race. Heartbreaking crash by Rosenqvist with three laps to go.
 

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When they run the Indy 500 later in August, Roger Penske, the new owner of the Brickyard is demanding that the stands be filled with fans. Interesting how this social distancing shit suddenly disappears when major cash is involved.
 

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When they run the Indy 500 later in August, Roger Penske, the new owner of the Brickyard is demanding that the stands be filled with fans. Interesting how this social distancing shit suddenly disappears when major cash is involved.

I've driven to the 500 four times but not in the last 10 years. Awesome race. Everybody should see this race once in their life, retro. Largest track in the world with a capacity of 250,000 seats. Last time I went they had a flyover by the B-2 stealth bomber at the start of the race. Would love to go in August maybe returning from my western road trip.
 

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Yea, they need another iteration of that version in IndyCar and F-1 just to get the aesthetics right.
 
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