Pick the Podium - IndyCar - The 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 30, 2021

[Retroram52]

I missed my selections for the Grand Prix of Indiana due to schedule conflicts. That race supposedly is the run-up to the 500. No matter. Off we go with another Indy 500. Scott Dixon has the Pole and Colton Herta sits in P-2. Should be another good race and there will be fans in the stands. Don't know how many but it should be another great American Race!

 

[Retroram52]

Here is the Starting Grid for the 500:

2021 Indy 500 starting grid​

Row	Driver 1	Driver 2	Driver 3
1	Scott Dixon	Colton Herta	Rinus VeeKay
2	Ed Carpenter	Tony Kanaan	Alex Palou
3	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Helio Castroneves	Marcus Ericsson
4	Alexander Rossi	Ed Jones	Patricio O'Ward
5	Pietro Fittipaldi	Felix Rosenqvist	Takuma Sato
6	James Hinchcliffe	Scott McLaughlin	Graham Rahal
7	Conor Daly	Jack Harvey	Josef Newgarden
8	J.R. Hildebrand	Santino Ferrucci	Juan Pablo Montoya
9	Marco Andretti	Simon Pagenaud	Sebastien Bourdais
10	Stefan Wilson	Max Chilton	Dalton Kellett
11	Sage Karam	Will Power	Simona de Silvestro

 

[Schmoopy1000]

Here is the Starting Grid for the 500:

2021 Indy 500 starting grid​

Row	Driver 1	Driver 2	Driver 3
1	Scott Dixon	Colton Herta	Rinus VeeKay
2	Ed Carpenter	Tony Kanaan	Alex Palou
3	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Helio Castroneves	Marcus Ericsson
4	Alexander Rossi	Ed Jones	Patricio O'Ward
5	Pietro Fittipaldi	Felix Rosenqvist	Takuma Sato
6	James Hinchcliffe	Scott McLaughlin	Graham Rahal
7	Conor Daly	Jack Harvey	Josef Newgarden
8	J.R. Hildebrand	Santino Ferrucci	Juan Pablo Montoya
9	Marco Andretti	Simon Pagenaud	Sebastien Bourdais
10	Stefan Wilson	Max Chilton	Dalton Kellett
11	Sage Karam	Will Power	Simona de Silvestro

I didnt realize Simona was back in INDY cars.

 

[Retroram52]

Yep, everyone comes out of the woodwork to run Indy. Marco Andretti who basically is semi-retired is also running the Indy 500 this year.

 

[Retroram52]

I'll go with Herta, Dixon, Sato, Newgarden.

 

[gohusk]

nice to see a clean start.

 

[gohusk]

you fucking crashed at the start of pit row?????

 

[gohusk]

Well Dixon ran out of gas playing the fuel conservation game, BEFORE THE FIRST PIT STOP!!!!

 

[Retroram52]

Castro-Neves comes out of retirement to win the 500. I am not sure any of this matters at this point.

 

[Retroram52]

Here is How We (I) Did:

Retroram52: 0 points- Got skunked.

Season Totals:

Retroram52 - 8 points


Next Race: Two races at Belle Isle for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, June 12-13, 2021

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Recorded this as I had wine to bottle and nothing to watch.

Now I've seen all the 4 time winners win their 4th.

And it's a fluke as I haven't watched the race in 5 years.

No way he was going to lose to Palou.