101st running of The Indianapolis 500 - "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" - Sporting Events and Fantasy Sports

About to drop the green flag on ABC.

starting grid:

https://www.indianapolismotorspeedwa...info/live-grid

storylines:

http://www.espn.com/racing/indycar/s...ernando-alonso

Helio Castroneves going for four -- again.

Alexander Rossi won as a rookie last year.

Pippa Mann, the only female starter, makes her sixth start. A woman has never won.

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05-28-2017 , 12:27 PM

kingweed

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This is the thing that Alonso is in?

Might tune in purely for him hopefully he wins it.

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05-28-2017 , 12:34 PM

ligastar

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yeah, Alonso started in the middle of row 2. i believe this is his first oval race.

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05-28-2017 , 12:37 PM

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am watching. do these things have brakes on them

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05-28-2017 , 12:41 PM

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am watching. do these things have brakes on them

yes

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05-28-2017 , 12:44 PM

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This is so boring.
Whenever an American tells me cricket is boring, this will be my riposte.

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05-28-2017 , 12:45 PM

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nando seems to be moving through the field nicely for now

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05-28-2017 , 12:45 PM

kingweed

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Is the ratio of skill to car similar to f1 here in regards to winning?

Alonso clearly the best driver. Whose got the best car and can that gap be made up by skill?

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05-28-2017 , 12:49 PM

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hm the huge field means this is gonna be tricky to follow once people start getting lapped

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05-28-2017 , 12:50 PM

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heh juan pablo with a crappy pit stop

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05-28-2017 , 12:51 PM

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are they allowed unlimited pit stop crew or is there a maximum

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05-28-2017 , 12:52 PM

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Tuning in

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05-28-2017 , 12:53 PM

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nando leading a race for the first time in about 3 years

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05-28-2017 , 12:53 PM

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I remember when this actually was the race..

What actually killed the Indy 500 so that it has such a low profile now?

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05-28-2017 , 12:54 PM

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I have no idea how this race works but Alonso has looked by far the best driver since he lost a few places at the start.

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05-28-2017 , 12:57 PM

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I remember when this actually was the race..

What actually killed the Indy 500 so that it has such a low profile now?

F1.

Even then that's been boring for a few years now.

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05-28-2017 , 12:58 PM

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i know almost nothing about this so someone please correct me, i think but there was a big split in the sport in like 1995 or something and two promotions - CART and indycar - emerged as rivals with indycar having the indy 500, not all the top teams/drivers raced at indy for a while which caused a lot of bother and diminished the prestige of the race

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05-28-2017 , 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ArcticKnight

I remember when this actually was the race..

What actually killed the Indy 500 so that it has such a low profile now?

It's boring.

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05-28-2017 , 12:59 PM

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BOIDS

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oh this is a bit like cycling with team mates working together

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05-28-2017 , 01:01 PM

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this basically

Doesn't help that they find the most boring announcers to call it too.

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05-28-2017 , 01:02 PM

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Oh guess that makes sense.

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05-28-2017 , 01:04 PM

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PeteBlow

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Ok. It just got more interesting.

Edit: Wow. How lucky was he that he didn't smash his head into the wall. No car design could stop a death there.

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05-28-2017 , 01:06 PM

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Holy Dixon wreck

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05-28-2017 , 01:07 PM

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now that was a horrific horrific crash. great seeing Dixon walk away from that.

Howard's first car race start of any kind since 2011. a Brit who lives in Indy and got married in Indy.

Last edited by ligastar; 05-28-2017 at 01:14 PM. Reason: edit: 2011 not 2012

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05-28-2017 , 01:07 PM

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well this guy is hardly likely to win the race by pointing in the wrong direction and only having one wheel is he. although i do admire his unconventional approach

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