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May 29, 2011 3:15 PM
Wow, what a finish. Have to feel awful for Hildebrand. That was nuts.
May 29, 2011 3:15pm
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May 29, 2011 3:15 PM
Crazy
May 29, 2011 3:15pm
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May 29, 2011 3:16 PM
That's a rookie fucking mistake. Get out of the gas some going into the last turn. Nobody was sticking on the outside.
May 29, 2011 3:16pm
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ptown_trojans_1

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May 29, 2011 3:16 PM
I just yelled Holy Shit!
What a race. What a last 20 laps.
So close, he just had to lift a little. Wow.

Good for Dan though, as he has been 2nd the last two years.


With the crazy Monaco finish this morning, and this now, the Coke 600 should be fun.
May 29, 2011 3:16pm
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May 29, 2011 3:18 PM
Yeah, when he went outside you couldn't help but to think of Tagliani who did the same thing. Should have eased back a little, but what a rookie mistake. That will haunt him the rest of his life.
May 29, 2011 3:18pm
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May 29, 2011 3:19 PM
He still finished 2nd, but the look of him looking at his car in bewilderment and shaking his head says it all.
Man, what a feeling.

Awesome for Dan though. He is a great driver.
May 29, 2011 3:19pm
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May 29, 2011 3:20 PM
ptown_trojans_1;784610 wrote:I just yelled Holy Shit!
What a race. What a last 20 laps.
So close, he just had to lift a little. Wow.

Good for Dan though, as he has been 2nd the last two years.


With the crazy Monaco finish this morning, and this now, the Coke 600 should be fun.

I've always liked Wheldon for some reason, so it is good to see him win. Thought it would be awesome to see a rookie from the US win though.
May 29, 2011 3:20pm
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May 29, 2011 3:22 PM
ptown_trojans_1;784614 wrote:
Awesome for Dan though. He is a great driver.
Yes he is. Not bad for a part time driver this year.
May 29, 2011 3:22pm
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May 29, 2011 3:24 PM
Dan has me in tears talking about his mom.
May 29, 2011 3:24pm
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May 29, 2011 3:35 PM
I am bummed because Wheldon has already won, and it would've been great for the 100th to be won by an American on this weekend in a National Guard car.
May 29, 2011 3:35pm
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May 29, 2011 3:37 PM
Speedofsand;784625 wrote:...and it would've been great for the 100th to be won by an American on this weekend in a National Guard car.

this x1000
May 29, 2011 3:37pm
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May 29, 2011 3:47 PM
Yeah, it would have been great.
But, Dan's story is a great one. 2nd the last 2 years

Again ,what a great 20 laps. Danica was solid, then Tony storming forward, Dario's fuel, then the young Rahal in first and then finishing 3rd.
May 29, 2011 3:47pm
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May 29, 2011 4:10 PM
Cars were hitting the outside wall all day. His crew chief also deserves some blame here for not instructing him to just stay low there.
May 29, 2011 4:10pm
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GoChiefs

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May 29, 2011 5:00 PM
He didn't even have to stay low...just slow the hell down. Sucks that happened to him for sure.
May 29, 2011 5:00pm
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May 29, 2011 8:47 PM
I've literally never watched the Indy500, but decided to watch the last bit of this because I was bored, and even I was stunned he did that. Felt bad for the guy...everyone knew he just made the epic fail.
I was also impressed with Danica Patrick.
May 29, 2011 8:47pm
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May 30, 2011 12:25 AM
friendfromlowry;784734 wrote:I've literally never watched the Indy500......

this was the part that stunned me...I mean......Really?
May 30, 2011 12:25am
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May 30, 2011 12:37 AM
september63;784636 wrote: His crew chief also deserves some blame here for not instructing him to just stay low there.

What?!?!?!? He a professional driver yes he is a rookie but he is a professional. He should have noticed through out the day that drivers were going into the wall.
May 30, 2011 12:37am
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May 30, 2011 12:43 AM
Tiger2003;784904 wrote:What?!?!?!? He a professional driver yes he is a rookie but he is a professional. He should have noticed through out the day that drivers were going into the wall.

I will partly agree with September. They should have told him he would be approaching a slow car and that he had room to breathe, granted not much room. Still the blame goes to Hildebrand for making such a mistake.
May 30, 2011 12:43am
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May 30, 2011 1:10 AM
Terry_Tate;784907 wrote:I will partly agree with September. They should have told him he would be approaching a slow car and that he had room to breathe, granted not much room. Still the blame goes to Hildebrand for making such a mistake.

His Crew Chief no blame should be pointed at him....Maybe some to his spotter but that is about it. The driver should have known.
May 30, 2011 1:10am
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May 30, 2011 1:15 AM
Tiger2003;784919 wrote:His Crew Chief no blame should be pointed at him....Maybe some to his spotter but that is about it. The driver should have known.

Yeah, I should have worded that differently. Obviously the crew chief couldn't have helped but the spotter should have been giving him help. It's the last lap of a rookie leading the Indy 500 with guys behind him charging hard, he just wanted to get to the line as fast as he could. I'm not trying to absolve him of blame, and maybe they did give him the situation and he just went outside anyway, but his mind had to be going 1000mph.
May 30, 2011 1:15am
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May 30, 2011 6:55 AM
best last 14 laps at Indy I've seen in a long, long time--wow
May 30, 2011 6:55am
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May 30, 2011 4:17 PM
Tiger2003;784904 wrote:What?!?!?!? He a professional driver yes he is a rookie but he is a professional. He should have noticed through out the day that drivers were going into the wall.

OK, his spotter then. Crew Chief or someone should have drummed this into his head though. I know he is a professional but there is a reason a 1st or 3rd base coach reminds runners how many outs there are.
May 30, 2011 4:17pm
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May 31, 2011 10:11 AM
The only negative about the 500 this year was ABC's shit coverage. It seemed like most of the time, you had 3-4 minutes of coverage followed by an equal amount of commercials (where you might have side-by-side). There was one point where they came back from commercial to do a feature on Charlie Kimball and how he copes with diabetes while racing...and then almost immediately went back to another break.
May 31, 2011 10:11am
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May 31, 2011 11:10 PM
Graham Rahal drove like a man posessed! What a great drive from 29th on the grid.

Was pulling hard for Rahal but when it looked like JR was going to pull it off, I was cheering like mad for him as well. Then I was like, "Where the hell did Wheldon come from?! What happened to Dixon?" Ganassi's strategists really screwed over Scott and Dario Sunday (Kimball too since he was running out of fuel as JR came up on him during that last lap). Rahal, though, had the fuel to get to the end so all wasn't lost.
May 31, 2011 11:10pm
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May 31, 2011 11:15 PM
Tiger2003;784919 wrote:His Crew Chief no blame should be pointed at him....Maybe some to his spotter but that is about it. The driver should have known.
Driver did know. Kimball was running out fuel and couldn't get out of the way. With no apron for slower cars to get off of, JR had only the outside groove to take. Spotter told JR that Wheldon was coming so he kept his foot in the gas. He had to. Unfortunately, a lapped car running out of fuel forced him to go high.
May 31, 2011 11:15pm