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[Eva]

Is it just me or are anyone else’s ABC stations only showing qualifying at 4PM ET... Aren’t they live at 11? What BS is this?

That is correct .

 

[FutureF1]

That is correct .

Right. Gonna find a way to stream the YouTube stream... so I can actually watch it live... biggest race of the year and ABC finds every opportunity to mess it up

 

[Northstar]

It's on Watch ESPN if you have it.

I'm guessing the bloody Brits are to blame with their wedding! We won the war now let us be you imperialist swine!

Edit: Nope, it's just the usual weekend daytime crap. I could at least understand it if it was royal wedding coverage, but this is indeed stupid.

 

[GTRacer22]

Josef is gonna have to step up his game.

 

[Kingofweasles]

Looks like rain is going to wash out the rest of qualifying today.

 

[Northstar]

Looks like rain is going to wash out the rest of qualifying today.

It's supposed to clear up in a while according to the radar. 2:30ET is the hopeful restart time.

 

[AnthonyD1993]

So 2.4L V6s with over 900 hp when push to pass is activated are coming for 2021.

https://racer.com/2018/05/19/indycar-confirms-new-more-powerful-engine-formula-for-2021/

 

[Northstar]

Qualifying is back underway.

 

[JohnBM01]

Are you kidding? Over 9000 horsepower? Oh, wait... 900 horsepower. If this is true, here is something many people wish would say- IndyCar overtaking F1. You know, it's crazy just how fast Indy cars go around Indianapolis. It never ceases to amaze me just how fast and dramatic the action is at Indy.

Can't wait for the Indy 500 next weekend.

 

[Northstar]

Pippa Mann and Hinchcliffe are out. Danica is in the fast 9.

I love that bumping is back, but seeing Hinch miss the race really sucks.

 

[FutureF1]

I’m shedding a tear for Hinch and his family...

 

[GTRacer22]

Hinch’ll buy a seat and make it back in.

 

[Silver Arrows]

I’m shedding a tear for Hinch and his family...

I'm sure Sportsnet is crying too considering they lost the one marketable Canadian in Indy to pimp out before the 500.

 

[Northstar]

I'm sure Sportsnet is crying too considering they lost the one marketable Canadian in Indy to pimp out before the 500.

Wickens doesn't get any love north of the border?

 

[Silver Arrows]

Wickens doesn't get any love north of the border?

He is an unknown quantity. I know of him, but that's because I actually cared for the guy when he was in DTM, and generally keep up with Canadians in motorsports all over the globe. But pull any Joe Schmoe off the streets and ask them to name any current Canadian driver, 99% of them would name Hinch.

Also helps too that he is charismatic as well, and is essentially the face of Honda in Canada. So yeah, him missing the 500 is big for Sportsnet. But I have a feeling they'll just turn up the Canadiana support for Wickens to 11 in exchange.

 

[FutureF1]

I read somewhere that Daly’s and Mann’s cars aren’t full spec speedway kits and still have some features of the road course kits on them. Does anyone know if those statements have any merit to them because it could explain why they were that much slower than the other two Coyne cars.

 

[Kingofweasles]

I read somewhere that Daly’s and Mann’s cars aren’t full spec speedway kits and still have some features of the road course kits on them. Does anyone know if those statements have any merit to them because it could explain why they were that much slower than the other two Coyne cars.

Sébastien Bourdais admitted as much during an interview with Marshall Pruett on Day 1 of Indy practice.

 

[Populuxe]

Genuinely shocked Hinch didn't make into the race. My heart broke for him sitting there in his car as time ran out. I felt bad for Pippa Mann, too. I was hoping both of them would make it in, but no such luck. I think I'll be rooting for Danica in the race.

 

[Eva]

Genuinely shocked Hinch didn't make into the race. My heart broke for him sitting there in his car as time ran out. I felt bad for Pippa Mann, too. I was hoping both of them would make it in, but no such luck. I think I'll be rooting for Danica in the race.

As much as it sucks for Hinch to not make the race, Bump Day needed this for everyone to understand how vital it is to the 500. Granted, SPM and Arrow will likely shoehorn Hinch into another car, but this opened a lot of eyes, and I think that's a good thing.

 

[jake2013guy]

I read somewhere that Daly’s and Mann’s cars aren’t full spec speedway kits and still have some features of the road course kits on them. Does anyone know if those statements have any merit to them because it could explain why they were that much slower than the other two Coyne cars.

There are pictures of ZCD's roadcourse car from last week being converted into Conor Daly's car.

 

[Northstar]

Final qualifying is now live on WatchESPN. ABC begins their broadcast at 4ET.

 

[FutureF1]

There are pictures of ZCD's roadcourse car from last week being converted into Conor Daly's car.

That’s a real shame... Conor is out there trying to save his career in a car that’s guaranteed to be slower than everyone else’s... And Pippa is fighting for the one race she does each year. Makes me lose some respect for Coyne for sure

 

[Dylan]

Qualifying is now live on ABC.

 

[Northstar]

Ed Carpenter is on pole, his average speed on the first lap was over 230mph.

 

[Spacegoat]

What on earth happened to Rossi for him to qualify at the back? Hope he can turn it around for the race.

 

[Eva]

What on earth happened to Rossi for him to qualify at the back? Hope he can turn it around for the race.

I'm guessing he took a lot of downforce out and the wind annihilated him on lap 3 onwards.

 

[Populuxe]

Here's the starting grid:

starting position/number/country/driver/team/engine/time

Row 1
1 20 United States Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 229.618
2 22 France Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 228.761
3 12 Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 228.607

Row 2
4 1 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 228.405
5 18 France Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda 228.142
6 21 United States Spencer Pigot Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 228.107

Row 3
7 13 United States Danica Patrick Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 228.090
8 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 227.859
9 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 227.262

Row 4
10 14 Brazil Tony Kanaan A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 227.664
11 4 Brazil Matheus Leist R A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 227.571
12 98 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 227.288

Row 5
13 19 Canada Zachary Claman DeMelo R Dale Coyne Racing Honda 226.999
14 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 226.788
15 23 United States Charlie Kimball Carlin Chevrolet 226.657

Row 6
16 30 Japan Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 226.557
17 32 United States Kyle Kaiser R Juncos Racing Chevrolet 226.398
18 6 Canada Robert Wickens R Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 226.296

Row 7
19 33 Australia James Davison Foyt with Byrd / Hollinger / Belardi Chevrolet 226.255
20 59 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet 226.212
21 29 Colombia Carlos Muñoz Andretti Autosport Honda 226.048

Row 8
22 88 Colombia Gabby Chaves Harding Racing Chevrolet 226.007
23 25 United Kingdom Stefan Wilson Andretti Autosport Honda 225.863
24 24 United States Sage Karam Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 225.823

Row 9
25 26 United States Zach Veach Andretti Autosport Honda 225.748
26 64 Spain Oriol Servià Scuderia Corsa with RLL Honda 225.699
27 66 United States J. R. Hildebrand Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 225.418

Row 10
28 7 United Kingdom Jay Howard SPM / AFS Racing Honda 225.388
29 10 United Arab Emirates Ed Jones Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 225.362
30 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 225.327

Row 11
31 60 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing with Schmidt Peterson Honda 225.254
32 27 United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 224.935
33 17 United States Conor Daly Dale Coyne Racing dba Tom Burns Racing Honda 224.429

 

[Dylan]

What on earth happened to Rossi for him to qualify at the back? Hope he can turn it around for the race.

According to his post qualifying interview, they trimmed the car out too much and he was really loose for the whole run. Had to lift in almost every corner.

 

[raven214]

Here's the starting grid:

starting position/number/country/driver/team/engine/time

Row 1
1 20 United States Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 229.618
2 22 France Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 228.761
3 12 Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 228.607

Row 2
4 1 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 228.405
5 18 France Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda 228.142
6 21 United States Spencer Pigot Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 228.107

Row 3
7 13 United States Danica Patrick Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 228.090
8 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 227.859
9 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 227.262

Row 4
10 14 Brazil Tony Kanaan A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 227.664
11 4 Brazil Matheus Leist R A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 227.571
12 98 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 227.288

Row 5
13 19 Canada Zachary Claman DeMelo R Dale Coyne Racing Honda 226.999
14 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 226.788
15 23 United States Charlie Kimball Carlin Chevrolet 226.657

Row 6
16 30 Japan Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 226.557
17 32 United States Kyle Kaiser R Juncos Racing Chevrolet 226.398
18 6 Canada Robert Wickens R Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 226.296

Row 7
19 33 Australia James Davison Foyt with Byrd / Hollinger / Belardi Chevrolet 226.255
20 59 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet 226.212
21 29 Colombia Carlos Muñoz Andretti Autosport Honda 226.048

Row 8
22 88 Colombia Gabby Chaves Harding Racing Chevrolet 226.007
23 25 United Kingdom Stefan Wilson Andretti Autosport Honda 225.863
24 24 United States Sage Karam Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 225.823

Row 9
25 26 United States Zach Veach Andretti Autosport Honda 225.748
26 64 Spain Oriol Servià Scuderia Corsa with RLL Honda 225.699
27 66 United States J. R. Hildebrand Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 225.418

Row 10
28 7 United Kingdom Jay Howard SPM / AFS Racing Honda 225.388
29 10 United Arab Emirates Ed Jones Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 225.362
30 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 225.327

Row 11
31 60 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing with Schmidt Peterson Honda 225.254
32 27 United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 224.935
33 17 United States Conor Daly Dale Coyne Racing dba Tom Burns Racing Honda 224.429

I hope Graham Rahal follows his apparent trend of having a better race than qualifying.

 

[Eva]

What on earth happened to Rossi for him to qualify at the back? Hope he can turn it around for the race.

To follow this up, he also had a slow puncture in his tire.