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[Dylan]

HELIO CASTRONEVES
WINS HIS
4TH
INDIANAPOLIS 500!!!!!​

 

[NAXEHT]

Wow, 4 Indy 500 wins. Amazing. Congratulations, Castroneves.

 

[PaMu1337]

Shortest Indy 500 ever?

 

[Dylan]

Shortest Indy 500 ever?

It sure felt like it. Nonstop action from start to finish.

 

[AnthonyD1993]

Mike Shank has to be ecstatic now. His first win for the Indycar program comes at the biggest of them all!

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

Shortest Indy 500 ever?

Followed by the longest celebration ever.

 

[NAXEHT]

Castroneves equaling A. J. Foyt, Al Unser Sr. and Rick Mears at the top with four Indy 500 victories. Super impressive.

 

[girabyt3]

HELIO!!!

 

[PaMu1337]

Shortest Indy 500 ever?

It was (at least if you only count full length races), and also a new record for most finishers

 

[AudiMan2011]

Absolutely awesome race. Great to see Helio make history and join the exclusive 4 time winners club

 

[Spacegoat]

Only woke up in time to watch the last 36 laps of the race. Hell of an exciting finish. Big congrats to Castroneves.

 

[r_outsider]

It was (at least if you only count full length races), and also a new record for most finishers

Fastest ever qualifying field and fastest ever overall race, too.

 

[Sum1s2pid]

Lots of action! So many incidents going into and out of the pits. Amazing accomplishment for Helio.

 

[JackRyanWMU]

Not often you get to see history like this being made. Great to see Helio finally get that elusive Win Number 4.

 

[Dotini]

Average speed was 190.690 mph. Is this the fastest Indy Car race ever?

 

[r_outsider]

Average speed was 190.690 mph. Is this the fastest Indy Car race ever?

Yes.

 

[JohnBM01]

As someone who's always been a fan of Helio Castroneves, I'm proud for him on joining the list of 4-time Indy 500 winners. It was a great event! Can't be any happier for Helio on this day.

 

[Dolph Drago]

Great win by Helio! I wonder how it would have turned out if not for the sudden lapped traffic at the end, though.

 

[ScottPuss20]

So the Indy 500 is run with crowds in attendance despite the fact that they've had over half a million COVID deaths with hundreds, if not thousands of active cases. Meanwhile in the state of Victoria, the Winton SuperSprint is called off after 36 new COVID cases and subsequent lockdown...

Anyway at least I was able to watch a 46 year-old win his 4th Indy 500 and climb the fence. Winning the Indy 500 once is one thing but winning 4 in 21 starts is simply legendary. The list now looks like this:
Rick Mears
Al Unser Sr
A.J Foyt
Helio Castroneves

What a group to be a part of. His name will live on I don't think I'll be forgetting this edition of the Indy 500 anytime soon.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

So the Indy 500 is run with crowds in attendance despite the fact that they've had over half a million COVID deaths with hundreds, if not thousands of active cases. Meanwhile in the state of Victoria, the Winton SuperSprint is called off after 36 new COVID cases and subsequent lockdown...

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think fans had to show proof of vaccination to attend the event. Here in Australia, I don’t believe we’re given a vaccination card like in the US. Not to mention that our rollout has barely got underway with somewhere around only 500,000 Australians getting both doses. That’s not a whole lot more that the total amount of fans at the Indy 500!


Great race though, I had my eyes glued to the screen for the whole thing and it was truely amazing to see Castroneves pull through to win for a forth time.

 

[Dylan]

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think fans had to show proof of vaccination to attend the event. Here in Australia, I don’t believe we’re given a vaccination card like in the US. Not to mention that our rollout has barely got underway with somewhere around only 500,000 Australians getting both doses. That’s not a whole lot more that the total amount of fans at the Indy 500!


Great race though, I had my eyes glued to the screen for the whole thing and it was truely amazing to see Castroneves pull through to win for a forth time.

The general fans did not need any proof of vaccination to attend, but I believe visitors with pit/garage passes did.

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

Great win by Helio! I wonder how it would have turned out if not for the sudden lapped traffic at the end, though.

When I saw there was lapped traffic, I said at the time it was over. What really was bad for Palou was that he could've won if the driver that had to pit a lap or two earlier and came out just ahead didn't get a penalty. Otherwise, Palou would've had draft to the finish.

 

[Northstar]

Super scary crash right there.

 

[AudiMan2011]

Really hope Felix is OK. A jammed throttle is scary

 

[BrainsBush]

Really hope Felix is OK. A jammed throttle is scary

Indeed was a huge impact into the tire barrier. The concrete wall behind it also dropped down. Hope he is ok.

 

[Northstar]

Initial report is he is sore but otherwise alright, as expected he is still going to be transferred to the hospital for further evaluation.

 

[Roo]

Power - Ericsson - Veekay

Leigh Diffey: "Three different nationalities, three different teams!"

But only 1 paintscheme, it seems. Shades of WEC a few years ago.

 

[PorscheFan91]

Grosjean's just crashed out - had high hopes after he qualified P3

Good opportunity for Ericsson though!

 

[Tornado]

Go Sato!

 

[Roo]

If Will Power didn't have bad luck he'd have no luck at all