Indy 500
I'll be the first to admit that I'm not much of a racing fan but I do tune in to watch parts of the 500 every year. A few things of note regarding the race thus far today......... Scott Dixon was involved in a crazy crash early in the race.....
And an F1 driver, Fernando Alonso, from Europe has been performing well and has led some laps.
There are 50 laps left of a 200 lap race and according to the announcers one or maybe two pit stops depending on the team and strategy. Could be a fun ending.
Oops, I should've mentioned that Dixon walked away from the crash.
Considering how and where he landed he is extremely lucky.
The gif in this tweet shows the landing.
Oh my god it’s incredible that Scott Dixon is OK. pic.twitter.com/2nA1DRIIRo
— Nick Bromberg (@NickBromberg) May 28, 2017
And Alonso's car fails?!?!?! Nice to see the crowd recoginize his effort and give him an ovation.
Holy shit, Helio!!
Crazy ending
As an avid F1 fan I was really pulling for Alonso today as McLaren hasnt given him a competitive ride since he's returned there. That said I was quite happy this morning to finally see my reds finish with a 1-2 in Monaco.
FORZA FERRARI, FORZA VETTEL!
Gutted for Alonso, Honda engines have given him trouble ever since he joined McLaren again. However, I'm incredibly happy with both Takuma winning as another (former) F1 driver and Ferrari's 1-2 in Monaco. Onto the Coca Cola 600!
jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjeeeeeezuuuuuuuzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
The Dixon crash is evidence of some incredible engineering by the brightest safety engineers in the world. He had no business surviving that crash and just casually walked away. That sort of technology doesn't just confine itself to the racing word; it trickles into normal cars as well. For me personally, when a guy walks away from a 200+ mph crash, it gives me some confidence that I can walk away from a 50 mph one.
RIght on - it was a shocking thing to see. The fact that he walked away is astounding.
Sorta like boxing I guess.