Yeah I know, it's very easy for me to sit here and
"Monday Morning Quarterback!" Especially like Tony Kanaan said: I
wish you were out here in the cockpit at 210-215mph! As it makes you wonder if
you want to keep doing this!
Entertainingly, I thought I'd blown I-T! As
Randal, thy No Fenders Moniker King was
kind enough to take me TV shopping Saturday, as I've been Sans Telie' the past
six weeks now, and Randal finished programming said new television just prior
to their being 50-laps left at Fontana.
Having checked thy TV Guide prior, I knew
there was a slimmed down 3hr replay Sunday night at 9PM Pacific which I eagerly
awaited. Although Y'all DON'T mess round with Walker Texas Ranger! As the Paid
Program cut into the post race interviews at midnight after only having heard
from Rahal and runner-up 'TK "Follow-your-Schnoz!" Kanaan before good
'Ol Chuck Conner; Err Norris began prattlin' on about his super duper home gym
workout device; Hooah!
Alas, when
surfing around Sunday afternoon, I thought FOX had just given it away as I
madly scrambled to turn off the TV since I don't have NO mute button no more!
As the female voice cooed, Will Power; SHEISA!
So I dually sat down at 9PM and watched; Err
listened to the whole darn thingy' and
was pleasantly surprised to discover with 9-laps remaining that Will Power
didn't win the race. Although Power was understandably PISSED OFF! (for which absolutely NO reason entitles him to shove
a Safety Marshall! As talk 'bout Post-race Fines, as he needs to be given the
Clint Dempsey treatment! As that's simply a huge No-No! even if he tweeted
& personally apologized...) over the insane
Pack racing that had occurred, which Y'all know is bad if the reigning series
champion brings Las Vegas into the conversation!
And I'll admit that I was rootin' for Ryan
Briscoe to win, because I think the
affable Aussie deserves a Full-time ride with a decent team and whilst I'm
happy that Graham Rahal got the proverbial "Monkey Off his Back!"
Scoring his second career IndyCar victory and the first in 125-starts since
winning his debutant B-I-G' CARZ race 'Wayback at St Pete in 2008.
Yet while I find it NO fault of Graham's as
he was told to go, I totally agree with Professor B's assessment, as JB' (Jon Beekhuis)
said pointedly, what's there to discuss? It's a pretty clear case of a Pitlane
Safety violation and I don't see how it's NOT a Penalty! To which I thought
Derrick Walker's in-booth explanation was extremely lame!
As really? How isn't this a Drive-thru
penalty a la driving over a air-hose or worse yet, striking a crew member.
While DON'T even get me started on Indy Car's version of the Green-White
chequer, when going to another Red flag scenario with less than 10-laps
remaining at Fontana.
Really enjoyed hearing PT's voice again, along with "Professor" Steve
Matchett with the lone exception being how I
really do NOT enjoy his screaming WHOA! As it comes across as cheesy artificially
induced drama, which is totally unnecessary!
As I found the most interesting part of the
whole broadcast being Paul Tracy's shrewd assessment of Honda's performance,
saying he thought that actually, Hondres' engine was probably stronger, ergo
more powerful than Chevy's! For which Matchett quickly chimed in while concurring
with Tracy that when you take off the extra drag the Bowtie's can run on the
Road and Street Courses with the Speedway Aerokits, Honda's definitely not as deficient
which they proved all day long with the majority of their team drivers running
at the point.
Having attended the 2013 Indy 500 race where
the record was set for most overtakes with 68 vs. this year's 37, I can say
that I totally enjoyed this year's race far more - as thy engaging Slingshot
mentality doesn't really seem to conjure up true Racecraft.
Hence, was it exciting to see; Uhm? listen to
the record for lead changes being broken at Fontana with 80? As it certainly
made me think of past Michigan 500-milers, especially the Hanford era races
that Leigh Diffey asked 'PT about while noting how El Zorro! The legendous'
Alex Zanardi absolutely deplored them.
as yeah, Pack racing is exciting for the
fans, although I found it fairly nerve wracking from the comfort of my "Lazyboy"
recliner! And surely Y'all DON'T want to see another driver lose his life
simply in the name of pumping up television ratings, right? As why does the
three Indy 500 crashes and now this make me think indeed of Las Vegas when Dan
Wehldon stupidly lost his life...
