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First IndyCar race of the 2023 Season is in the books with Marcus Ericsson winning at the Firestone Grand Prix street course in St Petersburg.

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Bit of a rough start to yesterday's St Petersburg IndyCar race...

Wow! That one blue/orange car looks all squirrely before anything happened. I'll have to look for more Indy racing on TV. Pretty amazing tech. The cockpit video is like a real life video game -- got to get it up on the big screen!

Josef Newgarden/Team Penske Win IndyCar oval race at Texas Motor Speedway



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April 2, 2023 - Results NTT IndyCar Series PPG 375 at Texas Motor Speedway

1. (4) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 250, Running

2. (5) Pato O'Ward, Chevrolet, 250, Running

3. (7) Alex Palou, Honda, 250, Running

4. (9) David Malukas, Honda, 250, Running

5. (2) Scott Dixon, Honda, 250, Running

6. (15) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 250, Running

7. (10) Colton Herta, Honda, 250, Running

8. (16) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 249, Running

9. (17) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 249, Running

10. (21) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 249, Running

11. (26) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 249, Running

12. (19) Agustin Canapino, Chevrolet, 249, Running

13. (18) Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, 249, Running

14. (11) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 248, Contact

15. (13) Benjamin Pedersen, Chevrolet, 248, Running

16. (8) Will Power, Chevrolet, 248, Running

17. (22) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 247, Running

18. (28) Jack Harvey, Honda, 247, Running

19. (27) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 247, Running

20. (25) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 246, Running

21. (14) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, 246, Running

22. (3) Alexander Rossi, Chevrolet, 243, Running

23. (12) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 221, Contact

24. (24) Graham Rahal, Honda, 219, Contact

25. (23) Sting Ray Robb, Honda, 208, Contact

26. (1) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 177, Contact

27. (20) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, 97, Contact

28. (6) Takuma Sato, Honda, 46, Contact


Race Statistics
Winner's average speed: 169.917 mph
Time of Race: 2:07:07.2653
Margin of victory: Under caution
Cautions: 5 for 52 laps
Lead changes: 26 among 8 drivers

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Alex Palou with the fastest pole speed in the history of the race with a with a four-lap average speed of 234.217 mph. One of his qualifying laps averaged over 235 mph. Blistering lap.

This is the fastest field in Indianapolis 500 history. The average speed for the 33-car field is 232.184, shattering the record of 231.023 set last year.

Staring grid:
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Indy 500 about to start! The fastest qualifying speeds ever, both individual and combined.

Copy of final grid with drivers, their cars & qualifying speeds:

Good reminder! Thanks!

Exciting goings on at this year's 107th running of the Indy 500. Final attendance tally expected to be at the 325,000 mark plus a huge TV audience.

What a wild drama-filled race, especially the last 20 laps or so. Wow! Three (!) red flags during the last 16 laps. Pit road chaos throughout the event, wild re-starts, throw-caution-to-the-wind racing, and so much more.

At the end our home town boy Josef Newgarden wins his first Indy 500, finally achieving the elusive victory for the two time IndyCar champ.

Formula-1 what? No comparison, at least not with the two races from each today. A.J Foyt had it right when he was recently quoted as saying "I wouldn’t cross the street to go watch a Formula 1 race."

The choice between the two is easy - this morning's dull, predictable, boring F1 race at Monaco vs. what we just witnessed at Indy. Night and day. There were 52 lead changes and reportedly over 500 passes at at Indy today. Lead changes at F1 Monaco? Haha. The overtakes/passes at today's F1? Maybe four (4) If the average for that venue holds.

Final unofficial results for today's 500:

1 Josef Newgarden
2 Marcus Ericsson
3 Santino Ferrucci
4 Alex Palou
5 Alexander Rossi
6 Scott Dixon
7 Takuma Sato
8 Conor Daly
9 Colton Herta
10 Rinus VeeKay
11 Ryan Hunter-Reay
12 Callumm Ilott
13 Devlin DeFrancesco
14 Scott McLaughlin
15 Helio Castroneves
16 Tony Kanaan
17 Marco Andretti
18 Jack Harvey
19 Christian Lundgaard
20 Ed Carpenter
21 Benjamin Pedersen
22 Graham Rahal
23 Will Power
24 Pato O'Ward
25 Simon Pagenaud
26 Agustin Canapino
27 Felxi Rosenqvist
28 Kyle Kirkwood
29 David Malukas
30 Romain Grosjean
31 Sting Ray Robb
32 RC Enerson
33 Katherine Legge

Several crashes today with this one being the scariest. Check out the tire/wheel that flew over the 30' to 40' T2 catch fence. (Look closely at the 0:14 to 0:16 of the video.) It missed the grandstands and hit a parked car. Fortunately, no drivers or anyone else hurt but a tire going over the catch fence like that is an almost unthinkable result considering the size and design of the safety fencing at Indy and the safety features of the cars (tethers on all wheels). Apparently the tether was severed in a freakish set of events.





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I'm glad no one was hurt, that tire incident could have been tragic. The last dozen laps I got the feeling everyone had checked their brains at the door, some really stupid moves. I guess the red mist combined with the dollar signs for the winner got the best of many. Congrats to Newgarden and The Captain, well deserved win.