EDITED THIS ARTICLE A FEW TIMES TODAY.
I'm gonna play SPOILER here so if you haven't seen what happened in these two races, just watch the video and don't read what happened below. I saw both of these things happen live.
Today's Indy 500:
EDIT: Old video got taken down, here's another one: EDIT: HAD TO UPLOAD THIS FOR THE THIRD TIME!!! STOP TAKING DOWN VIDEOS, YOUTUBE!!!
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SPOILER. Rookie JR Hildebrand is leading in the last lap by a few seconds. He comes down Turn 4 trying to pass a slow car hugging the inside. This screws up his racing line as he smashes into the outside wall. Dan Wheldon zips by as the feeble National Guard car scrambles to the finish line with only two tires. He finishes second.
I also love at the end after JD crosses the finish line when he runs into the wall again (see 1:01)...he was probably thinking, "F*** it; I just blew the race and totaled the car so take out my frustration on that wall over there."
Today's Coca-Cola 600:
EDIT: YouTube took down the original video, DAMMIT
EDIT 2: TWICE ALREADY!!!
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SPOILER. Dale Jr. (yes, that's right DALE EARNHARDT, JUNIOR) takes advantage of some skittish traffic after a green flag restart with two laps to go. He gains an insurmountable just one lap to go. On the final turn his car starts to run out of gas!!! Kevin Harvick zips by for the win as Dale putters across the finish line in seventh.
Postrace radio chatter: "Be proud man. Another good run." Dale Jr. "Im real happy to be with you guys. We're gonna get us one."
You placed 7th. GAME OVER!!!
I really wanted Junior to win one, it must suck man. Same thing for rookie JR Hildebrand.
OH THAT NEEDLE BROKE OFF BABY!!
I'm gonna play SPOILER here so if you haven't seen what happened in these two races, just watch the video and don't read what happened below. I saw both of these things happen live.
Today's Indy 500:
EDIT: Old video got taken down, here's another one: EDIT: HAD TO UPLOAD THIS FOR THE THIRD TIME!!! STOP TAKING DOWN VIDEOS, YOUTUBE!!!
...
SPOILER. Rookie JR Hildebrand is leading in the last lap by a few seconds. He comes down Turn 4 trying to pass a slow car hugging the inside. This screws up his racing line as he smashes into the outside wall. Dan Wheldon zips by as the feeble National Guard car scrambles to the finish line with only two tires. He finishes second.
I also love at the end after JD crosses the finish line when he runs into the wall again (see 1:01)...he was probably thinking, "F*** it; I just blew the race and totaled the car so take out my frustration on that wall over there."
Today's Coca-Cola 600:
EDIT: YouTube took down the original video, DAMMIT
EDIT 2: TWICE ALREADY!!!
...
SPOILER. Dale Jr. (yes, that's right DALE EARNHARDT, JUNIOR) takes advantage of some skittish traffic after a green flag restart with two laps to go. He gains an insurmountable just one lap to go. On the final turn his car starts to run out of gas!!! Kevin Harvick zips by for the win as Dale putters across the finish line in seventh.
"Well, back to iRacing and Wrangler Jeans ads."
Postrace radio chatter: "Be proud man. Another good run." Dale Jr. "Im real happy to be with you guys. We're gonna get us one."
TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THIS
You're almost out of time!
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You're almost out of time!
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You placed 7th. GAME OVER!!!
I really wanted Junior to win one, it must suck man. Same thing for rookie JR Hildebrand.
OH THAT NEEDLE BROKE OFF BABY!!
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Or May I Suggest Pressing This In Dire Situations?
Or May I Suggest Pressing This In Dire Situations?
Well, that's why you run the entire race, not just 99% of it. That's why you play the game, that's why there's no gimmes on the PGA Tour, etc... You can crown the "winner's" ass all you want, but wait until the checkered flag first.
I am not sure which is the bigger disaster. "Oh my God..." was my initial reaction when I saw that final lap crash at Indy. I mean, this guy wrecks his car in the final corner as Wheldon was a BIG time beneficiary of the win. As for Dale Jr., running out of gas is nothing new. That was more cruel fate than an error in strategy. So I'm not going to say about either incident that they blew it in their respective races.
ReplyDeleteBoth were colossal fails, but it's racing. It's sports. VERY dramatic Sunday of racing.
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When you consider that it was Dale Jr., the media figure who hadn't won in the last 100+ races and was just a few seconds away from getting that monkey off his back, it's just mindblowing to see him run out of gas. I was literally hysterical when I saw it happen. I only wonder what transgressed with Jr and his crew behind the scenes...
ReplyDeleteAs for JR Hildebrand, that wasn't even close to the racing line--he just plowed right into the wall. He had a huge lead, he could've just taken that turn easily and been done with it. Well, he is a rookie so it's easy to get nervous like that. To err is human.