What An Indy 500!!

Today was one of the most exciting finishes in the 100 year history of the Indy 500.
JR Hildenbrandt, a rookie was leading the race until the last corner of the 200th lap when he crashed into the wall, letting Dan Wheldon win. This unfortunate accident by the National Guard car allowed Dan Wheldon to pass Hildenbrandt and finish first. (Say, who predicted Wheldon would win? If anyone bet on Wheldon based on my prediction, I'll take 10% : ) ) Hildenbrandt, even though he crashed and destroyed his car, he still rolled to a second place.
As far as the action and my predictions: There was a lot 2 wide racing and the race was pretty exciting. Fortunately, there were no big crashes in which a car went airborne.
Danica Patrick finished 10th, about 38 seconds behind the winner, but she was never a factor in the race, even though she led a few laps. The reason why she led a few laps is because she was off cycle on her pit stops.
But for the announcers, all it was Danica this, Danica that, Danica can do no wrong and Danica is a high priestess. She ran an ok race, did horribly on restarts, usually losing at least 5 positions on each restart. I also noticed that ABC, in their rolling driver positions on top of the picture, showing what place each driver was in, ABC kept putting her in a higher position than she really was in. For instance, after a restart towards the end of the race, it showed Patrick to be in 7th place, even though she lost about 6 places and was in at least 13th place and this continued for several laps. Other drivers showed they were gaining or being passed but not Patrick. Why?

So, it was another great race by the Indy cars and their drivers and I look forward to seeing Indy Cars and NASCAR trucks in Las Vegas at the season's last race on October 16.
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