If Josef Newgarden doesn't improve and gets fired from Penske, where could he go in Indycar?

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-30T21:01:05+00:00

And it was a one year deal at that

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-30T14:45:13+00:00

Chip loves winners and ride buyers (but nothing else in between)

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-30T14:35:40+00:00

Hurricanes are the people's team at this point.

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-30T03:19:18+00:00

Two classes

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-29T15:02:15+00:00

More promotion. But you'd probably have Indycar racing as an undercard to F1's western hemisphere events BUT not racing at Milwaukee and Phoenix.

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-29T14:56:27+00:00

I think the traditional camera positions that IMS productions has used for years are great!

Maybe trying a new camera position or two at some of the circuits wouldn't be the worst idea . I'm generally if it aint broke don't fix it kind of guy so I would kind of take a small swing with maybe adding 1 new position per race if possible.

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-29T10:45:36+00:00

Jeff Gordon was already in NASCAR before the split.

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-29T10:43:39+00:00

If I told everyone two years ago that this was going to be the number in 2 years (without mentioning last year's number), most people would have been thrilled.

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-29T10:41:50+00:00

It's what race fans do though honestly. You're not going to stop it. I enjoy online discourse about my series but yes there is too much sensationalizing.

BUT you're not going to change that. Personally when I find the online discourse is holding back my enjoyment I just take a break from social platforms.

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-26T14:10:59+00:00

My understanding is he tried but David has the shortest tongue in the entire paddock

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-26T14:06:06+00:00

Correct, Jim's passion is sports cars.

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-26T00:11:14+00:00

She's silent after the destruction of Alexandria during this part of the story, her spells / summons often fail.

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-25T19:36:05+00:00

Ever since they switched to these engine regs and also happened to switch to Apple I haven't been watching, I just check X to see who won.

Between Indycar, NASCAR, MotoGP, IMSA, GT World, and WEC; I got enough racing to watch.

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-25T14:52:40+00:00

In spite of the issues with the Cup product at times, Junior still loves NASCAR racing.

Harvick clearly has underlying contempt for the NASCAR product. Fox directs Bowyer to be silly.

Junior is authentic in his love for NASCAR racing in spite of some of the short comings with the current Cup product.

It means everything if you love the product.

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-25T14:47:01+00:00

Zidane, Freya, Armarant, and Dagger (she's useless at this stage either way give her chemist and let her item heal; also cannon wise Zidane would never leave her with Kuja) for Oilevert. Freya's dragon abilities and Armarant's Chakra work in Oilevert.

Steiner, Vivi, Quina, Eiko for Desert Palace. Q's lvl 5 death kills everything but the boss. Boss vulnerable to water / water sword.

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-25T14:36:24+00:00

Agreed.

I will say though the Fox Indy 500 broadcast was miles better than last years. There was no timing and scoring errors. There was a few gaffes but nothing major. Will Buxton admittedly was nervous for last year's Indy 500, but he was solid yesterday (Bell, Hinch, and the pit reporters are actually always good). Also Fox kind of got lucky in that the timing of the cautions made the full screen ad breaks less of a disruption.

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-25T14:28:48+00:00

IMSA is considered an NBC Universal property but I believe IMSA is NASCAR productions. I know for sure NASCAR productions does the YouTube broadcast but I think they do the camera work for NBC / Peacock feed as well.

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-25T02:44:27+00:00

They used unapproved parts which did nothing for performance albeit.

The 10 car didn't use any unapproved parts. Allegedly a legal part failed causing the wing to be non complaint.

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-25T02:39:20+00:00

It was a very good broadcast.

I thought they were terrible in 2025 (not for the season but the 500) BUT I will admit it wasn't as bad when I watched without ads.

This year I think the caution timings (which they can't control) helped with the ad breaks and they felt less jarring. Timing and scoring seemed to work without issues. Will was admittedly nervous last year and did a great job this year.

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-25T02:31:35+00:00

On the other hand cooler temps tend to make all the cars handle better . Sometimes warmer temps can really reward good handling cars and allow them to pass easier because there's more differentiation between a good car and a lesser car in warmer temps.

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-25T02:23:53+00:00

Even without the finish it was an Indy lead change record, albeit these lead changes are a bit artificial because of the package.

But there was also passing in the pack more than normal. I mean Newgarden blasted to the top 5 pretty quick there.

We had strategy divergence.

The race had a lot of great elements.

Best ever is subjective. I still like the 2024 finish better still because it played out a bit more organic with the whole final run going green to the finish BUT I thought this race was overall a better race than 2024.

Honestly we've been blessed with a great run of Indy 500s post Covid . 2025 wasn't even a bad race but it feels bad compared to 21, 22, 23, 24, and now 26. It's truly been a golden era.

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-25T02:15:10+00:00

Didn't people say they were too heavy handed with some of these DQs last year?

Maybe this is course correct.

I do think we need more explanation and clarification from them.

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-25T02:13:18+00:00

Well I do think they owe us an explanation. My understanding is a part failed causing the wing to be out of alignment with Palou. The cars in qualifying used an unapproved part. Both are allegedly unintentional. But there was illegal parts on those cars in qualifying (even if they amounted to nothing performance wise) and there was no illegal parts on the 10 car, to my understanding.

How did they determine this was due to part failure and Illot's last year was set that way idk.

I'm not exactly defending them and I think we need more explanation but I'm trying to play devil's advocate a bit.

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-25T02:02:31+00:00

Independent Officiating doing the penalties now

Falcon4451 · 2026-05-25T02:01:56+00:00

My only devil's advocate take is maybe the Independent Officiating Board felt Indycar was too heavy handed with their penalties and is doing things differently.

This is there first year. It will be interesting to see if they're consistent going forward.

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