#indycar 2022

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INDYCAR 2022 SEASON ARCHIVE

What a season. On to the next one. This post is for archive purposes only, do not reblog.

Schedule: (Part 1, Part 2, Text-Only)

Drivers

Quick Facts:

St. Pete, Texas, Long Beach, Barber, Indy RC, Indy 500, Belle Isle, Road America, Mid-Ohio, Toronto, Iowa, Nashville, Gateway, Portland, Laguna Seca

Spotter's Guides:

St. Pete, Texas, Long Beach, Barber, Indy RC

Starting Grid

St. Pete, Texas, Long Beach, Barber, Indy RC, Indy 500, Belle Isle, Road America, Mid-Ohio, Toronto, Iowa 1, Iowa 2, Indy RC 2

Race Results

St. Pete, Texas, Long Beach, Barber, Indy RC, Indy 500, Belle Isle, Road America, Mid-Ohio, Toronto, Iowa 1, Iowa 2

Championship Updates:

Long Beach, Indy 500, Mid-Ohio, Iowa, Gateway

Miscellaneous:

Drivers into NFTS/Crypto

Lesbian Icon Survey

Gay Icon Survey

Going to your First Race

The Saga of Alex Palou’s Messy Team Divorce (LAST UPDATE AUGUST 1)

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Why hasn't Rossi's car been recovered yet??

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"Take a granola bar..." → Townsend Bell and James Hinchcliffe explain rubber to Leigh Diffey ahead of the wet 2022 GMR Grand Prix.

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“thirty two and still growing up now..”

happy birthday alexander rossi! 🤍 (september 25, 1991)

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hey, have you seen this? If not, you're welcome

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SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN and JOSEF NEWGARDEN XPEL 375 at the Texas Motor Speedway (March 20, 2022)

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watched 2022 indy 500 last night while i knitted. today youtube suggested josef's admit1 video from the race. hit play and —

srsly thought i was having a stroke

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Some pics from my first Indycar race at Road America.

I was seriously this close to Josef.

Nearly run over by Jimmie

Literally this close to the cars, if not closer sometimes

You get to see behind the scenes like this.

and this

Rinus had to potty right after practice.

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August 19, 2022 - Madison, IL Source: David Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

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At last. Race weekend

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Here is everything that every driver has said about the Max-Lando contact in Austria 2024:

Nico did take the time to look at the incident again. 'Verstappen didn't swerve towards Lando and he also left Norris a car width of space. And on the left there was a kerb and a large run-off zone, no wall. I think the stewards have intervened quite a bit in Austria, more than usual and maybe a little too much even,' the German concludes.

Yuki also does not think Verstappen's action in Spielberg was too harsh and explains: "To be honest, everyone does that." The world champion did not drive dangerously and it was not "moving under braking." It is completely normal to put "a little pressure" on the other driver and not let him overtake voluntarily. And contact can sometimes occur, says Tsunoda. He also believes that there would have been no penalty if there had not been contact in the same situation. "That's part of racing," says the Japanese driver.

Lando himself said: "Honestly, I don't think he needed to apologise. Some of the things I said in the pen after the race were more just because I was frustrated at the time, a lot of adrenaline, a lot of emotions and I probably said some things I didn't necessarily believe in, especially later on in the week.

Daniel said: “I think the contact, that can happen probably nine times out of 10 with no consequence... But I think the outcome was bigger than probably what was actually happening on track. From what I saw, at least nothing seemed over the top. Was it pushing the edge? Probably. But was anything dangerous or reckless? At least from what I've seen, no.”

George said: "Max will push the rules to the limits…as most of the top drivers do!"

Kevin said: "Max paid the price already by having a puncture. So I think some of the things they should just let the drivers sort it out in a natural way, it works out in other racing series very well, IndyCar, Sportscars and in the US, they have that approach and it works out well. The racing is tough over there, everyone understands the rules and it's more simple."

Checo said: "I think Max pushes every single bit to the limit as many top drivers do and when you're racing him it's gonna be a hard and fair battles."

Alex said: “the reality of it was just pure racing, hard racing” between the two drivers. It’s aggressive racing but I think it’s blown out of proportion, in my opinion. "If there's no contact being made then it's very often not talked about. [...] When i saw the the actual incident itself, to me it was just a racing incident. Lando went for that space on the outside, Max thought there was enough space for Lando to go. On paper, there was, but the way that Lando attacked the outside line and went so aggressively to it, you can't move that much in that position. You're kind of stuck in a straight line just because if you turn out the way, you'll end up locking up. So, yeah, it's a racing incident," Albon said. "Because they made contact, no [it wasn't harsh]. [But] if I was Max, I'd be upset if I had a penalty for that."

Charles said: "For me, it was an incident that both could have avoided. I also squeezed Max Verstappen onto the curb in 2022. I know Max’s driving style and how he battles very well because I started racing against him in 2010. I think he’s the driver I know the most and know best"

Honourable mentions to Esteban and Lewis for saying: leave me out of it

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The origins of the Indycar Hate Cauldron → 2022 Grand Prix of Toronto pre-show

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2017 → 2022

happy 25th birthday callum ilott! 🧡 (november 11, 1998)

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one of my favorite pieces of indycar lore is beadgate, also referred to as tubgate, and it is TRULY not talked about enough. in case any of you don’t know, here’s a deep dive into the lore.

to really get the full effect you have to rewind to may of 2021. for anyone who doesn’t know all of the drivers basically live in a lot together in motorhomes for the month of may. rossi returns to his bus one day to see that his golf cart had been put up on blocks, had the wheels taken off, and the wheels were now on top of his motorhome; see below:

so alex, because he’s the most predictable human alive, is furious. he’s determined to find out who did this and get revenge on them. eventually he breaks down sweet baby colton, who originally helped conor with the golf cart on blocks, and colton tells him it was conor.

alex had already narrowed it down to conor, but colton confirmed it. alex even overhears a call between conor and colton where conor is panicking thinking alex is onto them. then alex starts a deliberate plan to get him back and make his life hell. despite being very adamant that he had nothing to do with the golf cart conor is very careful because he knows revenge is coming.

throughout the next week and a half-ish alex tries everything to get conor back. conor is being very careful to lock his bus and car whenever he’s away, and he’s also stopped using his golf cart completely and hidden it somewhere at the speedway. alex is so dedicated to doing this that he finds out who conor was going on a date with that night (because conor was a bit of a whore before his girlfriend), dms the girl on instagram, and gets her in on this prank.

he basically asked her to keep an eye out for his motorhome keys in the car or on him, she says she doesn’t see him, but tells him where they went for dinner. rossi goes to this restaurant, convinces the valet to give him the keys to conor’s car and looks for the keys to his bus, they aren’t there. then, not willing to give up, he goes to conor’s house and breaks in, still can’t find the keys.

finally, he heads back to the speedway and decides he’ll fuck with his golf cart instead, but like i said, conor’s golf cart is MIA. rossi starts a search party for this golf cart, he has everyone he knows, including doug boles (president of ims and conor’s step dad), looking for this golf cart and they can not find it. he calls it off for 2021, but promises that he’s not done yet, and now has a whole year to plan his next prank.

a whole year goes by, it’s may 2022, and because conor is who he is he decides an inflatable hot tub is an absolute need for his motorhome.

he is so proud of himself for this thing and is showing it off to everyone, and the absolutely diabolical alex rossi sits back and laughs maniacally as everything falls into place.

alex does extensive research (as he does on most things) and finds out exactly how many orbeez it would take to fill the hot tub, and on tuesday morning of practice week he sneaks over to conor’s hot tub, and 4 hours later conor goes to show off his hot tub to someone and finds this:

conor is furious and on the hunt for who would’ve done this, he, wrongly, assumed that it was done monday night and therefore couldn’t be alex because alex was with him. the whole week goes by, and he still doesn’t know who it is, until the night of the victory banquet when alex drops this:

anyways this is my favorite thing ever hope you all enjoy as much as i do