For all those who are booming to change the course of the route for Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Indicar, or to drive it into reserve or mess with it in any way, hopefully the Harvest Grand Prix on Friday has changed their minds.
In the most fun and fiercely competitive road races in IndyCar history, there were over 200 tracks for non-track positions – including four for the lead – and some were even the best driving in the performance.
“It was a great fight today,” said winner Joseph Newgard, who had a nice fight with Colton Herta for the lead. “It was all about strategy, ga combat combat and all the things you need in an Indicar race.”
How boy.
Jumping pole-sitter Rinus VK outside Herta to take the lead in turn 1 on the opening lap, to return to Lap 2 favor on Virkay turn 8, until Herta passed Newgarden on lap 24 for the top spot, it was all you normally Not seen in races. And then Newgard finally pushed Colton into an over-shooting turn 1 in the -0 lap to make things very decided.
But there were early and often around the 14-turn, the 2.4-mile long run, which would host NASCAR for the Brickyard 400 in 2021.
“We’ve never had a good run here on the road and it was grind, but I’m proud of this team to be on the podium,” said Alexander Rossi, whose charge was another component of the second-ranked action.
Then whether it’s Will Power, Scott Dixon and Rossi 85-Laper or Power, Dixon, Graham Raheel and Jack Harvey leaning on each other at five corners left at five o’clock, or VK charging. From the sixth to the third in the closing laps, the 10,000 fans present got their money’s worth.
“It was a tough race,” VK said, whose deception year has been impressive. “I fought hard and I drove as hard as I could. I think I’ve done very well with the passing, and I think I’ve always fought for the position of Colton (Herta). But it’s fun – the two youngest people in the series are fighting it out. Everyone is at the top of his game, and passing those boys is a real reward. “
Surprisingly, with all the hard racing, dive-bombing and close call calls, there’s no perfect course, and Ryan Hunter-Ray and Santino’s Ferrucci became a real phenomenon only when they got entangled in Turn 1.
Graham Rahul had recovered from an early spin to finish seventh, and he would probably have won the passing award.
“I participated early and luckily it didn’t hurt us, but it was a difficult day,” Rahul said. “We were able to pass a lot of trains, but in the end we were on black and overtook so that didn’t help.”
While he was signing the telecast, former IndyCar champion Paul L. Tracy became an NBC analyst, summarizing the day. “It’s one of the best road course races I’ve seen in a long time.”
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