{"id":1268,"date":"2018-05-27T15:24:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-27T19:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/?p=1268"},"modified":"2018-05-27T16:13:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T20:13:53","slug":"2018-indianapolis-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/2018\/05\/2018-indianapolis-500\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Indianapolis 500"},"content":{"rendered":"

Partly cloudy day in Indianapolis. Nicole says temperatures are expected to be above 90 degrees. Fluffy clouds, but with some darkness in them. Looks like there might be rain – a pop-up shower – in the late afternoon, if their weather\/cloud patterns are similar to ours. I miss Mari Hulman George doing the call. Tony George did the call. The guy who did My Indiana Home was dreadful. I hope we don’t get tortured by that again. He was loud, but sounded like someone making fun of the way Jim Nabors sang. Awful.<\/p>\n

Indy hometown boy Ed Carpenter leads the field to the green.<\/p>\n

Lap 47 of 200 James Davison has crashed bringing out the yellow flag.<\/p>\n

Takuma Sato was collected.<\/p>\n

James Davison was so slow on the track Takuma ended up running over him.<\/p>\n

Caution on lap 58 of 200 for a crash by Ed Jones.<\/p>\n

Caution on lap 68 of 200 for a crash by Danica ‘Lil Dude’ Patrick.<\/p>\n

Ed Jones has been transported to IM Methodist Hospital complaining of neck pain and a headache.<\/p>\n

Ambient temperature of 92. Track temperature 124. <\/p>\n

Caution on lap 139 of 200 for a wreck by Sebastian Bourdais.<\/p>\n

Caution on lap 147 of 200 for a wreck by Helio Castroneves.<\/p>\n

Caution lap 155 of 200 for a wreck by Sage Karam.<\/p>\n

Caution on lap 188 of 200 for a crash by Tony ‘TK’ Kanaan.<\/p>\n

Restarting on lap 193 of 200 with Oriol Servia in the lead.<\/p>\n

Stefan Wilson had to pit with five laps to go giving up the lead to Will Power.<\/p>\n

Will Power wins.<\/p>\n

Allen Bestwick says the crowd was more than 300,000 people.<\/p>\n

Congrats to Ed Carpenter on his second place finish.<\/p>\n

Motorsport News:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. The Latest: Will Power wins Indianapolis 500<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Dale Earnhardt Jr.: New dad promises ‘whole truth’ about his retirement in his book<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. Busy schedule, family time keep Kevin Harvick\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mind off success<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. Kaz Grala goes from losing ride to10th place in less than two weeks<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  5. NASCAR Xfinity driver Alex Labbe released from hospital<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  6. Decker undergoes hernia surgery<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. Danica Patrick’s racing career ends with Indianapolis 500 crash<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  8. Herbst 2nd at Charlotte, defending Pocono winner race-ready for “Tricky Triangle”<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  9. Alonso: That was probably F1’s dullest race ever<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  10. Hamilton: That was the most boring race of my life<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  11. Ricciardo wanted to cry when his engine lost power<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Next Race: Detroit<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Partly cloudy day in Indianapolis. Nicole says temperatures are expected to be above 90 degrees. Fluffy clouds, but with some darkness in them. Looks like there might be rain – a pop-up shower – in the late afternoon, if their weather\/cloud patterns are similar to ours. I miss Mari Hulman George doing the call. Tony … <\/p>\n

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