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- 0:07[SPEAKER_02]: Welcome Indy Car fans of the Central Indiana Sports Report for a special edition of the Indy Car Report with Elijah Poe.
- 0:15[SPEAKER_02]: We are joined briefly here by Dave Chandley, who's about to participate in basketball practice in a peeking.
- 0:23[SPEAKER_02]: But going to give his thoughts real fast.
- 0:27[SPEAKER_02]: But guys, it was a dramatic finish or race that ended so late that we couldn't get everyone together after the race.
- 0:33[SPEAKER_02]: So here we are now kind of trying to get it in.
- 0:36[SPEAKER_02]: At a time when everyone could join us, but it was another fantastic race at Gateway.
- 0:42[SPEAKER_02]: Three guys on the podium who really needed good finishes, starting, of course, with the King of St. Louis, Joseph New Garden.
- 0:49[SPEAKER_02]: Welcome, Grant, and Dave, late night, but a good time.
- 0:54[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, we've talked about just how impressive these in the cars are on ovals.
- 0:59[SPEAKER_01]: And my goodness, what a showing it was.
- 1:02[SPEAKER_01]: I'm really interested to hear what you have to say because it was a crazy race.
- 1:06[SPEAKER_00]: I was great, I don't know if it was great.
- 1:08[SPEAKER_00]: All of those are great, and it was a good race.
- 1:13[SPEAKER_00]: Solid race, of course we wish one had be stopped by rain, because I think that played into a couple of factors there.
- 1:21[SPEAKER_00]: But some guys came from the back.
- 1:24[SPEAKER_00]: There was some oppressive guys.
- 1:26[SPEAKER_00]: I want to say Fox was fantastic, because we got to see a lot of passes in the mid-pack.
- 1:33[SPEAKER_00]: And Newgarden just had the car at the end of the race.
- 1:38[SPEAKER_00]: I don't think he had it in the middle of the race.
- 1:40[SPEAKER_00]: I think Ericson had it in the middle of the race.
- 1:42[SPEAKER_00]: How does the weather affect a car?
- 1:44[SPEAKER_00]: Everything affects those cars.
- 1:46[SPEAKER_00]: But I think Ericson had a great hold on it and then Newgarden was fantastic.
- 1:51[SPEAKER_00]: My hat's off to him.
- 1:53[SPEAKER_00]: It was one of the rare times where Polo did not have the best car.
- 1:58[SPEAKER_00]: And it's also one of the rare times when his crew made a mistake, and he paid for it.
- 2:03[SPEAKER_00]: I want to shout out, Kai Colette.
- 2:06[SPEAKER_00]: Wow, I think this kid's going to be a racer.
- 2:08[SPEAKER_00]: I really think he's going to be a good driver.
- 2:12[SPEAKER_00]: Damn.
- 2:13[SPEAKER_02]: Hello, their team had the exact right strategy, and they missed it by about a 100th of a gallon.
- 2:20[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, he needed to come in one lap earlier, hindsight.
- 2:26[SPEAKER_00]: for Polo, but he didn't, and that didn't hurt him too bad in the standings and the champion's standings.
- 2:33[SPEAKER_00]: But it makes it more interesting as we go to the next venue.
- 2:38[SPEAKER_00]: I failed a mission to mention Rasmus and coming from the back, the dude on an oval, that does a wild man.
- 2:45[SPEAKER_00]: He is fantastic on an oval.
- 2:48[SPEAKER_02]: I said to producers Susie Dave, I really miss Conner Daley in this race, but Christian Rasmussen is helping with that a little bit with his moves.
- 2:59[SPEAKER_00]: Yes, the track was fantastic too.
- 3:02[SPEAKER_00]: They could go to why they could go high line.
- 3:05[SPEAKER_00]: It just made for great racing and that's what short ovals do.
- 3:10[SPEAKER_00]: They make for great racing.
- 3:13[SPEAKER_01]: You know, in that crowd, the start, you know, obviously we had the rain, which left some people leave, obviously by the time we were all set and done, but that crowd at the start, I think should be a message to everybody in Indie car that we need to be on short ovals.
- 3:29[SPEAKER_01]: That place was absolutely packed and St. Louis.
- 3:31[SPEAKER_01]: There are short ovals all around the country, and especially in markets Indie car hasn't dabbled into yet, where Indie car needs to be racing at because that race was absolutely fantastic.
- 3:42[SPEAKER_01]: You know, we talk about Christian Rasmussen kind of having a Connor daily effect and I said that Rasmussen has a guaranteed spot to be a contender in four to five races just like Connor daily and my goodness he is just incredible on the ovals you can obviously tell he is not not afraid to crash that's for sure.
- 4:00[SPEAKER_00]: No, no, he hangs it out there.
- 4:02[SPEAKER_00]: He's he's fun.
- 4:03[SPEAKER_00]: He's fun to watch.
- 4:05[SPEAKER_00]: He is fun to follow.
- 4:06[SPEAKER_02]: It's all different teams in the top four, including Rina's VK who goes Holland.
- 4:11[SPEAKER_02]: You're in fourth place.
- 4:13[SPEAKER_00]: I didn't mention Rina's but great drive by Rina's VK as well.
- 4:17[SPEAKER_00]: It was just refreshing to see those guys really battling up there.
- 4:23[SPEAKER_00]: And they were.
- 4:23[SPEAKER_00]: It was
- 4:27[SPEAKER_00]: for all the places, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth.
- 4:30[SPEAKER_00]: Those guys were fighting each other for just a few points.
- 4:35[SPEAKER_00]: So it was just a classic fun to watch race.
- 4:41[SPEAKER_02]: And all the different strategies before we let you go, Dave, and another one canassie just miss with Dixon as well.
- 4:48[SPEAKER_02]: Perfect all night on the strategy and just got caught out on a yellow when he was about to pit.
- 4:54[SPEAKER_00]: And when he was about to pit.
- 4:56[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, bad luck of racing.
- 4:59[SPEAKER_00]: He had a bad luck of strokes of racing.
- 5:01[SPEAKER_00]: That happens.
- 5:03[SPEAKER_00]: And he was doing his thing.
- 5:04[SPEAKER_00]: He was getting two more laps than everybody else on a tank of fuel and I can't wait till I said, I'm going to go to the Nashville, Tennessee race.
- 5:15[SPEAKER_00]: Oh man.
- 5:16[SPEAKER_00]: That will be fun to watch guys.
- 5:20[SPEAKER_00]: I'm going to head out, but enjoy the rest of the conversation.
- 5:24[SPEAKER_00]: I thank you for having me on.
- 5:25[SPEAKER_00]: Thank you.
- 5:26[SPEAKER_02]: I'm going to carpool with you to Nashville.
- 5:28[SPEAKER_02]: Just so you know, all right.
- 5:30[SPEAKER_00]: Sounds good.
- 5:32[SPEAKER_02]: Thanks so much today for joining us.
- 5:34[SPEAKER_02]: Hope he can join us again on Wednesday for the Indie Car Report.
- 5:37[SPEAKER_02]: We'll also get Michelle Garmin starts on Sunday night's race on this week's Indie Car Report.
- 5:48[SPEAKER_02]: I love the Sunday Night Race Elijah.
- 5:50[SPEAKER_02]: I will say I think they needed to make it an hour earlier.
- 5:54[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I'm in central time now, but my goodness, it was a long night and I think it honestly, the rain made it worse just because those cushions were a little bit lengthier than what we're used to, nine o'clock Eastern start time.
- 6:08[SPEAKER_01]: I think it's kind of pushing, losing viewers by the time that race is ending, especially if there's going to be any weather.
- 6:17[SPEAKER_01]: Man, those any cars do look good at night, don't they?
- 6:20[SPEAKER_02]: Oh, and the racing was so good, it's so compelling every week.
- 6:25[SPEAKER_02]: I was telling producer Susie again last night Elijah that there was a time, not that long ago, where if it hadn't been for the ND500 being the centerpiece of the series, I just wasn't that interested.
- 6:39[SPEAKER_02]: I would watch the races until Indy because I'm so interested in the Indy 500 that that was why I was watching the see who would be the contenders at Indy what what the cars were going to look like at Indy and the rest of the series just didn't insist me as much going back I was an every race kind of guy.
- 6:57[SPEAKER_02]: It just kind of lost my interest, but man they have completely gotten it back.
- 7:01[SPEAKER_02]: It is so much fun no matter the venue.
- 7:04[SPEAKER_02]: Last week at Detroit, the narrow streets, they're bumping each other.
- 7:09[SPEAKER_02]: They're racing the entire race so much fun than they go to St. Louis.
- 7:14[SPEAKER_02]: And again, not a dramatic finish like we expect on ovals, but it was dramatic for the first 480 kilometers of the 500 and just of New Garden drove away at the end again, King of St. Louis.
- 7:30[SPEAKER_02]: So yeah, it was really hot on New Garden.
- 7:34[SPEAKER_01]: It's just kind of crazy to see New Garden year in and year out.
- 7:38[SPEAKER_01]: We know how good he is at St. Louis, but the fact he's won here now six times, track record, it's pretty incredible.
- 7:47[SPEAKER_01]: There's not a lot of drivers who can come out and just stick it on a short oval or really any oval, but New Garden is that driver.
- 7:55[SPEAKER_01]: Obviously, we know he won at Phoenix earlier in the year, and even though Marcus Aragon was within
- 8:01[SPEAKER_01]: You know, roughly six tenths to maybe four tenths, even some laps.
- 8:05[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think he was ever really a question that New Garden was going to win that race as laps started ticking down, even though Marcus was maybe kind of just behind him.
- 8:14[SPEAKER_01]: I even think if Marcus is able to pass him, I think New Garden would have made something work.
- 8:18[SPEAKER_01]: I just think his skill around these short ovals is super, super impressive.
- 8:22[SPEAKER_01]: And we know he's in a good car, but you still have to win the race.
- 8:27[SPEAKER_02]: a new garden is really good at dialing in a car and having a good on the last day, particularly on the short ovals.
- 8:33[SPEAKER_01]: And I think credit to Marcus Aeroson who had never even led a lap around worldwide technology raceway, leading the most laps today.
- 8:42[SPEAKER_01]: It was very, very impressive to see him run there.
- 8:45[SPEAKER_01]: And in a contract year as well, I think he's kind of proving himself to be a more than competent driver in this series.
- 8:52[SPEAKER_01]: And we know how well he runs Indianapolis, but
- 8:55[SPEAKER_01]: man, he's really had some some good results here so far.
- 8:59[SPEAKER_02]: Best car and as you said, very impressive drive.
- 9:03[SPEAKER_02]: I think even more than that Elijah a very needed performance.
- 9:07[SPEAKER_01]: Yes, it is, you know, every, especially right now when you get in to start getting into middle of June, start getting into maybe July where, you know, seasons.
- 9:17[SPEAKER_01]: not completely over, but contracts and silly season are starting now.
- 9:22[SPEAKER_01]: He definitely a big result by Ericsson, and I think I would honestly be surprised if he's not back in that seat next year just because what team wouldn't want Marcus Ericsson in their car for the 500, honestly.
- 9:36[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what happens there with Ericsson and Andretti and Andretti's future plans don't really seem to include him.
- 9:47[SPEAKER_02]: So, but as you said, why wouldn't you want Marcus Erickson if you're Michael and Dretty?
- 9:55[SPEAKER_02]: He won 500, he, you know, he's in the mix every year.
- 10:00[SPEAKER_02]: It's the same thing I argue with Connor Daley.
- 10:02[SPEAKER_02]: If you got a guy, you know, can win the endie 500 every year, lock him down.
- 10:06[SPEAKER_01]: It's going to be interesting to see how that plays often.
- 10:10[SPEAKER_01]: I also got to give credit to Rene's VK, and we talked about them for a quick second.
- 10:13[SPEAKER_01]: But I was honestly shocked how he was able to stay with New Garden, Ericsson, and Rasmussen pretty much until the end.
- 10:21[SPEAKER_01]: Sure, he was about a second and a half behind Rasmussen, so they're not totally in it.
- 10:26[SPEAKER_01]: But he had a four second gap on Scott McLaughlin and fifth, and was staying with that front running pack for a majority of the time.
- 10:32[SPEAKER_01]: Super, super impressive out of Rene's.
- 10:36[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, no doubt about it.
- 10:40[SPEAKER_02]: It's kind of like, I'll just go to the smallest team.
- 10:43[SPEAKER_02]: I'll just beat you there.
- 10:45[SPEAKER_02]: It doesn't really matter where I go.
- 10:46[SPEAKER_02]: I'll go from Ed Carbender Racing, a mid-pack team to Foyte Racing, which is probably considered a bottom to your team.
- 10:54[SPEAKER_02]: And then Hunkos Hollinger, which not only is considered a bottom to your team, but is a new team.
- 10:58[SPEAKER_02]: And I'll just continue to beat you with that.
- 11:01[SPEAKER_02]: Well, now,
- 11:03[SPEAKER_02]: the other Penske's were not good all night.
- 11:07[SPEAKER_02]: The era McLaren's were not good at all.
- 11:11[SPEAKER_02]: The letterman, Ray Hall, Letterman cars, woof.
- 11:14[SPEAKER_02]: We're just so bad.
- 11:16[SPEAKER_02]: And I'm just gonna avoid talking about no one's equal and kiffin Simpson, because I'm just beating a dead horse there.
- 11:26[SPEAKER_02]: But anyway, if you're era McLaren or Ganesi, I just don't know why you wouldn't
- 11:32[SPEAKER_02]: and say, hey, that guy's beaten this with a, you know, whom ghosts all injured, why wouldn't I want him.
- 11:38[SPEAKER_01]: We're talking about Aaron McLaren, what a brutal result.
- 11:40[SPEAKER_01]: Christian Lune Garden 10th, Pado Award in 11th and Porter Nolan Seagull getting crashed out on the 50 third lap or I should say crash himself, uh, just kind of turned in on pillow there into that corner, but.
- 11:56[SPEAKER_02]: Uh, you know, later we saw below not have the corner there and he gave the other car plenty of space going through that corner.
- 12:04[SPEAKER_02]: There was no reason that again.
- 12:06[SPEAKER_02]: Uh, we had some people argue in our text chain and I think you could make the argument that the pillow went a little wide there that he could have been a little friendlier in the exchange as well.
- 12:19[SPEAKER_02]: All night, if somebody had the corner there, the other person gave it to him.
- 12:23[SPEAKER_01]: Hello, had that racing line.
- 12:25[SPEAKER_01]: That corner was his.
- 12:27[SPEAKER_01]: That's for sure.
- 12:27[SPEAKER_01]: Had more speed, but man, poor paddle award.
- 12:30[SPEAKER_01]: I feel like just cannot catch a break.
- 12:32[SPEAKER_01]: Ending up in 11th.
- 12:34[SPEAKER_01]: That era McLaren car.
- 12:36[SPEAKER_01]: I think it's the first time in a couple of years where I'm kind of concerned about the direction of that program.
- 12:42[SPEAKER_01]: Just because I feel like they've been almost a non-factor all year.
- 12:46[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, every race.
- 12:49[SPEAKER_02]: not good.
- 12:51[SPEAKER_02]: I can't imagine how frustrated Paddo is because he knows he's as talented as anybody.
- 12:57[SPEAKER_01]: It's got to be frustrating for him.
- 12:58[SPEAKER_01]: And even Lungard, who's not the best on the short ovals, but has had a few results this year.
- 13:04[SPEAKER_01]: For him to finish in 10th, you know, fastest air McClayer in finishing in 10th is a bad sign.
- 13:10[SPEAKER_01]: That's um.
- 13:12[SPEAKER_01]: And even for poor David Malukas who we both
- 13:16[SPEAKER_01]: ending up in 7th, I know he's been creditist saying that their car set up was just completely wrong for the race, but it was a strategy move at the end.
- 13:25[SPEAKER_02]: Otherwise, they're probably behind the arrow McLaren's McLaughlin and Malookis.
- 13:30[SPEAKER_02]: If they don't go in and take tires at the end, they're probably right there fighting with the two arrow McLaren's in just the performance is not very good.
- 13:40[SPEAKER_02]: So I don't know what to take away from this from Pinsky or they back, are they not
- 13:47[SPEAKER_02]: is it just new garden on short ovals is so good, but the other two were not good.
- 13:52[SPEAKER_01]: Even though I don't think Scotty Mac or Dave and Lucas had a real shot at winning it later on, a first to fifth in a seventh place result is pretty solid, just for points.
- 14:03[SPEAKER_01]: But then again, when you're at a pensky,
- 14:06[SPEAKER_02]: You're in a pinsky and you're being passed all night by Christian Rasmussen and an ECR Rina's VK and the whomco soldier you're being passed all night by Caio Colette you're being passed all night by Marcus Armstrong and Felix Rosenquist and they just were not good cars.
- 14:25[SPEAKER_02]: And I don't know why.
- 14:27[SPEAKER_02]: Again, at the end, McLaughlin was as good as anybody when he went and got fresh tires on the final, you know, when there was yellow on the final restart, but they seem lost still.
- 14:40[SPEAKER_02]: I'm not convinced of Pinsky's back.
- 14:43[SPEAKER_01]: I think Road America is a good circuit for them to maybe see where they're at here and about a week and a half.
- 14:49[SPEAKER_01]: I think that's a good tester because it's obviously got some longer faster corners, but it also has some long straights and some hard braking zones.
- 14:59[SPEAKER_01]: So that'd be a really, really good event.
- 15:01[SPEAKER_01]: I think that's a good tester because we know they're going to be good on the ovals.
- 15:04[SPEAKER_01]: I want to be surprised if Justin New Garden wins one of the races that Milwaukee.
- 15:13[SPEAKER_01]: But it's going to be interesting.
- 15:14[SPEAKER_01]: I think David Malukus, obviously, who's in third right now in the points, there's a possibility where if New Garden continues to stretch on the ovals, I wouldn't be totally shocked to see him maybe catch David Malukus.
- 15:30[SPEAKER_02]: bit of drama in the driver's standings now that Alex below bad night for their 17th.
- 15:35[SPEAKER_02]: Clearly wasn't his night anyway and then ran out of fuel just missed the strategy that might have had him in the top five at the end of the night and finished 17th.
- 15:45[SPEAKER_02]: One spot behind Mick Schumacher.
- 15:48[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, shout out Mick Schumacher.
- 15:49[SPEAKER_01]: I'm actually, I have to say I'm not
- 15:52[SPEAKER_01]: disappointed in his 16th place finish.
- 15:56[SPEAKER_01]: Obviously, we know he's new to ovals and on a short oval, especially with how much traffic there is.
- 16:02[SPEAKER_01]: Man, is there a lot of opportunities to crash.
- 16:04[SPEAKER_01]: And the fact to you, just kept to out of the wall, ran the race, he ran, moved up two spots.
- 16:10[SPEAKER_01]: I think is a positive result.
- 16:11[SPEAKER_01]: Is 16th good by any means?
- 16:13[SPEAKER_01]: No, but he didn't crash out of the race.
- 16:16[SPEAKER_02]: One of his teammates is more experienced.
- 16:18[SPEAKER_02]: He made did because the car was so bad and his other
- 16:22[SPEAKER_02]: was one of the two worst cars all night, along with Kiffin Simpson in a Gamassie.
- 16:28[SPEAKER_02]: So, just, yeah, nice performance.
- 16:33[SPEAKER_02]: I just don't know what, just don't understand why it's taken him so long to get the indie car.
- 16:42[SPEAKER_01]: I think Rhode America could be, kind of like I said for the Penskees, I think Rhode America mimics a Formula One track,
- 16:50[SPEAKER_01]: probably best out of all the indie car road courses we go to.
- 16:54[SPEAKER_01]: So I'm actually pretty excited to see what he can do in that RLL car because that car was pretty good there last year.
- 17:00[SPEAKER_01]: I think Graham Rayhol was in the fast six and I know Louis Foster was on poll.
- 17:03[SPEAKER_01]: So we'll have to see what happens.
- 17:07[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, should be a fun weekend ahead.
- 17:08[SPEAKER_02]: Next week we'll talk more about it Wednesday or Thursday on the indie car report, depending on where we can get everybody together.
- 17:17[SPEAKER_02]: Real fast before we go and we'll talk more about this on the end of car report Elijah, but Alex Polo now with a 49 point lead on Kyle Kirkwood, we have six drivers now within 104 points.
- 17:30[SPEAKER_01]: I think it's still no doubt, Polo.
- 17:33[SPEAKER_01]: I think that's a no-brainer.
- 17:34[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, especially with the schedule coming up, you know, you look at these courses and these are all tracks, Alex Polo tends to dominate.
- 17:43[SPEAKER_01]: But that being said, you know, 49
- 17:46[SPEAKER_01]: Less than it was around like six years, 70 points here before we started, so it's a great one.
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- 18:13[SPEAKER_01]: We know that there's three overraces left in the calendar and he's going to be probably on the top three every single one of them unless he's crashed out.
- 18:21[SPEAKER_01]: So it's got to be interesting to see how it plays out for sure.
- 18:25[SPEAKER_02]: I just want to say impressive for Loongard and no war to be in fourth and fifth when they just have not had competitive cars.
- 18:31[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I don't think it just goes to show you how just how great those drivers are.
- 18:36[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, we know how good Paddo is, but Loongard really came into his own and these last
- 18:43[SPEAKER_01]: a pretty, pretty accredited driver.
- 18:45[SPEAKER_01]: And man, it's just a shame.
- 18:47[SPEAKER_01]: I hope that air McLaren car gets better because man, it'd be fun for Pato Award and Christian Lungar to battle with the Plo and Kirkwood.
- 18:54[SPEAKER_01]: That's for sure.
- 19:00[SPEAKER_02]: I think I've said it about 10 times on this podcast, but we will be back later this week.
- 19:06[SPEAKER_02]: Either Wednesday night or Thursday morning with our weekly Indicara Report.
- 19:11[SPEAKER_02]: as the series takes a week off.
- 19:13[SPEAKER_02]: We'll get Michelle Garmin's thoughts.
- 19:15[SPEAKER_02]: And hopefully some others will continue to the conversation about the championship race and other topics as well.
- 19:22[SPEAKER_02]: Thanks so much to Elijah and Dave for joining me.
- 19:25[SPEAKER_02]: Thank you so much for listening.
- 19:27[SPEAKER_02]: Always appreciate it.
- 19:30[SPEAKER_02]: Also the fever play Monday night.
- 19:31[SPEAKER_02]: Make sure you check out that reaction podcast as well.
- 19:49[SPEAKER_02]: The central Indian sports report is a product of IDD media and I sure do love you, Susie.