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The IndyCar Report with Elijah Poe: Portland Reaction with guest Michelle Garmon (2.236.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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  [SPEAKER_01]: You are listening to the IndiCar Report with the Lajapo and guest Michelle Garmin.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Only on the Central Indiana Sports Report.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: This podcast was supposed to be about 30 minutes.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Unfortunately, we had technical difficulties with recording and only have a 10-minute segment for you.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: However, this 10 minutes is definitely worth your time.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: Is the technical issues that the host problem or the producers?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We are not laying blame at anybody's feet here.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It was technical difficulties, meaning out of our hands.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: There's nothing we did or didn't do that made the problem.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Okay, that's what we're going with.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: Welcome Mayor and body to the Indie car report on the Central Indiana Sports Report.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: I'm your host Greg Mangell joined by the host of the Indie car report, Elijah Poe and Tipton Tribune and Elwood Colluter Sports Editor Michelle Garman too.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: Break down the Indie car race in Portland, the Grand Prix of Portland on Sunday, August 9th.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: Another win by Alex below continues his domination.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: Before the race, we had a little conversation about is this good for the sport or not.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: And I am interested to hear your full opinions on whether a guy dominating a sport so much over a four year period is good for or not, Elijah.
• 1:49
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I think it's an interesting question, and I think last year more than this year, I think we were having that conversation more often just because it felt like once Plo is in the lead, he was for sure going to win, but I think all throughout this year, even though Plo has been winning these races, it's not like he's been running away with it like he has in years past.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: Now obviously he beat a rosoo crisp, I think they gap in the
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  [SPEAKER_03]: that long at all.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: And there was moments where if a caution flew, it could have been any other person's race.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: And I think that's been the consistent all year.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: So you know, the greatness, I think is great because he's winning in some tough conditions.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think the greatness is great
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  [SPEAKER_02]: at work, you know, the peak of his career at work.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I mean, he, are there some glitches sometimes?
• 2:48
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yes, but it's like he's so good, and the team behind him is so good.
• 2:56
  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, you just watch him as he drives, and you know, he doesn't,
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Early in the race, he doesn't make mistakes because he doesn't over push, he doesn't gamble, he's patient, he's got a tremendous amount of confidence in his crew in the pits that they're going to be able to, you know, work together, make decisions and get him race positions on the track.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So he's just like a maestro, but I find that there's there are enough
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  [SPEAKER_02]: talented up and comeers that are coming and there are talent there's other talent out there some of it is more oval oriented and some of it is more road and street course oriented but I just think it's great because it seems like
• 3:45
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yes, we always know Polo is going to be in contention weekend and we got, but we've had some great surprising drivers or storylines also weekend and we got and I know there was that, you know, I personally thought there would be more cautious today, especially with how practicing the practices and qualified, you know, qualifying dead there with bump
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  [SPEAKER_02]: not letting there be accidents and kudos for the drivers in state patient when there were some slower drivers that could have easily created some accidents but did not.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: That's the thing is the field is so talented and each race is really interesting whether Alex
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  [SPEAKER_04]: week to week is he 50 50 to win maybe I don't know that that's probably not a great thing for the sport but it's certainly not bad and I'm having a lot of fun watching it he's a very likable guy at least he's not Paul Tracy who's you can't stand and at least it's not somebody like that so
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, he's not, he is not an ass-hat, so to speak.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: That's right.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I mean, he's not.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's really pleasant very friendly.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And I, you know, he just interviews well too afterwards.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's, he's just professional in all aspects.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: You look at the champions in the sport, you know, the thing he's going to have another championship, you know, it just isn't insane what he's done.
• 5:28
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't think there's a better representative of an indie car driver.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: Honestly, other than Alex, hello, and that's obvious because he's been winning, but on and off the track just a rep just an outstanding human being above all else.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: And Michelle mentioned that.
• 5:44
  [SPEAKER_04]: He was patient today, that's twice this year that he's been passed on the track and just kind of let a guy go.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: And comes back and wins the race.
• 5:53
  [SPEAKER_04]: So very impressive that he can display that kind of patience.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: It's very Rick Mears like in that way, Michelle.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yes, it is very much so.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: and he's smart because you know when he let those those drivers go through and you know they brought it up on the broadcast as well you know he still isn't first in this championship there is really nothing he has to risk that's right he's so he's playing his cards uh... literally perfectly he couldn't be any better wins are great but today whether he
• 6:26
  [SPEAKER_02]: had one or had he finished with just a podium second or third his competitors were pretty much behind him all day long.
• 6:35
  [SPEAKER_02]: So he was gaining in the points race whether he took the checker I mean whether he took the checker first or whether he took the checker second or third.
• 6:47
  [SPEAKER_04]: now has a hundred and ten point lead in the series we we said coming in that it was over of course i predicted he would win this race because duh and that is the twenty fifth win of his career guys
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  [SPEAKER_03]: it's just incredible.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: And it's not like he does it in just crazy fashion either.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: He'll get today just a key moment is when he was able to get that overcut on that first pit.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: And then also his pit crew.
• 7:16
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know if you guys saw on the TV broadcast.
• 7:19
  [SPEAKER_03]: He accidentally did the weight jacker in the front, a few turns to the wrong side.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: And while Alex's play was driving away, he caught it on the way out, it's just incredible the things not only polo does, but that whole tin, tin crew does, because that is just an insane save, and that arguably could have lost them the race.
• 7:37
  [SPEAKER_02]: I saw that on TV, and it was great, and you know that.
• 7:40
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I thought the broadcast team did a really nice job of pointing that out.
• 7:44
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, it's just as we said before, that 10 crew has always been good.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: No matter who the drivers been, but this may be just the perfect marriage between driver and the 10 crew as far as consistently.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: perform, you know, consistently being a favorite.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Let's face it.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Alex Polo, whether he's a favorite to win, weekend and weekend, he's probably a heavy favorite for at least a podium finish weekend and we go.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: If you had 20 years to try to equal Dario for in Katie or Juan Pablo Montoya, you would think that would be impossible and Alex Polo's done it in what's seven.
• 8:26
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, seriously, that's a great comparison because talking about indie card legends and this guy's what 28 27 just eats.
• 8:34
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's not like he's in his 30s.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: He's in the prime of his career and I honestly think next year is going to be pillow as well.
• 8:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'll be interested to see what happens when we when we get a new car.
• 8:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: But man, he just is owning this field.
• 8:49
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, he is.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, that's what my thoughts processes is.
• 8:55
  [SPEAKER_02]: Is the 28 car, is that going to be the equalizer that helps bring the field back to our, helps bring pillow back to the rest of the field.
• 9:06
  [SPEAKER_02]: Oh, or allow the rest to feel the ketchup, because he's just dialed in to the car and the engines and the tires and everything they're running right now.
• 9:15
  [SPEAKER_02]: And he and that crew both are, and I,
• 9:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: I don't really see it happening.
• 9:20
  [SPEAKER_02]: I guess he could have some bad luck in early races next year, you know, get dragged or engine failures or something and then have to come back with the whole thing is, I would never consider Alex below out of the title chase, even if that stuff happened early, I would never consider him out of it until the final race was over.
• 9:42
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I agree.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: He's just that good.
• 9:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: He really is.
• 9:49
  [SPEAKER_04]: And this is where we would have gone through all the results and had a lot or really get things to say particularly about Rina's VK and then we were joined by Dave Chandley to give his report but our Riverside app had a problem and we lost all of it.
• 10:07
  [SPEAKER_04]: I'm especially sorry to Elijah, Michelle, and Dave were wasting their time.
• 10:13
  [SPEAKER_04]: I'm sorry that you didn't get to hear it.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: Next time though.
• 10:17
  [SPEAKER_04]: We'll be back later this week to talk more about Portland and look ahead to the races in Canada and Washington, D.C., Milwaukee, all of it.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: Thanks again.
• 10:53
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