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The IndyCar Report with Elijah Poe & Dave Chanley (2.284.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

• 0:03
  [SPEAKER_02]: You are listening to the Indie car report with Elijah Poe every week on the Central Indian sports report this week joined by Dave Chandley, our friend and longtime Indie car fan.
• 0:19
  [SPEAKER_02]: Quick note toward the end of the podcast, we lost Dave's mic, we got incredible editing software sometimes it just does not work.
• 0:33
  [SPEAKER_02]: you never know what it's going to be.
• 0:35
  [SPEAKER_02]: But that was toward the end.
• 0:36
  [SPEAKER_02]: We got most of what Dave had to say about the Indie car season so far and this weekend at Rotor American.
• 0:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: Welcome Indie car fans to the Indie car fort with Elijah Poe.
• 0:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm Elijah Poe and we have a special week coming up here.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: For the Indie car series we're heading to one of the best road courses,
• 1:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: It is road America, really looking forward to some on track action as I would argue other than the 500 and the ovals in general, I'm not sure there's a better track in the car has to offer.
• 1:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm here with Dave Chanley and Greg.
• 1:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: We're going to get into some road America action here this weekend and El Cart Lake should be absolutely fantastic.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: One of the best road courses
• 1:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: if not one of the best courses on the Indie car schedule instead of here guys thoughts on some upcoming action at the beautiful of cart Lake.
• 1:38
  [SPEAKER_02]: Dave, it's really a course that never disappoints.
• 1:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: It is.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's a fantastic course.
• 1:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: I would say middle-high might rival it because it's always got some good racing too.
• 1:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: But Elper Lake was constant as fabulous.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: If nothing else, it's always beautiful, but the course is very racy and always one of our favorites.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: We always look forward to it going in every year, and as we said last year, Elijah just never disappoints.
• 2:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it's just such a great venue in general, you know, it's really nothing like it that any car goes to that just has the scenery other than maybe barber that just has the scenery of Elkart Lake in
• 2:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: promote overtaking.
• 2:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm not sure there are some better courses in America in the Carter go to, you know, we talk about some high downforce, big breaking zones, high speed, straights, big winding turns that go on, high speed corners.
• 2:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's just got everything.
• 2:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: I really can't wait to see some on track action here and everybody is going to be chasing Alex flow it feels like.
• 2:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, so I'll expose we could almost say, let's forget talking about Alex below and let's talk about everybody else, but maybe maybe somebody has something for him this week, but you know he's just going to be the guy there all chasing.
• 3:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think several drivers and teams might be able to step up and chase after him this week and especially I'll go Kyle Kirkwood right off the bat and you guys just chime in with whoever you
• 3:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think Kirkwood could be a big contender here in only 49 points back of Palo and second place right now and Dreddy has usually ran there pretty well.
• 3:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm sure to see what Kirkwood can do to beat Palo because you talked about following the Palo strategy, but these teams are going to have to pull something out of their hat to be able to beat Palo and do something different.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think in Dreddy, especially with Brian heard it on the stand for Kirkwood, could maybe do that.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: for error McLaren, who has been very, very quiet, pretty much the whole season.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: That's where I was going.
• 4:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I love error McLaren.
• 4:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm glad they're in the racing.
• 4:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: I love Pato.
• 4:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: I really think that Loon Guard is a tremendous driver.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think maybe they could, well, they have to put something together.
• 4:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: You, as you said, Elijah, they have been weak.
• 4:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: are not up to us, don't say a week.
• 4:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's say not up to their standards all year long.
• 4:32
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, there's no doubt with Pat don't not even having a podium.
• 4:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's honestly a little shocking, just because he's such a great driver.
• 4:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: We know that, but you know, these in-car cameras, I think have given us the ability to see
• 4:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: It just looks like an a real challenge for blue guard and patto to just drive those cars around.
• 4:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: You look at the on boards of any of the pence gear, ganache cars, and it looks like it's on rails compared to what Arma Claren is dealing with, but I think that's all the more credit to them that even if they don't have maybe the best car on the grid.
• 5:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, they're still sitting fourth and fifth in the championship, which I just think is incredible.
• 5:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'll agree with that.
• 5:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think that several times this year, Pado was put it in the top five and probably had a, probably had a 10th place car.
• 5:20
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's been, it's been a strange season for Omeclair and you know, those guys are, they're, their, their names are mentioned every week.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They're in every race, despite clearly not, I don't know.
• 5:35
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's weird.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I, I really thought Pado not only was going to,
• 5:41
  [SPEAKER_02]: be more of a factor.
• 5:42
  [SPEAKER_02]: I thought he was going to be a contender for the championship, and he just left them.
• 5:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
• 5:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
• 5:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think honestly, it's looking up to be a pretty hectic weekend.
• 5:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: So maybe an era McLaren could maybe pull out of the win because they're forecasting some pretty severe weather that's rolling through this weekend.
• 6:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: Not sure if it's going to include lightning and thunder to maybe
• 6:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: post-pone, or maybe even cancel having forbid, but nevertheless, it's looking like this could be the first rain race of the year for any car.
• 6:15
  [SPEAKER_02]: That'd be fun.
• 6:19
  [SPEAKER_02]: By the way, Elijah, wrote America averages 400 passes for position per race per year.
• 6:27
  [SPEAKER_02]: Second most for a road course is Mid-O-Hio, which averages about 100.
• 6:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it's obviously pretty incredible.
• 6:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: Just the what comes out of Rhode America every year.
• 6:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: If we do get a dry start that turns in the rain, I think that number could even go up even more because you just lose so much time.
• 6:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: If when you have to put at Rhode America, that that that sequence takes 30 plus seconds just because it is such a long-paid road.
• 6:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think if we do get some rain and even a dry start, it really could be anybody's ballgame.
• 7:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I think that's a great segue into a question I want to spring on YouTube, a little known fact that the last two polls that wrote America have been rookies, you go back to Linus Lungquist and then Louis Foster last year.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I guess what that being said, which rookie in this field, could you maybe see sticking it on poll?
• 7:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: Linus Lungquist won a poll.
• 7:33
  [SPEAKER_02]: Wow, I just do not remember that at all.
• 7:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: I barely remember a leadingist love it.
• 7:44
  [SPEAKER_02]: Howgers do for a big performance and eye catching performance, I think.
• 7:48
  [SPEAKER_02]: Makes me wonder if it's going to be another good weekend for Ray Hall, Letterman.
• 7:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised to see Graham.
• 7:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: fighting up inside the top six and maybe getting inside the fast six.
• 8:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think he was in the fast six here last year and obviously with Louis Foster on pole, it just sounded like a broken record, but could this be the weekend we see Mick Schumacher do something in all honestly.
• 8:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, he's kind of been a little, little non-factor.
• 8:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: This is kind of weird in it.
• 8:17
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yes, we're the wee books and Dennis Hauker and Kai O'Colette and didn't even mention Mick Schumacher.
• 8:22
  [SPEAKER_02]: At the beginning of the year, you wouldn't even thought that was possible.
• 8:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it's just been a brutal stretch.
• 8:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, there's no doubt about that.
• 8:32
  [SPEAKER_01]: There's no doubt, especially with makeshrew mockery.
• 8:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, we've been talking about him at length.
• 8:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: I just not having results and it'd be super big for not only Ray Hall Edmund Lannigan and his point-standling as it is, but I think just big for the indie car series in general.
• 8:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: If he's even able to maybe scrounge up maybe a top five, I think would be
• 8:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: Uh, maybe a story not as big as the winner itself, but it would definitely be up there.
• 8:57
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, it might be as big as the winner himself.
• 9:00
  [SPEAKER_02]: It might it really could.
• 9:02
  [SPEAKER_02]: If it's Alex, blow, it's probably bigger.
• 9:04
  [SPEAKER_02]: Exactly, right.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: That would steal the headline.
• 9:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it wouldn't be surprising to see for Ruchi, maybe end up with the top five result.
• 9:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think he finished up there last year.
• 9:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: Um, AJ for in general, I think is right here pretty well, so I think maybe even Kyle collect could pick up some big points, but I also look at somebody who hasn't maybe flown under the radar all year, but just hasn't had that result that he usually has and I go to Scott Dixon talk about experience at Rhode America.
• 9:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: He's got it almost won this race last year and I made that mistake, but I think he could easily win this one this year.
• 9:47
  [SPEAKER_02]: Meyer Shank also had a really good race there last year and should again this year.
• 9:53
  [SPEAKER_02]: I have to think that this has got to be pattoes weekend.
• 10:00
  [SPEAKER_02]: It just has to be.
• 10:01
  [SPEAKER_02]: He's been way too quiet this week this season.
• 10:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I think that's a good pick.
• 10:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: And that qualifying is going to be on Saturday at 2 p.m. Eastern.
• 10:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: So that's a big qualifying session.
• 10:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: And then easy enough for Sunday as well.
• 10:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: The race is going to start with the green flag coming around to a clock.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Do a clock this weekend Saturday in Sunday.
• 10:28
  [SPEAKER_02]: And we will talk about it after the qualifying on Saturday.
• 10:32
  [SPEAKER_02]: Didn't do a little more of a preview.
• 10:34
  [SPEAKER_02]: My car official picks for Sunday.
• 10:36
  [SPEAKER_02]: And then we'll react after the race on Sunday.
• 10:40
  [SPEAKER_02]: Thanks so much, guys.
• 10:41
  [SPEAKER_02]: Thank you.
• 10:46
  [SPEAKER_02]: We're going to get these technical difficulties figured out and to shame because Dave had a lot of good things to say about his expectations for Kyokalet and Dennis Halger.
• 11:01
  [SPEAKER_02]: And that he also agrees that it's going to be pattoes weekend.
• 11:05
  [SPEAKER_02]: Also, right after we finished recording, we saw a headline that is possible Scott Dixon will not be back with Gamassie Racing next year, so we'll keep an eye on that.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: We'll be back this weekend, talk all about qualifying, preview the race, and then of course we'll react to the race as well, and talk about any breaking news.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Thanks so much for joining us, please come back every week, three times on raceweeks.
• 11:36
  [SPEAKER_02]: and I love Susie.