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The IndyCar Report with Eljiah Poe: IMS Open Test Recap & Reaction (2.249.3) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

• 0:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: This is the Indie Carport with Elijah Poe.
• 0:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: This is Elijah Poe speaking and it's officially the greatest month of the year for Indie Carpans.
• 0:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: Welcome to the Indie Carport again.
• 0:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: If we've had open testing days for the Indie Atlas 500 that passed a couple of days, I might swing it to Greg through some results.
• 0:29
  [SPEAKER_02]: Well, thank you so much, Elijah.
• 0:31
  [SPEAKER_02]: Welcome everybody and surprise.
• 0:35
  [SPEAKER_02]: Kyle Collette, I guess it was kind of toe-aided, but the fastest of the two days, the four sessions, 226.381.
• 0:42
  [SPEAKER_02]: I believe that was Wednesday morning, Elijah.
• 0:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it's pretty impressive to see a rookie up there, but I can't say I'm too surprised with how strong A.J.
• 0:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: White has been at the track these last couple years, but then again, to see a rookie up there, it's first time running laps across the 500.
• 1:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's impressive, isn't it, though?
• 1:06
  [SPEAKER_02]: Very impressive.
• 1:07
  [SPEAKER_02]: In fact, everybody's in front of will be considered serious, serious, and be 500.
• 1:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: And Elijah, if the Pinsky cars are fast, the May Joseph New Gardens, the favorite right.
• 1:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I think he had the best shot to win in last year before he had that fuel pressure issue.
• 1:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: He was sea started in 33rd and was in pay to play by the time he was out with about 40, 50 laps to go.
• 1:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think he just got this track figured out, alongside all opens.
• 1:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: He's just going to be a kid, editor, any time these cars turn real left, real fast.
• 1:50
  [SPEAKER_02]: and his drier and riding bold machine Elijah.
• 1:54
  [SPEAKER_02]: Connor Dayly, 225.394 was the third fastest and the most consistently at the top of the charts in the four sessions.
• 2:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I think it's a great sign for...
• 2:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: Just how it's much of a fact should go in general.
• 2:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think he's past four finishes at the 500 roll in top 10.
• 2:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: So he's really got this speedway figured out.
• 2:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: He kind of always has.
• 2:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: But you know, if you get him the equipment to maybe even win a race, I would be shocked to see him not be able to pull it off because the skill he has around this place, it's impeccable.
• 2:31
  [SPEAKER_02]: If you're Dennis Ryan Bull, you got to be really excited about your opportunity here.
• 2:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
• 2:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: I would think so.
• 2:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: I would love for them that maybe even run more races because I think we had we've seen it in these four sessions that Connor daily even though, you know, he might not be the best on street road courses that you get him on an oval and he's going side by side with arguably one of the best oval racers ever at Joseph New York.
• 2:59
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, give me Connor daily all day.
• 3:01
  [SPEAKER_02]: I can't
• 3:03
  [SPEAKER_02]: that he's been relegated to a one-off, but that's what it is.
• 3:07
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's the world of indie car racing right now.
• 3:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's a shame because especially in Indianapolis, there's not a driver more beloved than Conradaley than in the three three one seven area go.
• 3:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: That's for Dancer.
• 3:22
  [SPEAKER_02]: No doubt about it.
• 3:23
  [SPEAKER_02]: Probably the seven six five and the eight one two as well.
• 3:27
  [SPEAKER_02]: Four fastest is defending champion, three-time running series champion, and the favorite going into the month of May, Alex below 225-272.
• 3:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, he's just going to be he's going to be a contender everywhere and it's crazy that we're saying this everywhere including the Indianapolis motor speedway, which is one of the hardest races to win, but he did it last year and with that confidence, I would be surprised if he finishes inside the top three and I wouldn't I wouldn't be surprised if he won the race again.
• 3:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's this that good.
• 4:01
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, this top 10 is insane the larger.
• 4:05
  [SPEAKER_02]: Alio Castro, Neves, 225.20, I think he was the second fastest of the first session.
• 4:13
  [SPEAKER_02]: Just right out of the box, he said, I'm here to compete.
• 4:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think that MSR car is going to be really, really strong.
• 4:21
  [SPEAKER_00]: Obviously, it was strong when he won it up a few years back.
• 4:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: But just for him to have the possibility to drive for five.
• 4:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: Obviously, never been done.
• 4:36
  [SPEAKER_02]: After last year, I thought maybe the whole thing was over, but it really looks like this year he is back and better than ever.
• 4:43
  [SPEAKER_02]: He seems like a meason really good spirits as well.
• 4:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think that you made a good point there.
• 4:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: Last year, he was pretty, just kind of flew under the radar.
• 4:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: It was never really a true challenge or any form in.
• 4:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: And honestly, the month of May is better when Elio just has a little bit of swagger too.
• 5:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: I've been hit to could maybe pull out a result that he's not expected to.
• 5:07
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, nobody can change their car to the way they like it on the fly at Indy like he can as we've seen over and over again.
• 5:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's just a special talent.
• 5:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: It just be a shame.
• 5:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: I can't even imagine what the month of May was looked like without Elliott the car just because he just know every year.
• 5:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's got a long shot to pull something out somewhere and end up with a good result.
• 5:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: It should be really exciting to watch him really all throughout the month of the minute.
• 5:38
  [SPEAKER_02]: six fastest paddle award 225.109 my picked to win this race coming into the season.
• 5:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I don't blame you.
• 5:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's a good sign for I don't order to air up a clarinet.
• 5:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's not shocking to see have up there at this point just because the test three four years, he's been so so good around you need anapolis.
• 5:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's been really buying his time to maybe get a shot at when in one and I would not be surprised to be got that shot this year.
• 6:06
  [SPEAKER_02]: Man, this test was really all about experience.
• 6:09
  [SPEAKER_02]: Seven fastest to Kumasaho in his one-off for Ray Hall, Letterman, 224-957.
• 6:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: Every year, I'm just reminded how much of a freak to Kumasatoids.
• 6:21
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's just so good at Andy.
• 6:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: So good.
• 6:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: It blows my mind every year, how quick he is.
• 6:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: And the line T takes, I swear, he's gonna hit the wall on turn two every time, but he never does.
• 6:37
  [SPEAKER_02]: unreal, never seeing like it.
• 6:40
  [SPEAKER_02]: Actually, if you remember Thomas Shector, very similar kind of driver, but to Comusato ended up in Victory Lane at Indie twice, Shector didn't wasn't quite able to take advantage of his opportunities, but very similar styles fun to watch, that's for sure.
• 6:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, and if he, at that all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all
• 7:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I really hope Scott Dixon can turn these two days the testing into a good month of May.
• 7:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: Obviously have those break issues that happened in the warm-up laps at last year that pretty much just put about the race on lap one.
• 7:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: And there's nobody who's more deserving to have a two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Scott Dixon.
• 7:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: And I think anybody would say that.
• 7:42
  [SPEAKER_02]: 9th fastest David Malookas is first year with
• 7:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he's going to be a real sleeper.
• 7:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, we've seen how good he is on these ovals.
• 7:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: And his name is not really getting thrown around a bunch other than it's his first 500 with pensky.
• 8:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think he's got a real shot to win this thing.
• 8:05
  [SPEAKER_02]: He is really good on ovals Elijah.
• 8:09
  [SPEAKER_02]: Sometimes a couple of races we've watched over the past.
• 8:13
  [SPEAKER_02]: He's like, hasn't won, but has been the standout driver on ovals and he definitely has a shot.
• 8:21
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, he's eventually going to get it.
• 8:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: And then intent is 2016 winner, Alexander Rossi, team 24.367, 10th during a grocery if he had win in his 500 as a rookie, I would be surprised to see those ECR cars be competitive.
• 8:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: Usually are usually pretty good around the 500 and I think if Rossi could put in the right situation, we've seen him win it before.
• 8:44
  [SPEAKER_02]: Number 12, Roman Grojo.
• 8:47
  [SPEAKER_02]: 11 fastest was Roman Grojan 12 Felix Rosenquist 13th Jacob Abel.
• 8:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: What a performance by Jacob Abel.
• 8:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he's easily the highlight of that group with the one off with Abelburg sports.
• 9:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think it's awesome.
• 9:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: He really struggled last year and that Miller highlight far, but what a performance by him.
• 9:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: And I also think good for Grojan.
• 9:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe sticking some good laps in the year.
• 9:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think it'd be super fun if you get petted it,
• 9:16
  [SPEAKER_02]: And don't forget about Phil's Rosenquist, man.
• 9:19
  [SPEAKER_02]: He's a good one.
• 9:21
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he's another sneaky contender.
• 9:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's on the broadcast for the last four or 500.
• 9:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's either finished at fourth place or 27.
• 9:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's finished at fourth place.
• 9:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's 27th twice.
• 9:35
  [SPEAKER_02]: That's impossible.
• 9:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: It sounds impossible.
• 9:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: I know I cannot I couldn't believe that's that when they said it, but it's pretty insane So these obviously got the scales to be up there on it when the laps are coming down to the ends He if he's out there.
• 9:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's he's the guy with shot and sees me so great.
• 9:52
  [SPEAKER_02]: Well, you 14 passes was Rina's VK 15 Scott McLaughlin
• 10:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: interesting to see Scottie Mac down there, but it is testing and I think we'll no matter what those minicky cars are going to be a factor.
• 10:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: They always are.
• 10:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: And I think he has a really good shot.
• 10:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he obviously wanted to redeem himself after spinning out onto the warm-up last year and what a year he could make a set of some self-up for.
• 10:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: How about that yellow submarine deliveries?
• 10:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, it just looks good.
• 10:28
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's amazing.
• 10:29
  [SPEAKER_02]: 16th, 17th, 17th, 17th, the fastest rookie Dennis Hauker, 18th will power.
• 10:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: Interesting to see will power down there.
• 10:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: Obviously, that's a fine spot for Dennis Hauker, I would say, but those end ready cars haven't really been eye popping this whole test.
• 10:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: Get say it again, it is testing, but to not see like any one or two good results.
• 10:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: But I'm not super worried about them.
• 10:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: They're they're usually pretty sure that's exactly how I'd put it Elijah a little concerning not that concern 19 mark as arms strong 20th McShoumacher Not all those all I would say for me I think he's only gonna get better if the month of may goes and for Marcus Armstrong I think he's probably gonna be anything that can't wear
• 11:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: I expect him to baby get same with Felix Rosa Quest, but I don't think you'll have a really super stellar pop-up babe, but I think he easily had maybe a top 10 in there.
• 11:33
  [SPEAKER_02]: By the way, Colette ran the most laps 227 and Schumacher ran the second most unsurprisingly 215, of course, the rookies had their own session as well.
• 11:45
  [SPEAKER_02]: And refreshers.
• 11:46
  [SPEAKER_02]: The one-offs and the rookies had their refreshers as well.
• 11:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think it's good.
• 11:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: In counter-cathlete, because they have to do who are fresher as well, which is great.
• 11:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: Get all these drivers.
• 11:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: I had one off the most experience as they can, because the guys they're going against.
• 12:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: Man, let's feel this stacked.
• 12:07
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I think Christian Lungard 21st in Ram Ray Hall of 22nd have to be a little disappointed.
• 12:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think it's a little bit better for Graham and the fact that he's just not dead last like he was in day one, because I don't want, I hate, I would hate to see Graham, grow, go through, you know, this little last row of shoot out and everything, it's been brutal for him for the last three or four years at the 500, it's been a shame, Christian Moonguard as well, I think if he wants to compete in the championship, he's going to need to turn it around that need to be because he is not really being great, we're out there, we're
• 12:43
  [SPEAKER_02]: No one wants to see angry grammar at all.
• 12:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: No, no, they do not.
• 12:50
  [SPEAKER_02]: Jack Harvey was 23rd, or another one off stingray, Rob, 24th, Mill and Seagull 25th, and Carpenter 26th.
• 12:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, that's a group that I'm not gonna be watching admittedly too much during the month of May.
• 13:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: I can maybe expect no Seagull just because he's in
• 13:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: Now, it's definitely harder to close that gap, but the car also plays a huge factory position around the seat.
• 13:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: But it's going to be interesting to see also where Ed Carpenter lines up always pretty good on qualifying.
• 13:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: You know that Ed Carpenter has speed where Rossi could set up.
• 13:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: They're definitely going to be interesting to watch.
• 13:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: Definitely a little bit on the back part.
• 13:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: And how many good competitors are on this?
• 13:39
  [SPEAKER_02]: Kyle Kirkwood, down in 27th, Elijah.
• 13:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it's kind of the same thing with woke power.
• 13:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's just a little concerning to see him so far down there, especially when we know how good flow is going to be.
• 13:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: And I, I would, I read that flow was actually on his Long Beach car.
• 13:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: So it was like the nasty part was not on the open spec.
• 14:01
  [SPEAKER_02]: Wow.
• 14:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: So that could also be a different fact.
• 14:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not sure how many cars bought bonk beach.
• 14:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think a good amount may be a couple of individuals for but still we need those and try to use the challenge.
• 14:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's perfect with this amount of challenge but the championship.
• 14:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, you may will be different for sure.
• 14:20
  [SPEAKER_02]: These are not going to be what we're going to be looking at later down the line but they do it for a reason and we
• 14:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, they would line them up first, the 33rd if it did matter.
• 14:35
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, that's right.
• 14:37
  [SPEAKER_02]: Ryan Hunter Ray was 28th, Christian rise me since 29th, Kiffin Simpson, 30th.
• 14:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'd say it's concerning for all of them, but I'm not really super worried about Ryder's on May.
• 14:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: Usually that one off-car for a hammer plant sees as a really damp good car and if there's anyone who knows his way around They need apples.
• 14:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's right.
• 14:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm gonna rate the Christian grass bees.
• 14:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think we'll be faster than about the man as well We know how good he is on the ovals, but I personally cannot wait to see him and qualify especially in the race It's gonna be so fucking lunch
• 15:10
  [SPEAKER_02]: I want to point out one more time that there's an era McLaren card 25th and a ganassi in 30th and just go from there.
• 15:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: They got to do better.
• 15:20
  [SPEAKER_02]: Alright, here we go.
• 15:21
  [SPEAKER_02]: 31st, Marcus Erickson.
• 15:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it's same thing with all these entities.
• 15:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's just weird to see it.
• 15:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, we know how good Marcus Ericsson or his around the Indianapolis or other speedways probably arguably top five right now at the sport the last five years that IMS just been an incredible.
• 15:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: But it still is concerned to see them out there.
• 15:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe they were running the Long Beach car and maybe they were trying to do some different tests around to everything, but you still don't want to be down in the last year, a lot of them.
• 15:54
  [SPEAKER_02]: And then Louis Foster 30 second, it really shows how impressive to Kuma Sato was when you look at that.
• 16:02
  [SPEAKER_02]: And then Katherine Leg was quite a bit even behind him.
• 16:05
  [SPEAKER_02]: She only ran 82 laps.
• 16:07
  [SPEAKER_02]: She'll have to put in a lot of laps in, hey.
• 16:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, she will.
• 16:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: That car was actually being built all day one of the tests.
• 16:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: She was unable to run because it was a kind of a last minute deal.
• 16:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: It didn't really happen until a couple of days before testing.
• 16:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: at least dusted it off for the month of May, so she should be ready for it.
• 16:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm pulling month of May, which really should be a great car.
• 16:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: In partnering up with H&B Butter Sports and H-8 Toy Racing, that also has a technical alliance with Vince Keyes.
• 16:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: So she might be in the best part she's ever been in, or I'm gonna be in that one, sir, sir.
• 16:42
  [SPEAKER_02]: Man in those era McLaren cars looked nice, didn't they?
• 16:46
  [SPEAKER_02]: Those test livers, they should just keep them for the month of May,
• 16:51
  [SPEAKER_02]: There were quite a few out there that I was like, ooh, that's a nice looking car.
• 16:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, they had some good, that really good liberties in the Muffin Bay.
• 16:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: I love how Santino keeps his red-white blue, crazy, it should be a great Muffin Bay.
• 17:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think they're getting ready to announce the grand-sense, though, out here at the Twitter suite, which I think would break last week's, or last year's 500 by three weeks.
• 17:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: So it's been impressive.
• 17:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: The hype around the 500 this year feels a little bit different in years past.
• 17:23
  [SPEAKER_02]: Elijah went to 34 and in Apple's 500s in a row, and after the 100th, I said, I'm just not going to do it anymore, but I'm really tempted this year.
• 17:34
  [SPEAKER_02]: I'll be there.
• 17:34
  [SPEAKER_02]: You should go.
• 17:35
  [SPEAKER_02]: I don't like to crowds anymore.
• 17:38
  [SPEAKER_02]: I don't like fighting getting in.
• 17:39
  [SPEAKER_02]: Don't like the fighting getting out.
• 17:41
  [SPEAKER_02]: I got like I did it enough.
• 17:43
  [SPEAKER_02]: I like it on TV, but this one kind of feels like you can't need to be there.
• 17:48
  [SPEAKER_02]: I tell everybody that 500 is great.
• 17:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: but it is the longest damp day you'll ever have to get lost.
• 17:55
  [SPEAKER_02]: Well as you think the pre-races gonna be worth the price of it, 250th anniversary just the feeling this is going to be a special pre-race this year.
• 18:05
  [SPEAKER_02]: I don't know, I could be tempted to go but I probably won't.
• 18:09
  [SPEAKER_02]: I always love going kind of love sitting at home watching it with producer Susie even more.
• 18:16
  [SPEAKER_02]: Thank you so much to Elijah, thank you so much for listening.
• 18:20
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• 18:32
  [SPEAKER_02]: Thanks again.
• 18:35
  [SPEAKER_02]: Hey, Suezzie, it's me!
• 19:44
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• 19:49
  [SPEAKER_02]: I'll see you.