Episode 10 – 33 Dreams of Indy Podcast
250 Days from the Running of the 104th Indy 500 179 Days from the start of the 2020 Road to Indy SeasonIndyCar Countdown Timers
Birthdays:
On this Day in Racing History:
Josef ‘Newgarden clinched his IndyCar Championship in 2017.
4 time Indy 500 starter Roscoe Sarles lost his life in a racing accident at Kansas City Speedway. Sarles finished 2nd in the 1921 indy 500.
What’s New:
Episode 9 was just released featuring an interview with Christian Rasmussen of Jay Howard Driver Development team in the USF2000 Road to Indy Series.
IndyCar on NBC turns up the promotion for the Season Championship Finale – even promoting during Sunday Night Football. This caused a great reaction from Conor Daly. – I will never view calamari the same.
View this post on Instagram ONE. MORE. RACE. The @IndyCar Championship Finale at @weathertechraceway is Sunday on @NBC! #INDYCAR #INDYCARonNBC #FirestoneGP A post shared by IndyCar on NBC (@indycaronnbc) on Sep 16, 2019 at 4:44pm PDT
Nearly spit out my calamari when I saw the @IndyCar points standings come up on @SNFonNBC let’s go @IndyCaronNBC @NBCSports keep the hype going! #RisingAboveTheRiceOrWhateverIDontKnow— Conor Daly (@ConorDaly22) September 16, 2019
Speaking of the Championship…
All year long, Josef Newgarden has used the hashtag #RiseAbove in his post. It is even the subject of his pinned post on Twitter. (Not one drop of sweat was harmed in the making of that video)
Hashtag Wars…
Well, leave it to Alexander Rossi & Andretti Autosport to fire back with their hashtag that is trending #RiseAbover – Abover – love it.
Who are you with? We know who it better be.#RISEABOVER #AR27 pic.twitter.com/YUwK2M84fS— Andretti Autosport (@FollowAndretti) September 17, 2019
Championship Scenarios
Marshall Pruett in Racer Magazine spelled out the title-clinching scenarios for each driver. Newgarden has to finish 5th or better without any bonus points, even with a Rossi victory and no bonus points for Rossi. If Rossi takes the pole and leads the most laps then Newgarden has to finish 4th or better.
Outside of that, you can surely count on the trusted POINTS AS THEY RUN graphic to be shown throughout the race.
What does each IndyCar title contender need to do to win? https://t.co/Dcj5iEHGQ9 via @racermag— Marshall Pruett (@marshallpruett) September 16, 2019
Speaking of Racer Magazine, Robin Miller posted an article asking Which driver era was IndyCar’s best ever? It is worth a read and was penned in response to Will Power stating that the past few years have probably been “the most competitive era ever”
Road to Indy Championships
Oliver Askew just has to start both races at Laguna Seca to claim the Indy Lights crown. But the other 2 series, Indy Pro 2000 and USF2000 will go down to the wire.
FEATURE: @Oliver_Askew to end his #RoadToIndy career where it began three years ago – @WeatherTechRcwy https://t.co/BRombkPdnP#TeamCooperTire l #RTIFinale pic.twitter.com/av5Ha18Kic— Indy Lights (@IndyLights) September 16, 2019
Indy Pro 2000 – Kyle Kirkwood vs. Rasmus Lindh
No Hashtag battles here. Just 2 racers looking to make it into Indy Lights in 2020. Kirkwood leads Lindh by 20 points heading into the final weekends two races. Kirkwood posted a video of the opening laps at Worldwide Technology Raceway at Gateway recently. A race that may have saved the championship for Kirkwood.
Take a few laps with me during the start of our Oval Race at @WWTRaceway a few weeks back as we were en route to a last to first victory. #RoadToIndy #TeamCooperTire @RPMotorsport_R @IndyPro2000 pic.twitter.com/jWCq8T5xMl— Kyle M. Kirkwood (@KKirkwoodRacing) September 14, 2019
USF2000 – Hunter McElrea vs. Braden Eves
This is the closest battle for the weekend. McElrea has a slim 6 point adva