The Motorsport Thread 2017

A come from behind win for Porsche at Le Mans and Chevy loses on the last lap at the last chicane before the main straight from a puncture. Unbelievable!

Edited by SteveG - June 21 2017 at 04:03

MillsLayne wrote: SteveG wrote: MillsLayne wrote: JJLehto wrote: I never would've thought so, and personally I preferred Marco. I think in terms of family royalty no way Rahal can touch Andretti BUT Graham absolutely has taken the upper hand over Marco. Personally neither has been terribly great :(   For American racing hopes I kinda have my money on Josef Newgarden (RHR was already pretty old when we won his title) Andretti is synonymous with racing, but you have to admit, the name Rahal is legendary in American open wheel history, and Graham is doing okay with a team that isn't Ganassi/Penske/Andretti.  Hell, Marco's teammates are winning multiple Indy 500's and championships and what has he done?  A couple of wins in over ten years. Marco's teammates contend for and win Indy and he constantly qualifies at the back of the grid. If he was not an Andretti, his career would have ended 3 seasons ago.  Completely agree.  But, in a way, it's still a great thing to have an 'Andretti' in the field, no matter what.  It's needed.  Just too bad he's not that great.

MillsLayne wrote: JJLehto wrote: I never would've thought so, and personally I preferred Marco. I think in terms of family royalty no way Rahal can touch Andretti BUT Graham absolutely has taken the upper hand over Marco. Personally neither has been terribly great :(   For American racing hopes I kinda have my money on Josef Newgarden (RHR was already pretty old when we won his title) Andretti is synonymous with racing, but you have to admit, the name Rahal is legendary in American open wheel history, and Graham is doing okay with a team that isn't Ganassi/Penske/Andretti.  Hell, Marco's teammates are winning multiple Indy 500's and championships and what has he done?  A couple of wins in over ten years.

Marco's teammates contend for and win Indy and he constantly qualifies at the back of the grid. If he was not an Andretti, his career would have ended 3 seasons ago. 

For example, one 13th place finish and Newgarden is now in 7th. There are 49 points, less than a race win, between 7th and 1st. Indycar is nuts!

Newgarden could be a title contender, but I'm not sure about this year.  To be honest, though, it's so wide open right now and we're almost halfway through the season.  The parity this year is unreal.

JJLehto wrote: I never would've thought so, and personally I preferred Marco. I think in terms of family royalty no way Rahal can touch Andretti BUT Graham absolutely has taken the upper hand over Marco. Personally neither has been terribly great :(   For American racing hopes I kinda have my money on Josef Newgarden (RHR was already pretty old when we won his title)

I think it's safe to say that when it comes to Indy's royal sons, Graham > Marco.

I'm not a fan of Rahal but the boy can really drive. I'm not surprised that his team wins as father Bobby has fielded his own team for years and knows what it takes to win.

Jeez, Graham Rahal swept the Duel in Detroit this weekend.  Didn't see that coming. 

Again, the Indy 500 ended up being SO good!  Gutted for Alonso, as he was having a stellar day and was setting up for a possible battle for the win, but his luck with Honda continued.  At least a Honda engine won, I guess.  And speaking of which, TAKUMA SATO!  Congrats, guy!  Amazing battle with Helio at the end and finally makes  up for 2012!