Ob-Hnub Indianapolis 500 Qhib Kev Xeem Showcases IndyCar's Surge In Momentum

Qhov xaus ntawm ob hnub Indianapolis 500 Qhib Kev Xeem ntawm Indianapolis Motor Speedway muaj plaub teev ntawm kev sib tw frantic. Nws tau ua tiav nrog 31 ntawm 32 lub tsheb twb tau nkag rau lub Tsib Hlis 29 106th Indianapolis khiav hauv pob khoom loj, ua rau kev sim txhua xyoo zoo li Race Day.

Nws nthuav tawm Indianapolis 500 ntawm nws qhov zoo tshaj plaws raws li cov neeg tsav tsheb flirted nrog 230 mais ib teev nyob ib ncig ntawm 2.5-mais oval ib hlis ua ntej nws tseem ceeb heev.

Qhov no yog ib qho kev sim, nws tsuas yog ib qho kev sim, tab sis tsis txhob qhia qhov ntawd rau cov neeg tsav tsheb uas khiav ntawm caj npab tom qab lub puab tsaig, lub qhov ntswg-rau-tail thiab sab-los-sab hauv plaub-teev kev sib tham uas tsis suav nrog ib zaug. - taug qab qhov xwm txheej.

"Kuv xav tias peb txhua tus tau saib xyuas lub pylon ntawd," said Indy 500 rookie Jimmie Johnson, tus yeej xya-lub sij hawm Nascar Cup Series uas tab tom npaj rau nws thawj Indianapolis 500. "Peb txhua tus tau sim. Tsuav qhov kev sib kho yog ntsuab, peb txhua tus tau sim ua lub tsheb ceev tshaj plaws nyob rau ntawd. Thaum twg lub tsheb nyob ntawm cov log tsheb tshiab, tib neeg tau sim tsim qhov sib txawv, sim muab lub sijhawm ceev ceev.

“Kuv xav tias peb lub tsheb muaj kev ceev heev. Rau kuv tus kheej, nws tsuas yog sim ua kom nkag siab yuav ua li cas thiaj li tau txais qhov sib txawv thiab rub mus rau pawg neeg pem hauv ntej ntawm koj, pop tawm ntawm ceg tawv.

"Nws zoo nkaus li zoo ntawm cov qhab nia, tab sis muaj ob peb lub tsheb uas tuaj yeem hla dhau. Kuv xav tias qhov ntawd yog qhov peb txhua tus sib sib zog nqus hauv kev tsom mus rau, thiab mus rau debrief thiab ua haujlwm rau, yog kom paub seb yuav ua li cas thiaj li tawm ntawm qhov thib ob thiab plaub thiab ua kom zoo dua. "

Johnson tau zoo siab hauv nws thawj qhov kev sib tw tawm tsam nws qhov kev sib tw Indy 500 thaum nws ua tiav qib yim nrog lub nrawm nrawm ntawm 227.900 mais ib teev hauv No. 48 Carvana/American Legion Honda.

Johnson thawj zaug Indy 500 kev siv zog tau tsim muaj kev txaus siab ntxiv rau ib qho ntawm cov kev ua si zoo tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb. Tab sis muaj ntau lwm lub npe loj uas tau taug kev thaum lub Plaub Hlis 20 thiab Plaub Hlis 21.

Pab neeg tsav tsheb Penske Josef Newgarden tau xaus qhov kev sib tham ob hnub ua tus tsav tsheb ceev tshaj plaws hauv No. 2 Shell-sponsored Chevrolet. Nws lub nrawm nrawm yog 229.519 mph raws li ob zaug NTT IndyCar Series tus yeej tau sim los yeej nws thawj Indy 500.

Takuma Sato ntawm Nyiv yog ob lub sijhawm Indianapolis 500 tus yeej uas nws txoj haujlwm sib tw tau txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm cov nyiam Honda thiab Panasonic. Sato yog lub npe loj hauv nws haiv neeg Tokyo thiab yog tus thib ob ceev tshaj plaws ntawm 229.427 mph hauv No. 51 Honda ntawm Dale Coyne Kev Sib Tw nrog RWR
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Ib tus neeg tsav tsheb nrov tshaj plaws hauv Indianapolis 500 keeb kwm yog Tony Kanaan. Cov neeg hauv tebchaws Brazil uas tam sim no nyob hauv Indianapolis tau txhawb nqa los ntawm Asmeskas Legion hauv 106th Indianapolis 500. Nws ua tiav thib peb ntawm daim ntawv qhia nrawm hauv No.1 Honda ntawm Chip Ganassi Kev Sib Tw ntawm 228.767 mph.

Scott Dixon ntawm New Zealand yog tus tsav tsheb ua tiav tshaj plaws hauv NTT IndyCar Series kab nrog rau 51 qhov kev sib tw thiab 67 yeej. Nws tsuas yog ib tus tom qab legendary Mario Andretti rau thib ob ntawm cov npe txhua lub sijhawm. AJ Foyt yog tus thawj coj ua haujlwm nrog XNUMX yeej.

Dixon yog plaub ceev tshaj plaws ntawm 228.689 mph hauv No. 9 PNC Bank Honda rau Chip Ganassi Sib Tw.

Scott McLaughlin yog lwm haiv neeg ntawm New Zealand thiab yog tus tsav tsheb loj tshaj plaws hauv Australia Supercars keeb kwm. Pab neeg tus tswv Roger Penske coj nws mus rau Tebchaws Meskas los koom nrog nws pab pawg IndyCar cov lus dab neeg hauv 2021. McLaughlin tau sib npaug ntawm tsib qhov nrawm ntawm 228.397 mph.

Tab sis tos, muaj ntau ntxiv.

Romain Grosjean tau tsim ib qho thoob ntiaj teb tom qab thaum tus neeg tsav tsheb yug los ntawm Fabkis los ntawm Geneva, Switzerland nyob rau hauv Formula One thiab tseem ceeb hauv Netflix.
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Series "Drive to Survive." Grosjean yog Indy 500 rookie nrog Andretti Autosport.

Colton Herta yog Asmeskas lub hnub qub ci ntsa iab tshaj plaws thiab tau txiav txim siab los ua tus tsav tsheb tom ntej los ntawm Tebchaws Meskas hauv Formula One. Lwm tus qub Formula One tsav tsheb uas rov qab yog ob zaug Indy 500 tus yeej Juan Pablo Montoya ntawm Colombia. Nws yuav tsav qhov kev nkag thib peb rau Arrow McLaren SP.

Muaj ib tus neeg tsav tsheb ploj lawm txij hnub Thursday hnub kawg ntawm kev sim. Nws yog plaub lub sij hawm thiab tiv thaiv Indy 500 tus yeej Helio Castroneves, uas tau tsoo nws lub tsheb sib tw los ntawm xyoo tas los lub keeb kwm thib plaub Indy yeej thaum nws yog ib tug ntawm peb tus neeg tsav tsheb uas muaj teeb meem ntawm txoj kev tawm ntawm lub qhov taub ntawm Indianapolis Motor Speedway nyob rau hnub Wednesday thawj hnub ntawm kev xeem. Lwm ob suav nrog Alexander Rossi, tus yeej ntawm 100th Indianapolis 500 hauv 2016 thiab 2018 Indy 500 tus yeej Will Power.

IndyCar thiab Indianapolis Motor Speedway cov tub ceev xwm yuav tsum tau xaus rau hnub Wednesday lub rooj sib tham ntxov los hais txog cov xwm txheej slick ntawm txoj kab kev sov so uas tau tsim los ntawm kev sib khi siv rau ntawm asphalt. Cov neeg saib xyuas tau ua haujlwm kom txog thaum tom qab 12 ib tag hmo los ntawm kev rub lub tsheb laij teb hla qhov chaw thiab siv lub tshuab ntxhua khaub ncaws. Thaum Firestone cov tub ceev xwm rov tshawb xyuas thaj chaw, qhov kev sim rov pib dua rau hnub Thursday tom qab nws tau ncua 4-1/2 teev los nag.

Dab tsi ua raws li plaub teev ntawm kev ua haujlwm siab ceev uas teeb tsa Indianapolis 500 sib nrug los ntawm lwm cov kev sib tw loj.

Nws tseem yog ib qho laj thawj vim li cas thiaj li muag daim pib rau xyoo no Indianapolis 500 yog qhov xav tau siab, raws li Indianapolis Motor Speedway cov thawj coj.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway tus tswv Roger Penske thiab IMS Thawj Tswj Hwm Doug Boles tau hais tias daim pib xav tau yog qhov siab tshaj plaws txij li 100.th Indianapolis 500 tau muag tawm hauv 2016. Txawm hais tias ob leeg ntseeg tias kev muag daim pib xyoo no yuav tsis ncav cuag 2016 "sellout" theem, 2022 Indianapolis 500 yuav yog cov neeg coob tshaj plaws txij li xyoo 2016 thiab ntau dua li lub sijhawm dhau los uas muaj peev xwm tso cai rau hauv. 2019 ua ntej COVID 19 kis thoob qhov txhia chaw.

"Lub sijhawm no yog lub sijhawm zoo los tawm ntawm no," said Penske Entertainment CEO Mark Miles. "Koj saib ib ncig ntawm Indianapolis Motor Speedway, pom tseeb tias lub Tsib Hlis yuav los. Koj pom cov tsev pheeb suab tau tsim tawm muaj, cov neeg thauj khoom tuaj hauv thiab npaj txhij rau qhov kev xeem. Pua pua ntawm cov menyuam kawm ntawv tawm ntawm qhov chaw.

“Tej zaum yuav los sai, peb yuav npaj txhij. Peb tab tom nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej rau lub Tsib Hlis. "

Tsuas yog qhov tsis zoo nkag rau xyoo no 106th Indianapolis 500 yog cov npe nkag yog tam sim no ntawm 32 rau 33-tsheb pib lineup. Tab sis nrog ib lub hlis mus ua ntej thawj hnub ua haujlwm rau Indianapolis 500 pib hnub Tuesday, Tsib Hlis 17, Miles "ua haujlwm" tag nrho.

Miles tau hais tias "Cia kuv hais ntau ntau tau sau txog kev nyab xeeb 32 lub tsheb," Miles hais. "Kuv xav tias peb tuaj yeem lav zoo heev tias yuav muaj 33 lub tsheb hauv thaj teb. Kuv yuav tsis txiav txim tej zaum txawm ib tug ntau tshaj qhov ntawd.

"Kuv xav tias nws yuav yog qhov chaw puv thiab kuv xav tias nws yuav yog kev sib tw loj heev."

Yog tias lub lim tiam no Indy 500 Qhib Kev Xeem yog ib qho kev saib ua ntej ntawm 106th Indianapolis 500, nws tuaj yeem yog qhov blockbuster.

Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucemartin/2022/04/22/two-day-indianapolis-500-open-test-showcases-indycars-surge-in-momentum/