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    Indy 500: Vitor Meira Crash Introduces Sideways Retaining Wall Racing

    Vitor Meira Lights Self On Fire, Will Change Pants Later

    Indy 500: Tony Kanaan Crashes Out Hard On Lap 99

    Indy 500: Davey Hamilton Hits The Wall In Turn Four

    Graham Rahal Crashes Exiting Turn Four, Dixon Takes Lead

    Indy 500: Ryan Hunter-Reay Crashes Into Pit Lane

    Indy 500: And They're Off... To A Yellow

    Things You See At The Indy 500

    Everything You Need To Know About The 2009 Indy 500

    Camaro Pace Cars Have Brake Weights, Crazy Wheel Imbalance
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    Image of Feds Feds
    05/24/09

    In reply to Camaro Pace Cars Have Brake Weights, Crazy Wheel Imbalance
    Ooh, Oooh, I KNOW this one!


    You can't use lead in wheel weights any more, so they are not as dense, therefore, you need a higher volume of weights to balance a tire.


    Fact is, we discussed the aesthetic distraction of longer strips of weights, but decided saving the planet for future generations was a better idea.


    THAT is the story here.

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    05/24/09

    @Feds: You still shouldn't need that many.


    The difference is pretty minimal, family friends own a tire shop so I've been hanging around there since before the lead ban, the new ones are a bit larger but not that much.

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    05/24/09

    In reply to Camaro Pace Cars Have Brake Weights, Crazy Wheel Imbalance
    I'm sorry, but am I the only one who thinks this is really, really unprofessional?
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    05/24/09

    @Town of the Big House DLJ: Nope, and I know some tire shop owners who would have an absolute fit if anything left their shop looking like that.
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    Image of MissingPieces MissingPieces
    05/24/09

    In reply to Indy 500: Vitor Meira Crash Introduces Sideways Retaining Wall Racing
    I'm sorry but driving in circles, no matter how fast, is NOT racing!
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    05/24/09

    @MissingPieces: Well, I guess then we will leave it up to you to tell all of the fans and drivers that participate in Open Wheel, Nascar, Dirt Track, Baja, Supercross, LeMans, LeMons, Nascar Truck Series, and oh yeah...go karts, that what they are doing and supporting is not actually racing...because I sure the Hell am not going to tell them.


    I would have figured that even a troll would take Sunday off.

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    05/24/09

    @citroën67: Supercross? Lemons? Do you know what a cricle is?
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    05/24/09

    @MissingPieces: Yeah, I would kind of consider any race event that involves crossing over the finish line many many times before it is actually used to end the race...a circle. Whether it has many bends to the left or to the right or if it is a loop, you are still driving in an infinite direction that could be classified as circular. When you get lost and end up back where you started, do you say "man I don't know how I ended up driving in a trapezoid"?

    Also, if multiple vehicles all start from the same point, and one is able to finish before all the rest, if it is not racing...what the hell do you call it?

    On that note, why don't you save your negative comments for Twitter or Yahoo chat, and leave Jalopnik for those of us who actually enjoy the coverage of the 500 and all of us out there that think that racing is racing...no matter what fucking shape or direction the racers are running in. Have a pleasant evening.
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    05/25/09

    @citroën67: (tips hat) Nice rant.
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    05/24/09

    In reply to Indy 500: Vitor Meira Crash Introduces Sideways Retaining Wall Racing
    Is someone out to get him?
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    05/24/09

    In reply to Vitor Meira Lights Self On Fire, Will Change Pants Later
    Mira can't overcome the wall.
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    05/24/09

    @Forgetful: Hope Meira's OK. He's out of the car, but on the stretcher
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    05/24/09

    @Forgetful: They took their time putting him in the ambulance, so hopefully it's nothing major.
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    05/24/09

    In reply to Vitor Meira Lights Self On Fire, Will Change Pants Later
    Yeah, yeah, whatever. Where's the LeMons coverage?!
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    05/24/09

    In reply to Vitor Meira Lights Self On Fire, Will Change Pants Later
    Good thing the IRL switched to ethanol. Methanol doesn't make for good fire pictures.


    /Flames are clear to white.

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    05/26/09

    @jewce: With the methanol fires it always took a few seconds to realize what was going on when you were watching it. "Why is that guy jumping out of the car in such a hurry and running around like he has ants in his pants?...Oh he is on FIRE!" I remeber this happend to Nigel Mansel one year.
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    05/24/09

    In reply to Vitor Meira Lights Self On Fire, Will Change Pants Later
    Who sponsored the Indy this year? The local hospital?
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    05/24/09

    In reply to Indy 500: Tony Kanaan Crashes Out Hard On Lap 99
    Maybe this year they are focusing on crashing instead of driving.
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    05/24/09

    In reply to Indy 500: Davey Hamilton Hits The Wall In Turn Four
    What the hell is wrong with these people?
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    05/24/09

    In reply to Indy 500: Tony Kanaan Crashes Out Hard On Lap 99
    Someone needs to remind these guys that Indy racing isn't a contact sport. Or isn't SUPPOSED to be a contact sport.
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    05/24/09

    In reply to Graham Rahal Crashes Exiting Turn Four, Dixon Takes Lead
    It seems like there is more crashing than racing. Did everyone forget how to drive Indy cars?
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    05/24/09

    @Back to BTLFED: Nah, they're all twittering Lemons.
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    05/24/09

    In reply to Graham Rahal Crashes Exiting Turn Four, Dixon Takes Lead
    Let's see some goddamn explosions!
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    05/24/09

    In reply to Everything You Need To Know About The 2009 Indy 500
    I could hardly care less about the race, but on the other hand-



    mmmm... Danica who?
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    05/24/09

    In reply to Indy 500: Ryan Hunter-Reay Crashes Into Pit Lane
    Shit is starting to heat up.
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    05/24/09

    @CoЯiolis Eff: Shit just got real??
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    05/24/09

    @A stʁolling playeʁ: You better believe it did.
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