Indy 500. Scott Dixon crash. Kiss bricks, Sato (1 Viewer)

[GregR]

Holy crap. Scott Dixon is lucky to be alive. 

 

[GregR]

The onboard camera from Dickson's car... freeze frame it and you can see Castroneves's car blurring past underneath when Dickson is upside down. (edit: more like vertical, car nose pointing at the ground, based on the replay angle from behind the crash)

 

[GregR]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QmrF5p9hEI

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Jesus

 

[E Street Brat]

That was almost a Weldon incident. So lucky his head didn't hit the wall.

 

[GregR]

This race has just been great to watch. Three and four cars wide going into turns. Restarts that are so packed in they look in places like an LA freeway at rush hour.

 

[GregR]

Jesus, 5 cars wide.

 

[Nigel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QmrF5p9hEI

Hats off to those who design the cars such that someone can walk away from that. 

 

[boilerdave]

From my seat at the race I saw the entire accident unfold. As soon as I saw him (his name is spelled Dixon btw) get out of the car I remarked at least the race will receive some national attention - it's a shame it takes a spectacular wreck to bring the attention to a great event.

Having F1 champion Fernando Alonso here brought a lot of international attention and Takuma Sato winning will be huge in Japan.

Sato made this last lap pass attempt to win the 500 in 2012:

https://youtu.be/ZRwDq6R_fH8

 

[BobbyLayne]

From my seat at the race I saw the entire accident unfold. As soon as I saw him (his name is spelled Dixon btw) get out of the car I remarked at least the race will receive some national attention - it's a shame it takes a spectacular wreck to bring the attention to a great event.

Having F1 champion Fernando Alonso here brought a lot of international attention and Takuma Sato winning will be huge in Japan.

Sato made this last lap pass attempt to win the 500 in 2012:

https://youtu.be/ZRwDq6R_fH8

Friend of mine went to it this year & my first thought was "wow they still run that thing?" In the late 60s, early 70s, the Indy 500 was on same level as a Super Bowl or an Ali title fight. I remember listening to it on the radio every Memorial Day growing up (the tape delay tv broadcast came on later the same day.)