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Couch Potato Tuesday: Confusion Reigns at Indianapolis
Indianapolis is historically one of many largest race weekends of the second half of the season. As everyone knows, the Goodyear tire debacle of 2008 was roughly a demise knell for the Brickyard 400. NASCAR and Goodyear seemingly by no means made amends for that, and attendance cratered from there.
Beginning final 12 months, the previous Brickyard 400 was moved to the infield street course. It nonetheless attracts a considerably related crowd to the ultimate years on the oval, however it’s extra unfold out.
Final 12 months’s race had curbs breaking and large crashes. This 12 months’s race can be remembered greatest for the ultimate restart and the chaos that ensued.
See how @TylerReddick scored the win at @IMS in additional time!
Here is a take a look at the ultimate restart at Indy. #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/Yo43SqrrzP
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) July 31, 2022
Once I was watching this reside on Sunday, I assumed to myself, “What! He can’t try this!” This was actually Ross Chastain taking the “Joker” on the ultimate restart. For the uninitiated, a “Joker” is an alternate route on the observe, usually seen in Rallycross. The FIA Touring Automotive Cup makes use of such a setup on the Vila Actual avenue course occasion in Portugal. Let’s simply say that the joker lap at Vila Actual is simply one of many bizarre issues about that avenue course.
Now, in that circumstance, everybody is meant to do it as soon as per race. That isn’t the situation that’s speculated to occur in NASCAR.
This situation created confusion as Chastain actually got here out of nowhere to get himself into the lead briefly. After the race, Tyler Reddick described it thusly:
“I used to be like, uh-oh. However that was a situation that had been talked about. In case you get bottled up, what do you do? Take the entry street.”
Had Chastain used the motorbike loop to cease, he seemingly would have completed wherever he in the end did on the observe. Since he didn’t, NASCAR slapped a 30-second penalty on him, which dropped him to 27th.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. seen that Chastain had gone straight at flip 1 when he did it, however didn’t appear to note that it was Chastain on the time. Austin Dillon additionally did it and bought hit with the identical penalty (not talked about on the printed).
The decision picked up with Chastain combating tooth and nail with Reddick for the win. Reddick’s final move for the win on Chastain in flip 13 might be one of the vital spectacular passes of the day understanding that he pulled it off on the skin of a flat flip. The one Chastain placed on Reddick on the fast flick chicane was equally so.
The entire mess on the penultimate lap made for a particularly messy name because the sales space had to determine simply what the deuce was happening in progress. I really feel like NASCAR penalized Chastain fairly a bit earlier than they introduced it on the printed. Within the clip above, you may see when the penalty announcement was made on-air.
Submit-race protection was pretty substantial, and the content material that was unique to Peacock did present extra worth. Nevertheless, the entire timing factor was actually bizarre. The NBC broadcast from Indianapolis was scheduled to run till 6 p.m. ET Sunday. It did. Once I went onto Peacock to verify it, it talked about a begin time of 5:45 p.m. for the post-race present.
What did that imply in observe? It implies that the feed on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports activities App reduce out in the midst of the common post-race protection, claiming that the protection had concluded when it actually hadn’t. I don’t perceive that transfer.
Fortunately, I’ve a wise TV, so I converted to Peacock at that time. It seems that the actually attention-grabbing stuff ended up unique to Peacock.
As an illustration, the clip that confirmed Ryan Blaney deliberately spinning out Daniel Suarez solely aired on Peacock. Previous to that, you had Parker Kligerman’s awkward interview with Richard Childress, the place you could possibly inform that he was nonetheless offended over the entire contract mess with Reddick, even if Reddick simply gained the dang race.
The entire intentional spin of Suarez doesn’t make sense to me. It looks as if Suarez bought hit by Austin Cindric and that bounced him into Blaney. Suarez additionally didn’t spin him out. AJ Allmendinger did (though I do admit that I initially thought that Suarez turned him). The entire state of affairs was ridiculous, however Suarez is innocent right here.
Sunday’s race additionally noticed the weird state of affairs of Chris Buescher’s automobile bursting into flames on pit street. This resulted from contact with Bubba Wallace that moved the precise facet exhaust. That contact on lap 2 pushed Buescher into Chastain, who spun out. Buescher defined this example Monday.
“It was method too good of a race automobile to bail on it and quit all these spots” @Chris_Buescher describes his eventful race in Indy ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/KJ61taESQD
— RFK Racing (@RFKracing) August 2, 2022
Two ideas come out of this. One is that NASCAR may need to look into this so as to stop related fires from occurring sooner or later. Sure, it was a large hit, however I’m certain they’d need to know why a hearth would end result from it quarter-hour later.
Additionally, had Buescher gotten out of the automobile when the fireplace was burning, he would have been pressured to go to the infield care heart and he would have been out for the day. That may be a ridiculous rule that has to vary. He’s fortunate that he didn’t find yourself ingesting a bunch of the fireplace retardant materials. Truthfully, I’m completely satisfied that he appears to be like OK proper now after that mess, though he’ll in all probability want a brand new fireplace swimsuit. Whereas sure, a hearth swimsuit is meant to guard you from fireplace (which it did right here), I don’t assume the fits just like the retardant materials very a lot.
Merriam-Webster simply up to date their definition of “Badass” to incorporate Chris Buescher and these two photographs
High-10 for the Texas GOAT in the present day. pic.twitter.com/ZExfN6oAMk
— RFK Racing (@RFKracing) July 31, 2022
Early on within the race, there have been a spate of incidents as drivers had been wiping out underneath braking and going off into the grass. I didn’t actually perceive why nobody appeared to assume that this was going to be a problem.
I can’t declare to have ever been, however Indiana in late July is usually fairly scorching and humid. That’s an everyday factor. This race was one week later than when ESPN used to kick off its portion of the Cup schedule with the Brickyard 400 underneath the earlier TV deal. Warmth was at all times a problem there.
Additionally, observe began at 9:35 a.m. ET Saturday morning. Except it’s going to be ridiculous outdoors that day, you’re more likely to get first rate situations at the moment. It’s not going to be consultant for a race that went inexperienced after 3 p.m.
I’m not shocked that the observe temperatures had been 25 levels greater than in qualifying. The groups must compensate for that temperature distinction of their setup.
With NASCAR and INDYCAR sharing the weekend in Indianapolis, there have been a number of alternatives for cross-promotion. I’m good with that. I’d anticipate nothing much less, particularly understanding that NBC Sports activities is a media companion for each sanctioning our bodies.
Doubtless the largest crossover was that James Hinchcliffe performed a job on each the Cup and NASCAR Xfinity Sequence broadcasts. Hinchcliffe helped out on Countdown to Inexperienced and spent the race Sunday with Dale Jarrett. I’m probably not certain that he added a lot there with Jarrett, however I assumed he did a reasonably good job on Countdown to Inexperienced. Hinchcliffe has by no means raced in NASCAR, however I wouldn’t thoughts seeing him give it a strive in some unspecified time in the future. On Saturday, he hung out within the sales space. I’ll cowl that within the Critic’s Annex later this week.
As well as, you had a bit with Patricio O’Ward and Suarez speaking about their experiences collectively racing in Monterrey, Mexico. The 2 drivers are seven years aside in age, however there was a time interval by which they had been each karting within the Monterrey space when Suarez was about 15 and O’Ward eight (they didn’t race towards one another, however knew of one another and had been a minimum of pleasant on the time). The 2 are mates and hold observe of one another’s racing. Fairly attention-grabbing.
Racing-wise, there was a good quantity of racing for place available, however it tended to be clustered across the restarts. Regardless of the madness towards the tip of the race, this was pretty unfold out. I believe NBC may have finished higher regarding the quantity of racing for place proven.
Total, this was pretty middling by race broadcast requirements, however it could have been introduced down by confusion. Everybody was confused on the finish of the race. A whole lot of unusual issues went down. Intentional incidents that made no sense, considerably uncommon mechanical failures, Buescher’s fireplace, joker laps, and Allmendinger’s medical points after the race.
I believe that the Peacock present was finished by the point he bought out of the infield care heart. They had been solely in a position to give small updates on him as a result of that’s all they’d. With the assistance of Harrison Burton (who had his personal journey on his approach to a third-place end), Parker Kligerman was in a position to describe what in the end occurred to broil Allmendinger in his automobile. We had a extra definitive replace on Allmendinger on our personal YouTube channel.
That’s all for this week. Subsequent weekend, the NASCAR Cup and NASCAR Xfinity Sequence can be at Michigan Worldwide Speedway for his or her sole go to of the 12 months. They’ll be joined by the ARCA Menards Sequence. NTT IndyCar Sequence groups can be in Nashville for the second annual Massive Machine Music Metropolis Grand Prix. GT America can be on the undercard. IMSA can be at Street America, the place the 2023 season schedules can be unveiled. TV listings could be discovered right here.
We’ll present critiques of the Cup and Xfinity races from Michigan in subsequent week’s version of Sofa Potato Tuesday right here at Frontstretch. The Critic’s Annex within the Frontstretch Publication will cowl a mixture of the INDYCAR race from Saturday with Earnhardt Jr.’s visitor look, together with Xfinity and NASCAR Tenting World Truck Sequence motion. Clearly, that’s numerous content material, so the plan is to have a number of editions.
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James O’Donnell: ‘If you didn’t stay in a group, the sharks got you’
It was “just fate” that a teenager from Indy’s Eastside sailed out on the famous ship named after his hometown. He ended up in one of the most horrifying tales of modern warfare.
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It was 79 years ago when a Japanese submarine torpedoed the USS Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser carrying nearly 1,200 sailors and Marines. The ship was sailing back to the Philippines after delivering components for “Little Boy,” the atomic bomb that helped end World War II. It sank in 12 minutes.
What followed next resulted in the greatest single loss of life at sea, on a single ship, in the history of the U.S. Navy.
Read IndyStar’s prior coverage about the doomed heavy cruiser and the men who survived its tragedy.
When did the USS Indianapolis sink?
The USS Indianapolis sank shortly after midnight on July 30, 1945. The heavy cruiser was struck by two Japanese torpedoes. The first torpedo blew the bow off the ship, according to the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. A second torpedo blasted into its midsection near the powder magazine, creating an explosion that literally split the ship in two.
How big was the USS Indianapolis?
The USS Indianapolis was 610 feet 3 inches (186 meters) long, according to Britannica. Roughly 900 men survived the ship sinking, of which only a little more than a third would be pulled from the water.
USS Indianapolis survivor: ‘That first morning, we had sharks’
In a story published July 24, 2014, IndyStar reporter Diana Penner interviewed Corporal Edgar Harrell, just 20 years old on July 29, 1945. Harrell had finished his watch on the USS Indianapolis at midnight. It was, he said, unbearably hot and stifling where his berth was, so he got permission to make a pallet on deck, right under the barrels of the No. 1 forward turret.
Harrell had just dozed off. And then, a few minutes into July 30, the world exploded.
USS Indianapolis survivor: ‘That first morning, we had sharks’
What kind of sharks attacked the crew of the USS Indianapolis?
It’s believed oceanic whitetip sharks attacked the surviving members of the USS Indianapolis in what became known as the “worst shark attack in history.” These grayish brown sharks, which can reach up to 11 feet in length, are considered a top predator in the tropical and subtropical waters they hunt, according NOAA Fisheries.
They are opportunistic predators, feeding on bony fish and squid but have been known to eat large tuna, marlin, sea birds, other sharks, rays, marine mammals and even garbage.
How long before the USS Indianapolis crew was rescued?
The ship sank on July 30, 1945. After four days, the survivors were discovered by accident on Aug. 2, 1945.
How many people died on the USS Indianapolis?
Accounts of how many people died in the sinking of the USS Indianapolis have long varied by one. Were there 1,195 sailors and Marines aboard the ill-fated ship — or 1,196? Did 879 men perish in the attack, in the water, or after rescue — or 880?
Two historians collaborated on a paper that helps explain the discrepancy, which boiled down to a record-keeping error.
USS Indianapolis death toll: Historians resolve mystery of how many men died in 1945 attack
The famous Indianapolis speech from the movie ‘Jaws’
Actor Robert Shaw delivered perhaps one of the most haunting movie monologues in cinema history during the 1975 film, “Jaws,” which itself heralded the age of the summer blockbuster. In the scene, Shaw’s character, “Quint,” reveals he was one of the doomed sailors serving aboard the USS Indianapolis when it sank into the Pacific. The moment is fraught with tension as he describes what happened when the sharks arrived.
“Sometimes that shark looks right at ya. Right into your eyes. And the thing about a shark is he’s got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll’s eyes. When he comes at ya, he doesn’t even seem to be livin’… ’til he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then… ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin’. The ocean turns red, and despite all your poundin’ and your hollerin’ those sharks come in and… they rip you to pieces.
Actor Robert Shaw in the film “Jaws”
Shaw’s speech is quietly horrifying, underscored to perfection with music by composer John Williams. Ironically, while most of what Shaw says is factual, his monologue contains one glaring error — the date. Quint says the disaster occurred on June 29, 1945, when in reality the sinking didn’t happen until a month later.
Putting that aside, the scene remains iconic, offering a rare glimpse into what survivors of the USS Indianapolis endured.
Long before his work appeared in IndyStar, James Briggs’ grandfather was in this newspaper. In 2020, the 75th anniversary of the USS Indianapolis sinking filled Briggs with regret over questions he never asked.
“He was one of 316 men, out of a crew of 1,195, who lived to tell his story. He survived sliding down his ship into the water, he survived being covered in ship fuel and he survived spending five days in the shark-ridden Pacific Ocean with no drinkable water or food,” Briggs wrote in his column.
James Briggs: My grandfather survived the USS Indianapolis sinking. I never asked how he did it. In 2017, researchers discovered the wreckage of the USS Indianapolis at 18,000 feet below the Philippine Sea. News of the discovery came from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who led a 13-person team to find the lost ship.
Wreckage of USS Indianapolis: How researchers found the doomed ship at the bottom of the Philippine Sea
▶ Rest in peace: Closure, finally, for USS Indianapolis survivor
▶ Retro Indy: The sinking of the USS Indianapolis
▶ The ones they left behind: Remembering their lost ‘sailor boys’ former IndyStar reporters Dawn Mitchell, Leigh A. Hedger contributed to this article.
John Tufts covers trending news for IndyStar and Midwest Connect. Send him a news tip at JTufts@Gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at JTuftsReports.
James Briggs: ‘My grandfather survived the USS Indianapolis sinking. I never asked how he did it.’
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Colts owner Jim Irsay says Ryan Kelly is a priority. Kelly said team told him he wasn’t
WESTFIELD — Colts owner Jim Irsay sounded hopeful that center Ryan Kelly will ultimately remain in Indianapolis after this season.
Kelly, who is the team’s longest-tenured player and headed into the final year of the four-year, $50 million extension he signed in 2020, opened training camp by saying the franchise did not see an extension as a priority before the end of this season.
Irsay struck a different tone in his meeting with local media at training camp Sunday.
“We love Ryan,” Irsay said. “A guy like Ryan’s always a priority. You just love him as a person, and he’s a talented player, he’s been to Pro Bowls. … No question, a Pro Bowl center is a priority.”
Kelly, 31, has made four Pro Bowls in the past five seasons, bouncing back after the offensive line’s struggles in 2022 by making the Pro Bowl a year ago.
“We made it known that we wanted to stay, and that we wanted to have an extension,” Kelly said at the opening of camp. “They didn’t see it as part of their priority.”
Faced with a similar decision on defensive tackle DeForest Buckner, the Colts extended the team’s defensive leader with a two-year, $46 million extension this summer that keeps Buckner in Indianapolis through the 2026 season.
But Kelly has dealt with at least three concussions in his career, and Indianapolis drafted Wisconsin center Tanor Bortolini in the fourth round of April’s draft.
“Every case is different,” Colts general manager Chris Ballard said after Kelly made his comments. “I think one thing we’ve proven since we’ve been here is we’re really to players that have been good players. I think that will work itself out over time.”
The Colts did bring back nearly all of the players who reached free agency last season, signing 11 of its 15 free agents to come back to Indianapolis, including stars in Kelly’s position, heading into their third NFL contract like nose tackle Grover Stewart, cornerback Kenny Moore II and middle linebacker Zaire Franklin.
Even if Kelly makes it to free agency, he could end up reaching his ultimate goal, to continue playing in Indianapolis.
“I hope that things work out well, and I know Chris is talking with the agent,” Irsay said. “We’re hopeful.”
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Missing Persons detectives are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing 64-year-old man with dementia.
Jeffrey Miller, 64, is described as a black male, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 164 pounds, with brown eyes and bald hair.
Miller was last seen when he left his residence in 2600 block of Adams St. on July 28 at approximately 1 a.m. Police said Miller walked off his front porch in an unknown direction.
He was wearing stone washed jeans, a multiple color shirt, and a blue jean jacket.
Miller’s family says he has been diagnosed with dementia. He may be in need of immediate medical assistance.
If located, contact IMPD or Missing Persons at 317-327-6160 or 317-327-3811.
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