2022 R11 & 12: Iowa

[Everso Biggyballies]

Bottom post of the previous page:

Penske looking good, (1,2&6)
No doubt Dixon will squeak his way into a top 6 finish from an 18th place start, as he does. (ie 13th to 5th yesterday
McLarens both top 10

*Puts crystal ball away*.

If it wasn't for Josef, that would have been a clean sweep!

Too tight to put my money where my mouth is

[Vassago]

[John]

Damn. Time to assessthose post race medical checks.

Good little race 2. Plenty of action throughout. Championship heating up.

[MonteCristo]

Oh shit. That's not good.

Not good at all.

Get better soon Josef!

[DoubleFart]

Scary. The impact of the race accident was over the threshold to require further eval on Thursday, which I believe means it was at least 80g?

[Manfred Cubenoggin]

As per usual, the short ovals provide lots of entertainment and I was.

Almost fell off my chair in reading the release from Penske re Newgarden as posted Vassago above. Immediate thoughts of Mark Donohue.

[John]

Ferrucci on stand by to replace him. Oh dear.

[MonteCristo]

Ferrucci on stand by to replace him. Oh dear.

"Yes... Yes! They suspect nothing."

[Everso Biggyballies]

In other injury news from Iowa is that AJ Foyt Racing tyre changer Chris McFadden has been released from hospital after being hit by Dalton Kellett in a pit stop.

Initial prognosis was a fractured leg, but McFadden went to hospital where further assessments showed no breakages.... he does have, however, a “deep laceration to his left thigh and significant bruising”, and there is no timeline yet on when he will return to the crew. He was released from hospital Sunday night.

Fellow inside tyre changer Shelby Tracey was also caught up in the incident but escaped injury.

I must say I have always doubted Kelletts ability..... It seems he had a 'multifunctioning malfunction'. Struggled to find neutral and depress the clutch all at the same time whilst braking into the pitbox.

Kellett more or less did say it (getting run over by the driver) is part of the job but the guy he hit will bounce back....

“On the last pit stop, I came in a little hot and just didn’t get it down into neutral quick enough and had an issue grabbing the clutch pedal given the angle going into the box and tagged a couple of the crewmen, just went long,” recounted Kellett.

“So, you know, really feel bad for those guys. It’s part of the job but it’s never easy when someone else has to pay for your mistake.

“Chris has got an injury to his leg. He’ll bounce back and be ready to go in no time.

Best wishes for a speedy return to the tyre guy, and hope he doesnt get bounced around too much in the future. Even though its part of the job.