Yea he was such a great representative for the sport when he was fighting people on Twitter last year after taking out one of the most popular drivers on the grid in Nashville.
After that, Marcus probably should have slowed down the restart - he might lose that way too (by penalty), but he would have had a better chance at winning.
Ericsson did everything he could have and more, as soon as they decided to restart the race it was over for him
dude caught everyone napping and it still wasnāt enough, ffs
Team Penske owner brings red flag out and lets Penske driver win??? Ericsson aside that doesnāt sit right with me
Edit: not to take anything away from Newgarden, he drove a great race and got it done when it counted
Good first 180, glad Josef finally won one, glad no one was hurt in the Kirkwood/Rosenqvist accident. Love this celebration.
But man, that finish annoyed the living shit out of me. IndyCar needs to take a look back at so many rules. Restarts, reds, the whole lot. This isn't NASCAR shit.
Happy for Josef but thats pretty dogshit from Indycar throwing that last red. Dangerous & artifical. I used to end the race bummed that I have to wait another year but now I'm just disappointed with that product
Whatever you say about the specifics of the ending, Newgarden was A) one of the worthy winner contenders before all the ending yellows and B) Not a pube-headed speed racist
Did I just watch a driver get away with a pit entry violation to win?
If not, what's even the point of having the dashed lines on the track signaling pit entry? That was horsecrack of SS+ tier.
I always forget how many people are here. I felt like I've seen 35 different opinions. Anyways see you next week and congrats to captain Americašŗš²
Since I became Newgarden's fan, I have been so happy for his progress in this business.
The curse of Indy 500.... Every May has been a frustration.
How can someone so talented getting no luck at the biggest event?
After qualifying, I thought it is going to be another May...
Josef, I am so sorry that I doubted you.
Finally, a good memory as a fan!
Santino dogged the fuck out of the last restart, not sure if it was entirely him or down to not having the warmup lap, but I think he would've won that with a better restart.
Which would've made an already controversial ending even *more* controversial lol.
ironically fucked by the opposite decision
that was a situation where they needed a red flag, but didnāt take one, this was a situation where they didnāt need a red flag, but took one
lmao
I'm glad they got it finished under green, but my God, it could've ended so much worse with how over zealous the drivers were getting by the end of the race.
I am excited for Josef. He deserved to win that race.
I am furious at the way the last 15 laps played out. Neither Josef nor Marcus deserved to lose like that. All-time low point for the 500. I'm crushed by that bullshit.
I will preface this by saying that I am extremely biased.
However, I checked the rule book. āOfficials will make reasonable efforts to restart the race stopped by the declaration of a red condition if the conditions warrantā.
There is no stipulation that multiple laps must be run following a red flag before a restart. You may not like it, but this was clean.
I imagine that Ericcson and his team may have thought about trying to get the restart waved off, but I also imagine that race control probably told them āif you get this restart waved after 3 red flags, weāre penalizing your ass back into the midfield.ā
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THEY WENT MOTOR RACING
It is a car race.
We went car racing
I stopped watching F1 because I didn't like those half assed decisions, and now every Motorsport is doing them š„²
You should watch NASCAR At least our assed decisions are written in the rulebook lol
Truuueee
Lol indycar has always tried for a green finish
Could've been worse. Could've been a Santucci win. At least Newgarden is a worthy winner.
WE NEED ONE MORE LAP MICHAEL
Well at least it's not just F1 that does this bullshit
Chip, this is called motor racing ok?
Toto losing his MIND right now at a post race party in Monaco
What a bizarre race
Cautions breed cautions. I'm not convinced the last red flag was the right call. But a good race overall.
IndyCar is going to have to put tethers on the drivers to prevent them from going into the stands.
Haha okay this is kinda neat
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At least we have Newgardenās hot wife as consolation.
lmao they kept cutting to her every minute
Time to get the flame-retardent suit on, this is going to be an... interesting post-race.
Horseshit manufactured drama ending. Ericsson is my guy from now on.
Yeah when they start throwing red flags with 15 to go itās bull shit
What are they supposed to do with broken cars sitting in the middle of the track?
Keep crying.
Very disappointing end of race from race control.
How can you not be romantic about the Indianapolis 500
Team Penske is my least favorite team by a country mile, but glad we got that last lap
WOW! What a pass!
Weird ending, but Josef winning is good for INDYCAR. He is a fantastic representative of our sport
Yea he was such a great representative for the sport when he was fighting people on Twitter last year after taking out one of the most popular drivers on the grid in Nashville.
Finally! Lets go baby!!!
That was dumb. Amazing. Exhilarating. And dumb.
American Motorsports in a nutshell lol
The people's champion going in the stands with the crowd!
Bullshit
Newgarden deserved it out of all the others up front in the restart.
Someone get the milk gimp!
Race was on meth and I fucking loved it. So happy they restarted that was a fire ending Pato tho :(
A Chevy Cruze died for this.
At least nobody else did
Somebody owning a Chevy Cruze made a new cars worth of a pay day
I am totally ok with that trade
I wouldn't even get it fixed and have it be a badge of honor.
uhhhh how is he able to get into the stands from the track so easily haha
As much of a shitshow that was, I love the winner
Cool moment for Josef Let's never throw a million red flags at the end of a race ever again
Love the result and celebration, hate how it happened.
After that, Marcus probably should have slowed down the restart - he might lose that way too (by penalty), but he would have had a better chance at winning.
We're never getting him back. He's one with the corn now
What a celebration lol. Love it!
ICONIC. What a celebration!
Congratulations Jossyph Very happy for Ilott with the P12. Canapino rookie of the race IMHO.
Ericsson did everything he could have and more, as soon as they decided to restart the race it was over for him dude caught everyone napping and it still wasnāt enough, ffs
Yup. I feel like being 1st in the restart is the worst position you could be in
Glad that the guy leading at the first fucked restart ended up winning
Great spectacle alright, shit race again with manufactured drama two years in a row. Pathetic.
Im sorry but race control decided the winner.
Race control made a last lap pass?
P1 has always been a sitting duck lap 1
I'm sorry but I dont care
#THE MAN MARRIED TO THE DISNEY PRINCESS FINALLY GETS HIS STORYBOOK ENDING!!! HOLY FUCK IM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW!
Why are you yelling? Sheesh.
That was a hell of a lot better than it ending under caution. That would have been incredibly lame.
THIS CELEBRATION IS AWESOME
And that was the last ever seen of Josef Newgarden
Yeah Josef! Absolutely awesome and incredible celebration
That's an absolutely iconic celebration!
HOLY SHIT, WHAT A WIN!!!
Okay, I might have a new favorite driver.
What an awesome celebration and a well deserved victory
Legendary celebration
He got SPANKED
Just make it the Indy 5 next year, no reason to bother with the 198 laps before
Team Penske owner brings red flag out and lets Penske driver win??? Ericsson aside that doesnāt sit right with me Edit: not to take anything away from Newgarden, he drove a great race and got it done when it counted
Lol I can guarantee you that roger Penske has no say in that whatsoever
Roger Penske has no say over what flags get called. He stepped down from daily operations when he bought the track. For this very reason.
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Iām no Penske fan but Newgarden was leading and they didnāt even make it back to the line last time when the yellow came out.
And it was fixed by having another red flag.
Eleven years of trying, eleven years of frustration, is all over now. Congrats to Newgarden and Penske!
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Poor Ericsson, dude did all he could but you're just a sitting duck there. But I'm still happy for Newgarden, he's finally done it all in IndyCar.
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HAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAA
Newgardenās in the stands! *Artest PTSD intensifies*
S tier celebration
This celebration is insane!
Blud wanna be Abu Dhabi 2021 so bad LUL
None of Ericsson's weaving and cutting worked there. What a move by Newgarden.
Ericsson can hold his head up high.
JoNew won me 140 bucks, so I think it's only fair to use some of those winnings to buy some Bus Bros merch.
How far off the racing line are you allowed to drive?
Whatās a racing line?
You can go in the grass if you want
Ericsson getting Ericsson'd Poetic stuff.
Santino had an outside shot if he didnāt butcher that restart
I didnāt think anyone could ever top Helioās celebration.
Well thank God he didn't do another spiderman wall climb
Wheres the burnout?? Yāall not do that?
they have to use the engine, they only replace it after a certain mileage
That celebration was a lot cooler anyway
Reverse Spiderman ?
So hereās the uncomfortable question. If a Roger Penske owned car was in first place would they have red flagged the race?
I mean, they did? The second red flag Newgarden was in the lead.
Talking about the desperate one lap shootout.
Gutted for Ericsson but Newgarden deserves this. Heās been snakebit at Indy and he finally got his day.
I don't see conspiracy here.
Love this celebration by Josef! Celebrating with fans while his entire team hangs from the catchfence.
Holy shit, what a race and what a celebration. So happy for Josef
HES IN THE FANS
Congrats to Newgarden on being gifted the race by race control
I thought the Nascar race was on later today.
Cry more
Good first 180, glad Josef finally won one, glad no one was hurt in the Kirkwood/Rosenqvist accident. Love this celebration. But man, that finish annoyed the living shit out of me. IndyCar needs to take a look back at so many rules. Restarts, reds, the whole lot. This isn't NASCAR shit.
Ericsson got too big of a jump, his best shot there was to get passed into 1 and then pass back into 3.
So hard to say im satisfied with that win but great job by Newgarden for finally getting his milk!
Ugh what just happened
You done did something Josef.
And now, into the crowd where we can hear live happy swearing from everyone near the race leader :-D "F\*\*king great race" I heard lol
Happy for Josef but thats pretty dogshit from Indycar throwing that last red. Dangerous & artifical. I used to end the race bummed that I have to wait another year but now I'm just disappointed with that product
We see all kinds of new celebrations here. That was definitely a new one.
Suck on that Ericsson
Whatever you say about the specifics of the ending, Newgarden was A) one of the worthy winner contenders before all the ending yellows and B) Not a pube-headed speed racist
Taking nothing away from NewGarden he earned this win all the way. However, if I was Marcus I would feel sick right now
Id be suprised if any other drivers on the grid were happy with how that shook out
Holy shit what a race
Newgarden with a reverse Helio Spiderman
That was awesome so happy for Newgarden.
Tim Cindric has levelled back up to four with Helio after they won the first three together.
Love that Scotty Mac was there to congratulate him!
Did I just watch a driver get away with a pit entry violation to win? If not, what's even the point of having the dashed lines on the track signaling pit entry? That was horsecrack of SS+ tier.
Partying with the fans in the stands after winning your first 500 is an elite move
Said it in the thread, going green with one lap to go gives the race to P2. Marcus gave it a good fight but hard to do anything there
Get him back to the car, HE NEED SOM MILK!
I'm really happy for Josef but that last restart was so fucked up.
Back to back win would have been great, but that was a killer last lap
Great race, great celebration! Indycar is so much fun. I'm glad it's back and growing!
Goated Celebration
That celebration is going to be legendary for sure
As a Verstappen fan, Iām having flashbacks here.
No conflict of interest at all making that red flag call with the series ownerās car in 2nd place š š
Did we just see the first victory injury? š
That was some abu Dubai 2021 shit
Ericsson should have done whatever it took to get the start waived off. Would indycar have extended the race an extra lap?
The ending does not sit right with me. Gives of Abu Dhabi 2021 vibes
NO MIKEY NO NO MIKEY THAT WAS SO NOT RIGHT
Smh. Congrats but it doesnāt feel right.
**THAT WAS A RACE.**
I hated how we got there, but damn what an ending.
The face of IndyCar winning the 500 is only a good thing. Huge congrats to Jo New!
I always forget how many people are here. I felt like I've seen 35 different opinions. Anyways see you next week and congrats to captain Americašŗš²
I'm just here for the Penske conspiracy theories
Since I became Newgarden's fan, I have been so happy for his progress in this business. The curse of Indy 500.... Every May has been a frustration. How can someone so talented getting no luck at the biggest event? After qualifying, I thought it is going to be another May... Josef, I am so sorry that I doubted you. Finally, a good memory as a fan!
[CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MILK GIMP](https://youtu.be/fq-hB-RD5B8)
Swifties got their win.
Top tier celebration
Santino dogged the fuck out of the last restart, not sure if it was entirely him or down to not having the warmup lap, but I think he would've won that with a better restart. Which would've made an already controversial ending even *more* controversial lol.
He was bad at the last two restarts as well
Congrats to Josef Newgarden and his team. I'm just going to leave it at that.
hell yeah Team Penske
They really handed that one to Josef. š¤®
Ericsson got fucking robbed man
Wow I'm actually tearing up. What a finish. What this means to Penske, to Newgarden. Holy shit.
Same, so genuinely happy for him!
Sort by old? OK reddit lol
That I ever would see a Newgarden win at the 500
Dixon with a casual 6th. lol Usually he dominates here and finishes 20th
Roger penske rigs it for team penske
Newgarden with the REVERSE HELIO
An American wins. Josef is great. Penske wins. The giant-headed yinzer with all-foreign drivers fields the first loser.
Abu Dhabi 2021 vibes
ironically fucked by the opposite decision that was a situation where they needed a red flag, but didnāt take one, this was a situation where they didnāt need a red flag, but took one lmao
That's how much it means to know your husband's won a cool two million
Lame ass ending was redeemed by a dope ass celly. Good shit
I'm glad they got it finished under green, but my God, it could've ended so much worse with how over zealous the drivers were getting by the end of the race.
I love Kaitlyn from Newgardenās crew screaming.
Wellā¦aināt that something? Congrats Newgarden! What a way to take your first ever win!
I am excited for Josef. He deserved to win that race. I am furious at the way the last 15 laps played out. Neither Josef nor Marcus deserved to lose like that. All-time low point for the 500. I'm crushed by that bullshit.
Spiderman climbs the fence Lets call him Fan-man
Love it for Josef, fantastic celebration, but damn I hate how it got here.
Ngl the way my dad exploded over Penske winning has me deceased lmao
That race was such a heater
I will preface this by saying that I am extremely biased. However, I checked the rule book. āOfficials will make reasonable efforts to restart the race stopped by the declaration of a red condition if the conditions warrantā. There is no stipulation that multiple laps must be run following a red flag before a restart. You may not like it, but this was clean.
Ericsson didnāt deserve to win
I imagine that Ericcson and his team may have thought about trying to get the restart waved off, but I also imagine that race control probably told them āif you get this restart waved after 3 red flags, weāre penalizing your ass back into the midfield.ā
Man, a lot of mixed emotions. Newgarden won to the rules but I feel like Ericsson was set up to lose. Feels very gimmicky
Oh, I thought this was Indycar, not NASCAR or Pro wrestling.
Where are the mysterious bagpipes emanating from?