Kyle Larson Indy 500 (Read 2,459 times)

[hienekenno1]

Kyle Larson 2nd quickest at testing at the Indianapolis motor Speedway today with a speed of 226 mph,the end of May will be very interesting 

[artg]

He has only been on the track in testing mode. Race craft hasn't been tested yet and he is in for an eye opener when it's comes to being on the track with another 32 Indycars.

I would suspect he will easily qualify and won't get bumped, but he will struggle to understand the differences in an open wheel wings and slicks category when it comes to balance of the car when following another car or in a group of cars.

The downforce effects of an Indycar is apples to oranges against a sprintcar or a Nascar

[hienekenno1]

The commentators are saying he is learning the Indy car craft at the Speedway pretty quickly what they are seeing ,speed in and out of the corners, passing cars also last years Indy 500 winner and quickest at testing Josef Newgarden said Kyle looked fast and was taking some interesting lines,Yes Josef said The month of May will be interesting for Kyle when everyone steps up   🙂

[openwheelfan01]

Its gonna be huge learning curve for him wouldnt expect see him battling top runners yet. difficult going from one to other he gets top 10 qualifying he may suprise few. not like Nigel Mansell who went from racing F1 into indycars did amazingly well.

[hienekenno1]

Nigel Mansell nearly one the Indy 500 in 1993 but blew it on the last restart when leading and got swamped ,restart inexperience i suppose,the win going to Emerson Fittipaldi,was a exciting race to watch,was a great year of Indy car racing with Nigel winning the Championship,i still think Kyle will be up there,like he said he is not going to Indy to make up the numbers,by the way the 2nd test day today was rained out.

[openwheelfan01]

Nigel Had fantastic Rookie season winning overall Championship with Newman/Haas considering he had never driven Indycar before and had get used to Rolling Starts opposed to Standing start  of F1 was up against it. his lack of American racing experience agree costed him Indy 500 get 3rd still pretty good effort. can Larson replicate same results only time will tell

[hienekenno1]

First practise rained out today at Indy but Kyle managed to do a few laps today at a cruising speed of 150mph.

[hienekenno1]

Rain delay at the Speedway today,running out of much needed practise time for Kyle unfortunately.

[hienekenno1]

Kyle larson does a top speed of 224.239 mph today at the Speedway,he is definitely on the pace 🙂

[artg]

May 16, 2024 10:25:39 GMT 12 hienekenno1 said:

Kyle larson does a top speed of 224.239 mph today at the Speedway,he is definitely on the pace 🙂

Wouldn't read to much into it, as plenty of drivers and teams working on very different plans today during the combined 3rd and 4th practice sessions. As I said Larson will qualify for the 500 but he will struggle during the race as he simply isn't use to making so many balance changes to a Nascar or Sprintcar that he will need to make in an Indycar. Anti roll bar and weight jacker adjustments are what makes an Indycar go fast at indy and you are making those adjustments two or three times during a lap.

A Nascar car has no in car adjustable tools at all (no brake bias knobs, no anti roller bar knobs) and the performance adjustments are make outside the car via a pitstop.

As least he understands how to use the pitlane speed limiter button on his steering wheel but even that is something new to him as a Nascar doesn't use an electronic management system, so when you enter pitlane you watch your rev limiter to reduce your speed. This might catch Larson out when doing pitstops during the race as he might forget to engage the button on his steering wheel.

[brettgrace]

The top wing on a sprint car slides more than 12 inches, and occasionally a race comes around when all of it gets used. It definitely makes a balance change.

[hienekenno1]

The regular dudes kicked into gear at the end of practise today,kyle Larson was 15th fastest today with a time of 225.245 mph,Scott Mclaughlan was fastest at 229 mph,hopefully Kyle will find the 4mph tomorrow.

[hienekenno1]

Bit of a frustrating day today for Kyle ,alot of time twiddling his thumbs while the Mclaren team worked on the car in the garage putting the qualifying setup on the car,he did some laps but Kyle wanted to do alot more,he actually said he was bored there today,pretty much on to qualifying now this weekend.

[hienekenno1]

Kyle Larson with a top speed of 241 mph today,I suppose that's why they call it fast Friday 🙂He also did his fastest lap at 234.271 mph👍 Kyle was 2nd fastest today, will be a interesting Qualifying weekend.

[hienekenno1]

Kyle Larson 6th fastest today and is in the Top 12 fastest cars for tomorrow to see who will be on the first 4 rows of the Indy 500, Kyle doing good 👍

[hienekenno1]

Kyle is now in the fastest 6 being 4th fastest and will now go for the pole for the Indy 500,he will definitely be starting in the first two rows of the Indy 500 👍

[hienekenno1]

Kyle Larson will start on the 2nd row in 5th place next weekend in the Indy 500 and now is off to North Wilksboro to try and win a Million dollars in the Nascar Allstar race as we speak,well done to Kiwi Scott Mclaughlan getting the pole with a Penske front row 🙂

[midway]

EXCELLENT to see a Kiwi throw a spanner in the works and come out with pole position ,with little publicity given on the media ..

[hienekenno1]

Weather not looking great in Indianapolis for Sunday,Kyle has said the Coca Cola 600 Nascar race comes first,he is leading the Championship,any rain delay he will be off to Charlotte,hopefully a complete rain out and they will run on Monday over there and Kyle can come back and race.

[hienekenno1]

Again Weather not great tomorrow for the 500 ,90 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms at race start, not good for Kyle's race plans for the day 🤞🤞