Five days to wait until the 2026 Indianapolis 500. Now, here in England we don't quite have the same level of excitement that occurs in the American Midwest. We pay our one day subscription to the Sky Channels and leave it as late as possible to activate in case of rain delays. We have to convince people in our households to delay watching "Call The Midwife" for catchup on BBC iPlayer. And most disappointingly, Santa Doug Boles won't be coming down our chimneys to leave us gifts of tenderloins and milk. No, we have to plan.
Thankfully in these days of YouTube highlights, (thank you IndyCar series and indyCar On Fox for competing to get them out) we see most of what's going on, even if you have to go through other avenues to get the "dirt and filth" mysteriously lacking with the "official" channels. Right now, Alexander Rossi is nursing his screwed-back-together joints after crashing in practice, while Callum Ilott is poised with his seat and no doubt waiting to hear if Rossi's right ankle is capable of moving up and down for 3 hours on Sunday. We'll find out eventually, but afterwards.
But who will end up in Victory Lane after "500 miles of left turns" as the more ignorant of Formula One fans often call The Greatest Spectacle In Racing? Everyone is saying Alex Palou, IndyCar's Mr. He Wins Too Much And We Hate Him For It. And it's the sensible prediction. Rossi and Pato O'Ward stuffed their cars yesterday and will be in backups, Josef Newgarden will be starting from somewhere down in Turn 4, Scott McLaughlin may get to the green flag this time, and Lil Dave Malukas - does he have the fight?
But no. Forget all that. I say watch out for Nolan "Bugsy" Siegel for the win. He's actually got better throughout the last few races. You may laugh, and you probably should. But stranger things have happened at IMS. If nothing else, if I'm right - I will look like a genius and this blog will beat even Oilpressure.com in the stats. And that's the important thing.
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