IndyCar 2015

Such a sad day yesterday. Watching the stream I could see after the initial accident Justin wasn't moving and couldn't understand why, didn't think he was involved until they showed the replay.

Coming from the same city as Justin I've been wanting him to make the headlines again but not at all in this way.

Was lucky enough to meet him in Fontana two years ago, he was just stood there talking to people whereas some drivers headed straight back to their RVs.

Am out here in CA at the moment, have tickets for Sonoma this weekend, really sad it's going to be a sombre affair instead of the big showdown of previous years. Much like Rockingham after Zanardis accident (and 9/11)

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What time is the race at?

Says 2pm on my ticket. That would be plus 8 for my DVR.

Strange weekend so far, blistering heat on Friday. Bearable today.

Nice to see the Union Jack at half mast across from the grandstand.
Stunning views from above Turn 2, can see for miles.

Good support races, the sound from the Bentleys and SLS's is incredible. They mentioned you could watch online somewhere.

Interesting race ahead. The wind can change here which is a game changer. Most people here want Rahal to win. My money's on JPM, think he deserves it, although an outside bet on Dixon if he gets lucky with strategy.

Didn't see the race in listings earlier so missed that, see it on now so wlil catch the start:)

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Montoya likes this track, or at least I remember him doing very well on it in NASCAR.

One of the few highlights of his years in Nascar, him winning winning his first Nascar race back in '07

Some messy pitstops there, lucky the air hose wasn't ripped up

might be busy pit lane

And long time since Montoya won a championshp, he would have been about 23 when he won CART championship

This could go anyway...14 to go.

ok in 6th with 1 place to go with 5 laps left, 3 secs behind!

Double points sucks, just like getting a point for leading a lap.

Its been a challenging couple of weeks for Indycar, the tragedy of Pocono and then a great race from Sonoma.

The Pocono race was riveting but for all the wrong reasons, there was someone in the wall at high speed every 20 laps, when you see drivers going eight wide into turn one on the restart you have to ask if everything is right. The Commentators were very excited through out by all the action but it was clear straight away that something was badly wrong when Wilson didn't get out of his car and that only got worse when we saw the footage of the accident.

It is awful to lose someone like Wilson, universally loved in the paddock and a high achiever in the sport. Of course the true tragedy is for his family, the entire thing has left me deeply saddened. I hope it never happens again.

To me its clear that Indycar need to ask difficult questions about racing on ovals, speeds at Pocono were in excess of 230 mph, it can't be seriously said that a race that sees as many serious incidents as Pocono did is safe enough. Looking back over the course of the season, Ryan Briscoe is lucky to be alive as is James Hinchcliffe and amazingly Helio walked away form one of the most frightening crashes of recent years. I think the issue needs to be addressed immediately, I don't want to see them leave the ovals but its clear to me that the speed of the cars currently exceeds the capacity of either the cars or the the drivers, it might be time for Indy to introduce restrictor plates or something similar.

Thankfully the race from Sonoma was a fitting end to the season, dramatic for all the right reasons with a dark horse championship winner. Even my wife was on the edge of her seat for the last 10 laps.

I don't know what Indycar need to do next season, I'm glad to see that they are going back to Road America and I hope this is the start of them getting back to the classic courses but there can be now doubt that the series is in trouble, the 2015 season was just five months long and attendances were dismal. Indycar needs to get back to a position of relevance in the US, most people here are barely even aware of its existence.

I agree with the above.

Indycar had one problem, pack racing, now it has a second with Justin's tragedy. Which way to go. With the exclusion of super speedways you 'probably' eradicate both but without this 'speed' will it appeal to the audience, which is 99% American. Then you have to get rid of the 500, which will never happen especially with the milestone in 2016.

As a cab driver I spoke to said, there's no Americans in it so why I don't really care for it. I think this is the big difference between it and N*sc*r. The buzz around Rahal this year has given it some local flavour but the series winner is always from overseas.

I think the old courses are great, but the improvements and costs needed to make them safe I think don't make them viable options.

It's been a good year, but in small doses. Not sure how it can be fixed.