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[brotkasten]

GOD NO! FUCK!

 

[Wes]

SATOOOOO

 

[ATF487]

Sato why

 

[Goldrusher]

That's the Sato we all know.

 

[Brinbe]

Damn... Franchitti again

 

[NervousXtian]

Dammit Sato, so close.

 

[brotkasten]

That's the Sato we all know.

Sadly yes. Got too greedy. Would've been the first Japanese to be on the podium or even win a race, no?

 

[hobz360]

Fucking Sato man, he had a chance to win it!!! Big congrats to Franchiti though

 

[NihonTiger90]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH I AM SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW.

 

[Parch]

Sato went for it and lost it. Nice try.
Franchitti shows the experience and wins a great Indy race.

 

[h3ro]

Crash Sato, ladies and gents.

 

[Chris R]

Took Sato 199 laps to show up. He should have waited to pass after t4

 

[SunhiLegend]

 

[lazybones18]

Sato should have waited man

 

[thefro]

Sato went for it and lost it. Nice try.
Franchitti shows the experience and wins a great Indy race.

Sato needed to wait until the backstretch or after turn 4.

 

[phosphor112]

I was hoping Sato would win. That was very ballsy of him. They must have lowered the downforce a few yellows back because earlier he was having a hard time keeping up with the rest of the pack.. fell down to 6th was it? Finally get's fixed up and then goes for some killer passes.

 

[NihonTiger90]

This was my afternoon.

Laps 1-199: "Don't do anything hasty, Sato."

Lap 200: *cries*

Congrats to Dario, who's a talented guy and all ... but I would have loved to see not-Ganassi and not-Penske win.

Going to spend the 3 hour drive home crying. Being a Sato fan sucks sometimes.

 

[Goldrusher]

6th non-American winner in a row.

Previous record was 5 in a row (1999-2003 and obviously 2007-2011).

 

[SunhiLegend]

 

[Talamius]

Sato had the best car the entire 2nd half of the race and simply threw it away. Even if he sticks the pass, Dario blows back by coming to the line. If he waits until going into 3 or coming off 4 Sato wins it easy. Self inflicted the whole way.

 

[thefro]

6th non-American winner in a row.

Previous record was 5 in a row (1999-2003 and obviously 2007-2011).

There's a really good crop of young Americans coming up, so this won't last much longer.

Just going to take a few years for the changes that IndyCar made to the feeder system to take effect.

 

[Chris R]

Sato had the best car the entire 2nd half of the race and simply threw it away. Even if he sticks the pass, Dario blows back by coming to the line. If he waits until going into 3 or coming off 4 Sato wins it easy. Self inflicted the whole way.

Pretty much. No idea what he was thinking. Did he not see the passing back and forth that happened on the front straight?

 

[NihonTiger90]

Pretty much. No idea what he was thinking. Did he not see the passing back and forth that happened on the front straight?

Most of the time, Dario wasn't catching Dixon until the front stretch. I assume he thought he could make the move, maybe completing in two, and keep Dario off him long enough to stop his run off four.

Gonna be a heavy drinking night at the NihonTiger house. *sigh* Some day he will win.

EDIT: Radio is Rickrolling me now. Feels appropriate enough.

 

[phosphor112]

Not gonna lie, looked like Dario forced him onto that white line.

 

[Parch]

Tough loss for Sato, but it's always been team Ganassi + team Penske vs the rest of the underdogs. Cheering for those underdogs is the best thing about IndyCar because they really do have a chance.

 

[thefro]

Not gonna lie, looked like Dario forced him onto that white line.

That's what Sato is saying in his interview, says he had nowhere to go.

It's a grey area because there's not a racing line to go 2 wide through the corners at Indy.

 

[Chris R]

Not gonna lie, looked like Dario forced him onto that white line.

Sato said as much in his interview just then. I'd need to see it again from more angles to be sure. Totally avoidable though.

 

[paskowitz]

He should have, and could have waited. He probably could have gotten it on the last last corner. Good race overall.

 

[clemenx]

Sato you legend

 

[NihonTiger90]

Not gonna lie, looked like Dario forced him onto that white line.

That's what it looked like at the speedway, too.

 

[phosphor112]

Sato said as much in his interview just then. I'd need to see it again from more angles to be sure. Totally avoidable though.

Well, it seemed odd that Dario was right on his balls but as Sato was slipping he left that tight racing line he had. It's like he knew what he was doing...
My friend was right there on turn one said he blocked him.

IZOD won't go against the grain. They never do anything against Franchitti.

 

[HoTHiTTeR]

Not gonna lie, looked like Dario forced him onto that white line.

I watched the last 30 laps from the ESPN3 on-board cam - he held his line, didn't do anything that should taint the win. Racing is risk/reward - if that was Sato's chance and he took it, good for him.

 

[phosphor112]

I watched the last 30 laps from the ESPN3 on-board cam - he held his line, didn't do anything that should taint the win. Racing is risk/reward - if that was Sato's chance and he took it, good for him.

I wanna see Sato's dash.

 

[Parch]

Yeah, Franchitti held his race line and doesn't have to give it up. Even if there is appeal I can't see the result being reversed.

It was good, hard racing. Sato took the risk and lost.

 

[Zaphod]

What a race. I was so rooting for Sato!. I'm glad he went out trying to win the whole thing though, its way more entertaining than being satisfied with second. He probably should have waited to trying on turn three though.

 

[thefro]

Tony Kanaan's move of the forever on the 2nd to last restart

The last segment was fun too, but it's really too bad Marco had to ruin that duel by wrecking.

 

[Dead Man]

Well that was a sad way to end the race, too bad Kanaan couldn't get up too.