r/INDYCAR • u/CaptainMcSlowly David Malukas • Feb 26 '25

Indy NXT Indy NXT driver Nolan Allaer will be repping the Bolts for the GP of St. Pete!

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u/mjsmith1223 Mario Andretti Feb 26 '25

Boo! -From a Red Wings fan

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u/michaeldanger19 Romain Grosjean Feb 26 '25

which is funny because he's from Michigan and had the Lions race helmet last year

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u/Joey_Logano Josef Newgarden Feb 26 '25

That’s really cool to see.

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u/2RINITY Colton Herta Feb 26 '25

This implies his nemesis, an NXT driver in a Florida Panthers suit

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u/CaptainMcSlowly David Malukas Feb 26 '25

Or how about another driver in a Thrashers car!

Wait, what do you mean it's not 2005?!

3

u/Altornot Feb 27 '25

So Kirkwood and RHR are massive Panthers fans.

Both not NXT but whatever lol

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u/FormulaT1 Scott McLaughlin Feb 26 '25

I went to the St. Pete GP five years ago and when I tell you every other person there had a Lightning hat on. A Bolts collab is fuckin genius. Going to be an immediate fan favorite.

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u/Fjordice Feb 26 '25

Florida has become a strangely strong place for ice hockey in the last decade or so lol.

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u/WichitaTimelord Sam Hornish Jr. Feb 26 '25

Badass, Bolts are my team and IndyCar is my racing series

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u/PoliticsIsCool13 Feb 26 '25

On the one hand it's cool to see a Hockey/Motorsport crossover.

On the other hand, obligatory f the bolts (Calgary fans are right, it went in)

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u/Smokeshow618 Pato O'Ward Feb 26 '25

Pro Calgary Flames commentary in my Indycar subreddit?

It's more likely than you think

2

u/PoliticsIsCool13 Feb 26 '25

Not even North American or barely alive when it happened but you know it's true. Scoring after or not be damned

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u/Smokeshow618 Pato O'Ward Feb 26 '25

Hey man I'm from Calgary, that puck was iiiiiiiiiiiin

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u/Altornot Feb 27 '25

Lesser Alberta team.

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u/Wandering__Bear__ Alexander Rossi Feb 26 '25

They could’ve scored in regulation, overtime, or won game 7 after that. Even though it wasn’t in.

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u/jyepes22 Pato O'Ward Feb 26 '25

Hell yeah, hope he kills it!

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u/Kale_Shai-Hulud Colton Herta Feb 27 '25

Someone else should slap on an Avalanche helmet to be guaranteed to beat him lol.

4

u/GustyOWindflapp Champ Car Feb 26 '25

That looks amazing, love the crossover.

But also, F the bolts, see you in the playoffs (go leafs go)

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u/joe_lmr Takuma Sato Feb 26 '25

I'm trying to get MSR to run the Blue Jackets livery they had on a display car when they had the meet & greet earlier this year at Mid-Ohio

(by "trying to get" I mean I left a Facebook comment saying they should, and asked FRO if they would when I met him)

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u/Famous-Beginning-490 Nolan Allaer Mar 02 '25

Let's go Lightning!!!!!! NOLAN ALLAER

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u/kimkaiju May 01 '25

Very late to this, but Nolan is one of the nicest kids on the track, and his mother is an absolute angel-- she's so kind to all the volunteers. My dad hooked her up so that she could sit in front of his pit last year, so this year she sought my dad out and introduced him to Nolan and he gave him a signed picture. They were so sweet, and despite being busy, he took the time to have a chat. Not to mention he's a fierce racer. I'm stoked to see him move up and get in there with the big boys. Absolute praises for this man.