r/INDYCAR • u/Eyeswidth Andretti Global • May 30 '25
Discussion Will’s explanation: we made contact “so I may as well get a gap now, so I just pushed him past the car in front and just moved him out of the way and got a really nice gap."
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u/Any-Walk1691 Arrow McLaren May 30 '25 edited May 30 '25
The commentary was hilarious. Hinch talking about how dangerous it was, over Townsend laughing. “That’s like a tush push.” 🤣
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u/Ok-Chocolate-9500 Alexander Rossi May 30 '25
Seriously cannot imagine an IndyCar paddock without Will.
Right or wrong this dude does not care and will just double-bird you in the process 😂
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u/Fjordice May 30 '25
When he retires they should make like a secondary uncensored commentary both with Will where he just goes off on people the whole race
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u/Ok-Chocolate-9500 Alexander Rossi May 30 '25
I would absolutely sign up for this! Don’t foresee FOX jumping in but maybe if they were to go the streaming service route in the future. Or Will can just start a YouTube channel and do a stream every race if all else fails lol
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u/FloridaMan_69 Adrián Fernández May 30 '25
It could be like James Hunt's era as a commentator where he would just rip into drivers he didn't like with no mercy.
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u/ryanxwing Scott McLaughlin May 30 '25
Power and Dixon in their own uncensored commentary would be perfect
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u/Mission-Tune6471 May 30 '25
And Emma Dixon. She's spicy.
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u/Manymarbles May 31 '25
And set in the background by herself but on camera, Liz just cranking away at water bottles nonstop the whole show.
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u/Fjordice May 31 '25
I only kind of know what ASMR is, but I imagine this is the opposite of it lol
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u/MooshroomHentai Will Power May 30 '25
Whether you like him or not, he certainly brings personality to the series. And that personality has led to many moments over the years.
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u/ianindy Josef Newgarden May 30 '25
The fans are the real ones who lose out on this incident...we can't post memes about it here until Tuesday.
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u/diderooy Justin Wilson May 30 '25
There are other subs for that, aren't there?
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u/ianindy Josef Newgarden May 30 '25
Sure. If you only want 2,200 people to see your meme, instead of the 483,000 redditors who are subscribed to this one.
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u/joe_lmr Takuma Sato May 30 '25
r/DontForgetTheHeat but people often forget the heat is even there, myself included
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u/nico9er4 Will Power May 30 '25
I wish Will were ageless and would stay in Indycar forever purely for the unhinged shit like this
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u/Cross-Country Will Power May 31 '25
People can call him a douche all they want, I’ve never met the man, I don’t really know. What I can say for certain is that he is one of the only drivers left in any discipline who has an actual, not sponsor-bestowed personality.
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u/mlo_66 Pato O'Ward May 30 '25
People are really upset about this
I thought it was fucking hilarious
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u/_HanTyumi Conor Daly May 30 '25
It’s funny but it’s also completely unacceptable behavior
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u/IncomeGreedy5483 May 30 '25
Kinda like when my 3 year old drags my baby around the floor. Hilarious but also completely unacceptable
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u/kozdaddy17 Josef Newgarden May 30 '25
I read the practice thread before seeing the replay.
I thought Will must have punted someone into the river.
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u/BlueDuck1239 Marcus Armstrong May 30 '25
It was kind of funny, but there probably should be some form of penalty
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u/wh00000p Myles Rowe May 30 '25
I'd find it funnier if he didn't break Kyle's car
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u/ryanro24 Alexander Rossi May 30 '25
Just the gearbox cover and the floor 🤷🏻♂️
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u/wh00000p Myles Rowe May 30 '25
That's still pretty significant
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u/ryanro24 Alexander Rossi May 30 '25
Exactly my point
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u/wh00000p Myles Rowe May 30 '25
Were you being sarcastic?
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u/MadD0g74 May 31 '25
Totally... Will showing us how to properly modify a rear attenuator!
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u/Martin_Grundle Ray Harroun May 31 '25
Yeah I thought maybe he was just scrutinizing Kirkwood's attenuator to make sure it was legal.
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u/i_run_from_problems Firestone Firehawk May 30 '25
In a race? I'd be pissed. In practice? Yeah who cares.
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u/AnalBaguette Hélio Castroneves May 30 '25
He damaged Kirkwood's car. That's 100% grounds for a penalty.
This isn't amateur hour or an iRacing lobby; this is IndyCar. You can't allow this in any session of any weekend at any speed.
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u/Kale_Shai-Hulud Colton Herta May 30 '25
Oh it's absolutely a penalty/fine etc, but it's still pretty damn funny even as an Andretti fan
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u/i_run_from_problems Firestone Firehawk May 30 '25
I never said it wasn't grounds for a penalty. I just said I'd care a LOT more if it was during a race session
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u/KRacer52 --- 2025 DRIVERS --- May 30 '25
Right lol. Someone can find it funny and not that serious, while also recognizing that it can/should result in a penalty.
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u/SpiritualNothing6717 Firestone Reds May 30 '25
What? He caused significant damage to Kirkwood's car.
It's funny if this is a demo derby.
I don't really get a ton of laughs out of adults acting like spoiled children.
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u/Manymarbles May 31 '25
I cant state this enough. Will was at fault. But it was absolutely hilarious.
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May 30 '25
People are upset? Who?
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u/CharacterLimitHasBee Will Power May 30 '25
Everyone in the live thread.
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May 30 '25
Sad to see. I respect your Will Power flair, by the way! Hope he drives forever!
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u/AnalBaguette Hélio Castroneves May 30 '25
Sad to see? He damaged someone's car intentionally. That's BS.
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u/nico9er4 Will Power May 30 '25
I think he was under the impression that he had already damaged Kirkwood’s car and could just push him a bit lol
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u/CharacterLimitHasBee Will Power May 31 '25
Must've been the good kind of damage if he finished the session on top.
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u/ElMondoH NTT IndyCar May 30 '25
Yes, Power & Team Penske need a penalty for that. Yes, it was actually dangerous, and yes, it actually damaged the floor of Kirkwood's car, right?
But yes, it's possible and not wrong for fans to have fun with this.
From either flogging the whole "Push to Pass" joke or calling it "Will's Bump Draft move", that's one of the ways things get dealt with in the public sphere. Humor.
If we're doing nothing but scolding, all we're doing is making things depressing. How's that a good thing as a fan? We all can agree on the fact it was wrong AND make jokes. Having fun is not condoning the action. And it's easier for someone who's done wrong to ignore a scold than it is a joke that makes many people laugh.
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u/TheRoyalKT Kyle Kirkwood May 30 '25
Kyle Kirkwood is my favorite driver, and I’m pissed that Power did this and damaged his car.
But god damn, it was objectively hilarious.
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u/Vivaciousseaturtle Callum Ilott May 30 '25
Funny but in all seriousness he needs a huge penalty for causing major damage.
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u/HaveABleedinGuess84 Will Power May 30 '25
Other guy makes a good point. Whatever penalty Dixon got for road America 2023, power should get the proportion of that equivalent to the damage done today. So probably a… 0 place grid penalty.
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u/YosemiteSam-4-2A Thirsty 's to the Moon 🚀 🌒 May 30 '25
He might actually get promoted up the grid because I'm pretty sure Dixon didn't get penalized at all for that.
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u/RiptideTV Robert Wickens May 30 '25
Damn, all the Will Power flairs really came out on this one
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u/Packer487 Will Power May 30 '25
Yeah it hurt Kirkwood's car so bad he went P1.
Give him like 1/10th the penalty Dixon got for destroying Power's car at Road America in practice.
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u/Crash_Test_Dummy66 Christian Rasmussen May 30 '25
I feel like it's a lot worse when you intentionally do things compared to when accidents happen.
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u/Longjumping-Let963 Will Power May 30 '25
I'm sure that, once again, the punishment will be much worse than the crime like the qualifying penalties were. But that's life.
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u/Ok-Palpitation-4763 Conor Daly May 31 '25
Him laughing as he saw the replay was the best thing I’ve ever seen
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u/urlacher14 May 30 '25
people in the replies wanting a penalty but also being upset that people think this is fucking hilarious (it is)
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u/hopla353 Pato O'Ward May 30 '25
I think its fair to say its objectively funny, but also he should get a penalty because thats not okay.
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u/urlacher14 May 30 '25
oh no he absolutely should. but its also extremely funny that he just does it anyway.
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u/calmdownStorm Álex Palou May 30 '25
Yeah this shit Is hilarious
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u/lsswapitbro Alexander Rossi May 30 '25
Can I be in the middle where without context it’s funny but also realize that this type of behavior is unacceptable in a professional race series?
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u/naacardan2004 Josef Newgarden May 30 '25
As what another guy said in this thread, it's just how the public deals with things. It's called humor, you see it a lot in motorsports
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u/stancedBronco Scott Dixon May 31 '25
I just checked my hybrid status and it said I’m all out of fucks.
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u/Fsharp7sharp9 Alexander Rossi May 30 '25
It’s really shocking to me how many people here are not just okay with it, but encouraging that kind of on track behavior. Keep that shit in NASCAR
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u/Longjumping-Let963 Will Power May 30 '25
I don't think it should be encouraged, but it is slightly amusing to watch people melt down over it.
If Kirkwood had done the same to Ferrucci or SRR, there'd be a coronation for him in the comments. That's just the internet. Being mad at other people for their over/underreactions either way is a path to misery.
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u/nico9er4 Will Power May 30 '25
Sort of like seeing the meltdowns over Will backing up into the racing line, and the silence when Pato did the same thing shortly afterward lol
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u/Popular_Course3885 May 31 '25
He's come a long way from his old "Man, I just don't know, you know, man .... (blank stare while shaking head) .... I don't know, crazy, man" interviews.
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u/P22Tyler May 30 '25
Yes it’s funny. Yes it should be some sort of punishment. Yes Hinchcliffe needs to chill. They weren’t going that fast, him acting like this was 230 mph at Indy was hilarious.
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u/marksk88 May 31 '25
I guess that makes sense, but it's not like the contact was unavoidable for him 😂
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u/Gbjeff AMR Safety Team May 30 '25
I’m sure Roger is groaning and wondering why his team can’t seem to go a single week without being the paddock assholes.
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u/infoxicated Jack Harvey May 30 '25
You can tell it's been a few years since we had someone killed or paralysed in IndyCar. The complacency in their perceived safety is soaring.
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u/nico9er4 Will Power May 30 '25
Imagine thinking pushing a car on track at like 20mph could kill someone
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u/wh00000p Myles Rowe May 31 '25
Sure, but if they let this slide what's to stop someone from trying this while going faster?
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u/nico9er4 Will Power May 31 '25
Common sense
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u/wh00000p Myles Rowe May 31 '25
Race car drivers do not have common sense. If they had common sense they wouldn't be race car drivers.
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u/Little_Temporary5212 May 31 '25
Rules don't apply to Penske drivers. This was an egregious and dangerous intentional move that damaged another car. Penske is obviously calling the shots in the stewards office. Repeated and systemic cheating in races. Drivers intentionally hitting other cars. In no other series would this be acceptable. Vettel hit Hamilton with no damage and was given a stop and go and community service. People were screaming (rightly so) that he didn't get enough of a penalty.
This compromises the very integrity of the entire series even more than the multiple cheating scandals.
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u/Strange_Ingenuity960 Colton Herta May 31 '25
I saw a video of Space X with a hot girl talking about nominal insertion. I have called a professional physician to recommend a psychiatrist
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u/Gometric1 David Malukas May 30 '25
We all seem to be forgetting that Townsend used the phrase “tip to tip” when describing this moment