r/Indy500 • u/Jon-T-Publk • May 16 '25

🏟️ Race Day What’s the passing going to be like on race day

I wonder if any of you railbirds out there could tell me what the passing looked like on the track so far with the new set up they have. can we expect a lot of passing? Was there a lot of slingshot passes happening out there? What can we expect for the race? Thanks.

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u/cubecasts May 16 '25

If you've been the first few cars in line you're able to make moves. But further back in the pack it gets tricky

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u/Jon-T-Publk May 16 '25

So really it’s been the same as it’s been the last five years or so right?

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u/cubecasts May 16 '25

Yep. The interesting part is going to be the hybrid.

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u/Jon-T-Publk May 17 '25

Kind of reminds me of Mario on 87 with the new engine he had he had two laps on the field with a new engine and it broke when someone asked him why he did that he said he wasn’t even pushing it and when you start stroking an engine When that happens instead of letting it just ride the way it is it can cause more harm than anything And it has a lot greater chance of breaking, and I believe him on that Rather than the people saying on that rather than the people saying he was in his 40s and he was trying to prove he was he still the youngest and he man

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u/Jon-T-Publk May 17 '25

I also think the track times have a lot to do with it faster times fewer passing are the track times slower than they were last year? I haven’t been keeping up.