May 29, 2023
Happy Memorial Day to everyone and thank you to all who have served our country including my father. Without them and their service we all might not be here.
So yesterday was one of the craziest Indianapolis 500 races I've ever seen! Won by Josef Newgarden on the last lap when he passed Marcus Ericsson. Congratulations to Josef who has now won the Indy 500 on his 12th try!
After that pass was the now famous "Dragon Move" to keep the lead and win. This move has been used for the third year now and apparently is here to stay. It breaks the air on the car following you so the following car doesn't get in your draft for a pass.
Josef won the race for Team Penske and it's Roger Penske's 19th win at the famed speedway that he now owns.
The race had a bunch of wild crashes and a tire that flew off and landed on a spectator's car thankfully and didn't hit anyone!
The photos here are from last year's race at Road America. Josef Newgarden won the race and got some donuts done in turn 5 which he didn't get to do at the Indy 500.
Enjoy a look at the players from the Indy 500 this year with last year's Road America race photos.
There are also photos here of Alex Palou who won the pole position at Indy plus Pato O'Ward, Felix Rosenquist and Marcus Ericsson.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann