Big accident on lap 1 of the Pocono 500

lol all these fuss about this

Jacky said it well back in the 80s/90s
its a HUMAN problem
start educate them but he came from the gent era which is today a long gone and forgotten , even never saw by the "paper generation" of drivers and humans today who are racing.

in F1 its became HARD during Senna Prost era in indy well you cant play it hard like they did but how much we love it even today, at indycars playing chicken on the straight for everybody there is a point to tun left and with a field of many drivers with that mindset you will have these race accidents, simple

16.30m
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K4nOQlWF_8

Jason Fitch wrote:

He never FORCED a 3 wide issue, Rossi left half the damn track width to his right. Further, there was no car blocking Sato, he was being pulled along by Dixon. Lastly, the only potential issue there was gonna be, was RHR and Rossi colliding, because Sato was nearly clear of them both before Rossi hooked him in the Left Rear.

Jason, look at your own video, 2 seconds in: if that's not a blocked path, I'm Enzo Ferrari.

Jason Fitch wrote:

He never FORCED a 3 wide issue, Rossi left half the damn track width to his right. Further, there was no car blocking Sato, he was being pulled along by Dixon. Lastly, the only potential issue there was gonna be, was RHR and Rossi colliding, because Sato was nearly clear of them both before Rossi hooked him in the Left Rear.

Jason, I respectfully disagree. Sato has a free will of his own and he chose to make the situation three wide; the presented gap or the draft from Dixon doesn't preclude him from realizing it's a bad idea and easing his foot off the throttle. Sato was nearly clear of both of them?!  Please show me the evidence of this because I haven't seen it.

Watched some onboards, settled on racing incident myself.

Quite a rebound last night.

Jacob Fredriksson wrote:

Quite a rebound last night.

Yeah, I'm as shocked as anyone. Especially considering he was a lap down at one point.  Keep in mind, though, he was banging wheels on lap 1 and tried a physically impossible overtake against the inside wall into turn 1 (this is what sent him to the back early on); I still say he's reckless and thinks way too much with the wrong head.

Turn 1, lap 1 was more Hinch squeezing it more than anything IMO, but yes, Sato takes way too many chances. But he is a wheel-man.