INDIANAPOLIS -- History and controversy and 232-mph race cars and super angry people and a chance to see something that's never happened in 108 previous tries and boiling over emotions and newcomers and veterans and ... did we mention that folks are mad?
Redlining, in more ways than one
When the Indianapolis 500 rolls off Sunday afternoon, it will do so beneath a green flag and dark clouds, literal and figurative. Race week started with a full-blown post-qualifying mess, as the cars of 2018 Indy 500 winner Will Power and two-time defending champion Josef Newgarden, teammates at 20-time 500 winner Team Penske, were sent to the back of the 33-car field after a rules violation regarding the rear end attenuator, the bee stinger-like piece that serves essentially as an IndyCar's backside bumper.