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That last 50 lap sequence kinda accumulated my hate filled relationship with caution flags. Had the field lapped prior to the 150 lap mark...a few cautions later, Heinz was right on my tail and ready to win. I wasn't, apparently, so that's why I came in second...heh.

He had been saving fuel so it went perfectly for him. He had a lighter fuel load to boot so really, I had no chance once he got around. I danced with him a few times down the straights but I knew I lost the race so there was no real point in wrecking for the win. If this was earlier in my sim racing career, I probably would have done something more drastic.

Anyway, good points day nonetheless so I am pleased with that. Grats on the win Heinz and to all the finishers.

Qualified in the top 10. Was fast and keeping up with the leaders. Lost spots during the second pit stop and came out at the back. Tried to make a pass and got clipped by a driver that couldn't keep his line coming off the turn.

Race over.

Very happy with the way things went! I personally like the cautions(more realistic). If I could figure out a faster setup, then, I would have been there with you boyz- Conor/Heinz/Coles/Jose/...

My first Indy/oval(Im pleased:)

Grats to the guys on the podium(virtual).

That guy that was running around causing all those cautions should have parked it earlier than he did! He was so slow as to be a hazard! Come on stewards, do something about hazards, please?

Well enough griping. Fun race, great tradition, and, well,(sniffle, sniffle), great weekend!

Qualified in 7º.. First Lap Stop&GO ?????????????????????
OK.. I FINISHED IN 3º. VERY GOOD RESULT...

Bad luck 2 Pits in Green flag, and the other 1 or 2 laps after? Bad luck
But...good finish
Congrats to all
Long time I dont race...... Last race was....in...dont remember

Grats to all Finishers, and the Podium, Conor and Sergio.
Thanks to the Kamikaze boys for being good sports and valuable allies in helping me on my way to a 2nd consecutive Indy500 win.. the company was good on TS too! Sorry you had so much misfortune.

Quali went well, I hit a 39.9 as intended, but Conor had an even better lap to take pole.
With the Late addition of David Fisher, I knew this was going to be a great race. Kamikaze, and Atlantic fielding some hard competitors.

The race started well, David grew tiresome of following after a few laps and made his way the the front and we remained like this till 1st pistops, a caution period right on pit window allowed it to commence peacefully.

The race evolved with a few key players slipping down or out and leaving Conor, Myself and for most part Jose to be in close contention right the way through to around lap 100.

Around this point we were under caution, and I think we'd pit a few laps prior and I was starting to think about what kind of strategy to play till the end. on around 110 we had another caution just as I was coming round to the idea of stopping on 120 and to leave the tyres for a quick getaway and thus needing 2 full tanks to the end.
The problem here was, Conor pitted under caution strangely making me recalculate the whole thing and in my attempts to hold the car behind the safety car and work a calculator, I got my calculations wrong when i realised halfway into the 2nd last stint I was coming up short on fuel, by as much as 5 laps!
I dialled it down to about 2 boost, 3 in a tow and left it hanging in 6th, but nothing was helping me.

After the final pitstop I knew i was in trouble. Conor had just lapped me, but had to stop 1 more time and so had Jose.

Moment of luck #1 .. Caution period, Conor had made final stop. The field was bunched, Conor behind the safety car, Myself at the rear of the pack. Wondering how to i get through this entire field quick enough to give Conor a fight. Cuation period had helped me get fuel back to about 1 l lap short, I would have to still use the tow at 2 boost

Moment of greater luck#2 .. I had just zigzagged through a terribly slow restart of everyone behind conor. It was marvellous, But conor was knowhere to be seen. He was miles away, no way I could catch him with my boost down... BUT!!!! Another caution! Wooooooooooo. The joy. The Panic! I was back in it. 15 laps to go

Race restarted with 9 laps to go, I had now gone from just bad luck, to enough fuel to drive boost1 without flinching.
I dropped back on conor waiting for a good moment to strike. 5 laps to go.. move made down the inside into T3

Held on for dear life holding the inside until it was clear on the outside to give myself a better turn in angle to hold my speed.
Had to let out a cry of joy crossing the line for this one. I think it's a special victory for many reasons.

See you next year :)

On lap 35, a yellow came while in T4. Everyone gradually began to slow except Jose Casanovas, who never lifted and was at 235mph when he flew past me near the s/f line and clipped my right rear, sending my car spinning down the track and into the wall.

The damage ended any chance at a win. I was still able to work my way back up to 4th place, but when we all pitted around lap 100, I unknowingly didn't receive any fuel. Car stopped a lap later.

Fu**ed by another mod.

Do any of these damn mods work correctly!!??? Ridiculous.

This is a design of rFactor. Not the mod.

I know I should be happy with a top 10 finish—especially after last year's disaster after only 12 laps—but I'm not.

I had a great car this year. I qualified 4th, better than I ever have at Indy. I had the pace to run with the guys at the sharp end of the grid, for a change. I could have contested for a podium, if not for the outright win.

For the opening stint, I was content to run a second or two behind the lead pack, eventually picking up teammate Ron Coles in a 2-car draft. Pulled into the pits for the first yellow, which was well within the fuel window anyway. Came out of pits in great position behind Ron, but I forgot about the passing before the S/F line, which meant that I had to go in for a 10 second stop-and-go.

Came back out of the pits behind Conor, one lap down at this point. Drafted behind Conor for a number of laps and I saw a chance to get around him, and I took it. It seemed like an eternity as I stayed in front, praying for a yellow so I could stay on the lead lap. Conor seemed content (I hope) to push me along, as we were pulling away from 2nd place. It finally came, and I was able to come around and join the back of the field. Another pit stop, another restart.

The new strategy was to hook up with Michael Herring and make our way up to the front. Which almost worked, were it not for the fact that it took a long time for me to get to him and that he had an altercation with another driver.

Restart. Picked off a couple of drivers shortly after the green flag, and then waited behind another driver for the opportunity to pass. I'd duck to the inside, he'd defend. We went back and forth like that for several laps until I decided to try again. This time, I went inside, he defended, then I went outside to try that way. I'm not going to speculate as to what really happened, as this is not the right forum for it, but the result was I ended up in the wall. Race ruined.

A few mistakes later and the race was mercifully over. Late in the race I got in a 3-wide tangle with some Atlantic drivers. Sorry, fellas. I had a huge amount of momentum and couldn't back out in time.

8th place is my best finish yet in this race, but it could have been a helluva lot better.

Congrats to Heinz on the win—it was a pleasure to have you in TeamSpeak with us. Well done to the podium finishers as well.