Indy 500 Episode 90: Revenge of the Rain

It rained in Indianapolis this weekend. Good for the corn & soybean farmers. Bad for race fans. Pole Day and all other qualifying runs for the Indy 500 were rained out. IRL President Brian Barnhart (Mace Windu?), who I think has one of the toughest jobs going, made the announcement that Lord willing and the creek don’t rise qualifying for all 33 slots will take place this coming weekend. This gives the drivers 3 more days of practice (W, Th, F). I hope this will give Rahal Letterman more time to get their car settings down so they can reach higher speeds.

I’m still feeling like Sam Hornish is going to win the pole. Yesterday John made the comment that Sam is turning into Roger Penske and the whole things smacks of Anakin Skywalker. John calls me fickle…but my former IRL boyfriend, Dan Wheldon, is kind of getting back into my good graces. Maybe it’s the time away from Team Andretti-Green. But this season he’s impressed me a lot during interviews. He seems to appreciate the fans. If it’s possible it seems that winning last year’s 500 and IRL season humbled him somehow. He seems more centered or something. And I thought that his making the jump to Target Ganassi Racing was like going over to the dark side. (Chip Ganassi = Jabba the Hut.)

I’m sure that if the Gouge Brothers & Steve Barnum read this they will tell me that all of my Star Wars references were way off.

I do know one thing. This is one weird picture of Princess Leia: