The non-American really has to do a fair bit of research to get to grips with the Gateway 500 IndyCar race. For a start, it’s not 500 miles, like the Indianapolis 500, it’s 248 laps of 1.25 miles, which adds up to 310 miles. Here’s where the swindle comes in; that’s 500 kilometres. Worse, the announcers kept banging on about St. Louis, which is in Missouri, when the track is actually a bit to the east of there at Madison, Illinois. Even worse, the current Gateway Motorsports Park was once known as the St. Louis International Raceway.
There were loud cheers from the sports TV room when the race started and the Australian whinger crashed against the wall at Turn 1. Naturally, when interviewed, he blamed his team mate, Newgarden, the eventual winner, for having the cheek to dare to overtake him. Not a lengthy whinge, as in the past, but a whinge just the same.
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