J.R. Hildebrand Hits the Wall on the Final Turn, Dan Wheldon Wins the Indy 500

Rookie J.R. Hildebrand took the lead late when Danica Patrick and then Bertrand Baguette had to make pit stops with less than 10 laps remaining, and looked like he would have enough fuel to hold on for an amazing victory. Then, he went high going around the final turn passing another driver, and slammed into the wall. Dan Wheldon, the 2005 champion, came racing through the improbable opening, and went from a situation where he didn’t have a full-time ride in 2011 to winning the Indianapolis 500 for a second time.

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18 Responses to “J.R. Hildebrand Hits the Wall on the Final Turn, Dan Wheldon Wins the Indy 500”

Ballz Says:
May 29th, 2011 at 5:46 PM

Monaco Grand Prix >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Indy 500

VladimirCrouton Says:
May 29th, 2011 at 6:03 PM

Tornado warning in Michigan right now. Watching the news and someone called in and gave a citizen report. Then at the end he screams ba-ba booey ba-ba booey! Hilarious.

Draft King Says:
May 29th, 2011 at 6:39 PM

I wonder if Hildebrand’s spotter gave him, as Brother Mouzone on the Wire once said, some wrong information?

msuspartan Says:
May 29th, 2011 at 6:43 PM

Tornado warning in Michigan right now.

My street had like 6 inches of rain on it within 5 minutes. I live at the bottom of a hill and it just clogged the drains instantly.

VladimirCrouton Says:
May 29th, 2011 at 6:46 PM

My street had like 6 inches of rain on it within 5 minutes. I live at the bottom of a hill and it just clogged the drains instantly.

Shit, just got a bit of rain so far in Oakland County. Are you north or south of Detroit?

traderjack21 Says:
May 29th, 2011 at 6:56 PM

Shit, just got a bit of rain so far in Oakland County. Are you north or south of Detroit

Perhaps it is God giving the Tigers a break from losing again to the Red Sox.

msuspartan Says:
May 29th, 2011 at 7:03 PM

I’m still in East Lansing. Moving just north of Detroit next week, though.

VladimirCrouton Says:
May 29th, 2011 at 7:10 PM

Perhaps it is God giving the Tigers a break from losing again to the Red Sox.

Hope so. Need the Tribe to maintain that 7 game lead with a Tiger loss after bitching out today.

Mantis Toboggan (Your comment is awaiting moderation) Says:
May 29th, 2011 at 7:20 PM

3 hours. It took 3 motherfucking hours to play 9 holes of golf. I hate old people.

cracker jack Says:
May 29th, 2011 at 7:29 PM

Shit, just got a bit of rain so far in Oakland County. Are you north or south of Detroit
Perhaps it is God giving the Tigers a break from losing again to the Red Sox.

Apparantly its a quick storm.. game is starting in 20 minutes

TheBigLead Says:
May 29th, 2011 at 8:19 PM

Wedding Crashers! TNT!

Also: Roundup posted at 9 am tomorrow. We’ll have posts during the day.

VladimirCrouton Says:
May 29th, 2011 at 8:28 PM

TBL

I know it’s not likely. But if you could include a blurb about Manny Maholtra’s comeback. That would be much appreciated. Here is a link to lightly explain the situation.

cracker jack Says:
May 29th, 2011 at 8:42 PM

I know it’s not likely. But if you could include a blurb about Manny Maholtra’s comeback. That would be much appreciated.

Mother fucking unreal that he is playing at all, let alone this soon.

Chief aka James Says:
May 29th, 2011 at 8:53 PM

Because I’m too lazy to look it up, what’s he coming back from?

Geeezeus Says:
May 29th, 2011 at 9:00 PM

Chief, he took a puck in the face a couple months ago. They were really worried he was going to lose it, or vision in it.

He’s wearing a special contact and passed the NHL’s baseline vision test.

Geeezeus Says:
May 29th, 2011 at 9:01 PM

And of course by it I mean his eye, not his entire face.

phillymantis915 Says:
May 29th, 2011 at 9:18 PM

3 hours. It took 3 motherfucking hours to play 9 holes of golf. I hate old people.

I think I played 18 in about 5 hours yesterday. The people ahead of us were slow as hell. And then add in all the drinking and 90 degree heat, I shot like shit.

geoffreyvs is doing the Tomahawk Chop Says:
May 30th, 2011 at 8:33 AM

I know it’s not likely. But if you could include a blurb about Manny Maholtra’s comeback. That would be much appreciated. Here is a link to lightly explain the situation.

I enjoy Malhotra calling Henrik and Daniel Sedin “Hank and Danny” in that video.