Who is most likely to lose the Indy 500 right now?

Question

In your own opinion who is the most likely candidate to lose the race?

Answer 1

the media w***e

Answer 2

a silly question.....

All I can say is there is going to be 32 losers.....take your pick,  chances are you will be correct......

Answer 3

Anyone with the last name "Andretti".

Answer 4

Anyone without a Chevy

Answer 5

Almost all of them have somewhere between a 85-99% chance of losing.

Anybody who shows consistant difficulties keeping their car over 220 during practice is good candidate for the 99% category.

Answer 6

No one has qualified yet and there will be a lot of contenders so it is difficult to say who will be the most likely to lose.  There will be 32 losers on the day of the race since only one driver will win.  I'm hoping Danica wins it this year.

Answer 7

Danica, shes already gotten her laps led averge for the year

Answer 8

hands down, tony kanan, helio, or dixon.

everyone else should stay home b/c they dont stand a chance.

most likely to lose... any rookie.

Answer 9

It's hard to say right now, after qualifying, we'll see

Answer 10

Tough call at this stage.  First practice for all drivers was Tuesday, and the final day of qualifications are on the 18th.  Even if a driver does a little Harvey Wallbanger and can't attempt a qualification attempt this first weekend, they still have ample time to prepare / repair the car for the 2nd weekend.

I count 27 full-time drivers in the series now - they and their teams should be fairly solid.  There are 3-4 good one-off or partial season participants that should be fairly solid (Scheckter, Fisher, Duno/Bell).  Vision's 3rd entry (Hamilton) should be solid.  I think the concern will be the truly one-off teams that may only have one car that should be conservative in their qualification approach (ie, Papis, Giebler, Tracy?).

Now, for the race itself -- very tough call because of the one element that's ever-changing:  the track itself.  IMS is the closest thing to a living, breathing being.  It is very sensitive to temperature and environment changes.  Teams that think they have the track dialed in are only joking themselves.  Conditions change almost instantly.  You can have hot qualification days, and a bitter cold/rainy race day (see last year), or vice versa.  A heavy buffering wind the day of the race can play havoc to race setups.  It is with the element of track conditions that I think some of the newer CCWS teams may struggle with.  I think NHLR & KVRT should be OK - they've played the elements game.  The other teams - esp. those with just one car - they could struggle in the 500.

Mind you - just 2-cents, plus interest.

Answer 11

You can't lose a race until you qualify for it. One thing at a time.