Andy Merrick

LAP 194 (Red flag after Collet wreck): Great effort to clear the track to beat the rain. Now 12 miles from the track. Racing the rain now, too! #IndyCar #Indy500

2:52pm EDT - Lap 121 - Definitely very lightly spitting rain in Turn 3. Very light. Very much a spit. Only for the past 3 minutes. Radar really cleared out the past 30 minutes. Hopeful for a great last 50 laps in just a bit! #IndyCar #Indy500

SATO STAND (coming to pit lane, coolest ambient/track temps of the 500 so far): "We will keep it running to get some temperature in the car." #IndyCar #Indy500

Respect. May we all orbit our values, especially after making mistakes (intentional or not). Even detailed post-incident reviews aren't shameful but super interesting and engaging to hearts. The truth is always a very excellent thing - no matter what it's about #IndyCar #Indy500

MALUKAS STAND BEFORE 2ND RUN: "Similar to previous run, some push off of 3, pretty big tailwind on back straight so wind is stronger than your first run. Starting to get cloud cover. Track temps coming down. should be fairly similar. Just a little more push than the exit of 3.

LEGGE STAND PRE-RUN: "So the track temp, thankfully it's not quite as hot as we thought it was going to be, but it is about 25 degrees hotter than it was this morning and the wind is definitely stronger. Just be prepared for turn three, that's going to be the fun one." #Indy500

PALOU STAND PRE- RUN (considering the options): "Alex, Helio thought he could take more wing out, and where we are right now at minus three, we think we're just a little bit more than Rosenqvist" #IndyCar #Indy500

HARVEY STAND (before run, last-second swing): "Hey, Jamie, can we still make a quick wing adjustment? (Hears yes) We're going to go plus three turns rear wing and plus one turn front wing." #IndyCar #Indy500

RAHAL RADIO: "The front has just absolutely taken off. There's no front grip at all... I don't like that setup. I think there was a lot less grip. That front damper for me just killed in the right front." #IndyCar #Indy500

SIEGEL RADIO: "I have no idea... massive slide in 3 and the massive slide in 4." SPOTTER: "Full reference, Nolan, the last time Will went through 3, there was a big slide as well. Wind is not changing. I don't know if something is on the track or something." #IndyCar #Indy500

LEGGE RADIO (as she was heading out for a qual sim): "There's something weird in the steering... It felt fine going out then all of a sudden not" #IndyCar #Indy500

I ain't sayin it means anything but after initially saying they'd be back out right after tech, 11 mins later: SIMPSON STAND: "Spotters, we're gonna be down for at least an hour here so we're gonna do some stuff for Honda back in the garage real quick" #IndyCar #Indy500

Great update. Hopefully his body gets back to 100% quickly. teapaw.org/bobpockrass/status/192…

Lap 59: The message Fox played about Kirkwood's tires happened 30 minutes ago (around Lap 25). They cleared him on tire temps 3 laps later. #IndyCar #DetroitGP