IndyCar Series: Indianapolis Grand Prix | EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS | 8/14/21 | Motorsports on NBC

it's round 12 of the 2021 ntt indycar series this is the big machine spike coolers grand prix at the indianapolis motor speedway on a beautiful afternoon all right so paddle award in the arrow mclaren sp chevy said it's time for me to crank up my championship hopes well he starts on the pole position no better spot but he's got willpower right alongside and then romain grosjean and christian loongard what's the youngster there in that yellow and red minecraft car he's never done a rolling start before his first indycar stop let's go here at the brickyard everybody tucks in line up front now they start thinking about making their moves no power in that black car looks outside grosjean in the car up the inside vk made a move up the outside he switched from the inside lane to the outside they all get through the first corner clean [Music] bridge honda he's racing he goes up the inside of pillow there's vk in the sonax the white and red and black car vk was side by side with his teammate on her daily airborne further back i believe that with scottie mclaughlin look towards the back that white and pink car a scott mclaughlin gonna go full send i mean that's a proper double he lands the backside of that chicane curve barely took jimmy johnson with him right there check this out watch board with johnson watch the front wing here whoa lucky for daley to make it through the first corner last time we were here in may he had a great qualifying result in six taken out i believe by pacino in the first corner as newgarden goes off with chilton yeah newgarden has been having issues from the green flag he got passed by a couple cars here's his teammate right now going to try to get him on the front straightaway dirty tires for newgarden now he blocks to the inside he's going to force his teammate to go to the outside here you saw it in non-stop paddle ward the leader pitting taking off the red tires putting on the primary tires i think they wanted to run a little bit longer but really wasn't turning the lap time now this is the battle will power on the alternate tires can he take the lead from paddo awards gonna send it right here lee looking down the inside here he comes look out power to the lead awesome move from the verizon chevy driver now can the youngster respond is the question [Music] cold tires hot tires battle here graham closing now three back connor daily in the usa for chevrolet for red carpet racing lining up a move here on pageanto to turn seven oh locks up a little bit oh big time keep turning keep turning keep those tires that's a straight line that's a kid that knows this track like the back of his hand he knows the fastest way between two points is a straight line let's see if he can hold off lune got newt here loom guard as daley has grass all over his tires benefactor of all of that was graham ray hall got by the both of them in that move colton herder for third for second place so the guy who's on the move is colton herder right now these two were teammates at andretti autos bought back in indy lights days and they are two examples of the changing guard in indycar in 2021 five of the top ten in the championship points have joined this series in the last two or three years youth movement in full force let's take a replay look at this textbook move from [Music] i'm on blacks and i'm just gonna have to wait till later on in this run to come back well i think that the way potto had to pit a little early on reds almost suggested that he burned those tires off a little too quickly that's been an issue we've seen with the award earlier this season this early strategy townsend by by dixon is not panning out everybody covered him he's still mired but down in 17th and the points has taken the hit but the five now has overtook and dixon and the points right as they sit right now watch this reedus vk on the left joseph newgarden on the right oh same corner as before where chilton and new garden got together how many times is new garden gonna just be that room a little hip not very much there they didn't quite touch but newgarden just absolutely thinking big picture keeping his car in one piece he had contact last weekend at his hometown in nashville on the opening laps with graham ray hall you get another look there side by side with vk so newgarden at this point just trying to do damage control 32 seconds back of his teammate will power hoping maybe for a yellow to mix things up no respect from these young guns a pretty enthralling situation unfold here marty on lap 47 power had a 9.5 second lead it has come down now on lap 55 almost four full seconds look at that i mean a four second drop and will power not happy they asked him a moment ago how's the car he said really good we're wearing clean air meaning taking the shot at james hinchcliffe not happy with him who's obviously slowed down will power to try and help out his teammate right there colton hurt his andretti autosport teammate and he has done it he has slowed willpower down power cannot get around the 29. this is going to be interesting with one stop left that's coming up and about five or six laps or so 29 laps to go and power who look dominant has a lead that is shrinking every lap but in carpenter racing in the sonax chevy this is big for will power these would have been the cars that he would have to deal with they're pinning at the same time as we see rossi get around award that's a huge move right before the last pit stop oh hold on battles tires again are gone the rears are gone now he's losing positions he just here he comes he's coming to the pits those tires are done [Music] take it away money powers in yeah and here it is they're coming a little bit earlier maybe they could have come but they're coming just to make sure they are behind james cliff any longer and oddly enough who pulls in right in front of them james hinchcliffe he's going to primary tires for him a quick stop by the peninsula and i stalin loses time here on pit road as well and hinge got out in front of will power so hitch is still on the lead lap hinge nearly stalled i think it went into any stall mode for a second and hitches beat him out now he's got to deal with him on the out lap but here we got to watch and see what herder does now and look how close grosjean is to power it is on power herder roshan hello and let's not discount alexander wait a second got problems and the championship leader oh the motor's gone the moat either a turbo or the motors blowing up this is catastrophic for the points we had just said that his lead had blown out 50 points caution is out so that indicates that the window and the block has been open so either a rod has kicked out the side of that thing and it's caused a small fire in the back but this is huge okay into the story alexander rossi re-enter the story paddo award and scott dixon after starting 26th is up to 13th this is what happened to the championship leader just under acceleration just kaboom look just puffs of smoke and then the fire starts in the back underneath underneath the body work as a driver you're desperately looking at the controls he might not see the smoke yet in his mirror and now he'll hear from the spotter about the flames at the back of the car and this is just horrible luck for the 10 car and remember they had the six grid position penalty at nashville because of an early engine change does this put pillow and more jeopardy down the stretch you can see the frustration and surprise there marty they can't believe it on the 10th team 15 left lee will power colton herder roman grosjon alexander rossi pato o'ward who do you like who's going to be the best one and powers trying to escape off goes will that was a really early restart two corners before so he didn't want to wait talented to the front straightaway and get drafted but grosjean now looking at the back of herder will he pop out he got a little wide that might give colton heard a chance to cross back over i thought grosjean was going to fire it straight off onto the grass but he didn't hey maybe this might be roman grosjon's chance to rewrite history so to speak remember he got passed right at the end of the race by rena maybe he's going to do that to willpower used tires for herta stickers at the start for grosjean and i think that's going to pay dividends here in the last 15 laps meanwhile eric's in there and the red white husky chocolates car puts a move on connor daley as teammates pacino and newgarden also duking it out but grosjean has one significant problem he might be fast behind the wheel but he's used all of his push to pass and with 14 laps to go power is in the strongest position of the field the most seconds remaining this is going to be close so these guys tangled last week and ended up in the tire barrier and the team just told paddle take it easy and get to the end of this race you win in 19 points of the championship lead paddo award up against the wall squeezing him inside the pulsey that gets that position back a little bit of a lock up from a ward but he makes it work up the inside all the way to the fourth [Music] rossi coming right back oh he's going to be on the push to pass now this isn't over oh sideways in the back of the game speaking of podium right now colton hurt is sitting in that final podium position and what a recovery after nashville last week with a dominant car sitting in third right now and look at that the 21 car sitting dead in the water lease option on the track we're gonna have another restart another restart will power has to see those rear view mirrors vk's been sending it up the inside all day long he's backwards over in turn seven paul yeah looks like i just wonder if maybe it's been one cent too much let's see well he's coming down [Music] mclaughlin gave him the horn right there so lucky escape there for castroneves to go to the grass so this will almost certainly be under review by indycar there you see on board with rosenquist looking out the back there goes mclaughlin [Music] and yes this incident is under review officially by race control for some reason that number three gives a lot of chrome horns it's stock cars and an indy cars well and that's probably the last thing that teammate will power wanted to see was the caution so team penske won the first nine races without a win and then newgarden one at mid-ohio power wants to get this win for the captain at the place that he now owns ready to go and it'll be six laps when they cross the yard of france here we go green green power [Music] just an early attempt at the restart he's mastered it once again opens up a gap on grosjean taking away any shot going into one he went way early he wanted to make sure that there was no opportunity for grosjean to get a draft off of him on the next lap he'll have available push to pass but there scott dixon mired all day in the middle of the field [Music] dixon went to blacks on his last stop and it just hasn't worked out meanwhile penalty is issued for the number three car of scott mclaughlin and newgarden at this point cannot afford to give up more points he's got to be careful he doesn't put himself in a position for a review by race control just two laps to go new guard needs those eighth place points he's made up the most positions there's the captain roger penske with the cap on what an amazing weekend that roger penske has put together for motorsports here in indianapolis merging indycar and nascar together for the first time ever this is a magical weekend and that was his and i believe that might have been a third generation penske watching as well that is from the top of the pagoda we're on the ninth floor they're about 30 feet above us the best seat in the house paul you sent it with one to go here's the white flag you said it at the top of the show the france family and roger penske penske entertainment came together to make this happen nascar indica on the same track on the same weekend how good would that be for the captain to see one of his guys drive to the chicken flag oh and it's so awesome we're all under the same umbrella umbrella with nbc with sports cars nascar indycar what an amazing weekend it's gonna be great you're watching liz power it's like she's watching her husband take his first win potentially of his career not his 40th not his 40th but how therapeutic will this be for the driver of the verizon 5g car so frustrated most of the year he's 10th in the championship ninth as he runs right now lee he's almost there and look he'll be the ninth different winner this year in the ntt indycar series turn 12 cruise through to turn 13. one more corner to go it has been a long time too long it was here last year in the harvest grand prix where willpower won power there's nobody better on this track in an indycar willpower winner way to go [Applause] there you go boys finally finally i owe it to you guys because you have been such a good crew and i have not been putting it together a way to bring that trophy back into roger's house i appreciate everything you guys have done this year and top best best crew man thank you

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Length: 15min 32sec (932 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 14 2021