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Originally Posted by rwintle
I get that this is how it works, and that bump-day drama is part of the show, but come on now. A double-points event and a full-season entrant doesn't get to run? How about letting all the full-season drivers run and let the one-offs bump each other.
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Racing isn't fair. The #5 messed up and they missed out. It was the same rules for everyone.
Rahal sucked it up when he missed out, so did Penske. Contriving the rules to guarentee people a start in the race just cheapens the Indianapolis 500 as a whole.
Everyone has been howling for years about how bad it is that the 500 could only attract 33 entries, how poor the quality of the field was because to get to 33 they relied on talent-less ride-buyers, how great it would be to have more than 33 cars again.
I doubt Hinchcliffe not racing will have
that much effect on the viewing numbers either.