Andy Merrick

It was me. I let the dogs out. I tweet about IndyCar. Love learning.

[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

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!

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[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

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!

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[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

@Indycar_Wxman We got a little virga action happening down there?

[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

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."

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[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

@KevinLee23 @indy44 No context needed, KLee! YOU PROMISED!!!

[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

@tdgross89 Some at the track said he had a slight limp and he wasn't cleared at the care center right away. Report was that he was in good spirits but maybe being evaluated for a body issue. No indication of what though.

[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

PATO STAND (after wreck): "Are you ok? Talk to us when you can."

PATO: "Car's not."

STAND: "You're the important part. We can rebuild it."

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[Matt Archuleta @indy44]

Big one #Indy500 #IndyCar

[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

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

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[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

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.

[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

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."

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[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

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"

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[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

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."

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[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

GROSJEAN STAND (Hauger teammate): "Comments about the car or what's the deal?"

GROSJEAN: "Overboost all the way. Brah-brah-brah-brah-brah-brah!"

Top 3 clip of the day.

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[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

HAUGER RADIO: "Something is wrong. I have overboost all the time now."

STAND: "Bring it in."

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[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

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."

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[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

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."

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[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

@mrdemmendaal Happy Fast Friday, mate! 👊🏻

[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

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"

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[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

@gefersonkern 👊🏻️

[Andy Merrick @merrickspeed]

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"

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