Michael Grayer

Biostatistician. Board gamer. Softball player. Sings bass. Tweets are probably a jumbled mess of all of the above. He/him.

[Michael Grayer @michaelgrayer]

@ZaltzCricket speaking of Anderson and ducks: remember that for a long time he held the surprising record of most consecutive test innings without a duck - it took a very long time before he had his first one

[Michael Grayer @michaelgrayer]

@TomGaymor
I believe Jack Arute used to call it "feeding time at the zoo"

[Michael Grayer @michaelgrayer]

@TomGaymor #skyindycar

Hello Tom, lovely to be hearing your dulcet tones during the NBC breaks again!

Any thoughts on the million dollar non-champ event at Thermal this year? Fun? Gimmick? Anything like the old Marlboro Challenge from the 80s and 90s?

[Michael Grayer @michaelgrayer]

@TomGaymor @IndyCaronNBC @IndyCar Also I can't stop evangelising about @indycar to any of my friends who've become disillusioned with the monotony of Formula 1.

[Michael Grayer @michaelgrayer]

@TomGaymor @IndyCaronNBC @IndyCar It's in terrific shape right now. The series has such a fascinating history, full of ups and downs, and a really interesting evolution over the last 40-odd years. Would love to see a few more classic ovals on the calendar, though I can understand why they might not be so keen.

[Michael Grayer @michaelgrayer]

@TomGaymor #SkyIndycar
Got a genuine question this time... at what point do they go to a timed race?

[Michael Grayer @michaelgrayer]

@Hinchtown so maybe the winning strategy today could be to stay out of the pits and then ride all the yellow flags all the way to victory? I vaguely remember that working for the #5 once before... 🤔😂

(@TomGaymor #skyindycar)

[Michael Grayer @michaelgrayer]

Well this one's turning into a right old Nashville 2020 isn't it 😂

(or, dare I say it, another Louisiana 2015)

@TomGaymor #skyindycar

[Michael Grayer @michaelgrayer]

@TomGaymor @IndyCar @SkySportsF1 Just watched Cleveland 1988 - a classic. Would love to see that airport track return to the series 😂

[Michael Grayer @michaelgrayer]

@LydiaCaradonna Hey! That's My Fish!

It's the one game I know that I can explain in about 5 mins whilst completely hammered and then have all the players locked in a fierce battle of wills within about 60 seconds of starting.

Can be played over and over again in one sitting.

[Michael Grayer @michaelgrayer]

@TomGaymor Not sure if grudges run that long 😂

[Michael Grayer @michaelgrayer]

@TomGaymor #skyindycar well that was a fun race!

The Rahal/RHR comments at the end from the NBC team reminded me of St Petersburg 2008.

Rahal overtook RHR on a restart to take the lead and win his maiden victory.

Any guesses as to which team RHR was running for at the time?

[Michael Grayer @michaelgrayer]

@TomGaymor For sure, it was a rich vein 😁

[Michael Grayer @michaelgrayer]

@TomGaymor #skyindycar in 1983, in 100F heat in Cleveland, Al Unser was so hot he was calling for a relief driver, then his crew tipped a bin full of water into his cockpit. He went on to win the race. Any chance of today's racers doing the same? 🤣

[Michael Grayer @michaelgrayer]

@TomGaymor Thank you Tom, loving the coverage. Today's race was excellent. Just for context: I became an IndyCar fan during COVID - during the absence of live sport I started following the races from '93 onwards as a stand-in, and this year I finally caught up with the present!

[Michael Grayer @michaelgrayer]

@dariofranchitti #FormulaE surely Surfers Paradise 2002?!

[Michael Grayer @michaelgrayer]

@4r7hr I swear that was used as a location in Seasons 2 and 3 of Knightmare

[Michael Grayer @michaelgrayer]

@AdanZBecerra1 Someone forgot to re-exp the log?

[Michael Grayer @michaelgrayer]

@ell_deck @stuffByBez I may be wrong but I thought Molasses was the American-English word and Treacle was the British-English word