Lawa marekhodi e-Indy 500 azokufaka egiyeni lesihlanu

I-Twenty-teen wumjaho we-103 we-The Greatest Spectacle in Racing. Izimoto ezingamashumi amathathu nesithupha zizoshaya ujenga ukuze ziqale e-Indianapolis' i-Brickyard yodumo emjahweni wezimoto odume kakhulu nohlonishwayo e-America. Bonke abagibeli bazobe bebanga ukunqoba nethuba lokuphuza ubisi embuthanweni wabawinile, kodwa oyedwa kuphela ozowina. Kuwo wonke umlando wayo, i-Indy 500 ibone abashayeli namaqembu ahamba phambili emhlabeni eqhudelana ngendondo ye-Borg-Warner Trophy engaphezu kwama-200 alwela kanzima. Nawa amarekhodi angcono kakhulu angakusiza ukuthi ulungiselele umjaho walo nyaka.

Ngeke ukholwe ukuthi umnqobi omncane ubeneminyaka emingaki!

Isilinganiso sokuwina esisheshayo esimaphakathi

Sizoqala ngerekhodi elifingqa isivinini se-Indy 500…. Ngo-2013, uTony Kanaan, egijima neqembu le-KV Racing Technologies, wawina lo mjaho ngesivinini esiphezulu esimaphakathi esake saqoshwa.

Endleleni eya kufulegi elihloliwe ngaphambi kuka-Ryan Hunter-Reay, e-Kanaan wenze isilinganiso esingu-187.433 mph ngaphezu kwemizungezo engu-199. Kuyashesha impela. Cabanga ngenjabulo obungaba nayo uma ubungavunyelwa ukushayela emgwaqweni onguthelawayeka ngokushesha okuphindwe kathathu kunalokho ovunyelwe ukusebenza!

Izinga lokuwina eliphansi kakhulu

Ngakolunye uhlangothi lwe-spectrum, isivinini esiphansi esimaphakathi sokuwina sabekwa ngu-Ray Harrun ku-Marmon Wasp ngo-1911. Isivinini sakhe esimaphakathi ngaphezu kwama-laps angama-200 sasingu-74.59 mph. Nakuba leli nani lingase lingabi likhulu manje, ngo-1911 lalishesha kakhulu.

Uma kuqhathaniswa, iFord Model T yango-1911 yayinesivinini esiphezulu esingama-40-45 mph. Ngawo lowo nyaka futhi ubona i-Indianapolis 500 yokuqala esemthethweni njengoba siyayazi. Ukungena kubiza u-$1.

Ukugijima okushesha kakhulu emjahweni

Ngo-1996, owayengumshayeli weFormula One u-Eddie Cheever waqopha umlando osekhona nanamuhla. Phakathi nomjaho, uCheever uqede i-lap ku-1 mph. Yize eqophe umlando, uCheever uqede umjaho endaweni ka-236.103.

Abagibeli abaningi bazama, kodwa akekho owayekwazi ukufanisa isivinini sikaCheever ngalolo suku olubi. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, u-Cheever wawina ama-500 ku-Instant Classic.

Qhubeka uthole ukuthi yimuphi umgibeli omangalisayo onokuwina okulandelanayo kwe-Indy 500!

Ama-career amaningi awinayo - umshayeli

Abagibeli abathathu babelana ngalokhu kuhlonishwa okumangalisayo nokukhethekile futhi bonke bayizinganekwane ngokwazo. U-AJ Foyt, u-Al Unser no-Rick Mears bawine i-Indy 500 izikhathi ezi-4 umuntu ngamunye. UVoith wakwenza lokhu ngo-1961, 1964, 1967 no-1977.

U-User wenze i-quadrilogy yakhe ngo-1970, 1971, 1978 kanye no-1987. UMears waqeda isethi ngo-1979, 1984, 1988 kanye no-1991. Ukunqoba umjaho kanye kubalulekile, ukuphindaphinda kukwenza ube ngomunye wabahamba phambili, futhi ukuwenza izikhathi ezine kukwenza inganekwane.

I-Career Wins - Ithimba/Umnikazi

URoger Penske uthathe umhlalaphansi ezimotweni zomjaho ngo-1965. Ungenele imijaho emibili yeFormula One, wayengumpetha weSCCA Runner-up amahlandla amane, wawina iNASCAR Late Model Race eRiverside Speedway ngo-1, futhi wathathwa njengomshayeli onethalente ngokwedlulele.

Nokho, ithalente lakhe njengomnikazi weqembu likhulu ngokungangabazeki njengoba enqobe i-Indy 500 izikhathi ezingu-15. Ukuwina kwakhe kokuqala wafika noMark Donoghue ngo-1972 futhi okokugcina ngo-2018 nge-Willpower.

Iningi eliwina elandelanayo - umshayeli

Abagibeli abahlanu bawine i-Indy 500 ilandelana. Kuze kube yimanje akekho osekwazile ukuwina lo mjaho izikhathi ezintathu zilandelana okuyizinkomba zobunzima bomjaho nezinga lomqhudelwano.

Umshayeli uWilbur Shaw wawina ngo-1939 nango-1940, uMaury Rose ngo-1947 nango-1948. UBill Vukovic wabe esewina ngo-1953 nango-1954, kwathi u-Al Unser wawina ngo-1970 nango-1971 kwathi uHelio Castroneves ngo-2001 nango-2002.

Umnqobi omncane kunabo bonke

UTroy Rutman uwine i-Indy 1952 ka-500 eneminyaka engama-22 nezinsuku ezingama-80. UTroy uqhudelane ku-500 izikhathi eziyisishiyagalombili ngaphezulu kodwa waqeda kabili njengoba ehlangabezane nezinkinga zemishini kwengu-6 kuleyo mizamo eyisishiyagalombili.

Ngemva kwamashumi amathathu nanhlanu, kuzobekwa elinye irekhodi, kodwa hhayi u-Rutman. Umshayeli omdala kunabo bonke owake wawina i-The Greatest Spectacle in Racing uzongenela umqhudelwano owinile.

Qagela ukuthi kungaba ubani?

omdala owinile

U-Al Unser wodumo ungumgibeli omdala owawina umjaho we-Indy 500. Wayesalelwe yizinsuku ezinhlanu kusukela ehlanganisa iminyaka engu-48 ubudala lapho ewina umjaho ngo-1987, okuwukugcina kwakhe ukunqoba okune kwe-Indy 500.

U-Unser uqhubekile nokugijima kwaze kwaba ngu-1994 lapho athatha khona umhlalaphansi ngemuva kokuzama ukuthola amaphuzu angu-500 eneminyaka engu-55. Ngesikhathi ethatha umhlalaphansi, wayengomunye wabadlali abadala bezemidlalo.

Amaphuzu aphezulu phakathi kwabashayeli besifazane

Leli irekhodi okuqinisekile ukuthi lizowela esikhathini esizayo esiseduze. Abashayeli besifazane abaningi abanekhono baya ngokuya bethola indlela yokungena kwezemidlalo ezisezingeni eliphezulu futhi lo mdlalo uwonke ungcono kakhulu kuwo. Kuze kuvele inkanyezi elandelayo, umshayeli wendiza wesifazane othole amaphuzu aphezulu kakhulu u-Indy 500 kuzoba uDanica Patrick.

Ngo-2009, uPatrick, owayeshayela i-Andretti Green Racing, wathatha indawo yesi-3 ehloniphekile. Uwine umsebenzi owodwa ochungechungeni lwe-Indycar, e-Indy Japan 300 e-Twin Ring Motegi ngo-2008.

Umkhawulo Omkhulu Wokunqoba

Isihlabani somjaho waseFrance u-Jules Goux uphethe irekhodi lokunqoba okude kakhulu emjahweni we-Indy 500: imizuzu eyi-13 emangalisayo namasekhondi angu-8.4 emjahweni ka-1913. UGu uphinde waba ngumFulentshi wokuqala nowaseYurophu ukunqoba lo mjaho.

Kubikwa ukuthi uphuze amabhodlela amane e-champagne ngesikhathi eshayela wathi, "Ngaphandle kwewayini elimnandi, bengingeke ngiphumelele." Ngonyaka olandelayo, ukushayela uphuzile kwavalwa ku-Indy 500 ngezizathu ezisobala.

I-Margin Encane Yokunqoba

Ngo-1992, kwenzeka ingqophamlando ye-Indy 500: owawina kabili u-Al Unser Jr. wehlula uScott Goodyear ngamasekhondi angu-2 nje! Kuthatha isikhathi esiningi ukufunda igama elithi "shesha" kunebanga eliphakathi kwezimoto ezimbili.

Lona bekuwunyaka wokuqala kaGoodyear esizindeni sase-Indy. Uphinde wathatha indawo yesibili ngo-1997 walala isibili ekilasini eLe Mans ngo-2 ehamba ngemoto yePorsche GT yango-1996. Kuseduze kakhulu futhi kuze kube manje.

Futhi ngaphambili sizothola ukuthi yimuphi kubagibeli oqede imizuliswano eminingi ye-Indy 500 yesikhathi sonke!

Ama-career amaningi adlula

Kusukela ngo-1965 kuya ku-1990, kwaphinda futhi kusukela ngo-1992 kuya ku-1993, u-Al Unser wodumo wagijima ku-Indy 500. Nakuba enama-win amane ngesikweletu sakhe, angaphinde athi nguyena odle umhlanganiso kusekethe ngama-laps angama-644. umsebenzi weminyaka eminingi onemisebenzi engama-27 uyaqala.

Okungakholakali nakakhulu ukuthi ngo-1978 u-Al Unser wawina i-Indy 500, i-Pocono 500 ne-Ontario 500. Lokho kungamakhilomitha amathathu angama-500 okuwina ngonyaka owodwa!

I-Laps Led Dual Record

Umjaho we-Indy wango-1912 500 ubuyisenzakalo esiyingqayizivele futhi uphawuleka ngokuba nomshayeli ophethe irekhodi lokugijima kakhulu emjahweni ngaphandle kokuwina, kanye nokuzungeza okuncane okuqhutshwa umnqobi!

U-Ralph DePalma ubehola umjaho emlenzeni wesithathu wabe eseqala ukuhoxa enkundleni. Ngo-Lap 199 kwezingu-200 zakhe, imoto yakhe yaphelelwa amandla emhlane iqondile. Yena nomakhenikha wakhe baphushe imoto yawela entanjeni ukuze baqede ngamalengiso amaningi emjahweni (196) ngemuva komnqobi uJoe Dawson ohole imizuliswano embalwa kunabo bonke abawinile kabili.

Ama-laps amaningi ashayelwa umshayeli we-rookie

Umpetha we-Indy 500 osewine izikhathi ezimbili uJuan Pablo Montoya uhole imizuliswano engu-167 kwangu-200 endleleni eya ekunqobeni kwakhe ngo-2000. Lona umphumela wokushaya amaphuzu aphezulu kunawo wonke owake watholwa yi-rookie ku-Indy 500.

Ukuwina kukaMontoya ngalowo nyaka bekungokokuqala ngqa ukubamba iqhaza kusukela ngo-1966. Kumthathe iminyaka engu-15 ukuthola iwini yakhe yesibili kusukela eqede endaweni ka-15 kugridi ngo-2015. Leli gebe leminyaka engu-15 phakathi kokuwina lisebenza njengesikhumbuzo esihle sokuthi i-Indy 500 kumele kube nzima kangakanani ukuyiqonda.

Umgibeli uye wahola imijaho eminingi ye-Indy 500 futhi uyavutha ngokulandelayo kulolu hlu!

Imijaho eminingi iphele ingawinanga lutho

URex Mays unedumela elingabazisayo njengoba eseke wahola i-Indy 500 izikhathi eziyisishiyagalolunye kodwa wehluleka ukuguqula noma iyiphi yazo ibe yizinqola. Ngokungangabazeki uMays washesha, waqala izikhathi ezine emjahweni esuka epalini futhi eqala ohlwini lwabaphambili izikhawu eziyisikhombisa kwezingu-12 aseqhudelana nazo e-Indy.

Ngeshwa, imiphumela yakhe emihle yavela ngo-1940 nango-1941 lapho ephume isibili kuyo yomibili imijaho. Ngokudabukisayo, uMays washona engozini yemoto ngesikhathi egijima ngo-1949 eneminyaka engu-36.

Iningi liwina lisuka endaweni yesigxobo

U-Rick "Rocket Rick" Mears unerekhodi lokuwina kwe-Indy 500. Ngokulinganayo, uwine ezintathu zakhona ephuma esigxotsheni (1979, 1988, 1991). UMears uphinde abe yiChampion ye-Indycar Series yamahlandla amathathu enqobe umqhele ngo-3, 1979 kanye no-1981.

U-Rick Mears akayena umuntu ongaziwa ekuqaleni ohlwini lwangaphambili. U-Rick Mears unezikhundla ezingu-38 ze-Indycar pole emsebenzini wakhe. Namuhla, isithonjana se-Indy sisebenza njengomeluleki we-Penske Racing kanye no-Helio Castroneves.

Umsebenzi omningi we-Indy 500 uyaqala

Enye inganekwane yezemidlalo, u-AJ Foyt, inezibalo ezimangalisayo. Kanye nokuwina kwakhe okune kwe-Indy 500, u-Voith unomjaho omningi wokugijima kunanoma yimuphi umgijimi oneminyaka engama-35. Kunjalo, ugijime i-Indy 500 njalo ngonyaka iminyaka engu-35 elandelanayo kusukela ngo-1958.

U-Voith uhlukile futhi njengomshayeli wemijaho njengoba egijime kokubili izimoto ezinenjini yangaphambili nangemuva; ukunqoba kwakhe okune kuhlukaniswe ngokulinganayo phakathi kokucushwa okubili.

Inani elincane lezimoto entanjeni

Umjaho we-Indy 1966 wango-500 wawuzoba omunye wemijaho emikhulu kakhulu eyake yaba khona. Lo mkhakha ubugcwele phama abashayeli abanekhono emhlabeni okubalwa kubo uSir Jackie Stewart, Jim Clark, Mario Andretti, Graham Hill, Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones, Al Unser, AJ Foyt noCale Yarborough.

Namuhla, lo nyaka ukhunjulwa ngokudabukisayo njengonyaka wenani elincane lezimoto entanjeni: kuphela abaqalayo abangu-7 kwabangu-33 abaqede ama-laps angu-200 aphelele. Ingozi eyenzeke emlenzeni wokuqala iholele ekucekeleni phansi kwezimoto ezingu-11 kwathi ezinye ezingu-15 zaphahlazeka ngenxa yezinkinga zemishini.

Indawo yokuqala ephansi kakhulu yowinile

Owine izikhathi ezintathu kanye neHall of Famer uLouis Meyer waqala i-3 Indy 1936 endaweni yama-500. Ngalowo nyaka wathatha iwini, ukuwina kwakhe okwesithathu kwama-28, ngenkathi ehola imizuliswano engama-500. UMeyer uthathe umhlalaphansi njengomshayeli ngo-96 futhi wabuyela emsebenzini njengomakhenikha nomakhi wenjini.

Ehlangene no-Dale Drake, uzothatha izintambo zokuphatha ifekthri yenjini i-Ofenhauser futhi ngokuhlanganyela bazoklama futhi bakhiqize izinjini ze-Meyer-Drake Offy ezizobe zivelele emjahweni wakwa-Indy. Lezi zinjini zinike amandla wonke umuntu owinile we-Indy 500 isikhathi eside kakhulu.

Izitobhi zemigodi ezimbalwa

Izitobhi zemigodi seziyingxenye yomjaho kanye nengxenye yesu lomjaho. Ukuwasebenzisa ngendlela ezuzisa wena kuvame ukunquma ukuthi ubani owinile, ohluliwe nokuthi ubani okufanele achithe uphethiloli omningi ukuze wonge isikhathi sokufika ekupheleni komjaho.

Ungakholwa yini ukuthi emlandweni we-Indy 500, izimoto ezine ziqede umjaho wonke ngaphandle kwesitobhi esisodwa somgodi? UDave Evans waqala ukuwenza ngo-1931, walandelwa uCliff Berger ngo-1941, uJimmy Jackson ngo-1949 noJohnny Muntz ngo-1949.