In all that vast host of men...

[rain_gryphon]

So, now I'm back home from Memorial Day. I got to see Takuma Sato, one of my favourite drivers, win the Indianapolis Five Hundred, and hang out with mom for a few days as well.

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It's probably safe to say that Takuma Satop isn't one of this fellow's favourites. I think that on the one hand, it's sad that anyone would still feel resentful three-quarters of a century after the war*, but on the other hand, firing the man was IMHO an over-reaction.

* A war, moreover, in which we administered one of history's most comprehensive beatdowns since Carthage pissed off Rome, then completed our victory by rebuilding their society to be pro-American.

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At 5'5", Sato is apparently the shortest man to ever win the Five Hundred. Surprisingly, he's one of about six or so who won their first Five Hundred when they were over 40 years of age.

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Delicious cherries and cold milk! Now we'll see if I'm harder to kill than Ol' Zachary Taylor.

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When regarding the hundreds of thousands at the Speedway, I'm always reminded of Hannibal's statement before the battle of Cannae, as true today as it was then: "In all that vast host of men, there is not one named Gizgo".

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Space-X static fires a Falcon Heavy core unit. I love Elon Musk's attitude: "One way or another, launch is guaranteed to be exciting".

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I am disappointed in the Smithsonian. When you're converting the thrust to rotary motion, it's no longer a "jet". It's a turbine engine.

Comments

[loganberrybunny]

I do like Sato -- but then, as far as I can tell, pretty much everyone does. He's a very likeable guy. If Alonso couldn't win (or Max Chilton, who's been rather overlooked!) then Sato was a pretty good alternative.

[rain_gryphon]

He's way popular, yeah. He and Tony Kanaan are the two guys that absolutely everyone, on and off the track, likes, and now they've both won the Five Hundred. When he was getting out of the car, AJ Foyt, whose team he quit to go to Andretti (and for whom he almost won in 2012) came running up with most of his crew to congratulate him, obviously delighted to see him win. You don't always see that from ex-teams.

Chilton I thought deserved to be Rookie of the Year, having led fully a quarter of the race and finished fourth, but they gave that to Alonso.

[allaboutweather.livejournal.com]

I guess that sportswriter doesn't know how to let go of a grudge apparently. XD

[xolo.livejournal.com]

That still makes me sad.