Jebus! As things in the US took a severe jolt... Indycar still went on. Two races in Iowa, one last night, one today.
Last night, Malukas dropped his tires onto the apron and ruined his night along with Canapino and Grosjean. Herta was kicking butt... until he pitted and the yellow came out. Then everyone else got to pit under yellow. Herta seems cursed. Will Power goofed on a restart which sent Fitapaldi (Christian, not Emmo) and Carpenter out of the race. McLaughlin took the lead soon after the Herta issue, and that was about it. Behind him, Veekay kept crawling up the order, and his pit crew kept sending him out quicker. He finished in fifth. Ferruci wanted to take fifth on the last restart, but Veekay was having none of it. Those two were fun to watch last night (at least during the restarts). Palou screwed up twice, with the second mistake taking himself out of the race. Very unusual.
Today was a story of blind, but strategic, luck. Will Power was sitting back, had a good car, but was saving fuel. Enough fuel to hope that an anvil fell from the sky and landed on a wayward duck on the backstretch after everyone else pitted but before he did. Well, no anvil or duck, but he got his yellow. And the circumstances plopped him into second place. In the second set of pitstops, Penske's team did their thing and got Power out in front of Palou. And they finished 1, 2. McLaughlin finished third. Horrific accident at the end, with Rossi apparently out of fuel and either Sting Ray Robb out of spotters or Sting Ray needs to quit, as he nearly Freejack'd it (reference to a bad movie from the 90s), did some flips. It was bad. The accident caused Rossi, Carpenter, and Kirkwood to fall out. That did help Veekay get a top ten though, so silver lining. Robb went to the hospital, he should be okay. I don't see him driving for Foyt (or anyone in Indycar) next year.
The good and bad, there was passing on restarts, but after 5 to 10 laps, it stopped. Ferruci and Veekay were among the best, though Veekay more last night than today. The race was effectively everyone in line. Then there were pitstops which led to more place changes.
There were races in MoSport and Sao Paolo, but just not enough time to cover it all.