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Key takeaways
- That was the chatter on Sunday's pre-race grid, that everyone's axis felt a bit askew.
- The week started with a scary crosswind practice crash that cracked the wrist and ankle of Alexander Rossi.
- "The questions are, who will make it happen and what will it be?"
Why this matters: a sports story that could shift standings, legacies, or fan conversations.
Not awful. Not wrong. Not even all that rainy. Just, off. Like dancing slightly out of step. That was the chatter on Sunday's pre-race grid, that everyone's axis felt a bit askew.
The week started with a scary crosswind practice crash that cracked the wrist and ankle of Alexander Rossi. NASCAR legend Kyle Busch's sudden passing on Thursday certainly cast darkness over the racetrack where he won a pair of Brickyard 400s. The looming, constant threat-of-rain clouds cast actual darkness and did so all weekend long.
"In my experience, weeks like this one, where something maybe feels just, yeah, off, those Mays, that's when something happens, something good, something epic, and right at the end," Graham Rahal said on the eve of the 2026 Indianapolis 500, the 110th and his 19th. "The questions are, who will make it happen and what will it be?"