Gentlemen, Start Your Wisecracks

Top 10 remarks overheard from IRL founder Tony George after the Indianapolis 500:

10. We only finished one lap down, baby.

9. Scott Sharp didn’t make it around Turn 1?

8. Sarah Fisher is a great driver . . . for a girl.

7. Buddy Lazier finished 18th and guaranteed a win for the IRL next year (so we’ve got that going for us).

6. Roger Penske only got two out of the first three.

5. Pass me a mint julep. This sure is a big track for horses. Oops, never mind.

4. Two years in a row for CART rookies?

3. Ask A.J. if he’s still having that barbecue tomorrow at his ranch.

2. You think we could talk to one of them Brazilian dudes, see if they might be interested in driving around in circles for every race?

1. We’re No. 7!

Brian Kowalchuk

Los Angeles

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Quick: Name the top two finishers of the Indy 500. Give up? The answer is Big Tobacco and Big Tobacco (Marlboro and Philip Morris).

Ed Byrne

Pomona