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Kirkwood’s wild Detroit win & Power ramming incident analysed (ad-free)
🕑 Added 2025-06-05 12:14:39 +0000 UTCThis week’s episode of The Race IndyCar Podcast tackles a typically wild street course weekend, with Detroit throwing up plenty of controversy on and off track.
Matt Beer joins Jack Benyon to break down Kyle Kirkwood’s win, assess his credentials as Palou’s closest rival long-term, and work out how he went from being rammed in practice to a barnstorming series of overtakes to win.
Speaking of Kirkwood being rammed, the duo analyse IndyCar’s decision not to penalise Will Power for being the perpetrator.
Santino Ferrucci’s post-race weight-rule infraction spurned a discussion over IndyCar penalties more generally, while there’s also time to chat about Rinus VeeKay and the “Einstein” of IndyCar...
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KidColtron
My counter argument to Will Power being in the wrong is : Why is it being allowed for people to be going excessively slow on an in-lap? Tires be damned there should be a minimum speed. If he had damaged either of the cars I think a penalty would have been warranted. Neither car was damaged. I applaud the Stewards for swallowing their whistle.
Daniel Hayes
Beer/Benyon combo is great! Would love a listeners' questions section.
