Curt and Kevin Talk Toronto, Championship Standings, Brickyard 400, and more!

Tonight on Trackside, Kevin and Curt recap the race at Toronto, and Kevin’s rough travel schedule with technical difficulties keeping him seated on his plane for seven hours. They talk about how Kyle Kirkwood was the perfect teammate for Colton Herta this weekend, and how if Colton was second and Kirkwood was first, Herta might have been more aggressive at passing his teammate. They debate on whether the two teammates will be more competitive next time if this situation happens again, and they run through the field to talk about how Ganassi and Penske performed. They talk about the caution debacle that led to a huge pileup, and what IndyCar will do going forward.  Later on, Curt and Kevin talk about how Alex Palou has pulled away in the championship standings, with a 48-point cushion going into the last few races of the season. Curt talks about how good Palou has been on ovals, and how consistent Palou has been with always getting top 5s. They talk about how it would require Palou to finish 18th or worse in two races for him to lose the championship.   To round out the first hour, Kevin reads some listener tweets, and how Scott Dixon is Mr. IndyCar. He also answers a question about splitting up qualifying for cleaner laps.  In the second hour of the show, the two talk about the Brickyard 400 and Kyle Larson’s win, and the controversy surrounding the finish. Conor Daly and Marco Andretti competed in the Brickyard weekend, and Kevin and Curt talk about how they performed. The two also provide an update on Alexander Rossi’s injury, and when he will be back in the car. They discuss the options McLaren could have had outside of Theo Pourchaire for this weekend, and some drama around Pourchaire’s comments about McLaren. They also talk about Oliver Askew being on-site but not racing, and why they chose Pourchaire.  Later in the second hour, they talk about O’Ward and Palou during qualifying, and how Palou was penalized for impeding Pato’s lap. Kevin encourages the idea of single car qualifying, and how it would benefit teams and drivers. Curt brings up how that could cause issues timing wise, and prefers three groups.  Kevin ends the show talking about what they missed, and reading tweets, including predicting the Simpson caution. He also answers a question about Fox making Iowa go down to one race. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.