Episode #538: 2024 IndyCar Bonmarito 500 Review

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Well, that was chaotic. IndyCar headed to Gateway for the Bonmarito 500 and the beginning of its five-race post-Olympics run-in to close out the section, and the back end of its race was riddled with more messy racing.
Will Power and David Malukas collide when fighting for the lead, with the meme lord going into the wall, a controversial restart by Josef Newgarden leading to Power crashing, and the American being handed an easy win with Scott McLaughlin finishing second. But Race Direction once again came under scrutiny for how they handled that restart. Was Newgarden gaming the rules or were the stewards asleep at the wheel again?
There's also a deep dive into IndyCar's new charter system, nicknamed the 3/22/25/27 programme. The show goes into greater detail, but it freezes out newcomers Prema in 2025 from the Leader's Circle or Charters. Is IndyCar showing the same kind of exclusionary attitudes that F1 and MotoGP are starting to show?
And finally, what about silly season? Is Alexander Rossi on the brink of now being on the 2025 grid? All that and more on another Motorsport101!