Fans of Family Guy will be familiar with the several times when Peter Griffin has clumsily demolished the front of his pal Cleveland’s house while the occupant is in the bathtub. Suddenly the bathroom floor tilts forward, and Cleveland rides the porcelain down to his front lawn, yelling with increasing anxiety, “No, No, Noo, Nooo, Noooo!”
Myself and those around me sounded much the same while watching David Malukas and Takuma Sato battle through the final stint of Iowa Speedway’s second race, convinced at least one of them was going to end up in the SAFER barrier. The 0.894-mile oval can induce several moments like these, but here were two teammates – one a rookie, the other a veteran famed for not conceding defeat – and of course, intra-team clashes that end in damage for either or both cars are motorsport’s big no-no-noo-nooo, etc.
