So there we were in February, a fellow IndyCar addict and I, chewing the fat and predicting who would win the IndyCar championship, who would win Rookie of the Year, who would be most improved driver, who would win the Indy 500, who would win the 500’s Rookie of the Year honors… We didn’t write down our predictions and, since we’re both hovering around the half-century mark, our short- to mid-term memories are patchy at best.
But we were certainly wise enough (or uncertain enough) not to put any money on it, and that’s just as well because I think I went for Colton Herta as champion, Scott Dixon as Indy 500 winner, Kyle Kirkwood as Rookie of the Year and David Malukas as Indy 500 Rookie of the Year. Now, in my defense, Malukas should have gotten that last one, but there’s a voting system element to that accolade, so its destiny is vulnerable to folk obstructing the course of justice. Ah well.
