IndyCar's New Hampshire Screw Up

That double birdflip isn't a meltdown, it's a traditional Australian greeting. It's how we say hello to our friends and family

I must say I’m very thankful that this race was such a disaster. Will Power flipping off the tower is such a brilliant meme that I’ve used so many times

Will Power's double bird will live on forever in IndyCar history.

a silhouette of will power's iconic double bird pose should be the indycar series logo.

I wouldn't apologize if I was in Power's position. What he said about the official's decision was completely justified. Jamie Little saying "These are the officials who hand out penalties and fines, are you worried about possible repercussions?" I would've told Jamie "I don't care". But that's just me.

It was only 12 years later that Will Power would pull off the epic double bird at Road America

That double bird was my first introduction to Will Power. Been my dude in Indycar ever since.

I live in New Hampshire and was so bummed that this failed to continue. They did a miserable job promoting it. But I remember they chose the same weekend as the Portsmouth Air Show. Most people in the state went to that instead. Then the rain debacle… it was a mess. I wish they would give it another shot with a good promoter. I’d go in a heartbeat.

Will isn’t afraid to speak his mind, I met him on pit road this year, and he signed my IndyCar from 2018, second closest person to the late Dan Wheldon, such an amazing personality and character

The rare "Double Bird", often reported but seldom seen!

I enjoyed this 19 minute video of context explaining Will Power's double bird that I've seen in some motorsport compilations xD

Knowing Will Power for many years, it took a lot to get him this pissed. Dude has seen a lot and rarely overreacts.

I remember watching this one. Besides the stupid call to go green in the wet I was kinda amazed there was so much carnage in this race. I know they wernt racing at Phoenix at this point either but Phoenix had ran Indy for 30 years. Flat small track kinda like NH. People had their doubts. I guess they were right though cause they havent been back since. Phoenix has been run a few times though since.

As a New Hampshire native, I would like to see this series come back. Maybe on the road course but I think New Hampshire deserves more than one cup race a year whether imsa, indycar, nascar. Just frustrating that we get left with this.

I have lived in NH my whole 25 years on Earth. Racing has been in my blood since i was born. I HATE seeing the town folk and track owners ruining what could be a great facility. This place used to be packed every event no matter what. Now you see so many open camping spots and seats obviously even after tearing down all of 3&4 seating. Dirt track was a cool addition but it was for AFT more than anything so bigger dirt series wont ever be there. Roadcourse could easily have work. Track could easily be rebuilt to have something more enjoyable. Then have ability to bring more in as time goes on. Lights is the biggest topic. Its nearly always 90+ degrees race weekend its miserable. If we had our September race and not July youd see a huge difference too. September can be hot but rarely as hot as July. Hurts seeing a track i loved so much as a kid and still do falling down a spiral towards the outcome of Kentucky. NHMS will never completly die as local divisions will always race here but just sucks i could go on and on all day and night about things this track use to do, Should do but wont do.

Such an incredibly stupid bit of officiating. I was indifferent to Will Power before but this was the moment I became a fan for life. His exasperation in that moment summed up so much of what I felt about the whole Brian Barnhart era of indycar racing.

I love how so many drivers were talking through the radios about the track being unsuitable but dude in the booth said he heard nothing. That’s highly unlikely. More likely he heard it all and gave the go ahead anyway because ending on a rain delay doesn’t make as much money as ending on a green flag. Just another example of how racing has become a business and entertainment first and a SAFE competition second.

Have you thought about a video on The Great Brian Barnhart? This race, the 2003 Indy 500 where Paul Tracy "lost" the race because of his screwup, 2010 Edmonton where Castroneves had his win stolen because he took the apex of a corner ahead of Scott Dixon, and almost the whole commentary from Motegi 2011 where the announcers spend most of the race ragging on Barnhart is a good start.

My friend Billy and I were there. We walked back to the car before the willpower middle finger moment but when we both looked over at the screen that you could see from the back stretch parking lot it was will power giving us the finger and I thought that that was hilarious.. While bill and I admitted man that was really cool those cars were fast they sounded cool it was the craziest race we'd ever been to and I have video from our point of view of that Porta-Potty flipping over. We went home totally confused and with me quoting the bill France thing where hey you don't change the race that just happened in front of the people. We didn't know at all cuz they don't talk about it on any radio station like NASCAR so we get home and they had completely changed the results Just confusing and I haven't seen another Indy race since in person. Another notable thing was they were playing the same song they play for those dog shelters, in the hour of the Angels or something and just the absolute most terrible music, the Nascar race immediately after that had them throwing the green flag to Master of puppets so you be the judge no comparison LOL Indy seemed very lightweight, bougie didn't care about the fans and just insisted on itself something that really when you're going home not even knowing who the winner was was hilarious is all I can say because how great can that be how great a race? Imagine if all of this Hocus pocus crap happened at the Indy 500 but instead they took our $75 for a race called the move the block or whatever it was called this everything stupid and did not care a crap about the fans comfort or entertainment or anything And I'm glad I've got to share this manifesto with somebody who at least saw it on tape cuz it was a shitshow from beginning to end. No one to help us even Park we will park in the VIP zone for the for the entire time and realize well we don't even want to be around these bougie asses!, We walked in and walked around the track before they even set up their damn ticket booth which they set up their ticket booth like an hour before the race which leave the door open for the entire day like they did I don't know? Disrespectful people walking around wearing orange not doing their job literally letting people get in for free. They're friends, other teenagers LOL It was a mess is all I can say I could walk through every moment of the 6-hour experience of being at the track that day and every single thing that happened was insanely obvious they didn't care about the fans the racers or anything it seemed.. Again all of this print about it I've held inside since the day it happened LOL thank you for making this video And by God imagine being in that God damn Porta-Potty!

Loudon is one of those tracks where the racing absolutely blows but the atmosphere with the fans is absolutely amazing.