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Smoking Hondas and TV commercials. That's who's not winning the Indy 500

What's worse than a four-hour delay to Sunday's Indy 500 after torrents of rain flooded into Speedway? Obviously it's the deluge of commercials.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials may've lifted a local blackout to the 108th running of the Indy 500, but some fans on social media were quick to complain a glut of TV commercials made "the greatest spectacle in racing" nearly unwatchable.

"NBC, I am begging you to offer an option to watch Indycar ad free," wrote Neil Scheibelhut on X, formerly Twitter. "It's the same story every year, more commercials than racing. I understand you have to pay the bills, but give me an option."

And when the race wasn't being interrupted with travel ads to Alaska, it seems racecars with Honda engines kept crashing, or bursting into flames. Here's what people were saying about it on social media.

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John Tufts covers trending news for the Indianapolis Star. Send him a news tip at JTufts@Gannett.com.

This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Indy 500 fans mad at commercials, Honda share their feelings