Accolades, congratulations flow in for Hinchcliffe after Indy 500 pole

INDIANAPOLIS – People love a good story and James Hinchcliffe scoring the pole position for Sunday’s 100th Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil is undoubtedly a good one.

Unsurprisingly, it didn’t take long for the congratulatory tweets to start flowing.

Hinchcliffe edged Josef Newgarden by 0.0407 of a second over four laps and 10 miles, or 0.060 of a mile an hour.

Here was Hinchcliffe’s reaction on Twitter of his own:

Tough to put today into words. It was a good day. All I can say is thank you. pic.twitter.com/JftCCIOmuH

— James Hinchcliffe (@Hinchtown) May 23, 2016

Check out reactions to Hinchcliffe’s pole, below, merely just from most of the IndyCar field and a couple key others:

RESILIENCE WORKS. Congrats @Hinchtown on Pole for #Indy500

— Mario Andretti (@MarioAndretti) May 22, 2016

What a story. We are happy to see you up front @Hinchtown. Excited to race against you on Sunday for the 100th #Indy500

— Team Penske (@Team_Penske) May 23, 2016

Thanks everyone for the support,good effort for the @shellracingus @Team_Penske now let's get ready for the big one!Congrats @Hinchtown 👏🏻👏🏻

— Helio Castroneves (@h3lio) May 23, 2016

Awesome work by both @Hinchtown and @josefnewgarden, as well as their teams (@SPMIndyCar and our boys at @ECRIndy). Mega work fellas!!

— JR Hildebrand (@JRHildebrand) May 22, 2016

And BIG, HUUUUUGE CONGRATULATION to my team mate @Hinchtown!!! Man you rocked up there!!!Well deserved!!@SPMIndyCar pic.twitter.com/qY5GVD1QxU

— Mikhail Aleshin (@mikhailaleshin) May 22, 2016

Congratulations to James Hinchcliffe @Hinchtown on your pole in Indianapolis. Nice reward after what that place did to you last year!

— Chip Ganassi (@GanassiChip) May 23, 2016

Massive respect to @Hinchtown for grabbing pole for the #indy500.
Serious come back.

— M A X Chilton (@maxchilton) May 22, 2016

Congrats @Hinchtown well deserved! Crazy how things play out. Happy for you mate.

— Scott Dixon (@scottdixon9) May 22, 2016

YES!!! Go on @Hinchtown !!Pole position for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 #redglovesrule .from kebab to pole position, awesome 👍

— Dario Franchitti (@dariofranchitti) May 22, 2016

Way to go man! Congrats!! @Hinchtown

— Spencer Pigot (@SpencerPigot) May 22, 2016

Wow… @Hinchtown just incredible. #indy500 #P1

— Conor Daly (@ConorDaly22) May 22, 2016

Huge congrats to @Hinchtown & Sam Schmidt! @SPMIndyCar put the hammer down today #Indy500 #indyCar pic.twitter.com/WScjLDcYgk

— Simon Pagenaud (@simonpagenaud) May 22, 2016

What a difference a year makes. Pole position @Hinchtown 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽. Congrats brother, what a come back!!!

— Marco Andretti (@MarcoAndretti) May 22, 2016

Huge congrats to a well deserved pole winner, my buddy @Hinchtown – his journey over the past year is nothing short of astounding.

— Ryan Hunter-Reay (@RyanHunterReay) May 23, 2016

Congrats @Hinchtown on your Indy 500 Pole! Well done.

— Michael Andretti (@michaelandretti) May 23, 2016

If it's not us on the Pole for #Indy500, happy for to see it go to our old friend @hinchtown. Congrats, Mr. Mayor. #ItsAllInTheRecovery

— Andretti Autosport (@FollowAndretti) May 22, 2016

Wow congrats to @Hinchtown starting on pole #Indy500 incredible story . And great job also from the whole @FollowAndretti team.

— Simona De Silvestro (@simdesilvestro) May 23, 2016

Hurts to not be on pole but u can't help but smile for @Hinchtown Couldn't be happier for him.

— Townsend Bell (@townsendbell) May 23, 2016

Congrats @Hinchtown 🇨🇦 #indypole @ims https://t.co/fOuej2De6s

— Alex Tagliani (@tagliani) May 22, 2016

Congrats to @Hinchtown for getting pole! What a story. #Indy500

— Matthew Brabham (@MattyBrabs) May 22, 2016

So happy for @Hinchtown today! Thrilled to see him + @HondaRacing_HPD on pole! 😀 #IndyCar #Indy500

— Pippa Mann (@PippaMann) May 23, 2016

Wow! What a team this two have put together. Pole and all 3 cars qualified in the top 10 for the… https://t.co/P58OTLFS2r

— Oriol Servia (@OriolServia) May 22, 2016

Fairytale story. Congratulations @Hinchtown. So happy for you. #TurnUp #Indy50 #Pole

— Alexander Rossi (@AlexanderRossi) May 22, 2016

For more, I’d recommend taking the time to wade through the Mentions of @Hinchtown. The Mayor would likely approve this message.

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