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31st May 2010, 16:29 #1Senior Member
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Firestone 550K
Race 7 of 17
Race - Firestone 550K
Location - Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
Date - Saturday, June 5th
Time & TV Schedule - 8PM Eastern Time (8:45 Green Flag) Versus
Course Type - 1.5 Mile Oval
Distance - 228 Laps / 342 Miles (550K)
Practice Sessions - Friday, June 4th - 1:45-2:55 PM & 8:00 -8:30 PM Eastern Time
Qualifications - Friday, June 4th - 4:35 -6:00 PM Eastern Time
2009 Pole Sitter - Dario Franchitti
2009 Winner - Helio Castroneves
**Note - All Times listed in Eastern Time, Texas is CDT time which is 1 hour behind EasternDanica Patrick- 2013 Sprint Cup Series Champion
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31st May 2010, 16:55 #2Senior Member
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Texas Motor Speedway Track Facts...
Width - 58 feet
Frontstretch - 2,250 feet
Backstretch - 1,330 feet
Total Distance -1.5 Mile oval
Banking - 24 degree turns & 5 degree straights
Total Permanent Seating - 138,122
Total Estimated Capacity - 191,122
Danica Patrick- 2013 Sprint Cup Series Champion
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2nd June 2010, 08:38 #3Senior Member
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Here is the entry list for the race.. 26 cars entered...
Car# & Driver / Car Name / Team
#2 Raphael Matos / HP Luczo Dragon / De Ferran Dragon Racing
#3 Helio Castroneves / Team Penske / Team Penske
#4 Dan Wheldon / National Guard Panther Racing / Panther Racing
#5 Takuma Sato / Lotus-KV Racing Technology / KV Racing Technology
#6 Ryan Briscoe / Team Penske / Team Penske
#7 Danica Patrick / Team GoDaddy.com / Andretti Autosport
#8 EJ Viso / PDVSA-Jet Aviation-KVRT / KV Racing Technology
#9 Scott Dixon / Target Chip Ganassi Racing / Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#10 Dario Franchitti / Energizer / Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#11 Tony Kanaan / Team 7-Eleven / Andretti Autosport
#12 Will Power / Verizon Team Penske / Verizon Team Penske
#14 Vitor Meira / ABC Supply Co.-AJ Foyt Racing / AJ Foyt Enterprises
#18 Milka Duno / CITGO / Dale Coyne Racing
#19 Alex Lloyd / Boy Scouts of America / Dale Coyne Racing
#22 Justin Wilson / Team Z-Line Designs / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#24 TBA / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#26 Marco Andretti / Team Venom Energy / Andretti Autosport
#32 Mario Moraes / KV Racing Technology / KV Racing Technology
#34 Mario Romancini / Conquest Racing / Conquest Racing
#36 Bertrand Baguette / Conquest Racing-RACB / Conquest Racing
#37 Ryan Hunter-Reay / Team IZOD / Andretti Autosport
#66 Jay Howard / Service Central-Sarah Fisher Racing / Sarah Fisher Racing
#67 Sarah Fisher / Dollar General-Sarah Fisher Racing / Sarah Fisher Racing
#77 Alex Tagliani / FAZZT Race Team / FAZZT Race Team
#78 Simona De Silvestro / Team Stargate Worlds-HVM / HVM Racing
#06 Hideki Mutoh / Formula Dream-Panasonic / Newman Haas RacingDanica Patrick- 2013 Sprint Cup Series Champion
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4th June 2010, 12:45 #4Senior Member
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Dont forget to tune in and watch qualifications today. I will get to see Danica get her first pole of the year!!
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Originally Posted by DanicaFan
Add Scheckter to the line-up as he's in the #24 for this race.
Dario for pole based on his indy speed.
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And Bourdais needs oval experience....the delusions continue. Originally Posted by DanicaFan
Dont forget to tune in and watch qualifications today. I will get to see Danica get her first pole of the year!!It isn't the car Danica...it is the space between the steering wheel and the seat.
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vs cameras in the team trailer!?!?
Sarah Fisher..... Team owner of a future Indy500 winning car!
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Briscoe for the win? He often needs a big bounce with the wall before he wakes up.
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Originally Posted by Lousada
as soon as the members across the racing boards start predicting he will be fired he shuts em up with a win....
last year he ran second...... but wasnt he about to lap the field and run away with it when the phantom yellow came out last year? or was it the year before i cant rememberSarah Fisher..... Team owner of a future Indy500 winning car!
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I believe it was last year when Briscoe got screwed
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