Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio

[harvick#1]

I'm so tired of hearing about Danica. If she does well I'd be the first to admit it but aside from Texas she's sucked all year.

she should've been blackflagged at Texas though, BB had no balls to do it though

[DavePI2]

amazing he blackflags helio though

[TURN3]

Turn3, I was at Mid-Ohio last year. Danica didnt finish well because Mike Conway punted her car into the gravel trap which caused her to go 2 laps down. She would of placed much higher than 19th had that not happened since she qualified 12th.

What place was she running in when she turned down on Conway? Oh yeah! She was doing Grrrreat!

[beachgirl]

What place was she running in when she turned down on Conway? Oh yeah! She was doing Grrrreat!

And she wouldn't have ended up two laps down if she hadn't immediately given up and unbuckled. When Michael told her to get back on track, the safety crew had to buckle her back in.

[DanicaFan]

IndyCar has allowed 27 cars for this year's Mid-Ohio race. They had the rule of 26 but revised it to allow 27. This is good.

Some notes: Mario Romancini is out for this race. During last week's tests at Mid-Ohio, Conquest Racing had Francesco Dracone testing in that #34 car.

Other part-time drivers we will see at the track at this race are..

#27 Adam Carroll - Andretti Autosport
#02 Graham Rahal - Newman-Haas Racing
#24 JR Hildebrand - Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#67 Jay Howard - Sarah Fisher Racing

[DanicaFan]

Here is a lap around Mid-Ohio with Helio Castroneves..

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[Dr. Krogshöj]

IndyCar has allowed 27 cars for this year's Mid-Ohio race. They had the rule of 26 but revised it to allow 27. This is good.

I don't think it is good because if they didn't allow 27 cars, Milka wouldn't have been able to start the race unless she outqualified someone.

[DanicaFan]

I don't think it is good because if they didn't allow 27 cars, Milka wouldn't have been able to start the race unless she outqualified someone.

Dont worry, this will play out with Milka like it has in the past. Her practice speeds will be so slow, she wont qualify and start at the back and be taken out early in the race due to her speed again.

[GRW1983]

Dont worry, this will play out with Milka like it has in the past. Her practice speeds will be so slow, she wont qualify and start at the back and be taken out early in the race due to her speed again.

That may be the case DanicaFan, but if they'd thought about it they wouldn't need to do this as if they'd kept it at 26 cars allowed to start, she (on speed alone) would definitely be 27th and be a DNQ. Then, there would be no need to remove her from the race for being too slow.

[SarahFan]

But what if she had drawn to be in the second qualifying group ( the one with 13 qualifiers instead of 14) then she will be put in the 26th position and a faster car would have been bumped ..

Sounds to me like Indy made a good decision .... There was a 50/50'chance a faster car would be in that 27th position