Silly Season

[jarrambide]

Who, with whom, and how good will they be.

[Jonesi]

Who, with whom, and how good will they be.

Best guess so far. It will probably be Penske leading, with AGR, Ganassi & Rahal fighting for second.
14 DARREN MANNING A J FOYT RACING ABC SUPPLY CO
11 TONY KANAAN ANDRETTI / GREEN 7-ELEVEN PEPSI
26 MARCO ANDRETTI ANDRETTI / GREEN NYSE
27 DARIO FRANCHITTI ANDRETTI / GREEN KLEIN TOOLS / CanClb
7 DANICA PATRICK ANDRETTI / GREEN MOTOROLA
10 DAN WHELDON GANASSI TARGET
9 SCOTT DIXON GANASSI TARGET
4 VITOR MEIRA PANTHER REVIVE
55 KOSUKE MATSUURA PANTHER PANASONIC / ARTA
6 SAM HORNISH JR PENSKE RACING MOBIL1
3 HELIO CASTRONEVES PENSKE RACING MOBIL1
8 SCOTT SHARP RAHAL-LETTERMAN PATRON SPIRITS
17 JEFF SIMMONS RAHAL-LETTERMAN ETHANOL
2 TOMAS SCHECKTER VISION RACING VISION RACING
20 ED CARPENTER VISION RACING ROCK & REPUBLIC

[jarrambide]

No Buddy Rice?

[Alexamateo]

I heard somewhere Delphi was now going to be with Vitor and Panther. Is that true?

[Mark in Oshawa]

Buddy should get a ride, the guy is a 500 winner for crying out loud, but I guess that puts paid to the fact that you are as only as good as your last race...

[indycool]

Rumors around Indy are Rice possibly in a third Vision car.......and that Rahal-Letterman may still run a third if things come together.

[DRC]

Best guess so far. It will probably be Penske leading, with AGR, Ganassi & Rahal fighting for second.

I still think it'll be a two team chase (Penske and CGR), but I think we'll see more wins from AGR and maybe a win or two from Rahal and (hopefully) one for Vitor.

[Jonesi]

I still think it'll be a two team chase (Penske and CGR), but I think we'll see more wins from AGR and maybe a win or two from Rahal and (hopefully) one for Vitor.

That's not very far at all from my thinking. In '05 Penske & Ganassi teams were off in power, so they developed the chassis, when AGR didn't need to. I'm sure AGR has plans to catch up and will this off season. RLR had the trama of Dana death, and that takes months if not a whole year to recover.

[DocF225]

I think AGR will be in a "rebuilding" state this year. I know they're looking to TK to "mentor" Marco and Danica and DF's health might be a question mark.

If the media frenzy surrounding Danica dies down and the the team is allowed to operate without the constant barrage of non racing media attention, they could contend.

But the teams to beat will be Penske and Gnassi.

[Bbaker]

Sounds about like the last couple of year, but without the rookies that made such a large impact. Any of those going to get a shot with a good team?