Tony Kanaan In Prelude To The Dream

[DanicaFan]

Tony Kanaan of Andretti Autosport in the IndyCar Series will be competing at Eldora Speedway this Wednesday, June 9th for the Prelude To The Dream. Dario Franchitti had an invitation but due to his testing at Watkins Glen International the same day for IndyCar, he will not be able to make it. Tony Kanaan will be also be testing at Watkins Glen but he will make the trip to Eldora Speedway and race.

This is awesome! I am going to this race again this year. Go Tony !!

[Chamoo]

I'm sort of surprised Danica was not asked to go. There were grumblings that Danica would be in the third Stewart/Haas car in 2011, which would make her an obvious choice for the invite once Dario turned it down, and it would had upped the ratings dramatically I would think.

[beachgirl]

Only if she got paid to do it.

[DanicaFan]

I'm sort of surprised Danica was not asked to go. There were grumblings that Danica would be in the third Stewart/Haas car in 2011, which would make her an obvious choice for the invite once Dario turned it down, and it would had upped the ratings dramatically I would think.

I would love to see her at Eldora but that 3rd car at Stewart Haas will go to Kasey Kahne in 2011 for an easy transition to Hendrick Motorsports in 2012.

[Mark in Oshawa]

Danica doesn't like loose race cars. Anyone who has seen 5 seconds of a car at Eldora realizes that loose is an understatement. Being sideways for that long would either cure her of her fear, or drive her insane. I also just don't think she likes to get dirty...lol

[harvick#1]

Good luck Tony, I've never gotten a chance to ever watch the DTTD, basically cause its PPV, but I always miss the tapes also.

I'm sure TK is gonna have a blast

[Scotty G.]

Good for Tony.

Ridiculous that it took this long for one of the Indy Car guys to actually sack up and run this event.

TK might be surprised how many folks are there in attendance.

[Mark in Oshawa]

Good for Tony.

Ridiculous that it took this long for one of the Indy Car guys to actually sack up and run this event.

TK might be surprised how many folks are there in attendance.

I think the timing of it and sponsor conflicts have kept them away. I don't think it for a second was a case of Indycar guys not having the guts to run a dirt car. I bet given a chance, most of them couldn't get there fast enough....

TK oughta be a fun guy to watch and hear, and Kudo's to Tony for inviting him. The real reason not many IRL guys are there is that this is an invitation only deal. Talk to Tony Stewart about inviting more IRL guys....

[Scotty G.]

The real reason not many IRL guys are there is that this is an invitation only deal. Talk to Tony Stewart about inviting more IRL guys....


When he keeps inviting the Indy 500 winner every year and they keep finding excuses not to show up, why should he bend over backward for them?

Plus with Indy Cars lack of popularity and awareness in this country, its probably lucky Stewart thought enough to invite any of them to come. Its not like the place needs more paying customers.

[Easy Drifter]

Should have Sarah there!
It may have been a while but she understands dirt!

[Mark in Oshawa]

When he keeps inviting the Indy 500 winner every year and they keep finding excuses not to show up, why should he bend over backward for them?

Plus with Indy Cars lack of popularity and awareness in this country, its probably lucky Stewart thought enough to invite any of them to come. Its not like the place needs more paying customers.

He invites them and they don't come, and that is fine. I do think the IRL should all but put a gun to their heads to make someone come. That said, I cannot see TK ever turning down a chance like that. Tagliani wouldn't either. Hell, Dixon turned them down but had a legitimate conflict. Helio? lol.....well c' mon Scott, fancy dancer isn't going to race a dirt car.....so I give you THAT point, but I suspect if you took a poll of the IRL garage, most of them would go.

What is more, you can bad mouth the IRL all you want, but you must be a masochist because you keep coming back to declare them dead, and they keep living...

[DanicaFan]

I am pumped! The race is on at Eldora Speedway. Im heading out in just a few. We have a group of about 12 of us going. Going to be a great night of racing. Go Tony Kanaan!!!

[Mark in Oshawa]

I am pumped! The race is on at Eldora Speedway. Im heading out in just a few. We have a group of about 12 of us going. Going to be a great night of racing. Go Tony Kanaan!!!

THis might be the first time in ages you actively cheer for anyone who isn't Danica? lol

Hey, you had a good night Saturday anyhow.

Tonight, you will be really entertained for sure...

[anthonyvop]

Too bad they don't invite a Rally racer. I would like to see Loeb or Hirvonen get a shot at those guys.

[00steven]

It will be interesting to see how TK does on dirt against the cup guys. I'm going to predict a win for Kyle Busch.

[booger]

$25 bucks to watch this? I bet a ticket isn't that expensive. Bring back Thursday night thunder on ESPN! That was as fun as it gets but, alas, money talks and bs walks! Too bad too. I'd have loved to watch this. Watch out motorsports. You're pricing yourself out of the market!

[booger]

Anybody watching this? How 'bout a report? Thanks in advance!

[Scotty G.]

"This is the most fun I've ever had a race track".

Tony Kanaan, Rossburg, Ohio- June 2010.



Probably a hell of a lot fun, being with a bunch of real racers and 20,000 real race fans and away from the cluster-**** team he is with in Indy Car.


Dirt oval racing: The true history and heritage of American open wheel racing. :)

[garyshell]

Dirt oval racing: The true history and heritage of
American open wheel racing. :)


Hmmm, I thought it was board tracks. No?

Gary

[anthonyvop]

Dirt oval racing: The true history and heritage of American open wheel racing. :)


Wanna read something funny?

The real heritage of "open Wheel" racing in the US is not on the dirt. it isn't on an oval. It isn't even on a track.

The real heritage is on a street course.


The First American Automobile Race

At 8:55 a.m. on November 28, 1895, six "motocycles" left Chicago's Jackson Park for a 54 mile race to Evanston, Illinois and back through the snow. Number 5, piloted by inventor J. Frank Duryea, won the race in just over 10 hours at an average speed of about 7.3 miles per hour! The winner earned $2,000, the enthusiast who named the horseless vehicles "motocycles" won $500, and the Chicago Times-Herald, sponsor of the race, declared:

Persons who are inclined…to decry the development of the horseless carriage…will be forced…to recognize it as an admitted mechanical achievement, highly adapted to some of the most urgent needs of our civilization.

"The Future of the Motocycle", The Chicago Times-Herald, November 29, 1895.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov28.html

http://i764.photobucket.com/albums/xx289/kuretic/American%20Autoracing/1895_chicago-evanston_-_frank__left.jpg

[beachbum]

Too bad they don't invite a Rally racer. I would like to see Loeb or Hirvonen get a shot at those guys.Do you know who Travis Pastrada is, and what he has been doing lately?

[beachbum]

Typed too fast. It is Travis Pastrana.

[beachgirl]

$25 bucks to watch this? I bet a ticket isn't that expensive. Bring back Thursday night thunder on ESPN! That was as fun as it gets but, alas, money talks and bs walks! Too bad too. I'd have loved to watch this. Watch out motorsports. You're pricing yourself out of the market!

If you would take the time to check into this, you will find that a large percentage of the PPV charge also goes to the charities who benefit from this show. Nobody involved in the PTTD gets paid - not the racers, not the crews, not the car owners, the announcers and production crew are all voluntary, etc. etc. It's for a great cause, and really, the racing doesn't get much better than the Prelude. Sorry you missed it.

[anthonyvop]

Do you know who Travis Pastrada is, and what he has been doing lately?

Pastrana, Ken Block, L'Stange, ACP...They would all surprise the roundy-roundy guys.

[booger]

Oops! Sorry about that. Just read about it this a.m. Good causes.

[chuck34]

So who won, and how did TK do?

[DanicaFan]

So who won, and how did TK do?

Jimmie Johnson won. Tony Kanaan was 24th, there were 27 drivers.

Here are results..

1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Clint Bowyer
3. Carl Edwards
4. Kyle Busch
5. Denny Hamlin
6. Tony Stewart
7. Dave Blaney
8. Kasey Kahne
9. Ken Schrader
10. Bill Elliott
11. AJ Allmendinger
12. Bobby Labonte
13. Joey Logano
14. Aric Almirola
15. Marcos Ambrose
16. Ryan Newman
17. Ray Evernham
18. Matt Kenseth
19. Ricky Carmichael
20. Ron Capps
21. David Reutimann
22. Jeff Gordon
23. Travis Pastrana
24. Tony Kanaan
25. Cruz Pedregon
26. Justin Allgaier
27. Kenny Wallace

[Lee Roy]

Pastrana, Ken Block, L'Stange, ACP...They would all surprise the roundy-roundy guys.

So how'd Pastrana do?

[anthonyvop]

So how'd Pastrana do?

Doing just fine.

Probably counting his money.


How did those guys do at the ROC?

[Scotty G.]

Jimmie Johnson won. Tony Kanaan was 24th, there were 27 drivers.




He was the top finishing Brazilian. ;)

[garyshell]

If you would take the time to check into this, you will find that a large percentage of the PPV charge also goes to the charities who benefit from this show. Nobody involved in the PTTD gets paid - not the racers, not the crews, not the car owners, the announcers and production crew are all voluntary, etc. etc. It's for a great cause, and really, the racing doesn't get much better than the Prelude. Sorry you missed it.


Well they sure kept that spotlight under a barrel! I saw several ads for this on tv and not a single one mentioned that it was a charity event. Too bad. I think it might have made a BIG difference to folks contemplating spending the 25 bucks.

Gary

[Scotty G.]

After listening to TK tonight in a interview on Trackside, he is still very pissed with Danica.

Also stated that one of these days that trailing car isn't going to back out of it like he did, and its going to be a big one.

I wonder where I have heard that before? ;)

[DanicaFan]

Well they sure kept that spotlight under a barrel! I saw several ads for this on tv and not a single one mentioned that it was a charity event. Too bad. I think it might have made a BIG difference to folks contemplating spending the 25 bucks.

Gary

It has always been for charity but this year they did the 4 team thing with the drivers for the first time but they also had an overall winner. This is my 2nd year going and its a blast. I recommend it. It's only $25 bucks and there isnt a bad seat in the house and its great racing.

[garyshell]

It has always been for charity but this year they did the 4 team thing with the drivers for the first time but they also had an overall winner. This is my 2nd year going and its a blast. I recommend it. It's only $25 bucks and there isnt a bad seat in the house and its great racing.


I knew that the tickets for the event at the track were for charity, that much has always been obvious. But what we were talking about was the Pay-Per-View event on cable. It too was $25, but there was nary a mention of the proceeds going to charity. Otherwise, I might have tuned in... sigh.

Gary

[beachgirl]

I knew that the tickets for the event at the track were for charity, that much has always been obvious. But what we were talking about was the Pay-Per-View event on cable. It too was $25, but there was nary a mention of the proceeds going to charity. Otherwise, I might have tuned in... sigh.

Gary

HBO has always made a big deal about the PPV proceeds going to the charities as well. Sorry you didn't watch, help out a great cause, and get to watch some fantastic racing (you know, the old fashioned American kind).

[anthonyvop]

you know, the old fashioned American kind.

Open wheeled street racing???

[beachbum]

Open wheeled street racing???Contrary to the belief that the only open wheel racing involves rear engine cars on asphalt, the "old fashioned American" kind is dirt ovals with sprint cars, modifieds, etc. There are still many local dirt tracks (a LOT more than paved). For a time, the dirt was replaced with board tracks, and eventually paved tracks. For for many, the "real" American open wheel is the small dirt oval. As stated on a T-Shirt at a local short track "It isn't real racing until you get dirt in your beer"

[Phoenixent]

It was cool the Tony went and tried racing on dirt. At least he had the GUTS enough to do it compared to the rest of the Indycar drivers. I believe that Indycar needs to go back to the 1970 season championship to make them popular again with the country. The drivers would make a name for themselves with the American public and the following would increase. What a great season that would be with six dirt track races in the schedule. Indycar than would be looked at as a true American Open Wheel Racing series.

[anthonyvop]

Contrary to the belief that the only open wheel racing involves rear engine cars on asphalt, the "old fashioned American" kind is dirt ovals with sprint cars, modifieds, etc. There are still many local dirt tracks (a LOT more than paved). For a time, the dirt was replaced with board tracks, and eventually paved tracks. For for many, the "real" American open wheel is the small dirt oval. As stated on a T-Shirt at a local short track "It isn't real racing until you get dirt in your beer"

Sorry to burst your bubble.

As I posted before.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov28.html

The first race in the US was open wheel on the street.

The first International Auto race in the US was also on the street.

http://westhempsteadnowandthen.blogspot.com/2009/06/first-international-auto-race-in.html

[beachbum]

Sorry to burst your bubble.

As I posted before.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov28.html

The first race in the US was open wheel on the street.

The first International Auto race in the US was also on the street.

http://westhempsteadnowandthen.blogspot.com/2009/06/first-international-auto-race-in.htmlHilarious. Not bursting my bubble, just wondering what point you are trying to make. You seem to have some fixation on the term "street race". For many years, the term "street racing" was applied to drag racing on the street, so I am not exactly sure what "nit" you are trying to pick.

Calling the dirt roads of the day "streets" is a bit of a stretch anyway. If anything, they should have been called dirt "road races". By 1903, "cars" were racing on a dirt ovals at Milwaukee. Most early racing history was built on dirt ovals - sometimes horse tracks and sometimes dedicated auto tracks.

[Easy Drifter]

Quite few of those Taxi Cab drivers grew up on dirt tracks, most in stockers but some in Midgets and Sprint Cars.
Sarah Fisher raced Sprint Cars on dirt. I do not think any other current Indy driver did except maybe Davy Hamilton.

[anthonyvop]

Hilarious. Not bursting my bubble, just wondering what point you are trying to make. You seem to have some fixation on the term "street race". For many years, the term "street racing" was applied to drag racing on the street, so I am not exactly sure what "nit" you are trying to pick.

Calling the dirt roads of the day "streets" is a bit of a stretch anyway. If anything, they should have been called dirt "road races". By 1903, "cars" were racing on a dirt ovals at Milwaukee. Most early racing history was built on dirt ovals - sometimes horse tracks and sometimes dedicated auto tracks.

So then Rally is the Heritage of US autoracing. I like that!!!

[Lee Roy]

Doing just fine.

Probably counting his money.


How did those guys do at the ROC?

I don't blame you for wanting to avoid the answer to my question.

[anthonyvop]

I don't blame you for wanting to avoid the answer to my question.

Lighten up Francis. It was posted how he did.

Considering he has ZERO time racing on an Oval track in a type of car he has never sat in before he did O.K.

Now lets get Bowyer, Edwards or Stewart in a Rally Car and lets see how they do?