Firestone 550K

Here is the qualifying order for today..

1. #3 Helio Castroneves
2. #4 Dan Wheldon
3. #32 Mario Moraes
4. #6 Ryan Briscoe
5. #2 Raphael Matos
6. #9 Scott Dixon
7. #66 Jay Howard
8. #12 Will Power
9. #36 Bertrand Baguette
10. #78 Simona De Silvestro
11. #14 Vitor Meira
12. #7 Danica Patrick
13. #10 Dario Franchitti
14. #18 Milka Duno
15. #24 Tomas Scheckter
16. #26 Marco Andretti
17. #37 Ryan Hunter-Reay
18. #22 Justin Wilson
19. #8 EJ Viso
20. #67 Sarah Fisher
21. #11 Tony Kanaan
22. #19 Alex Lloyd
23. #34 Mario Romancini
24. #06 Hideki Mutoh
25. #5 Takuma Sato
26. #77 Alex Tagliani

Chad whatever it is you smoke it does provide great halucinations! :D

Here are the pit lane assignments..

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/e...xaspitlane.jpg

No real surprises in practice...Dixon, Briscoe, Power....Duno in 6th, status quo...Danica 15th. Can't win too many poles when you're practicing in the lower half of the grid.

The Practice session is over... Scott Dixon was the fastest. Im also thinking that Alex Lloyd was in the #18 car for Milka Duno to be able to throw that flyer although I cant confirm it at this time.. :)

Rank / Car# & Driver / Speed

1. #9 Scott Dixon / 216.387
2. #6 Ryan Briscoe / 216.098
3. #12 Will Power / 215.887
4. #8 EJ Viso / 215.107
5. #4 Dan Wheldon / 215.033
6. #18 Milka Duno / 214.727
7. #26 Marco Andretti / 214.688
8. #11 Tony Kanaan / 214.598
9. #10 Dario Franchitti / 214.512
10. #3 Helio Castroneves / 214.344
11. #19 Alex Lloyd / 214.332
12. #77 Alex Tagliani / 214.288
13. #22 Justin Wilson / 214.074
14. #36 Bertrand Baguette / 213.995
15. #7 Danica Patrick / 213.968
16. #67 Sarah Fisher / 213.872
17. #14 Vitor Meira / 213.776
18. #32 Mario Moraes / 213.511
19. #06 Hideki Mutoh / 213.365
20. #24 Tomas Scheckter / 213.349
21. #37 Ryan Hunter-Reay / 213.29
22. #2 Raphael Matos / 212.962
23. #66 Jay Howard / 212.93
24. #5 Takuma Sato / 212.919
25. #78 Simona De Silvestro / 212.719
26. #34 Mario Romancini / 212.678

Milka was in the car and went over 1mph quicker than Danica, so start throwing the toys out of the pram time!

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Originally Posted by TURN3

No real surprises in practice...Dixon, Briscoe, Power....Duno in 6th, status quo...Danica 15th. Can't win too many poles when you're practicing in the lower half of the grid.

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You always have to badmouth Danica, dont you have anything positive to say about her ?

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Originally Posted by DanicaFan

You always have to badmouth Danica, dont you have anything positive to say about her ?

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In a word... no. Anyone who throws her team under the bu as she did at Indy deserves nothing but derision.

Gary

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Originally Posted by DanicaFan

You always have to badmouth Danica, dont you have anything positive to say about her ?

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Well when your outpaced even by Milka Duno, I think that deserves a little teasing. Again, outpaced by Andretti & Kanaan and only quicker than Hunter-Reay, who has a damaged hand and is probably in his back-up car from Indy so he might not be fully up to speed with that car yet. She'll do well to qualify in the top 10 based on these practice times. I reckon P11-15 for Danica today.

Milka being that fast was a fluke, probably lots of tow. Look for her in the back of the field come qualifying.

Danica will be just fine. She will get speed. Look for her to be in contention for the pole. Front 2 rows for sure.