LOL SoCalPVguy - i was thinking the same thing!!!
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What's up with the English dudes (and gal)? Great to see Alex, Graham, Oriol and Vitor up front! Also strong speeds so far from Tracy and Rice. Keep up the good work.
No tea in the catering perhaps? Us Brits don't function without it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Krogshöj
Maybe he's stood in the hole he's been digging for himself in the "33 greatest" thread?Quote:
Originally Posted by SoCalPVguy
They have iced tea? lolQuote:
Originally Posted by hornet
Beyond Hamilton, Rice and Speed, how many are born in the U.S. and how many are from North America?
Bob, well there are 3 Canadians, PT, Hinch and Tags, then for Americans, Speed, Hamilton, Rice, Kimball, Carpenter, 2 Andretti's, Hunter Reay, Bell, Patrick and Rahal. Assuming all the North Americans qualify, that would be 14 of the 33. I suppose that isn't enough for some people, but hey, how many Frenchmen are on the driving roster for LeMans? How many drivers of any nation dominate in f1? Maybe 4 Brazilians or 2 Italians or something? No major series is dominated by drivers of one nation as much as NASCAR, but that is because it is a unique American thing. In Indycar, for years it was the same but as the series got more influential, the world noticed. I am thinking this could be seen as a plus if American fans were not as myopic about this. That said, Americans need to be in the hunt to win at least if they are going to have 11 drivers of the 33......and most of the American names wont be in the contention to win.
Eek. Simona becomes the first driver to bend some machinery this year.
Is she ok? I've not seen the accident yet, but Autosport said it was nasty and she's suffered burns. I'm sure she'll be back but I hope it's soon, though HVM haven't looked fast in practice yet anyway. Indy's still a very scary place.
She ended upside down after a long skid, some air time and hitting the fence. She crawled out by herself and walked to the transport vehicle with doctor along side. Have not heard official report from medical. Car is in real bad shape.
Something broke and you can see the car bottom out just before the spin. The track announcer says she was taken to Methodist for burns on her hands.
Fearsome looking crash, so glad to hear she's more or less ok. What caused it to go airborne the second time, anyone know? Run up and over a wheel maybe?
Second degree burns on her left or was it right hand?
Not sure but it was either one or the other I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
Now, that is safe to say!! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TURN3
Left.
Is it just me or does there seem to be a dearth of information coming from Indy this year, particularly on this website? Nobody is doing a good job of covering it if you ask me. What about the stories of drivers wandering the pits, helmets in hand trying to a deal for the cars that are entered without drivers? And what about some in depth coverage of how all the rookie drivers really feel about the pressure of having to get ready on a short timeline? Pretty saccharine if you ask me. Charlotte's doing a better job of reporting on the stupid goat rodeo they're staging this weekend. Are there no pr people filing from the speedway. In the words of ESPN NFL...Come on man!
I'm sure things will perk up a bit once qualifying starts, but I agree.. not much to talk about/get excited about so far. In fact, if I didn't follow some of the drivers on Twitter, I probably wouldn't know much at all about what's happening at Indy this May.Quote:
Originally Posted by booger
Scott Speed just quit Dragon...
He might as well...he's been Dragon his slow but around the track all week. Lol...that was funny!Quote:
Originally Posted by cos
He is denying this on Twitter.
...or maybe not! Some drama at least between him and Dragon anyway?
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Well, I was hoping Danica would of made her qualifying attempts earlier in the session but instead she will be in the heat of the day. Oh well, she is showing speed, I think she will do just fine.
No she isn't showing speed. She ran 22nd in practice today. With 39 cars in practice she is not even in the top 50%.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanicaFan
Gary
Ok, can some explain the schedule tomorrow. It seems they will be on track from 11-6:30 but VS only shows 11-2 and 430-630. I'm guessing since it is on vs it will not be available online. Is there an order out?
just saw on espn, Hey, JUST SAW ON ESPN!, Briscoe hit the wall hard, He is ok, but the car is toast.
Just got bumped....that would seem to be great for her and your lower level of standards...Quote:
Originally Posted by DanicaFan
its actually very nice to see the big teams struggle (outside of Ganassi) but the small teams are stealing the show!!!! simply fantastic
Not today she's not. And only on one day so far, and then only for 5 laps. Guess it all depends on one's definition of "fine".Quote:
Originally Posted by DanicaFan
team Andretti is sucking some major air, too bad they can' t lean on Uncle Tony anymore..... oh yeagh, He didn;t do anything, I forgot
Go Tags, Bell, Servia, Rice, and...........PT, why not.
wouldn't want to be an engineer working for Ganassi today... ouch.
I'm trying to find a list of who didn't place. I am getting nervous because there are a lot of good drivers on the outside, Conway, RHR, Danica Patrick, Marco, Rafa, Graham, Briscoe. I thinking someone who is a FT driver may not make it to the top 33 smh
Ah I wish there was some way it was possible to watch this in the UK, sounds like it was good.
Great result for Tagliani, and there's still some really big names that haven't qualified yet.
Congrats to the hardest working driver in open wheel. Tags deserves this. Biggest point in his career so far. Good for Sam. Nice kudos from Dixon as well.
Wasn't there multiple runs allowed last year in this round?
Are the top 24 places secured?
Great results - awesome story for Tags and Schmidt!!! - I agree with Jack, at least one or two FT drivers are likely to be on the outside looking in tomorrow night.....
Hasn't anybody told Buddy Rice to get rid of the goofy straight brim hat thing yet!!??
Betchya Graham is wondering why he went to Ganassi "B" team right about now....
Now, in the CNN sports headlines it talks about NASCAR all star race being all wrong but no mention of Indy pole winner :(
I am really shocked that Danica did not make the top 24 today. She had speed all week. Im also shocked how bad the Andretti team did today. Not a good day.
Your one of the few
If you paid attention like the rest of us you'd realize that she was around 15th all week with tow aided speeds. No surpise. They should be a little better tomorrow now that the most talented driver on the team finally gave them some feedback they could use. Way ta' go cousin John!Quote:
Originally Posted by DanicaFan