Penske Sweep!
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Sorry dfan.... Missed it.... Heck I missed a whole page of that thread ...guess that shows how much I care one way or the other..
I feel for ya ... When your favorite driver leaves the sport you love it's gotta be a bummer
Thanks my friend. Yeah, it brings me down, Im not gonna lie but I will continue to love Indycar racing as I always have before she came up in 2005.Quote:
Originally Posted by SarahFan
Oh, and I will be rooting for Marco Andretti. He will be my favorite Indycar driver next year.
You should PM the loneranger.... He has a strange fascination with the andrettis...
Bourdais qualifies 8th! Maybe he's starting to find the right formula for these cars!!
It will be interesting to see how the penske boys tomorrow... Can Helios and briscoe keep Franchitti at bay and let will run away and hide
Since Danica's NASCAR announcement some days ago I decided to immediately become a Hélio fan and already after qualifying I can smile, because he starts second. :)
Also congrats to Power for his sixth pole of the season. :D
This morning's warm-up session..
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A couple of things stand out in the warm up times ...
Power-Dixon run run 1-2, 2-1 away from the field barring a crash.
Surprises: Look at Plowman, Beatriz, Pantano and Jakes !
The princess isn't even in just phoning it in.. more like snail mailing it in.
How can one part of the Ganassi team #9-10 be so fast and the other part #38-83 be so slow ?
Been out and about, so just catching up on the qualifying results. Surprisingly decent effort by Plowman, solid base for Pantano to build on and Tung faster than you know who. Looking forward to the race!
Ah now I remember why I've not missed the IRL. What time does the actual race start so I don't have to sit through this pre race drivel.
Seriously!!! Is there a worse pre-race show?Quote:
Originally Posted by shazbot
At least I got to hear RB finally say thing I like. "the driver's job is to race and they should do what they are paid to do."
Was Iowa really a worse race than this today?
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Originally Posted by anthonyvop
Was a race like Iowa really worse than this race today, IYO?
At least Iowa had plenty of passing. I think Rahal's pass on Tag was the first of the day today.
Pretty embarrassing race for Andretti Autosport so far (and a fairly lame race overall).
I wonder if Andretti will let Danica run out of gas in any of her final races like Rahal did at Michigan after she told everyone she was leaving his team while saying it was all Bobby's fault she didn't do better.Come to think of it I heard the old car is running right excuse again today. Sorry Chad but her current running order may indicate just how much michael had to do with whatever success she has had. Before he would have been making statagy moves designed to get her farther up, doesn't appear that is happening now. She probably will do better next year, she won't need michael to move her up, nascar will make sure she has good finishes.
Not the most exciting race in the world, but still enjoyed it. I can understand why they don't use the extended final turn layout, but it does rather strangle the track. Nice drive by Power and with my "support the underdog" hat on, I thought a great display by Pantano. Kept Bourdais behind him and brought it home in the top six, which was more or less the "best of the rest" behind the Penske and Ganassi boys. I'd say that constitutes a good day in the office, given the circumstances.
Congrats to Will Power and the Penske team for a 1-2-3 finish.
Here are the final results..
1. #12 Will Power
2. #3 Helio Castroneves
3. #6 Ryan Briscoe
4. #10 Dario Franchitti
5. #9 Scott Dixon
6. #19 Sebastien Bourdais
7. #06 James Hinchcliffe
8. #38 Graham Rahal
9. #59 EJ Viso
10. #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
11. #2 Oriol Servia
12. #17 Martin Plowman
13. #24 Ana Beatriz
14. #34 Sebastian Saavedra
15. #78 Simon Pagenaud
16. #27 Mike Conway
17. #22 Giorgio Pantano
18. #5 Takuma Sato
19. #18 James Jakes
20. #77 Alex Tagliani
21. #7 Danica Patrick
22. #14 Vitor Meira
23. #4 JR Hildebrand
24. #26 Marco Andretti
25. #67 Ed Carpenter
26. #83 Charlie Kimball
27. #88 Ho-Pin Tung
28. #82 Tony Kanaan
Pantano penalised...daft.
Not the most exciting race but this has a lot to do with the absence of 10 cautions and 10 side by side restarts. Sorry folks, but that's racing! Uncharacteristically decent coverage back in the field where there was actually passing. Takes me back to the nineties. Multiple thumbs up to Miller in the pre-race when discussing Barnhardt with Bernard. This is the ballsy, confrontational stuff that needs to be done to interrupt these endless strokefests they call race coverage.
Why does Marco give people laps ahead of him such grief? It's nice to see teams play as teams... or is it.
One moronic decision after another by race (out of)control. Ferchrissakes, check Pantano's line to preceding 4 cars through that corner and the following 4 cars through that corner and please explain to all of us what he did wrong??? Infraction for what? Not braking for some desperate and hopeless outside move by an opponent?
They don't do the series any favours with decisions like that. I could understand it if Pantano had made a wild lunge, but if he's on the same line as everyone else, how is it his concern where Bourdais ends up? Classic bit of defensive driving and he loses a great result over it. Idiotic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marbles
Pantano penelized for racing.Moron call again.
Much more exciting than the contrived, show that is oval racing.Quote:
Originally Posted by coogmaster
The Pantano penalty has a faint odor of NASCAR style controls.
I'm sorry but that was the worst race of the year. When the top 5 starters all finish in the same spot they started, you know you've seen a dull race.
Pitiful display by Bernard. From the beginning, I feel like I was very open-minded about Bernard. I actually wanted to see him get things turned around. But today's interview sealed it (Miller doesn't pull any punches, does he?!): Bernard is in over his head. He probably doesn't have very many people who can support him. But he isn't what is called a "change agent" in my world. Maybe he could have been one early on, but now he's more of a status quo kind of guy, IMO. Too bad really.Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonyvop
And BTW, this race sucked. And I'd rather watch a bad road race than a good oval. But every other race I watched this weekend beat the hell out of this this sad excuse for a race: F1, GP2 and NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Forgot to mention, I loved the sign on Servia's steering wheel pre-race: "Winner of the Blockhead.com 225."
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior
In the pre race discussion between Miller and Bernard, Robin was really giving it to RB and laying into TGBB. But did you notice the studio host giving Miller hand signals - cut it - cut it- stop - to try and get him to lay off RB and TGGB, and then abruptly cut off the discussion, Robin looked pissed. Check a replay if there is one ...
I get it now that this is RB's last year, although prematurely IMHO. The final nail in his coffin will be when the big 5-million dollar las vegas challenge fizzles.
Race itself ....... BORRRRRRING, were there any pasess in the top 5 for position,ummmmmmmm... No. The only halfway exciting moment was the two abreast restart w/ 6 laps to go if only to see if Briscoe could hold off Dario to preserve the Penske sweep and Will Power's maximum points cut into Dario's lead. Well there's two hours out of my life I won't get back.
As for the princess, 'phoning it in' is generous.. well maybe if your phone is two tin cans and a string...
They said it was a great crowd but man those stands sure looked empty to me on TV.
Ending with the Brad Keselowski "tweet" re. Patrick’s “branding techniques only serves to undermine the future credibility of female races who wish to make it based on skill, mental toughness and a never give up attitude.”
Actually with all the ride buyers a more accurate quote would be ... "the driver's job is to race and they should do what they are paying to do."Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonyvop
Just got home,great 20 minute air show at lunch!
Pantano penalized, WTF is wrong with the IRL!!!!!! not only did they put on a pitiful show, but the one guy making passes and makes an aggressive but clean pass on Bourdais and gets notched for his troubles.
pitiful
Agree. Perfect example of why BB has to go, but with Randy a 100% behind him, fat chance. I'd give my rant on Randy Bernard's stance on BB and race control, but I can't say it any better than Jag did. Apparently, Barnhardt has blackmail material on Randy now. He's like J. Edger Hoover. :dozey:Quote:
Originally Posted by harvick#1
watched about 10 laps and gave up on it- great track- not for racing though. even the Sky team seemed bored with it.
I didn't get to watch the race(Thank you IRENE). Never been a big fan of Sears Point myself. With a very short turn around to get back to the East coast for the Baltimore race, maybe everyone was phoning it in a little. . IIRC they are scheduled to be in Baltimore by 6:00 Wednesday.
At least if a hurricane has to stop m from watching a race, it was this one - sounds like I would have been more stressed and agitated than I already was if I watched it - just what I need from my sports entertainment!!
Logging in from a Panera to see the results. Glad to hear Hinch finished top 10 again. Sorry to hear the race itself wasn't very interesting.... I'm not a fan of teams finishing 1-2-3. I witnessed a Penske sweep at New Hampshire back in the 90s. Something about it just rubs me the wrong way.
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Originally Posted by SoCalPVguy
This post says it all...why the Indy car series is going downhill both in racing quality and attendance (money!!) They've focused on a ridiculous level of racing rules and interpretation (Pantano penalty)...if Princess had done the same thing the announcers would have (in the past) been falling all over themselves praising her "Moving up", and BB wouldn't even think of penalizing one of the few bright spots of revenue draw (albeit for the wrong reasons). So much for even handed race direction. Reminds me of a track I used to run where the Dad of one of the racers ran the track! DUH!!!
Which brings me to my question...from the green flag to the end....I don't think they mentioned Princess's name ONCE....maybe I missed it, but....even in the "through the field" segment, they quit before they got to the last couple spots (Princess). I never caught any of her pit stops, no normal "moving up" comments (even though she doesn't pass anyone ...all due to others pitting and attrition).....could it be that Indy car has purposely taken the attitude of "she's leaving, no more favored status". This series has to make some tough decisions......top positions change, adoption of racing rules that ENABLE competition, and ensuring RACING is the draw and not the hyping of untalented drivers.
Just disgusted with RB. Cudos to Robin Miller for getting right in his mug and asking him the questions that needed to be asked. But what is wrong with HIM?? and insult to injury Dept. that call on Pantano was horsepucky. It seems as if BB is rubbing RB's and our faces in it. Strange and unnacceptable off with him.
Dude, the the Indy RACING League, IRL, is dead.. now all we have is the I.P.L. Indy "Parade" League or Indy "Penalty" League.Quote:
Originally Posted by banshee74