I get off work at 8am tomorrow, I'll watch it for sure.
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I get off work at 8am tomorrow, I'll watch it for sure.
man, with the wet weather. I was hoping for a good race, alot of the more skilled drivers would have fun out there.
wheres mad max to tell the drivers to go race under any circumstances :laugh:
so true Ken, lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Ken
as far as the others saying "race in the rain", well that fact is that these cars can race in just the lightest of rain conditions. A few puddles build up in the corners here and there, and it's going to be long stretches of red flag. I'd rather them just put it off and get it in at once tomorrow.
It is a mess. NASCAR rained out, the NCAA's all messed up and the PGA Tigerless and they get this when they are supposed to be on ABC.
I am really stoked about this race and now I will be working and going to my course tomorrow and I WONT see a bit of it. I can tape it, but with the domestic goddess and one TV, god knows when I will able to squeeze it in the VCR and watch it unbothered....
The really good thing is tho, this series is stronger this year. Looking at that pretender/contender list, I realize now that as time goes on, and people start to see the names and get a feeling for them as people, there is going to be more of a storyline. As long as the Penske and Ganassi guys don't dominate the ovals like they did last year ( a faint hope I know) then this series has potential for a good points race. The road/street courses on the sched are providing some interesting story lines...
I just got back from the track, down here on business and was hoping I could catch the race......no way they were racing. It was coming down hard from 2pm or so on. I mean hard.....the track looked like a swiming pool, standing water everywhere. And me leaving tonight.
That sucks....but rain just about killed most of the sporting events in the USA of note this weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by maxmach
I would just miss the plane...lol I hear the race is at 9am or something like that, so you could in theory catch the afternoon flight....
I've been in those Fla. downpowers and have never seen the streets flood that badly.
Anybody know if the concrete barriers might be placed over the street drains.
Airport runways do not normally flood but the only way for water to really flow past the barriers is where the loader forks go and that is not much room.
It is the issue with street races. It doesn't help that the crown of the road with the effect of the walls blocking catch basins means you have ponds of water with no place to go...Quote:
Originally Posted by Easy Drifter
In Toronto, they keep the storm drains exposed if not just welded down, so it helps...a little but not much.
So they did get the FF2000 and Lights races in. Anybody know how much the purses are for these races and how much the winners get?
looks like they haven't fixed the problems with the live feed, still can only watch for 30 seconds before it crashes.
The individual cams seem to be better... if only Graham had one.
Duno spins on the pace lap . Someone please stop her now from ever racing again/ PLEEEEEEEEEEZ !
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Originally Posted by MDS
Smooth as silk here.
Gary
The live video is not showing the same shots as ESPN apparently. I am watching at work via internet and the announcers are talking about moves an passes not shown on the feed video.
Gary
If you're having trouble with the IndyCar live feed go to ESPN.com. It's available on ESPN 360
Another crash for KV...go figure.
Interesting looking at fast laps so far up to the first yellow, Power and Franchitti into the 104's. One other in the 104 bracket, any guesses as to who? Not that it matters at this point but I thought it was pretty cool.
Go Vitor !!
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Originally Posted by ChicagocrewIRL
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Gary
Yet another KV crash.
I want to know if we can get some type of wager going for number of laps their 3 drivers fail to complete. An over/under deal?
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Originally Posted by TURN3
Taken out by a broken suspension on Wheldon's car, not the fault of a KV driver.
Gary
Absolutely not Mario's fault there but still...the circumstances that created that freight train go back to Mario chopping off Dixon's nose then holding up 10 lead lap drivers for 15 laps. Not very good when he's also been off pace all season.Quote:
Originally Posted by garyshell
Poor Simona, her crew has sent her to the back on 1 pit stop and lost another 4 spots for her there. Still very impressed again with the rookie and HVM. Not sure what Foyt is thinking with Vitor's strategy, that is 2x today he's bascially hung him out to dry. He can't go to the end, why stay out when everybody else can? No sense.
Typical St. Pete...very exciting. This really helps out the slow pathetic drivers like Matos and Patrick. Start at the back and pray, end up with top 10.
Keep the info coming. Being on dial up and without TV coverage I am relying on you people.
dayum Dario just took away Graham's top 8 position
Dario up to p7 just passed Matos
Dario to p6 just passed Danica
Dario to p5 just passed Tags
amazing
Lap 95 and Danica is REALLY holding up a train behind her.
Gary
Power, Wilson, Briscoe, Castroneves.
Graham #9, to bad he took out Simona.
Gary
outstanding race
Will Power wins at St. Pete !
Where are the naysayers who say street racing is boring?!
Yes, really good racing both events so far. Now if the weather would just cooperate. Lots of action and strategy mixing things up.
Here are the final results..
1. #12 Will Power
2. #22 Justin Wilson
3. #6 Ryan Briscoe
4. #3 Helio Castroneves
5. #10 Dario Franchitti
6. #77 Alex Tagliani
7. #7 Danica Patrick
8. #2 Raphael Matos
9. #67 Graham Rahal
10. #11 Tony Kanaan
11. #37 Ryan Hunter-Reay
12. #26 Marco Andretti
13. #34 Mario Romancini
14. #06 Hideki Mutoh
15. #14 Vitor Meira
16. #78 Simona De Silvestro
17. #8 EJ Viso
18. #9 Scott Dixon
19. #24 Mike Conway
20. #4 Dan Wheldon
21. #32 Mario Moraes
22. #5 Takuma Sato
23. #19 Alex Lloyd
24. #18 Milka Duno
I dont want to hear another bad comment about Danica on road courses. She did awesome today! Came back from 21st to get 7th place. She ran a great race!
Way to go Danica!
She was driving with Danica and Rahal most of the race. She would have made top10 easily without that accident :(Quote:
Originally Posted by TURN3
Who will stop Will Power though, 43 points ahead!! He is supposedly not so good on the ovals, but at this rate he doesn't need them...
The rest of just don't want to hear another comment about Danica, period.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanicaFan
5th at Indy and 9th at Kentucky last year. Those kind of oval finishes would just about seal it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lousada
Did Danica make a pass for position today or was it pit stop strategy?Quote:
Originally Posted by DanicaFan
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Originally Posted by DanicaFan
She sucked all weekend.
Only way "she came back" to 7th place, is because Mike Conway is an idiot and brought out the yellow at the EXACT right time for her. Her pit strategy ended up working perfectly (as it did for Matos as well).
Otherwise, she ends up about 13th or 14th. Where she belonged.
It was all pit strategy and a few of the usual suspects dropping out in front of her.Quote:
Originally Posted by px400r
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Originally Posted by TURN3
KV might be out of business by August, at this rate.
Of course, when you put 3 wild squirrles in your car, what do you expect?
Moraes always has been terrible (despite a few 'over-his-head' finishes last year) and Sato looks like the 2010 version of a young Tomas Scheckter. And Viso is Viso.
I am sure their crew guys's tongue's will be hanging out with all the extra work they will have this season. :(