Sao Paulo Indy 300 Race

[DanicaFan]

Well, its finally here, the 2010 IndyCar season is about to start. They open this weekend in Brazil on the streets of Sao Paulo. This is an inaugural race. Here are the details of the race..

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Race - Sao Paulo Indy 300

Location - Streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Date- Sunday, March 14th

Time & TV Schedule - 11:30 AM Eastern on Versus

Course Type - 2.6 Mile Street Circuit

Distance - 75 Laps / 195 Miles

Practice Sessions - Friday, March 12th - 7-8:30 am Eastern & 10:30-11:30am Eastern

Qualifications - Saturday, March 13th -1pm Eastern

[DanicaFan]

Here is the current entry list..

Car# & Driver / Car Name / Team

#2 Raphael Matos / HP Luczo Dragaon / Luczo Dragon Racing/De Ferran Motorsports
#3 Helio Castroneves / Team Penske / Team Penske
#4 Dan Wheldon / National Guard Panther Racing / Panther Racing
#5 Takuma Sato / KV Racing Technology / KV Racing Technology
#6 Ryan Briscoe / Team Penske / Team Penske
#7 Danica Patrick / Team GoDaddy.com / Andretti Autosport
#8 EJ Viso / PDVSA-Jet Aviation-KVRT / KV Racing Technology
#9 Scott Dixon / Target Chip Ganassi Racing / Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#10 Dario Franchitti / Target Chip Ganassi Racing / Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#11 Tony Kanaan / Team 7-Eleven / Andretti Autosport
#12 Will Power / Verizon Team Penske / Verizon Team Penske
#14 Vitor Meira / ABC Supply Co. AJ Foyt Racing / AJ Foyt Enterprises
#18 Milka Duno / CITGO / Dale Coyne Racing
#19 TBA / Boy Scouts of America / Dale Coyne Racing
#22 Justin Wilson / Team Z-Line Designs / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#23 Ana Beatriz / Ipiranga-DRR / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#24 Mike Conway / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#26 Marco Andretti / Team Venom Energy / Andretti Autosport
#32 TBA / KV Racing Technology / KV Racing Technology
#34 Mario Romancini / Conquest Racing / Conquest Racing
#37 Ryan Hunter-Reay / Team IZOD / Andretti Autosport
#77 Alex Tagliani / FAZZT Race Team / FAZZT Race Team
#78 Simona De Silvestro / Team Stargate Worlds HVM / HVM Racing
#06 Hideki Mutoh / Newman Haas Lanigan Racing / Newman Haas Lanigan Racing

[DanicaFan]

Here are the pit assignments for this race...

[DanicaFan]

Alex Lloyd will be in the #19 car for Dale Coyne Racing.

[NickFalzone]

The Virtual Lap. Going 190+ on the second straight is going to be pretty impressive.

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[harvick#1]

predictions on a big crash on the opening lap on turn 1

[TURN3]

First, can somebody tell me the record for posting to your own thread before anybody else posts? Just curious.

Thanks for posting the virtual lap, those straights will be kool. I can see Jacques V's concept coming in handing here. Very low downforce for those long straights...doesn't matter how slow you are through those tight turns nobody is getting by anybody. Even Danica won't get passed in those.

[SUBARUTEAM]

did anyone see that a1gp race in china on the temp road course where they made a track with a hair pin so tight that the cars couldn't get around it???? it had no straights and absolutly no where to pass, and the steel man hole covers were lifting as the cars drove over them!!

this track will be very different - more like the gold coast i'd say.

big weekend - v8 super cars in adelade, f1 and irl season opener - its all good!!!

[Easy Drifter]

Another first. DF has not made a prediction of Danica winning!
Come on Chad, do not disappoint us.

[TURN3]

Just finished watching the inagural Brazilian GP from Rio de Janerio back in '96. Indycar Nation posted the link from YouTube. All I can say is WOW...where has that been? 950hp cars snapping off turns and everybody gunning for each other. We've all been talking about it for years so I'm not going to badmouth what we have now...that isn't my point...just watch it if you will and...WOW!