Texas- Firestone 550 Race Thread

[DanicaFan]

Race 7 of 16

Race - Firestone 550

Location - Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX

Date - Saturday, June 9th

Time & TV Schedule - Pre-Race Show - 8:00PM Eastern , Green Flag - Approx. 8:15PM Eastern- NBC Sports Network

Course Type - 1.5 Mile Oval

Distance - 228 Laps / 342 Miles (550km)

Practice Sessions -

Friday, June 8th - 1:30-2:45PM & 7:45-8:15PM Eastern
Saturday, June 9th Systems Check - 2:20-2:25PM Eastern

Qualifications - Friday, June 8th -4:30 -6:00PM Eastern


Texas Motor Speedway Track Facts

Length - 1.5 Miles
Banking - 24 degrees in Turns & 5 degrees on straights




2011 Twin 275's Race Information

Race 1 Winner -Dario Franchitti
Race 1 Pole Sitter - Alex Tagliani -215.186mph
Time Of Race - 54 minutes & 47 seconds
Average Speed- 181.649 mph
Cautions - 1 for 10 laps
Margin Of Victory -.053 seconds
Lead Changes - 6

Race 2 Winner - Will Power
Race 2 Pole Sitter - Tony Kanaan (By Draw)
Time Of Race - 48 minutes & 9 seconds
Average Speed - 206.693 mph
Cautions - None
Margin Of Victory - .947 seconds
Lead Changes - 8

[DanicaFan]

[00steven]

A bit apprehensive, but I'm sure this will be a good safe race.

[heliocastroneves#3]

Yes, and that's no surprise at all. I really don't understand why people are still whining about the safety of Texas Motor Speedway and other 1,5 mile ovals because there never has been a fatal accident on this track, while they even ran here twice a year from 1998 until 2004. The horrific accident at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was just a perfect storm, which sadly claimed the life of Dan Wheldon but that doesn't mean we should ban racing on 1,5 mile high banked ovals. Of course it's going to be safe but it's going to be very exciting with maybe 4 -wide racing. This is definitely one of my favorite races of the year, I'm looking forward to this 550k event for sure.

And for those who disagree with me or find my opinion a little disrespectful, keep in mind that Dan Wheldon loved those tracks and that he did a great job with doing the commentary for the Twin 275s event of last year.

Enjoy the race and don't be scared, motorsports are just dangerous... Nothing can be done against that.

[FIAT1]

A bit apprehensive, but I'm sure this will be a good safe race.

Same here, I hope for safe race.

[DanicaFan]

A bit apprehensive, but I'm sure this will be a good safe race.

Im not apprehensive. Its going to be a good, safe race. They have raced here for a long time with no problems. Im just ready to see some ovals, tired of streets.

[00steven]

Im not apprehensive. Its going to be a good, safe race. They have raced here for a long time with no problems. Im just ready to see some ovals, tired of streets.

I think Kenny Brack would disagree.

[Anubis]

I think Kenny Brack would disagree.

As might Davey Hamilton.

[heliocastroneves#3]

Yeah, of course Kenny would probably disagree but you can't race on any oval anymore, if you're getting concerned about safety... Did we react like this after Tony Renna's and/or Paul Dana's accident? No. So I don't see the point in being concerned about this race, only because it's a 1,5 mile high banked oval..

[Nikki Katz]

The pack racing at Vegas was much much worse than at Texas last year. I could see the Las Vegas crash coming a mile off, surprised it wasn't a few laps earlier when Tagliani swiped at Briscoe, which could've been even worse. There were a few extra cars at Vegas to complicate things further though. I'm a little concerned about the new car, given how hard it was to break into a lead at Indy, if that will just aggravate pack racing a bit, when it was supposed to be making things better. But if there's no room to run inside each others' wheels then surely that's a good thing.

Hopefully it'll be good, it probably will be, though I'm still a little nervous.