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5/2/2008 12:53:28 AM

To go or not..................uh I will probably see if about going to Indy still. I WILL be at Richmond and I WILL have the paddock pass and I WILL have awesome pictures then too.

5/2/2008 10:04:25 AM

^ I'd like to go, but I would have to go right back up the week after for a cousin's graduation.

Today's Rookie Orientation and "Refreshers".

5/4/2008 1:01:43 PM

I'm excited. Keep an eye on indycar.com during practices for video and more

5/4/2008 10:42:33 PM

rained yesterday and suppose to rain today and tomorrow. Pole day will probably be limited to the real teams that have a chance of actually being on pole as they most likely will have to extend morning practice.

Early but I'm going with Dixon on pole. Marco on the front row with Kanaan too.

5/8/2008 9:08:47 AM

Contenders for the pole:

The Big Four (Helio Castroneves, Tony Kanaan, Dan Wheldon, Scott Dixon)

Best of the Rest (Marco Andretti, Danica Patrick)

The Longshot (Tomas Scheckter)

5/8/2008 3:22:25 PM

http://www.indy500.com/content/General/2008_Indianapolis_500_Qualifying_Order/31

look who is going late in the day too

5/9/2008 10:05:31 PM

watching practice on the IRL website free video stream

Marco just went 228mph

5/10/2008 10:16:19 AM

Quote :

"Early but I'm going with Dixon on pole. Marco on the front row with Kanaan too."

well I got the pole right at least. Damn Briscoe on the front row, that is actually the real surprise for me

5/10/2008 10:57:29 PM

Surprised at how poorly Andretti Green performed. 5-6-7-9. All of their cars got beat by both Ganassi and both Penske cars. And then one car had to go again for a crewman's error. I think they sent out Marco and saw he only gained 0.25mph on his second run and thought they couldn't get any faster.

I think another reason cars didn't try to improve late was that no one was really improving speed and also Hunter-Reay's crash scared everyone.

Good runs for Meira and Carpenter.

[Edited on May 11, 2008 at 5:20 PM. Reason : /]

5/11/2008 5:19:54 PM

This is awesome. The Sarahthon.

http://www.1070thefan.com/kravitzandeddie/sarahthon.aspx

Quote :

"Sarah's primary sponsor has renegged on the promise to deliver the check, and her brand-new, family-run team is in need to make it through the month of May, and beyond. If you can help out financially, make your check out to Sarah Fisher Racing and send it to: David A. Noyes & Co. Attn: SFR 111 Monument Circle, Suite 300 Indianapolis IN 46204 We also invite you to call her sponsors to let them know your thoughts: Gravity Entertainment - 877-712-2014 or 954-615-1550, and the fax is 954-615-1553. ResQ Sports Drink - 1-850-266-7766. For more information on how you can help, visit SarahFisher.com."

5/12/2008 9:01:52 PM

honestly i don't care; she isn't going to finish higher then mid pack. {JimmyFromSouthPark] I mean come on...........

5/12/2008 10:02:48 PM

so the Indycar League for you consists of four drivers?

5/12/2008 11:43:58 PM

what I don't get it

I mean her entire crew is like 10 people and most of it is family members. They have ONE car, no parts, 20 or so laps all month, and that is why I don't think she will finish more than mid pack, assuming not getting in a wreck. Probably 3 laps down I'd imagine. Cars get spread out at Indy, and being 500 miles, well you've been to the race

5/13/2008 8:38:22 AM

Quote :

"what I don't get it"

If you only care about who wins, there's really only four contenders outside of strategy, rain, and flukes. Kanaan, Dixon, Wheldon, Castroneves. Look at where they've finished in the four races this year:

Homestead: Dixon 1st, Wheldon 3rd, Castroneves 4th, Kanaan 8th (and he was winning if a car hadn't wrecked in front of him with 8 laps left)

St. Pete: Castroneves 2nd, Kanaan 3rd, Wheldon 12th, Dixon 22nd (DNF due to mechanical issues)

Motegi: Castroneves 2nd, Dixon 3rd, Wheldon 4th, Kanaan 5th

Kansas: Wheldon 1st, Kanaan 2nd, Dixon 3rd, Castroneves 4th

So out of a possible 16 places in the Top 4 of the 4 races they've competed in, these guys have taken 12 of them.

Quote :

"I mean her entire crew is like 10 people and most of it is family members. They have ONE car, no parts, 20 or so laps all month."

And that's why I have the utmost respect for her, her family, and what they're doing. They are putting their financial livelihoods on the line to race.

[Edited on May 13, 2008 at 9:32 AM. Reason : /]

5/13/2008 9:30:26 AM

Oh OK I get ya now. Well Rahal did win a race, and it will take time for the crossover teams to get prepared

Fisher has to get recognition for whats she's doing, but nobody watching is going to give her a chance to finish strong; just like the 'new' teams need some time, so will she, and she isn't getting it. I do think a last minute sponsor will show up for her because its a big story.

5/13/2008 6:26:54 PM

http://media.1070thefan.com/podcasts/080512_fisher.mp3

Make sure to listen to the end of it.

(here's Kanaan as well: http://media.1070thefan.com/podcasts/080512_kanaan.mp3 )

5/13/2008 10:20:26 PM

yeah that company just lost any support it had. No way to save face with Indy fans.

speaking of Indy, the earliest pic of me watching the race with my own awesome car that my sis put together. I'd guess 1988 on this pic, maybe 1987......




[Edited on May 15, 2008 at 9:00 PM. Reason : year]

5/15/2008 8:59:14 PM

watching the last little bit of practice. 36 cars on the track today, and J Andretti is in the top 10

Briscoe wrecked his backup car

tomorrow will be interesting. The race should be good too.

5/16/2008 5:47:43 PM

It's getting nervy for the some guys not sure of qualifying.

Mario Dominguez and Max Papis crashed in the morning warmup.

Phil Giebler just crashed and that's it for him.

Mutoh crashed his qualified car too.

5/17/2008 4:37:00 PM

A.J. is in such a needlessly difficult situation.

5/17/2008 9:02:38 PM

yeah some actual drama going on. and Sunday is gonna be windy as hell too ......................

5/17/2008 10:18:25 PM

Quote :

"watching the last little bit of practice. 36 cars on the track today, and J Andretti is in the top 10"

John Andretti has to be the oldest driver in the field.

5/18/2008 6:38:47 PM

What an awesome Bump Day.

Here's the progression of the day's events with Row 11, with all today's speeds going after yesterday's speeds.

Start of Day:

31. Roger Yasukawa - 218.0
32. Buddy Lazier - 217.9
33. Marty Roth - 215.5

A.J. Foyt IV goes out at noon and bumps Roth. Buddy Lazier on the bubble.

31. Roger Yasukawa - 218.0
32. Buddy Lazier - 217.9
33. A.J. Foyt IV - 219.1

Marty Roth goes out around 2 and bumps Lazier. Roger Yasukawa on the bubble.

31. Roger Yasukawa - 218.0
32. A.J. Foyt IV - 219.1
33. Marty Roth - 218.9

Mario Dominguez goes 217.7 trying to bump Yasukawa. Just a little too slow.

Buddy Lazier waves off his attempt as he is too slow in the low 217s to get back in the field.

Mario Dominguez, in a car he wrecked yesterday, goes out at 5:30 and bumps Yasukawa. Puts himself on the bubble.

31. A.J. Foyt IV - 219.1
32. Marty Roth - 218.9
33. Mario Dominguez - 218.6

Roger Yasukawa goes 218.5 trying to bump Dominguez. Just a bit too slow.

Max Papis tries to leave pit lane and can't go due to clutch problems.

Buddy Lazier goes 219.0 trying to bump Dominguez. This was after his crew said they took out "as much wing as we dare". Puts Marty Roth on the bubble.

31. A.J. Foyt IV - 219.1
32. Buddy Lazier - 219.0
33. Marty Roth - 218.9

Roger Yasukawa goes 218.4 trying to bump Roth. That is his final attempt.

Mario Dominguez on his first lap goes 219.2. He then spins on lap 2 and Roth stays in the field. The gun fires at 6pm and that's the day.

5/18/2008 6:44:50 PM

I am actually pissed that Roth is in the field. I mean he is going to wreck, its 100% going to happen. Yasukawa would actually be able to finish

5/18/2008 6:46:36 PM

Quote :

"John Andretti has to be the oldest driver in the field."

Not true. John Andretti is 45 years old. The person he is driving for, his car owner and in the field in his own right, Marty Roth, is 49 years old.

Quote :

"I am actually pissed that Roth is in the field. I mean he is going to wreck, its 100% going to happen. Yasukawa would actually be able to finish "

I don't mind Roth and I applaud what the guy does. The only way I'll ever get into racing is his model. At least he's not a ride buyer and he fielded his own car, in addition to John Andretti's.

He would've finished last year if the rain came 10 minutes earlier.


Anyway, rows 7 through 10 has 8 rookies out of 12. Lap 1 crash anyone?

[Edited on May 18, 2008 at 6:54 PM. Reason : /]

5/18/2008 6:47:00 PM

no he will crash. He's had to improve this year because there is actually competition for him in the back field. Thus he will probably try too hard.

But yeah being an owner driver is difficult. I'd like to be rich and drive an IndyCar, but honestly probably in vintage races on a roadcourse for fun not in the way of people. I mean the IRL can black flag him as well.

Well I'm sticking with Dixon for the season championship and for Indy. He has no desire to drive in NASCAR and he's to old for F1, so he should be in the IRL for a while to go too

5/18/2008 10:00:36 PM

My personal favorite of the top 4 drivers is Castroneves.

But if I'm picking a winner, I'll say Dan Wheldon.

5/19/2008 2:35:21 PM

I mean its hard to pick because basically my heart is always thumping with 20 laps left at Indy regardless of who is winning and no matter what its always exciting

5/20/2008 8:04:37 AM

check out http://www.indycar.com/ because they have a list of all kinds of stuff that will be on tv. ESPN classic will have a lot of stuff going on as well

5/21/2008 11:05:34 AM

leaving in the the morning for indy, be back tuesday

5/21/2008 6:34:56 PM

well

Marty Roth wrecked.

5/25/2008 2:38:34 PM

well

Scott Dixon won. I hate being right all the time

5/25/2008 4:41:30 PM

Danica Patrick is

a


Bitch.

5/25/2008 4:58:32 PM

why? because she's pissed a guy slammed into her because he wasn't in 100% control of the car coming out of the pit stall?

5/25/2008 5:06:02 PM

Quote :

"he wasn't in 100% control of the car "

5/25/2008 5:08:54 PM

i look at that incident as shit happens in racing.

5/25/2008 5:27:56 PM

what she did is much tamer than some of the antics I've seen in nascar, I would of like to have seen what she would of have done had they let her down there.

5/25/2008 5:53:23 PM

Girl problems.

5/25/2008 5:55:20 PM

well actually the head of security of the speedway stopped her. Pit road during a race is not the best place to do anything. Other pit road confrontations have been AFTER races

Vitor has got to be cursed man. But still Carpenter finishing 5th is actually the BEST drive of the race. overshadowed by other stuff (ok I've had enough of Danica thanks) but worth talking about!

5/25/2008 8:33:35 PM

I would hit it, I admit that.

But man, she's such a damned bitchy primadonna.

5/25/2008 11:05:00 PM

A bit late, but here's my thoughts:

-Who before the race would've thought that both Dale Coyne cars would lead the race and neither Penske car ever would?

-What team will Tony Kanaan race for next year?

-Who will be in the 2nd Penske car next year?

-I really hope Sarah Fisher did not overstretch her finances.

-Dreyer & Reinbold take all 3 cars to the checkered flag and take 8th, 10th, and 19th.

-Lots of hoopla and publicity after winning a race and following in your father's footsteps at Indy equals...33rd. No worries Graham, there'll be more races.

-Top finishing female driver was Milka Duno.

-For all the talk of the Big 3 teams, three of the top six was taken by the B-teams.

-How about Vitor Meira? I thought that with the National Guard coming on as a sponsor he may lose his ride next year, but taking 2nd for Panther's best Indy finish ever is pretty good and I think his position is more solid now.

-The best of the CART crossovers was KV Racing. Both of Newman-Haas' cars crashed.

-Ed Carpenter took a solid 5th and he's now a solid 7th in points. He just needs to break through and get that high finish.

-Looking forward to Tomas Scheckter's participation in races later this season.

-All the media is supporting Danica and her "walk".

-On to Milwaukee, the points for the second championship of the Indycar season look like this:

1. Dixon 191
2. Castroneves 176
3. Wheldon 153
4. Kanaan 139
5. Andretti 130
6. Patrick 122
7. Carpenter 120
8. Power 114
9. Mutoh 113
10. Servia 112

13. Rahal 98
14. Meira 98
16. Foyt IV 92
19. Briscoe 84

[Edited on May 27, 2008 at 6:07 PM. Reason : /]

5/27/2008 6:06:21 PM

Quote :

"but taking 2nd for Panther's best Indy finish ever is pretty good and I think his position is more solid now."

I swear he has finished second at Indy before.........

yep it was 2005 but for Rahal. I think I heard a tv reporter say it was HIS best finish. But yes it is Panther's best finish. They SHOULD have won in 2001 but Hornish spun but had the fastest laps consistently. 'course he won the championship anyway.

5/27/2008 7:07:11 PM

just got back in town today. The weather was the best for a 500 in years (especially after last years race marathon). The crowd was great, much better than a nascar crowd. Seeing danica march toward briscoe was the highlight for me.

I was rooting for scheckter, he was doing great untill the pit accident. I'm probably going to go to kentucky in august as well.

5/27/2008 8:24:57 PM

i'm most likely not going to afford a Richmond trip. Glad to hear about the atmosphere. The weather helped, reunification helped, Danica winning earlier helped, and I hope this is all going somewhere

5/27/2008 8:30:00 PM

Indie racing would be awesome if every car weren't 30 lengths apart all the time.

5/27/2008 10:01:46 PM

1.5 banked oval?

5/28/2008 6:15:09 AM

^^ Well you'll enjoy Milwaukee this coming weekend. 1-mile oval with 27 cars.

5/28/2008 10:02:15 AM

go to youtube and just search IRL texas ...............

5/28/2008 6:12:10 PM