Indycar: Mid-Ohio

[ÜberDoober]

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Qualifying, Saturday July 19
11:45am Eastern
8:45pm Pacific

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Sunday July 20
1:30pm EASTERN
10:30pm PACIFIC

More to come on this event soon!
Lots of news too including Paul Tracy! :)

[LittleAlguy]

It's times like this when I wish I had my DVR working. :mad:

Ah well. It's been some week in IndyCar. Let's hope the Mid-Ohio only adds to the excitement. :)

[LittleAlguy]

Group 1: Kanaan, Andretti, Wilson, Power, Hunter-Reay, Viso, Meira, Moraes, Camara, Foyt IV, Manning, Briscoe

RHR off.

[LittleAlguy]

Kanaan spins at the Carousel but keeps it going.

I knew Grp. 1 would be fierce as heck.

[LittleAlguy]

Meira makes it as well as Briscoe, Kanaan, Andretti, Power, and Wilson.

Group 2 out: Dixon, Castroneves, Patrick, Mutoh, Servia, Dominguez, Junqueira, Roth, Duno, Rice, Carpenter, Bernoldi, Rahal

[LittleAlguy]

DP going into someone's pit box? Say it isn't so! :rolleyes: Then Milka throws a rag at her.

[LittleAlguy]

Group 2 top 6: Rice, Dixon, Castroneves, Mutoh, Servia, Junqueira

How about Rice this weekend?

[ÜberDoober]

9:42am Pacific time...just walked in from a 152 mile motorcycle ride and am tuning in now. I'll be bailing at 10:00 to tune in MotoGP from Laguna Seca on my computer.

[LittleAlguy]

Fastest 6: Briscoe, Castroneves, Kanaan, Dixon, Wilson, Andretti.

Who is that counting?

[ÜberDoober]

Dang! I had to shut the video down but still have the timing screen up. All tuned into motogp.com for final qualifying practice.

[LittleAlguy]

Good job losing the graphics, ESPN. :rolleyes:

Hey there. :seeya:

[ÜberDoober]

Looks like there's no video for the MotoGP session. Bastards!

I put Indycar back on for the fast 6! :)

[ÜberDoober]

Nice drifting there by Briscoe!

Helio on pole! Good run by Wilson, that's cool.

[LittleAlguy]

Penske 1-2. Wilson with a nice run.

[ÜberDoober]

Dang! Is Helio happy or what? :)

[LittleAlguy]

If that's happy, I don't know what would happen when he finally gets back to victory lane.

[LittleAlguy]

Final practice results: http://www1.indycar.com/scoring/2008/reports/indycarseries/midohio/indycar-results-pf.pdf

[ÜberDoober]

Nice, thanks! I see you boy Viso is looking good.

I wish like hell that F1 wasn't going to conflict. :angry-004:

I'm doing my best to avoid spoilers, but it's tough.

[LittleAlguy]

It was pouring earlier today before the Lights race and they are having a bunch of trouble so far.

[LittleAlguy]

Yeah. It would be easier for some of the midpack cars to move up possibly if the track stays damp.

[ÜberDoober]

Oh cool! Just put the Lights on. Also have ALMS on TV. Will freak out shortly.

MotoGP Warmup: 9:40
Formula 1: 10:00am
World SBK race 1: 10:00am
Indycar: 10:30am
World SBK2#2: 11:00

Damn! :)

[ÜberDoober]

Boy, you weren't kidding they're having trouble. Carnage City! :)

[ÜberDoober]

Boy! What a serious driver error. I bet he goes home and cries?

[LittleAlguy]

Wait, what just happened there? What a blunder by Reid.

Yeah, I also have the British Open, too.

[ÜberDoober]

Can't wait for the Duno/Danica catfight! :) Milka sounds like Charro. Drivers suiting up.

[ÜberDoober]

Did I hear they're starting on wets? This is going to be very interesting.

[LittleAlguy]

Wets but it's going to dry very quickly.

[ÜberDoober]

Clean start. Those tires are going to go off really fast.

[LittleAlguy]

Great job missing the start, ABC.

Wilson to 2nd, Dixon to 4th. Meira the first on slicks.

[LittleAlguy]

Manning, Power, and Rahal also on slicks.

Meira did a 1:21, the leaders are doing 1:24s, 1:25s.

[ÜberDoober]

Wilson to the lead! :)

[LittleAlguy]

Wilson P1.

[LittleAlguy]

Mistake by Wilson coming off pit lane.

The early pitters benefited big time.

[ÜberDoober]

Oh Noes! RHR on the beach with Bernoldi.

[LittleAlguy]

Bernoldi and RHR touch and are beached.

[ÜberDoober]

Oh Noes! RHR on the beach with Bernoldi.

Bernoldi and RHR touch and are beached.


:uplaugh::uplaugh:

[ÜberDoober]

ABC just showed the Danica-Duno "discussion". I didn't see any spitting, did you? :)

[LittleAlguy]

That's creepy.

[LittleAlguy]

No spitting there.

[LittleAlguy]

Wilson moving up after that earlier mistake. He's harrying Viso.

[LittleAlguy]

Rice with a slow stop. The engine stopped and then they got it going again.

[ÜberDoober]

Dominques spins into the gravel. Wing failure.

[ÜberDoober]

That's pretty cool MD stayed in the car while they put it on the hook. Bet that's a fun ride? :)

[LittleAlguy]

I like that free ride. :)

Viso hits a tire from Rahal's pit. Foyt pulled the air hose.

[LittleAlguy]

Power dives under Carpenter.

[ÜberDoober]

Marco spins but recovers. Wilson and Wheldon are gonna need to pit.

[ÜberDoober]

I'm loving the contrails off the wings. Haven't seen that for quite a while. It must be really really humid there.

[LittleAlguy]

Big break for Wilson, not so much for Wheldon.

Good save by Mutoh.

[ÜberDoober]

Duno bring out the yellow. Why can't they do local yellows?

So much for Wilson's lead.

[ÜberDoober]

Break? Yeah. Duh.

Don't know if you caught the rest of F1 but it was one of the best races in a while. Very exciting.

I'm now watching Indycar on the big TV and the live feed and the start of the Rolex race from Barber on mute. :)

[LittleAlguy]

I wonder why they can't put on-board starters on this car.

[ÜberDoober]

Oh Noes! Four car pile up including Justin. :mad:

[LittleAlguy]

Melee on the restart.

[LittleAlguy]

Looks like Wilson was the main culprit there.

[LittleAlguy]

Briscoe pulling away.

Lap 58 is the key.

[ÜberDoober]

Did you see that helmet bit? That is really cool!

[ÜberDoober]

Speaking of Rahal...ahem. :ack2:

[LittleAlguy]

Yup, that was pretty cool (the helmet, that is).

Yay, a local yellow!

[LittleAlguy]

Moraes take the lead then pits. Power takes over.

[ÜberDoober]

Tough luck in the pits for Viso. :( Power in.

Marty Roth in a precarious position. Penalty for RHR

[LittleAlguy]

Viso in trouble. Clutch issue.

[ÜberDoober]

Full course yellow for Moraes. :mad:

[LittleAlguy]

Moraes spins it. FCY.

[LittleAlguy]

Heh, Jenkins called Roth "Marty Reid".

[ÜberDoober]

Junky can't go the distance on fuel.

[LittleAlguy]

And we just missed Kanaan pass Manning.

[LittleAlguy]

Junky in for a splash.

[ÜberDoober]

Briscoe leads by a mile. They're going to go the distance and not turn to the clock.

Bruno in. :(

[ÜberDoober]

Penske 1 & 2! :)

Great job by Briscoe! Good runs by Power, servia and Meira!

Dixon takes 3rd even though he just scowled at me the whole race!

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[LittleAlguy]

Nice job by KV and Meira. Good recovery by Hunter-Reay.

Great race by Briscoe. That 2nd pit stop was key.

[ÜberDoober]

Final Results:

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Thanks, LittleAlguy! MotoGP is on at 2:00 and I'm peeing my pants in anticipation :)

[LittleAlguy]

Coolness. :) In the meantime, the Rolex series is having their race at Barber Motorsports Park, a possible future venue for IndyCar.

[LittleAlguy]

I'm probably asking too much for onboard starters, btw.