2006 CCWS Rd. 13--Lexmark Indy 300

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Who will win the Lexmark Indy 300?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:27 pm

Sebastien Bourdais
0
No votes
Paul Tracy
0
No votes
Alex Tagliani
0
No votes
A.J. Allmendinger
2
33%
anyone who hasn't previously won at Surfers
2
33%
anyone who hasn't previously won at Surfers
2
33%
 
Total votes: 6

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Post by mlittle » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:21 pm

In case anyone's at Surfers Paradise, the new Panoz DP01 is taking a few laps around the track at present; that is the car that will be replacing the venerable Lola B2K starting in 2007
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Post by Julian Mayo » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:24 pm

Welll done Mfer, I should be there......my kids grounded me :cry:
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Post by Julian Mayo » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:24 pm

two roubles says rain today n tomorrow :cry:
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Post by mlittle » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:27 pm

Quick qual. primer......

~~as in the first qual. session, each driver gets 15 laps to post their fastest time; any driver causing a red flag situation will lose their fastest time
~~in winning the provisional pole yesterday, Will Power automatically gets a front-row starting spot and can start no worse than 2nd for Sunday's Lexmark Indy 300
~~expect the drivers to break the 15 laps they can run in the session into wither 2 7-8 lap segments OR 3 5-lap segments
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Post by mlittle » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:29 pm

5 cars w/posted times; Dominguez P1, then Zwolsman, Tracy, Wirth and Legge


25 minutes left in the session......
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Post by mlittle » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:31 pm

Legge improves to P3 in the session w/a time of 1:36.421, which would place her 14th on the grid for the race tomorrow

reminder.........it the fastest time regardless of session that sets the grid for the race
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Post by mlittle » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:32 pm

Both Tracy and Dominguez have lain down some serious markers; PT's 1st and Dominguez P2

Tracy 1:32.874 sec
Dominguez 1:33.879 sec
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Post by mlittle » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:34 pm

Now Ranger fires one; he jumps up to 2nd for the session(11th on the combined qual. charts)

Top-5 at the moment are Tracy, Ranger, Dominguez, Zwolsman and Heylen; no has yet come close to Power's prov. pole time from Friday
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Post by mlittle » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:37 pm

SeaBass on a flyer; he now moves to P2 in the session(3rd on the combined)

It appears by the video feeds that most of the cars on-track are currently using the red-walled Bridgestone Potenza tires; these are softer tires than the regular black-walled Bridgestone.......the "reds" have more grip and conversely, are not quite as durable

18 minutes left in the session
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Post by mlittle » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:38 pm

Tracy still P1 for the moment; Junquiera, Bourdais, Dominguez and Ranger round out the top-5 so far; highest running rookie in the session is the RuSport #10 of Oz native Ryan Briscoe, who is making his ChampCar debut in place of the recovering Cristiano da Matta
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Post by mlittle » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:40 pm

According to timing/scoring, Bourdais may be on a flyer..........he now leapfrogs Tracy into P1!

Tagliani now moves into P3 for the session; the session is at the halfway point now
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Post by mlittle » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:43 pm

RED FLAG! RED FLAG! Race control reporting a car has crashed at turn 2.....it's Bourdais! The current points leader has smacked the inside of the chicane at turn 2.....there are looks fo dejection in the McDonald's pitcrew


Apparently, SeaBass tried to cut the chicane's middle section too close, hit the tire stack, lost the front end and......klablammo! right into the wall.... :shock: :shock:
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Post by mlittle » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:47 pm

Current top-5 in the session are......

Tracy 1:31.959 sec
Bourdais 1:32.212 sec
Tagliani 1:32.845 sec
Junquiera 1:32.969 sec
Phillipe 1:33.419 sec

According to race control, there will be at least 20 minutes of green flag time for qualifying.....and the green flag is back out.
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Post by mlittle » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:52 pm

The long red flag period may have thrown some of these cars out of whack; several have short-cut the chicanes on both sides of the track


Dominguez jumps back up to P5 w/a 1:33.012 sec time


3 minutes left in the session........
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Post by mlittle » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:53 pm

Briscoe on a flyer...........so is PT!

Junquiera now in 3rd for the session; 4th overall
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