2007 IRL Rd. 16--Belle Isle Indy Grand Prix
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about to complete 4 laps
top-5 are Castroneves, Franchitti, Kanaan, Dixon and Andretti
top-5 are Castroneves, Franchitti, Kanaan, Dixon and Andretti
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Passing lap 11..............both Dan Wheldon and Buddy Rice have made their first round of stops early, gambling on fuel mileage and luck
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first four drivers(Castroneves, Franchitti, Kanaan and Dixon) have opened up a bit of a gap on the next group of drivers......................
best race on track at the moment appears to be that of Manning and Hornish for 7th/8th...........
best race on track at the moment appears to be that of Manning and Hornish for 7th/8th...........
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Thank heavens for ESPN Racecast...........more after the race........
Top-5 at the moment.....................
Castroneves*
Andretti*
Franchitti
Kanaan
Dixon
*--yet to pit(as of lap 24)
Top-5 at the moment.....................
Castroneves*
Andretti*
Franchitti
Kanaan
Dixon
*--yet to pit(as of lap 24)
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Race control reporting Castroneves to pit next lap; question now is.....how far will be fall back from the lead?
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Helio's in..........full fuel and tires; looks as though he'll cycle back out around 4th or 5th........Patrick in; the team added a turn of front-wing and did a full fuel/tire stop
Franchitti now assumes the lead; Kanaan 2nd
Franchitti now assumes the lead; Kanaan 2nd
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Marco's back in.........looks as though his day is done; the team's raising the rear engine cover
CAUTION'S OUT!! CAUTION'S OUT!! Race control reporting that the #20 of Ed Carpenter went off at turn 8 into the runoff area and they flew the yellows.........
CAUTION'S OUT!! CAUTION'S OUT!! Race control reporting that the #20 of Ed Carpenter went off at turn 8 into the runoff area and they flew the yellows.........
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Fastest lap of the race currently belongs to Kanaan w/a 1:14.193
Race control currently bunching up the field...........pits are open for everyone
Race control currently bunching up the field...........pits are open for everyone
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Green's back out.........................and we're back to caution!!!
Couple of cars involved................looks like Hornish, Patrick, Fisher and possibly Meira(looking at the TV, it appears that Hornish and Fisher collided; in the aftermath, Meira went into the tirewalls and Patrick got to visit the concrete walls courtesy of Darren Manning and the "chrome horn"......... )
Patrick motioning to the Delphi saefty personnel to get her restarted and back out; doesn't appear to have much damage, but it looks as though Fisher, Meira and Hornish are out of the race.................
Couple of cars involved................looks like Hornish, Patrick, Fisher and possibly Meira(looking at the TV, it appears that Hornish and Fisher collided; in the aftermath, Meira went into the tirewalls and Patrick got to visit the concrete walls courtesy of Darren Manning and the "chrome horn"......... )
Patrick motioning to the Delphi saefty personnel to get her restarted and back out; doesn't appear to have much damage, but it looks as though Fisher, Meira and Hornish are out of the race.................
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Race control reporting that medics are examining the hands and wrists of Hornish as he might have gotten injured during the accident................
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Still under caution..........34 laps in the books
Drivers currently out.............
RHR--clutch
Ma. Andretti--engine/mechanical
Fisher--accident T1
Hornish--accident T1
Meira--accident T1
Drivers currently out.............
RHR--clutch
Ma. Andretti--engine/mechanical
Fisher--accident T1
Hornish--accident T1
Meira--accident T1
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Wheldon, Matsuura and Carpenter have pulled into pitlane; assuming all three are topping off the fueltanks prior to the green coming back out.......
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Just doing some quick math.............this race is creeping closer to a timed race; approaching the 1 hr. mark in the race(the only timed race in IndyCar Series history was Watkins Glen back in 2006)
Green flag! Green flag!
Green flag! Green flag!
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top-5 after 39 laps
Franchitti
Kanaan
Dixon
Castroneves
Scheckter
Franchitti
Kanaan
Dixon
Castroneves
Scheckter
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The front three are beginning to drive away from Castroneves in 4th(the first three are averaging a 74.5; Spiderman's running a 75.6)
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