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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:20 am
by mlittle
Kanaan continues to reel off fast lap after fast lap(he is on a light fuel load, though)
Kanaan's lead now up to 8.6 seconds over Castroneves
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:22 am
by mlittle
Manning drafts past Sharp for position; Manning now in 6th, Sharp 7th
Kanaan continues to build up his lead, but he will have to pit pretty soon; race control reporting that TK will exit for pitlane on/about lap 60
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:23 am
by mlittle
Kanaan pits from the lead; he should be able to go the rest of the way..........
Wheldon, Rice and Sharp pit
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:25 am
by mlittle
Castroneves re-assumes the lead; top-5 at the moment are Castroneves, Dixon, Franchitti, Patrick and Manning
Hunter-Reay resets his personal fast lap, a 1:09.174(61)
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:26 am
by mlittle
Right now, Kanaan is the proverbial cat-bird's seat; all five drivers in front of him have to make one more stop, so could we see Kanaan in victory lane even with that first-lap schmozzle w/Patrick and Marco?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:27 am
by mlittle
Race control reporting Meira has retired from the race with mechanical problems
Castroneves resets his personal fast lap at 1:08.657(63)
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:28 am
by mlittle
Kanaan's engineer talking to IMS Radio; says that as long as they don't lose any more time to the front-5, Kanaan should inherit the lead when those five pit
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:30 am
by mlittle
Dixon resets his personal fast lap at 1:08.334(65)
IMS Radio talking about the record-setting crowds at Mid-Ohio this weekend; besides the IndyCar Series, the Indy Pro Series, American LeMans Series and the Speed World Challenge series competed here as well
Scheckter resets his personal fast lap at 1:09.222(66)
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:31 am
by mlittle
RHR pits for his last stop of the day; Kanaan now 18 seconds behind Castroneves
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:34 am
by mlittle
Kanaan now 19-20 seconds back; I'm almost betting the engineers for Castroneves, Dixon, Franchitti, Patrick and Manning are telling their respective drivers, "PUSH, PUSH, PUSH!!!!"
And here we go, Castroneves pits from the lead.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:36 am
by mlittle
Patrick now pits for here last stop of the day from P4; Matsuura pits from 8th.
And Castroneves beat Kanaan, getting back out before TK could pass him on-track!!!
Patrick away; 9-second stop, drops to 7th for the moment
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:38 am
by mlittle
Franchitti and Dixon are P1 and P2; Franchitti's engineer radios him, telling him to "give me three good laps, you are P1 at the moment. Give me three good laps!"
Franchitti gambling on fuel; stays out......now 15+ seconds ahead of the Iceman
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:41 am
by mlittle
The question of the race now is, can Franchitti build up enough of a lead to beat Dixon back out once he makes his last stop?
Fisher pits from 16th; Franchitti resets fast lap, a 1:08.015(75)
Franchitti peels off to pit.....the race begins!!!!
Five second stop and Dixon beat him by!! Dixon takes the lead as Franchitti exits in 2nd.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:42 am
by mlittle
Dixon takes over the lead as he just blew past Franchitti on the pitstraight; obvious dejection in the Canadian Club pits as they watched Dixon fly by on the straight as Franchitti was exiting pitlane.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:45 am
by mlittle
Patrick passes Manning for 5th; Manning drops to 6th
Dixon continues to lead over Franchitti; lead now 2.66 seconds