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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:34 am
by mlittle
Now Power and Carpenter is side-by-side....................Power on the low side, Carpenter on the high-side; Kanaan now creeping up on both of them

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:35 am
by mlittle
They're separated by less than a car-length; Carpenter continues to hound Power for the lead!

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:35 am
by mlittle
Lap 135: Carpenter and Power are running side by side for the lead!

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:36 am
by mlittle
Dixon passes Patrick for 5th...............next lap, Danica returns the favor, passing the Kiwi for 5th in turn

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:36 am
by mlittle
140 laps in the books........top-5:
Power, Carpenter, Castroneves, Kanaan, Patrick

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:37 am
by mlittle
Briscoe must have some wicked understeer as his car washed up the track once again in three and four.................. :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:38 am
by mlittle
Carpenter leads!
27 thousandths' of a second!

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:40 am
by mlittle
Power retakes the lead from Carpenter..................
Race control reporting that the #12 of Will Power is expected to pit around lap 155-159

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:42 am
by mlittle
Power's crew setting up for a stop...............................and here he comes down the pit-entrance lane..............he comes to a stop; gets fuel and tires; no adjustments.................

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:45 am
by mlittle
Carpenter's still in the lead; Castroneves, Kanaan, Briscoe and Rahal round-out the top-5

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:46 am
by mlittle
Rahal passes Briscoe for 4th

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:48 am
by mlittle
......and Rahal loses a bit of track position as both Dixon and Franchitti get by him

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:49 am
by mlittle
Race control reporting teams getting prepared for their final round of stops.............Carpenter continues to lead; what an impressive performance by the Hoosier native tonight!

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:50 am
by mlittle
......and Carpenter ducks onto pitlane; should be a splash of fuel w/tires and he's away........just over 7 seconds on that stop

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:51 am
by mlittle
Dixon, Kanaan, Andretti pit