Every season at its' beginning is a veritable tabula rasa, a blank slate; no one really knows what will happen.....just look at how last year started.The grass is green.....the sky is blue.....I guess it's time to go racing again.
But as Speed's Robin Miller put it, "We mourn, then we race."Since 2002, the teams and drivers of the IRL IndyCar Series have traveled to South Florida and the Homestead-Miami Speedway to begin; this year marks the first time in the modern era of NA open-wheel racing that the season will begin under the lights with the season-opening XM Satellite Radio 300. The track's progressive(18-20 deg.) banking allows drivers to use multiple grooves going through the corners and as produced some close finishes over the years. Here is the event schedule for the first round of the 2007 season............
Practice Session #1.....................12 to 2 pm, 23 March 2007
Practice Session #2.....................5:40-7:40 pm, 23 March 2007
Qualifying Session.......................8:45 pm, 23 March 2007
XM Satellite Radio 300.................8 pm, 24 March 2007*
*--to be broadcast live on ESPN-2; radio broadcasts on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway(IMS) Radio Network(domestic AM radio), XM Satellite Radio Ch. 144, XM Sports Nation and international radio/shortwave broadcasts via. the United States Armed Forces Network; you can also listen to the event live on the IRL website, indycar.com.
As always, I'll have observations, commentaries, news reports and, as last year, live commentary during the qualifying session.
