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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:00 pm
by mlittle
Caution still out..............55 laps in the book tonight; judging by timing/scoring, nine cars on the lead lap
Franchitti back on pitroad for a splash of fuel and tires; fast stop, about 9 seconds...............
Race control calling Matsuura in for a 30-sec. stop-n'-hold; apparently, he wasn't supposed to get a wave-around but he went anyway..........
Green flag next time around............
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:00 pm
by mlittle
Green flag! Green flag!
Wheldon and Dixon battling for the lead; Kanaan right behind in 4th..........
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:01 pm
by mlittle
Kanaan back around Dixon for 2nd; Wheldon 6 carlengths ahead............
Matsuura in for his stop-n'-hold penalty on pitroad.........
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:02 pm
by mlittle
Scheckter passes Carpenter for 8th; Wheldon still leads
Top-5 at lap 63..........Wheldon, Kanaan, Dixon, Hornish, Franchitti
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:03 pm
by mlittle
Dixon, Kanaan and Hornish now in a three-way scrum for 2nd; Wheldon still leads........Franchitti and Patrick in P5/P6 trying to reel in the leaders
Correction...........make that a three-way fight there as Castroneves now pulls alongside Patrick and edges past for 7th; Patrick reporting a wicked push through the corners.........
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:05 pm
by mlittle
Top-5 at lap 68.............Wheldon, Hornish, Kanaan, Dixon and Franchitti
Carpenter falls to 10th as Marco Andretti slides down the low-side of turn 3 for the spot..............Hornish now tries to pass Wheldon on the high-side of one; can't get it done......
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:06 pm
by mlittle
Patrick and Carpenter are on flyers; both of 'em passing a couple of cars at the same time................
Wheldon still holding Hornish off, using the low line around the track
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:07 pm
by mlittle
Franchitti attempts a pass around Dixon but gets nowhere; Wheldon still leads, Hornish in 2nd..........
now passing lap 74 of 228; top-5 are Wheldon, Hornish, Kanaan, Dixon and Franchitti
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:08 pm
by mlittle
Hornish trying the high lane around one and two, trying to pass Wheldon; can't get it done, Wheldon still leads...............
Dixon just flew past Kanaan for 3rd; Wheldon and Hornish still side-by-side............they're still 2-wide now, Dixon looks like he wants to join!
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:10 pm
by mlittle
Wheldon still leading, Hornish backs off a little but remains 2nd; Dixon, Kanaan and Scheckter are 3-4-5
Patrick fell back to 9th for a few laps but passes her teammate Marco Andretti for 8th; Wheldon and Hornish still fighting for the lead, side-by-side again!
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:15 pm
by mlittle
Wheldon and Hornish still in side-by-side mode; must be the third or fourth lap now...........neither driver giving an inch........
Caution's out.............caution's out! Lap 87 now, as the caution has come out for the second time tonight under the lights in Texas...........looking to see what has happened...........it looks like Scheckter's spun it going through the quad-oval; it appears it's a done day for the South African as he climbs out of his car
And Scheckter's p-----! Just threw both gloves towards the #26 of Andretti, pointing at him with closed fist.......
Irony is, there's not any appearable damage; Scheckter might want those gloves back!!
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:17 pm
by mlittle
Passing lap 91 of 228................top-5, Wheldon, Hornish, Dixon, Kanaan and Castroneves
Everyone heads down pitroad for fuel and tires; looks like the pit window is around 45-50 laps, so I'm guessing there should be two more stops before the end of tonight's race
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:20 pm
by mlittle
Wheldon back in first; Dixon 2nd, Hornish 3rd, Franchitti 4th, Andretti 5th.........Scheckter is done for the night; they just wheeled his car behind the wall
Race control gives Marco a drive-through penalty for blocking Scheckter[he will have to serve the drive-through once the green comes out]; Scheckter on the IMS broadcast opined that "he must not have wanted a Vision car in front of him"
Scheckter still sounds p-----, but there's a lot of resignation in Scheckter's voice
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:22 pm
by mlittle
Green flag! Green flag! Patrick got a heck of a jump, flying past a couple of cars for 4th......and Hornish finally gets around Wheldon; Hornish now leads, Wheldon in 2nd................
Top-5 with 100 laps approaching............Hornish, Wheldon, Dixon, Patrick and Kanaan
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:23 pm
by mlittle
Castroneves around Carpenter for 8th; Patrick now dicing with Dixon for 3rd............
Castroneves passes Franchitti; now in 7th.......passing lap 102 of 228