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With the concrete oval in Nashville in the rear-views, the stars of the IndyCar Series make their way to central Ohio and the 2.25-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the Honda Indy 200 @ Mid-Ohio Presented by Westfield Insurance. Long a mainstay on the CART schedule, the track returned to the open-wheel calendar in 2007 to packed grandstands and tens of thousands of fans for three days of racing excitement as the IndyCar Series was joined by the stars of the American LeMans Series; 2008 looks to be no different.......


Weekend Schedule(note, all times US EDT, -4 hrs. GMT)..........................
~~Practice Session #1, 10:40am-12:10pm, 18 July 2008
~~Practice Session #2, 3:10-4:10pm, 18 July 2008
~~Practice Session #3, 8:45-9:45am, 19 July 2008
~~PEAK Motor Oil Knockout Qualifying, 11:45am-1:15pm, 19 July 2008
~~Final Practice Session, 8:30-9am, 20 July 2008
~~Honda Indy 200 @ Mid-Ohio, 1:30pm, 20 July 2008

Broadcast Info............................
--domestic TV, ABC Sports
--domestic AM radio, IMS Radio Network
--internet webcast, indycar.com and indy500.com
--domestic satellite radio, XM Satellite Radio Chs. 144-145
--international shortwave/TV simulcast courtesy of the United States Armed Forces Network

Past Winners at Mid-Ohio.................

~~Johnny Rutherford: 1980
~~Teo Fabi: 1983, 1989
~~Mario Andretti: 1984
~~Bobby Rahal: 1985-1986
~~Roberto Guerrero: 1987
~~Emerson Fittipaldi: 1988, 1992-1993
~~Michael Andretti: 1990-1991
~~Al Unser, Jr.: 1994-1995
~~Alex Zanardi: 1996-1997
~~Adrian Fernandez: 1998
~~Juan Pablo Montoya: 1999
~~Helio Castroneves: 2000-2001
~~Patrick Carpentier: 2002
~~Paul Tracy: 2003
~~Scott Dixon: 2007

Honda Indy 200 @ Mid-Ohio Entry List..................


A.J. Foyt, IV, #2 Vision Wellness/Lilly Diabetes
Helio Castroneves, #3 Team Penske
Vitor Meira, #4 National Guard/Delphi
Oriol Servia, #5 Plantronics
Ryan Briscoe, #6 Team Penske
Danica Patrick, #7 Motorola
(R)Will Power, #8 Aussie Vineyards
Scott Dixon, #9 Target
Dan Wheldon, #10 Target
Tony Kanaan, #11 Team 7-11
Darren Manning, #14 ABC Supply Co.
Buddy Rice, #15 RollCoater/Racing for Kids
Ryan Hunter-Reay, #17 Ethanol
Bruno Junquiera, #18 Z-Line Designs
(R)Mario Moraes, #19 Sonny's Real Pit BBQ
Ed Carpenter, #20 Menards/DirecTV
Milka Duno, #23 CITGO
Marty Roth, #25 Cirrus Aircraft
Marco Andretti, #26 Blockbuster
(R)Hideki Mutoh, #27 Formula Dream
(R)Ernesto[E.J.] Viso, #33 PDVSA
(R)Jaime Camara, #34 Sangari
(R)Enrique Bernoldi, #36 Sangari
(R)Mario Dominguez, #96 Visit Mexico City
(R)Justin Wilson, #02 McDonald's
(R)Graham Rahal, #06 Hole in the Wall Camps

Mid-Ohio Practice Session #1 top-5..................
1}Tony Kanaan, Andretti-Green Racing, 1:08.030 sec/119.488 mph
2} Helio Castroneves, Team Penske, 1:08.073 sec/119.413 mph
3} Scott Dixon, Target/Ganassi Racing, 1:08.233 sec/119.133 mph
4}(R)Justin Wilson, NHL Racing, 1:08.243 sec/119.115 mph
5} Ryan Briscoe, Team Penske, 1:08.438 sec/118.776 mph

Mid-Ohio Practice Session #2 top-5.......................
1} Marco Andretti, Andretti-Green Racing, 1:07.912 sec/119.699 mph
2} Helio Castroneves, Team Penske, 1:08.118 sec/119.334 mph
3} Ryan Briscoe, Team Penske, 1:08.227 sec/119.144 mph
4} Tony Kanaan, Andretti-Green Racing, 1:08.384 sec/118.870 mph
5} Scott Dixon, Target/Ganassi Racing, 1:08.503 sec/118.663 mph

Mid-Ohio Practice Session #3 top-5.......................
1} Helio Castroneves, Team Penske, 1:07.543 sec/120.349 mph
2} Scott Dixon, Target/Ganassi Racing, 1:07.707 sec/120.059 mph
3}(R)Hideki Mutoh, Andretti-Green Racing, 1:07.964 sec/119.604 mph
4} Buddy Rice, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, 1:08.108 sec/119.351 mph
5} Oriol Servia, KV Racing Tech., 1:08.135 sec/119.304 mph

During the Firestone Shootout, it was a Team Penske affair as teammates Ryan Briscoe and Helio Castroneves traded fast lap after fast lap; in the end, Spiderman notched his 27th career IndyCar Series pole.............


Honda Indy 200 @ Mid-Ohio presented by Westfield Insurance Starting Grid
note...positions 1-6 set in the Firestone Shootout; positions 7-12 set following round 2 of qualifying and all remaining spots determined following round 1 of qualifying

1} Helio Castroneves, #3 Team Penske, 1:07.248 sec
2} Ryan Briscoe, #6 Team Penske, 1:07.266 sec

3} Marco Andretti, #26 Blockbuster, 1:07.411 sec
4}(R)Justin Wilson, #02 McDonald's, 1:07.544 sec

5} Tony Kanaan, #11 Team 7-11, 1:07.575 sec
6} Scott Dixon, #9 Target, 1:07.593 sec

7} Buddy Rice, #15 RollCoater/Racing for Kids, 1:07.755 sec
8} Oriol Servia, #5 Plantronics, 1:07.845 sec

9} Bruno Junquiera, #18 Z-Line Designs, 1:07.869 sec
10}(R)Hideki Mutoh, #27 Formula Dream, 1:07.903 sec

11} Vitor Meira, #4 National Guard/Delphi, 1:08.003 sec
12}(R)Will Power, #8 Aussie Vineyards, 1:08.068 sec

13}(R)Graham Rahal, #06 Hole in the Wall Camps, 1:08.046 sec
14} Dan Wheldon, #10 Target, 1:08.338 sec

15} Ryan Hunter-Reay, #17 Ethanol, 1:08.344 sec
16}(R)Mario Dominguez, #96 Visit Mexico City, 1:08.372 sec

17}(R)E.J. Viso, #33 PDVSA, 1:08.467 sec
18}(R)Enrique Bernoldi, #36 Sangari, 1:08.545 sec

19}(R)Mario Moraes, #19 Sonny's Real Pit BBQ, 1:08.558 sec
20} Danica Patrick, #7 Motorola, 1:08.609 sec

21} Darren Manning, #14 ABC Supply Co., 1:09.156 sec
22} Ed Carpenter, #20 Menards/DirecTV, 1:09.310 sec

23} A.J. Foyt, IV, #2 Vision Wellness/Lilly Diabetes, 1:09.360 sec
24} Marty Roth, #25 Cirrus Aircraft, 1:09.941 sec

25}(R)Jaime Camara, #34 Sangari, 1:10.511 sec
26}(R)Milka Duno, #23 CITGO, 1:12.271 sec

....the race has begun; top-5 after lap 1,
Helio, Briscoe, Wilson, Dixon, Marco


Meira already in for slicks.........

Power and Rahal also in for slicks also.............

Marco resets fast lap, a 1:24.143[3]

parts of the track are still damp, but the sun is out and the track is drying out.....

Several cars pitting for slicks............
Marco, TK, Viso, Rice among them..............


New leader; Wilson got underneath Castroneves in the Keyhole and took 1st away.......

Wilson, Castroneves and Dixon now in for slicks..............

Briscoe now leads; Wilson goes off-course for a moment out of turn 1 but gets it back on the island.....

Top-5 at the moment..........
Meira, Power, Manning, Marco, Helio(first three have an almost 11-second lead on P4)

Passing 6 laps now.........

Meira continues to lead, Manning gets by Power for 2nd............

Every car seems to be trailing contrails behind them from all the humidity in the all..........