Great win for Hornish

[Down F0rce]

Sam the Man took a fantasic win today, totally untouchable. He still thinks he is in with a shout of the championship...after a drive like that, you gotta belive he is serious. Congrats to Sam

[esorniloc]

How far back in the points is he?

[Down F0rce]

He has moved up to fifth place, 77 points behind the leader, Kanaan. With 200 points up for grabs, he could do it, but being realistic the guys ahead of him would have to all have poor results in the next four races. Still, anything can happen!

[MichaelH]

I said after Michigan that he was still in with a chance and I think he still is. It's a long shot, but for sure if he pulls it off it'll be the most astonishing result for years and he'll rightly be considered the best oval racer of all time....In my opinion, anyway.

[Down F0rce]

Sure, I hope he wins it as well. In my opinion, he already is the greatest oval racer of all time

[MichaelH]

Funny how people seem to be backing Hornish enthusiastically to win his third successive title wheras a certain Schumachers continued run of three F1 titles had most of us willing his engine to grenade every race...or is that just me?!

[JohnSSC]

A great improvement by the Chevy engine.

Ford:
First
On
Race
Day

If you can't beat 'em, buy a faster one from someone else!

[sgw2]

I tell anybody who will listen, Sam Hornish is flat out the best OW driver in North America. He showed it again against a deep feild.

This one looked like Rick "oval Meister" Mears. Wow!

Gotta give Chevrolet credit for doing what it takes to win. Makes one proud to be American - up there with Panoz victories over Audi or BMW, or Armstrong in the tour de France. To beat the best, you must compete against the best.

Dixon showed fine form and showed he is a talent. He also dopped a rather incidiary anti-CART line

(Compare your experiences in the IRL and CART): “I think the competition and the level of the teams are fairly similar. It’s just the package they have here allows you to race. The better cars always move to the front, whereas in CART, even if you had the fastest car, if you started 12th, you’d probably finish 10th, with other people having mechanicals. I think the racing’s better. It’s a lot more fun for the drivers. I didn’t really think I’d say that I’d have fun this year, but I’ve had a lot of fun from the start.”

The boy is young, I hope he doesn't go down the Boris Said, Paul Tracy trash talk route. Each form is it's own, show respect.

And again Bryan Herta made me proud to a fan of his. A fine podium. This is three top fives, two podiums, and a win, in just seven starts! Wasn't he supposed to be no match for top drivers, and very poor on ovals? I think people have to look again at his talent. The effort and focus seem to be there now. He deserves afull-time ride IMO.

Although a dominating performance from Hornish, it was a good clean race, and what looked on the TV to be a healthy crowd. Good Show!

Now to watch the ALMS Mosport tape! ... busy busy busy.

[climb]

At least, with a good "Chevy" engine the whole season would have been diofferent, fastest lap was marked by Sarah Fisher as well; perspectives are good for next season, and Sam can get some more satisfaction from the late races.

[evo]

Yeah, that British made Chevy engine is pretty good. Sam Hornish the best driver in North American OW racing? That would be a rather long argument with no real solution. He is very very good. Best oval racer ever? Again, a long argument. My vote is still Rick Mears. What is it about great oval racers and Pennzoil sponsorship?

[marcus]

yep was a great drive by sam , in fact i didnt think much of the event , found it kinda dull , but hey we cant have a BALLTEARER every time now can we

but a simply awesome effort and if he pulls it off it will be amazing.

also a fairly good drive by Robbie Buhl but some bad performances by Fisher and Lazier who must surely have some other terrible problems.

[climb]

Repeat that Sarah Fisher marked the fastest lap, if i'm not wrong...

[climb]

..and we have to remember that Panther team has the best track-engineering staff of the series, better than Penske and ganassi

[marcus]

oh well there you go then , i didnt know Sarah got the fastest lap , just proves there was other factors involved I guess.

hopefully now teams know what to expect with the new Chevy the next one will be awesome.

[tanalised]

Originally posted by marcus
oh well there you go then , i didnt know Sarah got the fastest lap , just proves there was other factors involved I guess.

hopefully now teams know what to expect with the new Chevy the next one will be awesome.

should be , becoz Toyota and Honda are sure to be pushing to bolt some new bits on their engines. I can't see them sitting still...and the costs will rise.

[tanalised]

By the way great drive from Sam, utterly dominant. Strange that Scheckter was so far away from Dixon in terms of performance

[climb]

That's not the first time, indeed; apparently Dixon is a tougher teammate than Eddie ...

[racer69]

As much as i disagree with allowing Chevy the engine change, it was an impressive drive by Hornish. It was really a Chevy parade either, so the new engine isn't really dominent

[BootsOntheSide]

Apart form Hornish, and perhaps Rice and Meira, the Chevrolet teams are the weakest ones, so you wouldn't expect them to dominate, especially without much practice of the car.

Still, not the greatest race reallly, but it does set the conclusion of the championship up really well. Sam could win the title, but otherwise its between the incoming CART stars. Should be a great final 4 races though, which is what counts.

[climb]

In any case all the Chevy teams have significantly improved (Buhl 6th in quals: never happended).
Maybe this allowance is not that fair, but the last four races will be among 16 drivers , instead of 7-8, c'est-�*-dire way better!

[Tazmanracer]

Originally posted by sgw2
Dixon showed fine form and showed he is a talent. He also dopped a rather incidiary anti-CART line



The boy is young, I hope he doesn't go down the Boris Said, Paul Tracy trash talk route. Each form is it's own, show respect.

I don't think he was trash talking, i just think he's been surprised this year by how good the IRL is. He's just saying what we all already know

[climb]

moreover we have to remember that this was an excerpt from an interview reported by indyracing.com, the official IRL website: could he really be more pro-CART? Don't think so.

I as well sense a great Championship run i hope Sam does it for all the Chevy Fans.so that way i can Brag.Great Win!

[Inside_Info]

Now that the Chevy engine is competitive and winning races, can we expect Honda and Toyota to be given a break and allowed to catch up???

Doh, silly me they're not American like Chevrolet....

Doh, wrong again, its not a Chevy anyway, its a Cosworth...

[Snrub]

I thought Ford stood for Found On Road Dead.

Seeing as we haven't seen Hornish in top level road course it's pretty hard to classify him as the best. Few here would argue that a 50 year old driving a Nascar would be the best driver in the country. Driving an oval with little speed difference between corners and straights tests the driver in only one respect. I'm not trying to critisize the IRL, it's gotten much better in this respect, but I doubt anyone here would argue Al Jr. still has it when he's required to turn left too.