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21 Apr 2006, 00:45 (Ref:1590355)
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Motegi 2006 Weekend (Please - No Spoilers)
Today's early practice session (Friday) may get rained out, and yesterday they had an abbreviated session after lots of rain as well.
The air temp is 46 F and it is cloudy...the track is drying slowly. Doesn't speak well for good speeds, and the lack of track time means they will be qualifying or racing on a green surface at a tough place to get a good set-up to "Crack the Egg"... I hope that the place does dry out (Saturday is supposed to be dry for the race) in time for qualifying and the final practice session, but right now, it does not look good for that prospect....at least for today.... More important, I hope that these weather problems do not cause problems that cause accidents, since teams will not have very much track time to sort their cars. Old notes will help, but they only go so far... Keep your fingers crossed...it could be a long, and damage-filled race weekend. |
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21 Apr 2006, 01:53 (Ref:1590394)
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that coupled with the fact that there's usually a lot of attrition at Motegi and 3 rookies (1 of which hasn't been in an indycar race in a year and a half) and 2 veterans that haven't been to Motegi since '03 (Giaffone and Lazier). The cold also may have some effect on reliability.
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21 Apr 2006, 17:26 (Ref:1591051)
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So as qualifying was rained out they will be in championship order for the line up of the race.
http://www.indycar.com/news/story.php?story_id=6377 |
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21 Apr 2006, 19:28 (Ref:1591148)
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Row 1:
Inside: Helio Castroneves, 69th IRL Start, Best IRL Motegi finish: 3rd Outside: Scott Dixon, 51st IRL start, Best IRL Motegi finish: 5th Row 2: Inside: Dan Wheldon, 52nd IRL Start, 2 Motegi Wins Outside: Sam Hornish, Jr., 88th IRL start, Best IRL Motegi finish: 6th Row 3: Inside: Tony Kanaan, 53rd IRL Start, Best IRL Motegi finish: 2nd Outside: Kosuke Matsuura, 36th IRL start, Best IRL Motegi finish: 8th Row 4: Inside: Bryan Herta, 47th IRL Start, Best IRL Motegi finish: 5th Outside: Scott Sharp, 118th IRL start, 1 Motegi win Row 5: Inside: Felipe Giaffone, 56th IRL Start, Best IRL Motegi finish: 3rd Outside: Dario Franchitti, 40th IRL start, Best IRL Motegi finish: 7th Row 6: Inside: Vitor Meira, 48th IRL Start, Best IRL Motegi finish: 15th Outside: Tomas Scheckter, 64th IRL start, Best IRL Motegi finish: 10th Row 7: Inside: Tomas Enge, 17th IRL Start, First Motegi start Outside: Danica Patrick, 19th IRL start, Best IRL Motegi finish: 4th Row 8: Inside: Buddy Lazier, 93rd IRL Start, Best IRL Motegi finish: 19th Outside: P.J. Chesson, 3rd IRL start, First Motegi start Row 9: Inside: Marco Andretti, 3rd IRL Start, First Motegi start Outside: Buddy Rice, 52nd IRL start, Best IRL Motegi finish: 3rd Row 10: Inside: Ed Carpenter, 37th IRL Start, Best IRL Motegi finish: 16th Outside: Jeff Simmons, 3rd IRL start, First Motegi start |
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21 Apr 2006, 19:39 (Ref:1591159)
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So who wants who to win? I want Hornish, if that goes oyt of the window, next it's Dixon....
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21 Apr 2006, 20:32 (Ref:1591199)
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Sorry I haven't done a IRL race weekend thread. For U.K. viewers I think the earliest time the race will be shown is 9pm tomorrow on Sky Sports 3.
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22 Apr 2006, 00:44 (Ref:1591402)
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I hate it when qualifying is determined by points order. It's a handicaping system and unfair. Surely they could use final practive before the race or something?
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22 Apr 2006, 02:48 (Ref:1591441)
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they didn't use the practice speeds because group 2 didn't get a complete session in.
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