Michigan 400 Thread

Hazard · 5 Aug 2007, 10:44 (Ref:1981366)

Dario secures pole at a circuit he's very familiar with.

Dixon has to battle his way up from 6th. Chance for Dario to run away again for a bit? Though very little team mate support today it would seem.

deejay · 5 Aug 2007, 11:24 (Ref:1981412)

Not much chance to run away at Michigan. Good qualifying car also doesn't mean a good race car here. I think it's pretty wide open in the top ten.

JamesRamone · 5 Aug 2007, 14:53 (Ref:1981625)

Pos Driver Speed
1. Dario Franchitti 218.308
2. Sam Hornish Jr 218.024
3. Helio Castroneves 217.894
4. Scott Sharp 217.631
5. Dan Wheldon 217.448
6. Tomas Scheckter 217.434
7. Scott Dixon 217.369
8. Tony Kanaan 217.192
9. Danica Patrick 216.967
10. Ed Carpenter 216.295
11. Vitor Meira 215.957
12. Ryan Hunter-Reay 215.878
13. Marco Andretti 215.809
14. Kosuke Matsuura 215.371
15. AJ Foyt IV 215.335
16. Sarah Fisher 215.297
17. Buddy Rice 214.859
18. Darren Manning 214.175
19. Milka Duno 212.901
20. Jon Herb -

Not sure what happened to Herb. Manning fairly low down, as it Marco. Scott Sharp qualified well. But i feel the grid will not give true
reflection of the race, My moneys still on Dixon again. Wheldon as rear
gunner will be up there too i feel.

Hazard · 5 Aug 2007, 15:08 (Ref:1981638)

There's a thing. Wheldon and Dixon are not known as good buddies, so exactly how much support Dixon will get is certainly not a given. Wheldon obviously isn't completely out of it albeit a very unlikely champion - but better with the street circuits gone.

I think the top 3 here will be the chief fighters unless any of the AGR's have fixed their set-up.

NAC · 5 Aug 2007, 15:11 (Ref:1981640)

Didn't Dixon cover Weldons 6 in the last race last year

Hazard · 5 Aug 2007, 15:38 (Ref:1981669)

Quote:

Originally Posted by NAC

Didn't Dixon cover Weldons 6 in the last race last year

That was nice of him

Anyway, track is wet and rain is forecast for all day. Possible non-starter today

Delayed start already declared.

Knowlesy · 5 Aug 2007, 15:40 (Ref:1981672)

Dixon was in a sort of limbo at the last race last season. He still had a chance at the title after all, IIRC.

So quite how convincingly he was covering Dan I am not so sure!

Hazard · 5 Aug 2007, 16:11 (Ref:1981714)

Timing announcement: "The rain has lightened up a bit"

Dutton · 5 Aug 2007, 16:27 (Ref:1981731)

This is irritating. I was wanting to watch the race before going out...

Oh, well, taping it may be then.

Hazard · 5 Aug 2007, 16:47 (Ref:1981746)

Rain falling again

Hazard · 5 Aug 2007, 17:42 (Ref:1981779)

Timing announcement: The rain has stopped

Dutton · 5 Aug 2007, 18:43 (Ref:1981813)

Has it been called off yet?

The TSN feed was scheduled to finish at 1230, and this it did. So now it is hours of nothing/advertising. It was being shown on TSN-A (alternative channel, rather than main channel), thus I am annoyed they have not extended their coverage (if the race has not been called, that is).

This is annoying. Oh, well, there is NASCAR TSN normal channel and WSB on Speed.

WSB it is.

drdisque · 5 Aug 2007, 19:02 (Ref:1981831)

Race will air on ESPN Classic at 4PM EDT

IMS Radio Network + In Car Video will be on indycar.com , I believe they're working on getting the ability to show full video coverage because of the move.

There's also reports that there will be full video coverage on ESPNClassic.com

NAC · 5 Aug 2007, 19:43 (Ref:1981866)

Morning all. Where are we at with the start?

Hazard · 5 Aug 2007, 19:45 (Ref:1981872)

Starting now, well soon

drdisque · 5 Aug 2007, 19:46 (Ref:1981873)

IndyCar.com has now confirmed that they will have the full telecast in steaming video on their website.

We are currently 15 minutes from going live.

NAC · 5 Aug 2007, 19:47 (Ref:1981876)

Thanks. Did it actually start or just full delay?

drdisque · 5 Aug 2007, 19:48 (Ref:1981878)

Race has not started, it will be shown live

NAC · 5 Aug 2007, 21:37 (Ref:1981969)

Is anyone else having trouble with indycar.com's live video feed?

Hazard · 5 Aug 2007, 21:46 (Ref:1981976)

Earlier I did - once you're in, don't let it go! It seems unsurprisingly, very busy.

NAC · 5 Aug 2007, 22:02 (Ref:1981985)

Bugger, I just cant get in.

I'm currently got ESPN's race cast up http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/irlracecast/racecast and listening the IMS network.

Have to say the race cast is actually quite good.

chemhead1 · 5 Aug 2007, 22:28 (Ref:1982009)

Quote:

Originally Posted by NAC

Bugger, I just cant get in.

I'm currently got ESPN's race cast up http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/irlracecast/racecast and listening the IMS network.

Have to say the race cast is actually quite good.

Good call there. I've been meaning to just relax and listen to a racecast for any series, actually. Especially since the metropolitan L.A. area doesn't get as much as an IMS/MRN/PRN affiliate. (Technically there's an MRN affiliate in Santa Monica, but it's a bit hard to get the AM frequency from where I'm at. And it's only race broadcasts and not full-fledged programming.)

NAC · 5 Aug 2007, 22:42 (Ref:1982018)

Quote:

Originally Posted by chemhead1

but it's a bit hard to get the AM frequency from where I'm at. And it's only race broadcasts and not full-fledged programming.)

I'm listening on my PC (in New Zealand) the link is off the IRL live timing page

luke · 5 Aug 2007, 22:44 (Ref:1982020)

Omg!!!!!

NAC · 5 Aug 2007, 22:46 (Ref:1982023)

so no points for Dixon or Dario

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