Iowa Corn Indy 250

DanicaFan · 23 Jun 2011, 12:22 (Ref:2904725)

Race 9 of 18

Race - Iowa Corn Indy 250

Location - Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa

Date - Saturday, June 25th

Time & TV Schedule - Pre-Race Show-Saturday, June 25th-8:00PM - Race Start -9:00PM Versus

Course Type - 1 (7/8 exact) Mile Oval

Distance - 250 Laps / 250 Miles

Practice Sessions - Friday, June 24th - 1:00PM-2:15 & 8:30-9:15PM Eastern

Qualifications - Friday, June 24th - 5:15-6:00PM Eastern

2010 Pole Sitter - #12 Will Power -181.337 mph

2010 Winner - #11 Tony Kanaan

gttouring · 24 Jun 2011, 17:13 (Ref:2905362)

Blazing fast shorter oval. POWER aims to do well with the monkey off his back if the Dario frieghter doesn't crumble.

kurski · 25 Jun 2011, 06:50 (Ref:2905594)

Takuma Sato secured his first IndyCar Series pole position in qualifying for the Iowa Speedway round.

skells22 · 25 Jun 2011, 09:05 (Ref:2905628)

down one driver. think back to last weekend when De Silvestro crashed her car. that the person that will not race this weekend

Yannick · 25 Jun 2011, 18:08 (Ref:2905886)

It's surprising to me that HVM did not try to find a replacement driver for this race since there are quite a few oval specialists available at this point.

Hopefully, Simona will be back fully healed once the Indy Cars return to the road and street circuits.

ujoint · 25 Jun 2011, 20:09 (Ref:2905965)

hopefully you get the race before the rain.

ujoint · 25 Jun 2011, 21:05 (Ref:2905991)

will power the winner.

cos · 26 Jun 2011, 03:01 (Ref:2906091)

Well done Marco on the win. Dario seemed to have given up victory after lap 180 or so (and who can blame him after Power's shunt and the points system) but there was a genuine battle for a while between him, Marco and Kanaan.
Gutted for Servia with his pit stop problem, and less so Sato who was strong all evening before walling it. Danica rather anonymous after that front row start.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 26 Jun 2011, 08:46 (Ref:2906157)

I couldn't get a decent feed so I missed the race but congrats to Marco Andretti on his first win. Apparently Power suffered mild concussion; I'm sure he'll pass the imPACT test before Toronto.

ujoint · 26 Jun 2011, 14:42 (Ref:2906351)

A real action pack wrekage everywhere as usual race. Congrats Marco.

ujoint · 26 Jun 2011, 15:32 (Ref:2906381)

Indy may or may not be as glamorous as the F1 and some other venues but there is one really nice thing about it and that is, there is no fn BE around it. For that I am humbly thankful.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 26 Jun 2011, 15:49 (Ref:2906393)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ujoint

Indy may or may not be as glamorous as the F1 and some other venues but there is one really nice thing about it and that is, there is no fn BE around it. For that I am humbly thankful.

True but Indy is still realing from when Tony was running things; Bernie could teach Tony a thing or two.

Matt · 26 Jun 2011, 16:45 (Ref:2906424)

Marco has more wins than Danica now.

Paradise City · 26 Jun 2011, 17:54 (Ref:2906462)

Pity about Power. Sato, the Wall Magnet, struck again.

Andretti didn't luck into this one. He raced hammer and tongs with Kanaan and Kanaan is a tough driver to crack.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 26 Jun 2011, 21:24 (Ref:2906553)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paradise City

Pity about Power. Sato, the Wall Magnet, struck again.

Andretti didn't luck into this one. He raced hammer and tongs with Kanaan and Kanaan is a tough driver to crack.

I was wondering whether Sato had managed or not to stuff the car into the wall.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 27 Jun 2011, 00:48 (Ref:2906617)

I knew the result but finally got to watch the whole race on YouTube thanks to some French guy; thouroughly enjoyed it and it made up for a lacklustre European GP. The race certainly came alive after halfway. It wasn't Team Penske's day and it was good to see KV Racing showing what they are potentially capable of; shame about Sato, though this time he wasn't the only one caught out on turn two. Dixon did an amazing job coming from 23rd to 3rd. Good to see a decent crowd in the stands, for once.

ujoint · 27 Jun 2011, 00:54 (Ref:2906619)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

True but Indy is still realing from when Tony was running things; Bernie could teach Tony a thing or two.

Indy will recover in spite of Tony George. It would not have if BE were at the helm. Just sayin.

**gomick** · 27 Jun 2011, 00:59 (Ref:2906622)

Was a great crowd - good race too... Glad Ganassi/Penske didnt win!

Hope Wil is cleared to race next weekend...

NaBUru38 · 27 Jun 2011, 04:51 (Ref:2906644)

Oh, I was rooting hard for Tony Kanaan. Speaking of green, check Curt Cavin's Q&A tomorrow to see if I got lucky.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 27 Jun 2011, 08:53 (Ref:2906700)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ujoint

Indy will recover in spite of Tony George. It would not have if BE were at the helm. Just sayin.

It's going to take time for Indy to recover. It was great to see a good crowd at Iowa but that needs to happen at every race and it hasn't for quite some time but hopefully the new car/engine package will generate that interest for the 2012 season.

gttouring · 27 Jun 2011, 13:46 (Ref:2906853)

I am surprised marco drove such a mature race. And he has a good deal of comosure in the wiinners circle. Wheredid danica go? Shame sari got beat by turn two and kanaan is just grreat ands class act, how could any team think its a good idea to get rid ofhim.?

HJJ · 27 Jun 2011, 14:14 (Ref:2906860)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...rticle2076612/

Paradise City · 27 Jun 2011, 14:38 (Ref:2906863)

He's Mario when he's winning and Marco when he's not.

Jonerz · 27 Jun 2011, 15:55 (Ref:2906891)

I count myself amongst those pleasantly surprised with Marco's driving. The race was pretty good the whole way through, and the crowd was more than decent.

Chris

ujoint · 27 Jun 2011, 20:01 (Ref:2907007)

Can anyone here convince Bernard to get Indycar back to Richmond, Virginia? I know this probably should go in the Alabama thread but, hey, that is history and this thread is more current. lol
Alot of folks left jonsing for Indycar there. Thanks.

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