Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach

[DanicaFan]

Race 4 of 17

Race - Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach

Location - Streets of Long Beach, California

Date - Sunday, April 18th

Time & TV Schedule - 3:30PM Eastern Time (4:15 Green Flag) Versus

Course Type - 1.968 Street Course

Distance - 85 Laps / 167.28 Miles

Practice Sessions - Friday, April 16th - 1:15-2:15pm & 5:25-6:25pm -Eastern, Saturday, April 17th -1:25-2:25pm Eastern

Qualifications - Saturday, April 17th -5:30-6:45pm Eastern

2009 Winner - Dario Franchitti

[DanicaFan]

Here is a map of the track layout..

[DanicaFan]

Here are the pit assignments for the race..

[skells22]

for those in UK that race starts at 9.15pm on SS4

[DanicaFan]

Here is the entry list for this race (25 cars entered)...

Car # & Driver / Car Name / Team

#2 Raphael Matos / HP Luczo Dragon / Luczo Dragon Racing-DeFerran Motorsports
#3 Helio Castroneves / Team Penske / Team Penske
#4 Dan Wheldon / National Guard Panther Racing / Panther Racing
#5 Takuma Sato / Lotus-KV Racing Technology / KV Racing Technology
#6 Ryan Briscoe / Team Penske / Team Penske
#7 Danica Patrick / Team GoDaddy.com / Andretti Autosport
#8 EJ Viso / PDVSA-Jet Aviation KVRT / KV Racing Technology
#9 Scott Dixon / Target Chip Ganassi Racing / Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#10 Dario Franchitti / Target Chip Ganassi Racing / Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#11 Tony Kanaan / Team 7-Eleven / Andretti Autosport
#12 Will Power / Verizon Team Penske / Verizon Team Penske
#14 Vitor Meira / ABC Supply Co. -AJ Foyt Racing / AJ Foyt Enterprises
#18 Milka Duno / CITGO / Dale Coyne Racing
#19 Alex Lloyd / Boy Scouts of America / Dale Coyne Racing
#22 Justin Wilson / Team Z-Line Designs-DRR / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#24 Mike Conway / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#26 Marco Andretti / Team Venom Energy / Andretti Autosport
#32 Mario Moraes / KV Racing Technology / KV Racing Technology
#34 Mario Romancini / Conquest Racing / Conquest Racing
#36 Bertrand Baguette / Conquest Racing-RACB / Conquest Racing
#37 Ryan Hunter-Reay / Team IZOD / Andretti Autosport
#67 Graham Rahal / Dollar General-Sarah Fisher Racing / Sarah Fisher Racing
#77 Alex Tagliani / FAZZT Race Team / FAZZT Race Team
#78 Simona De Silvestro / Team Stargate Worlds-HVM / HVM Racing
#06 Hideki Mutoh / Formula Dream-Panasonic / Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing

[DanicaFan]

Results of Practice Session 1..

[JagtechOhio]

This is getting pretty predictable. If anyone knows about other teams using the Penske third sway bar setup, please share the details.

Maybe I'm way off base, but I did not think that Helio was as good a road racer as he has been able to demonstrate since last year. I think the Penske "unfair advantage" is helping him out quite a bit.

[DanicaFan]

Here are the groups for qualifying tomorrow..

Group 1

#5 Takuma Sato
#6 Ryan Briscoe
#8 EJ Viso
#9 Scott Dixon
#10 Dario Franchitti
#11 Tony Kanaan
#19 Alex Lloyd
#26 Marco Andretti
#32 Mario Moraes
#34 Mario Romancini
#36 Bertrand Baguette
#77 Alex Tagliani
#78 Simona De Silvestro

Group 2

#2 Raphael Matos
#3 Helio Castroneves
#4 Dan Wheldon
#7 Danica Patrick
#12 Will Power
#14 Vitor Meira
#18 Milka Duno
#22 Justin Wilson
#24 Mike Conway
#37 Ryan Hunter-Reay
#67 Graham Rahal
#06 Hideki Mutoh

[Canada ALMS fan]

Milka just spun at the beginning of P2... PARK HER!

[DanicaFan]

Practice Session 2 Results..

[DanicaFan]

Practice Session 3 Results..

Rank / Car & Driver / Lap Time / Speed

1. #12 Will Power / 01:09.9597 / 101.270
2. #10 Dario Franchitti / 01:10.3147 / 100.758
3. #3 Helio Castroneves / 01:10.3738 / 100.674
4. #22 Justin Wilson / 01:10.4007 / 100.635
5. #37 Ryan Hunter-Reay / 01:10.5430 / 100.432
6. #6 Ryan Briscoe / 01:10.5761 / 100.385
7. #24 Mike Conway / 01:10.6014 / 100.349
8. #77 Alex Tagliani / 01:10.6160 / 100.329
9. #26 Marco Andretti / 01:10.6640 / 100.260
10. #78 Simona De Silvestro / 01:10.6780 / 100.241
11. #9 Scott Dixon / 01:10.7836 / 100.091
12. #06 Hideki Mutoh / 01:10.8175 / 100.043
13. #2 Raphael Matos / 01:10.8677 / 99.972
14. #11 Tony Kanaan / 01:10.8930 / 99.937
15. #32 Mario Moraes / 01:10.8990 / 99.928
16. #14 Vitor Meira / 01:10.9482 / 99.859
17. #7 Danica Patrick / 01:11.1602 / 99.561
18. #4 Dan Wheldon / 01:11.2080 / 99.494
19. #67 Graham Rahal / 01:11.4103 / 99.213
20. #5 Takuma Sato / 01:11.4167 / 99.204
21. #19 Alex Lloyd / 01:11.4956 / 99.094
22. #36 Bertrand Baguette / 01:11.6459 / 98.886
23. #34 Mario Romancini / 01:11.8176 / 98.650
24. #8 EJ Viso / 01:11.8565 / 98.597
25. #18 Milka Duno / 01:21.1336 / 87.323

[JagtechOhio]

Check out Simona, P10 and only 0.1 sec behind P6

[icemachine]

Are they gonna call in Milka after the first lap again?

[DanicaFan]

Originally Posted by icemachine

Are they gonna call in Milka after the first lap again?

Honestly, they shouldnt even let her out during qualifying. She could only hurt the other drivers.

[marcostraz]

I think we will see a very close fight in this qualifying...for pole position, but above all to enter top 12 and Fast Six...

[DanicaFan]

The Fast 6 from Group 1 are..

Scott Dixon
Dario Franchitti
Tony Kanaan
Alex Tagliani
Ryan Briscoe
Marco Andretti

[DanicaFan]

The Fast 6 from Group 2 are..

Will Power
Ryan Hunter-Reay
Helio Castroneves
Justin Wilson
Hideki Mutoh
Dan Wheldon

[JagtechOhio]

I read people say, here and there, that IndyCars look slow on road courses. Does anybody watching right now think these cars look slow?

[DanicaFan]

The Fast 6 are..

Will Power
Ryan Hunter-Reay
Justin Wilson
Tony Kanaan
Helio Castroneves
Ryan Briscoe

[DanicaFan]

Congratulations to Will Power for getting the pole.

[icemachine]

Power takes the pole by 4 tenths from RHR, Milka DNQ - anyone catch why?

[DanicaFan]

Here is your race line-up..

Row 1

#12 Will Power
#37 Ryan Hunter-Reay

Row 2

#22 Justin Wilson
#3 Helio Castroneves

Row 3

#6 Ryan Briscoe
#11 Tony Kanaan

Row 4

#77 Alex Tagliani
#9 Scott Dixon

Row 5

#26 Marco Andretti
#4 Dan Wheldon

Row 6

#06 Hideki Mutoh
#10 Dario Franchitti

Row 7

#78 Simona De Silvestro
#14 Vitor Meira

Row 8

#32 Mario Moraes
#24 Mike Conway

Row 9

#8 EJ Viso
#2 Raphael Matos

Row 10

#5 Takuma Sato
#7 Danica Patrick

Row 11

#19 Alex Lloyd
#67 Graham Rahal

Row 12

#34 Mario Romancini
#36 Bertrand Baguette

Row 13

#18 Milka Duno

[JagtechOhio]

Thanks for the update DF.

How about Graham? I bet he can't wait to get out of the SFR ride...seeing as how he turned down the Coyne ride and spends most of his time running side by side with it.

Man, was I wrong about Sato. I thought he would be a major factor by now. Top to bottom, KV has to be dissatisfied with their results so far.

Props to RHR, he is consistantly quick and putting it on the Target boys.

[mz2k]

Originally Posted by JagtechOhio

I read people say, here and there, that IndyCars look slow on road courses. Does anybody watching right now think these cars look slow?

I do. I was just thinking that while the cars were coming down the front stretch. Through the twisty sections- I couldn't tell the difference. But definitely down the front stretch they just looked slow compared to CART/CCWS days.

[mz2k]

Originally Posted by JagtechOhio

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Man, was I wrong about Sato. I thought he would be a major factor by now. Top to bottom, KV has to be dissatisfied with their results so far.

Props to RHR, he is consistantly quick and putting it on the Target boys.

I think Alex Tagliani and the FAZZT team deserves a lot of kudos as well. For a first year operation, they have certainly showed good speed on the road courses and are a good bet to make the group of 12 in qualies.