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Pikes Peak Starting Grid
Rain Unfortunately washed out qualifying for Pikes Peak , The starting lineup is based on combined practice session results. There were two sessions – morning and afternoon – that were split into two groups each.
PIKES PEAK STARTING GRID 1. Tony Kanaan 174.311 (5th Career Pole) Andretti-Green Racing Dallara/Honda 29th Career start 2. Dan Wheldon 173.586 (2nd time starting 2nd) Andretti-Green Racing Dallara/Honda 28th Career start 3. Vitor Meira 173.149 (2nd time starting 3rd) Rahal-Letterman Racing G-Force/Honda 25th Career start 4. Dario Franchitti 172.916 (2nd time starting 4th) Andretti-Green Racing Dallara/Honda 16th Career start 5. Helio Castroneves 172.395 (4th time starting 5th) Marlboro Team Penske Dallara/Toyota 43rd Career start 6. Bryan Herta 172.308 (2nd time starting 6th) Andretti-Green Racing Dallara/Honda 23rd Career start 7. Adrian Fernandez 171.695 (1st time starting 7th) Fernandez Racing G-Force/Honda 11th Career start 8. Darren Manning 171.675 (2nd time starting 8th) Target Chip Ganassi Racing G-Force/Toyota 12th Career start 9. Sam Hornish Jnr 171.665 (2nd time starting 9th) Marlboro Team Penske Dallara/Toyota 64th Career start 10. Scott Dixon 171.445 (1st time starting 10th) Target Chip Ganassi Racing G-Force/Toyota 27th Career start 11. Buddy Rice 171.437 (2nd time starting 11th) Rahal-Letterman Racing G-Force/Honda 30th Career start 12. Felipe Giaffone 169.705 (3rd time starting 12th) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 48th career start 13. Tomas Schekter 169.424 (3rd time starting 13th) Panther Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 40th Career start 14. Jaques Lazier 168.917 (2nd time starting 14th) Patrick Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 42nd Career start 15. Townsend Bell 168.388 (1st time starting 15th) Panther Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 6th Career start 16. Alex Barron 168.311 (4th time starting 16th) Red Bull Cheever Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 38th Career start 17. Tora Takagi 168.050 (1st time starting 17th) Pioneer Mo Nunn Racing Dallara/Toyota 28th Career start 18. Mark Taylor 167.786 (4th time starting 18th) Access Motorsports G-Force/Honda 11th Career start 19. Scott Sharp 167.666 (4th time starting 19th) Kelley Racing Dallara/Toyota 94th Career start 20. Ed Carpenter 167.230 (1st time starting 20th) Red Bull Cheever Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 14th Career start 21. AJ Foyt IV 165.688 (7th time starting 21st) AJ Foyt Enterprises Dallara/Toyota 28th Career start 22. Kosuke Matsuura (2nd time starting 22nd) No time due to practise crash Super Aguri Fernandez Racing G-Force/Honda 12th Career start TID BITS This weekends event is the 8th year the Indy Racing league has attended Pikes Peak but its the 9th IRL race to be held there , in 1999 there were two rounds held both won by Greg Ray even though Qualifying was a wash out its interesting to note that no one in practise got near the qualifying record of 179.874 mph set back in 2000 by Greg Ray. Last years event had qualifying washed out by rain as well ,Tony Kanaan inherited that pole as well thanks to his qualifying speed Scott Dixon is the only current driver who has tasted victory at Pikes Peak but the list of winners in the event is quite impressive 1997 : Tony Stewart 1998 : Kenny Brack 1999 : Greg Ray 1999 : Greg Ray 2000 : Eddie Cheever 2001 : Buddy Lazier 2002 : Gil DeFerran 2003 : Scott Dixon Chassis wins are leaning way in the favour of Dallara at this track Dallara 6 wins G Force 2 wins Last edited by marcus; 21 Aug 2004 at 23:46. |
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Race Results 1 Dario Franchitti 2 Adrian Fernandez 3 Dan Wheldon 4 Darren Manning 5 Tony Kanaan 6 Helio Castroneves 7 Vitor Meira 8 Jaques Lazier 9 Bryan Herta 10 Alex Barron 11 Ed Carpenter 12 Townsend Bell 13 Kosuke Matsuura 14 Mark Taylor 15 Scott Sharp 16 Felipe Giaffone 17 Tomas Scheckter - Mechanical 18 Sam Hornish Jr - Accident 19 Tora Takagi - Handling 20 Scott Dixon - Handling 21 A.J. Foyt IV - Handling 22 Buddy Rice - Accident Championship Standings 1 Tony Kanaan - 463 2 Buddy Rice - 395 3 Dan Wheldon - 381 4 Helio Castroneves - 326 5 Dario Franchitti - 319 6 Sam Hornish Jr. - 295 7 Adrian Fernandez - 286 8 Vitor Meira - 282 9 Bryan Herta - 271 10 Darren Manning - 268 11 Scott Dixon - 255 12 Alex Barron - 246 13 Kosuke Matsuura - 227 14 Scott Sharp - 205 15 Tora Takagi - 199 16 Ed Carpenter - 184 17 Tomas Scheckter - 174 18 A.J. Foyt IV - 171 19 Mark Taylor - 161 20 Felipe Giaffone - 145 21 Townsend Bell - 125 22 Greg Ray - 99 23 Jaques Lazier - 76 24 Robbie Buhl - 44 24 Al Unser Jr. - 44 26 Roger Yasukawa - 39 27 Bruno Junqueira - 30 28 Jeff Simmons - 26 29 Sarah Fisher - 12 29 Richie Hearn - 12 30 Buddy Lazier - 12 31 Robby McGehee - 12 32 Marty Roth - 12 34 Larry Foyt - 10 34 Robby Gordon - 10 35 PJ Jones - 10 Rookie Points 1 Kosuke Matsuura - 227 2 Ed Carpenter - 184 3 Mark Taylor - 161 4 Jeff Simmons - 26 Wins Drivers Homestead - Sam Hornish jr Phoenix - Tony Kannan Motegi - Dan Wheldon Indiananapolis - Buddy Rice Texas 1 - Tony Kanaan Richmond - Dan Wheldon Kansas - Buddy Rice Nashville - Tony Kanaan Milwaukee - Dario Franchitti Michigan - Buddy Rice Kentucky - Adrian Fernandez Pikes Peak - Dario Franchitti Teams Homestead - Penske Phoenix - Andretti Green Racing Motegi - Andretti Green Racing Indiananapolis - Team Rahal Letterman Texas 1 - Andretti Green Racing Richmond - Andretti Green Racing Kansas - Team Rahal Letterman Nashville - Andretti Green Racing Milwaukee - Andretti Green Racing Michigan - Team Rahal Letterman Kentucky - Fernandez Racing Pikes Peak - Andretti Green Racing Engines Homestead - Toyota Phoenix - Honda Motegi - Honda Indiananapolis - Honda Texas 1 - Honda Richmond - Honda Kansas - Honda Nashville - Honda Milwaukee - Honda Michigan - Honda Kentucky - Honda Pikes Peak - Honda Chassis Homestead - Dallara Phoenix - Dallara Motegi - Dallara Indiananapolis - G-Force Texas 1 - Dallara Richmond - Dallara Kansas - G-Force Nashville - Dallara Milwaukee - Dallara Michigan - G-Force Kentucky - G-Force Pikes Peak - Dallara Poles Drivers Homestead - Buddy Rice Phoenix - Dan Wheldon Motegi - Dan Wheldon Indiananapolis - Buddy Rice Texas 1 - Dario Franchitti Richmond - Helio Castroneves Kansas - Buddy Rice Nashville - Buddy Rice Milwaukee - Vitor Meria Michigan - Tony Kanaan Kentucky - Buddy Rice Pikes Peak - Tony Kanaan Teams Homestead - Team Rahal Phoenix - Andretti Green Racing Motegi - Andretti Green Racing Indiananapolis - Team Rahal Letterman Texas 1 - Andretti Green Racing Richmond - Malboro Team Penske Kansas - Team Rahal Letterman Nashville - Team Rahal Letterman Milwaukee - Team Rahal Letterman Michigan - Andretti Green Racing Kentucky - Team Rahal Letterman Pikes Peak - Andretti Green Racing Engines Homestead - Honda Phoenix - Honda Motegi - Honda Indiananapolis - Honda Texas 1 - Honda Richmond - Toyota Kansas - Honda Nashville - Honda Milwaukee - Honda Michigan - Honda Kentucky - Honda Pikes Peak - Honda Chassis Homestead - G-Force Phoenix - Dallara Motegi - Dallara Indiananapolis - G-Force Texas 1 - Dallara Richmond - Dallara Kansas - G-Force Nashville - G-Force Milwaukee - G-Force Michigan - Dallara Kentucky - G-Force Pikes Peak - Dallara Did you know...? At 2.4 seconds, Franchitti's winning margin was the biggest all year. Whats next? Firestone Indy 225 - Nazareth Speedway - August 29th Previous Results Homestead Phoenix Japan Indianapolis Texas 1 Richmond Nashville Milwaukee Michigan Kentucky Last edited by Down F0rce; 22 Aug 2004 at 21:48. |
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23 Aug 2004, 07:11 (Ref:1074863) | #3 | ||
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Darren Manning equaled his best finish again of 4th place , its the 3rd time he has finished 4th and is looking for that elusive podium.
Interesting race and good to see Toyota and Chevy were sort of in the hunt , but when it came down to it Honda were again the engine to beat. |
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23 Aug 2004, 07:29 (Ref:1074874) | #4 | ||
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Well done the Brits, especially Dario.
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23 Aug 2004, 10:37 (Ref:1074977) | #5 | ||
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Yeah the brits had a great day. Well done Dario Franchitti and Adrian Feranadez they diserved the poduim. Dan kept his title hopes alive Buddy hasn't. When will Tomas Scheckter every finish a race in a points finish. A bit disapointed as my racing hero Hornish lost it does anyone now what caused the spin, any way great race. Looking forward to Nazerth.
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23 Aug 2004, 13:50 (Ref:1075170) | #6 | ||
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Buddy's just as much of a challenger as Dan, especially if AGR start favouring Tony, which they might do if he has a bad result or two (and he is overdue some bad luck, in fairness).
Great day for the British guys, as you say, and lovely to see Lazier and Barron in the top 10. |
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23 Aug 2004, 21:52 (Ref:1075607) | #7 | ||
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Yeah, I think Lazier was the surprise of the day. Nice result for him, and it could go along way towards securing that seat for him!
Also Giaffone was very racy early on. Fell back badly though. Good run for Manning, nice and clean, with no incidents. He is easily a far greater threat than Dixon to win one at this point. Dixon is a mess right now. T Bell had an unusually quiet race, didn't he? And whats left to say about Tomas? Can it get any worse? He does have a good attitude about it all though, I'll give him that! Thought Sam and Helio looked like winners here for awhile, but again, it wasn't meant to be... |
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Panther's luck that they had been having over the past few years has finaly turned on them, shore they have been exstreamly unlucky esperly Tomas Scheckter it can only mean Tomas will have a good season next year if Panther wish to keep him.
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24 Aug 2004, 12:39 (Ref:1076101) | #9 | |
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Have Panther been lucky in recent years? I'm not so sure their resutls were more than the package as a whole (especially the driver) deserved.
It's a shame Penske couldn't hold it together, I'd love to see a non-Honda winner again. Great race as a whole, with some impressive drivers, and a few 'minnows' up the order. 2.4 seconds would be the closest legitimate margin in F1 all season - here it's a country mile! |
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congrats to dario - if only tony kanaan had hit the wall & not buddy rice
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No fears TK will have a bad spell before the end of the season.
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Why do you say that?
As each race goes by the probability of him having a problem decreases! |
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On the other hand, there's Scheckter! When nothing goes your way. I saw him on Windtunnel last night, and I've got to say, his attitude is outstanding, considering all thats gone wrong this season. He still believes in himself, and his team, and he knows he can win here. He's a very positive guy. When Dave asked him if he'll be back at Panther next year, he couldn't or wouldn't answer that question. I don't know what I would do if I were Panther. They've got a tough call to make with Tomas come seasons end... |
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I'd keep him.
He's driving particularly well, of late. If they get a race where it runs smoothly that may open the floodgates. |
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Can they afford to keep him though?
Tomas is probably a future champ somewhere, maybe here, and while I agree he's very quick, fearless, and he knows how to get the most out of his car, his repair bills have been astronomical since he has come into the IRL. You wouldn't mind paying that out, if you got the results, but as of yet, he hasn't. On the other hand, T Bell has gotten some great results, with little of the problems Tomas has had. Thats why I think they have a tough decision to make. |
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