Kentucky, Meijer Indy 300 Thread

NAC · 11 Aug 2007, 00:05 (Ref:1985864)

Qualifying results for the Meijer Indy 300 at the Kentucky Speedway

1 Kanaan, Tony – speed 218.086
2 Franchitti, Dario
3 Sharp, Scott
4 Dixon, Scott
5 Wheldon, Dan
6 Scheckter, Tomas
7 Hornish Jr, Sam
8 Hunter-Reay, Ryan
9 Carpenter, Ed
10 Foyt IV, AJ
11 Patrick, Danica
12 Meira, Vitor
13 Castroneves, Helio
14 Fisher, Sarah
15 Andretti, Marco
16 Rice, Buddy
17 Matsuura, Kosuke
18 Manning, Darren

With 2 AGR cars on the front row and the 2 Target cars in 4 & 5 and only 3 more races to go (after Kentucky) are we going to see some team orders come into play to help the 2 front runners fight for the championship.

The other notable thing here is the Penske cars well down the grid with Hornish in 7th and Castroneves way back in 13. What’s up with that?

Hazard · 11 Aug 2007, 20:36 (Ref:1986311)

No threat of rain today, phew!

NAC · 11 Aug 2007, 20:52 (Ref:1986341)

I take it free Ice Creams are on offer today Hazard?

Hazard · 11 Aug 2007, 21:04 (Ref:1986358)

Summer's here, why not. However, in my case, a blinking midnight ice cream.

NAC · 11 Aug 2007, 22:50 (Ref:1986430)

Chat on here

http://tentenths.com/chat/cgi/irc.cgi

deejay · 12 Aug 2007, 01:18 (Ref:1986452)

Okay, so there was some crazy stuff in that race! Jeez, I think the pressure has gotten to Dario and it's only going to get worse after that performance.

Great work by Dixon and his pit-crew to get ahead on the second-last run and hold the bottom line for lap after lap with Dario all over him. Dario was cleary much faster but seemed to get frustrated and lost his groove. Only got worse for him after that. Some really bad mistakes.

Dominant race by TK though, and now he's a realistic shot again with a big question mark on Dario's psych and Dixon seemingly falling a little bit off ultimate pace.

I think all 3 contenders will be happy to get back to some road courses though.

NAC · 12 Aug 2007, 01:22 (Ref:1986454)

Yes a good solid finish from Scotty. The presure is on and we are going to be in for a great fight in the last 3.

Knowlesy · 12 Aug 2007, 01:23 (Ref:1986455)

Why is there a big question mark on Dario's psyche?

He was up front all day until he had a push up the track and then had some really horrid breaks that ruined his day.

All that after his Michigan shunt last week. He is clearly a mental fruitcake.

deejay · 12 Aug 2007, 01:34 (Ref:1986462)

Gosh, you can't say anything around here without it being blown to the extreme.

I think when Dario lost all that ground to Scott he must have started to feel the pressure of the championship. The fact he got the push wa because he was pushing so hard to get by. Running into the cone on pit entry? That is NOT the kind of thing Dario does. Not slowing down after the checkered flag? That just defies belief.

Two flips in a row?

His point's advantage dwindling away?

You're going to try and tell me he's not going to be affected?

deejay · 12 Aug 2007, 01:49 (Ref:1986470)

And just to back me up from the man himself.

"I've got to apologize to Matsuura, and to my teammates for the way I drove today." Dario.

http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=264958&FS=IRL

Hazza · 12 Aug 2007, 02:41 (Ref:1986484)

Gosh darn, I slept in. Sort of, my nap that I took, what ever.

I missed the race.

tanalised · 12 Aug 2007, 06:46 (Ref:1986506)

Hey, damn good result Mr Foyt the 1V.
Good on you

NAC · 12 Aug 2007, 07:14 (Ref:1986511)

I didn't get to see the end but heard that he had conserved fuel, was off pit strategy with the others and ended up leading only to be caught and passed by TK & SD.

Very good result for him all the same. It bet it will do wonders for his confidence.

luke · 12 Aug 2007, 11:15 (Ref:1986595)

Lol moving up on the race track due to pressure? No IMO. He was just not getting to close to him because of what happened last week and 2 Dixon was staying low the whole time because he was slow and the packs behind caught him as also Kanaan pulled away and he moved up in the corners forcing Dario wide.

But it wasn't a good race by Dario.

Apparently the general rule on ovals is not lift off until out of the first turn. Kosuke did this instantly and to make matters worse Dario didn't see the checkered flag. It was very scary to see him up side down again. Dario this time apart from being annoyed with himself looked shaken this time and I expect after these big shunts, he's no longer young, he's won Indy and if he wins the championship he'll retire IMHO.

Knowlesy · 12 Aug 2007, 12:10 (Ref:1986615)

I thought Dario was far too hard on himself. He's had such a good year and this was really his first errors.

Why he is taking the entire blame for what happened after the race is beyond belief. Whilst Dario missed the chequered flag, the way Matsuura lifted off was both extreme and badly judged. Why slow down like that immediately?

Red_08 · 12 Aug 2007, 17:02 (Ref:1986740)

Just seen the repeat on Sky. Unlucky Wheldon and phew, Franchitti, that was scary. A circuit race up next so that'll help him psychologically.
Wherever you lay the blame, that's got to be scary for Matsuura too. At least everyone's ok.

TWRv12 · 24 Aug 2007, 18:21 (Ref:1995972)

Robin Miller on WT talking about Dario's future

NAC · 25 Aug 2007, 00:22 (Ref:1996100)

Just found this on You Tube. Nice highligths of Kentucky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3coty3x2-U

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