2006 CCWS Rd. 13--Lexmark Indy 300

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Who will win the Lexmark Indy 300?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:27 pm

Sebastien Bourdais
0
No votes
Paul Tracy
0
No votes
Alex Tagliani
0
No votes
A.J. Allmendinger
2
33%
anyone who hasn't previously won at Surfers
2
33%
anyone who hasn't previously won at Surfers
2
33%
 
Total votes: 6

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Post by mlittle » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:01 pm

Judging by the timing/scoring feeds, Allmendinger was on a whale' of a flyer; he's almost a full sec. ahead of Dominguez

4 minutes left in the session..........
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Post by mlittle » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:02 pm

QS-1(Qual. Session #1) set to begin following the end of practice session #2....Allmendinger still leads ahead of Dominguez
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Post by mlittle » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:03 pm

And..we are back to green! 2 1/2 mins. left in the session; expect about one hot lap for each driver.......
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Post by mlittle » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:05 pm

Session about to end......Allmendinger's on a flyer!


Session over; QS-1 about to begin momentarily...........
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Post by mlittle » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:07 pm

Top-5 at the end of the session..........

Allmendinger, Bourdais, Dominguez, Phillipe and Servia



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Post by mlittle » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:16 pm

And QS-1 has begun!

Phillipe first out, followed by Clarke and Zwolsman
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Post by mlittle » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:19 pm

Phillipe and Zwolsman will likely set the first hot laps of the session........

Phillipe 1:35.321 sec
Zwolsman 1:36.762 sec
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Post by mlittle » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:20 pm

Ranger posts his first lap of the session; Phillipe still P1 at the moment

25 minutes remaining in the session........
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Post by mlittle » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:22 pm

more cars exiting the pitlane; the crowds were roaring with cheers as their hometown driver, Power, was leaving the pitlane....their reward, he posted for the moment P2 at 1:34.579!

22 minutes remaining in the session........
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Post by mlittle » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:23 pm

Power takes P1 with a flyer of 1:32.826; the times are starting to fall fast as more rubber gets put down!
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Post by mlittle » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:24 pm

Phillipe and Servia jump to P2 and P3; Power still P1

Bourdais on a flyer now.......he jumps to P5; Power still leads
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Post by mlittle » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:25 pm

Junuqiera lays down a fiery lap; Junky now sits P2 w/a time of 1:33.143....Power still leads

Top-5 at the 10 minute mark.......Power, Junquiera, Phillipe, Servia and Bourdais
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Post by mlittle » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:26 pm

Bourdais does Junuqiera one better....SeaBass now P2; Power, though, still hanging on to first
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Post by mlittle » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:29 pm

What is this......anything you can do, I can do better? :shock: :shock:

You bet; Bourdais had P1 for a moment, then Power retook P1 to the delight of the Oz crowd :lol: 8)


16 minutes left in the session......most drivers, it looks like have completed btwn. 4-7 laps each
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Post by mlittle » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:30 pm

Race control reporting a stalled car ontrack.......according to the feeds, ChampCar debutant Andreas Wirth may have run out of fuel! :shock: :shock:


Still green.........Bourdais back up to first; Junquiera and Power close behind
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