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Post by mlittle » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:11 am

Franchitti and Kanaan running 1-2, starting to open up a little gap to third; four-way fight for 3rd btwn. Dixon, Wheldon, Schectker and Patrick
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Post by mlittle » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:14 am

And we're official; passing lap 101 as the flagstarter gives the crossed greens, indicating halfway..........top-5 at the moment are Franchitti, Kanaan, Wheldon, Dixon and Scheckter
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Post by mlittle » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:15 am

Patrick and Hornish continuing to fight for position; the two just drafted past Patrick's teammate Marco Andretti for 6th, as Marco had to lift just a bit exiting four
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Post by mlittle » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:17 am

Patrick now dicing with Dixon for 5th/6th; the two are side-by-side around the track.......
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Post by mlittle » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:19 am

Patrick still side-by-side w/Dixon; watching the feed, it looks like a give-and-take fight(Patrick pulls ahead of Dixon, then loses a little bit, then regains a little bit, etc.); Hornish now getting up behind Patrick and finally, she gets by Dixon w/a little help from the #6 car
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Post by mlittle » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:20 am

Wheldon and Scheckter almost touch entering turn 3; Kanaan gets a bit of separation from them; now Patrick catches up to Wheldon, Scheckter just ahead of them
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Post by mlittle » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:23 am

Franchitti continues to lead, but there is a 3-way fight for second.........................CAUTION'S OUT!! Crash in turn 3; Darren Manning the only driver involved; looks like the rear end snapped out from him in three and he made hard contact w/the outside wall

Delphi personnel arrive; Manning's okay........


Pits are open; another round of stops expected......
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Post by mlittle » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:31 am

Green's out; we're back to racing!

Patrick makes the pass around Schectker for third.........
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Post by mlittle » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:33 am

125 laps in the books; top-5 at the moment are Wheldon, Scheckter, Franchitti, Kanaan and Hornish
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Post by mlittle » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:35 am

Several 2 and 3-wide battles for position; the front-10 are separated by less than 3/5ths' of a second!
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Post by mlittle » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:36 am

Franchitti moves back into the lead, making a high-side pass around Wheldon
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Post by mlittle » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:38 am

Wheldon retakes the lead, Franchitti drops back to third as Scheckter gets past him; 3-way battle for the lead.........
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Post by mlittle » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:40 am

There's something I haven't seen for a while......5-wide through 1 and 2, several cars had to lift exiting and looks like Tomas Scheckter was the big loser as he falls from 3rd to 7th; on the flip side, Danica Patrick vaulted up from 8th to 3rd through all that dicing
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Post by mlittle » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:41 am

Passing lap 140...........Franchitti leads, Wheldon 2nd, Patrick 3rd, Scheckter back up to 4th and Dixon up to 5th
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Post by mlittle » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:48 am

BIG CRASH!! Franchitti and Wheldon touch wheels and Franchitti flips!! 6 cars involved....Wheldon, Franchitti, Dixon involved; Foyt, IV also involved as well as Carpenter and Hornish..........

Safety crews out in force..........Franchitti's out of his car; Hornish is out of the car........both are walking over to the safety crews apparently uninjured............. :shock: :shock:

Looks as though everyone made it.............although everybody's hearts(mine included!!!!) skipped multiple beats wondering if everyone's alright.........there will be big implications in the championship points battle
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