2007 IRL Rd. 15--Motorola Indy 300

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Who will win the Motorola Indy 300?

Poll ended at Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:13 pm

Scott Dixon
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Sam Hornish, Jr.
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Dario Franchitti
1
100%
Tony Kanaan
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none of the above
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Total votes: 1

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2007 IRL Rd. 15--Motorola Indy 300

Post by mlittle » Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:13 pm

Three rounds remain in the 2007 IndyCar Series season and its' back to the road as the teams head to the heart of Sonoma wine country and the pictureseque and challenging Infineon Raceway for the Motorola Indy 300 presented by Jackson Rancheria Resorts. The challenging 2.2-mile circuit is a throwback to the times when the drivers' had to fight not only themselves but the track; it is the quintescental drivers' circuit..........

Event schedule for the Motorola Indy 300 presented by Jackson Rancheria Resorts......................
note....all times U.S. PDT/-3 hrs. U.S. EDT, -7 hrs GMT
Practice Session #1, 10 am, 24 August 2007
Practice Session #2, 2 pm, 24 August 2007
Practice Session #3, 9:30 am, 25 August 2007
Single Car Qualifying, 1-2:30 pm, 25 August 2007
Firestone Pole Shootout, approximately 10-15 minutes following SCQ
Final Practice Session, 8:30 am, 26 August 2007
Race, 12:30 pm live on ESPN
--domestic AM radio, IMS Radio Network
--domestic satellite radio, XM Satellite Radio Chs. 144 and 145
--additional simulcasting courtesy of the United States Armed Forces Network
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Post by mlittle » Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:57 am

Sonoma Entry List......................

Tomas Scheckter, #2 Indy Vision on Joost
Helio Castroneves, #3 Team Penske
Vitor Meira, #4 Delphi/Skyfi
Sarah Fisher, #5 AAMCO Transmissions
Sam Hornish, Jr., #6 Team Penske
Danica Patrick, #7 Motorola
Scott Sharp, #8 Patron Tequila
Scott Dixon, #9 Target
Dan Wheldon, #10 Target
Tony Kanaan, #11 Team 7-11
Darren Manning, #14 ABC Supply Co./EverGuard
Buddy Rice, #15 RollCoater/A1 Grand Prix
(R)Ryan Hunter-Reay, #17 Ethanol
Ed Carpenter, #20 Hitachi Power Tools
A.J. Foyt, IV, #22 Indy Vision on Joost
Marco Andretti, #26 NYSE Group
Dario Franchitti, #27 Canadian Club
Kosuke Matsuura, #55 Panasonic/Autobacs
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Post by mlittle » Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:42 am

Sonoma Practice Session #1 top-5..................
1st} Helio Castroneves, Team Penske.......................1:16.530 sec/108.193 mph
2nd} Dario Franchitti, Andretti-Green Racing..............1:16.766 sec/107.861 mph
3rd} Scott Dixon, Target/Ganassi Racing...................1:16.861 sec/107.727 mph
4th} Tony Kanaan, Andretti-Green Racing..................1:17.223 sec/107.222 mph
5th} Sam Hornish, Jr., Team Penske.........................1:17.289 sec/107.130 mph
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Post by mlittle » Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:45 am

Sonoma Practice Session #2 top-5....................
1st} Helio Castroneves, Team Penske..............................1:16.555 sec/108.158 mph
2nd} Dario Franchitti, Andretti-Green Racing.....................1:16.688 sec/107.971 mph
3rd} Tony Kanaan, Andretti-Green Racing........................1:16.834 sec/107.764 mph
4th} Marco Andretti, Andretti-Green Racing.......................1:16.854 sec/107.737 mph
5th} Sam Hornish, Jr., Team Penske................................1:17.359 sec/107.033 mph
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Post by mlittle » Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:48 am

Single Car Qualifying Order............

At any IndyCar Series road/street race, the fastest driver after the first two practice sessions has the option of deciding whether to set the SCQ order fastest-slowest or slowest-fastest; going by past precedent, the expected qual. order tomorrow afternoon should be...............

(P18-P13)Sharp, Fisher, Carpenter, Foyt IV, Manning and Meira
(P12-P7)Matsuura, Scheckter, Rice, Hunter-Reay, Wheldon and Patrick
(P6-P1)Dixon, Hornish Jr., Andretti, Kanaan, Franchitti and Castroneves
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Post by mlittle » Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:38 am

Sonoma Practice Session #3 top-5.......................

1st} Helio Castroneves, Team Penske..............................1:15.884 sec/109.114 mph
2nd} Tony Kanaan, Andretti-Green Racing........................1:15.974 sec/108.984 mph
3rd} Dario Franchitti, Andretti-Green Racing.....................1:16.140 sec/108.736 mph
4th} Danica Patrick, Andretti-Green Racing.......................1:16.420 sec/108.349 mph
5th} Scott Dixon, Target/Ganassi Racing...........................1:16.454 sec/108.301 mph
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Post by mlittle » Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:15 am

Motorola Indy 300 presented by Jackson Rancheria Resorts Starting Grid.....................

1st} Dario Franchitti, #27 Canadian Club............................1:16.702 sec/107.951 mph
2nd} Danica Patrick, #7 Motorola.......................................1:17.149 sec/107.325 mph

3rd} Tony Kanaan, #11 Team 7-11....................................1:17.193 sec/107.263 mph
4th} Helio Castroneves, #3 Team Penske...........................1:17.261 sec/107.169 mph

5th} Scott Dixon, #9 Target...............................................1:17.338 sec/107.063 mph
6th} Sam Hornish, Jr., #6 Team Penske..............................1:17.586 sec/106.721 mph

7th}(R)Ryan Hunter-Reay, #17 Ethanol...............................1:17.887 sec/106.309 mph
8th} Marco Andretti, #26 NYSE Group..................................1:18.395 sec/105.614 mph

9th} Buddy Rice, #15 RollCoater/A1 Grand Prix....................1:18.556 sec/105.403 mph
10th} Dan Wheldon, #10 Target..........................................1:18.663 sec/105.260 mph

11th} Tomas Scheckter, #2 Indy Vision on Joost...................1:18.700 sec/105.210 mph
12th} Kosuke Matsuura, #55 Panasonic/Autobacs..................1:18.745 sec/105.149 mph

13th} Vitor Meira, #4 Delphi/Skyfi.......................................1:19.230 sec/104.506 mph
14th} Ed Carpenter, #20 Hitachi Power Tools........................1:19.338 sec/104.364 mph

15th} A.J. Foyt, IV, #22 Indy Vision on Joost........................1:19.817 sec/103.745 mph
16th} Darren Manning, #14 ABC Supply Co./Everguard.........1:20.259 sec/103.166 mph

17th} Scott Sharp, #8 Patron Tequila...................................1:28.857 sec/93.183 mph
18th} Sarah Fisher, #5 AAMCO Transmissions.......................no posted time
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Post by mlittle » Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:35 am

Dixon reclaims points lead with win in Sonoma.................

For most of Sunday's Motorola Indy 300, it looked as though AGR's Dario Franchitti would win; unfortunately, it didn't end that way, courtesy of a tangle w/teammate Marco Andretti, which brought out a caution and bunched up the field, allowing Scott Dixon to pass the Scotsman on a late restart, whereupon the Kiwi checked out on the field and seemingly cruised to victory Sunday. With his win, Dixon retook the points lead over Franchitti; rounding out the podium was Helio Castroneves, who scored his best finish(2nd) of the 2007 season since winning in St. Pete. back in April......top-10 from an exceptionally beautiful Sonoma...........................

1st} #9 Scott Dixon..................................80 laps
2nd} #3 Helio Castroneves.......................-0.545 sec
3rd} #27 Dario Franchitti..........................-8.381 sec
4th} #11 Tony Kanaan.............................-8.964 sec
5th} #6 Sam Hornish, Jr...........................-9.947 sec
6th} #7 Danica Patrick.............................-10.373 sec
7th} #10 Dan Wheldon............................-10.810 sec
8th} #2 Tomas Scheckter........................-12.686 sec
9th} #4 Vitor Meira.................................-12.978 sec
10th} #55 Kosuke Matsuura.....................-14.971 sec
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