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Who will win the Bombardier LearJet 550k?

Poll ended at Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:41 am

Helio Castroneves
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Tomas Scheckter
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Tony Kanaan
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Danica Patrick
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2008 IRL Rd. 7--Bombardier Learjet 550k

Post by mlittle » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:41 am

As Milwaukee descends in the rear-view mirror, the stars of the IndyCar Series head south to the land where "everything is bigger"....Texas and the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway, a track which features lightning-fast, close-quarters racing on the 24-deg. highbanks....its' no wonder former IndyCar Series driver Scott Sharp opined that "It's our Talledega."......IMHO, he wasn't kidding. You need both cast-iron nerves and huge brass ..........(Mod's note.....you know what I mean by stones!!!.............. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: ) to do well at Texas...but be careful, also; one tank-slapper moment or wrongward twitch and you can ruin your day and others in a heartbeat......... :shock: :shock: :shock:


Past Texas IndyCar Series winners................................
~~1997: Arie Luyendyk
~~1998: Billy Boat(1), John Paul, Jr.(2)
~~1999: Scott Goodyear(1), Mark Dismore(2)
~~2000: Scott Sharp(1), Scott Goodyear(2)
~~2001: Scott Sharp(1), Sam Hornish, Jr.(2)
~~2002: Jeff Ward(1), Sam Hornish, Jr.(2)
~~2003: Al Unser, Jr.(1), Gil de Ferran(2)
~~2004: Tony Kanaan(1), Helio Castroneves(2)
~~2005: Tomas Scheckter
~~2006: Helio Castroneves
~~2007: Sam Hornish, Jr.


Event Schedule(all times US CDT; -1 hr US EDT/-5 hrs GMT).............................
Practice Session 1(all cars): 7:40-9:10 pm, 5 June 2008
Practice Session 2(split groups): 2-3:30 pm, 6 June 2008
PEAK Motor Oil Qualifying: 5:45 pm, 6 June 2008
Bombardier LearJet 550k, 8:30 pm, 7 June 2008
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Firestone Fast Facts........................

Post by mlittle » Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:40 am

~~Event: Bombardier LearJet 550k, round 7 of the 2008 IndyCar Series season
~~When: 9:30 pm US EDT, 7 June 2008
~~Where: Texas Motor Speedway, Ft. Worth, Tx.


Track Facts...............
~~both the frontstretch and backstretch are banked at 5 degrees
~~turns are banked at 24 degrees
~~Texas Motor Speedway is a tri-oval with a dogleg frontstretch

Firestone Tire Facts..........
~~Firestone will be using different tire compounds at Texas than in past years; the tire compounds, according to Bridgestone Motorsports Director Al Speyer, will be the same as those used at Kansas and Homestead this year

Texas Storylines..................................
~~First-time winner? Three times this year(Graham Rahal--St. Pete; Danica Patrick--Motegi; Ryan Briscoe--Milwaukee) a driver has notched their first career IndyCar Series win.....could someone add their name to the list?

~~Don't blink.............over the years, the close, side-by-side racing at Texas has produced very close finishes, including two of the five closest in series history(both occurred in 2002; Jeff Ward beat Al Unser, Jr. to the stripe by 0.111 sec. at the summer Texas race, while Sam Hornish, Jr. beat Helio Castroneves to the line by 96 1/10,000ths of a second in the fall race). In fact, two of the closest 1-2-3 finishes in series history took place at Texas, so don't be surprised if there's another razor-thin finish at the "Texas Supercollider"......

~~Penske dominance........Team Penske, since coming to the series in 2002, has four wins at Texas(Castroneves with 2 wins, along with one win each for Gil de Ferran and Sam Hornish, Jr.). Could either of the Captain's drivers' make it to Victory Lane Saturday night and continue their dominance?
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Post by mlittle » Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:48 am

Bombardier LearJet 550k Entry List..................................


A.J. Foyt, IV, #2 Vision Wellness
Helio Castroneves, #3 Team Penske
Vitor Meira, #4 National Guard/Delphi
Oriol Servia, #5 Plantronics
Ryan Briscoe, #6 Team Penske
Danica Patrick, #7 Motorola
(R)Will Power, #8 Aussie Vineyards
Scott Dixon, #9 Target
Dan Wheldon, #10 Target
Tony Kanaan, #11 Team 7-11
Tomas Scheckter, #12 Symantec 360
Darren Manning, #14 ABC Supply Co.
Buddy Rice, #15 Operation HomeFront
Ryan Hunter-Reay, #17 Ethanol
Bruno Junquiera, #18 Z-Line Designs
(R)Mario Moraes, #19 Sonny's Real Pit BBQ
Ed Carpenter, #20 Menards/CardioChek
Milka Duno, #23 CITGO
John Andretti, #24 1-800-Las-Vegas
Marty Roth, #25 Cirrus Aircraft
Marco Andretti, #26 Blockbuster
(R)Hideki Mutoh, #27 Formula Dream
(R)Ernesto(E.J.) Viso, #33 PDVSA
(R)Jaime Camara, #34 Sangari
(R)Enrique Bernoldi, #36 Sangari
(R)Mario Dominguez, #96 Visit Mexico City
(R)Justin Wilson, #02 McDonald's
(R)Graham Rahal, #06 Hole in the Wall Camps
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Post by mlittle » Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:31 pm

Broadcast Schedule.......................

~~domestic TV: ESPN2, 9:30 pm[US EDT], 7 June 2008
~~domestic AM radio: IMS Radio Network
~~satellite radio: XM Satellite Radio, Ch. 145(IndyCar Racing) and Ch.144(XM Sports Nation)
~~international simulcast courtesy of the United States Armed Forces Network
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Dixon tops opening practice in Texas.........

Post by mlittle » Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:23 am

In conditions that weren't the best, to say the least(30+ mph winds throughout the 90+ minute evening practice), Target/Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon topped the timecharts Thursday evening..............

1} Scott Dixon, Target/Ganassi Racing, 24.495 sec/213.837 mph
2} Marco Andretti, Andretti-Green Racing, 24.538 sec/213.465 mph
3} John Andretti, Roth Racing, 24.597 sec/212.956 mph
4} Dan Wheldon, Target/Ganassi Racing, 24.599 sec/212.932 mph
5} A.J. Foyt, IV, Vision Racing, 24.675 sec/212.284 mph
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Wheldon injured in practice crash at TMS...........

Post by mlittle » Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:34 am

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Updating from tracksideonline.com......TGR's Dan Wheldon was injured during the second practice session today after suffering a hard crash in turn 4; his car then slid into the frontstretch infield and flipped several times....despite the severity of the crash, reports are that Wheldon was alert and awake when the Delphi safety team reached him(a/k/a there was no LOC or Loss of Consciousness) and that he was complaining of ankle pain; he was taken to the infield care center and examined, where doctors found an injury to his right ankle. According to TSO, Wheldon's ankle has been wrapped in ice and immobilized at the moment; no word from series officials as to whether he has been cleared for tomorrow night's race.
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jun 07, 2008 8:54 am

Update............series officials have cleared TGR's Dan Wheldon to qualify for tomorrow's Bombardier LearJet 550k.

Top-5 from the second practice session.....................
1} Ryan Briscoe, Team Penske, 24.403 sec/214.648 mph
2}(R)Hideki Mutoh, Andretti-Green Racing, 24.448 sec/214.429 mph
3} Dan Wheldon, Target/Ganassi Racing, 24.473 sec/214.030 mph
4} John Andretti, Roth Racing, 24.506 sec/213.743 mph
5} Marco Andretti, Andretti-Green Racing, 24.520 sec/213.621 mph
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Random Thoughts I.......

Post by mlittle » Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:26 am

~~Watching the live video feed(courtesy of the IMS Radio Network), its' interesting to see the crowds building this evening for not just qualifying but for this evening's Craftsman Truck Series race....granted, I suspect, most are arriving to watch the trucks, but ever since mergification, there hasn't been one practice session anywhere where the crowds aren't larger than years past

~~Watching Wheldon's wreck from earlier today, its' a testament to the safety and strength of the Dallara chassis' that that' wreck wasn't as bad as it was........ :shock: :shock: :shock:

~~Hearing reports that Roth Racing may have John Andretti stay in the #24 Roth Racing entry for the remainder of 2008.......my question is, instead of having him race in Jay Howard's entry, why don't they have him run the #24, move Howard over to the #25 and take over "Mad Dog" Marty Roth 's ride for the rest of the year? :shock: :shock: :shock: :evil:
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Post by Southernman » Sat Jun 07, 2008 4:18 pm

I voted for none of the above {Scott Dixon} :lol: :lol:
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:12 pm

Bombardier LearJet 550k Starting Grid.............................

1} Scott Dixon, #9 Target...................................................214.878 mph
2} Helio Castroneves, #3 Team Penske...............................214.777 mph

3} Ryan Briscoe, #6 Team Penske.......................................213.927 mph
4}(R)Hideki Mutoh, #27 Formula Dream...............................213.485 mph

5} Danica Patrick, #7 Motorola............................................213.238 mph
6} Tomas Scheckter, #12 Symantec 360..............................213.212 mph

7} John Andretti, #24 1-800-Las-Vegas................................212.844 mph
8}(R)Will Power, #8 Aussie Vineyards..................................212.595 mph

9} Vitor Meira, #4 National Guard/Delphi..............................212.501 mph
10} Ryan Hunter-Reay, #17 Ethanol....................................212.482 mph

11} Dan Wheldon, #10 Target.............................................212.474 mph
12} Ed Carpenter, #20 Menards/CardioChek........................212.247 mph

13} Tony Kanaan, #11 Team 7-11.......................................212.152 mph
14} Marco Andretti, #26 Blockbuster....................................211.974 mph

15} A.J. Foyt, IV, #2 Vision Wellness...................................211.622 mph
16} Oriol Servia, #5 Plantronics..........................................211.333 mph

17} Darren Manning, #14 ABC Supply Co............................211.277 mph
18}(R)Graham Rahal, #06 Hole in the Wall Camps...............211.128 mph

19} Marty Roth, #25 Cirrus Aircraft.....................................211.122 mph
20}(R)Enrique Bernoldi, #36 Sangari...................................210.731 mph

21}(R)Jaime Camara, #34 Sangari......................................210.581 mph
22}(R)Mario Moraes, #19 Sonny's Real Pit BBQ....................210.254 mph

23}(R)Justin Wilson, #02 McDonald's...................................210.160 mph
24}(R)Mario Dominguez, #96 Visit Mexico City.....................210.059 mph

25} Buddy Rice, #15 Operation Homefront...........................209.622 mph
26} Bruno Junquiera, #18 Z-Line Designs.............................209.572 mph

27} Milka Duno, #23 CITGO................................................209.420 mph
28}(R)Ernesto(E.J.) Viso, #33 PDVSA..................................209.313 mph
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:30 am

...........and the command to start the engines has been given; the race is about to begin!
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:32 am

Green flag will be displayed the third time by; green flag will be displayed the third time by.............
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:35 am

Cars forming up, two-by-two.................temps are around 93 degrees; track temps about the same............


Pace car lights off..............and the green flag is out; the race has begun!

Castroneves leads from Dixon; three and four-wide further back.........
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:35 am

A couple of drivers got some bad*** starts; both Viso and Junquiera passed several cars on the start............ :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:37 am

Early 3-way battle btwn. Scheckter, Patrick and Power.....Scheckter clears Patrick for a moment, but Patrick quickly retakes 5th from the South African........
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