2008 IRL Rd. 13--Rexall Edmonton Indy Grand Prix

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Who will win the Rexall Edmonton Indy GP?

Poll ended at Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:57 am

Scott Dixon
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Helio Castroneves
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Ryan Briscoe
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any former ChampCar driver on the entry list
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Total votes: 1

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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:51 am

Castroneves now P2, 61.676 sec
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:51 am

Servia P2
Dixon P5
Power P4
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:52 am

Briscoe improves his P1 time to 60.731 sec
Top-6 at the moment.....Briscoe, Castroneves, Servia, Power, Dixon, Wilson
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:53 am

Briscoe remains P1
Servia P2
Dixon P3
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:54 am

Castroneves now P2, Briscoe still P1......

Dixon still P4.....
Power remains P5.......

Three minutes in the session..........
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:55 am

Dixon remains P4.............
Power remains P5............


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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:59 am

Power still P5.....
Servia still P3........



Session over....hot laps will count, though:
Power P5
Servia P3
Dixon P4
Castroneves last out on-track....can he take the pole? No, but it'll be an all-Penske front-row with Ryan Briscoe on point and Spiderman in 2nd
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:01 am

Rexall Edmonton Indy Starting Grid.........................
--note 1......positions 1-6 set in the Firestone Shootout; positions 7-12 were set in the second qualifying session and positions 13-27 were set in the first set of qualifying sessions(odd positions set in session 1A and even positions set in session 1B)
--note 2......due to an engine change Saturday, Tony Kanaan(#11 Frank's Energy Drink D/H) will start 27th for Saturday's race



1}Ryan Briscoe, #6 Team Penske, 60.731 sec
2} Helio Castroneves, #3 Team Penske, 60.836 sec

3} Oriol Servia, #5 KV Racing Tech., 60.858 sec
4} Scott Dixon, #9 Target, 60.859 sec

5}(R)Will Power, #8 Aussie Vineyards, 61.015 sec
6}(R)Justin Wilson, #02 McDonald's, no posted time*

7} Bruno Junquiera, #18 Z-Line Designs, 61.299 sec
8}(R)Graham Rahal, #06 Rexall/Edmonton Oilers, 61.457 sec

9} Dan Wheldon, #10 Target, 61.666 sec
10}(R)Mario Moraes, #19 Sonny's Real Pit BBQ, 61.755 sec

11}(R)Enrique Bernoldi, #36 Sangari, 62.023 sec
12} Tony Kanaan, #11 Frank's Energy Drink, no posted time**

13} Marco Andretti, #26 Blockbuster, 62.299 sec
14} Ryan Hunter-Reay, #17 Ethanol, 62.104 sec

15} Danica Patrick, #7 Motorola, 62.417 sec
16} Paul Tracy, #22 Subway, 62.239 sec

17} Vitor Meira, #4 National Guard/Delphi, 62.491 sec
18} A.J. Foyt, IV, #20 Vision Wellness/CardioChek, 63.135 sec

19} Darren Manning, #14 ABC Supply Co., 62.664 sec
20}(R)Mario Dominguez, #96 Visit Mexico City, 63.136 sec

21}(R)E.J. Viso, #33 PDVSA, 62.924 sec
22}(R)Hideki Mutoh, #27 Formula Dream, 63.819 sec

23} Buddy Rice, #15 RollCoater, 63.428 sec
24} Ed Carpenter, #20 Menards/DirecTV, 63.883 sec

25} Townsend Bell, #23 Emu/WilliamRast, 63.640 sec
26} Marty Roth, #25 Cirrus Aircraft, 69.050 sec

27}(R)Jaime Camara, #34 Sangari, 63.857 sec

*--damaged suspension pieces during session #2
**--suffered engine damage during session #1; under IndyCar Series rules, Kanaan will be listed as starting 12th but will have to start 27th on the grid(see note 2)
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:04 am

Cars now entering the racetrack......the green flag is just minutes away!

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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:06 am

Green flag next time by..........green flag next time by.........
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:08 am

Field beginning to align for the start.......................pace car peels off..........


GREEN FLAG! GREEN FLAG!!!
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:09 am

Race control reporting there was a local yellow as the #06 of Graham Rahal who slid off the track at turn 3......race control reporting he has gotten back on track, but there appears to be damage on the #06.....


Top-5 after lap 2...........
Briscoe, Helio, Servia, Dixon and Power
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:12 am

Lead change.....................Castroneves got by Briscoe in turn 2

TK watch......he qualified 12th but due to an engine change, he had to start dead-stick on the field; he's already up to 19th after three laps..... :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:14 am

Top-5 after 4 laps
Helio
Briscoe
Servia
Dixon
Power
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:15 am

Race control reporting the #8 of Will Power has gone in for a suspension check; the team thought the left-front wishbone was damaged but they've sent him back out...... :shock: :shock: :shock: :?
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