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 » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:17 am

Power's back on pitlane and the team is frantically looking at that suspension on the left-front.....

Top-8 @ 8 laps
Helio
Briscoe
Servia
Dixon
Wilson
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:21 am

Castroneves appears to have checked out on the field at the moment; he has a 3.3-sec. lead over teammate Briscoe.....
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:23 am

Top-5 remains unchanged; Castroneves leads from Briscoe w/Servia, Dixon and Wilson in tow.....
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:26 am

Interesting note.....there are some different faces and voices on the audio/video feeds...

Race control reporting a couple of drivers(Bell, Manning) have whitewalled their cars on the concrete walls of the circuit at some point......
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:29 am

Race control reporting that the #4 of Vitor Meira has run into the tirewalls around the pit-in entrance; full-course caution........
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:30 am

Race control reporting that the pits are open; expect everyone to pit for fuel and tires.....
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:33 am

Three cars stayed out.........Kanaan, Marco and Rice

Top-5 following all the pitstops..........
Marco
Kanaan
Rice
Castroneves
Briscoe
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:37 am

...and the green flag's back out; we are back to racing!

Marco leads the field into one; Castroneves passes Rice for 3rd
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:39 am

Castroneves still holding onto fastest lap of the race at 62.882[6].......

Top-5 remains unchanged after 25 laps
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:41 am

Race control reporting there are communciations problems w/the #22 of Paul Tracy; for some reason, the team can talk to him but he can't talk back to them..... :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:42 am

CAUTION'S OUT! CAUTION'S OUT!

Race control reporting the #27 of Hideki Mutoh smacked the tirewalls at the 12-13 chicane hard, damaging the right-front and right side of the car..... :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:44 am

On a more interesting note.....two former ChampCar drivers had a heck of a race earlier in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series event earlier this afternoon; Alex Tagliani and Andrew Ranger finished 1st and 2nd this afternoon in the Canadian Tire Series race....................CONGRATULATIONS, TAG!!! :clap: :clap: :clap: :up:
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:48 am

TK pits from 2nd, Rice pits from 3rd.....Marco, however, did not pit and stays in 1st, hoping to go as long as possible and then coming in at the absolute last second.....
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:50 am

Green's back out......and Castroneves dived his way back into the way through one.....
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Post by mlittle » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:53 am

Race control reporting that the #26 team expects to pit in about five laps.............

Top-5 at the moment(lap 35)
Helio, Marco, Briscoe, Dixon, Servia
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