35th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach[2009 IRL Rd. 2]

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:25 am

Back to racing!
Franchitti leads from Patrick; Power, Castroneves, Rahal rounding out the top-5

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:29 am

Franchitti continues to lead; Patrick in 2nd

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:30 am

Race control reporting that Franchitti should be pitting in about 6-8 laps

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:33 am

49 laps in the books
Top-5: Franchitti, Patrick, Power, Castroneves, Rahal

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:34 am

lap 50
Franchitti and Patrick both pit
Power also pits

Correction.........Franchitti stays out; Patrick and Power pitted

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:36 am

Power gets past Patrick; both cars off-sequence, so if the field pits ahead of them, they're, in a sense, 1-2

Now Franchitti pits...........stays on the blacks; his team told him to "light the burners"

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:37 am

Castroneves pits

Conway into the tires on Seaside Way.............local yellow only at the moment

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:38 am

54 laps completed
Castroneves, Rahal, Dixon, Tagliani, RHR

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:39 am

Full-course caution

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:40 am

Scary moment in the #02 pits; Rahal started to leave before they uncoupled the fuel nozzle.........fortunately, no fire or other problems

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:42 am

Tagliani also had problems in pitlane as well

On a humorous note.........with the timing of this caution, both Franchitti and/or Patrick could be adding Mike Conway to their Christmas Card lists if things work out for either of them........

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:44 am

Top-5 at lap 58
Franchitti, Power, Kanaan, Patrick, Wheldon

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:46 am

And the green is back out!

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:47 am

Drag race btwn. Dixon and Briscoe going down Shoreline..........Dixon gets the position

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:50 am

lap 61
Top-5: Franchitti, Power, Kanaan, Patrick, Wheldon

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