The 93rd Indianapolis 500 Thread..............

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:31 am

Traffic bit the #7 of Patrick as she lost two spots...........

Caution's out; looks like the #44 of Davey Hamilton hit the wall in turn 4

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:34 am

Race control reporting the pits are open........thrid round of stops to begin shortly

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:35 am

Franchitti re-assumes the lead, getting past Dixon exiting pitlane

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:42 am

Getting ready to resume racing.......

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:43 am

We are back to racing!
Dixon passes Franchitti for the lead through turn 1

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:44 am

PT and Bell ran side-by-side for a bit
Franchitti and Kanaan fighting for 2nd at the moment

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:45 am

Race control reporting possible debris in turn 3.....................
no yellow; still running under the green

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:46 am

3-wide in turn 1 as the leaders pass around the #06 of Robert Doornbos, who has returned to the race, albeit way towards the back

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:47 am

Coming up on halfway............
3 leaders(Dixon, Franchitti, Castroneves)
4 cautions for 26 laps

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:51 am

Caution's out......it's the #11 of Tony Kanaan; heavy contact in turn 3

Watching the replays...........something broke on the #11 before he hit the SAFER barrier, bounced off and hit the barrier a second time

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:52 am

Everyone talks about the dreaded Andretti Curse, but TK has had horrid luck at Indy......he runs well but every year something seems to happen......

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:52 am

Pit stops commencing once again

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:54 am

Race control reporting that Firestone engineers are looking over the tires from several teams, looking for possible flats/tears as several drivers reported running over bits of debris in turn 3..............

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:56 am

Drivers seeing the crossed green flags.............the race is official.

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon May 25, 2009 5:00 am

Race control reporting the #9 team found one of the tires on the car had begun losing pressure and would've gone flat had they stayed out.........

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