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Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 4:31 am
by mlittle
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
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 4:34 am
by mlittle
Race control reporting the pits are open........thrid round of stops to begin shortly
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 4:35 am
by mlittle
Franchitti re-assumes the lead, getting past Dixon exiting pitlane
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 4:42 am
by mlittle
Getting ready to resume racing.......
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 4:43 am
by mlittle
We are back to racing!
Dixon passes Franchitti for the lead through turn 1
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 4:44 am
by mlittle
PT and Bell ran side-by-side for a bit
Franchitti and Kanaan fighting for 2nd at the moment
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 4:45 am
by mlittle
Race control reporting possible debris in turn 3.....................
no yellow; still running under the green
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 4:46 am
by mlittle
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
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 4:47 am
by mlittle
Coming up on halfway............
3 leaders(Dixon, Franchitti, Castroneves)
4 cautions for 26 laps
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 4:51 am
by mlittle
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
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 4:52 am
by mlittle
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 4:52 am
by mlittle
Pit stops commencing once again
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 4:54 am
by mlittle
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..............
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 4:56 am
by mlittle
Drivers seeing the crossed green flags.............the race is official.
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:00 am
by mlittle
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.........
