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Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:55 am**

about to complete 4 laps

top-5 are Castroneves, Franchitti, Kanaan, Dixon and Andretti

Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:06 am**

Passing lap 11..............both Dan Wheldon and Buddy Rice have made their first round of stops early, gambling on fuel mileage and luck

Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:10 am**

first four drivers(Castroneves, Franchitti, Kanaan and Dixon) have opened up a bit of a gap on the next group of drivers......................

best race on track at the moment appears to be that of Manning and Hornish for 7th/8th...........

Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:20 am**

Thank heavens for ESPN Racecast...........more after the race........

Top-5 at the moment.....................
Castroneves*
Andretti*
Franchitti
Kanaan
Dixon
*--yet to pit(as of lap 24)

Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:21 am**

Race control reporting Castroneves to pit next lap; question now is.....how far will be fall back from the lead?

Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:23 am**

Helio's in..........full fuel and tires; looks as though he'll cycle back out around 4th or 5th........Patrick in; the team added a turn of front-wing and did a full fuel/tire stop

Franchitti now assumes the lead; Kanaan 2nd

Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:25 am**

Marco's back in.........looks as though his day is done; the team's raising the rear engine cover

CAUTION'S OUT!! CAUTION'S OUT!! Race control reporting that the #20 of Ed Carpenter went off at turn 8 into the runoff area and they flew the yellows.........

Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:28 am**

Fastest lap of the race currently belongs to Kanaan w/a 1:14.193

Race control currently bunching up the field...........pits are open for everyone

Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:35 am**

Green's back out.........................and we're back to caution!!!

Couple of cars involved................looks like Hornish, Patrick, Fisher and possibly Meira(looking at the TV, it appears that Hornish and Fisher collided; in the aftermath, Meira went into the tirewalls and Patrick got to visit the concrete walls courtesy of Darren Manning and the "chrome horn".........

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Patrick motioning to the Delphi saefty personnel to get her restarted and back out; doesn't appear to have much damage, but it looks as though Fisher, Meira and Hornish are out of the race.................

Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:39 am**

Race control reporting that medics are examining the hands and wrists of Hornish as he might have gotten injured during the accident................

Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:42 am**

Still under caution..........34 laps in the books

Drivers currently out.............
RHR--clutch
Ma. Andretti--engine/mechanical
Fisher--accident T1
Hornish--accident T1
Meira--accident T1

Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:43 am**

Wheldon, Matsuura and Carpenter have pulled into pitlane; assuming all three are topping off the fueltanks prior to the green coming back out.......

Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:47 am**

Just doing some quick math.............this race is creeping closer to a timed race; approaching the 1 hr. mark in the race(the only timed race in IndyCar Series history was Watkins Glen back in 2006)

Green flag! Green flag!

Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:48 am**

top-5 after 39 laps

Franchitti
Kanaan
Dixon
Castroneves
Scheckter

Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:54 am**

The front three are beginning to drive away from Castroneves in 4th(the first three are averaging a 74.5; Spiderman's running a 75.6)

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