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Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:24 am
by mlittle
Yellow's out.........race control the #00 of Nelson Phillipe had a hard white-walling of the car in turn 4
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:29 am
by mlittle
Teams making their next round of stops...............
Problems for the #10 of Franchitti; they had trouble unhooking the fuel hoses...........problems for the #14 of Meira as a fire broke out on the car during fueling; his car is covered in foam extinguisher and water but they got him restarted and back out on track
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:30 am
by mlittle
Lap 134: The crowd cheers as Vitor Meira goes back into the race after the fire.
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:34 am
by mlittle
Top-5 after 136 laps
Dixon, Castroneves, Power, PT and Wheldon
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:36 am
by mlittle
Race control reporting the #2 of Matos returned to pit road to top off fuel prior to the re-start
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:38 am
by mlittle
Green next time by......green next time by............
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:38 am
by mlittle
Green Flag!
Castroneves passes Dixon for the lead!
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:39 am
by mlittle
2-and-3-wide further back; PT makes a low-side pass around Power for 3rd
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:40 am
by mlittle
Townsend Bell joins in the act, passes PT for 4th!
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:40 am
by mlittle
Could Carpenter be a sleeper today?
Castroneves continues to lead from Dixon
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:42 am
by mlittle
Patrick holds off Conway for 9th
Several teams debating whether they can go with one more stop or will they have to go with two stops...........
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:43 am
by mlittle
Race control reporting that the #6 of Ryan Briscoe will have to drop a position for jumping the restart, where he passed the #7 of Danica Patrick prior to the green....
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:44 am
by mlittle
Castroneves continues to lead from Dixon; can Spiderman become a three-time winner of the 500-Mile Race?
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:44 am
by mlittle
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:45 am
by mlittle
While Castroneves continues to lead, Carpenter gets by both Patrick and Briscoe and takes 6th
