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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:41 am
by mlittle
RHR, Meira and Scheckter pit on lap 27
Castroneves leads Dixon by .478 sec
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:44 am
by mlittle
Manning, Wheldon, Patrick and Rice pit
Rice still has the fastest lap of the race at the moment...........Castroneves, Franchitti and Hornish pit; Dixon still out
Dixon's engineer is telling him to "push, push, push!!!"
Kanaan turns a wicked-fast lap; now at 1:08.380[28]
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:45 am
by mlittle
Patrick now up to 7th; rather than fight Wheldon on-track, her pitcrew got her out in front of Wheldon during the first round of stops!
Dixon finally makes his stop; gets out well ahead of Castroneves
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:47 am
by mlittle
Correction; Kanaan took the lead when Dixon stopped, but he pitted very early so he will have to come in soon
And Kanaan pits from the lead; Dixon retakes the lead
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:48 am
by mlittle
Sharp pits from P11, exits pitlane P13
Kanaan and Dixon are the only ones to run fast laps in the 1:08 range(TK at a 68.303, Dixon at a 68.650)
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:50 am
by mlittle
With the first round of stops out of the way, top-5 are Dixon, Castroneves, Franchitti, Hornish and Manning
Dixon has a near-4 second lead over Castroneves
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:53 am
by mlittle
Hornish joins the 1:08-club w/a lap of 1:08.773[34]; Patrick resets her personal fast lap w/a 1:08.958[36]
RHR and Kanaan fighting for P9/P10; RHR's holding off TK
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:54 am
by mlittle
Dixon over 4 seconds ahead of Castroneves; Kanaan still trying to pass Hunter-Reay, finally passes him at turn 4 entering the Esses
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:56 am
by mlittle
Kanaan resets fast lap of the race w/a 1:08.583[39]
Second round of stops expected around lap 52-55
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:01 am
by mlittle
IMS Radio interviewing Rahal-Letterman Racing co-owner David Letterman, who usually only ventures to IndyCar races when they're at Indy for the 500, so it is great to see him at the track
Castroneves and Franchitti reset their personal fast laps; both in the 1:08 range now
Top-5 at the moment, Dixon, Castroneves, Franchitti, Manning and Hornish
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:06 am
by mlittle
Race control reporting a yellow on lap 45; caution's out, caution's out..........crash in turn 1 exiting the pitstraight, looks like Hornish spun it going around and nailed the tirewalls
He's not in the kitty litter, so if the Delphi Safety Team can get him re-started could he make it around and pit for possible repairs?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:09 am
by mlittle
Field is bunched up behind the safety car; second round of stops ahead.........IMS Radio saying that there could be a shortened race due to the fact that the race was delayed 15-20 minutes
Race control reporting possible spray coming from the #4 of Vitor Meira
Everyone dived into pitlane except Kanaan and Hornish; Castroneves won the race off pitroad, so he will take the lead
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:12 am
by mlittle
Kanaan and Sharp are being shown P1 and P2, but have yet to pit, so Castroneves in theory is the leader of the race
And we're back to green!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:13 am
by mlittle
Patrick passes Manning for 6th; top-5 at the moment are Kanaan, Sharp, Castroneves, Dixon and Franchitti
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:18 am
by mlittle
Patrick outbrakes Sharp at turn 4 for 5th; Sharp down to 6th
Race control reporting that Meira's pitcrew have taken the engine cowling off as hit continues to sit on pitlane