2008 IRL Rd. 13--Rexall Edmonton Indy Grand Prix

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Who will win the Rexall Edmonton Indy GP?

Poll ended at Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:57 am

Scott Dixon
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Helio Castroneves
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Ryan Briscoe
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any former ChampCar driver on the entry list
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:08 am

Three minutes remaining..........and race control has displayed the double-yellows for a full-course caution involving the #25 of Marty Roth, who has spun and stalled it in the turn 7 area
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:12 am

.....there's going to be a mad dash for the top-6 in the session; everyone's lighting up the tires for a last-minute set of flyers................

RHR 8th
PT 7th



.....and the session's over; no one managed to get in a last-lap flyer as that full-course caution came at the worst absolute moment
--Top-6 from session 1B: Power, Moraes, Wheldon, Kanaan, Rahal and Bernoldi
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:14 am

Top-12 from the first set of sessions.................
Castroneves, Dixon, Wilson, Briscoe, Servia, Junquiera
Power, Moraes, Wheldon, Kanaan, Rahal, Bernoldi
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:19 am

Interesting note......looking towards the grandstands, I'm really impressed by the large numbers of fans watching in the stands; Canada has had a long tradition of supporting NA open-wheel racing, from Formula 1 through CART/ChampCar and IndyCar, so its' great to see all the fans here this weekend.......... :D :D :) 8)


Session 2 has begun..........
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:21 am

Unlike sessions 1A and 1B, which ran 20 minutes each, session 2 will run 15 minutes and the Firestone Shootout after this session will run 10 minutes.......

Briscoe setting the early pace; Wheldon and Dixon 2nd and 3rd at the moment
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:22 am

Surprise! Moraes P1 at the moment.....a Dale Coyne car is P1 at the moment..... :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

It didn't last long; Power now P1 and Moraes got shuffled down a bit to P4
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:23 am

Top-6 at the moment..............
Wilson, Castroneves, Power, Junquiera, Servia and Briscoe
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:25 am

Local yellow in the turn 7 area; Wilson locked it up and smacked the wall, ending his qualifying session.......local yellow has been pulled; track is full-green
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:26 am

Servia on a flyer.....currently P7, remains P7

Top-6 at the halfway point of the session................
Castroneves, Power, Wilson, Dixon, Junqueira, Rahal
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:29 am

TK's session is over; they've hauled his car behind the wall; reports are that when he spun in the first session, he damaged the H-17R Honda Indy V8 engine in his racecar.......the engine will be replaced and he will likely start P27, shotgun on the field
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:30 am

Less than 5 minutes in the session.............
Dixon moves up to P2
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:33 am

....and Moraes has backed it into the tirewalls, damaging the backend of the car.....chances are there will be a full-course caution, which could end the session early; race control has thrown the double-yellows(Moraes will lose his fastest lap)

....and the track is back to green; another mad-dash for the Firestone Shootout!
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:37 am

Last-minute flyers..................
Servia P7
Wheldon P9
Power P3, still in the top-6


Session over........hot laps will count, though
Wheldon P9
Servia P2
Briscoe P6
Power P4
Dixon P3
Rahal P8
Junquiera P7


Drivers moving on to the Firestone Shootout.......
Castroneves, Servia, Dixon, Power, Wilson*, Briscoe
*--Wilson will not be able to participate in the Shootout as there is suspension damage to the upper/lower left-front suspension pieces on the #02 McDonald's D/H
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:46 am

......let the Firestone Shootout begin!
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Post by mlittle » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:49 am

Briscoe sets the early flyer, 60.792 sec
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