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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:17 am
by mlittle
Power's back on pitlane and the team is frantically looking at that suspension on the left-front.....
Top-8 @ 8 laps
Helio
Briscoe
Servia
Dixon
Wilson
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:21 am
by mlittle
Castroneves appears to have checked out on the field at the moment; he has a 3.3-sec. lead over teammate Briscoe.....
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:23 am
by mlittle
Top-5 remains unchanged; Castroneves leads from Briscoe w/Servia, Dixon and Wilson in tow.....
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:26 am
by mlittle
Interesting note.....there are some different faces and voices on the audio/video feeds...
Race control reporting a couple of drivers(Bell, Manning) have whitewalled their cars on the concrete walls of the circuit at some point......
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:29 am
by mlittle
Race control reporting that the #4 of Vitor Meira has run into the tirewalls around the pit-in entrance; full-course caution........
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:30 am
by mlittle
Race control reporting that the pits are open; expect everyone to pit for fuel and tires.....
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:33 am
by mlittle
Three cars stayed out.........Kanaan, Marco and Rice
Top-5 following all the pitstops..........
Marco
Kanaan
Rice
Castroneves
Briscoe
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:37 am
by mlittle
...and the green flag's back out; we are back to racing!
Marco leads the field into one; Castroneves passes Rice for 3rd
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:39 am
by mlittle
Castroneves still holding onto fastest lap of the race at 62.882[6].......
Top-5 remains unchanged after 25 laps
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:41 am
by mlittle
Race control reporting there are communciations problems w/the #22 of Paul Tracy; for some reason, the team can talk to him
but he can't talk back to them.....

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:42 am
by mlittle
CAUTION'S OUT! CAUTION'S OUT!
Race control reporting the #27 of Hideki Mutoh smacked the tirewalls at the 12-13 chicane hard, damaging the right-front and right side of the car.....

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:44 am
by mlittle
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:48 am
by mlittle
TK pits from 2nd, Rice pits from 3rd.....Marco, however, did not pit and stays in 1st, hoping to go as long as possible and then coming in at the absolute last second.....
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:50 am
by mlittle
Green's back out......and Castroneves dived his way back into the way through one.....
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:53 am
by mlittle
Race control reporting that the #26 team expects to pit in about five laps.............
Top-5 at the moment(lap 35)
Helio, Marco, Briscoe, Dixon, Servia