Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:56 am
Carpenter, meanwhile, got past the Scotsman for 7th
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2009 IRL Rd. 3--RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300
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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:57 am
Briscoe continues to lead from Dixon; Kanaan, Castroneves, Rahal round out the top-5
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:59 am
Firestone engineers, meanwhile, are reporting to race control that the tires are wearing "quite nicely", to quote Firestone's Joe Barbieri; don't be surprised to see teams do fuel-only stops towards the end of the race.
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:00 am
Briscoe continues to lead after 121 laps; Dixon in 2nd
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:01 am
75 laps remaining; top-5 separated by 1.7 seconds
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:02 am
Castroneves tries to pass Kanaan on the outside through 1 and 2; can't get it done and slides back in line behind him
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:04 am
he got it done, though, in 3 and 4; Castroneves now sits in 4thmlittle wrote:Castroneves tries to pass Kanaan on the outside through 1 and 2; can't get it done and slides back in line behind him
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:05 am
the leaders catching up to the #23 of Duno
Dixon continues to lead
Dixon continues to lead
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:06 am
Clouds continuing to darken, though; race control reporting that the rain is creeping closer to the track.....
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:07 am
....and now I've lost timing/scoring for the time being. 
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:09 am
Race control reporting that the next(and likely final) round of stops should begin around lap 148
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:11 am
Timing/scoring back up; lost the video feed, though.......... 
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:14 am
CAUTION'S OUT! CAUTION'S OUT!
Franchitti in the wall; looks like around turn 3.........looks like he was beginning to exit the track to head for pitlane, tried to get back ontrack, hit the brakes and slid right up the track into the wall.............
Franchitti in the wall; looks like around turn 3.........looks like he was beginning to exit the track to head for pitlane, tried to get back ontrack, hit the brakes and slid right up the track into the wall.............
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:17 am
Dixon caught a break, pitting before the caution.....on the other hand, Briscoe arrived on pitlane just as the pitlane closed; he had to take a wave-around and come back in for his stop........
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:18 am
Looks like everyone has made their final stop of the day; it will be a trophy dash to the finish!