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2007 IRL Rd. 13--Firestone Indy 400

Post by mlittle » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:43 am

Set amongst the Irish Hills in Michigan, Michigan International Speedway has hosted some of the best open-wheel races throughout its' history, and although MIS is officially off of the 2008 schedule(........... :cry: :cry: :evil: :evil: :evil: ), there's still a race to be run here and, if it is anything like the past few IndyCar Series visits, could be a momentum-builder in the championship fight.


Weekend Schedule............................................
Practice Session 1(all cars on-track), 10 am-Noon, 4 August 2007
Practice Session 2(split into 2 groups), 1:15-3:15 pm, 4 August 2007
Qualifying Session, 4:30 pm, 4 August 2007
Firestone Indy 400, Noon, ESPN-2
--domestic radio, IMS Radio Network
--satellite radio, XM Satellite Radio Chs. 144(XM Sports Nation) and 145(IndyCar Racing)
--the race will also be simulcast on the United States Armed Forces Network
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Post by mlittle » Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:09 am

Past Winners at Michigan.......................................................................
--Ronnie Bucknum(1968)
--Gary Bettenhausen(1970)
--Mark Donohue(1971)
--Joe Leonard(1972)
--Roger McCluskey(1973 #1)
--Billy Vukovich, Jr.(1973 #2)
--Johnny Rutherford(1973 #3, 1978 #1, 1980 #1 and 1986 #1)
--Bobby Unser(1974 #1, 1979 #2 and 1979 #3)
--Al Unser, Sr.(1974 #2)
--A.J. Foyt(1975 #1, 1976 #2)
--Tom Sneva(1975 #2)
--Gordon Johncock(1976 #1, 1977, 1979 #1 and 1982 #1)
--Danny Ongais(1977 #1, 1978 #2)
--Mario Andretti(1980 #2, 1984 #1 and 1984 #2)
--Pancho Carter(1981)
--Bobby Rahal(1982 #2, 1985 #2, 1986 #2)
--John Paul, Jr.(1983 #1)
--Rick Mears(1983 #2, 1991)
--Emerson Fittipaldi(1985 #1)
--Michael Andretti(1987, 1989)
--Danny Sullivan(1988)
--Al Unser, Jr.(1990)
--Scott Goodyear(1992, 1994)
--Nigel Mansell(1993)
--Scott Pruett(1995)
--Jimmy Vasser(1996 #1)
--Andre Ribeiro(1996 #2)
--Alex Zanardi(1997)
--Greg Moore(1998)
--Tony Kanaan(1999)
--Juan Pablo Montoya(2000)
--Patrick Carpentier(2001)
--Tomas Scheckter(2002)
--Alex Barron(2003)
--Buddy Rice(2004)
--Bryan Herta(2005)
--Helio Castroneves(2006)

Notes.............................................
~~The USAC National Championship Series ran at MIS from 1968-1978, Championship Auto Racing Teams(CART) ran there from 1979-2001 and the Indy Racing League(IRL) IndyCar Series has been there since 2002

~~The race distances have varied over the years..................
**125 miles} 1973(#2), 1973(#3), 1979(#1 and #2)
**150 miles} 1975(#2), 1976(#2), 1977(#2), 1978(#2), 1979(#3), 1980(#2), 1981(#2), 1982(#2)
**200 miles} 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973(#1), 1974(#1), 1975(#1), 1976(#1), 1977(#1), 1978(#1), 1980(#1), 1983(#2), 1984(#2), 1985(#2)
**250 miles} 1968, 1974(#2), 1986(#2)
**400 miles} 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
**500 miles} 1981(#1), 1982(#1), 1983(#1), 1984(#1), 1985(#1), 1986(#2), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996(#1), 1996(#2), 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
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Post by mlittle » Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:29 am

Firestone Fast Facts...............................................................................


Event} Firestone Indy 400, round 13 of 17--2007 IndyCar Series season
Where} Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Mich.
When} 12 pm US EDT, 5 August 2007

Track Distance} 2 miles
Race Distance} 200 laps/400 miles
--Frantstretch 3600 ft. banked at 12 degrees(45 ft. track width)
--Backstretch 2242 ft. banked at 5 degrees(72 ft. track width)
--turns banked at 18 degrees

Entry List......................................................................................................
Tomas Scheckter, #2 Indy Vision on Joost
Helio Castroneves, #3 Team Penske
Vitor Meira, #4 Delphi/Skyfi
Sarah Fisher, #5 AAMCO Transmissions
Sam Hornish, Jr., #6 Team Penske
Danica Patrick, #7 Motorola
Scott Sharp, #8 Patron Tequila
Scott Dixon, #9 Target
Dan Wheldon, #10 Target
Tony Kanaan, #11 Team 7-11
Darren Manning, #14 ABC Supply Co./GAF/Dow
Buddy Rice, #15 RollCoater/Racing for Kids
(R)Ryan Hunter-Reay, #17 Ethanol
Jon Herb, #19 AERCON/Dad's Root Bear
Ed Carpenter, #20 Hitachi Power Tools
A.J. Foyt, IV, #22 Indy Vision on Joost
(R)Milka Duno, #23 CITGO
Marco Andretti, #26 NYSE Group/i-Shares
Dario Franchitti, #27 Canadian Club/Argent
Kosuke Matsuura, #55 Panasonic/ARTA
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Post by mlittle » Sun Aug 05, 2007 4:56 am

Michigan Practice Session #1 top-5................
1st} Tony Kanaan, Andretti-Green Racing............................33.080 sec/217.652 mph
2nd} Scott Dixon, Target/Ganassi Racing.............................33.095 sec/217.556 mph
3rd} Sam Hornish, Jr., Team Penske...................................33.098 sec/217.536 mph
4th} Dario Franchitti, Andretti-Green Racing.........................33.149 sec/217.202 mph
5th} Danica Patrick, Andretti-Green Racing..........................33.159 sec/217.134 mph
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Post by mlittle » Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:07 am

Michigan Qualifying Order.......................

Rice, Scheckter, Patrick, Franchitti, Castroneves
Hornish, Jr., Foyt, IV., Hunter-Reay, Duno, Kanaan
Fisher, Carpenter, Dixon, Manning, Sharp
Matsuura, Wheldon, Andretti, Meira, Herb
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Post by mlittle » Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:10 am

Michigan Practice Session #2 top-5.......................
1st} Tomas Scheckter, Vision Racing.................................32.999 sec/218.182 mph
2nd} Dario Franchitti, Andretti-Green Racing......................33.018 sec/218.064 mph
3rd} Helio Castroneves, Team Penske...............................33.047 sec/217.870 mph
4th} Danica Patrick, Andretti-Green Racing........................33.048 sec/217.866 mph
5th} Dan Wheldon, Target/Ganassi Racing.........................33.075 sec/217.686 mph
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Post by mlittle » Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:14 am

With some clouds off in the distance, qualifying for tomorrow's Firestone Indy 400 is about to begin; each driver gets two laps to set their fastest time of the session.....should a team withdraw their driver from the qualifying line, they will get to attempt a qualifying run but they will fall to the end of the line and will be allowed to run only one lap...........
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Post by mlittle » Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:34 am

First out for qualifying is Dreyer & Reinbold Racing's Buddy Rice; the 2004 Indy 500 winner set the 17th-fastest time in practice.......

1st lap...........214.854 mph
2nd lap..........214.859 mph, provisionally P1
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Post by mlittle » Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:36 am

Vision Racing's Tomas Scheckter now rolls out onto the track; the Cape Town, South Africa native set the fastest time in practice at 218.182 mph........has one win to his credit at Michigan back in his rookie season in 2002

1st lap..............217.434 mph
2nd lap.............217.305 mph, currently P1
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Post by mlittle » Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:39 am

(Mod's note.........don't trust the series qualifying cheat sheet!! :evil: :evil: )

Series points leader Dario Franchitti now attempting a qualifying run..........

1st lap................218.308 mph
2nd lap...............218.231 mph, currently P1
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Post by mlittle » Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:42 am

According to race control, delays in going through the tech line was why the AGR entry of Danica Patrick was not on the qualifying line; she will be the last driver to make a qualifying run and will only receive one qual. lap


Team Penske's Helio Castroneves now on-track..............

1st lap.................217.865 mph
2nd lap................217.894 mph, slots into P2
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Post by mlittle » Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:45 am

Castroneves' teammate, 3-time series champion Sam Hornish, Jr. now rolling onto track...................

1st lap.................218.024 mph
2nd lap................217.677 mph, currently P2

top-5 at the moment} Franchitti, Hornish, Castroneves, Scheckter and Rice
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Post by mlittle » Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:47 am

Vision Racing's A.J. Foyt, IV now on-track....................
(watching the video, it looks as though Foyt'sa using a higher line around than everyone else at the moment)

1st lap...............215.335 mph
2nd lap..............215.238 mph, currently P5
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Post by mlittle » Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:50 am

Rahal-Letterman Racing's Ryan Hunter-Reay now rolling out on-track; during his time over in the ChampCar series, he won at the Milwaukee Mile back in 2004 in a wire-to-wire victory(leading all 250 laps that night!)

1st lap..............215.878 mph
2nd lap.............215.625 mph, currently slots into P5
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Post by mlittle » Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:53 am

SAMAX Motorsports driver Milka Duno now on-track...............

1st lap...............212.901 mph
2nd lap..............212.701 mph, currently P8
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