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MARCH 26, 2007 - HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA…2007 SEASON OPENER
RACE # 1 OF…17…
THE RACERS OF THE I.R.L…KICKED OFF THE 2007 RACE SEASON…AND DELIVERED THEIR…USUAL…BEST RACING SHOW IN THE BUSINESS…
…THE I.R.L…NOW A…HONDA…"SPEC" SERIES…IS DESTINED TO DISPLAY …JUST WHERE THE…RACING TALENT IS… IN THIS GROUP…AND IF YOU DIDN’T KNOW BEFORE…YOU DO NOW…AS THERE IS A…12-PACK OF DRIVERS… WHO WE PREDICT…WILL WIN EVERY ONE OF THE 17 EVENTS ON THE SERIES SCHEDULE…
THE HOMESTEAD OPENER WAS…AN OUTSTANDING SHOW…WHICH SHOWCASED THE BEST RACING IN THE BUSINESS…WITH THE…"12-PACK" LEADING THE WAY…AND THE FIRST WINNER…OUT OF THE…"12 PACK"…WAS 2005 CHAMP…DAN WHELDON WHO KICKED BUTT…AND TOOK NAMES…FOR THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE YEAR…IN THE SEASON OPENER…
WELDON…LED EARLY…DROPPED OUT OF THE LEAD ON A "BOTCHED" PIT STOP HALFWAY THRU…AND THEN GOBBLED UP THE FIELD…AGAIN… LEADING 179 OF THE RACE’S 200 LAPS…
IF YOU SAW IT…YOU KNOW WHAT WE MEAN…IF YOU DIDN’T SEE IT…THEN YOU MISSED OUT…
ANYHOW…WHELDON…GETS THE WIN AHEAD OF…FORMER SERIES CHAMP…SCOTT DIXON 2ND…AND REIGNING SERIES CHAMP…SAM HORNISH…3RD WHILE EVERYONE’S FAVORITE…RACING…CUPCAKE DIVA…2004 CELEBRITY-PRO…RACE WINNER DANICA PATRICK …PUT IT INTO THE WALL…WHILE COMING IN FOR A PIT STOP…AND SAID …"I'M JUST SO DISAPPOINTED…I DON'T MAKE MISTAKES LIKE THAT...AND I CAN'T BELIEVE IT HAPPENED…"
AND WE SAY…DANICA…BELIEVE IT…
THE…I.R.L.-ER’S…STAY IN FLORIDA…NEXT WEEKEND…FOR AN APRIL FOOLS DAY RACE…ON THE STREETS OF ST. PETE…