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JULY 16,
2007 - RACIN’ FOR A GUITAR…IN…NASHVILLE… THE I.R.L.’S…AMAZING STRING OF…7 SEASONS…WITHOUT A…RAINOUT …CAME TO AN END…IN NASHVILLE…SATURDAY NIGHT…BUT WHEN THE SUNDAY MORNING RACING CAME AROUND…IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT… AS…DARIO FRANCHITTI…LOOKED TO BE…THE CAR TO BEAT…UNTIL LAP 88…WHEN SCOTT DIXON & DAN WELDON…"SPLIT HIM"…IN LAPPED TRAFFIC WITH DIXON TAKING THE POINT…AND STAYING OUT FRONT… THE REMAINDER OF THE WAY…TO EARN HIS 2ND CONSECUTIVE SERIES WIN…HIS 2ND CONSECUTIVE NASHVILLE WIN…AND…HIS 2ND CONSECUTIVE …GUITAR TROPHY… FRANCHITTI…HUNG ON FOR 2ND…AND CONTINUES TO LEAD THE POINTS …WITH A 6-PACK OF RACES REMAINING…WHILE THE "CUPCAKE DIVA"…DANICA PATRICK…FINISHED 3RD VIA THE USUAL ...ATTRITION ROUTE AND THEN HAD THE NERVE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT LAPPED CARS…THAT WERE RUNNING…FASTER LAPS…THAN SHE WAS AND THAT WAS AFTER RACE CONTROL…WARNED HER ABOUT…BLOCKING …LEAD LAP CARS…ATTEMPTING TO PASS HER…ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS (SHARP & HORNISH)… WE’LL CUT THE…"CUPCAKE WHINER" SOME SLACK…HOWEVER…BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT HER TEAMMATES…DARIO FRANCHITTI & MARCO ANDRETTI…ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT…LAPPED TRAFFIC LENDING THE…ASTUTE OBSERVER…TO BELIEVE THAT PERHAPS… ANDRETTI-GREEN RACING…IS JUST COMPRISED OF…WHINERS… IF CARS ARE SLOWER…PASS ‘EM…BUT…IF YOU’RE NOT SKILLED ENOUGH TO PASS THEM…DO US ALL A FAVOR AND…SHUT UP…NO ONE LIKES A…WHINEY LOSER… ANYHOW…THE I.R.L.-ER’S…WILL BE RACIN’…"LEFTY-RIGHTY"…FOR THE 3RD TIME…OF 5 ROAD RACE DATES…ON THE SCHEDULE…AS THEY HEAD TO…MID-OHIO…NEXT WEEKEND. 1. (1) SCOTT DIXON, DALLARA-HONDA, 200, RUNNING $141,400 1) DARIO FRANCHITTI 434 JULY 9,
2007
- WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. FOR ONLY THE 2ND TIME THIS SEASON…THE…I.R.L.-ER’S…WENT LEFTY-RIGHTY RACING THIS WEEK…AT…WATKINS GLEN…IN…NEW YAWK… AND FOR THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE YEAR…IT WAS…SCOTT DIXON…LEAVING THE …EMPIRE STATE…WITH THE WIN… IT WAS A "SNOOZER"…AND IT WASN’T EVEN CLOSE…AS… DIXON … CROSSED THE FINISH LINE MORE THAN 6 SECONDS AHEAD OF…SAM HORNISH…WHILE…SERIES POINT LEADER DARIO FRANCHITTI… BROUGHT IT HOME 3RD…AND CONTINUES TO PAD HIS POINT LEAD ON THE WAY TO HIS 1ST SERIES TITLE… BEST ACTION OF THE DAY CAME…AFTER THE RACE…WHEN…SAM HORNISH…AND…"BIG NOSE" TONY KANAAN…EXCHANGED…POST RACE PLEASANTRIES…RESULTING IN A LITTLE PUSHING & SHOVING MATCH… WITH THE END RESULT…BEING...NOTHING… THAT BEING SAID…WE DO HOPE HOWEVER THAT THE SERIES LEADING…"PUNK" …DANICA PATRICK WAS PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE HER REPEATED ACTIONS IN CONFRONTA- TIONS WITH OTHER DRIVERS CAN LEAD TO THIS TYPE OF PHYSICAL INTERACTION …AND SHE SHOULD BE AWARE THAT…SOME DAY A FELLOW DRIVER WILL NOT PUT UP WITH HER…CRAP…AND SHE’LL FIND HERSELF ON HER BUTT …WHINING ABOUT SOMEONE SMACKING A GIRL…BUT THAT’S LIFE IN THE BIG LEAGUES…BABY…YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED… ANYHOW…THE I.R.L.-ER’S…WILL RETURN TO OVAL RACING…NEXT WEEKEND AT NASHVILLE…BUT 1ST…HERE’S THE…WATKINS GLEN…FINISH… 1.(2) SCOTT DIXON,
DALLARA-HONDA, 60, RUNNING $131,400 MARGIN OF VICTORY: 6.2591 SECONDS CAUTIONS: 3
CAUTION FLAGS FOR 7 LAPS FRANCHITTI 394,
JUNE 25, 2007 - SHORT TRACK…PLOWING…AT THE…IOWA
CORN 250 DARIO FRANCHITTI...PREVAILED…JUST BARELY…OVER HIS TEAMMATE …MARCO ANDRETTI TO CLAIM THE 1ST CHECKERED FLAG EVER…FOR THE I.R.L…AT THE 7/8’S MILE OVAL IN NEWTON, IOWA… THE PACKED HOUSE…AT THE…"IOWA CORN 250"…SAW A BRUTAL RACE …WHICH WAS LONG ON ACTION…AND SHORT ON GOOD RACING SENSE… DAN WHELDON…BEGAN THE RACE CARNAGE…EARLY ON…WHEN HE LOST IT AND COLLECTED TONY KANAAN…WHO WOULD LATER RETURN TO THE RACE MANY LAPS DOWN…BUT THE BIGGEST INCIDENT OF THE RACE OCCURRED ON A LAP 99 RESTART…WHEN THE…"CUPCAKE DIVA"…OL’ DANCIA PATRICK…WENT RIGHT…THEN LEFT…THEN RIGHT …THEN LEFT…THEN RIGHT...AND FINALLY…LEFT AGAIN…INTO ED CARPENTER…TRIGGERING A 5 CAR MELEE WHICH TOOK OUT 4 CARS …INCLUDING DEFENDING SERIES CHAMP … SAM HORNISH… NEEDLESS TO SAY…DANICA…TRULY A MOVING CHICHANE…IN THIS INSTANCE…REFUSED TO TAKE CREDIT FOR HER BONE-HEADED-NESS …INSTEAD BLAMING…TOO MUCH AGGRESSION BY OTHER DRIVERS OF COURSE…ON COLD TIRES…ON A RESTART… AND TO THINK…WE THOUGHT…APPARENTLY…JUST LIKE THE HANDFUL OF DRIVERS…AROUND & BEHIND HER…THAT IT WAS…HER…LANE INDECISION…WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM… BUT THEN…THAT’S…DANICA…YOU GO GIRL!!!! THE I.R.L.-ER’S…WILL CONTINUE…SHORT TRACKIN’…NEXT WEEKEND …AT…RICHMOND. Iowa Corn Indy 250 Session Time: 1h 48m 57s Lap: 250 of 250 1. (3) DARIO FRANCHITTI, DALLARA-HONDA, 250, RUNNING
$115,800
LEAD CHANGES: 13 AMONG 8 DRIVERS
1. FRANCHITTI 306 JUNE 11, 2007 - 550 KILOMETERS…IN
TEXAS…Y’ALL THE…I.R.L.-ER’S…RACED FOR THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE WEEK…AND PRODUCED THEIR 3RD DIFFERENT WINNER…THIS WEEK…IN THE FORM OF…RR-AZ ALUM…SAM HORNISH…WHO LED ON 5 SEPARATE OCCASIONS …FOR MORE THAN HALF THE RACE…INCLUDING THE FINAL…31 LAPS… ON THE WAY TO HIS 1ST WIN OF THE SEASON… FOR THE MOST PART…HORNISH…WAS IN A CLASS BY HIMSELF…BUT DID GET SOME PRESSURE FROM LAST WEEK’S WINNER…TONY KANAAN… TOWARD THE END OF THE RACE BUT…KANAAN…WAS UNABLE TO … PULL THE TRIGGER…ON A PASS…EVEN WITH HIS TEAMMATE…DANICA PATRICK…TRYING TO PUSH HIM BY… PATRICK…WHO HAS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS…COMPLETELY UNIMPRESSED KNOWLEDGABLE RACE FANS…FINALLY SHUT UP…AT LEAST FOR A SHORT TIME…AND DROVE HER WAY…TO HER 1ST CAREER PODIUM FINISH… THAT BEING SAID…WE MUST ADVISE THAT THE…"CUPCAKE DIVA’S"… FINISH WAS ENHANCED WHEN…A TRIO OF DRIVERS IN FRONT OF HER… (DIXON – WELDON & CASTRONEVES)…WERE COLLECTED IN A CRASH RESULTING FROM A TIRE COMING OFF OF…ED CARPENTER’S CAR… SO WHAT WE’RE SAYING IS…DON’T GET…OVERLY GIDDY…ABOUT… MS. MUNSTER’S FINISH AS…IT WAS MORE…GIFT…THAN "EARNED"… THE I.R.L.-ER’S…WILL TAKE A FORTNIGHT OFF…AND RESURFACE AT…IOWA SPEEDWAY ON…JUNE 24TH…BUT FIRST…HERE’S THE…LONE STAR STATE…FINISH… 1. (2) SAM HORNISH JR., DALLARA-HONDA,
228, RUNNING $110,800 MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.0786 OF A SECOND CAUTIONS: 3 FOR 28 LAPS LEAD CHANGES: 17 AMONG 7 DRIVERS POINT STANDINGS: FRANCHITTI 253, KANAAN 241, DIXON 234, WHELDON 233, HORNISH 226 JUNE 4, 2007 - INDY RACING LEAGUE…RACE #
6 OF…17… FOLLOWING LAST WEEK’S…91ST EDITION…OF THE…INDY 500…THE I.R.L. RESUMED THE 50 YEAR TRADITION OF RACING AT THE…103 YEAR OLD …"MILWAUKEE MILE"…THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING RACE TRACK IN THE U.S.A...AND ANY OF THE NASCAR "RAIN OUT" VIEWERS THAT ELECTED TO CHECK OUT THE RACE SAW SOME…REAL RACING… FOR A CHANGE… TONY KANAAN…TOOK THE WIN BY A…COUPLE OF NOSES BUT NOT BEFORE SOME EXCELLENT ON TRACK BATTLING…AND AN AMAZING SET OF EVENTS THAT SAW…HELIO CASTRONEVES’ "REAR WING" COLLAPSE …SENDING THE RACE LEADER "SPINNING" INTO THE INSIDE WALL AT THE START-FINISH LINE…AND THEN 5 LAPS FROM THE END OF THE RACE…IT APPEARED THAT CASTRONEVES…TEAMMATE… SAM HORNISH… RUNNING 2ND…WOULD SUFFER THE SAME FATE…BUT BEFORE IT HAPPENED…TEAM OWNER…ROGER PENSKE…ORDERED HORNISH…TO PIT…TO CHECK THE CAR…WHICH WAS DEEMED…"SAFE"…AS… HORNISH …RETURNED TO THE RACE A LAP DOWN...RESULTING IN A 9TH PLACE RUN THIS WEEK’S…"DANICA PATRICK…"HISSY FIT" MOMENT"…SAW THE "CUPCAKE DIVA"…IN A POST RACE CONFRONTATION…ACCUSE…INDY 500 WINNER & SERIES "CO-CHAMP"…DAN WHELDON…OF…"CAUSING HER TO SPIN"…WHEN THE TV REPLAYS CLEARLY SHOWED…SHE DROVE TO DEEP INTO TURN 1…AND COULDN’T KEEP HER CAR UNDER CONTROL AND…OFF WHELDON…WHO WAS ON THE HIGH LINE… POST RACE…PATRICK…THE NON-WINNER…SINCE THE 2002 TOYOTA CELEBRITY PRO RACE IN LONG BEACH…CONFRONTED…WHINED…AND THEN "PUSHED" WHELDON…TELLING HIM SHE "WOULD NOT FORGET." DANICA…CONTINUES TO "TALK THE TALK"…BUT HAS YET TO PROVE SHE CAN "WALK THE WALK". NEXT UP FOR THE I.R.L.-ER’S…WILL BE A DATE WITH THE...NASCAR JOURNEYMAN SERIES…AS THEY RACE FOR A "GUITAR"…NEXT WEEKEND…IN NASHVILLE…BUT FIRST…HERE’S THE…BREW TOWN FINISH… IRL 225 – MILWAUKEE MILE 1. (3) TONY KANAAN, DALLARA-HONDA,
225, RUNNING $121,400 Margin of victory: 2.5707 seconds Cautions: 6 caution flags for 51 laps Lead changes: 8 among 4 drivers Lap leaders: Castroneves 1-24, Rice 25-61, Castroneves 62-91, Kanaan 92, Wheldon 93-98, Castroneves 99-138, Wheldon 139-169, Castroneves 170-201, Kanaan 202-225. Point standings: Franchitti 221, Wheldon 218, Dixon 216,
Kanaan 201, Castroneves 188, Hornish 173, Scheckter 143, Sharp 138, Meira
133, Patrick 133. MAY 21, 2007 - INDY 500 POLE QUALIFYING FINAL WEEKEND QUALIFYING & "BUMP DAY"… FOR THE 91ST INDIANAPOLIS 500 THE "GREATEST SPECTACLE IN RACING"…ON THE 2.5- MILE…INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY HAS CONCLUDED…AND HERE IS THE STARTING LINEUP… 1. (3) HELIO CASTRONEVES, DALLARA-HONDA, 225.817 2. (11) TONY KANAAN, DALLARA-HONDA, 225.757 3. (27) DARIO FRANCHITTI, DALLARA-HONDA, 225.191 ___________________________________________________________________ 4. (9) SCOTT DIXON, DALLARA-HONDA, 225.122 5. (6) SAM HORNISH JR., DALLARA-HONDA, 225.109 6. (10) DAN WHELDON, DALLARA-HONDA, 224.641 _________________________________________________________________ 7. (12) RYAN BRISCOE, DALLARA-HONDA, 224.410 8. (7) DANICA PATRICK, DALLARA-HONDA, 224.076 9. (26) MARCO ANDRETTI, DALLARA-HONDA, 223.299 _______________________________________________________________________ 10. (2) TOMAS SCHECKTER,
DALLARA-HONDA, 222.877 13. (17) CONNECTICUT’S…JEFF
SIMMONS, DALLARA-HONDA, 223.693
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