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Rounds 17 & 18, 2013 Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston
The Grand Prix of Houston was first held in the 1998 CART season and was won by Dario Franchitti in a Reynard 98i, driving for Team Kool Green. It was held five more times with a hiatus from 2002-05, due to construction work in the city and was briefly reinstated from 2006-07 as part of the Champcar World Series and was won both times by Sebastien Bourdais, driving for Newman/Haas.
Both races are being broadcast by NBCSN. Race 1 is on the 5th at 3:00pm Eastern Time. Race 2 is on the 6th at 1:00pm Eastern Time. |
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They certainly were. You can watch the 1998 Texaco Grand Prix of Houston on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...be.hzpywyIFaMY Last edited by bjohnsonsmith; 3 Oct 2013 at 00:15. |
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The old downtown course had the most ridiculously long pitlane exit ever.
Which corners are the best overtaking spots? |
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I was asking about the current course.
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The best thing to do is watch the CCWS 2006 & 7 races on YouTube.
http://youtu.be/zN7YMWaKKrA 2006 http://youtu.be/g_7otbiC-4g 2007 |
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The travelling comedy of error is having yet more track issues at a fantastic street circuit...
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http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/10/...yed-at-Houston
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Early Saturday morning update!
Early this morning, we got a heavy rainstorm where I live, which is the north side of Houston, about 30 miles north x northeast of Reliant Park, where the circuit is. They've posted some photos of cars arriving for this morning's Coffee & Cars event on their Facebook page, and the pavement appears dry. It's very possible we got rain and Reliant got none. Local weather indicates a chance of rain this afternoon and evening. As much as I'd like to hang out at Reliant this weekend, I've been away from my family for two consecutive weekends (Austin for the ALMS/WEC race then on-call last weekend) and am skipping the Houston IndyCar race to spend with them. [UPDATE] This was posted 7:07am local time (Central) on the event's Facebook page: Now, this is one of the parking areas, and not the racing surface. (Never mind that it's all in a parking lot!) However, you can clearly see some damp spots, meaning they got some rain at Reliant. I don't know how much, though. It's clear NOW (7:15am), but that's supposed to change throughout the day. Also, could there be any residual mud created with the dust from surface grinding and rain? Or would rain help wash the dust away? Last edited by mythoughtsareracing; 5 Oct 2013 at 12:15. |
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http://www.grandprixofhouston.com/ev...tion/schedule/
Updated Schedule as of 5:15pm Friday: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2013 8:00 Gates Open 8:05-8:35 PRO MAZDA Qualifying 8:45-9:30 Firestone Indy Lights Qualifying 9:40-9:55 USF 2000 Pre-Race 9:55-10:25 USF 2000 Race #1 10:00-10:45 The Miss Grand Prix Autographs at MyPlates.com Stage 10:45-11:15 IZOD IndyCar Series Qualifying #1 11:30-1:30 Celebrity Go-Kart Race benefiting MD Anderson Cancer Center 11:35-12:05 PRO MAZDA Race #1 12:30-1:30 Firestone Indy Lights Race 1:00-2:00 Pirelli World Challenge Autograph Session 2:00-5:00 IZOD IndyCar Series Race #1 5:15-5:40 Pirelli World Challenge TC/TCB Race #1 5:55-6:30 Pirelli World Challenge TC/TCB Race #2 6:50-7:10 Champions Race for Charity Qualifying 7:30-7:50 MX-5 Cup Qualifying SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2013 8:00 Gates Open 7:45-8:30 PRO MAZDA Race #2 8:45-9:15 IZOD IndyCar Series Qualifying #2 9:30-9:45 USF 2000 Pre-Race 9:45-10:15 USF 2000 Race #2 10:30-10:45 Fan Walk 10:45-11:35 Pirelli World Challenge GT/GTS Race 12:00-3:00 IZOD IndyCar Series Race #2 3:10-3:40 Champions Race for Charity Race 4:00-4:45 MX-5 Cup Race 5:00-5:45 Event Car Rides |
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Trying to get a decent feed for the race is not exactly easy.
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It's not Helio's race today.
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I gave up watching as the feed was so bad, otherwise congrats to Dixon.
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BJ, you have to join Ten-Tenths chat, which is the #Motorsport channel at irc.phishy.net.
Dixon totally dominated the race. Simona, Wilson and Pagenaud fought very hard for the podium. Bourdais also overtook lots of cars, but lost at the end. Power and Filippi were candiddates for runner-up but got two yellow flags in the wrong moment. Hunter-Reay ran well but again had mechanical issues. Hélio just got too much bad luck today. It's painful to watch him lose so many points for external causes. I hope that he recovers tomorrow, I can't stand him retiring with no IndyCar titles. |
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The first race day was unkind to some drivers (Sato, Helio, Hinch, etc), but racing was good and above my expectations after that Baltimore race. Some cars inevitably hit the tire walls, which was inevitable on a street course, but at least we didn't see a multi-car cluster-crash.
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Wasnt kind to Will Power either... Glad Dixon cut the points lead, hopefully Dixon & Helio can dnf tomoz & Pagenaud gets a good finish
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Sunday morning.
Humidity is lower and temperatures have dropped significantly. Expect ambient temperatures at race time to be 10-12 degrees lower than race time yesterday. |
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So qualifying was wet and got cancelled, good chance the race will be wet so how will the drivers get any wet running?
If its wet in the race they still race so why not for qualifying? If Indycar want to be taken seriously why not qualify and practice in the wet? Just wanted to set the field with points is how it appears. |
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