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2013 Pocono IndyCar 400
It sounded almost impossible a few years ago, but Pocono is back! Andretti is local here, but Penskes ran very close at Indianapolis.
Thursday 4 - Open test Saturday 6, 10:00 - Practice Saturday 6, 13:15 - Qualifying Saturday 6, 17:30 - Practice Sunday 7, 12:00 - Practice 24 cars are entered. The #18 Dale Coyne driver isn't confirmed. The #4 Panther will be driven by Ryan Briscoe, but will miss qualifying because heá also racing at the ALMS at Lime Rock. |
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2 Jul 2013, 19:04 (Ref:3273029) | #2 | ||
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Past winners at Pocono:
*1982: Rick Mears (Penske, Penske-Cosworth) *1983: Teo Fabi (Forsythe, March-Cosworth) *1984: Danny Sullivan (Doug Shierson, Lola-Cosworth) *1985: Rick Mears (Penske, March-Cosworth) *1986: Mario Andretti (Newman-Haas, Lola-Cosworth) *1987: Rick Mears (Penske, March-Chevrolet) *1988: Booby Rahal (Truesports, Lola-Judd) *1989: Danny Sullivan (Penske, Penske-Chevrolet) |
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Nitropteron - Fly fast or get crushed! by NaBUrean Prodooktionz naburu38.itch.io |
3 Jul 2013, 15:28 (Ref:3273427) | #3 | ||
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Thanks for the intro.
I'm really looking forward to this one. I haven't seen a race on a Tri-oval since the German 500 in 2003. |
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3 Jul 2013, 20:42 (Ref:3273557) | #4 | |
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Typo or not?
The move to run Briscoe only in the race and skip practise and qualifying on a new track where aero specifications might be changed during the race weekend if necessary, does appear as if Panther Racing were shooting themselves in the foot yet again. It's an odd decision to say the least. |
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Typo, yes. Sorry!
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Seems a bit strange to me as well, especially as they are rotating drivers with Servia. Or are they just set on Briscoe now?
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Three wide start for Pocono, should be interesting.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108522 |
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Andretti fastest on Thursday test day.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108541 With a time of 40.7308s, that's Emo's lap record of 0:42.51, set in '89 broken. |
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5 Jul 2013, 11:42 (Ref:3274211) | #11 | ||
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Panther is rotating drivers because they are trying to decide their 2014 driver, they said.
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Somehow, I feel Dreyer & Reinbold Racing would never have thought of such a "park and start" strategy that Panther intend to run this weekend. Reportedly, D&R are already sponsored for the 2014 Indy 500. Are they still working on a full season comeback? I sure do hope so. |
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If no one saw the '89 race or have forgotten what happened, you can see it here.
http://youtu.be/y_uoQOV-RBA |
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7 Jul 2013, 16:22 (Ref:3274924) | #17 | ||
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I'm not too sure about that start. Anyway Hinch out on Turn 1 and he's got a bit of a limp. First caution of the day.
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7 Jul 2013, 16:23 (Ref:3274926) | #18 | ||
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Feast or famine.
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Good crowd.
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Sato clouted RHR at quite some speed as they both entered pit lane. That's RHR's race run. Why Sato was going so fast?
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I stand corrected, RHR is coming back out after having his front right suspension fixed.
Sato may be coming out as well. He admitted the crash was his fault and he was going too fast. |
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7 Jul 2013, 17:57 (Ref:3274960) | #22 | ||
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Power's got the lead!
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It looks like this is Power's race.
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Wow spoke too soon.
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Congrats to Dixon on the win, Ganassi on Target's 100th win and Honda's 200th win. Who would have thought, that after Andretti got the first three spots on the grid, Ganassi would get all three drivers on the podium?
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