Long Beach - Who Gets the Pole?

Liz · 6 Apr 2001, 10:44 (Ref:78035)

Time to get back in race mode again (at last!) - Who do you think will take the Pole in Long Beach?

I, of course, vote for Gil ...

Airhead · 6 Apr 2001, 11:08 (Ref:78041)

Pole is difficult to pick in the Champ Cars...

OK, a stab in the dark,

Kenny Brack

But for the race, there's only one Paul.

**bella** · 6 Apr 2001, 12:20 (Ref:78073)

ow, moffat, watch where you're poking that poke in the dark *rubs arm*

erm, well.
tag.
(wild guess)

Airhead · 6 Apr 2001, 12:36 (Ref:78078)

Oh Bella,

If you could see me now
The one who said Paul would be the one
The one who said Mikey would turn out right

If you could hear me now, singing softly through the lonely night..

(sorry, shouldn't listen to banjo music and join the forum at the same time).

Hans.ca · 6 Apr 2001, 16:13 (Ref:78131)

My vote goes to our Paul, he is ready and he is due.

wodonnell · 6 Apr 2001, 21:11 (Ref:78228)

Gil for the pole.
Dario for the win.

Waxman · 6 Apr 2001, 22:03 (Ref:78241)

Dario wins the pole, Helio takes the checkered flag

Raoul Duke · 6 Apr 2001, 22:34 (Ref:78260)

My predictions are more overambitious then anyhting else.

Dario for Pole

Patrick for the victory.

senna12 · 6 Apr 2001, 23:06 (Ref:78272)

Da Matta for the pole, Paul for the win, and another bagful of points for Wescan! (Tora will gain the most places).
I hope

SevenGrain · 7 Apr 2001, 14:26 (Ref:78394)

Tony Kanaan holds onto the pole and also wins on Sunday, Without a Mercedes under the engine cover to slow him down, Kanaan will be tough to beat, which is embarassing for Zanardi..

R · 7 Apr 2001, 16:50 (Ref:78415)

Kanaan looks impressive so far, and so do the Players guys! OK, I'll go with SevenGrain and predict Kanaan to take pole, but it really is a stab in the dark! That's why it's so exciting!

Jay · 7 Apr 2001, 18:35 (Ref:78434)

I'll be going for Tags, I really want to see a Players car in victory lane again. Pat Carpentier always ends up in a tire barrier somewhere, so I think Alex is their best hope.

**bella** · 7 Apr 2001, 19:07 (Ref:78435)

jay, i'm with you there.

what would tags' reaction be, though? nuclear meltdown? a brambilla moment? i can't wait to find out...

he was fastest in morning practice of some kind, so that's a start.. and he's won here before.

(i'm boycotting christian till he refuses to race that drag-queen mobile. besides, black came out better on my laserjet printer...)

wodonnell · 7 Apr 2001, 21:23 (Ref:78458)

Could be an interesting grid this.

First 14 (slow group) have finished and Jourdain Jr was fastest.

The interesting part is that it is now raining meaning that the "fast group" will very likely go slower.

Jourdain
Fittipaldi
Tagliani
Herta
Carpentier
Gugelmin
Zanardi
Wilson
Moreno
Nakano
Krumm
Fernandez
Garcia
Junqueira

Looks very likely that the top 12 will remain the same.
Garcia was 7 secs off the pace, Junqueira was 30 seconds down on Jourdain following problems.

R · 7 Apr 2001, 21:40 (Ref:78461)

The rain has stopped and the umbrellas are coming down...

Kenny Brack (currently best in group 2) is now 8.4 sec behind Jourdain, on a drying track and with 21 min. to go...

wodonnell · 7 Apr 2001, 21:50 (Ref:78465)

D'oh!

Front straight almost dry.

Times are beginning to come down now but only 11 mins to go. A red flag would be useful. A strategic "accident" would give the track more time to dry out

Scott Dixon is first to break into the first groups times proper (most of them went faster than Junqueira on their first runs).

wodonnell · 7 Apr 2001, 22:05 (Ref:78468)

With seconds to go Jourdain got bumped down to 7th.

What a shame.

Helio took the pole.
Then:
Brack
Kanaan
Da Matta
De Ferran
Franchitti
Jourdain

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