Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma - Page 3

Alwaysfirst · 22 Aug 2009, 22:46 (Ref:2526307)

And justin Wilson with his record on road courses so far this year

DanicaFan · 22 Aug 2009, 22:51 (Ref:2526311)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimmy Magnusson

Getting a driver who actually knows how to set up a car on a road course has certainly helped AGR.

It helped some, but I wouldnt give the majority of credit to 1 guy who hasnt raced for them all year. They tested at Infineon last week so Im sure that data helped quite a bit on how to set it up.

DanicaFan · 22 Aug 2009, 22:57 (Ref:2526315)

Congratulations to Dario Franchitti for winning the pole.

Hazard · 22 Aug 2009, 22:59 (Ref:2526318)

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanicaFan

It helped some, but I wouldnt give the majority of credit to 1 guy who hasnt raced for them all year. They tested at Infineon last week so Im sure that data helped quite a bit on how to set it up.

Clearly Danica didn't make too many notes. She's the slowest qualifying AGR back on row 6

Pole for Dario Franchitti ahead of Briscoe.

Jimmy Magnusson · 22 Aug 2009, 23:01 (Ref:2526320)

Format isn't great but here are the times.

1. Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 1:16.7987
2. Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 1:16.8485
3. Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 1:16.8702
4. Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing 1:17.9524
5. Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green Racing 1:17.2055
6. Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 1:17.3885
7. Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 1:16.9900
8. Franck Montagny Andretti Green Racing 1:17.0840
9. Mike Conway Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 1:17.0895
10. Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 1:17.2247
11. Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 1:17.6145
12. Dan Wheldon Panther Racing 1:17.6782
13. E.J. Viso HVM Racing 1:17.9180
14. Mario Moraes KV Racing Technology 1:17.4730
15. Robert Doornbos HVM Racing 1:18.1095
16. Ryan Hunter-Reay A.J. Foyt Enterprises 1:17.6401
17. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 1:18.1490
18. Raphael Matos Luczo Dragon Racing 1:17.6552
19. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing 1:18.3353
20. Richard Antinucci Team 3G 1:17.7500
21. Ed Carpenter Vision Racing 1:18.2413
22. Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 1:23:6185

DanicaFan · 22 Aug 2009, 23:07 (Ref:2526323)

Here is the starting grid for tomorrow's race..

Row 1

#10 Dario Franchitti
#6 Ryan Briscoe

Row 2

#3 Helio Castroneves
#26 Marco Andretti

Row 3

#27 Hideki Mutoh
#02 Graham Rahal

Row 4

#11 Tony Kanaan
#25 Franck Montagny

Row 5

#24 Mike Conway
#9 Scott Dixon

Row 6

#7 Danica Patrick
#4 Dan Wheldon

Row 7

#13 EJ Viso
#5 Mario Moraes

Row 8

#33 Robert Doornbos
#14 Ryan Hunter-Reay

Row 9

#06 Oriol Servia
#2 Raphael Matos

Row 10

#18 Justin Wilson
#98 Richard Antinucci

Row 11

#20 Ed Carpenter
#23 Milka Duno

#12 Will Power & #34 Nelson Philippe will be out of race due to crash and injuries. (Will Power on stats is shown as inside Row 11 and Nelson Philippe shown inside Row 12 with Milka.)

ptclaus98 · 22 Aug 2009, 23:26 (Ref:2526329)

Thanks to Dario, Graham's most likely gonna get wrecked by the Mutoh-lator.

grantp · 22 Aug 2009, 23:38 (Ref:2526330)

I have to say I was quite impressed with the live feed from the IRL web site. The selections for action were average most of the time but worked very well on some occasions although only once (that I saw) was the commentary related to the track action being shown. And of course the commentary was clearly aimed at an American audience so had a lot of 'fill' information that was of little interest to me on the wrong side of the pond.

However despite those small criticisms the feed worked well and reliably and the disconnects and commentary were nevertheless quite tolerable at worst. At best they were excellent.

Things have moved an a long way since I last tried for follow a live IRL event. (Come to think of it so has my internet connection but that does not negate IRL's advance to a video feed.)

Highly recommended.

JagtechOhio · 22 Aug 2009, 23:42 (Ref:2526332)

Don't they have a minimum speed rule to bump Milka with? She's running IndyLite lap times, and there will be too many places for her to be in the way tomorrow. I don't like it.

**gomick** · 23 Aug 2009, 01:19 (Ref:2526358)

Marco Andretti

WTF - he should be doing this more regularly with a name like that

Hope Will Power is OK (and Nelson Phillipe)...

fieldodreams79 · 23 Aug 2009, 02:32 (Ref:2526379)

yeah, just saw the news about the incident between Phillipe and Wilson...sounds like it was bad, from what i read.

hope they will recover quickly.

DanicaFan · 23 Aug 2009, 03:27 (Ref:2526407)

Quote:

Originally Posted by JagtechOhio

Don't they have a minimum speed rule to bump Milka with? She's running IndyLite lap times, and there will be too many places for her to be in the way tomorrow. I don't like it.

They will eventually pull her out of the race like they did in Mid-Ohio.

Jay · 23 Aug 2009, 07:43 (Ref:2526447)

That was a terrible accident for Power and Phillipe - Power has two broken vertebrae, and Phillipe a broken foot... both also have concussions. Both drivers are said to be done for the season...

Looking at the replay, I have to wonder where the marshalls were with the yellow flags and why the session wasn't immediately red flagged and all drivers told to slow down. It looks like this was an avoidable accident.

Best wish and speedy recovery to both of them!

**gomick** · 23 Aug 2009, 09:34 (Ref:2526501)

Shyte, only heard about the concussions - didnt realize there where more injuries

emjaya · 23 Aug 2009, 09:53 (Ref:2526513)

Crash video.

Formula Backsnap strikes again.

cds_uk · 23 Aug 2009, 09:54 (Ref:2526515)

Well done Franck, top eight in qualy on his first go is not bad, if he gets a clean run i would say a top six finish is well within his reach. Come on DanicaFan, admit it, he is pretty good.

.

JagtechOhio · 23 Aug 2009, 10:17 (Ref:2526532)

Glad both of the boys will be OK, that looked like it a dire situation which could have had a far worse result. I don't get the "formula backsnap" comment, I'll say again...thank God for the safety of these chassis and the regs that guided their development.

By the way, did anybody else notice that Davey Hamilton sounded like he was buzzed yesterday?

fieldodreams79 · 23 Aug 2009, 13:08 (Ref:2526605)

after seeing the video, it looks like it could have been worse if the impact was closer to the middle of the car. massive impact, still, and hate for the two pilots.

alas, it is motor racing and we go on today. i've always liked the OW cars on this circuit...looking forward to the race.

Jay · 23 Aug 2009, 14:00 (Ref:2526633)

Quote:

Originally Posted by JagtechOhio

I don't get the "formula backsnap" comment, I'll say again...thank God for the safety of these chassis and the regs that guided their development.

While the safety of these machines has improved a lot in the last few years, I don't think there's another formula in the world that has resulted in as many drivers with broken backs as Indycar - it's the nature of the sport with the oval racing, but is probably the most dangerous form of open-wheel racing today. This wasn't a typical IRL-style back injury though - I'm not sure the result would have been any different in a different series cars in the same incident. Just saying...though it might not apply in this case, the comment does have some backing.

indycool · 23 Aug 2009, 14:05 (Ref:2526638)

Marin Independent Journal:

http://www.marinij.com/sports/ci_13187024

http://www.marinij.com/sports/ci_13186842

Santa Rosa Press-Democrat:

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article...itti-wins-pole

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article...ed-at-Infineon

Vallejo Times-Herald

http://www.timesheraldonline.com/sports/ci_13183841

San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...SPIB19CEK7.DTL

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...SPIB19CEKB.DTL

San Jose Mercury-News:

http://www.mercurynews.com/sportsheadlines/ci_13186515

http://www.mercurynews.com/sportsheadlines/ci_13186624

Sacramento Bee:

http://www.sacbee.com/sports/story/2131893.html

Indianapolis Star:

http://www.indystar.com/article/2009...+IndyCar+field

Versus.com

http://www.versus.com/nw/article/vie...uce_martin.tpl

SpeedTV.com:

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...taying-at-agr/

(several other stories here)

DanicaFan · 23 Aug 2009, 15:32 (Ref:2526688)

Quote:

Originally Posted by cds_uk

Well done Franck, top eight in qualy on his first go is not bad, if he gets a clean run i would say a top six finish is well within his reach. Come on DanicaFan, admit it, he is pretty good.

.

Im not saying he wasnt good but he isnt the savior to AGR that everyone is claiming.

jonm2 · 23 Aug 2009, 16:15 (Ref:2526727)

Quote:

Originally Posted by emjaya

Crash video.

Formula Backsnap strikes again.

Best wishes to Nelson and Will.

Secondly, I hate comments like the one above, for the simple reason that they are more interested in having a dig at the series/chassis rather than hoping the drivers make a full recovery.

Fact is, it was a huge impact, and in any racing series t-bone incidents such as this, whilst rare, are often the worst kind of accident in terms of driver injury.

instant classic · 23 Aug 2009, 16:46 (Ref:2526761)

that reminds me so much of Paul Dana wreck

DanicaFan · 23 Aug 2009, 17:48 (Ref:2526795)

Warm-up session is over. Mike Conway takes P1.

JagtechOhio · 23 Aug 2009, 17:51 (Ref:2526797)

Quite the fun little warm-up it was. Helio is nicely up to temperature.

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