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Old 26 Oct 2006, 03:15 (Ref:1749547)   #1
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Top Ten Drivers of 2006

Anyone care to draw up a list of who they think has been the top 10 performers this year?

1. Sam Hornish - champion, indy 500 winner
2. Dan Wheldon - strong challenge in a new team
3. Scott Dixon - had a couple of good wins, fairly consistent year
4. Helio Castro-Neves - same as Dixon
5. Marco Andretti - made a strong impact as a rookie
6. Vitor Meira - some good, consistent results with struggling panther team
7. Danica Patrick - improved from 2005, & convincingly beat her team mate
8. Ryan Briscoe - was impressive in the races he contested
9. Tomas Scheckter - did a good job in bringing Vision forward as a team
10. Tony Kanaan - race win at Milwaukee the highlight of an otherwise fairly average year
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Old 26 Oct 2006, 05:42 (Ref:1749594)   #2
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I would drop danica a few spots (to tenth), drop briscoe off the list, swap vitor and marco, and tack on ed carpenter in 9th as "most improved"
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Old 27 Oct 2006, 18:13 (Ref:1751367)   #3
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I'd say that the top 10 in the championship (in that order) ...everyone was basically panned out that way in terms of how their year was like.
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Old 27 Oct 2006, 18:29 (Ref:1751379)   #4
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Vitor Meira was my man of the year.

I'd probably put Wheldon and Hornish equal second.

After that, anything goes.
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Old 27 Oct 2006, 18:31 (Ref:1751382)   #5
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i wouldnt put danica in that list, i didnt really see anything of her all year. vitor meira should be way up there, he did awesome in a team who are low on budget.
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stradlin21 has a lot of promise if they can keep it on the circuit!
most improved driver - Ed Carpenter

anyone agree??
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Old 28 Oct 2006, 21:14 (Ref:1752234)   #7
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I would drop danica a few spots (to tenth), drop briscoe off the list, swap vitor and marco, and tack on ed carpenter in 9th as "most improved"
ah! i didnt see this before I posted

he did a good job last season and deserves some credit


he certainly suprised me
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yep Carpenter did improve alot

But for it was Vitor Meira all the way , he was great and just needs that little leg up into a stronger team and he will fly
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I'd probaly put Vitor top, followed by Sam, Dan and Marco. The top few drivers in the series were really impressive - let's hope we can get a full grid for 2007.
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most improved driver - Ed Carpenter

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absolutely agreed. He lifted his standards considerably.
Probably the performer of the year was Meira, in what is effectively, an underfunded team, compared to Penske, AGR & TCGR
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