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8 Apr 2018, 03:14 (Ref:3813842) | #26 | |
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And that will do it, Cindric rolls the dice and will make his strategy work with Newgarden and they'll have the fuel to turn the wick back up. But that's why he's the Captain's chosen engineer
WOW, I was completely wrong there. Cindric made it sound like they needed a bit of fuel luck and nope, not making it. Fresh tires can not be that big at Phoenix for 15 laps. |
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8 Apr 2018, 03:14 (Ref:3813843) | #27 | ||
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Ed Jones into the wall. Second FCY.
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8 Apr 2018, 03:19 (Ref:3813844) | #28 | |
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Wickens leading, Rossi third at the restart, gonna be fun
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8 Apr 2018, 03:20 (Ref:3813845) | #29 | |
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12 to Google under yellow. Don't panic Wickens.
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8 Apr 2018, 03:24 (Ref:3813846) | #30 | ||
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Only 8 to go. They took some time clearing that up.
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8 Apr 2018, 03:26 (Ref:3813847) | #31 | |
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Well that was a waste, only 3 didn't pit made the end ridiculous compared to the race. Good race, terrible end you could see coming when I saw everyone drop away for the Indy lead lap only restart and the silver car run 4. If I was any of the 3, Wickens, Hinch or Rossi I'd be ****ED. They made it sound like only a few pitted and think most of the field pitted and the three staying out were screwed.
My fault for not paying attention but wow did NBCSN not even mention everyone who pitted the second caution lap and got out of Newgarden's way. |
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8 Apr 2018, 03:28 (Ref:3813848) | #32 | ||
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Congrats to Newgarden, that was a superb move round the outside of Wickens. A great drive by Wickens but his tyres were going.
That was Penske's 10th win at Phoenix, so congrats to them. |
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8 Apr 2018, 03:38 (Ref:3813850) | #33 | |
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Race ended and was greeted with Alice Cooper on the screen with what I'm guessing he may have actually brought himself costume on Jesus Christ Superstar. Yeah, watching the race on my phone is not ideal but lost to the fiance grabbing the remote while I did the dishes.
At least Resurgens Rye is good and the new oval kit looks great. Looking forward to it at Indy and might actually watch a bit of Texas to see how it goes at insane sustained speeds |
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8 Apr 2018, 03:42 (Ref:3813851) | #34 | |
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Wickens did great defending. Was a fun finish. Decent race. Nice moment from Rossi and Wickens after the race there. Then Newgarden was very modest, almost self-deprecating and complimentary to the team. Really a stark contrast compared to f1 drivers on both instances and makes it hard to pull against any of these guys.
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8 Apr 2018, 03:50 (Ref:3813853) | #35 | |
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Oh no! Hunter reay just did a "hi to my boys back home". Are we really about to suffer through Pruett part deux?
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8 Apr 2018, 03:54 (Ref:3813856) | #37 | ||
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I can't say that was the most enthralling race. I thought it took a long time to get going and it wasn't until after that cycle of pit stops, with about 64 or so laps to go, that the different strategies started to play out.
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8 Apr 2018, 03:58 (Ref:3813858) | #38 | |
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It wasn't the greatest, but to me, Phoenix never is. I enjoyed this one as much as any if not more. Just not that great a track imo.
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8 Apr 2018, 04:02 (Ref:3813860) | #39 | |
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After 2 races, two of three penske drivers outside of top 10 in points. Enjoy it while you can...
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8 Apr 2018, 04:09 (Ref:3813861) | #40 | ||
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8 Apr 2018, 05:05 (Ref:3813867) | #41 | ||
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A Chevy powered car won but the rest of the top 6 places were taken by Honda. 1 Josef Newgarden, Team Penske. Dallara/Chevrolet. 250. 1h44m00.3552s 2 Robert Wickens, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. Dallara/Honda. 250. 2.9946s 3 Alexander Rossi, Andretti Autosport. Dallara/Honda. 250. 3.4890s 4 Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing. Dallara/Honda. 250. 3.8175s 5 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport. Dallara/Honda. 250. 4.0122s 6 James Hinchcliffe, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. Dallara/Honda. 250. 9.4497s 7 Ed Carpenter, Ed Carpenter Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 250. 9.4731s 8 Tony Kanaan, AJ Foyt Enterprises. Dallara/Chevrolet. 250. 9.8650s 9 Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman Lanigan. Dallara/Honda. 250. 10.1747s 10 Simon Pagenaud, Team Penske. Dallara/Chevrolet. 250. 10.3247s 11 Takuma Sato, Rahal Letterman Lanigan. Dallara/Honda. 250. 10.9443s 12 Marco Andretti, Andretti Herta. Dallara/Honda. 249. 1 Lap 13 Sebastien Bourdais, Dale Coyne Racing. Dallara/Honda. 249. 1 Lap 14 Spencer Pigot, Ed Carpenter Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 249. 1 Lap 15 Gabby Chaves, Harding Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 249. 1 Lap 16 Zach Veach, Andretti Autosport. Dallara/Honda. 249. 1 Lap 17 Charlie Kimball, Carlin. Dallara/Chevrolet. 248. 2 Laps 18 Max Chilton, Carlin. Dallara/Chevrolet. 247. 3 Laps 19 Matheus Leist, AJ Foyt Enterprises. Dallara/Chevrolet. 241. 9 Laps 20 Ed Jones, Chip Ganassi Racing. Dallara/Honda. 228. Contact 21 Kyle Kaiser, Juncos Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 174. Contact 22 Will Power, Team Penske. Dallara/Chevrolet. 153. Contact 23 Pietro Fittipaldi, Dale Coyne Racing. Dallara/Honda. 40. Contact |
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8 Apr 2018, 09:52 (Ref:3813925) | #42 | ||
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Still not a superb race but definitely better than the aerokit races here.
Some thoughts: Power - What was that all about? Plenty of other people were passed into T1 but didn't run out that wide. Rossi - Looked like a man possessed coming through the field, shame there wasn't more footage of his comeback as it showed passing could be done. My early tip for the title. Wickens - No question this guy will win a race this year. SPM's winter overhaul has definitely made them look like contenders. |
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8 Apr 2018, 14:31 (Ref:3814029) | #43 | ||
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Rossi and Newgarden literally drove their wheels off.
Ok, not literally, that was Leist. - o - Sometimes we complain that race control is too trigger happy with caution yellows. This time, there were several incidents where they kept the race under green flag. |
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8 Apr 2018, 14:47 (Ref:3814034) | #44 | ||
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Forgot about that, I was glad they gave a chance to see if the cars hitting the wall had a chance to recover back to the pits themselves or Leist's wheel stopping in a "safe place".
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8 Apr 2018, 14:54 (Ref:3814035) | #45 | ||
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I was a little surprised they didn't throw a caution, when Leist's car turned into a tricycle and he then promptly did a 180ยบ in it. Otherwise, I thought race control got it right and let the race flow. I hope they are consistent throughout this season. In the past I think there have been too many unnecessary cautions, for "debris", in order to bunch up the field.
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