Round 11: Pocono IndyCar 500 Fueled by Sunoco, Long Pond, PA. 5th & 6th July, 2014 - Page 2

fieldodreams79 · 6 Jul 2014, 18:36 (Ref:3431110)

Been pretty clean and Pocono is just fun to watch because it's different and fast as hell. Looks like it will be coming down to fuel. JPM has been saving from the drop of the green flag so it'll be interesting if it stays green the rest of the race.

Purist · 6 Jul 2014, 18:48 (Ref:3431118)

None of them have been running long enough stints to avoid making a stop with 15-25 laps to go.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 6 Jul 2014, 19:07 (Ref:3431127)

We have the first caustion of the race, as Graham Rahal grinds to a halt.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 6 Jul 2014, 19:22 (Ref:3431128)

Power's dropped a few places since the restart, with that slight coming together with Montoya and now Power's got himself a drive through, for blocking Castroneves.

fieldodreams79 · 6 Jul 2014, 19:24 (Ref:3431130)

Senseless block by Power and right call for a drive thru.

Folks are starting to pits to make the end on fuel. This will be good.

fieldodreams79 · 6 Jul 2014, 19:38 (Ref:3431134)

Good stuff for JOHN PAUL! Congrats to him on his first win back in open wheels. Good strategy all day and good drive by JPM.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 6 Jul 2014, 19:41 (Ref:3431137)

Congrats to J-P Montoya, he drove an excellent race, well deserved and congrats to Penske getting a 1-2. Power must be kicking himself over that blocking move. He has no one to blame but himself.

fieldodreams79 · 6 Jul 2014, 19:47 (Ref:3431139)

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Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Power must be kicking himself over that blocking move. He has no one to blame but himself.

He was a little speechless in the interview, but it is what it was; a clear double defense move.

canamman · 6 Jul 2014, 19:57 (Ref:3431147)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

He was a little speechless in the interview, but it is what it was; a clear double defense move.

Powers interview was classless. On the other hand, Helio's interview was great.

Salamus · 6 Jul 2014, 20:10 (Ref:3431153)

Good for JPM to get the win!

It was a good race, just disappointed with the lack of cars. It really shows with a huge track like Pocono.

Yannick · 6 Jul 2014, 20:18 (Ref:3431158)

Congrats to Juan Pablo Montoya for a great victory at the Tricky Triangle that puts him back in the championship hunt even.

Here's to a quick and full recovery for Jack Hawksworth who crashed his #98 Honda in practise.

The runs of TK, Munoz and Briscoe were really impressive today, too.

Graham Rahal performed a really awesome save to keep that car in one piece.

Here's hoping Pocono got enough attendance to keep the race for next year! It certainly was a great race.

fieldodreams79 · 6 Jul 2014, 20:19 (Ref:3431159)

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Originally Posted by Yannick

Here's to a quick and full recovery for Jack Hawksworth who crashed his #98 Honda in practise.

Here's hoping Pocono got enough attendance to keep the race for next year! It certainly was a great race.

X2 on both accounts.

JHamilton · 6 Jul 2014, 21:24 (Ref:3431173)

John Paul!

Quote:

Originally Posted by canamman

Powers interview was classless. On the other hand, Helio's interview was great.

He is certainly making it difficult to pull for him.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 6 Jul 2014, 22:23 (Ref:3431182)

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Originally Posted by JHamilton

He is certainly making it difficult to pull for him.

Because of that drive through, both he and Castroneves are on 446 points each. You would have thought by now he'd be less of a hot head.

Paradise City · 6 Jul 2014, 23:40 (Ref:3431197)

I enjoyed that race. It's good to see Montoya win it. I wouldn't like his come back to flatter to deceive, so the win is all good.

Tracy and Bell are good commentators. But it sounds like there's about seven people in the booth.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 7 Jul 2014, 00:11 (Ref:3431201)

For the record:

Pos Driver Team/Engine Time/Gap
1. Juan Pablo Montoya Penske/Chevy 2h28m13.1798s
2. Helio Castroneves Penske/Chevy +2.3403s
3. Carlos Munoz Andretti/Honda +2.9653s
4. Ryan Briscoe Ganassi/Chevy +3.8431s
5. Scott Dixon Ganassi/Chevy +4.6933s
6. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt/Honda +6.0105s
7. Mikhail Aleshin Schmidt/Honda +8.3658s
8. Josef Newgarden Fisher/Honda +8.9506s
9. Marco Andretti Andretti/Honda +9.4477s
10. Will Power Penske/Chevy +17.2301s
11. Tony Kanaan Ganassi/Chevy +22.0701s
12. James Hinchcliffe Andretti/Honda -1 lap
13. Ed Carpenter Carpenter/Chevy -1 lap
14. Justin Wilson Coyne/Honda -1 lap
15. Sebastian Saavedra KV/Chevy -1 lap
16. Sebastien Bourdais KV/Chevy -1 lap
17. Charlie Kimball Ganassi/Chevy -2 laps 1
8. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti/Honda -19 laps

Retirements:
Graham Rahal Rahal/Honda 157 laps
Carlos Huertas Coyne/Honda 89 laps
Takuma Sato Foyt/Honda 25 laps

fieldodreams79 · 7 Jul 2014, 00:49 (Ref:3431205)

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Originally Posted by Paradise City

Tracy and Bell are good commentators. But it sounds like there's about seven people in the booth.

Unfortunately, that's become the standard for all forms of sports these days - too many know-it-alls in the booth with something to say and all are fighting for time to say it between the commercial breaks. The losers are us as there is always someone jabbering something during all broadcasts and most of it is entirely unnecessary.

JHamilton · 7 Jul 2014, 00:56 (Ref:3431206)

As with anything else these days, whoever yells the loudest wins.

JHamilton · 7 Jul 2014, 02:02 (Ref:3431217)

Also, the crowd looked pretty healthy so I was wrong and stand corrected.

Purist · 7 Jul 2014, 03:05 (Ref:3431230)

I haven't actually gotten to see any of it yet, so I am glad to hear that attendance looked good.

A 500-miler at north of 200-mph average, they were really ripping along. Close AND clean racing, now that's a good combination!

**gomick** · 7 Jul 2014, 04:26 (Ref:3431257)

Great win for Montoya

Power needs to cut out the mistakes & keep his mouth shut - reckon the pressure is getting to him, he don't know how to close out this championship

Good to see Briscoe get a good finish too

Mekola · 7 Jul 2014, 05:19 (Ref:3431268)

Excellent, brilliant Montoya! I'm so hyped to see him back in victory!

Knowlesy · 7 Jul 2014, 07:11 (Ref:3431291)

Well done JPM!

I am ashamed to say I doubted him and the move to Indycars. Well, he seems to have the ovals nailed at least.

rwintle · 7 Jul 2014, 14:24 (Ref:3431442)

I'm not really an ovals fan but that was highly entertaining.

Congratulations to JPM - he is looking more and more like the real deal (again). And I'm glad the race wasn't filled with bonehead moves resulting in crashes and yellows.

I didn't see the post-race interviews mentioned above (Power, Castroneves) so I'll have to go look for them.

fieldodreams79 · 7 Jul 2014, 14:30 (Ref:3431446)

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Originally Posted by JHamilton

Also, the crowd looked pretty healthy so I was wrong and stand corrected.

I noticed that too. From pitlane looking at the stands, looked really good while the overhead showed lots of gaps and voids. Not that I counted them all, but I am willing to beat that it's more the the 30-35K from last year. Just a guess.

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