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Old 3 Sep 2012, 08:08 (Ref:3129664)   #1
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Fontana 500 - Championship decider

September 15th 2012 - Auto Club Speedway, Fontana


Looking forward to this one.

What's the engine situation with RHR and Power?
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Old 4 Sep 2012, 00:25 (Ref:3130272)   #2
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I just hope we get a good race... Not like the 2009 decider, when the guys who put on the show (Dixon and Briscoe), got beaten by Dario (who pootled around boringly saving fuel all race).
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Old 4 Sep 2012, 06:14 (Ref:3130351)   #3
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Hopefully the DW12 will produce an interesting race on a superspeedway being so damn draggy. I gather they are running the Indy wing package.
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Going by Indy, this is definitely going to resemble more the kind of races that CART had at this kind of oval in the late 90s. It won't be as dramatic as those, but it'l come down to who has the draft at the right moment at the end, that's for sure.

It'l be fun to watch.
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I'm looking forward to a fun and safe race!

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Old 6 Sep 2012, 12:32 (Ref:3131995)   #6
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http://youtu.be/tgDAoy0_wo0

This ad for the race made me chuckle.
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This ad for the race made me chuckle.
OMG, that ad is so old-style US drag racing -- "Detroit Dragway, Sibley at Dix. BE THERE!" All that's missing is the "Sunday Sunday Sunday..." part
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Since when have they been using the "world champion" tag?
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Old 7 Sep 2012, 14:34 (Ref:3132512)   #9
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It started in 2010, since they had races on three continents with the addition of Sao Paolo, to go along with Motegi and the other races. This year, Qingdao was supposed to take care of the three continent requirement for "World Championship" status as set forth by the FIA.
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I don't think that FIA allowed them to use the World Champtionship tag to the race.
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Old 10 Sep 2012, 07:48 (Ref:3133603)   #11
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Drivers reporting from testing that the cars are really loose and light and that the tyres are going to take a beating. So, perhaps a Texas-style tippy-toe towards the end.

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Cool! May the best driver win.
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I can see RHR winning it and Power finishing in the top 8. Something like that perhaps.
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Since when have they been using the "world champion" tag?
Sounds like a marketing gimmick to big the series up.

Anyway looking forward to this, probably the nearest we'll ever get to how great oval racing used to be.
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There's drivers from seven nations in the top 10 in the standings. All races are held in the Americas, I know. But their claim of being international is quite correct.
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There's drivers from seven nations in the top 10 in the standings. All races are held in the Americas, I know. But their claim of being international is quite correct.
By the same token then the British F3 Championship can claim to be international.

At the height of the CART era AOWR was truly international; sadly the IRL has a long way to go before I think it lay the claim of being a truly international series.
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I think the British F3 Championship has International mentioned in the title somewhere...
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Let's say they have an international field.
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I don't believe that Indycar are beholden to the FIA. Indycar can 'World' it up all they like and why not?
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I think the British F3 Championship has International mentioned in the title somewhere...
Indeed it does, which puts British Formula 3 on almost level pegging with IndyCar, except IndyCar has that race in Brazil.
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British F3 is poo this season... IndyCar not that bad
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Pos Driver Team/Car Speed
1. Marco Andretti Andretti Dallara-Chevy 216.069
2. Ryan Briscoe Penske Dallara-Chevy 216.058
3. Will Power Penske Dallara-Chevy 215.940
4. Josef Newgarden Fisher Dallara-Honda 215.919
5. Scott Dixon Ganassi Dallara-Honda 215.391
6. Alex Tagliani Herta Dallara-Honda 215.226
7. Tony Kanaan KV Dallara-Chevy 214.877
8. JR Hildebrand Panther Dallara-Chevy 214.749
9. Ed Carpenter Carpenter Dallara-Chevy 214.684
10. Helio Castroneves Penske Dallara-Chevy 214.409
11. Graham Rahal Ganassi Dallara-Honda 214.015
12. James Hinchcliffe Andretti Dallara-Chevy 213.726
13. Rubens Barrichello KV Dallara-Chevy 213.527
14. Katherine Legge Dragon Dallara-Chevy 213.308
15. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Dallara-Honda 213.282
16. Takuma Sato Rahal Dallara-Honda 213.222
17. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Dallara-Chevy 212.773
18. Oriol Servia Panther/DRR Dallara-Chevy 212.533
19. Dario Franchitti Ganassi Dallara-Honda 211.999
20. Charlie Kimball Ganassi Dallara-Honda 211.531
21. Sebastian Saavedra AFS/Andretti Dallara-Chevy 210.619
22. EJ Viso KV Dallara-Chevy 210.134
23. Wade Cunningham Foyt Dallara-Honda 209.526
24. James Jakes Coyne Dallara-Honda 208.056
25. Simona de Silvestro HVM Dallara-Lotus
26. Justin Wilson Coyne Dallara-Honda

RHR also faces a 10 place grid penalty an engine change; he'll have his work cut out.
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Residual heat may affect what we see today. Yesterday's high temp according to my in-car thermometer was 114F in the parking lot outside Race Control. I know we are starting later, but we could feel the heat radiating off the metal grandstands even after dark yesterday.
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