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18 Aug 2005, 18:52 (Ref:1385759)
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Pikes Peak Race Weekend Thread
Race 13 of 17 Honda Indy 225 Pikes Peak International Raceway
  www.ppir.com Weekend schedule: (ET) Practice 1 Sat Aug 20 Noon - 1:30 p.m. Practice 2 Sat Aug 20 2:30 - 4 p.m. Qualifications Sat Aug 20 6 p.m. Final Practice Sun Aug 21 11:30 a.m. Firestone Indy 400 Sun Aug 21 3:45 p.m. Weekend weather forcast: Saturday 75°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) Heavy Thunder and rain Sunday 82°F (28°C) | 53°F (12°C) Heavy Thunder and rain TV : U.S. Race Live 3:30 p.m. (EDT), ABC U.K. Race Live at 8:30 p.m. (GMT) Sky Sports Xtra Radio IMS First IRL race: 1997 Total IRL races: 9 Defending champion: Dario Franchitti Race distance: 225 laps/225 miles 
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18 Aug 2005, 18:53 (Ref:1385760)
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Sorry it is a little late but I have had a lot of problems over the past week and more that;s why I haven't been on.
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18 Aug 2005, 18:59 (Ref:1385766)
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Comprehensive preview as ever.
Well done
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18 Aug 2005, 20:30 (Ref:1385825)
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Mnay thanks.
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19 Aug 2005, 05:06 (Ref:1386007)
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my sources show that there's just a 31% chance of rain on saturday and that it should be partly cloudy on sunday.
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19 Aug 2005, 16:52 (Ref:1386495)
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19 Aug 2005, 17:51 (Ref:1386518)
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oh well, its not like weather forecasts are remotely accurate
I use wunderground.com, it has long term forecasts for every airport in the world. |
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21 Aug 2005, 16:19 (Ref:1387562)
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Thanks for the preview, I always appreciate them
Surprised no-one's been on here yesterday or today... here's the grid: http://www.indycarseries.com/grid.php |
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21 Aug 2005, 16:24 (Ref:1387565)
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Yep.
An all Penske front row - they always seem to do well on these shorter ovals. Looking forward to the race. 
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21 Aug 2005, 17:17 (Ref:1387599)
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I hope they will not hurt each other, like they used to in the past, #3 & #6 needs points...
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21 Aug 2005, 21:51 (Ref:1387835)
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Well they won't hurt each other, but Andretti Green's Honda engines are so ... powerful
 Wheldon, this years Champion in the making, won in the Honda Indy 225. Incredible pace . All but Sam and Tony wasn't lapped down by Dan.Dan tied Sam's single-season record for victories in a single season with 5 now. |
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22 Aug 2005, 01:16 (Ref:1387922)
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Momentum is a funny thing. I realize Weldon has had a quieter post Indy period in terms of wins, but he's on quiet the roll. Contrast to Kannan who did so well last year and has been a less successful this year. I felt sorry for Dario, despite the fact that it was his mistake. I was kind of surprised when Weldon started challanging Dario, he seemed to come from no where.
What happened to Herta? He often seems to start strong but finish in a surprisingly low position? Briscoe in the wall again. I think it's time to egg Manning's home in retaliation.
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22 Aug 2005, 06:22 (Ref:1388003)
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It's WHELDON! With an H!!!!!
 An entertaining race, that - Dan must have one hand on the championship trophy now. I thought he was going to lap the entire field at one point. |
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22 Aug 2005, 07:40 (Ref:1388037)
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In one point he was almost 16 sec's in front of Hornish
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22 Aug 2005, 08:41 (Ref:1388075)
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Fairly good race, even for being Pikes Peak (which is my least-liked track on the schedule). Some of the situations involving backmarkers were the highlights of the race, especially that four-wide deal at one point
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22 Aug 2005, 09:45 (Ref:1388111)
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Yes, and I enjoyed the multiple duels between Tony and Sam involving backmarkers.
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I did not watch the race...I was running a golf tournament for my church yesterday afternoon and by the time everything wrapped up, it was 9 p.m. by the time I got home....
I did go to the IRL photo gallery, and it looked like there was a good crowd at the event....the place holds about 43,000 people |
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I look forward to my live IRL fix Sunday evenings now, it's replaced my F1 viewing.
Some of the passing lapping moves donat half make me whince though...especially when Dan clipped Helio |
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Dull race for an IRL race mostly...on to the circuits!
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apologies for not being here over the weekend guys , I was called away for work at the last minute , I havent even seen the race yet
 but sounds like Wheldon did a great job
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