Bombardier 500 results

[Down F0rce]

Race Results
1 Tony Kanaan
2 Dario Franchitti
3 Alex Barron
4 Sam Hornish Jr.
5 Adrian Fernandez
6 Vitor Meira
7 Greg Ray
8 Darren Manning
9 Felipe Giaffone
10 Tora Takagi
11 Al Unser Jr.
12 Helio Castroneves
13 Dan Wheldon
14 Scott Dixon
15 Buddy Rice

16 Kosuke Matsuura - Mechanical
17 Mark Taylor - Accident
18 Scott Sharp - Engine
19 Bryan Herta - Mechanical
20 Tomas Scheckter - Mechanical
21 Ed Carpenter - Accident
22 A.J. Foyt IV - Accident


Championship Standings
1 Tony Kanaan - 210
2 Dan Wheldon - 175
3 Helio Castroneves - 146
4 Buddy Rice - 144
5 Darren Manning - 124
6 Scott Dixon - 122
7 Sam Hornish Jr. - 119
8 Alex Barron - 117
9 Dario Franchitti - 108
9 Tora Takagi - 108
11 Bryan Herta - 103
12 Kosuke Matsuura - 95
13 Scott Sharp - 90
14 Tomas Scheckter - 85
15 Greg Ray - 84
16 Adrian Fernandez - 80
17 Vitor Meira - 69
18 A.J. Foyt IV - 68
19 Mark Taylor - 67
20 Ed Carpenter - 64
21 Robbie Buhl - 44
22 Roger Yasukawa - 39
23 Felipe Giaffone - 37
24 Al Unser Jr. - 32
25 Bruno Junqueira - 30
26 Jeff Simmons - 14
27 Sarah Fisher - 12
27 Richie Hearn - 12
28 Buddy Lazier - 12
29 Robby McGehee - 12
30 Marty Roth - 12
32 Larry Foyt - 10
32 Robby Gordon - 10
33 PJ Jones - 10


Rookie Points
1 Kosuke Matsuura - 95
2 Mark Taylor - 67
3 Ed Carpenter - 64


Wins
Drivers
Homestead - Sam Hornish jr
Phoenix - Tony Kannan
Motegi - Dan Wheldon
Indiananapolis - Buddy Rice
Texas 1 - Tony Kanaan

Teams
Homestead - Penske
Phoenix - Andretti Green Racing
Motegi - Andretti Green Racing
Indiananapolis - Team Rahal Letterman
Texas 1 - Andretti Green Racing

Engines
Homestead - Toyota
Phoenix - Honda
Motegi - Honda
Indiananapolis - Honda
Texas 1 - Honda

Chassis
Homestead - Dallara
Phoenix - Dallara
Motegi - Dallara
Indiananapolis - G-Force
Texas 1 - Dallara


Poles
Drivers
Homestead - Buddy Rice
Phoenix - Dan Wheldon
Motegi - Dan Wheldon
Indiananapolis - Buddy Rice
Texas 1 - Dario Franchitti

Teams
Homestead - Team Rahal
Phoenix - Andretti Green Racing
Motegi - Andretti Green Racing
Indiananapolis - Team Rahal Letterman
Texas 1 - Andretti Green Racing

Engines
Homestead - Honda
Phoenix - Honda
Motegi - Honda
Indiananapolis - Honda
Texas 1 - Honda

Chassis
Homestead - G-Force
Phoenix - Dallara
Motegi - Dallara
Indiananapolis - G-Force
Texas 1 - Dallara


Did you know...?
Tony Kanaan is the first driver to take more than one win this year.


Video Highlights
Race start - Franchitti and Rice - High | Low
Finish - Kanaan wins - High | Low


Whats next?
SunTrust Indy Challenge - Richmond International Raceway - June 27


Previous Results
Homestead
Phoenix
Japan
Indianapolis

[Kicking-back]

It was a good race.

Bit scrappy early on, but some great racing in the second half.

[Raven]

Thought the last laps were a bit of an anticlimax. The cars don't seem to have enough power to complete a pass. Kanaan could just stay low without ever having to lift and Dario, despite being in the tow, could do nothing.

I prefer to see them on the more conventional 1 & 1.5 mile ovals.

Thumbs up to Darren Manning, he made the race interesting. Without that clash with Rice he probably would have finished 3rd or 4th. In comparison with Dixon, he's doing a good job this year.

[Bob Riebe]

Originally posted by Raven
Thought the last laps were a bit of an anticlimax. The cars don't seem to have enough power to complete a pass. Kanaan could just stay low without ever having to lift and Dario, despite being in the tow, could do nothing.

I prefer to see them on the more conventional 1 & 1.5 mile ovals.

Thumbs up to Darren Manning, he made the race interesting. Without that clash with Rice he probably would have finished 3rd or 4th. In comparison with Dixon, he's doing a good job this year.

This is the exact problem NASCAR drivers COMPLAINED about for years until major pile-ups became an embarassment to NASCAR.
Without the torque of a larger displacement, and being handicapped by an artificial red-line in the IRL, the cars can no longer accelerate out of a danger zone and can only hit the brakes. Once the brakes are locked-up all the can do then is put their faith in God and close their eyes.
I think George has bit the pig in the REAR with this one.
Time will tell.
Bob

[marcus]

Bob I have edited your post , please refrain from dodging the autocensor in future.

[drdisque]

how come there's only 33 drivers listed in the point standings when robbie buhl didn't start the indy 500? shouldn't there be 34 drivers that started a race this year? Who's missing?

[climb]

A very positive day for Tony, particularly about the standings, that now see him leading clearly.

[Down F0rce]

Originally posted by drdisque
how come there's only 33 drivers listed in the point standings when robbie buhl didn't start the indy 500? shouldn't there be 34 drivers that started a race this year? Who's missing?

Fisher and Hearn are 27th equal, there are 34 drivers in the list

[Kicking-back]

Ah!

If two people are twenty-seventh equal, the next one should be listed as twenty-ninth rather than twenty-eighth, then.

[marcus]

you being very picky today KB.

How bout we start cutting some slack mate

[climb]

I'm actually looking forward to Richmind, where last year Scott gave his colleagues a real lesson.
I hope that, just to spice up things, non-Hinda drivers will get the chance of a very short track to make driving skills prevail on pure horsepower.