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14 May 2003, 02:01 (Ref:598422)
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The Grid for the 87th Indianapolis 500
Here is the final grid for the line up of the running of the 87th Indianapolis 500 next sunday.
1 Helio Castroneves 2 Tony Kanaan 3 Robby Gordon 4 Scott Dixon (rookie) 5 Dan Wheldon (rookie) 6 Kenny Brack 7 Toranasuke Takagi (rookie) 8 Tony Renna (rookie) 9 Scott Sharp 10 Gil de Ferran 11 Roger Yasukawa (rookie) 12 Tomas Schekter 13 Michael Andretti 14 Greg Ray 15 Shinji Nakano (rookie) 16 Felipe Giaffone 17 Al Unser Jnr 18 Sam Hornish Jnr 19 Buddy Rice (rookie) 20 Jaques Lazier 21 Buddy Lazier 22 Robbie Buhl 23 AJ Foyt Iv (rookie) 24 Sarah Fisher 25 Alex Barron 26 Vitor Meira (rookie) 27 Jimmy Vasser 28 Richie Hearn 29 Billy Boat 30 Shigeaki Hattori 31 Robby McGehee 32 Jimmy Kite 33 Airton Dare Last edited by marcus; 19 May 2003 at 01:37. |
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In Loving memory of Peter Brock I hate it when im driving in a straight line & Seb Vettel runs into me GO THE MIGHTY HAWKS !!!! |
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14 May 2003, 13:02 (Ref:598712)
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Wow that was a great run by Gordon. Wheldon as well, clearly AGR have a great setup with 3 cars in the front two rows.
Once again the big-money teams ahve dominated with Renna and Sharp the only drivers from smaller teams. I'm really gutted for Sam, he deserves far better from Chevvy. |
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14 May 2003, 21:46 (Ref:599171)
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Wouldn't it be great if Takagi pulled off the win!
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15 May 2003, 06:46 (Ref:599374)
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Old Mikey isnt looking too flash... should we get Alex Zanardi to sub for his car in qualifying
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Happy David Thexton Day, 21st March 2003 “I am not uncertain” - Dollar Bill Stern, Billions “Fear stimulates my imagination” - Don Draper, Mad Men “Everybody Lies” - Dr Gregory House, House “Trust But Verify” - Commissioner Frank Reagan, Blue Bloods |
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15 May 2003, 12:10 (Ref:599646)
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Team kelley(Sharp and Renna) is not that small, in terms of budget; after all they bought ( I think) 8 cars this year.
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15 May 2003, 19:02 (Ref:600093)
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Al Unser Jr also drives for Kelley Racing.
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When asked facetiously if he knew he’d ruined a good story line by beating Patrick, Wheldon responded bluntly, “Don’t care one bit.” |
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16 May 2003, 09:21 (Ref:600677)
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Danny Wheldon is doing rather good
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18 May 2003, 21:22 (Ref:602916)
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If someone gets better time than Dare's one, will Dare have another chance to qualify???????
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19 May 2003, 01:17 (Ref:603025)
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One you qualify a car, if it is bumped out, someone else can requalify the car but you can't. You can, however, attempt to qualify in another car.
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19 May 2003, 01:33 (Ref:603031)
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hence Dare sitting in Foyts car after he made his run just in case.
P.S I have also adjusted the starting line up above to the way the full 33 car field will take the green flag next Sunday. Lets go racing boys !!! (oops and girl  )
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In Loving memory of Peter Brock I hate it when im driving in a straight line & Seb Vettel runs into me GO THE MIGHTY HAWKS !!!! |
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21 May 2003, 09:10 (Ref:605681)
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go jimmy vasser
 - great effort by scotty dixon, imagine that young queensland born new zealander as an indy 500 winner - i'd drink to that 
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21 May 2003, 21:20 (Ref:606307)
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It's great to see Dan right up there!
 Looking forward to seeing him win on Sunday... 
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21 May 2003, 22:07 (Ref:606341)
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Dixon has been "quietly hot" all month here -- that kind of driver and car that has been in the hunt speed-wise, but not necessarily the center of attention, has often won the Indy 500....
I think the team to watch is Target/Ganassi Racing (Dixon/Scheckter/Vasser -- Ganassi knows how to hook up a car here), but If I were to pick a winner, it would be either Robby Gordon or Scott Sharp...both have been pretty consistent, and have seemed to run well regardless of the conditions this month...that kind of set-up capability adapts best to the changing track and temperature conditions that always occur at the Brickyard....and it usually results in a big bottle of cold milk at the end of the day... |
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21 May 2003, 23:38 (Ref:606411)
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Jimmy Vasser drives for Bobby Rahal
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When asked facetiously if he knew he’d ruined a good story line by beating Patrick, Wheldon responded bluntly, “Don’t care one bit.” |
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22 May 2003, 13:12 (Ref:606837)
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Is A. J. Foyt realling running three different kinds of car? If my info is correct, he's fielding Foyt IV (Dallara-Toyota), Shigeaki Hattori (Dallara-Chevrolet) and Airton Dare (Panoz/G-Force/Toyota). That seems a bit odd to me...
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22 May 2003, 16:04 (Ref:607004)
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You're close, BSchneiderFan...the only difference is that Hattori is also running Toyota Power...the Foyt cars are the three slowest Toyotas in the field....they missed on set-ups big time in qualifying...but Dare is in a Panoz G-Force, as you noted...
Penske had each make in his garage as well...Helio is in a Dallara and DeFerran is in a G-Force....the chassis are fairly equal this year.... BTW...Chevy power is still way behind the curve...and the prospects are not good for an easy fix....I know a guy who is a Chief Engineer with one of the Chevy teams...GM may have to redesign and recast the cylinder heads to alleviate the deficiency...could be as long as a year for them to get up to where Toyota and Honda are at this time.... Cheever & Menard have partnered, as you know, to help develop the Chevy engine via a joint venture through which they acquied the assets of Tom Walkinshaw's operation....they are supposedly trying lots of things, but none are seeming to make much of a difference... |
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22 May 2003, 21:59 (Ref:607257)
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Of course by the time Chevy gets to where Honda and Toyota are now, Honda and Toyota will be further ahead.
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22 May 2003, 22:15 (Ref:607271)
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Their work will be cut out for them to get the engine competitive...
Even though the engines were changed in various ways from last year (400 or so rpm less, among others), I think that one of the biggest causes of their problem now was the fact that in previous years, the Infiniti power either lagged behind them, or once they did catch up, the reliability issues Infiniti had put Chevy in such a place that they did not have intense competition to use as a benchmark as they developed the IRL powerplant.... It sure is a different game now that Toyota and Honda (who came from a very competitive engine fight in CART the past few years) came in with a lot of R&D and the resources to put together quality engines.... Chevy will really stuggle this year, and race teams tend not to be patient about critical elements they need.... I would go as far as to say that if Honda and/or Toyota actually had the engines available to support other teams, that owners would be dropping the Chevy for one of the other two engines in the same way that the Infiniti was dropped like a hot potato in the early years of IRL.... If you remember, for a while only Eddie Cheever ran Infiniti power and served as their test/development mule...others did not get on board until Eddie got up to Chevy's speed and then won Infiniti's first race at Pike's Peak.... |
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