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« Reply #15 on: July 25, 2010, 10:39:02 AM » |
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« Reply #16 on: July 25, 2010, 06:02:30 PM » |
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I am absolutely stunned. That call for blocking on Helio was complete BS!
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« Reply #17 on: July 25, 2010, 06:49:32 PM » |
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Here are the final results...
1. #9 Scott Dixon
2. #12 Will Power
3. #10 Dario Franchitti
4. #6 Ryan Briscoe
5. #37 Ryan Hunter-Reay
6. #15 Paul Tracy
7. #32 Mario Moraes
8. #8 EJ Viso
9. #5 Takuma Sato
10. #3 Helio Castroneves
11. #26 Marco Andretti
12. #11 Tony Kanaan
13. #2 Raphael Matos
14. #36 Bertrand Baguette
15. #7 Danica Patrick
16. #14 Vitor Meira
17. #06 Hideki Mutoh
18. #19 Alex Lloyd
19. #24 Tomas Scheckter
20. #4 Dan Wheldon
21. #22 Justin Wilson
22. #78 Simona De Silvestro
23. #77 Alex Tagliani
24. #34 Mario Romancini
25. #18 Milka Duno
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« Reply #18 on: July 25, 2010, 08:52:03 PM » |
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Ahh! What a total crock! This was a bad moment for Indycar. Nascar has "boys have at it" and Indycar has this. I'd be ticked if I paid to watch that race. -- I'm ticked and I didn't pay.
What do you think Roger will say about this?
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« Reply #19 on: July 25, 2010, 10:11:15 PM » |
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I agree. It was a terrible call. There was no blocking. Barnhart tells no driver shall be on the inside of the race line, which in this case was the straightaway divided in half since it was a roadcourse. Well, both Power and Castroneves were both on the inside of this line so I dont see his explanation any more valid. Helio won the race no matter what the decision was in my eyes.
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« Reply #20 on: July 26, 2010, 04:18:25 AM » |
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What?! I didn't see this one coming. I watched the race from the track feed at the IRL website so either I missed something or it wasn't that big of a deal.  Not a great weekend for motor "sport". First the Ferrari team orders that forced Massa to more or less stop on the track to let Alonso take his win away from him and now this.  |
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« Reply #21 on: July 26, 2010, 05:05:36 AM » |
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« Reply #22 on: July 26, 2010, 12:31:59 PM » |
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Waht kind of rule is this? I cant believe that, he cant defend his position? that is pure BS. Helio deserves the victory. But i have to say that after the race he as MAD |
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« Reply #23 on: July 26, 2010, 06:53:26 PM » |
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Defintely can't see what the hoo hah was as both drivers went thru the turn side by side with no contact, okay Will ended up on the dirty line but thats racing.
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« Reply #24 on: July 26, 2010, 10:18:49 PM » |
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Has anyone ever heard of this "no inside line unless your passing rule"? It sounds like a lot of benifit for the guy in second place. If there were two laps left and there was a restart I'd definately want to be p2 and not p1 in that case.
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« Reply #25 on: July 29, 2010, 02:20:41 PM » |
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I just know that Helio was pissed... and he is the most quiet guy of all drivers.
Says enough ;-)
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« Reply #26 on: July 30, 2010, 02:36:21 AM » |
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Indy needs proper road courses and not these parking lots...Edmonton sucks ass. But indeed the rule is moronic, drivers should be able to use the track with the way they want.
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« Reply #27 on: July 30, 2010, 02:54:10 AM » |
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I understand the rule but I dont like it. The lead car should be able to choose thier racing line. Now if they keep switching the line, yes, that is blocking. But, if they choose one and stay with it, it should be fine, especially on a 75 foot wide runway.
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« Reply #28 on: July 30, 2010, 05:29:02 AM » |
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Indycar should paint dotted lines to split the track into two lanes. Then have a double yellow when there should be no passing. You could even have a bike lane for Milka and maybe a roundabout or a 4 way stop. Of course there should be signs to designate all of this as well as a couple cars on the track with officials to enforce these rules. Then racing would be so nice and perfect.
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« Reply #29 on: August 02, 2010, 08:24:48 PM » |
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Helio got fined $60,000 dollars plus put on probation for the remainder of the season for his outburst at Edmonton.
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