Foyt Futility Watch: Sears Point Indycar Grand Prix

[pchall]

Once upon a time AJ Foyt went road racing.

http://motorsport.com/photos/history/2001/ford/lemans-1967-gen-tm-0101.jpg

That's a picture of a much younger Sammich racing somewhere in France.


This weekend Foyt Racing returns to a road course with Jeff Bucknum.

http://smack-davis.tripod.com/smackblog/CoyoteBush1.jpg

That's a picture of Foyt Racing doing some road course testing.


More Futility as it happens... stay tuned.

[DagoFast]

Maybe if Carroll Smith and Dan Gurney were there to set his cars up for the roadcourses, he could somehow still be a big 'muricun roadcourse hero.....

[dando]

Pete, you should make up a Real American Hero song for this shizzle. ;) :gomer:

-Kevin

[pchall]

Pete, you should make up a Real American Hero song for this shizzle. ;) :gomer:

-Kevin

Nice idea, but I'd like to leave that task open to others with more musical and lyrical talent than me.

Anybody feel up to the challenge?

[dando]

Nice idea, but I'd like to leave that task open to others with more musical and lyrical talent than me.

Anybody feel up to the challenge?
I'm sure Spickly is up to the task once he's all lickered up and such. He thinks he knows music or sumthin' like that. ;) :p

-Kevin

[pchall]

Various drivers are trying to impress AJ with their great road racing skills:

http://www.indycar.com/news/2006/infineon/images/prac-cvr-08252006.jpg

[trauma1]

AJ must have got a new engineer, bucknums not last, go special ed


Driver Diff Best Time Best Speed Best Lap Last Time Last Speed Last Lap C/E/T Status
1 Scott Dixon (9) ... 1:17.8578 106.348 20 8:04.3225 17.096 22 P/H/F
2 Helio Castroneves (3) 0.1402 1:17.9980 106.157 11 16:22.1286 8.431 13 D/H/F
3 Bryan Herta (7) 0.3165 1:18.1743 105.917 14 16:49.1925 8.205 15 D/H/F
4 Tony Kanaan (11) 0.9480 1:18.8058 105.068 10 5:21.5347 25.751 13 D/H/F
5 Dan Wheldon (10) 1.0263 1:18.8841 104.964 12 16:29.0360 8.372 20 P/H/F
6 Vitor Meira (4) 1.2369 1:19.0947 104.685 16 7:52.0490 17.541 20 D/H/F
7 Buddy Rice (15) 1.4522 1:19.3100 104.400 12 8:56.0547 15.446 15 P/H/F
8 Dario Franchitti (27) 1.5404 1:19.3982 104.284 11 17:25.1241 7.923 12 D/H/F
9 Sam Hornish Jr (6) 1.5824 1:19.4402 104.229 15 7:47.1301 17.725 19 D/H/F
10 Ryan Briscoe (5) 2.1014 1:19.9592 103.553 7 12:36.9742 10.938 9 D/H/F Pit
11 Marco Andretti (26) 2.4621 1:20.3199 103.088 9 7:46.4919 17.750 13 D/H/F
12 Kosuke Matsuura (55) 2.5025 1:20.3603 103.036 10 9:23.2633 14.700 12 D/H/F
13 Jeff Simmons (17) 2.5226 1:20.3804 103.010 16 8:15.4493 16.712 18 P/H/F
14 Tomas Scheckter (2) 2.9132 1:20.7710 102.512 15 9:10.3225 15.046 17 D/H/F
15 Danica Patrick (16) 2.9719 1:20.8297 102.438 15 8:28.5061 16.283 17 P/H/F
16 Jeff Bucknum (14) 3.0208 1:20.8786 102.376 17 14:19.0376 9.639 20 D/H/F
17 Ed Carpenter (20) 3.1065 1:20.9643 102.267 20 4:29.5814 30.714 21 D/H/F Pit
18 Scott Sharp (8) 3.8541 1:21.7119 101.332 15 7:45.7574 17.777 21 P/H/F

[EDwardo]

Dannanica kournapatrickova seems to have mastered road racing............. :rofl:

[pchall]

1 Helio Castroneves (3) ... 1:17.3686
2 Dan Wheldon (10) 0.2189 1:17.5875
3 Scott Dixon (9) 0.4892 1:17.8578
4 Bryan Herta (7) 0.5260 1:17.8946
5 Dario Franchitti (27) 0.6301 1:17.9987
6 Tony Kanaan (11) 0.7214 1:18.0900
7 Sam Hornish Jr (6) 0.9309 1:18.2995
8 Marco Andretti (26) 1.0854 1:18.4540
9 Vitor Meira (4) 1.2521 1:18.6207
10 Ryan Briscoe (5) 1.3471 1:18.7157
11 Buddy Rice (15) 1.4153 1:18.7839
12 Tomas Scheckter (2) 2.0102 1:19.3788
13 Danica Patrick (16) 2.0971 1:19.4657
14 Kosuke Matsuura (55) 2.1397 1:19.5083
15 Jeff Simmons (17) 2.2585 1:19.6271
16 Scott Sharp (8) 2.9552 1:20.3238
17 Jeff Bucknum (14) 3.2222 1:20.5908
18 Ed Carpenter (20) 3.5957 1:20.9643

[oddlycalm]

Maybe if Carroll Smith and Dan Gurney were there to set his cars up for the roadcourses, he could somehow still be a big 'muricun roadcourse hero..... Gurney has said that the GT40 with the 427 side oiler was probably the easiest to drive race car of his entire career and that he could click off competitive laps without breaking a sweat.

oc

[DagoFast]

Ed Zachery.

[JohnHKart]

Maybe if Carroll Smith and Dan Gurney were there to set his cars up for the roadcourses, he could somehow still be a big 'muricun roadcourse hero.....


Dan could be there but unfortunately RIP Carrol.

John

[coolhand]

THe highest paid driver is in 13th? :saywhat:

[Ronbo]

THe highest paid driver is in 13th? :saywhat:
Yes and only 2 seconds off the pace. So... she'll get lapped in 30 laps? Perfect.

And don't forget, it'll be someone else's fault! :thumdown:

[racer2c]

It gets funnier and funnier ever time they race. What a weak ass series. It's a sham that because of the Indy 500 some media misrepresent them as major league. :thumdown:

[pchall]

Attendance doubles for Friday practice at Sonoma!

http://www.indycar.com/multimedia/build_photo.php?photo_id=46370&size=smlmed

[Don Quixote]

Wait, those could be track workers.

[coolhand]

Notice how Hornish is in 7th with a top 4 car?

[Steve99]

Their former chumpion is a backmarker now? I guess he can't spin in the first turn and wipe out the field that way.

[pchall]

1 9 Dixon, Scott P/H/F 107.484 01 17.0344
2 26 Andretti, Marco D/H/F 107.417 01 17.0830
3 3 Castroneves, Helio D/H/F 107.236 01 17.2127
4 11 Kanaan, Tony D/H/F 107.209 01 17.2320
5 27 Franchitti, Dario D/H/F 107.130 01 17.2893
6 10 Wheldon, Dan P/H/F 106.708 01 17.5946
7 5 Briscoe, Ryan D/H/F 105.800 01 18.2612
8 4 Meira, Vitor D/H/F 105.746 01 18.3012
9 7 Herta, Bryan D/H/F 105.678 01 18.3510
10 6 Hornish Jr, Sam D/H/F 105.352 01 18.5940 :rofl:
11 16 Patrick, Danica P/H/F 104.772 01 19.0287
12 15 Rice, Buddy P/H/F 104.529 01 19.2128
13 55 Matsuura, Kosuke D/H/F 104.490 01 19.2421
14 17 Simmons, Jeff P/H/F 104.068 01 19.5633
15 14 Bucknum, Jeff D/H/F 103.376 01 20.0960
16 20 Carpenter, Ed D/H/F 103.065 01 20.3379
17 8 Sharp, Scott P/H/F 101.397 01 21.6590
18 2 Scheckter, Tomas D/H/F no speed no time

:rofl: When the IRL adds more road and street courses Roger's going to fire your @$$!

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k118/cozmoose/Sonoma%20Indy/af649826.jpg

[Indy]

:rofl: When the IRL adds more road and street courses Roger's going to fire your @$$!

LOL, the day before the merger becomes official:

Roger: Ummmm, Sam, could you come into my office? I have something to discuss with you...

[Accipiter]

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k118/cozmoose/Sonoma%20Indy/af649826.jpg


Looks like he jumped the cussion at Eldora. ;)

[pchall]

Lap 10: Full course yellow for #14 Bucknum spin and stall in T11.

DFL :rolleyes:


18 Jeff Bucknum (14) 21 laps 1:21.0201 102.197 9 1:21.0201 102.197 9 D/H/F Handling

[FCYTravis]

LOL, Handling? Yes, it was a Handling problem caused by a completely broken right rear suspension.

Bucknum spun and stalled in Turn 11, and when the Safety Team restarted him under yellow, he decided to pull a "spectacular" burnout - launching himself over one of the concrete kerbs so hard that it collapsed the entire right rear corner. :shakehead

[pchall]

LOL, Handling? Yes, it was a Handling problem caused by a completely broken right rear suspension.

Bucknum spun and stalled in Turn 11, and when the Safety Team restarted him under yellow, he decided to pull a "spectacular" burnout - launching himself over one of the concrete kerbs so hard that it collapsed the entire right rear corner. :shakehead

Just like the glory days in USAC when AJ would retire with "electrical trouble" when debris from a large whole in the side of his Offy would let a flying piece of connecting rod hit the distributor.

http://www.speedtv.com/commentary/31838/

Written by: Robin Miller
Sonoma, CA – 8/28/2006 Marco Andretti nurses his short-on-fuel car at Sonoma before teammate Bryan Herta (XM Satellite Radio car) suspiciously spun on lap 73. (Photo: Getty Images)

The talk after Sunday's Indy Racing League show here at Infineon Raceway was as much about Bryan Herta's suspicious spin than Marco Andretti's brilliant drive.

"There's no doubt he (Herta) spun on purpose," said Dan Wheldon, who was directly behind Herta when he looped his car on Lap 73 in Turn 7 to bring out a full-course yellow with seven laps left, which made it possible for Andretti to win instead of making a late pit stop for fuel.

"Bryan definitely took one for the team today and I understand teamwork but that's not how any race should be decided."

:shakehead

[Spicoli]

****, I take a weekend off, and I still can't escape the futility.


I love reading these.

It always makes me think "WTF are they doing this for?" I meanthey absolutely suck, they haven't won dick since the days cheeeeber ran for them (right?) and all they do is trash cars and embarrass themselves. I mean, they don;t even TRY to do better.


Suck is a place too. :laugh:

[pchall]

****, I take a weekend off, and I still can't escape the futility.


I love reading these.

It always makes me think "WTF are they doing this for?" I meanthey absolutely suck, they haven't won dick since the days cheeeeber ran for them (right?) and all they do is trash cars and embarrass themselves. I mean, they don;t even TRY to do better.


Suck is a place too. :laugh:

Cheeber never won for them either and their IRL "win" was a USUCK T&S error. :rofl:

[theunions]

LOL, Handling? Yes, it was a Handling problem caused by a completely broken right rear suspension.

Bucknum spun and stalled in Turn 11, and when the Safety Team restarted him under yellow, he decided to pull a "spectacular" burnout - launching himself over one of the concrete kerbs so hard that it collapsed the entire right rear corner. :shakehead

Actually he cracked the curb upon initial impact (one of my post-collision shots shows a sizable piece lying in the foreground while he was stalled), and the suspension was immediately flopping around when he started the burnout.

I have the whole thing on tape - haven't actually watched it yet, but I can say my hands instinctively jerked upon impact (I'm not used to videotaping accidents as opposed to stills, and I had been shooting the field going through the corner at the time, hence no stills). Will post footage for posterity here once captured...

The #14 pit was the first one at pit in, and I stayed nearby waiting for AJ to throw a laptop or something, but all I got was footage of him driving Bucknum away in a golf cart.

[FCYTravis]

Actually he cracked the curb upon initial impact (one of my post-collision shots shows a sizable piece lying in the foreground while he was stalled), and the suspension was immediately flopping around when he started the burnout.
Ouch! :rofl: :shakehead

[theunions]

Actually he cracked the curb upon initial impact (one of my post-collision shots shows a sizable piece lying in the foreground while he was stalled), and the suspension was immediately flopping around when he started the burnout.

I have the whole thing on tape - haven't actually watched it yet, but I can say my hands instinctively jerked upon impact (I'm not used to videotaping accidents as opposed to stills, and I had been shooting the field going through the corner at the time, hence no stills). Will post footage for posterity here once captured...

The #14 pit was the first one at pit in, and I stayed nearby waiting for AJ to throw a laptop or something, but all I got was footage of him driving Bucknum away in a golf cart.

I finally got around to capturing this, so as promised...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qze98bZQM-0

Alas, I have no footage of the burnout (no digital or 35mm stills either) - I must've assumed he would just get a tow-in and was unprepared.

[racer2c]

I finally got around to capturing this, so as promised...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qze98bZQM-0

Alas, I have no footage of the burnout (no digital or 35mm stills either) - I must've assumed he would just get a tow-in and was unprepared.

She almost needed a second kart.:)

[nrc]

That's an awful lot of ugly for one clip. Ugly drive, ugly cars, ugly sounds, ugly safety truck. :yuck:

[pchall]

Nice to see that bit of Futility. :)

[trauma1]

Nice to see that bit of Futility. :)

from windbag this past weekend, the TF crowd is pissed

Ed Hinton making gomer-noise about Whinedretti making weiners out of Danicant, Marco & Foytulity.

Des-Pain replies: "If he can make a weiner outta AJ4, he should be Pope!"

[Andrew Longman]

Des-Pain replies: "If he can make a weiner outta AJ4, he should be Pope!" LOL

Come on. How can you not like DD? Stuff like that makes up for a lot of stuff. And its gotta show he lurks around these parts, not that he take us (or himself) too seriously.