The Foyt Futility Watch -- St. Petersburg Edition

[pchall]

The nonsense begins again. It's hard to forecast whether 2009 will be funny or just pathetic.

The list of featured drivers for the Futility Watch changes a bit since AJ IV has lost his ride with Vision Racing and Milka Duno's career prospects have plummeted along with the price of a barrel of Venezuelan oil. Our cast of characters:

Special Ed Carpenter with Vision Racing

Brazilian short track hero Vitor Meira with Foyt Racing

Princess Permapout Danica Patrick with Andretti Green Racing

Other drivers to be determined by their relative lack of merit.

[chop456]

It's not all that difficult to just ignore it completely. :D

[pchall]

It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it. ;)

As always, cutting and pasting results when I get around to it.

[STD]

It's not all that difficult to just ignore it completely. :D

Apparently not. :rofl:

[oddlycalm]

It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it. ;)

As always, cutting and pasting results when I get around to it.

Always good to have a dart board around. :thumbup:

oc

[Sean Malone]

Local news has been having nightly segments this week. Each day they interview a different driver and the question asked to each driver is "Why aren't there more Americans in IndyCars?".

:gomer:

[pchall]

ackkk! will someody take me to de-tox? I think i'm dying just reading this...

Welcome to the Futility Watch Stan!!!!

Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg Round 1
Streets of St Petersburg 1.8 mile(s)
Combined Results of Practice Sessions April 3, 2009
Practice 2 IndyCar Series

Rank Car Driver Name C/E/T Session Time Speed Total Laps
1 02 Rahal, Graham D/H/F Practice 2 01:03.4078 102.196 40
2 19 Wilson, Justin D/H/F Practice 2 01:03.5881 101.906 37
3 10 Franchitti, Dario D/H/F Practice 2 01:03.7007 101.726 27
4 13 Viso, EJ D/H/F Practice 2 01:03.8156 101.543 39
5 11 Kanaan, Tony D/H/F Practice 2 01:03.8454 101.495 22
6 6 Briscoe, Ryan D/H/F Practice 2 01:03.8603 101.471 32
7 9 Dixon, Scott D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.0071 101.239 32
8 3 Power, Will D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.0851 101.116 37
9 14 Meira, Vitor D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.1641 100.991 36
10 7 Patrick, Danica D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.2777 100.813 39
11 23 Manning, Darren D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.2820 100.806 26
12 24 Conway, Mike (R) D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.3041 100.771 44
13 34 Tagliani, Alex D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.5407 100.402 36
14 26 Andretti, Marco D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.5955 100.317 32
15 27 Mutoh, Hideki D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.6573 100.221 29
16 06 Doornbos, Robert (R) D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.7011 100.153 43
17 5 Moraes, Mario D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.7751 100.038 46
18 2 Matos, Raphael (R) D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.7968 100.005 52
19 4 Wheldon, Dan D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.9190 99.817 23
20 21 Hunter-Reay, Ryan D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.9882 99.710 37
21 20 Carpenter, Ed D/H/F Practice 2 01:06.0942 98.042 34
22 98 Barrett, Stanton (R) D/H/F Practice 2 01:10.3202 92.150 30
Total Laps for Combined Sessions:(R) Rookie 773
(C)hassis: D=Dallara | (E)ngine: H=Honda | (T)ire: F=Firestone

Information provided by Indy Racing Information System - Copyright Indy Racing League, LLC 2009



[cameraman]

A Dale Coyne Racing car in second place. I really wish the IRL didn't suck, I like Coyne & Wilson:shakehead

[RusH]

Coyne gets them in their prime, and cheap....:D

Plenty of softfoots out there today at the end of the st.pete runway..you can tell, the bikini model was one of them.

[Sean Malone]

A Dale Coyne Racing car in second place. I really wish the IRL didn't suck, I like Coyne & Wilson:shakehead

The only reason I'm going. :thumbup:

[RusH]

I saw enough. Friday usually wets the chops,,,,

Between the pathetic car counts in ALMS, and the series that sucks,,,,

I live only a stones through away too :shakehead

They got my $10....it was worth the pictures. But I will NOT sit there on Sunday.....My Danica T-Shirt is just not right. :saywhat::tony:

[Insomniac]

Franchitti is back in the IRL?

[Sean Malone]

Franchitti is back in the IRL?

:rofl: I said the same thing yesterday!!

[NismoZ]

Power fastest in final practice. I say again, Roger, make the change NOW!

[Insomniac]

:rofl: I said the same thing yesterday!!

Granted, I get my IRL news here, but I do check ESPN daily and never saw anything about a former champion (I think) and Indy 500 winner returning to the series.

[dando]

Granted, I get my IRL news here, but I do check ESPN daily and never saw anything about a former champion (I think) and Indy 500 winner returning to the series.

If a tree falls in the forest.... :tony: :saywhat:

-Kevin

[NismoZ]

ESPN!?...:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Methanolandbrats]

The only reason I'm going. :thumbup: You gonna post photos of the crowd, the cars and the eggcitement?

[Sean Malone]

You gonna post photos of the crowd, the cars and the eggcitement?

Gene Simmons did a walk through last year!:gomer:

[High Sided]

Franchitti is back in the IRL?


it was news last September...
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/article/123691

[Insomniac]

ESPN!?...:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Yes. They do a good job with their news headlines. They vary it and cover a wide range of sports and current sporting news.

[NismoZ]

Wonderful. Perhaps I'm just pissed about the DOZENS of times they cover up the winning putt, the overtime goal, TD pass, at-the-wall catch, or play at the plate with 1/3 of the screen (and the center of the action) filled with other crap, or is it a severely speeded-up highlight made to look ridiculous, just so they can say they showed it to you, that irks me? Sure, I agree the news is fine and I get much of it there as well but there is so much other stuff to whine about. So, I watch and whine.

[miatanut]

Rank Car Driver Name C/E/T Session Time Speed Total Laps
1 02 Rahal, Graham D/H/F Practice 2 01:03.4078 102.196 40
2 19 Wilson, Justin D/H/F Practice 2 01:03.5881 101.906 37
3 10 Franchitti, Dario D/H/F Practice 2 01:03.7007 101.726 27
4 13 Viso, EJ D/H/F Practice 2 01:03.8156 101.543 39
5 11 Kanaan, Tony D/H/F Practice 2 01:03.8454 101.495 22
6 6 Briscoe, Ryan D/H/F Practice 2 01:03.8603 101.471 32
7 9 Dixon, Scott D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.0071 101.239 32
8 3 Power, Will D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.0851 101.116 37
9 14 Meira, Vitor D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.1641 100.991 36
10 7 Patrick, Danica D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.2777 100.813 39
11 23 Manning, Darren D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.2820 100.806 26
12 24 Conway, Mike (R) D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.3041 100.771 44
13 34 Tagliani, Alex D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.5407 100.402 36
14 26 Andretti, Marco D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.5955 100.317 32
15 27 Mutoh, Hideki D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.6573 100.221 29
16 06 Doornbos, Robert (R) D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.7011 100.153 43
17 5 Moraes, Mario D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.7751 100.038 46
18 2 Matos, Raphael (R) D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.7968 100.005 52
19 4 Wheldon, Dan D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.9190 99.817 23
20 21 Hunter-Reay, Ryan D/H/F Practice 2 01:04.9882 99.710 37
21 20 Carpenter, Ed D/H/F Practice 2 01:06.0942 98.042 34
22 98 Barrett, Stanton (R) D/H/F Practice 2 01:10.3202 92.150 30
Total Laps for Combined Sessions:(R) Rookie 773
(C)hassis: D=Dallara | (E)ngine: H=Honda | (T)ire: F=Firestone

Wow, that D/H/F package is utterly dominant! None of the teams running other combinations even made the race! :gomer:

[TKGAngel]

I still want to know what animal died on top of Dario's head.

[NismoZ]

Rahal and Wilson on the front row. That's nice. When's the last time a Coyne car started on row 1?

[Methanolandbrats]

Rahal and Wilson on the front row. That's nice. When's the last time a Coyne car started on row 1? Well, good for Baby Rahole, he's clearly the quickest of the crop of 2nd/3rd gen drippings. Marco sucks worse than dad. Nice to see Special Ed is not DFL, maybe this is his year.

[trish]

I guess we can't talk about attendance anymore.

[Methanolandbrats]

I guess we can't talk about attendance anymore. Please share with the class why that is so.

[trish]

I guess I should have said I can't talk about attendance anymore. I don't get Versus, but maybe the rest of you do.

[Methanolandbrats]

I guess I should have said I can't talk about attendance anymore. I don't get Versus, but maybe the rest of you do. Oh, I thought you watched it and counted the red hats.:D I get Versus, but I don't care.

[Dvdb]

More pouting, apparently.

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/racing/indycar/news/story?id=4044086

[Tim]

Sad that the IRL had more cars than the ALMS.

[pchall]

Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg – Race result

1. Ryan Briscoe Penske 100 laps 2hr 12m 26.8387s
2. Ryan Hunter-Reay Vision +00.4619s
3. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne +00.9490s
4. Dario Franchitti Ganassi +01.5230s
5. Tony Kanaan AGR +02.3214s
6. Will Power Penske +03.4622s
7. Graham Rahal NHLR +04.0672s
8. Darren Manning Dreyer & Reinbold +04.7283s
9. Vitor Meira Foyt +05.9559s
10. Alex Tagliani Conquest +1 lap
11. Robert Doornbos NHLR +4 laps
12. Stanton Barrett 3G +4 laps

Rtd Marco Andretti AGR 94 laps completed contact
Rtd Dan Wheldon Panther 86 laps completed contact
Rtd Hideki Mutoh AGR 86 laps completed contact
Rtd Scott Dixon Ganassi 80 laps completed contact
Rtd EJ Viso HVM 75 laps completed mechanical
Rtd Ed Carpenter Vision 71 laps completed contact
Rtd Danica Patrick AGR 31 laps completed contact
Rtd Raphael Matos Luczo Dragon 31 laps completed contact
Rtd Mario Moraes KVRT 31 laps completed contact
Rtd Mike Conway Dreyer & Reinbold 1 laps completed contact

Fastest lap:

Justin Wilson Dale Coyne 1m 03.2440s lap 54

Stan Barret with 3G and Mike Conway with D&R look to move down to The Futility Watch for the LBGP.

[Wheel-Nut]

Rtd. - Is that something new for the earl? are they trying to appear, international?


Where is that great American short tracker, AJIV the earl was invented to protect?

[shaggy_socal]

Stan Barret with 3G and Mike Conway with D&R look to move down to The Futility Watch for the LBGP.

Stan should be on it now. Milka could have outpaced him Sunday.

Mike shows promise. Even though he stuffed it in the wall during qualy's he outqualified the current Futility Watch drivers. Let's see how he does at LB before he putting him on the futility list.

[shaggy_socal]

Where is that great American short tracker, AJIV the earl was invented to protect?

Don't ask such silly questions. Here, have some more kool-aid.

[Sean Malone]

" Hey Stan, just go 30 seconds a lap slower than everyone else and you'll come in 12th". :gomer:

[Insomniac]

Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg – Race result

...
2. Ryan Hunter-Reay Vision +00.4619s
...


In fairness, and I know Nicole won't like this, shouldn't RHR be in bold since he's driving for Vision?

[pchall]

You're right. I just forgot to look for a Futility Watch driver/team combo on the podium. :D


In fairness, and I know Nicole won't like this, shouldn't RHR be in bold since he's driving for Vision?

[Insomniac]

You're right. I just forgot to look for a Futility Watch driver/team combo on the podium. :D

The podium? That excuse would've been believable if you said you started looking at cars not on the lead lap. :p

[oddlycalm]

In fairness, and I know Nicole won't like this, shouldn't RHR be in bold since he's driving for Vision?

I dunno, she may have finally given up the ghost on him after he was in that ethanol ad looking like a proper douche bag. :D Her post after that was a classic :thumbup:

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