The Foyt Futility Watch -- Tejas 550 Edition

[pchall]

Practice 1 Results


1 4 Wheldon, Danica D/H/F 00:24.2744 215.783 --.-----.---7 44
2 7 Patrick, Danica D/H/F 00:24.3759 214.884 0.1015 0.1015 7 46
3 6 Briscoe, Ryan D/H/F 00:24.4023 214.652 0.1279 0.0264 7 48
4 10 Franchitti, Dario D/H/F 00:24.4272 214.433 0.1528 0.0249 15 27
5 9 Dixon, Scott D/H/F 00:24.4311 214.399 0.1567 0.0039 18 51
6 3 Castroneves, Helio D/H/F 00:24.4411 214.311 0.1667 0.0100 46 57
7 02 Rahal, Graham D/H/F 00:24.4510 214.224 0.1766 0.0099 7 46
8 11 Kanaan, Tony D/H/F 00:24.5033 213.767 0.2289 0.0523 26 57
9 23 Duno, Milka D/H/F 00:24.5295 213.539 0.2551 0.0262 56 80
10 26 Andretti, Marco D/H/F 00:24.5470 213.387 0.2726 0.0175 8 50
11 27 Mutoh, Hideki D/H/F 00:24.5550 213.317 0.2806 0.0080 58 88
12 20 Carpenter, Ed D/H/F 00:24.5702 213.185 0.2958 0.0152 32 49
13 06 Doornbos, Robert (R) D/H/F 00:24.5964 212.958 0.3220 0.0262 7 50
14 14 Foyt IV, AJ D/H/F 00:24.6387 212.592 0.3643 0.0423 18 36
15 2 Matos, Raphael (R) D/H/F 00:24.6587 212.420 0.3843 0.0200 52 60
16 34 Tagliani, Alex D/H/F 00:24.6757 212.274 0.4013 0.0170 19 25
17 67 Fisher, Sarah D/H/F 00:24.6785 212.250 0.4041 0.0028 12 48
18 21 Hunter-Reay, Ryan D/H/F 00:24.7087 211.990 0.4343 0.0302 26 38
19 5 Moraes, Mario D/H/F 00:24.7088 211.989 0.4344 0.0001 64 70
20 18 Wilson, Justin D/H/F 00:24.7108 211.972 0.4364 0.0020 15 34
21 24 Conway, Mike (R) D/H/F 00:24.7477 211.656 0.4733 0.0369 21 21
22 43 Scheckter, Tomas D/H/F 00:24.7796 211.384 0.5052 0.0319 48 54
23 13 Viso, EJ D/H/F 00:24.7915 211.282 0.5171 0.0119 31 47

[Methanolandbrats]

:thumbup: Go Funbags! P9 and moving to the front.

[dando]

Practice 1 Results


1 4 Wheldon, Danica


:rofl:

-Kevin

[Don Quixote]

:rofl:

-Kevin Nice catch. :gomer:

[Don Quixote]

:thumbup: Go Funbags! P9 and moving to the front. The NASA and Airforce engineers have determined that she could not have driven a champcar at Texas due to extreme centrifugal forces. :tony:

[oddlycalm]

1 4 Wheldon, Danica D/H/F 00:24.2744 215.783 --.-----.---7 44

Almost choked on my lunch laughing, but nicely played :thumbup:

oc

[JLMannin]

Who is driving in Vitor's seat?

[cameraman]

Foyt IV is in the #14

[pchall]

Practice 2 Results


1 6 Briscoe, Ryan D/H/F 00:24.3977 214.692 --.-----.---4 36
2 3 Castroneves, Helio D/H/F 00:24.4507 214.227 0.0530 0.0530 21 26
3 4 Wheldon, Dan D/H/F 00:24.4672 214.083 0.0695 0.0165 11 20
4 9 Dixon, Scott D/H/F 00:24.4718 214.042 0.0741 0.0046 18 30
5 5 Moraes, Mario D/H/F 00:24.4788 213.981 0.0811 0.0070 22 25
6 10 Franchitti, Dario D/H/F 00:24.4819 213.954 0.0842 0.0031 22 26
7 02 Rahal, Graham D/H/F 00:24.5031 213.769 0.1054 0.0212 3 41
8 20 Carpenter, Ed D/H/F 00:24.5512 213.350 0.1535 0.0481 13 20
9 67 Fisher, Sarah D/H/F 00:24.5649 213.231 0.1672 0.0137 15 26
10 06 Doornbos, Robert (R) D/H/F 00:24.5790 213.109 0.1813 0.0141 3 23
11 18 Wilson, Justin D/H/F 00:24.6106 212.835 0.2129 0.0316 20 27
12 14 Foyt IV, AJ D/H/F 00:24.6487 212.506 0.2510 0.0381 4 19
13 11 Kanaan, Tony D/H/F 00:24.6511 212.485 0.2534 0.0024 2 29
14 34 Tagliani, Alex D/H/F 00:24.6570 212.435 0.2593 0.0059 21 31
15 13 Viso, EJ D/H/F 00:24.6772 212.261 0.2795 0.0202 18 28
16 24 Conway, Mike (R) D/H/F 00:24.7477 211.656 0.3500 0.0705 25 53
17 2 Matos, Raphael (R) D/H/F 00:24.7774 211.402 0.3797 0.0297 14 32
18 21 Hunter-Reay, Ryan D/H/F 00:24.8040 211.176 0.4063 0.0266 16 24
19 98 Lazier, Jaques D/H/F 00:24.8757 210.567 0.4780 0.0717 30 43
20 43 Scheckter, Tomas D/H/F 00:24.8940 210.412 0.4963 0.0183 23 26
21 27 Mutoh, Hideki D/H/F 00:25.1336 208.406 0.7359 0.2396 1 14
22 23 Duno, Milka D/H/F 00:25.2691 207.289 0.8714 0.1355 15 19

The Pricess Permapout was MIA for the second practice of the day. No reason to be found yet.

[TKGAngel]

The Pricess Permapout was MIA for the second practice of the day. No reason to be found yet.

Didn't wanna. No benefit, blahblahblah bitchycakes.

[pchall]

Qualifying Results

Bombardier Learjet 550K at Texas Motor Speedway


1 10 Dario Franchitti 214.513

2 Ryan Briscoe 214.413

3 Scott Dixon 214.296

4 Helio Castroneves 214.228

5 Danica Patrick 213.929

6 Mario Moraes 213.717

7 Dan Wheldon 213.596

8 Marco Andretti 213.540

9 Robert Doornbos 213.479

10 Ed Carpenter 213.435

11 Hideki Mutoh 213.327

12 Graham Rahal 213.178

13 Alex Tagliani 213.173

14 Sarah Fisher 212.554

15 Raphael Matos 212.137

16 Tony Kanaan 212.108

17 Justin Wilson 212.021

18 Tomas Scheckter 211.741

19 Mike Conway 211.686

20 Milka Duno 211.601

21 E.J. Viso 211.553

22 A.J. Foyt IV 211.454

23 Ryan Hunter-Reay 210.532

24 Jaques Lazier 209.329

[Insomniac]

So PT is out?

[devilmaster]

So PT is out?

yeah, replaced by aj IV. official story was that AJ was embarassed at the car he gave to PT, and said to PT lets hold off on more races for now until they can put together a good car.

[G.]

The Pricess Permapout was MIA for the second practice of the day. No reason to be found yet.
Moto boosted her car.

[Insomniac]

yeah, replaced by aj IV. official story was that AJ was embarassed at the car he gave to PT, and said to PT lets hold off on more races for now until they can put together a good car.

So he puts his grandson in as a crash test dummy? Pure genius.

[TravelGal]

yeah, replaced by aj IV. official story was that AJ was embarassed at the car he gave to PT, and said to PT lets hold off on more races for now until they can put together a good car.

If you believe that, I've got a bridge for you....

More like: we're so incompetent that we will never be able to put a car together and in one more race you'll have figured that out so we have to replace you.


So he puts his grandson in as a crash test dummy? Pure genius.

Meh, it's no different than it has been.

[devilmaster]

If you believe that, I've got a bridge for you...

I kinda figured that me sayin 'the official story' made it obvious that I didn't believe it. ;)

but thats the story thats goin round... http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2009/06/03/sp-racing-tracy.html

[pchall]

urrrpp missed all this urrrpp


Bombardier Learjet 550k – Race result
1. Helio Castroneves Penske 228 laps 1hr 55m 16.1670s
2. Ryan Briscoe Penske +00.3904s
3. Scott Dixon Ganassi +02.2461s
4. Marco Andretti AGR +04.3745s
5. Dario Franchitti Ganassi +04.7695s
6. Danica Patrick AGR +05.2980s
7. Dan Wheldon Panther +07.6203s
8. Tony Kanaan AGR +08.5009s
9. Ed Carpenter Vision +18.7088s
10. Mario Moraes KVRT +1 lap
11. Robert Doornbos NHLR +1 lap
12. Raphael Matos Luczo Dragon +2 laps
13. Tomas Scheckter Dreyer & Reinbold +2 laps
14. Alex Tagliani Conquest +3 laps
15. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne +3 laps
16. Ryan Hunter-Reay Vision +3 laps
17. Sarah Fisher Fisher +6 laps
18. Jaques Lazier 3G +18 laps
19. Mike Conway Dreyer & Reinbold +43 laps

Rtd AJ Foyt IV Foyt 139 laps completed contact
Rtd Hideki Mutoh AGR 139 laps completed electrical
Rtd Graham Rahal NHLR 55 laps completed contact
Rtd Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold 139 laps completed contact
Rtd EJ Viso HVM 139 laps completed contacti>

Fastest lap:

Ryan Briscoe Penske 24.4870s lap 60

[Methanolandbrats]

I made 22 laps before my eyes got heavy. Two inch wide wicker bills seem to ruin the racing. The most memorable thing was Kaanan putting his head on Arooty's shoulder during the intro.......very disturbing scene :saywhat::yuck:

[TKGAngel]

I'm sorry, a "debris" caution because Briscoe had an eleven second lead is pretty ridiculous.

[Methanolandbrats]

I'm sorry, a "debris" caution because Briscoe had an eleven second lead is pretty ridiculous. They always do that during plate races if somebody manages to get ahead....tightens up the field and puts the fans in a tizzy.....it's all about the show. :gomer:

[Sean Malone]

Dixon had some choice words in his post race interview about how they needed to change the formula. He seemed pretty frustrated.

[Elmo T]

Dixon had some choice words in his post race interview about how they needed to change the formula. He seemed pretty frustrated.

Which formula did he mean? The car/engine package, aero, TG's meds?

[Sean Malone]

Which formula did he mean? The car/engine package, aero, TG's meds?

:rofl:

He said something about "opening up the formula" so that there would be more disparity. He mentioned that this 'spec' has created to many equal cars. He said it rather disdainfully which I was surprised by.

[Gary]

:rofl:

He said something about "opening up the formula" so that there would be more disparity. He mentioned that this 'spec' has created to many equal cars. He said it rather disdainfully which I was surprised by.

He just now figured out that it was a spec series?

[Methanolandbrats]

He just now figured out that it was a spec series? A top tier ACT score is not needed to drive a race car. :gomer:

[Don Quixote]

He just now figured out that it was a spec series?
Good point. I wonder what clue finally made the light come on. :laugh:

[Sean Malone]

Good point. I wonder what clue finally made the light come on. :laugh:

Easy, spec that creates 'side by side' racing = gomerific. Spec racing that creates single file crap = Penske wonderland.

[TravelGal]

I kinda figured that me sayin 'the official story' made it obvious that I didn't believe it. ;)

but thats the story thats goin round... http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2009/06/03/sp-racing-tracy.html

Yes, it did make it obvious. Less obvious was that I was joining in n the joke. Geez, am I always THAT serious? TravelGuy is still a huge PT fan so we read his blog.

Edit: What I can not figure out is why Penske allows the phantom yellows. Seems like he could control just about any part of race control he wanted to.

In this case, I figure he wanted Helio to win to move him up in the points but sometimes it does not benefit him in any direct way and I wonder how he lets the inept ones get away with it. Any thoughts anyone?

Whatever the reason, I think we should run a pool for each race, pick the lap for the NASCAR yellow, and designate some poor soul to promise either to watch the whole race or read Pressdog's notes in detail. The winner gets.....something. You guys can figure that part out. :)

[pchall]

The final word on Texas comes from the TV ratings: a whopping 0.36 on Versus.

Here's the spin at IBJ.com (http://thescore.ibj.com/)



The Indy Racing League television ratings continue to smolder. They’re certainly not burning it up, but where there’s smoke, there’s fire. And in this case, that means there’s some hope for the open-wheel racing series to kindle a bit of interest in TV Land. There’s also some fear within the IRL sales and marketing ranks that a few drops of rain on this season (figuratively, not literally) and the smoke—and any hope of a spark—could vanish....

The Texas race Saturday night on Versus earned a .36 household rating, with 467,000 households nationwide tuning in. That’s higher than Long Beach (388,864 households), the IRL’s previous top rated race aired on its new cable partner. And it’s better than ratings for Indianapolis 500 pole day (385,000) and bump day (349,000), which also aired on Versus.

In the Indianapolis market, Texas earned a 1.6 rating, which means 17,152 TV households tuned in here.



Only 17K :gomer: watching in Indy? Did the pacers make the playoffs or something? :tony: will be disappointed.

[SteveH]

The final word on Texas comes from the TV ratings: a whopping 0.36 on Versus.

Here's the spin at IBJ.com (http://thescore.ibj.com/)


16.Tony George Says:
June 10th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
If we keep getting these great ratings I’ll be able to keep my job as CEO!

17.Katherine George-Conforti Says:
June 10th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Not likely Tony.


:rofl::laugh::rofl:

[pchall]

:rofl::laugh::rofl:

Those comments in response to the motorsports blog are a hoot. Even BiF weighs in with an opinion. :)

[trish]

The final word on Texas comes from the TV ratings: a whopping 0.36 on Versus.

Here's the spin at IBJ.com (http://thescore.ibj.com/)




An unreliable source says you have your numbers transposed. :D