The Foyt Futility Watch -- "Montegi" Edition

[pchall]

Oh, damn! I lost my Honda 300 tickets and my boss is going to have my guts out! Do you think I can hold my breath at the bottom of this hot spring until the IRL folds?

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It's Friday at Twin Ring Montegi and the the crapwagons will be practicing and qualifying at one point or another. As part of my Carpal Tunnel Prevention Program I'll do the mousing and clicking to find the appropriate bits of Futility during the weekend for the sake of the general welfare of the forum membership.


Motegi notebook
By Dave Lewandowski - Indycar.com
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

...

Experience will help Rahal

Graham Rahal will have some valued assistance when making his first start on the 1.5-mile Twin Ring Motegi oval. Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing's Martin Pare was the engineer on Danica Patrick's winning car in 2008. :rofl:

....

Who's hot

Luczo Dragon Racing rookie Raphael Matos has finished ninth (scoring 64 points) in each of the past three races (Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Infineon Raceway road course, Chicagoland Speedway oval). Is that hotter than Danica's fourth place win at Indy?

...

New tire for Motegi and overtake assist

Firestone Racing engineers have developed a unique tire specification for the Twin Ring Motegi event. The Firestone Firehawk racing tires use the superspeedway (Texas, Kansas, Chicagoland) construction with compounds that are close to the grip and wear levels found in the Indianapolis 500 tires. … Honda Performance Development has set the overtake assist system for 20 pushes for a duration of 15 seconds each. There is a 10-second recharge interval. :shakehead

[Don Quixote]

I'm ready.
signed,

Gordirra.

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[Gnam]

Bon appetit.

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[extramundane]

人のセックスを与える

[dando]

1luP7-1npC8

:D

-Kevin

[Gnam]

Did Danica remember to pack her fairy grandmother and guardian angel?

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[Methanolandbrats]

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[opinionated ow]

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Is Gamera in town?

[pchall]

Mothra! Mothra!

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[Don Quixote]

Ghidorah the three headed monster. Bite me Godzirra.

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[pchall]

Pardon the interruption, but there is Futility rising in the East with the dawn

Indy Japan 300 Round 16
Twin Ring Motegi 1.52 mile(s)

Results of Session September 18, 2009
Practice 1 IndyCar Series

Rank Car Driver Name C/E/T Time Speed Diff Gap Best Lap Total Laps
1 3 Castroneves, Helio D/H/F 00:27.3336 200.193 --.--.-- 33 34
2 02 Rahal, Graham D/H/F 00:27.3437 200.119 0.0101 0.0101 40 45
3 6 Briscoe, Ryan D/H/F 00:27.4368 199.440 0.1032 0.0931 8 39
4 4 Wheldon, Dan D/H/F 00:27.4610 199.264 0.1274 0.0242 46 46
5 9 Dixon, Scott D/H/F 00:27.4802 199.125 0.1466 0.0192 43 44
6 5 Moraes, Mario D/H/F 00:27.4912 199.046 0.1576 0.0110 56 57
7 7 Patrick, Danica D/H/F 00:27.5284 198.777 0.1948 0.0372 47 52
8 2 Matos, Raphael (R) D/H/F 00:27.5329 198.744 0.1993 0.0045 45 48
9 14 Hunter-Reay, Ryan D/H/F 00:27.6161 198.145 0.2825 0.0832 55 57
10 06 Servia, Oriol D/H/F 00:27.6625 197.813 0.3289 0.0464 17 51
11 10 Franchitti, Dario D/H/F 00:27.6695 197.763 0.3359 0.0070 19 44
12 18 Wilson, Justin D/H/F 00:27.6708 197.754 0.3372 0.0013 50 50
13 26 Andretti, Marco D/H/F 00:27.6722 197.744 0.3386 0.0014 43 49
14 11 Kanaan, Tony D/H/F 00:27.7208 197.397 0.3872 0.0486 49 54
15 20 Carpenter, Ed D/H/F 00:27.7352 197.294 0.4016 0.0144 32 41
16 27 Mutoh, Hideki D/H/F 00:27.7589 197.126 0.4253 0.0237 23 39
17 34 Matsuura, Kosuke D/H/F 00:27.8271 196.643 0.4935 0.0682 67 68
18 24 Conway, Mike (R) D/H/F 00:27.8392 196.557 0.5056 0.0121 58 58
19 13 Viso, EJ D/H/F 00:27.8526 196.463 0.5190 0.0134 45 49
20 23 Scheckter, Tomas D/H/F 00:27.9219 195.975 0.5883 0.0693 22 43
21 43 Yasukawa, Roger D/H/F 00:28.1014 194.723 0.7678 0.1795 57 71
22 33 Doornbos, Robert (R) D/H/F 00:28.2238 193.879 0.8902 0.1224 47 61
23 98 Barrett, Stanton (R) D/H/F 00:29.0403 188.428 1.7067 0.8165 70 71

That's some serious suckage, Stan.

Mike Duno and Miss Piggy are MIA somewhere over the Pacific.

Indy Japan 300 - Qualifying times

1. Scott Dixon Ganassi 1m 48.3400s 202.031mph
2. Mario Moraes KVRT 1m 48.6231s 201.504mph
3. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 1m 48.6820s 201.395mph
4. Ryan Briscoe Penske 1m 48.9772s 200.849mph
5. Graham Rahal NHLR 1m 49.0862s 200.649mph
6. Danica Patrick AGR 1m 49.1569s 200.519mph
7. Oriol Servia NHLR 1m 49.6027s 199.703mph
8. Dan Wheldon Panther 1m 49.6083s 199.693mph
9. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne 1m 49.7204s 199.489mph
10. Tomas Scheckter Dreyer & Reinbold 1m 49.7944s 199.354mph
11. Ed Carpenter Vision 1m 49.8995s 199.164mph
12. Raphael Matos Luczo Dragon 1m 50.0413s 198.907mph
13. Mike Conway Dreyer & Reinbold 1m 50.0686s 198.858mph
14. Tony Kanaan AGR 1m 50.2335s 198.560mph
15. Marco Andretti AGR 1m 50.2353s 198.557mph
16. Ryan Hunter-Reay Foyt 1m 50.4195s 198.226mph
17. Kosuke Matsuura Conquest 1m 50.5895s 197.921mph
18. Roger Yasukawa Dreyer & Reinbold 1m 50.8267s 197.498mph
19. EJ Viso HVM 1m 50.8571s 197.443mph
20. Robert Doornbos HVM 1m 51.2442s 196.756mph
21. Stanton Barrett 3G 1m 54.6700s 190.878mph
22. Helio Castroneves Penske 1m 23.4661s * 196.679mph
23. Hideki Mutoh AGR 0m 27.53653s * 198.718mph


On his second qualifying lap, #27 Mutoh did a half-spin to the left and made hard contact with the SAFER Barrier in Turn 3. There is heavy damage to the left side of the car. Mutoh climbed from the car without assistance from the Delphi Safety Team, but was assisted to the medical car.

On his third qualifying lap, #3 Castroneves made hard right-side contact with the SAFER Barrier in Turn 4. There is heavy damage to the right side of the car. Castroneves climbs from his car without assistance of the Delphi Safety Team.

DANICA PATRICK (No. 7 Boost Mobile/Motorola, qualified sixth): "We're here to win so I'm a little disappointed with where we qualified. On my third lap instead of downshifting to fifth gear the car went all the way down to fourth. I'm not sure if it did it by accident or if it was an electrical problem, but I'm sure that affected my last lap. The car has been pretty good today, Eddie (Jones), my engineer, has done a great job and we were really strong in the last practice session before qualifying and made great progress. The entire #7 crew has been working hard and I think we'll be okay for tomorrow's race.

The Princess Permapout never makes a mistake, does she?

[Steve99]

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Is Gamera in town?

That thing looks pretty round. Did it just eat the Montegi oval?

[Steve99]

The Princess Permapout never makes a mistake, does she?
On SpeedNewsReportVisionTunnel last week, she said she misses the days when the cars were setup so that the driver didn't have to lift off or shift for the entire lap, and hopes they go back to that package.

Nothing showcases driving talent like holding your foot to the floor and turning left. :gomer:

[opinionated ow]

That thing looks pretty round. Did it just eat the Montegi oval?

Gamera is round and flies...he's like crapwagons at montegi in japanese style with mouths moving the opposite way from their words

[TKGAngel]

Fast and the Furious, Motegi Drift?


Nothing showcases driving talent like holding your foot to the floor and turning left.

But remember with the Sparklepony, it's not about the driving, it's the marketing ops.

[Don Quixote]

On SpeedNewsReportVisionTunnel last week, she said she misses the days when the cars were setup so that the driver didn't have to lift off or shift for the entire lap, and hopes they go back to that package.

Nothing showcases driving talent like holding your foot to the floor and turning left. :gomer:
She is just saying that to improve her chances of getting to NASCAR. :laugh:

[pineapple]

Helio's got his work cut out for him. He's got to come from 2nd to last, all the way to first just to be able to lift for Miss DaniBrand.

Hometown boy Hideki can't even get a bone thrown to him. He should hire Flavio.

[Sean Malone]

Helio's got his work cut out for him. He's got to come from 2nd to last, all the way to first just to be able to lift for Miss DaniBrand.

Hometown boy Hideki can't even get a bone thrown to him. He should hire Flavio.

:thumbup::rofl:

[pchall]

Indy Japan 300 - Race results
1. Scott Dixon Ganassi 200 laps
2. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 200 laps
3. Graham Rahal NHLR 200 laps
4. Oriol Servia NHLR 200 laps
5. Mario Moraes KVRT 200 laps
6. Danica Patrick AGR 200 laps
7. Marco Andretti AGR 200 laps s
8. Dan Wheldon Panther 200 laps
9. Raphael Matos Luczo Dragon 200 laps
10. Helio Castroneves Penske 199 laps
11. Tony Kanaan AGR 199 laps
12. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne 199 laps
13. Ed Carpenter Vision 198 laps
14. Hideki Mutoh AGR 198 laps
15. EJ Viso HVM 199 laps
16. Robert Doornbos HVM 199 laps
17. Kosuke Matsuura Conquest 195 laps
18. Ryan Briscoe Penske 185 laps
19. Stanton Barrett 3G 182 laps
20. Roger Yesisucka Dreyer & Reinbold 172 laps

Rtd. Ryan Hunter-Reay Foyt 157 laps Contact
Rtd. Mike Conway Dreyer & Reinbold 103 laps completed Contact
Rtd. Tomas Scheckter Dreyer & Reinbold 83 laps completed Mechanical

Fastest lap:
Scott Dixon Ganassi 197.761mph lap 174

***

Luczo Dragon Racing driver Raphael Matos fell in the hotel overnight and is driving with a sore wrist.

***

Vision Racing has created a tribute to three crew members that did not make the trip to Japan. Cardboard cutouts of Nathan O'Rourke, Dave Bishop and Dan Rushing have been taped to the team's pit stand.

RYAN BRISCOE (No. 6 Team Penske, finished 18th): Yeah, it was pretty frustrating. With the accident leaving the pits, it was a huge opportunity for me to get the race lead. I just gassed it too much leaving my box, and the car spun. I hit the wall. We had to change the front upright. The team did a great job doing it in the time they did, but unfortunately that was our day done pretty much. Just sort of brought the car home without pushing too hard at the end.

DANICA PATRICK (No. 7 Boost Mobile/Motorola, finished sixth): "The No. 7 car was strong all day; unfortunately it just wasn't strong enough to defend my win from last year. We could have had a run on Mario (Moraes) but I got caught in traffic and just wasn't able to gain the position. Overall it was a good day and a solid finish for us."

MARCO ANDRETTI (No. 26 Team Venom Energy, finished seventh): "Today wasn't a bad showing for the Venom boys, especially considering our starting position. A better qualifying run obviously would have made our day a lot easier, but we were able to work through some traffic and make the best it. Had that last yellow fallen a couple laps later I think it would have been a much brighter outcome for the #26 car, but you can't depend on yellows."

HELIO CASTRONEVES (No. 3 Team Penske, finished 10th): "We were shooting for a top-10 finish for Team Penske here in Japan and we got it today. It was very difficult to pass out there but we did the best job we could. The team made some great calls and we had good pit stops. It's a shame that Ryan lost the points lead, but we know we will be strong at Homestead and our goal is to bring home a championship for Team Penske."

[pchall]

Good night everybody and thanks for coming to the party.

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[Methanolandbrats]

I'm so upset I forgot that was on.

[SteveH]

Indy Japan 300 - Race results
1. Scott Dixon Ganassi 200 laps
2. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 200 laps
3. Graham Rahal NHLR 200 laps
4. Oriol Servia NHLR 200 laps
5. Mario Moraes KVRT 200 laps
6. Danica Patrick AGR 200 laps
7. Marco Andretti AGR 200 lapss
8. Dan Wheldon Panther 200 laps
9. Raphael Matos Luczo Dragon 200 laps
10. Helio Castroneves Penske 199 laps
11. Tony Kanaan AGR 199 laps
12. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne 199 laps
13. Ed Carpenter Vision 198 laps
14. Hideki Mutoh AGR 198 laps
15. EJ Viso HVM 199 laps
16. Robert Doornbos HVM 199 laps
17. Kosuke Matsuura Conquest 195 laps
18. Ryan Briscoe Penske 185 laps
19. Stanton Barrett 3G 182 laps
20. Roger Yesisucka Dreyer & Reinbold 172 laps




Preferential scoring?

[dando]

RYAN BRISCOE (No. 6 Team Penske, finished 18th): Yeah, it was pretty frustrating. With the accident leaving the pits, it was a huge opportunity for me to get the race lead. I just gassed it too much leaving my box, and the car spun. I hit the wall. We had to change the front upright. The team did a great job doing it in the time they did, but unfortunately that was our day done pretty much. Just sort of brought the car home without pushing too hard at the end.


I caught that flipping around while watching the Fresno State/Boise State track meet. :eek: Briscoe's shunt in the pits was priceless. He got a huge break when his fuel lasted 2 laps longer than the others and he hit the pits just as a yellow was thrown for Conway's wreck. He lit it up leaving the pits (no need to do so since he had the advantage already), turned hard left, collected a pit exit cone, and smacked the wall...all of which happened right in front of Cap'n Liver Spots. Pricele$$. :gomer: He then proceeded to drag the cone around the track for a couple of laps until the pits re-opened. Oh the coneage! :laugh:

-Kevin

[Methanolandbrats]

Preferential scoring?Same timing equipment they use at Indy.

[opinionated ow]

Same timing equipment they use at Indy.

In 1995 and in 2002.

[Indy]

In 1995 and in 2002.

They bring out the magic equipment for those "special" circumstances. :WWE:

[EDwardo]

Oh carp. I mist it. Oil well.

:cry:

[BarillaGirl]

"Had that last yellow fallen a couple laps later I think it would have been a much brighter outcome for the #26 car, but you can't depend on yellows."

Well, Mario, that's not what they're saying over at Renault these days. ;)

Still looking for an F1 ride? It will be a heck of a Silly Season for F1 and who knows where the leftover seat will be.

[oddlycalm]

"Had that last yellow fallen a couple laps later I think it would have been a much brighter outcome for the #26 car, but you can't depend on yellows."

Well, Mario, that's not what they're saying over at Renault these days. ;)

:D:laugh:

oc

[Duroc]

Caught about 10 laps of the replay tonight. Plenty of seats available. Insanely expensive company picnic in a terrible economy isn't good optics. Do the suits play out the string next year or bin this mess?

[Sean Malone]

Robbie Buuhl is the most annoying **** this side of Indianer and I take it that 'they' sent Beekus to "How to be major a dork IRL announcer" school. He gets worse every race. I'm convinced that Jenkins is an actual zombie living amongst us.

They have weights jackers...Push2P...oh, excuse me "overtake assist", paddles shifters, etc and none it it helps. :)

[Methanolandbrats]

Are you guys into torture? Why do you watch that ****? They'd have to put electrodes on my balls to make me watch.

[Sean Malone]

Are you guys into torture? Why do you watch that ****? They'd have to put electrodes on my balls to make me watch.

I ask myself that every race. It seems to me that the entire attitude of the IRL is that it's on it's last legs. Everyone just seems to be going through the motions.

[dando]

Are you guys into torture?

Yes. :gomer: I just flipped over during commercials during foosball...better than watching Holtz lisp his way through a commentary on how great ND is. :saywhat:

-Kevin

[Hard Driver]

Are you guys into torture? Why do you watch that ****? They'd have to put electrodes on my balls to make me watch.

Yea, I watched a few laps and then realized that this was going to be the most boring race ever. So I did some house painting so that I could watch something more interesting,,,,,,,,,, paint dry.

[JohnHKart]

I ask myself that every race. It seems to me that the entire attitude of the IRL is that it's on it's last legs. Everyone just seems to be going through the motions.

Asking myself the same too...slept through most of it on DVR last night. Nascar and IRl- they are better than Diprovan, folks!

John

[dando]

Nascar and IRl- they are better than Diprovan, folks!

John

Someone should have told Jacko. :gomer:

-Kevin

[Don Quixote]

So, reportedly TV ratings for Motegi were 0.14. They are getting close to being able to sit the entire TV audience into a college football stadium. :gomer:

[dando]

So, reportedly TV ratings for Motegi were 0.14. They are getting close to being able to sit the entire TV audience into a college football stadium. :gomer:

That's just becuz the DTV peeps couldn't watch. :tony:

-Kevin

[TravelGal]

Gamera is round and flies...he's like crapwagons at montegi in japanese style with mouths moving the opposite way from their words

:rofl: Absolutely your best post ever OOW.


Robbie Buuhl is the most annoying **** this side of Indianer and I take it that 'they' sent Beekus to "How to be major a dork IRL announcer" school. He gets worse every race. I'm convinced that Jenkins is an actual zombie living amongst us.

I thought I was the only one that noticed that. WTF is up with Jan? As for this "race," what I saw of it, I watched while listening to baseball (more action) or with the sound turned off.

The comment about the 3 cardboard figures at Vision racing is just too precious to touch. The mind boggles with possibilities to lampoon that one.

[opinionated ow]

:rofl: Absolutely your best post ever OOW.

I aim to please ;)