The Foyt Futility Watch -- The Corn Fed Iowa Edition

[pchall]

So, which site do I crib from to start TFFW for Iowa since crash.net won't be bothering with the IRL anymore? Or do I put my waders on and go into the Indycar swamp later on...

Hellacious thunderstorms moved through the area this afternoon.

[Don Quixote]

Looks like a good chance of thunderstorms all weekend. Shame. :)

[SurfaceUnits]

the leeg ain't openen the track to specktaters til Saturady afternoon..apparently they ain't got none no how :laugh:

you and 19 of your best friends can get seats together

Section 307
Row 9
Seats 11-30 US $58.00 (Full Price) x 20


Section 308
Row 7
Seats 6-25 US $58.00 (Full Price) x 20

[Napoleon]

Section 307
Row 9
Seats 11-30 US $58.00 (Full Price) x 20

Is the numbering from the top down and don't people at ovals try to get seats higher?

[cameraman]

So, which site do I crib from to start TFFW for Iowa since crash.net won't be bothering with the IRL anymore?

You could try http://paddocktalk.com/news/html/indycar.html

[SurfaceUnits]

Is the numbering from the top down and don't people at ovals try to get seats higher?

when all the tracks the RIl visits are sold out a year in advance, you take what you can get

[pchall]

Wow, with the track closed to fans on Friday the gomers missed what must have been new and exciting. From the official schedule:



3:00 Canada Logistics Mtg.

3:15-6:15 IndyCar 2 Sweater

Either the IRL has a secret program for two hole steam cabinets or they've taken up knitting for Siamese twins as a charity function.

[BarillaGirl]

They can knit a sweater in 3 hours? Must be the only clever person remaining in the leeg administration.

[G.]

Wow, with the track closed to fans on Friday the gomers missed what must have been new and exciting. From the official schedule:



3:00 Canada Logistics Mtg.

3:15-6:15 IndyCar 2 Sweater

Either the IRL has a secret program for two hole steam cabinets or they've taken up knitting for Siamese twins as a charity function.
They found something for Milkers to do?

[EVL29]

Sim ahead of sparklepony after 2nd practice.

Heh.

[pchall]

Event: Iowa Corn Indy 250 Round 8
Track: Iowa Speedway 0.894 mile(s)


Report: Combined Results of Practice IZOD IndyCar Series
As of: Practice 2 June 19, 2010

Rank Car Driver Name C/E/T Session Time Speed Total Laps

1 11 Kanaan, Tony D/H/F Practice 1 00:17.7485 181.334 143
2 12 Power, Will D/H/F Practice 1 00:17.7626 181.190 160
3 26 Andretti, Marco D/H/F Practice 1 00:17.7673 181.142 100
4 6 Briscoe, Ryan D/H/F Practice 2 00:17.7791 181.022 135
5 10 Franchitti, Dario D/H/F Practice 2 00:17.8012 180.797 110
6 9 Dixon, Scott D/H/F Practice 2 00:17.8096 180.712 114
7 14 Meira, Vitor D/H/F Practice 2 00:17.8101 180.706 156
8 4 Wheldon, Dan D/H/F Practice 2 00:17.8266 180.539 105
9 22 Wilson, Justin D/H/F Practice 2 00:17.8390 180.414 137
10 3 Castroneves, Helio D/H/F Practice 2 00:17.8821 179.979 125
11 32 Moraes, Mario D/H/F Practice 2 00:17.9019 179.780 82
12 5 Sato, Takuma (R) D/H/F Practice 2 00:17.9095 179.704 142
13 19 Lloyd, Alex (R) D/H/F Practice 2 00:17.9225 179.573 73
14 77 Tagliani, Alex D/H/F Practice 2 00:17.9310 179.488 123
15 8 Viso, EJ D/H/F Practice 2 00:17.9527 179.271 134
16 37 Hunter-Reay, Ryan D/H/F Practice 1 00:17.9576 179.222 131
17 18 Duno, Milka D/H/F Practice 2 00:17.9801 178.998 90 :eek: Faster than Patrick on an oval!
18 24 Rahal, Graham D/H/F Practice 2 00:17.9883 178.916 128 :shakehead Slower than Mike Duno?
19 2 Matos, Raphael D/H/F Practice 2 00:17.9986 178.814 124
20 36 Baguette, Bertrand (R) D/H/F Practice 2 00:18.0228 178.574 140
21 78 de Silvestro, Simona (R) D/H/F Practice 2 00:18.0262 178.540 111
22 7 Patrick, Danica D/H/F Practice 2 00:18.0887 177.923 111
23 67 Fisher, Sarah D/H/F Practice 2 00:18.1684 177.143 78
24 34 Romancini, Mario (R) D/H/F Practice 2 00:18.2472 176.378 120
25 06 Mutoh, Hideki D/H/F Practice 2 00:18.5436 173.559 87





[stroker]

Hey, man, didn't you hear? It's not her fault...

:shakehead

[TKGAngel]

Hold the phone. The Indy Lights race is sponsored by avoidthestork.com?

There's a joke in there somewhere.

[grungex]

Beat me to it -- there is certainly something amusing about it...

Birth Control and Pregnancy Prevention | Avoid the Stork (http://avoidthestork.com/)

Edit: Now I know why (http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php?138894-Anyone-else-offended-by-the-quot-Birth-Control-100-quot) it's amusing...

[pchall]

Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Will Power Penske 1m10.9925s
2. Scott Dixon Ganassi 1m10.9945s + 0.0020s
3. Marco Andretti Andretti 1m11.1230s + 0.1305s
4. Helio Castroneves Penske 1m11.1706s + 0.1781s
5. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 1m11.1805s + 0.1880s
6. Alex Tagliani FAZZT 1m11.1835s + 0.1910s
7. Takuma Sato KV 1m11.2541s + 0.2616s
8. Ryan Briscoe Penske 1m11.2541s + 0.2616s
9. Danica Patrick Andretti 1m11.4863s + 0.4938s
10. Dan Wheldon Panther 1m11.5591s + 0.5666s
11. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 1m11.5696s + 0.5771s
12. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 1m11.6531s + 0.6606s
13. Vitor Meira Foyt 1m11.6733s + 0.6808s
14. Alex Lloyd Dale Coyne 1m11.7727s + 0.7802s
15. Tony Kanaan Andretti 1m11.8758s + 0.8833s
16. Mario Moraes KV 1m11.9300s + 0.9375s
17. Graham Rahal Dreyer & Reinbold 1m12.1972s + 1.2047s
18. Sarah Fisher Sarah Fisher 1m12.2485s + 1.2560s
19. EJ Viso KV 1m12.2867s + 1.2942s
20. Simona de Silvestro HVM 1m12.3565s + 1.3640s
21. Raphael Matos de Ferran Dragon 1m12.3878s + 1.3953s
22. Bertrand Baguette Conquest 1m12.6403s + 1.6478s
23. Mario Romancini Conquest 1m12.9647s + 1.9722s
24. Hideki Mutoh Newman/Haas 1m14.2129s + 3.2204s
25. Milka Duno Dale Coyne no time

*All times combined from four lap runs

Will Power gave Penske its seventh straight IndyCar Series pole position of 2010 as he took the top spot in qualifying at Iowa Speedway.

The Australian's four-lap average of 181.337mph came almost as a surprise to the 29-year-old who was fourth out on track and expected to be usurped by one his Penske team-mates or Ganassi rivals as the short oval rubbered-in through qualifying...
Graham Rahal was a conservative 17th, admitting that he had wanted to get the D&R car through qualifying without a dent. Which is more than can be said for Milka Duno's car, the rear of which she comprehensively wrecked in Turn 2 before having even set a time...

Dale Coyne Racing insists her car will be repaired in time for her to take the start on Sunday.


more at autosport.com (http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/84615)

[NismoZ]

If she was "unable" to qualify why should she be able to run at all? She can start every race and NEVER qualify? Gotta think of a new word for what gets someone into a race.:shakehead (a participation trophy as well?)

[EDwardo]

If she was "unable" to qualify why should she be able to run at all? She can start every race and NEVER qualify? Gotta think of a new word for what gets someone into a race.:shakehead (a participation trophy as well?)

http://www.savoymusic.com/images/everyones%20a%20winner.jpg

[Rogue Leader]

Ok seriously they need to revoke Milka's competition license. She really is going to kill someone.

[G.]

Ok seriously they need to revoke Milka's competition license. She really is going to kill someone.

what'd she do this time?

[pchall]

Pos Driver Team Time/Gap

1. Tony Kanaan Andretti 1h42m12.4036s
2. Helio Castroneves Penske + 4.2030s
3. EJ Viso KV + 5.2538s
4. Ryan Briscoe Penske + 9.0536s
5. Will Power Penske + 9.5902s
6. Scott Dixon Ganassi + 15.2683s
7. Vitor Meira Foyt + 16.8703s
8. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti + 1 lap
9. Graham Rahal Dreyer & Reinbold + 1 lap
10. Danica Patrick Andretti + 1 lap
11. Dan Wheldon Panther + 1 lap
12. Alex Tagliani Fazzt + 2 laps
13. Alex Lloyd Dale Coyne + 2 laps
14. Raphael Matos De Ferran Dragon + 3 laps
15. Marco Andretti Andretti + 6 laps
16. Mario Romancini Conquest + 6 laps
17. Bertrand Baguette Conquest + 13 laps

Retirements:

Dario Franchitti Ganassi 212 laps
Takuma Sato KV 177 laps
Hideki Mutoh Newman/Haas 131 laps
Simona de Silvestro HVM 128 laps
Sarah Fisher Sarah Fisher 92 laps
Milka Duno Dale Coyne 31 laps
Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 0 laps
Mario Moraes KV 0 laps

[SurfaceUnits]

Ok seriously they need to revoke Milka's competition license. She really is going to kill someone.

dude, you know what leeg she's in right? and when did it ever give a siht

[Rogue Leader]

what'd she do this time?

She was dragging ass so far at the back that when Will Power was lapping her on the inside she wasn't paying attention and turned in on him. She bounced off of him stood on the brakes and almost ended up taking out Micro who nearly rearended her.

Its hard to speak seriously about this joke of a league, but she really ended up almost taking out the top 2 in a race and you never know how bad an accident can end up. Power ended up having handling problems a few laps later, I would bet his suspension may have been knocked out a bit by her.

[Chief]

:tony::rofl:

[Steve99]

I would bet his suspension may have been knocked out a bit by her.
Is that a euphemism? ;)

[NismoZ]

Micro rearends Milka? EEEWWWW.:yuck:(film at 11)...probably make a good IRL "teaser" ad for the next race, though.

[manic mechanic]

If she was "unable" to qualify why should she be able to run at all? She can start every race and NEVER qualify? Gotta think of a new word for what gets someone into a race.:shakehead (a participation trophy as well?)

If she won one, she could be called an "unqualified success"!!! :rofl::laugh::rofl:

[devilmaster]

If she won one, she could be called an "unqualified success"!!! :rofl::laugh::rofl:

Boo! :shakehead ;)

[SurfaceUnits]

Milka Duno was so much of a moving chicane that the IndyCar Series had no choice but to remove her from the race.

Duno crashed in qualifying, didn't post a speed and started dead last, in 25th. The 25 cars were the most cars ever entered in an IndyCar race at Iowa Speedway, a 7/8th-mile track designed by Rusty Wallace and located just north of Des Moines.

Pole winner Will Power's qualifying speed was just north of 181 mph, so that meant that the field was running roughly 17 second laps, and IndyCar president of racing and competition Brian Barnhart told the field that any driver more than a second off the pace could be parked.

Duno was quickly lapped after the first caution of the day happened on lap 1, but at that point was within that barrier. However, Duno was lapped just nine laps later, meaning that in that span she was more than two seconds off the speeds that the leader was running, something incredibly dangerous for a track that size.

[SurfaceUnits]

No futility thread can go into the archive without the real futility being evidenced.

Saturday practice 1
http://www.motorsport.com/photos/indycar/2010/iow/indycar-2010-iow-as-0014.jpg
and the grandstands were packed to overflowing,,,empty sidepods are always a sign of a healthy series

Simona looking good after her skin grafts
http://www.motorsport.com/photos/indycar/2010/iow/indycar-2010-iow-as-0037.jpg


1st lap mayhem
http://www.motorsport.com/photos/indycar/2010/iow/indycar-2010-iow-as-0042.jpg
The aftermath of Mario Moraes, KV Racing Technology and Justin Wilson, Dreyer and Reinbold Racing crash

The IRL & A Fart in the Forest
The June 20 Iowa Corn Indy 250 drew a 0.2 U.S. rating and 400,000 viewers on Versus, not surprisingly down from last year's race on ABC (1.130 mil), and the second-least viewed IndyCar race of the season.

http://sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com/2010/07/more-ratings.html