The Foyt Futility Watch -- 3/18-19

[pchall]

Some time and some place there is alway FUTILITY.

This time it's in Phoenix.

What a waste of a good oval.

[Wheel-Nut]

When does the qualifying carnage begin?

[racer2c]

Many crashes already...

Link (http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/indycar/15728/)

[RichK]

Many crashes already...

Link (http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/indycar/15728/)


Eggciting ACTION!

[Mr. Vengeance]

The No. 91 Hemelgarn Racing Toyota-Dallara sustained rear-end damage and came to rest against the inside wall. Word on his condition and the cause of the crash was not immediately available.

Minutes after Dana’s crash, Ron Hemelgarn’s Infiniti entry crashed. Abott, the Infiniti Pro Series’ first female driver, hit the wall during the second session

Tough day for Hemelgarn.

Chin up, Ronnie. The weekend's just getting started :)

[KLang]

And another.....


Patrick Carpentier was transported to a Phoenix hospital Friday after his car crashed and burst into flames during practice for Saturday’s IRL IndyCar Series race at Phoenix International Raceway.


story (http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/indycar/15733/)

:shakehead

[Wheel-Nut]

Someone forgot to tell the drivers you have to LIFT at Phoenix.

[pchall]

Rank Car Driver C/E/T
Lap 1 Time Lap 2 Time Qual Time Qual Speed
1 7 Herta, Bryan D/H/F 20.4603 20.3837 20.3837 176.612
2 26 Wheldon, Dan D/H/F 20.4209 20.3995 20.3995 176.475
3 3 Castroneves, Helio D/T/F 20.4503 20.4451 20.4451 176.081
4 4 Scheckter, Tomas D/C/F 20.5129 20.4466 20.4466 176.068
5 27 Franchitti, Dario D/H/F 20.5535 20.4777 20.4777 175.801
6 6 Hornish Jr, Sam D/T/F 20.5157 20.4811 20.4811 175.772
7 2 Enge, Tomas D/C/F 20.4964 20.5031 20.4964 175.641
8 9 Dixon, Scott P/T/F 20.5199 20.5391 20.5199 175.439
9 8 Sharp, Scott P/H/F 20.6436 20.5290 20.5290 175.362
10 15 Rice, Buddy P/H/F 20.6069 20.5579 20.5579 175.115
11 10 Manning, Darren P/T/F 20.5874 20.5912 20.5874 174.864
12 17 Meira, Vitor P/H/F 20.6770 20.6166 20.6166 174.617
13 24 Yasukawa, Roger D/H/F 20.7024 20.6418 20.6418 174.403
14 33 Briscoe, Ryan P/T/F 20.9025 20.6488 20.6488 174.344
15 55 Matsuura, Kosuke P/H/F 20.6955 20.6646 20.6646 174.211
16 51 Barron, Alex D/T/F 20.8845 20.9060 20.8845 172.377
17 14 Foyt IV, AJ D/T/F 21.0996 21.1223 21.0996 170.619
18 16 Patrick, Danica P/H/F 21.4585 21.2707 21.2707 169.247
19 20 Carpenter, Ed D/T/F 21.8699 21.7156 21.7156 165.779
20 83T Carpentier, Patrick D/T/F no time no time no time no speed
21 11 Kanaan, Tony D/H/F no time no time no time no speed
22 91 Dana, Paul D/T/F no time no time no time no speed

Sic transit gloria futilialis!

Hey, Carbender! What's it like to be a sub-wanker in the IRL?

[Car-B-Q]

Special Ed 11MPH off the pace. Almost lost out to a couple of DNQs.

[2DB]

I just spoke to friend who is "helping" Dana, the chat went something like this:

Me...So how is your boy running?
Friend...Awful just plain Awful!!!

Kelvis

[Methanolandbrats]

Special Ed 11MPH off the pace. Almost lost out to a couple of DNQs. Probably good for another top 10 if he can dodge the big pieces.

[Steve99]

Probably good for another top 10 if he can dodge the big pieces.
He just has to remember to hang back far enough that the wreckin' is done by the time he gets there.

[EDwardo]

It would seem that the goal this week for 4 is to be less futile than the stepson. Time to move up young man!!!!

[pchall]

They are even training the MIPS drivers in Futility and the Big One!


8 Al Unser (3) 50 laps 55.8784 64.426 40 D/I/F Accident
9 Mishael Abbott (91) 59 laps 26.4947 135.876 31 D/I/F Accident
10 Marty Roth (4) 81 laps 26.6563 135.053 9 D/I/F Accident
11 Jaime Camara (1) 82 laps 57.2616 62.869 8 D/I/F Accident
12 Jeff Simmons (24) 0.6306 57.2192 62.916 8 D/I/F Accident
13 Jay Drake (20) 90 laps 49.3793 72.905 0 D/I/F Accident
14 P.J. Chesson (36) 0.8328 44.8832 80.208 0 D/I/F Accident

[pchall]

14 A.J. Foyt IV (14) 5 laps 24.2932 148.190 195 D/T/F Pit
15 Danica Patrick (16) 6 laps 23.9042 150.601 194 P/H/F Pit
16 Ed Carpenter (20) 7 laps 24.4588 147.186 193 D/T/F Pit
17 Tomas Scheckter (4) 9 laps 28.5653 126.027 191 D/C/F Accident
18 Roger Yasukawa (24) 26 laps 32.6094 110.398 174 D/H/F Handling
19 Ryan Briscoe (33) 88 laps 55.8395 64.470 112 P/T/F Accident
20 Tomas Enge (2) 126 laps 164.7847 21.847 74 D/C/F Accident
21 Paul Dana (91) 167 laps 36.4745 98.699 33 D/T/F Handling
22 Buddy Rice (15) 186 laps 22.1798 162.310 14 P/H/F Accident

[Mr. Vengeance]

19 Ryan Briscoe (33) 88 laps 55.8395 64.470 112 P/T/F Accident

Briscoe stuffed it again? Did it look expensive (I hope)?

[cart7]

I didn't see the race but I heard this may have been the most pathetic attendance yet there for the earl. :shakehead

[EDwardo]

I didn't see the race but I heard this may have been the most pathetic attendance yet there for the earl. :shakehead

"Truth Detector
Fat & Forty
Nice Crowd

There must be literally tens of people in Phoenix."

[JohnHKart]

Jeez it's so happening, again I forgot to record it and I was thinking of doing it...I'm so bummed again...Yeah right. It's so sad to think that ten years ago I was just on the edge of my seat with excitement waiting to watch Robby Gordon's win.

John

[Steve99]

Less than 10,000 people there. Pathetic.

From what I saw (flipping from Sebring) only big hit was Rice messing up one of Rahole's cars. The rest were just understeering into the wall. I bet Dashley is pissed.

No Big One this week? How do the expect to get on the news?

[DaveL]

Less than 10,000 people there.

But there was an increase within the "key demographics" :rolleyes:

[pchall]

Less than 10,000 people there. Pathetic.

From what I saw (flipping from Sebring) only big hit was Rice messing up one of Rahole's cars. The rest were just understeering into the wall. I bet Dashley is pissed.


I flipped during commercial breaks in the b-ball games. ABC didn't try very hard to hide the poor attendance. And the racing appeared to be a Wheldon and then a Dashley drive away, but I probably missed all of the whoah! three wide! action. :laugh:

Sure looked like Buddetto Risso comprehensively took out three corners and a sidepod for Team Booby.

Sam the Sham did a fine job of forcing Dashley up into the grey and out of contention for the win with a small wall hit.

[Methanolandbrats]

WTF, I thought it was on tomorrow, oh well, good thing I don't give a ****.

[cart7]

I'd say this explains it, from a poster at TF....


A change that will definately have an impact on the IRL attendance in Phoenix this year is the change in the season ticket package. For 2005, it is possible to buy season tickets for the two NASCAR Nextel Cup weekends only.

So, one of the first tracks that removes the scab of the irl off it's Nascar season ticket back and the earl suffers a big hit at the turnstyles.

Predictable.

[JohnnyQ]

On the bright side we didn't have to watch Andretti's girls fagging it up in victory lane :)

[SurfaceUnits]

Hmmmm, did the Copper World need ftg's gaggle of cross-dressing nancy boys, or did ftg need the Copper World?

[pchall]

Hmmmm, did the Copper World need ftg's gaggle of cross-dressing nancy boys, or did ftg need the Copper World?

Tony George and his misadvisors completely misjudged the Copper World deal. They thought the USAC short track fan would automatically embrace the IRL, but all the IRL accomplished was to screw up the short trackers' Big Show.

[Jervis Tetch 1]

Dashly needn't worry about Sam. He can lap him in the next race and get his revenge.