WTF Happened to Tracy???

[Dirty Sanchez]

thx.

I would guess that Mike Levitt (LAT) took that shot. He was just in front of me. depth of field in his shot is a little better (both cars are in reasonable focus). I like the composition/angle of mine a bit more. it looks like his was taken a fraction of a second later.

[Insomniac]

Here are some informative quotes from Tony Cottman:


CC: Due to the pits being closed because of a full course yellow and the field not being packed up, Paul Tracy ran out of fuel and stopped at the end of pit road. If the team would have wheeled the #3 car back to its pitbox, and re-fueled, would he have been given a penalty?

TC: His car could have been wheeled back to his pit box, taken on fuel and resumed. This situation would be no different than if the safety team had to push- start someone on course.

CC: On that note, if a car does run out of fuel, can it be towed to pitlane or is the car forced to retire from the race?

TC: There would be a number of factors taken into account like: At what point are we in the race? Can we stay green? Is he really out of fuel? Is the vehicle in a dangerous location? Take these factors into account and a quick decision made based on the information at hand.

So PT through away some points. I hope it doesn't cost him in the end.

[Insomniac]

At a minimum it was 5 points assuming he finished the race and didn't pass anyone in the remaining ~30 laps.