The Foyt Futility Watch -- July 30 thru 31

[pchall]

Practice 1

1 Tomas Scheckter (4) ... 32.8758 219.006 14 43.7134 164.709 26 D/C/F Pit


16 Danica Patrick (16) 0.5906 33.4664 215.141 33 45.3898 158.626 34 P/H/F Pit


18 A.J. Foyt IV (14) 0.6453 33.5211 214.790 13 34.2837 210.012 30 D/T/F Pit

22 Ed Carpenter (20) 0.9175 33.7933 213.060 27 34.2444 210.253 37 D/T/F Pit

23 Jimmy Kite (91) 1.0903 33.9661 211.976 30 52.1539 138.053 31 D/T/F Pit

[cart7]

Danica has found her comfortable groove, that or she's having visions of her spine compressing against an attenuator after last week.

[pchall]

Our favorite guys have an even more comfortable groove at the back.

Quals results to follow when I'm bored enough to look them up

21 A.J. Foyt IV (14) 0.8678 33.6416 214.021 3 33.6513 213.959 4 D/T/F Pit
22 Ed Carpenter (20) 0.9978 33.7716 213.197 30 33.7716 213.197 30 D/T/F Pit

BTW, how can he be that quick unless somebody decided to throw TCGR a bone?

1 Snott Dixon (9) ... 32.7738 219.688 13 32.7738 219.688 13 P/T/F Pit

[Jervis Tetch 1]

This should prove once and for all to those crappers that Quatro and Special Ed just plain suck, suck, suck and swallow as race drivers period. :gomer:

[Insomniac]

Danica has found her comfortable groove, that or she's having visions of her spine compressing against an attenuator after last week.

Could she walk away from one of those impacts as small as she is?

[pchall]

Quals

22 A.J. Foyt IV (14) 0.7829 33.6385 214.040 2 33.6385 214.040 2 D/T/F Pit
23 Ed Carpenter (20) 1.0401 33.8957 212.416 2 33.8957 212.416 2 D/T/F Pit

They're just that good.

[Steve99]

If someone cares to look up the qual times, we could compare the pole sitter's time to Danica's time and predict when the first debris yellow will fly.

[cameraman]

Enjoy :rolleyes:

Michigan International Speedway
July 30, 2005
Indy Racing League Timing and Scoring Report
Qual Time Qual Speed Lap 1 Time Lap 2 Time
Qualification Results
Firestone Indy 400
1 7 Herta, Bryan D/H/F 32.8556 219.141 32.9266 32.8556
2 4 Scheckter, Tomas D/C/F 32.8617 219.100 32.8863 32.8617
3 15 Rice, Buddy P/H/F 32.8904 218.909 32.8904 32.9103
4 9 Dixon, Scott P/T/F 32.8933 218.890 32.8933 32.9541
5 8 Sharp, Scott P/H/F 32.9150 218.745 32.9150 32.9598
6 95 Lazier, Buddy D/C/F 32.9243 218.683 32.9243 no time
7 27 Franchitti, Dario D/H/F 32.9414 218.570 32.9414 33.0109
8 16 Patrick, Danica P/H/F 32.9551 218.479 32.9551 33.0206
9 17 Meira, Vitor P/H/F 33.0897 217.590 33.0897 33.1364
10 2 Bell, Townsend D/C/F 33.1031 217.502 33.1031 33.1752
11 26 Wheldon, Dan D/H/F 33.1056 217.486 33.1056 33.1183
12 55 Matsuura, Kosuke P/H/F 33.1205 217.388 33.1205 33.1493
13 6 Hornish Jr, Sam D/T/F 33.1228 217.373 33.1228 33.1279
14 11 Kanaan, Tony D/H/F 33.1542 217.167 33.1542 33.3621
15 10 Lazier, Jaques P/T/F 33.1865 216.956 33.1865 33.2765
16 3 Castroneves, Helio D/T/F 33.2033 216.846 33.2033 33.2547
17 33 Briscoe, Ryan P/T/F 33.2544 216.513 33.2544 33.3000
18 24 Yasukawa, Roger D/H/F 33.4405 215.308 33.4405 33.4441
19 83 Carpentier, Patrick D/T/F 33.4841 215.027 33.4841 33.5100
20 51 Barron, Alex D/T/F 33.5172 214.815 33.5469 33.5172
21 91 Kite, Jimmy D/T/F 33.6300 214.095 33.6561 33.6300
22 14 Foyt IV, AJ D/T/F 33.6385 214.040 33.7641 33.6385
23 20 Carpenter, Ed D/T/F 33.8957 212.416 33.9103 33.8957

[pchall]

Patrick goes from 8th to 18th in five laps. A new gIRL record!

20th now, but demonstrating "patience and poise". ;)

[Paintergeek]

Announcers say she is a 'smart race car driver' who is pacing herself and trying to find the slip-stream and get into HER groove.she Has fallen to 20th now........

[Chief]

For those who respect and admire Danaca's skills.....she went 1 lap down after 20 laps. She's the real deal.

[pchall]

Special Ed's To¥ota went poof! while he was running a really strong 21st only four laps down.

[fourrunner]

She's not worrying... in fact doing her nails ... one lap down!!!

OK time to switch to real racing ... !

[FCYTravis]

It's all part of the plan.

Honest.

:gomer:

[pchall]

Lap 163 -- Danica blows!

Lap 180 --This should have been a night race -- the shuttle crew would have loved seeing the pyrotechnics from orbit when four crapgwagons got together.

[pchall]

1 Bryan Herta (7) ... 32.9991 218.188 63 33.2183 216.748 200 D/H/F Pit


12 A.J. Foyt IV (14) 2 laps 33.2909 216.275 3 34.0118 211.691 198 D/T/F Pit

20 Danica Patrick (16) 37 laps 33.1403 217.258 153 33.7251 213.491 163 P/H/F Mechanical

23 Ed Carpenter (20) 82 laps 33.5019 214.913 5 34.5881 208.164 118 D/T/F Mechanical

[theunions]

Dan Wheldon, you're no Andy Granatelli.

But your kisses are juicier. :gomer:

[dando]

Lap 180 --This should have been a night race -- the shuttle crew would have loved seeing the pyrotechnics from orbit when four crapgwagons got together.

Visible from Space II? If so, I'm sorry I missed it (driving back from NJ today). Maybe it will make the lowlights reel @ 11. :gomer:

-Kevin

[cart7]

She complains that her car doesn't handle as well on cold tires on the restarts. :rofl:

duhh..... :gomer:

[dando]

Caught a glimpse of VfP II during the 11pm snooze.....impressive work! Dozens of NASCAB bubbas prolly got their fix for the big'un with the cabs taking the weekend off. :gomer:

-Kevin

[JohnHKart]

Danica mania is so blinding, that during a look at the effect of Danica Mania and up and coming girl racers, The LA Times even ignored Katherine Legge (the only woman doing any winning). That's criminal in it's stupidity!

John

[Jervis Tetch 1]

Danica mania is so blinding, that during a look at the effect of Danica Mania and up and coming girl racers, The LA Times even ignored Katherine Legge (the only woman doing any winning). That's criminal in it's stupidity!

JohnI agree. Where was Shav?

[dando]

VfS II was front and center in our local seafood wrap....along with the customary shot of The Danicle. :shakehead No mention @ all of Legge's win, but they did manage to include a mention of Graham Rahole's * Mazda win. :mad:

-Kevin

[Steve99]

Saw this Danica quote on CCF and it is so funny it has to be shared. From a Detroit Free Press (http://www.freep.com/sports/autoracing/irlsider1e_20050801.htm) article:

She took questions from fans Sunday morning at the Legends Club hospitality area and one man asked if she thought she'd ever win in the IRL.

"I think I will," she said. "As long as I believe it, I think eventually it's going to happen."

She became agitated when an uninformed fan asked when she'd be moving up to the CART series.

[cart7]

She then exited for the stage to speak to a group of Girl Scouts.

Patrick appeared to be more at ease in that setting. She told the Girl Scouts to find something they love to do

And then she gave the girls some advice: "Always grab with two hands what you love the most."

:rofl: Uncle Bobby?

[Al Czervik]

Saw this Danica quote on CCF and it is so funny it has to be shared. From a Detroit Free Press (http://www.freep.com/sports/autoracing/irlsider1e_20050801.htm) article:

From the same article:
"Patrick appeared to be more at ease in that setting. She told the Girl Scouts to find something they love to do.


And then she gave the girls some advice: 'Always grab with two hands what you love the most.' "

<insert favorite sexual reference here>

<<Bevis mode on: He said "Insert" Bevis mode off>>

[fourrunner]

LMAO

She bacame "Agitated" when asked when she was moving up to the CART series

Agitated ? Did she start to twitch and convulse into headfits ?

She's fast becoming a Joke ... and she's fully responsible for that !