How did Hornish pass up Andretti like that on a straighaway? It looked
like he pushed a nitro button or something!

Bucky wrote:
Simple Hornish has been the fastest in just about every session all
month. The Penske cars had cleaner aero than the AGR cars. When a more
aero car comes up on a lesser one it picks up a good bit of pull and
just slipsteams by.

"Bill Jonesi" <jonesi (AT) pcmagic (DOT) net> wrote

Not to mention that Marco's weaving likely scrubbed off a bit of speed.

"Bucky" <uw_badgers (AT) email (DOT) com> wrote

Push to Pass.

Carey in Manvel

I could believe that.


"Carey Akin" <cmakin (AT) att (DOT) net> wrote

"Shell" <jtshellnc (AT) earthlink (DOT) net> wrote

cheating by Hornish?

Carey in Manvel

It's always fun to watch all these guys with extra aces up their
sleeves pointing fingers at each other.

I like to think that the Andrettis were cheating so much that they
absolutely *know* someone who blows past like they're tied to a stump
probably has a second engine hidden somewhere in the car.

BTW, any word yet on Gordon's suspension collapsing at Charlotte? I
didn't notice the other, legal, cars collapsing.

Bucky wrote:
He had the faster car and drafted the kid

--
Forty

“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and
mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” - Ernest Hemingway

"forty" <cforteNO (AT) SPAMgmail (DOT) com> wrote

Yep. If Marco had blocked him all the way, he'd have won. He might have been
sliding along on his butt with his car in a zillion pieces, but he'd have
been the winner.

armpit wrote:
blocked him without it being a punishable block (or is blocking only
prohibited in the turns? Are the sporting regs anywhere to be found
online? The indycar.com site sucks). If that had been the case, he would
have won, then been penalized and be stripped of his win, and it would
have been one big shame.

--
Forty

“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and
mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” - Ernest Hemingway