Marco Andretti starts eleventh. That's ok. Just more cars for him to
pass on the way to the front!

Hopefully Wheldon will be fighting for the lead at the end of the race
when it counts and not the first or middle part of the race.

Go Helio! Go Marco! Go Sam!


Flip between this race and F1 at Indy. Watch the race at Indy because it
may be the very last F1 race in the U.S. for the next twenty years. I'll be
at Indy by the way. Will Tivo Kansas.


1. 10 Dan Wheldon

2. 6 Sam Hornish Jr

3. 9 Scott Dixon

4. 3 Helio Castroneves

5. 55 Kosuke Matsuura

6. 4 Vitor Meira

7. 5 Buddy Lazier

8. 2 Tomas Scheckter

9. 15 Buddy Rice

10. 8 Scott Sharp

11. 26 Marco Andretti

12. 16 Danica Patrick

13. 11 Tony Kanaan

14. 27 Dario Franchitti

15. 7 Bryan Herta

16. 20 Ed Carpenter

17. 17 Jeff Simmons

18. 14 Felipe Giaffone

19. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr

"Von Fourche" <Khonakong (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote


Thanks for the update VF!

Hmm. Two new drivers with a lot of future potential qualify against the
experienced field in practically the same spot. This will be interesting,
though Marco's team seems to have a lot more resources to back him up.

gary wrote:
Future potential? Hahaha!

gary wrote:


What is "future potential"? Is that potential that they may develop in
the future? They either have potential or future. To say that they
have "future potential" says absolutely nothing.

These two qualifying positions may also indicate that the IRL has less
than ten talented drivers.

"Ray Haroun" <merdetta (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote


Future potential in Inferior Racing League speak means eating beans & toast
while sleeping in the paddock over night, when they're not enjoying long stays
in the hospital recovery ward from smashing hard into concrete walls during
those yellow-flag races.

Jubba wrote:

Its probably less that than running in a series that is talent-short or
a sport that has limited exposure and fan interest. They may have some
potential that needs to be tested and developed. After that, if there
is adequate development, they can move into a major racing series when
they mature and get some track time under their belt.

At this point, open wheel in the U.S. is pretty much only a development
sport for drivers to move into vehicles with fenders. Moving into F1
requires the development of different skills than cruising around in
circles in the IRL.