Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

Kanaan fastest qualifier, but due to crash will start 6th.

Kanaan will start last if primary car not repairable


Pos Driver Diff Best Time Best Speed Best Lap Last Time Last Speed Last Lap
C/E/T Status
1 Tony Kanaan (11) ... 1:01.5955 105.202 1 1:01.6836 105.052 4 D/H/F
2 Helio Castroneves (3) 0.0884 1:01.6839 105.052 7 1:01.6839 105.052 7 D/H/F
Pit
3 Marco Andretti (26) 0.1362 1:01.7317 104.970 7 1:04.4356 100.566 8 D/H/F
Pit
4 Dario Franchitti (27) 0.2820 1:01.8775 104.723 1 1:02.0554 104.423 5 D/H/F
Pit
5 Scott Dixon (9) 0.3836 1:01.9791 104.551 3 1:06.0034 98.177 8 D/H/F Pit
6 Darren Manning (14) 0.8536 1:02.4491 103.765 6 1:02.4491 103.765 6 D/H/F
Pit
7 Sam Hornish Jr (6) 1.0980 1:02.6935 103.360 1 1:02.6935 103.360 1 D/H/F
Pit
8 Tomas Scheckter (2) 1.7388 1:03.3343 102.314 1 1:03.3343 102.314 1 D/H/F
Pit
9 Vitor Meira (4) 1.8794 1:03.4749 102.088 1 1:03.4749 102.088 1 D/H/F Pit
10 Kosuke Matsuura (55) 1.9426 1:03.5381 101.986 1 1:03.5381 101.986 1 D/H/F
Pit
11 Danica Patrick (7) 1.9957 1:03.5912 101.901 1 1:03.5912 101.901 1 D/H/F
Pit
12 Jeff Simmons (17) 2.0325 1:03.6280 101.842 1 1:03.6280 101.842 1 D/H/F
Pit
13 Buddy Rice (15) 2.1162 1:03.7117 101.708 1 1:03.7117 101.708 1 D/H/F Pit
14 Dan Wheldon (10T) 2.2968 1:03.8923 101.421 1 1:03.8923 101.421 1 D/H/F
Pit
15 Scott Sharp (8) 2.7004 1:04.2959 100.784 1 1:04.2959 100.784 1 D/H/F Pit
16 Ed Carpenter (20) 2.8584 1:04.4539 100.537 1 1:04.4539 100.537 1 D/H/F
Pit
17 AJ Foyt IV (22) 2.9847 1:04.5802 100.340 1 1:04.5802 100.340 1 D/H/F Pit
18 Sarah Fisher (5) 5.0586 1:06.6541 97.218 1 1:06.6541 97.218 1 D/H/F Pit

On Mar 31, 2:15 pm, "." <.... (AT) dot (DOT) com> wrote:


Well if they had the 107% rule in the IRL Sarah Fisher would be
through for the weekend. The top 5 are within .3 of a second. A
change here and an adjustment there and those car cars that could be
competitive. At 6th you have a big drop. There its .8 of a second.
Its a 100 lap race so unless some magic wand appears they are going to
be a lap down. Any car not on the lead lap isn't (insert your own
choice of bad words here). By my math they should be a lap down about
75 or so. Sam that IRL stand out should be going a lap down somewhere
near lap 60. Media darling and overall hot babe Danica Patrick should
go a lap down somewhere near lap 33 which with the race length should
give her time to go 3 laps down by the end and still have the media
partners hyping what a great job she did. Race winner Scott Sharp, Ed
and Foyt IV should only need about 25 laps to lose a lap and could
easily finish 4 laps down given an all green race, all with no
problems. If they were to let Sarah run, which I have not a single
doubt they will, could fall a lap down on the parade lap.

The top five cars are all that would be worth anything. Out of that
5, at least a couple will have problems. It might be a miscue on a
pitstop, a racing incident on track, a cut tire, a blown engine or any
of a thousand things that can happen to a race car. At least one is
likely to get taken out by one of the moving chicanes in the back. Id
guess no more than 3 cars on the lead lap at the end.

Now one question might be interesting to see. Will the ALMS crowd
that came out today, come back to watch the IRL??? Frankly I doubt
it, at least not but once. I would expect the ALMS race today to
outdraw the IRL event tomorrow. Then again what doesn't?

On 31 Mar 2007 18:48:00 -0700, Mark <mblackwell1958 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
I saw only a few laps toward the end but I saw only open stands,
was there really a crowd?

Bob

On Mar 31, 9:48 pm, "Mark" <mblackwell1... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
Hey, maybe Special Ed will give us a spin or two and block the track,
just to show his "sponsor's" logo...again.

"Robert Lorenzini" <bob (AT) newportharbornet (DOT) com> wrote

stands. . . . "

Some things never change. And the cross post, too. I guess he had to liven
up RASC in any way he could. Pretty soon it should really be quiet over
there.

Carey in Manvel

On Apr 1, 6:06 pm, "Carey Akin" <cma... (AT) att (DOT) net> wrote:
Old dot doesn't know what planet he exists on, much less what NG he is
posting in...