Hello and welcome back to Indycar Analysis with indycarfan. Sorry it has been awhile but I am here with the Post-Race for the GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Somona. I do not have a full box score but the winner of the race was Ryan Briscoe with Will Power in second. Dario Franchitti had a third place finish while most of the championship contenders had troubles.
Helio Castroneves, a championship contender, had troubles early on, but he came back to finish sixth. Another championship contender, Scott Dixon, was having trouble even early on and then took a drive through penalty for driving over his air hose in the pits.
There was a lot of penalties in this race along with some conflict. It was very racy with a lot of passes which means some crashes. With 11 laps to go the top five is Ryan Briscoe, Will Power, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dario Franchiti, and Alex Tagliani. The last two championship contenders left in race contention are Will Power in second and Ryan Hunter-Reay in third. In the 180 degree turn 7, fresh off a restart, Alex Tagliani makes a late move on Dario Franchitti for fourth, but goes to far and hits the right rear tire of Ryan Hunter-Reay (third) spinning Ryan out. Ryan then stalls the car and ends up a lap down. There is no question that Ryan Hunter-Reay is furious with Alex Tagliani, but that is not the end of the conflict. Ryan Hunter-Reay gets to restart with the rest of the pack two laps later and a lap down, but in the same place as Alex had done to him, Ryan spun E.J. Viso out sending E.J. to the back of the pack. Both Ryan Hunter-Reay and Alex Tagliani got drive through penalties but at the end of the race, Ryan Hunter-Reay came after Alex and was yelling at him. Alex Tagliani apologized and admitted to his mistake not even bringing up how Ryan Hunter-Reay had spun E.J. Viso out at the next restart. In his interview, Alex Tagliani did mention that Ryan Hunter-Reay had had his fair share of penalyties as well he had. In Ryan Hunter-Reay's interview, he said the it was Tagliani doing what he always did and saying that he should have been more careful since he was driving with championship contenders such a himself. Alex Tagliani also brought up during his interview that he was not being selfish, he was just racing because that is what his job is. Alex says, "Its not that I'm not thinking about it, its just I'm not going to lift because I don't want to pass anybody and I'm afraid and then get passed.", "I really truly hope that one day he will forgive me.", "I take full responsibility...". The way that Ryan Hunter-Reay is putting things, he is saying the it is not important for the drivers like Kathrine Legge for Dragon Racing to even race. He is saying that because they aren't full time and have no chance of championship, they shouldn't race. Back when Rick Mears and A.J. Foyt raced, you barely heard about championship. It was all about the Indy 500 and finishing the best they could. Ryan Hunter-Reay is realizing how hard it is to be at the top and still have to race with every driver. Alex Tagliani is obviously sorry and Ryan Hunter-Reay needs to calm down.
The points leader with three wins is now Will Power with 422 points. Second place in points also with three wins is Ryan Hunter-Reay who has 386 points (-36). Third place in the points with two wins is Helio Castroneves with 381 points (-41). Fourth place in points also with two wins is Scott Dixon with 368 (-54). Fifth place in points with zero wins is the rookie Simon Pagenaud has 337 points (-85).
Thank you and check back soon for Streets of Baltimore Pre-Race and Post-Race along with the Auto Club Speedway season finale and a final 2012 IZOD Indycar Series Post-Season. Thank you for reading!
-indycarfan
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Iowa Indycorn 250 Pre-Race 2012
Hello
and welcome back to Indycar Analysis with indycarfan. I am here with my
final race predictions as well as some information that everyone needs to know.
First off the starting lineup.
Starting Lineup
Start
|
Name
|
|
1
|
Dario Franchitti
|
|
2
|
Helio Castroneves
|
|
3
|
Marco Andretti
|
|
4
|
James Hinchcliffe
|
|
5
|
Ryan Briscoe
|
|
6
|
Will Power
|
|
7
|
Ryan Hunter-Reay
|
|
8
|
Scott Dixon
|
|
9
|
Alex Tagliani
|
|
10
|
Josef Newgarden
|
|
11
|
Rubens Barichello
|
|
12
|
JR Hilderbran
|
|
13
|
Justin Wilson
|
|
14
|
Charlie Kimball
|
|
15
|
Oriol Servia
|
|
16
|
Kathrine Legge
|
|
17
|
Mike Conway
|
|
18
|
James Jakes
|
|
19
|
Tony Kannan
|
|
20
|
Graham Rahal
|
|
21
|
Ed Carpenter
|
|
22
|
Simona de Selvestro
|
|
23
|
Takuma Sato
|
|
24
|
E.J. Viso
|
25 Simon Pagenaud
Second the race will be
broadcasted starting at 10pm on NBC Sports network. Here are my race
predictions.
| Finish |
Name
|
1
|
Dario Franchitti
|
2
|
Tony Kannan
|
3
|
Scott Dixon
|
4
|
James Hinchcliffe
|
5
|
Marco Andretti
|
6
|
Oriol Servia
|
7
|
Ryan Hunter-Reay
|
8
|
Will Power
|
9
|
Helio Castroneves
|
10
|
JR Hilderbran
|
11
|
Graham Rahal
|
12
|
Ryan Briscoe
|
13
|
Rubens Barichello
|
14
|
Mike Conway
|
15
|
Simon Pagenaud
|
16
|
James Jakes
|
17
|
Justin Wilson
|
18
|
E.J. Viso
|
19
|
Ed Carpenter
|
20
|
Kathrine Legge
|
21
|
Josef Newgarden
|
22
|
Takuma Sato
|
23
|
Alex Tagliani
|
24
|
Charlie Kimball
|
25
|
Simona de Selvestro
|
Thank you and I will see you soon
with Post Race Analaysis.
-indycarfan
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Iowa Corn Indy 250 Pre-Qualifying 2012
Hello and welcome back to my blog. Here are my predictions for the top ten in qualifying and
important picks for the race.
| Start |
Driver
|
1
|
Scott Dixon
|
2
|
Tony Kannan
|
3
|
Takuma Sato
|
4
|
Marco Andretti
|
5
|
Alex Tagliani
|
6
|
Will Power
|
7
|
Dario Franchitti
|
8
|
Helio Castroneves
|
9
|
Justin Wilson
|
10
|
Rubens Barichello
|
Here are the projected results for
the 2012 Iowa Indy Corn 250 before qualifying.
Pre Qualifying-Projected Results
Finish
|
Driver
|
1
|
Scott Dixon
|
2
|
Tony Kannan
|
3
|
James Hinchcliffe
|
4
|
Helio Castroneves
|
5
|
Dario Franchitti
|
6
|
Oriol Servia
|
7
|
Marco Andretti
|
8
|
Will Power
|
9
|
Ryan Hunter-Reay
|
10
|
Justin Wilson
|
13
|
Ryan Briscoe
|
17
|
Graham Rahal
|
22
|
Josef Newgarden
|
23
|
Charlie Kimball
Thank you
-indycarfan
|
Milwaukee IndyFest Post-Race 2012
Hello and
welcome back to my blog. You can just
look at the box-score below or feel free to read a summary and my opinions.
| Finish |
Start
|
Name
|
1
|
2
|
Ryan Hunter-Reay
|
2
|
6
|
Tony Kannan
|
3
|
8
|
James Hinchcliffe
|
4
|
20
|
Oriol Servia
|
5
|
5
|
E.J. Viso
|
6
|
4
|
Helio Castroneves
|
7
|
13
|
Alex Tagliani
|
8
|
22
|
Ed Carpenter
|
9
|
11
|
Graham Rahal
|
10
|
3
|
Rubens Barichello
|
11
|
21
|
Scott Dixon
|
12
|
14
|
Will Power
|
13^
|
7
|
Simon Pagenaud
|
14^
|
19
|
Ryan Briscoe
|
15^
|
9
|
Marco Andretti
|
16^
|
25
|
Mike Conway
|
17^
|
15
|
Charlie Kimball
|
18^
|
18
|
Kathrine Legge
|
19*
|
1
|
Dario Franchitti
|
20*
|
24
|
Takuma Sato
|
21*
|
16
|
James Jakes
|
22*
|
10
|
JR Hilderbran
|
23*
|
12
|
Justin Wilson
|
24*
|
23
|
Simona de Selvestro
|
*=Did Not Finish ^=Laps
Down
Ryan
Hunter-Reay came to victory lane for the first time this season in the high
passing and controversial race. The
high passing came yet again from Oriol Servia who continues his long steak of
high passing races with a gain of 16 positions from 20th to 4th. The conterversey came from a restart where
many drivers passed to early including Scott Dixon, but the restart was waved
off. The next time around the drivers
did better and they took the green.
Scott Dixon was given a penalty for passing early, however multiple days
after the race it was found that the computer had glitches and the replay that
was looked at to give Dixon the penalty was the restart that had been waved
off. This drive through penalty could
not be taken back especially three days after the race when he had already
taken the point standings toll back to 3rd behind James Hinchcliffe
in 2nd and Will Power in 1st.
There were
many drivers who were expected to do well who didn’t. Dario Franchitti, the pole-sitter, was a fan favorite who had a
wreck and finished 19th. Justin
Wilson was also hoping for a strong finish to follow up his Texas win and
started it out by him and Josef Newgarden being the two fastest in
practice. He then had mechanical
problems and was out of the race by lap 93.
Josef Newgarden had already had mechanical problems on lap 48.
Tony Kannan who was a big pick for
coming to victory lane at Milwaukee had an acceptable finish in 2nd. Nobody expected Ryan Hunter-Reay to come to
victory lane on Saturday, even after a strong qualifying of 2nd. He did enjoy himself in victory lane after a
hard 225 laps.
See you
soon with Pre-Qualifying predictions.
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