[Racer Duck]

And now we head east to Richmond for the the SunTrust Indy Challenge.

SunTrust Indy Challenge

• Richmond International Raceway
• Qualifying: 7:30PM, Fri, June 27
• Race: Sat, June 28
• 8 p.m. (ET)

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[Bob Tanner]

Going with a long shot this race:
1. Ryan Hunter-Reay
2. Tony Kanaan

[Racer Duck]

I'm going with

1. Helio Castroneves (Helio's been bridesmaid too many times already this season - he's due)
2. Scott Dixon

[WestCoast]

That could have been the "lamest" display of driving or crashing I've seen. 10 cars running at the end.
Nevertheless, congrats to TK.

[Racer Duck]

The results are:

1. Tony Kanaan
2. Helio Castroneves (again a bridesmaid)

No winners in the predictions for this week.

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by WestCoast

That could have been the "lamest" display of driving or crashing I've seen. 10 cars running at the end.
Nevertheless, congrats to TK.

I could not agree more. Last nite exhibition looked like some "Bomber Division" (entry level) drivers at the local track, driving very expensive cars.

"Fixing a car" (Carpenter's Menard's car, for one) to get back out on the track and run laps to get points is a trait which I thought that NA__AR had the monopoly on? I really hate to see IRL go to this tactic.

I was very impressed with Hunter-Reay again. He was coming from the back at a a good pace. And where did this Camara kid come from?

Bottom line is that I think there are just some tracks too small for the IRL cars. As much as I like Richmond I just don't think that it is big enough to do justice to the faster open wheelers. I didn't see it but I would bet that the Silver Crown race, ran just before the IRL thing, was the better race of the two.

Danica keeps on being Danica, I see. Her driving apparently ruffled some feathers last night but I didn't see anything wrong with what she did. She was just driving to keep position.

I think that these CART guys are, for the most part, catching on to oval racing quickly and, from what I hear them say, they seem to enjoy it.

Last night's fiasco notwithstanding, I think thongs are looking up for IRL. 60K people in the stands?! 40K+ in the stands the week before?! How often has that happened to either series in the past few years?

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

Last night's fiasco notwithstanding, I think thongs are looking up for IRL. 60K people in the stands?! 40K+ in the stands the week before?! How often has that happened to either series in the past few years?

I hope that was a case of mistyping .. otherwise I have no idea what you're trying to convey....

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by Racer Duck

I hope that was a case of mistyping .. otherwise I have no idea what you're trying to convey....

Spell checker glossed right over that one, eh? IRL's thongs... scarey thought.

[WestCoast]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

And where did this Camara kid come from?

The announcer said that the Camara guy just had a new baby the same day, so I guess he wasn’t himself for the most part of the race.
As soon as he snapped back into it,
he immediately crashed.

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by WestCoast

The announcer said that the Camara guy just had a new baby the same day, so I guess he wasn’t himself for the most part of the race.
As soon as he snapped back into it,
he immediately crashed.

He should keep her preg'ers. Childbirth becomes him.