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[DanicaFan]

Race 10 of 17

Race - Honda Indy Toronto

Location - Streets of Toronto - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date - Sunday, July 18th

Time & TV Schedule - 12:30PM Eastern -Green Flag -1:00PM Eastern -ABC

Course Type - 1.755 (2.82km) Mile Street Course

Distance - 85 Laps / 149.175 Miles

Practice Sessions - Friday, July 16th - 9:55-10:55AM Eastern & 1:50 -2:50PM Eastern , Saturday, July 17th - 9:10AM-10:10AM, Warm-Up Session, Sunday, July 18th - 8:35 - 9:05AM Eastern

Qualifications - Saturday, July 17th - 12:50 - 2:20PM Eastern

2009 Pole Sitter - Dario Franchitti -Lap Time - 1:01.0249 / Speed - 103.532mph

2009 Winner - Dario Franchitti

**Note - All Times listed in Eastern Time

[DanicaFan]

Here is a map of the track layout..

[Rob G]

One of my favorite street courses. Judging by the layout, it probably shouldn't produce great racing, but it really does.

[B Squared]

Michael Andretti "owned" this place as a driver. From 1989-2001, Michael won 7 of the 13 races. The years were 1989, 91, 92, 94, 95, 2000 & 01.

[Villes Gilleneuve]

It's gonna be HOT this weekend. Humidex in the 40s.

[Bloggsworth]

It's gonna be HOT this weekend. Humidex in the 40s.

It's not the heat, its the humidity which makes Toronto almost unbearable in July - I was there in '95 staying with my brother, we went to qualifying, but race-day was so hot and humid we sat in the pool and watched it on the box - The next weekend we were in Calgary freezing our balls off watching the seemingly interminable Stampede, which is as oxymoronic description as it gets, moving as it does somewhat slower than a flatulent snail....

Edited by Bloggsworth, 07 July 2010 - 19:39.

[Louis Mr. F1]

It's gonna be HOT this weekend. Humidex in the 40s.

the race is on NEXT weekend.

[DanicaFan]

Tomas Scheckter will be driving for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in this Toronto race. He will be in the #24 MonaVie car.

[DanicaFan]

Here is the entry list for the race...

Car # & Driver / Car Name / Team

#2 Raphael Matos / HP Luczo Dragon / DeFerran Dragon Racing
#3 Helio Castroneves / Team Penske / Team Penske
#4 Dan Wheldon / National Guard Panther Racing / Panther Racing
#5 Takuma Sato / Lotus-KV Racing Technology / KV Racing Technology
#6 Ryan Briscoe / Team Penske / Team Penske
#7 Danica Patrick / Team GoDaddy.com / Andretti Autosport
#8 EJ Viso / PDVSA-Jet Aviation-KVRT / KV Racing Technology
#9 Scott Dixon / Target Chip Ganassi Racing / Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#10 Dario Franchitti / Air Wick / Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#11 Tony Kanaan / Team 7-Eleven-Nestle Pure Life / Andretti Autosport
#12 Will Power / Verizon Team Penske / Verizon Team Penske
#14 Vitor Meira / ABC Supply Co. AJ Foyt Racing / AJ Foyt Enterprises
#15 Paul Tracy / Make A Wish -KVRT / KV Racing Technology
#18 Milka Duno / CITGO / Dale Coyne Racing
#19 Alex Lloyd / Boy Scouts of America / Dale Coyne Racing
#22 Justin Wilson / Team Z-Line Designs-DRR / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#24 Tomas Scheckter / MonaVie-DRR / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#26 Marco Andretti / Team Venom Energy / Andretti Autosport
#32 Mario Moraes / KV Racing Technology / KV Racing Technology
#34 Mario Romancini / Conquest Racing / Conquest Racing
#36 Bertrand Baguette / Conquest Racing-RACB / Conquest Racing
#37 Ryan Hunter-Reay / Team IZOD / Andretti Autosport
#77 Alex Tagliani / Bower & Wilkins-Hot Wheels / FAZZT Race Team
#78 Simona De Silvestro / Team Stargate Worlds-HVM / HVM Racing
#02 Graham Rahal / NHR- Quick Trim / Newman Haas Racing
#06 Hideki Mutoh / Formula Dream-Panasonic / Newman Haas Racing

[MaxScelerate]

Go Fazzt, Tag.

(btw, is there more non-american driver now than there were before 'the split'..?)

[DanicaFan]

Go Fazzt, Tag.

(btw, is there more non-american driver now than there were before 'the split'..?)

Not exactly sure, something I may have to go back and look at.

[DanicaFan]

Here are the pit assignments..

[DanicaFan]

Here are the results of practice session 1..

[metz]

Go Tracy....
Paul is filling the stands here.
I had him sign my old Williams Villeneuve hat yesterday.
He smiled when he said; "This hurts me!"

[nikolai]

Sato to commit harakiri after finishing behind Danica.

[DanicaFan]

Here are the groups for qualifications tomorrow..

Group 1

#3 Helio Castroneves
#4 Dan Wheldon
#7 Danica Patrick
#8 EJ Viso
#10 Dario Franchitti
#11 Tony Kanaan
#12 Will Power
#18 Milka Duno
#19 Alex Lloyd
#22 Justin Wilson
#24 Tomas Scheckter
#34 Mario Romancini
#78 Simona De Silvestro

Group 2

#2 Raphael Matos
#5 Takuma Sato
#6 Ryan Briscoe
#9 Scott Dixon
#14 Vitor Meira
#15 Paul Tracy
#26 Marco Andretti
#32 Mario Moraes
#37 Ryan Hunter-Reay
#36 Bertrand Baguette
#77 Alex Tagliani
#02 Graham Rahal
#06 Hideki Mutoh

[DanicaFan]

Here are the results of practice session 2..

[Rob]

How can someone be eight seconds off, on a 62 second lap?! That's 113% of the pole time!

How is it that the IRL can refuse to renew Marty Roth's license, yet lets Milka Duno keep racing? Ridiculous.

[domhnall]

Yeah, it's crazy alright. The most annoying thing is she never shows signs of improvement. When has anyone ever said to themselves, 'Milka did better than I thought she would today'??

[Sakae]

After several years of detour from Indy/CART ventures, I am going again to see their race. I had no time to go today (ticket is three days pass), nor I can do it tommorrow, but since I live now a few minutes from downtown area, Sunday is a noise-day. I am afraid before those (promoter) guys will finish with me, I shall be down about $300 - 350 for net 6 hrs at the race track. Could be worse, though.

Edited by Sakae, 16 July 2010 - 23:01.

[stevvy1986]

Why is she still allowed to race? She's constantly miles off the pace, race after race, is a mobile chicane, and quite frankly I'm amazed she doesn't cause more accidents. If she was remotely close to the pace, fair enough, but she seems to constantly be miles off the pace of the next car in front of her, let alone of the leader. Wouldn't be surprised if (assuming there's no yellows in the 1st 10 laps or nobody has to pit to repair damage) by lap 10 (if not sooner) she'll be a lap down, and upwards of 30 seconds behind the car in front of her. If she gets to the end, she'll probably end up at least 5 laps down.

Edited by stevvy1986, 17 July 2010 - 00:44.

[Lukin]

That's 12mph average. There is no way she is down that on straight line, so she must be absolutely hopeless in the middle of the corner. That's huge. We fret about being 1s off the pace!!

[V8 Fireworks]

Here is a map of the track layout..

Bernie should certainly look at adpoting the US style paddock, instead of inaccessible pit lane garages

If Joe Bloggs in the British GP support race for GT cars, is in a tent in a paddock with his 911 mingling with the fans, should Hamilton and his McLaren MP4 not also be mingling with the fans in a tent in the paddock?

[IFRLIceman]

The reason she's currently allowed to race is because she's never run a full season so she didn't need to take the rookie test like Marty Roth did. This is her first full season, so after it she will be forced to take the rookie test and if she fails, she won't be allowed to race.

[stevewf1]

Looking at the track map, have they put in a minor chicane in the middle of the back stretch there?

[Rob G]

Looking at the track map, have they put in a minor chicane in the middle of the back stretch there?

No, it's always had a slight wiggle there, but the track is wide enough that the drivers can sweep through it without any trouble.

Edited by Rob G, 17 July 2010 - 03:07.

[teejay]

Michael Andretti "owned" this place as a driver. From 1989-2001, Michael won 7 of the 13 races. The years were 1989, 91, 92, 94, 95, 2000 & 01.

Sure did - he was brilliant here.

Still remember watching this at like 2am delayed here in Australia and seeing the Krosnoff accident. Still saddens me.

[Sardukar]

If you watch Milka Duno drive you see that she always has a 1m gap between her car and the walls. I dont know if shes trying not to wreck or she just plain sucks. I think its the latter though.

[Muppetmad]

I think it's both. She doesn't want to get close and wreck the car because she knows she sucks so much that she can't get that close without hitting the wall.

Impressive practice two from Danica - beating both TK and Marco to take 11th. Considering everyone says she can't drive to save her life on street courses, that's pretty damn good.

Edited by Muppetmad, 17 July 2010 - 09:18.

[DanicaFan]

Here are the results of practice session 3...

[Flat Black 84]

The reason she's currently allowed to race is because she's never run a full season so she didn't need to take the rookie test like Marty Roth did. This is her first full season, so after it she will be forced to take the rookie test and if she fails, she won't be allowed to race.

Let us hope they don't dumb down the rookie test. If Duno can qualify, then I could qualify, and I've never raced anything other than a go kart.

[stevvy1986]

Yet again 8 seconds off the pace, and over 5 seconds off the pace of the next slowest car. Honestly, I know people say she's allowed to race because she's never done a full season so doesn't have to take the rookie test, but come on, she just takes the piss big time every single race with her horrific lack of pace. Sod the 'not done a full season so not taken the rookie test' excuse, she should've had her licence taken away a good few years ago, or whenever it was she started showing just how slow she is. Even if you put her in the fastest car in the field, with a perfect setup, low fuel, new red tyres, she'd probably still manage to be 5 seconds off the pace. She's a total embarassment to motorsport, women drivers, and the IRL as far as I'm concerned. There's absolutely NO reason for her to be allowed to race........well, anywhere, let alone in the IRL.

[wewantourdarbyback]

She's not taking part in qualifying.

[Bloggsworth]

Anyone know what's going on, the live timing screen is blank....

[DanicaFan]

Danica moves on..

The 6 moving on are..

Will Power
Dario Franchitti
Justin Wilson
Helio Castroneves
Danica Patrick
Tony Kanaan

[Muppetmad]

Well, let's hope she shows the same consideration during the race.

Is it just me, or is it impossible to follow the coverage on indycar.com at the moment? The engine sounds covers the sound of the commentators and live timing is down so I don't know what's going on...

Impressed with Danica, beat Tony there despite Tony being significantly better according to most people.

Edited by Muppetmad, 17 July 2010 - 17:09.

[DanicaFan]

Vitor Meira and Paul Tracy have caused a yellow this session.

[wewantourdarbyback]

Anyone know what's going on, the live timing screen is blank....

Glad it's not just me, the stream is working fine but the leaderboard is blank.

[wewantourdarbyback]

Impressed with Danica, beat Tony there despite Tony being significantly better according to most people.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves, one faster time does not a better driver make.

[DanicaFan]

I'll be honest, Im even suprised how good Danica is doing at this course.

[Bloggsworth]

Let's not get ahead of ourselves, one faster time does not a better driver make.

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[Muppetmad]

Let's not get ahead of ourselves, one faster time does not a better driver make.

That's not the point I'm trying to make ;)

Lots of people seem to think that Danica is completely hopeless on road/street courses and might as well not bother, whilst thinking that TK is amazingly awesome. This proves that at least sometimes Danica can be ok. TK is undoubtedly superior on these sort of courses.

Edited by Muppetmad, 17 July 2010 - 17:24.

[Bloggsworth]

That's not the point I'm trying to make ;)

Lots of people seem to think that Danica is completely hopeless on road/street courses and might as well not bother, whilst thinking that TK is amazingly awesome. This proves that at least sometimes Danica can be ok.

Don't waste your breath - in the unlikely event that she ever won the championship, it would be nothing to do with her driving, but purely down to the shampoo she uses...

[DanicaFan]

The next 6 moving on are...

1. Scott Dixon
2. Ryan Hunter-Reay
3. Ryan Briscoe
4. Marco Andretti
5. Alex Tagliani
6. Raphael Matos

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[Bloggsworth]

Well I've got a picture and commentators - the stands look quite full.

[Bloggsworth]

Commentary inaudible now that the cars are on the circuit.

[wewantourdarbyback]

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Don't waste your breath - in the unlikely event that she ever won the championship, it would be nothing to do with her driving, but purely down to the shampoo she uses...

Funny that, you seem to think I was saying that she's sh*t when I was merely point out that all she'd done was be faster once.

Touchy much?

[xflow7]

Commentary inaudible now that the cars are on the circuit.

You can link to Indycar Radio from the website which is the commentary only. It and the cars in the video mix are loud enough to mostly obscure the too-quiet commentary in the video mix.

Edited by xflow7, 17 July 2010 - 17:38.

[Bloggsworth]

The pictures I have are the second batch, I would have thought they had finished by now - I'm confused.

[xflow7]

The pictures I have are the second batch, I would have thought they had finished by now - I'm confused.

They're in the fast 12 right now. Maybe refresh the vid?