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The IndyCar Series takes to the Twin Ring Motegi in Japan this weekend. The race can be seen live at midnight on Friday or Saturday Morning, depending on how you look at it on ESPN2. The taped delay will be on Saturday at 3pm Eastern on ESPN.

Last year's winner was Tony Kanaan. Twin Ring is a fast oval, should be an exciting race!!

Here are the entrants for the race...

Car # Driver / Car Name / Team

#2 AJ Foyt / Vision Racing / Vision Racing
#3 Helio Castroneves / Team Penske / Team Penske
#4 Vitor Meira / Delphi National Guard / Panther Racing
#6 Ryan Briscoe / Team Penske / Team Penske
#7 Danica Patrick / Motorola / Andretti Green Racing
#9 Scott Dixon / Target Chip Ganassi Racing / Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#10 Dan Wheldon / Target Chip Ganassi Racing / Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#11 Tony Kanaan / Team 7-Eleven / Andretti Green Racing
#14 Darren Manning / ABC Supply Co. AJ Foyt Racing / AJ Foyt Enterprises
#15 Buddy Rice / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#17 Ryan Hunter-Reay / Rahal Letterman Racing -Ethanol / Rahal Letterman Racing
#20 Ed Carpenter / Menards-Vision Racing / Vision Racing
#23 Townsend Bell / Dreyer & Reinbold William Rast / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#24 Jay Howard / Roth Racing / Roth Racing
#25 Marty Roth / Roth Racing / Roth Racing
#26 Marco Andretti / Alpine / Andretti Green Racing
#27 Hideki Mutoh / Formula Dream / Andretti Green Racing
#77 Roger Yasukawa / Interush-Wellman Racing / CURB-Agajanian-Beck Motorsports
 
Here are the practice groups as well as the qualification order for the race...

Group 1

#9 Scott Dixon
#17 Ryan Hunter-Reay
#14 Darren Manning
#26 Marco Andretti
#25 Marty Roth
#6 Ryan Briscoe
#2 AJ Foyt IV
#24 Jay Howard
#4 Vitor Meira

Group 2

#15 Buddy Rice
#20 Ed Carpenter
#23 Townsend Bell
#3 Helio Castroneves
#27 Hideki Mutoh
#7 Danica Patrick
#77 Roger Yasukawa
#11 Tony Kanaan
#10 Dan Wheldon
 
Here are the results of Practice Session 1

Rank / Car # Driver / Time / Speed / Best Lap

1. #9 Scott Dixon / 00:27.3348 / 200.184 / 27
2. #10 Dan Wheldon / 00:27.3788 / 199.863 / 13
3. #11 Tony Kanaan / 00:27.4065 / 199.661 / 14
4. #26 Marco Andretti / 00:27.4747 / 199.165 / 20
5. #3 Helio Castroneves / 00:27.5639 / 198.521 / 28
6. #7 Danica Patrick / 00:27.5942 / 198.303 / 21
7. #20 Ed Carpenter / 00:27.6134 / 198.165 / 15
8. #27 Hideki Mutoh / 00:27.6651 / 197.794 / 33
9. #2 AJ Foyt IV / 00:27.6853 / 197.650 / 38
10. #14 Darren Manning / 00:27.6982 / 197.558 / 8
11. #15 Buddy Rice / 00:27.7774 / 196.995 / 32
12. #6 Ryan Briscoe / 00:27.8914 / 196.190 / 33
13. #23 Townsend Bell / 00:27.9018 / 196.116 / 28
14. #4 Vitor Meira / 00:27.9780 / 195.582 / 10
15. #17 Ryan Hunter-Reay / 00:28.0791 / 194.878 / 30
16. #24 Jay Howard / 00:28.1630 / 194.297 / 47
17. #25 Marty Roth / 00:28.5538 / 191.638 / 56
18. #77 Roger Yasukawa / 00:28.7137 / 190.571 / 27
 
Well, practice session 2 is over. 1 more practice session and then they qualify.

Here are the Practice Session 2 results..

Rank / Car # Driver / Time / Speed / Best Lap

1. #11 Tony Kanaan / 00:27.2453 / 200.842 / 15
2. #9 Scott Dixon / 00:27.3067 / 200.390 / 54
3. #10 Dan Wheldon / 00:27.3259 / 200.250 / 17
4. #3 Helio Castroneves / 00:27.3556 / 200.032 / 15
5. #20 Ed Carpenter / 00:27.3960 / 199.737 / 19
6. #26 Marco Andretti / 00:27.4046 / 199.675 / 58
7. #6 Ryan Briscoe / 00:27.4638 / 199.244 / 18
8. #7 Danica Patrick / 00:27.5155 / 198.870 / 15
9. #23 Townsend Bell / 00:27.6356 / 198.005 / 29
10. #2 AJ Foyt IV / 00:27.6732 / 197.736 / 12
11. #14 Darren Manning / 00:27.6844 / 197.656 / 16
12. #27 Hideki Mutoh / 00:27.7127 / 197.455 / 9
13. #17 Ryan Hunter-Reay / 00:27.7585 / 197.129 / 40
14. #15 Buddy Rice / 00:27.7822 / 196.961 / 47
15. #4 Vitor Meira / 00:27.8480 / 196.495 / 45
16. #25 Marty Roth / 00:27.9084 / 196.070 / 48
17. #24 Jay Howard / 00:28.3758 / 192.840 / 20
18. #77 Roger Yasukawa / 00:28.8688 / 189.547 / 12
 
Kanaan looks like he's got it dialed in.

Danica's not looking bad. We need to get away from that 'middle of the pack' thing and start getting out front though. Mediocre isn't terrible, but it is still mediocre after all. :)

I'm sure I'll watch the first half from bed live, and then the final Saturday afternoon. :)
 
Well, the practice and qualifications were rained out today so the starting line-up will be set by the current driver's points.

Here is your starting line-up for this race..

1. #3 Helio Castroneves / Team Penske
2. #9 Scott Dixon / Target Chip Ganassi Racing
3. #11 Tony Kanaan / Andretti Green Racing
4. #26 Marco Andretti / Andretti Green Racing
5. #10 Dan Wheldon / Target Chip Ganassi Racing
6. #7 Danica Patrick / Andretti Green Racing
7. #20 Ed Carpenter / Vision Racing
8. #2 AJ Foyt IV / Vision Racing
9. #27 Hideki Mutoh / Andretti Green Racing
10. #17 Ryan Hunter-Reay / Rahal Letterman Racing
11. #15 Buddy Rice / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
12. #14 Darren Manning / ABC Supply-AJ Foyt Racing
13. #4 Vitor Meira / Panther Racing
14. #24 Jay Howard / Roth Racing
15. #6 Ryan Briscoe / Team Penske
16. #23 Townsend Bell / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
17. #25 Marty Roth / Roth Racing
18. #77 Roger Yasukawa / CURB-Agajanian-Beck Motorsports
 
Not good. The race has officially been postponed due to the wet track at turn 4.
The race will be run tomorrow night. Coverage is at 10pm Eastern on ESPN Classic.
 
AndyMarquisLIVE said:
Glad I switched to DirecTV. :D
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I dont have satellite anymore, I got cable with the HD DVR package. I had to because I have my hi-speed internet with my cable provider and if I wanted to keep my dish with all the same features and channels I would get with cable and internet, I would of spent about another $60 more a month.:eek:

I have several ESPN channels.... ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, ESPN News, and it goes on and on.
 
DanicaRules said:
I dont have satellite anymore, I got cable with the HD DVR package. I had to because I have my hi-speed internet with my cable provider and if I wanted to keep my dish with all the same features and channels I would get with cable and internet, I would of spent about another $60 more a month.:eek:

I have several ESPN channels.... ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, ESPN News, and it goes on and on.
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Only cable option we have here is good ole Comcast. :(

We still have Comcast internet because they're the only provider of high-speed in Extreme-Northern Waldorf and Accokeek.

We have about 10x's the HD selection and more than 200 more channels. Comcast didn't even offer ESPN Classic, not to mention ESPNNEWS, ESPNU, and the other networks.

Plus, we don't lose picture everytime it rains anymore. :)

Still have the same problems with internet though since we still have Comcast for that, which is the internet going out twice a week. Just have to suck it up - Verizon won't offer FIOS or DSL around here - we just barely missed being zoned for all those goodies, by like a few hundred feet. :idunno:
 
this race is underway. Unfortunately Marco Andretti has already wrecked, and he is my favorite driver!
 
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DanicaRules said:
danica Wins ! Danica Wins ! Danica Wins!

danica Wins! Danica Wins! Danica Wins !

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:D

Take a deep breath there buddy, and I'll go ahead and drink one for you. :beerbang:

FINALLY!
 
CONGRATULATIONS DANICA!!!!!!!!!!!! WAY TO GO!!!! WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! First woman to win a major open-wheel race!!! Yahooooooooooo!!!! :beerbang::beerbang::beerbang::beerbang::beerbang::beerbang:
 
Congratulations to Danica Patrick and her entire team. Now that she has the monkey off her back I'm sure it won't be her last.:beerbang:
 
Here are your final results...

1. #7 Danica Patrick
2. #3 Helio Castroneves
3. #9 Scott Dixon
4. #10 Dan Wheldon
5. #11 Tony Kanaan
6. #20 Ed Carpenter
7. #17 Ryan Hunter-Reay
8. #14 Darren Manning
9. #6 Ryan Briscoe
10. #23 Townsend Bell
11. #27 Hideki Mutoh
12. #15 Buddy Rice
13. #24 Jay Howard
14. #77 Roger Yasukawa
15. #2 AJ Foyt IV
16. #4 Vitor Meira
17. #25 Marty Roth
18. #26 Marco Andretti
 
She drove a great race, congratulations to her finaly pulling it off. Man I was waiting to see a girl win a major racing event that wasn't run in a straight line for ever in a day and now that day is finaly here...

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what a great picture of Danica, with those tears of joy.

Congratulations Danica!!!.......you've done it
 
:) Congratulations to Danica Patrick and her entire team! That was great driving and a great call on fuel strategy by the crew.
 
DanicaRules said:
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Congratulations on your drivers win. :beerbang:
Congrats to Danica and her team. :beerbang:
 
The front page of MSNBC.com :)
 

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:bounce: Woo-Hoo!!! :bounce: Congrats to Danica!!!! I stayed up to watch the race on Friday night (yes, midnight is late for me on a Friday) only to be mad about the rainout but Saturday night's results proved worth the wait!
 
ummmm....I watched an interview with Helio during the Long Beach Race today. I was only half listening but I think he said he let Danica by because he and the crew didn't know it was a pass for the lead! Anyone else see/hear that? Could that possibly be true?:confused:
 
I heard that as well, but he then added that had he not let her go, he'd have probably run out of gas and did say that she earned it fairly.
 
buckaroo said:
I heard that as well, but he then added that had he not let her go, he'd have probably run out of gas and did say that she earned it fairly.
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good to know, I guess. Graham Rahal had a strange comment about her win too, but I can't quite remember it and don't want to get it wrong...something about it not be exciting or pretty or something like that?
 
Well, Graham will have to face here next week, and she might have a little something to say about how he ended his race today.
 
Guys have ALWAYS had trouble losing to girls...I'm not surprised. I suspect there will more 'comments' to come on her win.

Way to Go Danica!
 
I heard somthing about Castroneves letting her by on Wind Tunnell, I say sour grapes. Danica won fair and square, Congrats Danica, I knew it was going to happenn.
 
Some people on here might have bashed that win since it was because of fuel mileage. ;)
 
MRM said:
Some people on here might have bashed that win since it was because of fuel mileage. ;)
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:eek:

Betcha they won't if Junyer wins a fuel mileage race. It's amazing seeing how all these people are crying like babies over Danica's win.
 
Way to go Danica. Another Wisconsin driver coming on strong!!! Too me as far as fuel mileage races go.....It's all part of racing.
 
Well, after all the hype has died down, the talk has truely begun. Heard some of the guys at work talking about how she had to win in a fuel race. I asked one who was the last guy to win a Cup race and was that the same. One thing no one can say and that is she didn't cross the finish line first. Had Helio won, no one would have been saying that he didn't earn it, and BTW, Helio did say "she earned it" at one point. I hope he hasn't changed his mind.
 
If Helio "let her by" then it was a stupid mistake by spotters and crew. If he lied about it because he didn't like 'losing to a girl' that's even stupider (if that's a word) and I've lost a lot of respect for him.
I wish I had Graham's quote...
 
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