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Race 2 of 16

Race - Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama

Location - Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, AL

Date - Sunday, April 1st

Time & TV Schedule - Pre-Race Show - 2:00PM , Green Flag -2:45PM - NBC Sports Network

Course Type - 2.38 Mile Road Course

Distance - 90 Laps / 214.2 Miles

Practice Sessions -

Friday, March 30th -1:30-2:00pm Group A & 2:00-2:30pm Group B / 4:30-5:30pm Eastern
Saturday, March 31st - 9:00AM-9:20AM Eastern
Sunday, April 1st - 9:40 -10:10am Eastern- Warm-UP

Qualifications - Saturday, March 31st - 10:40am-11:55am Eastern

2011 Pole Sitter -#12 Will Power - 1:11.4546 / 115.878 MPH

2011 Winner - #12 Will Power

**Note - All times listed in Eastern Time, Alabama is 1 hour behind (CDT) Time.
 
Practice Groups for Friday, March 30th. All drivers outside of the Top 10 in points and rookies are in the first session and get the extra half hour.

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Practice session 2 was shortened and rain hampered so not all drivers went out. Below are the results...

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Here is the starting line-up..

1. #3 Helio Castroneves
2. #27 James Hinchcliffe
3. #9 Scott Dixon
4. #14 Mike Conway
5. #4 JR Hildebrand
6. #11 Tony Kanaan
7. #5 EJ Viso
8. #38 Graham Rahal
9. #12 Will Power
10. #77 Simon Pagenaud
11. #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
12. #2 Ryan Briscoe
13. #26 Marco Andretti
14. #8 Rubens Barrichello
15. #67 Josef Newgarden
16. #15 Takuma Sato
17. #7 Sebastien Bourdais
18. #10 Dario Franchitti
19. #18 Justin Wilson
20. #19 James Jakes
21. #78 Simona De Silvestro
22. #83 Charlie Kimball
23. #98 Alex Tagliani
24. #20 Ed Carpenter
25. #6 Katherine Legge
26. #22 Oriol Servia​
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
This is a great race.
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You aren't kidding. This one's got it all right now.

I love how they're able to lean on each other just a bit with these cars, and we're seeing the crossover move a lot. That's something that doesn't even happen in NASCAR anymore.
 
Dixon's crew may have got him the lead, but he's gapped Helio more than Helio was ever able to gap Hinchcliffe before they stopped.
 
blue92 said:
Great race and great track.
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I'm liking Barber as well. They said before the first one that they wouldn't be able to pass, and the races wouldn't be very good. Well that's three pretty darn good races now, with today being the best yet. Terrific stuff.

How about Bourdais making noise at the end in that under powered Lotus? That's really great to see. Good for him.
 
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It's not often you see open wheel cars looking like this at the end of a good day.
 
This race was better than St. Pete. I was suprised at the amount of passing that went on. Marco was aggressive in this race, I loved it!

Here are the final results..

1. #12 Will Power
2. #9 Scott Dixon
3. #3 Helio Castroneves
4. #38 Graham Rahal
5. #77 Simon Pagenaud
6. #27 James Hinchcliffe
7. #14 Mike Conway
8. #8 Rubens Barrichello
9. #7 Sebastien Bourdais
10. #10 Dario Franchitti
11. #26 Marco Andretti
12. #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
13. #22 Oriol Servia
14. #2 Ryan Briscoe
15. #4 JR Hildebrand
16. #19 James Jakes
17. #67 Josef Newgarden
18. #5 EJ Viso
19. #18 Justin Wilson
20. #78 Simona De Silvestro
21. #11 Tony Kanaan
22. #20 Ed Carpenter
23. #6 Katherine Legge
24. #15 Takuma Sato
25. #83 Charlie Kimball
26. #98 Alex Tagliani
 
If being agressive only got you 11th how good was it.
 
kkfan91 said:
If being agressive only got you 11th how good was it.
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I think he was one of the guys that had some trouble in the pits that put him back a bit. He was as high as about 6th at one point, which is a good day given his usual performance on road courses. He was certainly on it all day.
 
Yeah, there were a lot of rear tire change problems in that race.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
The picture on NBC Sports Network is god awful.

Can we combine ESPN's picture quality with the rest of NBC's coverage?
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My picture looked crystal clear.

I just finished watching the race on the dvr. Very entertaining race but I think Will Power is a whiner and would have preferred almost anyone to win over him.
 
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