IndyCar-Milwaukee 225

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Race - Milwaukee 225

Location - Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI

Date - Sunday, June 19th

Time & TV Schedule - Pre-Race Show, Sunday, June 19th-3:30PM Eastern, Green Flag 4:00PM Eastern

Course Type - 1 Mile Oval

Distance - 225 Laps / 225 Miles

Practice Sessions - Friday, June 17th - 4:00-4:45PM -Practice 1A & 4:45PM -6:00PM Eastern - All Cars / Saturday, June 18th 10:45AM -11:45AM & 1:55-2:55PM-

Qualifications - Saturday, June 18th -5:45-6:45PM Eastern

2009 Pole Sitter - #6 Ryan Briscoe -168.394mph

2009 Winner - #9 Scott Dixon
 
2009 Race Facts..

Length of Race - 1 hour, 38 minutes, 43 seconds
Average Speed - 138.784 mph
Margin Of Victory - 2.1257 seconds
Lead Changes - 4 Times Among 4 Drivers
Caution Laps - 22 laps for 2 cautions
Fastest Lap - #9 Scott Dixon -Lap #177 - 164.012 mph
 
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Here is the qualifying order for tomorrow..

1. #27 Mike Conway
2. #38 Graham Rahal
3. #26 Marco Andretti
4. #24 Ana Beatriz
5. #83 Charlie Kimball
6. #7 Danica Patrick
7. #2 Oriol Servia
8. #06 James Hinchcliffe
9. #34 Sebastian Saavedra
10. #18 James Jakes
11. #82 Tony Kanaan
12. #22 Justin Wilson
13. #78 Simona De Silvestro
14. #14 Vitor Meira
15. #4 JR Hildebrand
16. #9 Scott Dixon
17. #67 Ed Carpenter
18. #59 EJ Viso
19. #5 Takuma Sato
20. #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
21. #10 Dario Franchitti
22. #12 Will Power
23. #6 Ryan Briscoe
24. #19 Alex Lloyd
25. #3 Helio Castroneves
26. #77 Alex Tagliani
 
Staying with the race, just as your headed to commercial, when a wreck happens. What a concept.

TNT should watch ESPN and take notes.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Staying with the race, just as your headed to commercial, when a wreck happens. What a concept.

TNT should watch ESPN and take notes.
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Agreed. However, Scott Goodyear could go bye-bye. Something about him just grates on me the wrong way. Donno why.
 
Oh?! Not exactly any love lost between Helio and Dario...Didn't notice what he was talking about with Helio. Anyone else see what he is talking about?
 
Dionysius said:
Oh?! Not exactly any love lost between Helio and Dario...Didn't notice what he was talking about with Helio. Anyone else see what he is talking about?
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I didn't see it, but Dario is turning into a big whiner anymore.
 
VaDirt said:
I didn't see it, but Dario is turning into a big whiner anymore.
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Yeah, I don't recall Dario complaining much in the past (although I don't pay much attention to that sort of stuff) so I find it a bit surprising. I'm just curious as to the legitimacy of the whining.

Maybe being married to a Judd for about 10 years is beginning to take it's toll on his patience.
 
Dionysius said:
Oh?! Not exactly any love lost between Helio and Dario...Didn't notice what he was talking about with Helio. Anyone else see what he is talking about?
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I didn't notice anything, but it seems there is some difference of opinion between fans and the drivers/officials as to what constitutes blocking. I disagreed when they penalized Helio at Edmonton, and I didn't see any of what Dario was talking about today.

Nontheless, another pretty good race checked off by the Indy cars.
 
I think a bigger question is why wasnt Dario penilized? Earlier in the race Sato struck his crew member and equipment and had to serve a pass through penalty. Later Franchitti hits Powers tire and the announcers scream on air that, that is supposed to be a penalty. Yet I didnt hear any word on why there wasnt.
 
How can this race exist much longer with about 15k in he stands?
 
wilson89 said:
I think a bigger question is why wasnt Dario penilized? Earlier in the race Sato struck his crew member and equipment and had to serve a pass through penalty. Later Franchitti hits Powers tire and the announcers scream on air that, that is supposed to be a penalty. Yet I didnt hear any word on why there wasnt.
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I was wondering the same thing.
 
Mopardh9 said:
How can this race exist much longer with about 15k in he stands?
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From SPEED.com:

INDYCAR: Milwaukee Return In Doubt

The return of Indy cars to the Milwaukee Mile was an aesthetic success on the track but a financial flop at the box office.

Sunday’s 225-lapper had everything we have come to expect on that flat, tricky, one-mile oval: Good hard racing, plenty of passing, a few crashes and the handling of cars going off like Jack Nicholson in a Few Good Men.

Unfortunately, there were too few people in attendance to appreciate the drives of Dario Franchitti, Graham Rahal, Oriol Servia, Will Power, James Hinchcliffe, Helio Castroneves and Tony Kanaan as only an estimated 13,000 turned out on Father’s Day.

“It was a great race, exactly what everyone told me it would be,” said INDYCAR CEO Randy Bernard after watching his first race at the nation’s oldest track. “Obviously, the crowd was pretty disappointing and I don’t want to give up on it yet but I’m also not willing to say we’re going to bring it back.

“We made some mistakes and learned some lessons and now we need to do some evaluating.”
 
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