Road America Race Thread

[PeopleAreStrange]

The race is about to go green.

 

[PeopleAreStrange]

That's one steep elevation change on the front stretch...

 

[#17D500winner]

That's one steep elevation change on the front stretch...

Suppose

I like it!

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Fly-over was privately-owned Yak-52s, a Soviet-designed aircraft.

 

[TexasRaceLady]

Broken distributor? Damn.

 

[SuperTex14]

Patience A.J., it'll come to you...

 

[PeopleAreStrange]

With things being so different, it's a little hard to talk about this race.

 

[StandOnIt]

pretty clean race so far.

 

[PeopleAreStrange]

We've reached half way.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

'Dinger!

 

[StandOnIt]

going to get interesting when that roush ringer gets closer to the front.

 

[StandOnIt]

hard to believe that Larson with only go cart experience is running third. Dang he is good.

 

[StandOnIt]

Maybe it is me, but what is swerving Sammy doing?. He was running third, just said to his pit he thought his rear tire was low, so he stays out? gains a whole two spots with slick tires and low on fuel.

 

[PeopleAreStrange]

Half a lap short of fuel may not sound like much, but half a lap on this track is just over 2 miles (a full lap is just over 4 miles).

 

[PeopleAreStrange]

Wow, they went 3 wide on that restart and no one wrecked. Pretty impressive!

 

[StandOnIt]

It is going to get interesting with the double file restarts

 

[StandOnIt]

the top six except Regan are hungry dogs. Pastrana is up to 8th which is a surprise to me.

 

[StandOnIt]

Guess I jinxed pastrami..

 

[StandOnIt]

bwaaa way to go dinger

 

[StandOnIt]

Johnson..the new Villinue

 

[mike honcho]

Dinger driving his ass off.

 

[racer8]

Is fuel gonna screw up the finish of this one too?

 

[Captain Coyfish]

Go Dinger! I hope he wins. If he wrecks which would suck I would settle for any road ringer.

I hope Penske realized his mistake of previously putting Villinueve in Dinger's spot.

 

[StandOnIt]

wish Penske would put somebody in hornish's spot. That guy can screw up a wet dream

 

[Captain Coyfish]

wish Penske would put somebody in hornish's spot. That guy can screw up a wet dream

It was incredibly boneheaded of him for him to not pit but he's still a damn good driver. Anyways with Dinger likely Indy-bound who would they put in his spot? Villanueve?

 

[StandOnIt]

Gibbs ringer 54 has fresher tires and plenty of fuel. I think Roush's ringer hurt his car

 

[PeopleAreStrange]

Go Dinger! I hope he wins. If he wrecks which would suck I would settle for any road ringer.

I hope Penske realized his mistake of previously putting Villinueve in Dinger's spot.

Since Villeneuve has been replaced, I imagine Penske realized his mistake and corrected it.

 

[StandOnIt]

A.J. was under suspension, lost his spot.

 

[PeopleAreStrange]

3 looooong laps to go + a few likely GWC's. This race ain't close to being over.

 

[Spike]

I was hoping Vickers would pull this out.

 

[StandOnIt]

Smith got screwed by the Gibbs ringer.

 

[Captain Coyfish]

Nooooooooooooooooo
Regan can afford the mistake because he is the point leader and while it stings I really feel bad for
Billy Johnson. Ran great at Montreal last year but then had to pit. This kid has got some talent.

 

[Jeffrey00]

wish Penske would put somebody in hornish's spot. That guy can screw up a wet dream

His "bone head" move looks to be paying off so far since fuel is not an issue for him.

 

[StandOnIt]

Johnson is a bum, you just tune in or something? Hit everything but the pace car.

 

[PeopleAreStrange]

A.J. was under suspension, lost his spot.

No, what I meant was having Villeneuve in the car was a mistake, and replacing Villeneuve was correcting the mistake.

 

[StandOnIt]

Villeneuve won a race. he beat up everybody to do so though

 

[Jeffrey00]

Go Dinger! I hope he wins. If he wrecks which would suck I would settle for any road ringer.

I hope Penske realized his mistake of previously putting Villinueve in Dinger's spot.

What are you talking about? Villinueve has been racing the 22 for a few years. Long before AJ started racing for Penske. AJ was only with Penske for half a season before he got suspended. He was with Petty up through 2011.

 

[Jeffrey00]

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[StandOnIt]

no it is going to get really crazy

 

[PeopleAreStrange]

Another GWC. This is about to get real ugly.