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Dumas Walker

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Apr 1, 2012, 7:40:33 PM4/1/12

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IZOD IndyCar Series Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala - Results Sunday of the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama IZOD
IndyCar Series event on the 2.3 mile Barber Motorsports Park, with order of
finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps
completed and reason out (if any):

1. (9) Will Power, Dallara-Chevrolet, 90, Running
2. (3) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 90, Running
3. (1) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chevrolet, 90, Running
4. (8) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 90, Running
5. (10) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Honda, 90, Running
6. (2) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Chevrolet, 90, Running
7. (4) Mike Conway, Dallara-Honda, 90, Running
8. (14) Rubens Barrichello, Dallara-Chevrolet, 90, Running
9. (17) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Lotus, 90, Running
10. (18) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 90, Running
11. (13) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Chevrolet, 90, Running
12. (11) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Chevrolet, 90, Running
13. (26) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Lotus, 90, Running
14. (12) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Chevrolet, 90, Running
15. (5) JR Hildebrand, Dallara-Chevrolet, 90, Running
16. (20) James Jakes, Dallara-Honda, 90, Running
17. (15) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Honda, 90, Running
18. (7) EJ Viso, Dallara-Chevrolet, 89, Running
19. (19) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 89, Running
20. (21) Simona de Silvestro, Dallara-Lotus, 89, Running
21. (6) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Chevrolet, 89, Running
22. (23) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevrolet, 88, Running
23. (24) Katherine Legge, Dallara-Lotus, 85, Running
24. (16) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 52, Mechanical
25. (22) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Honda, 45, Mechanical
26. (25) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Lotus, 0, Mechanical

Race Statistics
Winners average speed: 102.081
Time of Race: 02:01:40.1127
Margin of victory: 3.3709 seconds
Cautions: 2 for 10 laps
Lead changes: 9

Lap Leaders:
Castroneves 1 - 24
Hinchcliffe 25
Rahal 26
Dixon 27 - 47
Castroneves 48 -49
Dixon 50 - 65
Castroneves 66 -67
Power 68 - 73
Dixon 74
Power 75 - 90

Point Standings: Castroneves 86, Dixon 84, Power 77, Hinchcliffe 60, Pagenaud
58, Hunter-Reay 53, Rahal 50, Briscoe 46, Conway38, Barrichello 37.

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Kuskokwim

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Apr 2, 2012, 9:33:54 AM4/2/12

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On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 19:40:33 -0400, Dumas Walker wrote:

> IZOD IndyCar Series Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
>

Several hundred spectators here and there. It looked like the turnout for a
club race.

forty

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Apr 2, 2012, 9:40:33 AM4/2/12

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On 4/1/12 7:40 PM, Dumas Walker wrote:
> IZOD IndyCar Series Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
>

So, I DVR'd the race and haven't had a chance to watch it yet. Should I?
Is it worth watching after seeing the results? Or was it a good napping
opportunity?

--
forty

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Noone

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Apr 2, 2012, 10:14:19 AM4/2/12

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"forty" <cforte...@TH1Sgmail.com> wrote in message
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Depends upon the reason(s) you'd care or not care to
watch it and what you'd like to see occur or not occur.

forty

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Apr 2, 2012, 10:16:51 AM4/2/12

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I'm just looking for some good racing and I'm not particularly partial.
Did anyone make a particularly noteworthy drive? Were there good battles
between anyone? Any major cockups worth seeing?

Steve Thompson

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Apr 2, 2012, 11:24:43 AM4/2/12

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On Mon, 2 Apr 2012, forty wrote:

> I'm just looking for some good racing and I'm not particularly partial. Did
> anyone make a particularly noteworthy drive? Were there good battles between
> anyone? Any major cockups worth seeing?

It was one of the better races of late; worth watching.

Steve

Noone

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Apr 2, 2012, 11:36:38 AM4/2/12

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"forty" <cforte...@TH1Sgmail.com> wrote in message

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All I can say is that I had expected it might well have been a
follow the leader, parade type of boring road race without
any passing which it surprisingly, imho, turned out not to be.

a425couple

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Apr 2, 2012, 12:04:51 PM4/2/12

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"Steve Thompson" <s...@vgersoft.com> wrote in message ...

I agree. I did not see it all, but saw some decent passes,
& some pretty fair sportsmanship regards passing.

And if you watch it, you might see (or confirm) something
I thought I saw.
As regards that safety/protective rear bodywork:
I thought I saw someone trailing, push his front wing
on up, pushing/deforming the other car's rear body,
to cut down the leading car's rear tire.

Noone

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Apr 2, 2012, 12:58:51 PM4/2/12

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"a425couple" <a425c...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I saw something similar; it looked to me as though the
trailing driver was possibly frustrated with trying to
get around an evidently slower car but unlike in the past,
because of the body work, it wouldn't seem possible to
cut a tire with a wing anymore.

Dumas Walker

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Apr 2, 2012, 5:10:07 PM4/2/12

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To: forty

> On 4/1/12 7:40 PM, Dumas Walker wrote:
> > IZOD IndyCar Series Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
> >
>
> So, I DVR'd the race and haven't had a chance to watch it yet. Should I? Is
> it worth watching after seeing the results? Or was it a good napping
> opportunity?

There was a lot of dicing and passing further back from the lead that kept it
interesting. It was more interesting, IMHO, than St. Pete, or Barber last
season.

Von Fourche

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Apr 2, 2012, 9:47:56 PM4/2/12

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"forty" <cforte...@TH1Sgmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 4/1/12 7:40 PM, Dumas Walker wrote:
>> IZOD IndyCar Series Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
>>
>
> So, I DVR'd the race and haven't had a chance to watch it yet. Should I?
> Is it worth watching after seeing the results? Or was it a good napping
> opportunity?

You used to be a ChampCar fan and you said you stopped watching when they
merged with IndyCar. Why not come back to
the IndyCar fold? IndyCar is becoming more like ChampCar every day. And
they have even said they want to try standing
starts at least two times this season. IndyCar is finally under some decent
leadership.

Noone

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Apr 3, 2012, 7:33:42 AM4/3/12

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"Von Fourche" <khon...@hotmail32865473.com> wrote in message
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Possibly. That's still yet to be determined. But if it continues
solely with premium cable broadcasts (with few exceptions) ,
it's doomed. At least they're not under the aegis of ChampCar's
"gang that couldn't shoot straight", who were far and away their
own worst enemy.

forty

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Apr 3, 2012, 11:53:45 AM4/3/12

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On 4/2/12 9:47 PM, Von Fourche wrote:
> "forty"<cforte...@TH1Sgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:9ttoii...@mid.individual.net...
>> On 4/1/12 7:40 PM, Dumas Walker wrote:
>>> IZOD IndyCar Series Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
>>>
>>
>> So, I DVR'd the race and haven't had a chance to watch it yet. Should I?
>> Is it worth watching after seeing the results? Or was it a good napping
>> opportunity?
>
>
>
> You used to be a ChampCar fan and you said you stopped watching when they

> merged with IndyCar. <snip>
>
>

WAT

The hell I stopped watching when they merged, and I don't recall saying
I was going to stop. I've been watching fairly regularly ever since
ChampCar tanked.