Las Vegas Race Weekend Thread (RACE RESULTS INCLUDED) - Page 2

marcus · 25 Sep 2005, 04:10 (Ref:1415751)

you should have pictures now mabs, running smooth for me

mabs_nsx · 25 Sep 2005, 04:21 (Ref:1415752)

Race Director isn't the problem. It is my crap computer and my slow internet.
I have got broadband but it is only fast for 5 days then for 3 weeks it is snail pace.

I just hope I remember to stay out of any Champcars forum untill Tuesday so I don't know the results before I see the race.

I better leave the champcars forum. I will be back Tuesday.

Steevp · 25 Sep 2005, 04:23 (Ref:1415753)

At this rate Mabs you'll be seeing it live, delayed almost an hour how, last time I get up at 4am for a Champcar race...

Hazza · 25 Sep 2005, 04:24 (Ref:1415754)

I wonder whether my connection can hack live MotoGP Commentary and live Race Director thingy...

marcus · 25 Sep 2005, 04:25 (Ref:1415755)

Im taping the bikes Hazza and going to watch them after the Champcars

Hazza · 25 Sep 2005, 04:49 (Ref:1415757)

You're missing some great stuff on the 125s Marcus.

Should I tune in now or wait till monday night?

marcus · 25 Sep 2005, 04:53 (Ref:1415759)

RACE RESULTS

1. Sebastien Bourdais

15th Career Victory

2.Oriol Servia

3. Jimmy Vasser

4. Mario Dominguez

5. Rodolfo Lavin

6. Bjorn Wirdheim

7. Alex Tagliani

8. Timo Glock

9. Marcus Marshall

10.Ryan Hunter Reay

11. Justin Wilson

12.Cristiano da Matta

13.AJ Allmendinger

14.Andrew Ranger

15. Ricardo Sperafico

DNF'S

Ronnie Bremer Pit incident

Paul Tracy Accident

Nelson Phillipe Contact

FASTEST LAP

Sebastien Bourdais set the fastest lap of the race on lap 166 with a time of 26.336

MOVER OF THE RACE

Timo Glock was the mover of the race this week , he qualified 15th and finished in 8th moving up 7 places

FALL FROM GRACE

Cristiano Da Matta was the Fall from grace winner this week after qualifying 4th he fell 8 spots to finish in 12th

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

1 Sebastien Bourdais 310
2 Oriol Servia 243
3 Paul Tracy 216
4 Justin Wilson 214
5 Mario Dominguez 186
6 A.J. Allmendinger 173
7 Jimmy Vasser 173
8 Alex Tagliani 169
9 Timo Glock (R) 162
10 Cristiano da Matta 130
11 Ronnie Bremer (R) 122
12 Andrew Ranger (R) 115
13 Bjorn Wirdheim (R) 115
14 Ryan Hunter-Reay 110
15 Marcus Marshall (R) 94
16 Nelson Philippe 93
17 Ricardo Sperafico (R) 75
18 Bruno Junqueira 59
19 Rodolfo Lavin 57
20 Alex Sperafico 24
21 Ryan Dalziel (R) 13
22 Tarso Marques 10
23 Michael Valiante (R) 10
24 Fabrizio Del Monte (R) 5
25 Jorge Goeters (R) 3

NATIONS CUP

1 France 297
2 Canada 274
3 Catalonia 238
4 USA 220
5 England 207
6 Brazil 191
7 Mexico 184
8 Germany 158
9 Denmark 116
10 Sweden 113
11 Australia 94
12 Scotland 13
13 Italy 5

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

1 Timo Glock (R) 162
2 Ronnie Bremer (R) 122
3 Bjorn Wirdheim (R) 115
4 Andrew Ranger (R) 115
5 Marcus Marshall (R) 94
6 Ricardo Sperafico (R) 75
7 Ryan Dalziel (R) 13
8 Michael Valiante (R) 10
9 Fabrizio Del Monte (R) 5
10 Jorge Goeters (R) 3

NEXT EVENT

South Korea October 16

PREVIOUS ROUNDS

RND 1 LONG BEACH
RND 2 MONTERREY
RND 3 MILWAUKEE
RND 4 PORTLAND
RND 5 CLEVELAND
RND 6 TORONTO
RND 7 EDMONTON
RND 8 SAN JOSE
RND 9 DENVER
RND 10 MONTREAL

Hazza · 25 Sep 2005, 05:18 (Ref:1415764)

I'll have a little look see now then.

marcus · 25 Sep 2005, 05:34 (Ref:1415766)

Uh ohhh , thats gonna cause a few problems.

Bourdais and Tracy have had a coming together and Tracy has Crashed hard (but is ok)

more controvesy for these 2 , Im sure they are gonna get a talking to after this

marcus · 25 Sep 2005, 05:40 (Ref:1415767)

apparently nelson Phillipe has crashed in pit lane , but TV hasnt picked up on it yet ?

Hazza · 25 Sep 2005, 05:54 (Ref:1415770)

Annother N-H 1-2 could be in the bag...

Hazza · 25 Sep 2005, 05:58 (Ref:1415772)

And so it is.

Brilliant drive Seabass!

(You can still check the 250s now marcus, very interesting situation.)

marcus · 25 Sep 2005, 06:05 (Ref:1415773)

LOL Im about to watch the 125's hazza , handy having 2 VCR's

rustyfan · 25 Sep 2005, 09:04 (Ref:1415810)

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Originally Posted by rustyfan

Awesome job by BW. Now the question is, what will mess up his race this time? More silly team screw-ups? Another track worker brainfade? Stay tuned folks

Notch another one up for the team - on the third stop they apparently forgot to adjust Bjorn's rear wing and he had to stop again just as he was about to pull out so they could do it.

Oh well, sixth ain't too shabby all things considered and the way this season has been so far.

enemy-ace · 25 Sep 2005, 13:43 (Ref:1415946)

A lot of drama in this race. While I think Bourdais is innocent in relation to his latest altercation with PT, I do think the race officials need to put both these guys on notice.
They need to keep their noses clean when it comes to each other. You can see why it happens though, Bourdais is just as aggressive as PT is.
Forsythe was really quite ****ed off though. You hardly ever see the guy normally and all of a sudden there he is yelling at Haas. I had to do a double take.
And Gerry what the heck is it with that shirt? Somebody lied to you! Yikes!!!
I agree with both Vasser and Servia, who in post race interviews both stated that Champ Car need to use a different wing package on the Vegas oval. The downforce is just to high, the racing needs to include more driver input.
Good job by all the drivers though. A relatively yellow free race (1) is pretty good considering the amount of rookies with no oval experience in the field.

Hazard · 25 Sep 2005, 16:02 (Ref:1416017)

Yep, and our part time front runners of the year were quite off (Allmendinger, Ranger, Wilson etc.) just shows that if Champcar still was a mixed bag, Bourdais, Servia, Tracy etc. would be even further ahead with the lack of oval skills.

Wirdheim impressive though for his 2nd oval race. As had been said, HVM are pretty good at these ovals.

BootsOntheSide · 25 Sep 2005, 16:22 (Ref:1416033)

Avril again impresses on the oval - maybe he'd do a good job in the IRL. A shame da Matta has had another underwhelming race.

macdaddy · 25 Sep 2005, 16:34 (Ref:1416044)

Avril?

The race is under protest, I personally doubt it but Bourdais may be stripped of the win. In a way I hope he is, because it just effectively named him Champion of 2005. (Assuming that Ansan is about to be cancelled).

What an exciting race it was! How can anybody not enjoy the occasional oval? That was great! Sad to see Bremer run into his pitcrew on the first stop, he was running very well until then.

One must wonder if that wasn't Vasser's final oval run. He refuses to confirm his retirement, but it seems likely.

Great runs from several drivers. Although I think I saw Glock running under the white line on at least two occasions, he got away with it without penalty.

What really surprised me was the lack of a yellow when Sebastien lost his shock-cover. It appeared to fly up toward the wall and stay on the track. I guess not!

Yeah... In my opinion, that was the most exciting race of the year.

Jordi · 25 Sep 2005, 22:39 (Ref:1416371)

I don't think he'll be stripped of the win but if he was the big winner would be Servi�*, not Tracy...

It was exciting but it wasn't in a way... it's difficult to pass if the guy in front holds the low line and makes no mistakes...

mac · 26 Sep 2005, 01:08 (Ref:1416442)

Well done to Marcus Marshall!

Fantastic result in only his second race on an oval.

Omega99 · 26 Sep 2005, 05:14 (Ref:1416500)

I agree with macdaddy. Thrilling stuff. Beginning to end. Lot's of action, and fun to watch them try to go three wide.

On the other hand, I also agree with Vasser and Servia about a different wing package. But if they don't change it, I can't say I would complain. It's hard to argue with such an exciting event.

Snrub · 26 Sep 2005, 13:29 (Ref:1416895)

I setup my VCR incorrectly and of course TSN didn't rebroadcast the race, nor would Molstar cut me some slack and let me watch it on Speed.

mabs_nsx · 27 Sep 2005, 06:32 (Ref:1417578)

Hurricane Relief 400 Race Results
1st S. Bourdais
2nd O. Servia 0.312
3rd J. Vasser 3.604
4th M. Dominguez 7.169
5th R. Lavin 7.538
6th B. Wirdheim 7.555
7th A. Tagliani 8.161
8th T. Glock 1 Lap
9th M. Marshall 1 Lap
10th R. Hunter-Reay 1 Lap
11th J. Wilson 2 Laps
12th C. da Matta 2 Laps
13th A. Allmendinger 3 Laps
14th A. Ranger 4 Laps
15th R. Sperafico 5 Laps
16 N. Philippe (DNF)
17 P. Tracy (DNF)
18 R. Bremer (DNF)

That race was so boring!

After seing how close everyone was in practice and qualifying I was expecting a very close race (1st-18th) Why dose the CCWS even have oval races if the races are never close. Servia was the only driver that was close to Bourdais. Why is there closer racing on road and streat circuits than there is in ovals? Ovals are the races that are meant to be closest. The oval Indycar races are very close.

Bubble · 27 Sep 2005, 13:27 (Ref:1417898)

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Originally Posted by luke

Also The Champ Car yearbook, orded that in March, now it is nearly October and still it has not arrived, also contacted the website and they have ignored many people, yet they took the money out.

Same here. Standard email response saying thanks for your enquiry we'll get back to you. Annoying thing is that the books are on sale at the merchandise outlets at the races....

rustyfan · 27 Sep 2005, 15:37 (Ref:1418013)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omega99

I agree with macdaddy. Thrilling stuff. Beginning to end. Lot's of action, and fun to watch them try to go three wide.

On the other hand, I also agree with Vasser and Servia about a different wing package. But if they don't change it, I can't say I would complain. It's hard to argue with such an exciting event.

I hope you taped the race for future viewing to remember how good it was, considering it might be replaced by yet another street-circuit for next year if the rumours are correct

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