Rnd 1 2005 Homestead 300 results thread

marcus · 6 Mar 2005, 02:17 (Ref:1243958)

STARTING GRID

1. Tomas Schekter 215.115 (6th Career Pole)

45th Career start

2. Vitor Meira 214.317 (2nd time starting 2nd)

30th Career Start

3. Tomas Enge 214.152 (1st time starting 3rd)

3rd Career Start

4. Buddy Rice 214.006 (3rd time starting 4th)

35th Career Start

5. Dario Franchitti 213.899 (2nd time starting 5th)

21st Career Start

6. Scott Sharp 213.463 (10th time starting 6th)

99th Career Start

7. Helio Castroneves 213.313 (2nd time starting 7th)

48th Career start

8. Sam Hornish Jnr 212.887 (6th time starting 8th)

69th Career Start

9. Danica Patrick 212.871 (1st time starting 9th)

DEBUT RACE

10. Roger Yasukawa 212.838 (4th time starting 10th)

19th Career Start

11. Dan Wheldon 212.768 (4th time starting 11th)

33rd Career Start

12. Darren Manning 212.377 (1st time starting 12th)

15th Career start

13. Bryan Herta 212.311 (2nd time starting 13th)

28th Career Start

14. Tony Kanaan 212.255 (2nd time starting 14th)

34th Career Start

15. Kosuke Matsuura 211.880 (1st time starting 15th)

17th Career Start

16. Scott Dixon 211.726 (3rd time starting 16th)

32nd Career Start

17. Alex Barron 210.218 (5th Time starting 17th)

43rd Career Start

18. AJ Foyt IV 208.931 (4th time starting 18th)

33rd Career Start

19. Patrick Carpentier 208.670 (1st time starting 19th)

DEBUT RACE

20. Ed Carpenter 206.657 (2nd time starting 20th)

19th Career Start

21. Paul Dana 205.037 (1st time starting 21st)

RACE DEBUT

22. Ryan Briscoe No time due to crash (1st time starting 22nd)

RACE DEBUT

RACE RESULTS

1.Dan Wheldon
2.Sam Hornish Jnr
3.Tony Kanaan
4.Vitor Meira
5.Helio Castroneves
6.Darren Manning
7.Patrick Carpentier
8.Alex Barron
9.AJ Foyt IV
10. Paul Dana

DNF

Tomas Scheckter
Kosuke Matsuura
Scott Sharp
Bryan Herta
Danica Patrick
Scott Dixon
Roger Yasukawa
Dario Franchitti
Buddy Rice
Tomas Enge
Ed Carpenter
Ryan Briscoe

CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS

1 Dan Wheldon 53
2 Sam Hornish Jr. 40
3 Tony Kanaan 35
4 Vitor Meira 32
5 Helio Castroneves 30
6 Darren Manning 28
7 Patrick Carpentier 26
8 Alex Barron 24
9 A.J. Foyt IV 22
10 Paul Dana 20
11 Tomas Scheckter 19
12 Kosuke Matsuura 18
13 Scott Sharp 17
14 Bryan Herta 16
15 Danica Patrick 15
16 Scott Dixon 14
17 Roger Yasukawa 13
18 Dario Franchitti 12
18 Buddy Rice 12
19 Tomas Enge 12
20 Ed Carpenter 12

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR POINTS
1 Paul Dana
2 Kosuke Matsuura
3 Ed Carpenter 12
3 Tomas Enge 12

I have no idea why Matsuura is listed as a rookie ?

Kicking-back · 6 Mar 2005, 21:27 (Ref:1244969)

A scrappy race, I thought - you could tell it was the first day back at school!

Well done to Wheldon - a well taken win.

Signs of encouragement for Toyota (with Penske) and Chevy too.

And glad everyone's okay after that pile-up.

rustyfan · 6 Mar 2005, 21:28 (Ref:1244974)

The fight for second place towards the end there was excellent.

EDIT - Also, I must say I really don't see the point of this thread. The other thread worked quite nicely, I thought

Might have been a good idea to add spoiler to the title of that one though...

Kicking-back · 6 Mar 2005, 21:45 (Ref:1244989)

I started the new one so it was clear it was a spoiler and also so people can discuss the result without having to go through all the as it happened stuff..

esorniloc · 6 Mar 2005, 21:46 (Ref:1244990)

Did anyone else hear an interview with Tony George in the race, did I hear correct, did he call it boring?

Seems a strange move to call his own racing boring????

GP Racer · 6 Mar 2005, 21:52 (Ref:1245000)

Quote:

Originally Posted by esorniloc

Did anyone else hear an interview with Tony George in the race, did I hear correct, did he call it boring?

Seems a strange move to call his own racing boring????

He meant that he was bored watching the race from the pits, because he can't really see whats going on. Not the best spokesman!

Great race all the way for Wheldon. He could be the man this year for AGR.

That 7 car pileup was tough to watch. It took out alot of cars that had a real shot for the win. At least they all walked away. Thank goodness for the Safer-Barriers!

Snips1 · 6 Mar 2005, 22:07 (Ref:1245019)

I hope Danica is OK

rustyfan · 6 Mar 2005, 22:10 (Ref:1245023)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snips1

I hope Danica is OK

She was taken to a local hospital for a precautionary checkups after a suspected concussion.

Knowlesy · 6 Mar 2005, 22:24 (Ref:1245031)

Very bitty race......great win from Wheldon. He made it look easy.

Typical Kanaan, not so great day for him and still finishes third. He's still the one to beat.

rush1 · 6 Mar 2005, 22:49 (Ref:1245053)

Great racing among the top contenders. I loved going back and forth from ESPN and ESPN 2. I hope Gil does the commentary with Goodyear for the rest of the year.

marcus · 7 Mar 2005, 01:37 (Ref:1245142)

an interesting race but Wheldon certainly seems to be the man to beat.

a shame everyone caught caught up in the wreck but thats oval racing isnt it.

Im hoping the target team can improve as well as the red bull team.

Raven · 7 Mar 2005, 02:14 (Ref:1245169)

The racing did look fairly clean up until the Matsuura incident. It's unfortunate but inevitable when there are so many cars in close proximity, jostling for an advantage.

This time he was the victim, although Tomas was slightly hypocritical in his assessment of Matsuura IMO. Re-starts are perhaps something the IRL should look into being stricter about. It's often the case that a guy who is running, say, 12th ends up crossing the line to take the re-start 8th with much more speed built up. This isn't fair IMO.

I'm pleased for Wheldon. Usual suspects at the front - consistency is going to be the key again I feel. Hard luck for Danica though... It would've been nice to see her finish the race as she was looking to be progressing quite nicely up until her crash. Hopefully it won't have knocked her confidence.

Also a Believer · 7 Mar 2005, 03:35 (Ref:1245198)

Can some one fill us Aussies in on the Briscoe accident and also what happened in the race missed the replay

Knowlesy · 7 Mar 2005, 14:09 (Ref:1245616)

Briscoe just lost it all by himself in the dirty air of a few cars. It was quite a big shunt actually, backwards into the wall. He's OK of course.

luke · 7 Mar 2005, 16:31 (Ref:1245739)

I got lost some point in the race. A

luke · 7 Mar 2005, 16:32 (Ref:1245740)

I got lost some point in the race. A shame on the big wreck, especially for Sheckter and Danica, who were having great races. I am pleased for Hornish, once again, with a big finish at Homestead.

Knowlesy · 7 Mar 2005, 20:41 (Ref:1245999)

Scheckter gets all the luck it seems.

drewdawg727 · 8 Mar 2005, 04:14 (Ref:1246323)

I liked the race personally.
I especially liked the "side-by-side" action where i can always check out the race on the commercials.
Tomas seems to be in a fit of bad luck carrying over from last year into this one. It's sad but he's blaming Kosuke which should not have happened. Sure, Kosuke had a faster car and could overtake both Carpenter and Sheckter but, IMO, Scheckter could have backed off and let Kosuke come down....
Whatever, it's done, it's over...
Great race, can't wait for Phoenix

rustyfan · 10 Mar 2005, 10:01 (Ref:1248410)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raven

Hopefully it won't have knocked her confidence.

I doubt it seeing as Danica has no memory whatsoever of the accident.

Xpunk75 · 10 Mar 2005, 20:17 (Ref:1248910)

Hey everyone I hope you guys will welcome me to your IRL Chat. This was the first full IRL race i have seen since CART and IRL split. I use to be a huge indycar fan before 1996 and at one point watched it just as much as F1. When they split it made me so angry i stopped watching it period but after 8 years of boy cotting Champ Car and IRL i watched i couple Champ Car races and it got me interested again in American open wheel racing. So last sunday i sat my butt down and watched the IRL race and was actully really interntained by it. I never knew Jody Sheckters son was racing and i instantly became a fan of his this sunday he drives with alot of balls and he was really fast i was so angry when got knocked out along with Danica who i have to say did a great job for a rookie and damn she pretty hot lol. So if you guys want to fill me in on what ive been missing go ahead. Peace guys.

Down F0rce · 10 Mar 2005, 21:11 (Ref:1248960)

Hello Xpunk75, welcome to the forum

Tim Northcutt · 10 Mar 2005, 21:19 (Ref:1248972)

Ditto on the Welcome to ten-tenths...

and even more important...

Welcome back to this form of racing....and keep watching!!!

Because the action will be great all season long...it sure has been for quite a few years now....

GP Racer · 11 Mar 2005, 00:17 (Ref:1249073)

Yes, welcome Xpunk75!

Stick around and enjoy the forum and the IRL. There's a great bunch of people here that will get you up to speed on everything that's happening in the IRL.

If your mad at Scheckters luck in his first race this year, you should have seen how bad he had it last season. Hopefully it'll get better for him, because I think Chevy may have a real contender this year.

Xpunk75 · 11 Mar 2005, 02:52 (Ref:1249119)

Yeah it sure seemed like it. It's to bad there leaving the sport next year but thats GM for you. They really are not big players in the open wheel racing sports, but anyway ill be rooting for him all year long. I excitied to see how they do on the road courses, does anyone know how many there are on the calander? And the next race is a road course if im correct right?

GP Racer · 11 Mar 2005, 21:10 (Ref:1249891)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xpunk75

I excitied to see how they do on the road courses, does anyone know how many there are on the calander? And the next race is a road course if im correct right?

I had mixed feelings about the road courses at first, because I don't watch this series for that. It's the ovals that excite me, and that's what drew me in. But it's only three, and that's OK, and by all accounts the testing went great and everyone seem's ready.

The next race is an oval in Phoenix, and then they go to St. Petersburg Fl. for a street race, and then they wont do another road race until late Aug. at Infineon Raceway and then one more in late Sept., at Watkins Glen, which I hope to go to.

Check out www.indycar.com for everything you want to know about the IRL.

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