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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 17:05:34 GMT -5
Eddie Cheever Jr. won the real race, while Scott Goodyear finished 3rd.
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Apr 18, 2018 14:00:00 GMT -5
The field has finished qualifying for the 4th race of the season the Phoenix 200 at the Phoenix International Raceway.
Sam Schmidt won the pole, with a time of 34.237 seconds, beating Tony Stewart by 0.028 seconds.
Other Noticeables:
Sam Schmidt won his 1st pole of the year,
Schmidt won his 1st career pole in the Indy Racing League in his 1st start,
Stephan Gregoire, who won this race one year ago, will be starting 9th,
Buzz Calkins, who will start 16th, has a 11 point lead over Roberto Guerrero
1.16-Sam Schmidt
2.2-Tony Stewart
3.10-Mike Groff
4.21-Roberto Guerrero
5.30-Jeret Schroeder
6.1-Scott Sharp
7.22-Marco Greco
8.4-Kenny Brack
9.77-Stephan Gregoire
10.27-Jim Guthrie
11.18-John Paul Jr.
12.17-Affonso Giaffone
13.3-Robbie Buhl
14.40-Jack Miller
15.51-Eddie Cheever Jr.
16.12-Buzz Calkins
17.6-Scott Goodyear
18.14-Davey Hamilton
19.50-Billy Roe
20.33-Fermin Velez
21.5-Arie Luyendyk
22.91-Buddy Lazier
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Apr 18, 2018 17:00:09 GMT -5
Race #4 - Phoenix 200
The Indy Racing League made their 4th stop of 1997 at the Phoenix International Raceway, in Avondale, Arizona, for the Phoenix 200.
Rookie Sam Schmidt led the field to the green and would lead the first lap but it was Tony Stewart who would take over the lead on Lap 2 but during a pit stop his crew didn't put on a lug nut, allowing for new challengers to rise to the top of the pylon. Both Jim Guthrie and Marco Greco would take over the top spot but Greco would win out and began to lap the field losing the lead during the last round of pit stops to Stephan Gregoire who actually had won this race a year earlier. However Greco would take only six laps to retake his lead and once back out front no one could catch him and Greco would score his first career win.
Other Noticeables:
Marco Greco scored his 1st win of the year,
Greco led 3 times for 92 laps, including the final 34 laps,
It was the 1st win of his career in the Indy Racing League in his 5th start,
Billy Roe(8th), Kenny Brack(10th) and Sam Schmidt(18th) made their Indy Racing League debuts,
Marco Greco, who finished 1st, is the new points leader, leading Buzz Calkins by 8 points
1.22-Marco Greco (92 laps led)
2.27-Jim Guthrie (37 laps led)
3.14-Davey Hamilton
4.51-Eddie Cheever Jr.-1 lap
5.77-Stephan Gregoire-1 lap (6 laps led)
6.18-John Paul Jr.-1 lap
7.40-Jack Miller-2 laps
8.50-Billy Roe-3 laps
9.17-Affonso Giaffone-3 laps
10.4-Kenny Brack-3 laps
11.30-Jeret Schroeder-3 laps
12.10-Mike Groff-3 laps
13.6-Scott Goodyear-3 laps
14.1-Scott Sharp-3 laps
15.3-Robbie Buhl-3 laps
16.2-Tony Stewart-3 laps (34 laps led)
17.5-Arie Luyendyk-6 laps
18.16-Sam Schmidt-8 laps (1 lap led)
19.21-Roberto Guerrero-61 laps (Engine) (30 laps led)
20.33-Fermin Velez-103 laps (Piston)
21.12-Buzz Calkins-153 laps (Header)
22.91-Buddy Lazier-165 laps (Camshaft)
Sam Schmidt-1
Tony Stewart-2-35
Roberto Guerrero-36-65
Marco Greco-66
Jim Guthrie-67-103
Marco Greco-104-160
Stephan Gregoire-161-166
Marco Greco-167-200
7 Lead Changes among 6 drivers
Caution Flags: 2 for 8 laps
Lap 34 (Cars #14, 40 and 12 Spin Turn 3),
Lap 95 (Car #17 Stalled Frontstretch)
Margin of Victory: 4.763 Seconds
Time of Race: 2 Hours, 9 Minutes and 33 Seconds
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2018 17:06:14 GMT -5
Greco finished 4th in the real race, while Jim Guthrie won.
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on May 30, 2018 13:00:23 GMT -5
The field has finished qualifying for the 5th race of the season the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Buddy Lazier won the pole, with a time of 56.028 seconds, beating Arie Luyendyk by 0.073 seconds.
Other Noticeables:
Buddy Lazier won his 1st pole of the year,
Lazier won his 2nd career pole in the Indy Racing League and his first since 1996 also at Indianapolis; 5 races ago,
Danny Ongais, who won this race one year ago, is not entered in this event,
Marco Greco, who will start 9th, has a 8 point lead over Buzz Calkins
1.91-Buddy Lazier
2.5-Arie Luyendyk
3.14-Davey Hamilton
4.2-Tony Stewart
5.6-Scott Goodyear
6.52-Jeff Ward
7.54-Dennis Vitolo
8.3-Robbie Buhl
9.22-Marco Greco
10.1-Paul Durant
11.33-Fermin Velez
12.9-Johnny Unser
13.77-Stephan Gregoire
14.21-Roberto Guerrero
15.30-Robbie Groff
16.11-Billy Boat
17.90-Lyn St. James
18.44-Steve Kinser
19.40-Jack Miller
20.12-Buzz Calkins
21.34-Alessandro Zampedri
22.18-Tyce Carlson
23.42-Robby Gordon
24.51-Eddie Cheever Jr.
25.10-Mike Groff
26.8-Vincenzo Sospiri
27.50-Billy Roe
28.7-Eliseo Salazar
29.4-Kenny Brack
30.72-Claude Bourbonnais
31.17-Affonso Giaffone
32.16-Sam Schmidt
33.97-Greg Ray
34.28-Mark Dismore
35.27-Jim Guthrie
Did Not Qualify
36.36-Scott Harrington
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2018 17:07:12 GMT -5
Ah yes, Indy time yet again.
Arie Luyendyk was on pole for the real race, while Lazier started 10th.
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on May 30, 2018 18:11:56 GMT -5
Race #5 - Indianapolis 500
The Indy Racing League made their 5th stop of 1997 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in Speedway, Indiana, for the Indianapolis 500.
Buddy Lazier led the field to the green for the second year in a row and much like the race one year earlier, this was a wreckfest of a race as broken dreams and wrecked cars was the main storyline of the day. Lazier would lead much of the first half of the event but being swept up in two cautions damaged his car and left him unable to challenge for the lead handing the lead over to rookie Jeff Ward who lead for much of the remaining hundred laps but on his tail was Tony Stewart who took over and lead as well and with ten laps to go it appeared Stewart was on his way to a win until the 21st and final caution came out, setting up a shootout for the win.
With the green back out, Ward quickly took the lead back as him and Stewart slugged it out and raced side-by-side to the line as Ward beat out Stewart in the closest finish in IRL history for his first career win.
Other Noticeables:
Jeff Ward scored his 1st win of the year,
Ward led 7 times for 75 laps, including the final 6 laps,
It was the 1st win of his career in the Indy Racing League in his 2nd start,
Billy Boat(4th), Vincenzo Sospiri(6th), Robbie Groff(9th), Claude Bourbonnais(19th), Steve Kinser(23rd), Dennis Vitolo(24th) and Greg Ray(31st) made their Indy Racing League debuts,
Marco Greco, who finished 12th, kept his points lead, leading Buzz Calkins by 18 points
1.52-Jeff Ward (75 laps led)
2.2-Tony Stewart (25 laps led)
3.6-Scott Goodyear (7 laps led)
4.11-Billy Boat (2 laps led)
5.33-Fermin Velez
6.8-Vincenzo Sospiri (4 laps led)
7.10-Mike Groff
8.9-Johnny Unser
9.30-Robbie Groff
10.91-Buddy Lazier (62 laps led)
11.90-Lyn St. James
12.22-Marco Greco-1 lap
13.18-Tyce Carlson-1 lap (4 laps led)
14.50-Billy Roe-1 lap
15.21-Roberto Guerrero-1 lap
16.17-Affonso Giaffone-1 lap
17.3-Robbie Buhl-10 laps (Accident)
18.51-Eddie Cheever Jr.-16 laps (Header)
19.72-Claude Bourbonnais-58 laps (Tire)
20.16-Sam Schmidt-71 laps (Engine)
21.34-Alessandro Zampedri-77 laps (Accident)
22.12-Buzz Calkins-81 laps (Accident) (4 laps led)
23.44-Steve Kinser-87 laps (Engine)
24.54-Dennis Vitolo-90 laps (Piston) (3 laps led)
25.5-Arie Luyendyk-100 laps (Accident) (4 laps led)
26.28-Mark Dismore-111 laps (Accident)
27.27-Jim Guthrie-112 laps (Camshaft)
28.14-Davey Hamilton-112 laps (Valve) (12 laps led)
29.77-Stephan Gregoire-119 laps (Accident)
30.1-Paul Durant-134 laps (Accident)
31.97-Greg Ray-160 laps (Accident)
32.42-Robby Gordon-160 laps (Accident)
33.7-Eliseo Salazar-173 laps (Accident)
34.40-Jack Miller-174 laps (Accident)
35.4-Kenny Brack-179 laps (Accident)
Buddy Lazier-1-11
Arie Luyendyk-12-14
Scott Goodyear-15-21
Tyce Carlson-22-25
Buddy Lazier-26-27
Davey Hamilton-28-32
Billy Boat-33-34
Jeff Ward-35
Buzz Calkins-36-39
Jeff Ward-40-51
Buddy Lazier-52-65
Jeff Ward-66-67
Buddy Lazier-68-79
Arie Luyendyk-80
Davey Hamilton-81-87
Buddy Lazier-88-106
Dennis Vitolo-107-109
Vincenzo Sospiri-110-113
Jeff Ward-114-145
Tony Stewart-146-153
Jeff Ward-154-156
Tony Stewart-157-162
Buddy Lazier-163-166
Jeff Ward-167-183
Tony Stewart-184-194
Jeff Ward-195-200
25 Lead Changes among 11 drivers
Caution Flags: 21 for 84 laps
Lap 6 (Car #50 Spin Backstretch),
Lap 14 (Car #77 Spin Backstretch),
Lap 21 (Cars #44, 97 and 42 Accident Turn 2),
Lap 27 (Car #27 Spin Backstretch),
Lap 35 (Car #1 Spin Turn 3),
Lap 40 (Car #72 Spin Turn 3),
Lap 53 (Car #50 Spin Frontstretch),
Lap 66 (Cars #90 and 33 Spin Turn 3),
Lap 73 (Car #16 Spin Turn 3),
Lap 80 (Car #50 Spin Turn 2),
Lap 87 (Cars #90, 11 and 3 Spin Turn 3),
Lap 94 (Car #3 Spin Frontstretch),
Lap 99 (Cars #28, 16 and 5 Accident Backstretch),
Lap 106 (Car #34 Spin Frontstretch),
Lap 113 (Cars #17 and 44 Spin Turn 4),
Lap 119 (Cars #3 and 12 Spin Turn 2),
Lap 124 (Cars #34 and 30 Accident Turn 4),
Lap 129 (Car #91 Spin Turn 4),
Lap 166 (Car #10 Spin Frontstretch),
Lap 173 (Cars #21, 17 and 91 Spin Turn 2),
Lap 190 (Cars #3 and 17 Spin Turn 2)
Margin of Victory: 0.060 Seconds
Time of Race: 5 Hours, 1 Minute and 7 Seconds
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2018 12:08:00 GMT -5
Surprise winner in Jeff Ward, who finished 3rd in the real race while Arie Luyendyk won.
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Jul 28, 2018 13:00:18 GMT -5
The field has finished qualifying for the 6th race of the season the True Value 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway.
Roberto Guerrero won the pole, with a time of 32.704 seconds, beating Tony Stewart by 0.079 seconds.
Other Noticeables:
Roberto Guerrero won his 2nd pole of the year,
Guerrero won his 2nd career pole in the Indy Racing League and his first since Las Vegas; 4 races ago,
Marco Greco, who will start 14th, has a 18 point lead over Buzz Calkins
1.21-Roberto Guerrero
2.2-Tony Stewart
3.7-Eliseo Salazar
4.3-Robbie Buhl
5.5-Arie Luyendyk
6.97-Greg Ray
7.10-Johnny Unser
8.6-Scott Goodyear
9.28-Mark Dismore
10.14-Davey Hamilton
11.34-Alessandro Zampedri
12.8-Vincenzo Sospiri
13.4-Kenny Brack
14.22-Marco Greco
15.1-Billy Boat
16.12-Buzz Calkins
17.51-Eddie Cheever Jr.
18.91-Buddy Lazier
19.18-Tyce Carlson
20.30-Robbie Groff
21.27-Jim Guthrie
22.16-Sam Schmidt
23.40-Jack Miller
24.33-Fermin Velez
25.17-Affonso Giaffone
26.44-Allen May
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Jul 28, 2018 17:03:55 GMT -5
Race #6 - True Value 500
The Indy Racing League made their 6th stop of 1997 at the Texas Motor Speedway, in Fort Worth, Texas, for the inaugural True Value 500.
Roberto Guerrero led the field to the green as for the first time in the Indy Racing League series drivers raced at the Texas Motor Speedway. However it would be Tony Stewart who would lead the first ever laps at the track as there was only five cautions throughout the entire race as Davey Hamilton would lead much of the first half of the event before Billy Boat, who started 15th at the race, would drive his way into the lead around the halfway mark. Having taken the lead, Boat would be unstoppable, losing the lead only during a round of pit stops and despite a caution coming out with one lap to go, Boat would score his first career win in only his second career start.
Other Noticeables:
Billy Boat scored his 1st win of the year,
Boat led 2 times for 102 laps, including the final 37 laps,
It was the 1st win of his career in the Indy Racing League in his 2nd start,
Allen May, who finished 22nd, made his Indy Racing League debut,
Marco Greco, who finished 24th, kept his points lead, leading Roberto Guerrero by 4 points
1.1-Billy Boat (102 laps led)
2.5-Arie Luyendyk (6 laps led)
3.7-Eliseo Salazar (24 laps led)
4.51-Eddie Cheever Jr. (4 laps led)
5.97-Greg Ray
6.34-Alessandro Zampedri (2 laps led)
7.6-Scott Goodyear-1 lap
8.18-Tyce Carlson-1 lap
9.8-Vincenzo Sospiri-2 laps
10.21-Roberto Guerrero-2 laps
11.28-Mark Dismore-2 laps
12.30-Robbie Groff-2 laps
13.3-Robbie Buhl-2 laps
14.14-Davey Hamilton-3 laps (50 laps led)
15.4-Kenny Brack-3 laps
16.10-Johnny Unser-3 laps
17.91-Buddy Lazier-3 laps
18.17-Affonso Giaffone-5 laps
19.27-Jim Guthrie-6 laps
20.16-Sam Schmidt-6 laps
21.12-Buzz Calkins-44 laps (Accident)
22.44-Allen May-49 laps (Accident)
23.2-Tony Stewart-72 laps (Clutch) (20 laps led)
24.22-Marco Greco-192 laps (Accident)
25.33-Fermin Velez-193 laps (Accident)
26.40-Jack Miller-193 laps (Accident)
Roberto Guerrero-Pole
Tony Stewart-1-20
Eliseo Salazar-21-44
Davey Hamilton-45-94
Arie Luyendyk-95-100
Billy Boat-101-165
Alessandro Zampedri-166-167
Eddie Cheever Jr.-168-171
Billy Boat-172-208
7 Lead Changes among 7 drivers
Caution Flags: 5 for 16 laps
Lap 16 (Cars #33, 16, 40 and 22 Accident Turn 1),
Lap 99 (Cars #8, 14 and 3 Spin Backstretch),
Lap 166 (Cars #44 and 12 Accident Backstretch),
Lap 176 (Cars #3 and 34 Spin Backstretch),
Lap 208 (Cars #97 and 14 Accident Turn 1)
Margin of Victory: 1.470 Seconds
Time of Race: 2 Hours, 22 Minutes and 13 Seconds
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