Comments on: Texas Preview

By: Leigh O'Gorman

Leigh O'Gorman — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:32:32 +0000

Good race I thought and a very good drive by Briscoe; Danica and Marco were excellent too. However, the safety crew following de Silvestro’s fire need to seriously look at themselves – slow and unresponsive is not an option if people’s safety is at risk.

By: Brian McKay

Brian McKay — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:16:06 +0000

oh, my gosh – during the interview with Marco, Versus showed a replay of a pit stop in which the 26 car’s right rear wheel FELL OFF as Marco began to drive away! HOW did he finish second after that foul-up?

– FAR too many mistakes in pit lane at Indy and Fort Worth
– I’m glad Tag’s fueler wasn’t horribly injured
– I’m glad that Simona’s not horribly injured and is upbeat as always. That’s the type of racer that I like to follow – chin-up, positive, and enthusiastic, not grousing about others or circumstances… I like Katherine Legge, also.
reminds me- Sarah Fisher and Vitor Meira got far too little air time tonight.

By: Brian McKay

Brian McKay — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:01:46 +0000

Well,… naysayers like me are shut up by Danica tonight. Kudos to her and her expert team – and to Marco Andretti and his team. Andretti Autosport put two racers on the podium tonight. Shame about Hunter-Reay’s pit lane snafu.

By: Bent Wickerbill

Bent Wickerbill — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:12:15 +0000

Slamica will have lost 4-5 positions after the first two laps… Dont place so much emphasis on qualifying at Texas, and never count out TK…. Look for Weldon and TK to be banging wheels at some point….

By: Brian McKay

Brian McKay — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 01:37:10 +0000

Whanica qualified seventh?! Far ahead of Tony, RH-R and Wheldon? WTF?!
How did Duno qualify ahead of speedy Scheckter, Meira, Tagliani, & RH-R?! I didn’t watch qualifying on Versus, as I was at work.

By: Brian McKay

Brian McKay — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 01:31:58 +0000

You guys said it all! I concur. I cannot add anything! I don’t see Scheckter, Bell and Moraes winning any races but crashing, crashing, crashing. Heck, show me these guys on podiums. Never liked Scheckter or Bell. Don’t like ride-buyers who can’t win.

Though Briscoe Inferno ought to win a spate of races or a championship or an Indy 500 to keep his job, I would LOVE to see the OTHER young Ryan win and garner sponsorship for the remainder of this season. Or Tagliani. Wanted to see Hamilton race…
A Ganassi or Penske racer will likely win…

By: JamesO

JamesO — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:53:19 +0000

You know something’s upside down when Milka is #17 in a 26 car field.

By: Dax Cox

Dax Cox — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:01:15 +0000

Mario Moraes and EJ Viso wouldn’t win a race if there were only 5 cars in it.

If they don’t mash another car up, it will be a victory for them. KV is getting exactly what they deserve. They took on 3 crash-prone psycho’s who have no business in this series, and are spending more time reparing their cars then actually building their team.

Wheldon will be bad fast and will have a chance to win this week. Book it. It will still be a Ganassi/Penske parade at the front, but I think Dan will be the guy to ruffle their feathers a bit.

Scheckter will never be heard from. Not sure why folks think this guy still is some top talent and is always going to go to the front. He may start towards the front, but he’ll fade back like usual. And the team he is with is a midpack group. As usual with Tomas, a lot more bluster then actual result.

For me, I am secretly hoping Hunter-Reay either wins or runs in the top 5. That would make his final race with AA, very memorable and would be another kick in the nuts to this sport. I wonder how many more “kicks” these people will take before somebody opens their eyes and realizes how dire things are. Maybe it will take a top 5 in points American driver losing his ride, to make some real changes and get some owners and leaders to wake the eff up.

By: Tom G.

Tom G. — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:16:00 +0000

I’m going to go with Briscoe this week as well. In the past he’s run well here, and at Chicagoland and after his brain fade at Indy, he needs the win to restore the team’s confidence in him. In 2008 he rebounded from his pit road incident at Indy to win the next race at Milwaukee. I’ll say he does the same here.

As for KV Racing, I know that their drivers are bringing money with them, but at what point does the repeated crash damage begin to outweigh the $$$ they bring to the team? Between Moraes, Viso and Sato they have 8 wrecks so far this year, (not including practice, or qualifying crashes) and we aren’t quite to the halfway point. These guys are single handedly keeping Dallara in business.

By: Leigh O'Gorman

Leigh O'Gorman — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:57:05 +0000

I wonder if Ryan Briscoe is having a bit of a “Damon Hill ’95 year”?

In ’94, Hill lost the F1 title to Schumacher by a single point, but in ’95 he was so desperate to make amends, he ended up crashing a number of times and making lots of unforced errors – although his seat was secure at Williams for ’96, he had already been replaced for ’97. Briscoe may need to watch to be sure he doesn’t fall into the same trap…

…however, the title race is still close enough for Briscoe to play himself in. A good day for Briscoe, if the others aren’t quite there could make all the difference.