Comments on: The Realistic Title Contenders

By: silver account

silver account — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:23:25 +0000

Power again swept the three bonus points by nabbing pole position and leading the most laps. This time, the weather was his biggest foe. Power missed his first radio call to pit, then made the mistake of taking on rain tires when the track was already drying. An additional stop for tires bogged him down in 17th place, and while he drove well to move up to an eventual sixth-place finish, Michael Andretti ‘s strategy calls for Hunter-Reay were absolutely perfect and RHR went on to score his series-leading fourth victory of the season, cutting Power’s 36-point championship lead nearly in half in the process.

By: Rick Weber (@rickweber)

Rick Weber (@rickweber) — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:26:51 +0000

It’s interesting to note that of the 4 championship contenders, 3 have past wins at Sonoma. Only RHR has not won previously at Sonoma.

By: John S.

John S. — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:43:05 +0000

George, I think you have your priorities mixed up. Watching the race has got to be more interesting than seeing the Gators whup up on Tennessee again. (I’m an FSU fan, so don’t call me a damn Gator!)

I do have some fond memories of Tennessee football though, from the seven years I spent living in Hendersonville. One was the year after the Gators won the national championship, and Tennessee lost to Memphis. I was traveling south on the Florida Turnpike, took a detour into Gainesville to get a cup of coffee, and saw a sign over the highway….”The 1996 (?) National Champions welcome the Knox County Champtions to Gainesville”. Ya gotta admit, that’s funny!

And then there was the time I pulled into a convenience store east of Nashville, just off I-24. I had an FSU license plate on the front of my van. A customer in the store told me I had a lot of nerve driving around like that. I said, in a light-hearted manner, well, I guess we’ll see on New Years Day.( The Noles were playing the Vols for the Nat’l Championship) His next remark was “Be a shame if you weren’t around to see it…..uh, yeah, OK.

Like I said, fond memories……

By: The Chrome Horn (@thechromehorn33)

The Chrome Horn (@thechromehorn33) — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:58:46 +0000

Power is going to check out this weekend, and maybe have this thing wrapped up by Baltimore.

By: redcar

redcar — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:09:51 +0000

is this the end of 2012 or the beginning of 2013? did I miss the All-Star game? When’s the China race? Before or after Japan? Somebody threw a shoe at Danica? How many push-to-pass do I get? Delayed what? Owners buying WHAT? I’m a little confused.

Hey, what happened to the highly touted oval/twisty Foyt/Andretti trophy presentations? Had those yet? Who won?

I’ll take Dixon. Sorry to even mention Japan, George.

By: billytheskink

billytheskink — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:26:10 +0000

The biggest reason that 24 drivers still had a mathematical chance at the IRL championship with 3 races to go in 2000 was because they had only run 6 races prior to that point. Not a lot of time to put many regular drivers 150+ points out of the lead.
In fact, Juan Montoya’s Indy 500 victory that year earned him 54 points, placing him within mathematical striking distance of Eddie Cheever’s standings-leading 176 points with three races to go.

By: JohnMc

JohnMc — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:27:54 +0000

Well George, this has perked me up and now I am back to looking forward to the rest of the “season.” I have Will Power followed by RHR.