Indy @ Toronto ***probable spoilers***

With F1 under the red flag, I'm one of 268 "viewers" of wet Lights qualifying...http://racecontrol.indycar.com/.

 

For those that are interested in today's race, here is a link to the Starting Grid.

http://www.indycar.com/News/2012/07-July/7-8-Starting-Grid-Honda-Indy-Toronto

 

Great minds think alike; I was just getting ready to "bump" the thread.

Timing & Scoring...

http://racecontrol.indycar.com/

 

With both Dario and Will starting on row 1, it should be interesting to see who takes the lead.

 

Yep. Hope I don't spoil anyone's F1 watching but I'm sure Dario is hoping for a better day than cousin Paul had.

 

Robert Herjavec of Shark Tank was the "start your engines" guy and he was decked-out in Ferrari hat and shirt. I'm sure the Indy guys loved that.

 

There's been some pretty good racing. Lots of passing.

 

Three in a row! Congrats to RHR and Andretti Autosports.

 

Well he was driving the 458 Challenge car.

 

Danika who?

Missed that.

 

I still like the Indy Car races, but I am getting very sick and tired about those "Mix-them-up" yellow flags.
Quite often the fastest guys get screwed.
Please explain me why a simple spin (not this particular race), where the car gets going on its own power grants a 6 laps full course yellow. On the other hand we have F-1 pulling the cars off the track in 1/2 lap without safety car.
IndyCar is becoming the WWF of racing.

 

Following the NASCAR model of show over sport
becomes a very slippery slope.

Dating to the CART days, the Toronto circuit has
lent itself to multiple-multiple multi-car incidents,
extended yellows and as you correctly point out,
six lap full-course cautions for a simple spin where
the car is able to move on it's own power.

My interest has fallen off to IRL levels lately, the last
race I watched all the way through was the 500 and the
only reason I hung in with that was due to Sato-san's
great run.

Getting that "meh" feeling again...

BHW

 

Glad I missed the race.