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#391 JHS18

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Posted 27 May 2012 - 05:37 PM

Doesn't look like a big hit. Just lost it in turn one. Good job by everyone else to avoid her.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 05:39 PM

Hinchcliffe with a slow stop, thankfully under caution.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 05:44 PM

Andretti throwing a bit of a tantrum over the radio. He's such a "meh" driver to me I'd rather him not win to be honest.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 05:45 PM

It's funny that these "single file restarts" have been nothing like single file so far. Dixon leads. A little under half distance.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 05:49 PM

Dixon, Franchitti, Hunter-Reay, Rahal, Wilson the top five and we're now over half distance.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 05:55 PM

Briscoe with some gear shift issue.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 06:00 PM

Sato takes Franchitti for second.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 06:01 PM

And Dario pits.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 06:02 PM

Dixon now pits, whilst Wilson pits and hits the pit wall. No damage though.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 06:04 PM

Ryan Hunter Reay appears to be slowing.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 06:05 PM

Barrichello leads! Hunter-Reay has a problem with the rear of his car and recovers to the pits.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 06:07 PM

Sato leads after his stop - wow, imagine if he could win? Long way to go though...
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 06:10 PM

Franchitti hounding Sato for the lead. Hunter-Reay's day is done.

And I've just overtaken Craig in number of posts in this thread....for now. :P
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 06:19 PM

Andretti sounding increasingly frustrated, reports a vibration.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 06:20 PM

Yellow flag, Sebastian Saavedra stops on pit out.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 06:29 PM

49 laps to go. Back to green in another lap.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 06:31 PM

Franchitti takes the lead. What a fight back. I'd rather see Sato win, but still...
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 06:34 PM

Kanaan working his way up the order.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 06:35 PM

42 laps to go - Franchitti leads, Dixon second, Sato third, Kanaan fourth, Hinchcliffe back in fifth.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 06:51 PM

Had to step away for a few minutes - I presume there was another caution as the field is really bunched up at the moment.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 06:54 PM

Franchitti, Dixon, Carpenter, Sato, Kanaan the order. Changing a lot.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 06:56 PM

Carpenter loses it in turn one. Again, good job by everyone to avoid him. Light contact with the wall.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 06:58 PM

I hope Ganassi don't win this, but I suspect they will.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 07:00 PM

Replay shows that he just got away from making contact with the wall actually.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 07:01 PM

Kanaan takes the lead on the restart!
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 07:03 PM

Marco's day comes to an end after a crash at turn 1.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 07:06 PM

Big impact for Andretti - glad to see he is okay.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 07:12 PM

I'm excited. I generally don't know who is going to win this. Guess we'll find out in a few minutes and then I can say I thought he'd win all along.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 07:18 PM

I hate finishes like that.

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Posted 27 May 2012 - 07:21 PM

I like Dario, but it would have been so good for Taku...or Dixon...and then it all gets taken away from us...grrrrrrr....

On the face of it, he survived all 200 laps...on the inside, he got lucky.

But then he was tapped into the pitwall, so swings and roundabouts....swings and roundabouts.

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