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No post for the weekend has been put up yet, so I figure I'll give it a shot (format copied from Raikkon):

IndyCar Series @ Texas 2009

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The IndyCar Series returns to the exciting and dangerous Texas Motor Speedway for one of the biggest races of the season. 24 cars are entered for this year's shootout under the lights in Fort Worth.

Circuit Information

Length - 1.5mile (2.414km)
Turns - 4
Banking Turns - 24°
Straights - 5°
IndyCar Series Race Distance - 228 laps



Weekend Schedule
[spoiler]Thursday 4th June

20:45 - 22:15 IndyCar Series Practice

Friday 5th June

15:00 - 16:00 IndyCar Series Practice
18:30 - 20:00 IndyCar Series Qualifying (Live on VERSUS)

Saturday 6th June

17:30 - Drivers meeting
20:10 - Pre-race activities
21:00 - Cars to the grid (Coverage begins live on VERSUS)
21:40 - IndyCar Series Race (Continues live on VERSUS)[/spoiler]

IndyCar Series Current Point Standings
[spoiler]Driver Points
1 Scott Dixon 161
2 Dario Franchitti 157
3 Ryan Briscoe 157
4 Danica Patrick 139
5 Helio Castroneves 136
6 Dan Wheldon 126
7 Tony Kanaan 122
8 Graham Rahal 114
9 Marco Andretti 109
10 Ryan Hunter-Reay 102
11 Will Power 99
12 Hideki Mutoh 95
13 Justin Wilson 92
14 Raphael Matos 88
15 Robert Doornbos 85
16 Ed Carpenter 84
17 Mario Moraes 75
18 Vitor Meira 62
19 E.J. Viso 61
20 Mike Conway 60
21 Alex Tagliani 59
22 Stanton Barrett 50
23 Darren Manning 38
24 Tomas Scheckter 35
25 Paul Tracy 35
26 Townsend Bell 32
27 Sarah Fisher 30
28 Milka Duno 26
29 Alex Lloyd 17
30 Scott Sharp 16
31 A.J. Foyt IV 14
32 John Andretti 12
33 Davey Hamilton 10
34 Nelson Philippe 10
35 Oriol Servia 10[/spoiler]

Entry List
http://www.indycar.com/news/2009/texas/TMS_IndyCar_Series_entry_list_6-2-09.pdf
[spoiler]Car/Driver
2 Raphael Matos (R)
3 Helio Castroneves
4 Dan Wheldon
5 Mario Moraes
6 Ryan Briscoe
7 Danica Patrick
9 Scott Dixon
10 Dario Franchitti
11 Tony Kanaan
13 E.J. Viso
14 A.J. Foyt IV
18 Justin Wilson
20 Ed Carpenter
21 Ryan Hunter-Reay
23 Milka Duno
24 Mike Conway (R)
26 Marco Andretti
27 Hideki Mutoh
34 Alex Tagliani
43 Tomas Scheckter
67 Sarah Fisher
98 Jaques Lazier
02 Graham Rahal
06 Robert Doornbos (R)[/spoiler]

Dan Wheldon was fastest in last nights practice.

http://www.imscdn.com/pdfs/timing_scori ... lts-p1.pdf

Duno 9th

Which stop is this on The Ratings Bloodbath Express? Maybe they'll stop the bleeding and get more viewers than the Sham Wow informercials this week, but there's no way in hell they're beating the Magic Bullet.

It's on Versus, of course the IndyCar Series will have lower ratings than the average of games 3 and 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals on the same channel, what the hell did you expect?

I want to see how low they can go, like limbo.

I hope that this weekend there is a team that can challenge Penske or Ganassi for the win.

Well Wheldon might have a chance if he can keep up his practice pace.

Looking forward to this race they are actually showing it free to air here in NZ

Ironic how you can watch an IndyCar race from Texas on free-to-air television in New Zealand but not in the country where the race is being run...

yea, but it's probably going to be the only race of the year that is... and they would have paid quite a bit for it, for the rest of the races it's all on sky, same with F1

Starting Grid:
http://www.indycar.com/grid

Long race, they could take themselves out in a four car pile up.

Lights race tomorrow afternoon?

No, Indy Lights don't race at Texas. It would be fatalz.

Missed qualifications tonight ; relatively predictable grid, although I am still looking forward to the race!!

The WEC will out-rate the IRL.

Guessing this isn't live on sky sports? Earliest showing i can see is 11am tomorrow but i might have missed one!

No. Presumably because of the football that's on at the same time.

There is no football on at the same time as the Indycar race. On any of their four channels.