IndyCar Series & Indy Lights @ Homestead (Oct. 9-10 2009)

Raikkon · PostPosted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:06 pm

IndyCar Indy 300 & Indy Lights Miami 100 @ Homestead Miami Speedway

homesteadmiamispeedway.com wrote:

Homestead-Miami To Decide IndyCar Champioship Among Dixon, Franchitti & Briscoe
September 23rd 2009

Last month, when the IndyCar Series transitioned from the road/street course to the oval portion of the schedule, reigning IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon predicted that the driver title would be decided in the season finale. “It’s what we expect for IndyCar,” he said. “It’s going to come down to the final lap, the final corner of Miami.”

For the fourth consecutive year, it will be a shootout for the championship. Dixon enters the Firestone Indy 300 on Oct. 10 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with 570 points. Teammate Dario Franchitti is second with 565, and Team Penske’s Ryan Briscoe has 562.

It’s a winner-take-all scenario for Dixon and Franchitti - as it was in 2007, when Franchitti prevailed when Dixon ran out of fuel on the final lap at Chicagoland Speedway. There are a few additional criteria for Briscoe to claim his first title based on bonus points (one for earning the PEAK Performance Pole Award and two for leading the most laps in the Firestone Indy 300).

• If Briscoe wins the pole and the race, he wins the championship.
• If Briscoe wins the race and leads the most laps, he wins the championship.
• If Briscoe wins the race, earns the pole and leads the most laps, he wins the championship.
• If Briscoe wins the race but doesn’t score any bonus points, Dixon can win the title if he finishes 2nd and leads the most laps.
• Dixon will win any tiebreaker over Briscoe.

Eight points between first and third is the second-closest margin in IndyCar Series history with one race remaining, and the five points between first and second is the fourth-closest. “It’s going to be a hell of a show at Homestead,” Franchitti added.

Dixon has two victories at Homestead-Miami Speedway (from the pole in 2008 and coming from the 12th starting position in 2003 - both years he won the series title), and two other top-five finishes in six races at the 1.5-mile oval. Franchitti has a high finish of fourth (2006) and a pair of seventh-place finishes in five visits to South Florida. Briscoe started third in the 2008 opener (his first race with Team Penske), but was involved in a Lap 127 accident and finished 19th. He finished 22nd in his only other start (2005 with Target Chip Ganassi Racing).

Dixon vaulted to the top of the standings with a victory in the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi last weekend while Briscoe’s miscue exiting pit lane - in which the left-front suspension of the No. 6 car incurred damage from brushing the inside retaining wall and running over a timing line cone—cost him position (finishing 18th) and points (the results marking a 41-point swing). Franchitti finished second for his 12th top five in 16 races.

“The good thing is that it’s only eight points to Scott,” said Briscoe, whose run of top-five finishes that included two victories ended at seven. “I feel real good going into Homestead. We’ve been strong on all the (1.5-mile ovals) this year (but) it’s going to be a tough one. I think it’s a flip of a coin really who is the favorite going there between myself, Scott or Dario. I think all of us are fully capable of winning at that track. We’re just going to have to be on our game, make everything absolutely perfect, be strong.”

“It’s going to be a crazy race,” Dixon said. “Obviously, the three of us are going to be pushing to the maximum.”

Circuit Info:

Homestead Miami Speedway
1.5 miles / 2.4 km
Banking in turns: 18-20 degree variable banking
Banking in straights: 3 degrees

IndyCar Series Entry List:

Car / Driver / Entrant / Race Strategist
2 / Raphael Matos (R) / Luczo Dragon Racing / Jay Penske
3 / Helio Castroneves / Team Penske / Tim Cindric
4 / Dan Wheldon / Panther Racing / John Barnes
5 / Mario Moraes / KV Racing Technology / Mark Johnson
6 / Ryan Briscoe / Team Penske / Roger Penske
7 / Danica Patrick / Andretti Green Racing / Michael Andretti
9 / Scott Dixon / Target Chip Ganassi Racing / Mike Hull
10 / Dario Franchitti / Target Chip Ganassi Racing / Chip Ganassi
11 / Tony Kanaan / Andretti Green Racing / George Klotz
13 / E.J. Viso / HVM Racing / Michael Cannon
14 / Ryan Hunter-Reay / A.J. Foyt Enterprises / A.J. Foyt
18 / Justin Wilson / Dale Coyne Racing / Bill Pappas
20 / Ed Carpenter / Vision Racing / Jeff Britton
23 / Milka Duno / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Larry Curry
24 / Mike Conway (R) / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Dennis Reinbold
26 / Marco Andretti / Andretti Green Racing / Kyle Moyer
27 / Hideki Mutoh / Andretti Green Racing / Kim Green
33 / Robert Doornbos (R) / HVM Racing / TBA
43 / Tomas Scheckter / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Matt Curry
67 / Sarah Fisher / Sarah Fisher Racing / John O’Gara
98 / Jaques Lazier / CURB/Agajanian/Team 3G / Owen Snyder
02 / Graham Rahal / Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing / John Tzouanakis
40202 / Alex Lloyd (R) / Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing / Todd Malloy

Twenty-three cars entered. All cars use Dallara chassis, Honda engines and Firestone tires.

Indy Lights Entry List:

Car / Driver / Entrant
2 / Andrew Prendeville / Team Moore Racing
5 / Mario Romancini (R) / RLR/Andersen Racing
7 / James Hinchcliffe (R) / Sam Schmidt Motorsports
9 / Sean Guthrie / RLR/Andersen Racing
11 / Wade Cunningham / Sam Schmidt Motorsports
15 / Martin Plowman (R) / Panther Racing
16 / Pippa Mann (R) / Panther Racing
20 / TBA / Sam Schmidt Motorsports
21 / James Davison / Vision Racing
24 / Mike Potekhen / Alliance Motorsports
26 / J.R. Hildebrand / ARPRO Andretti Green/AFS Racing
27 / Sebastian Saavedra (R) / AFS/Andretti Green Racing
28 / Daniel Herrington (R) / Bryan Herta Autosport
32 / Brandon Wagner (R) / Davey Hamilton/Kingdom Racing
35 / Charlie Kimball (R) / Team PBIR
37 / Richard Philippe (R) / Team PBIR
44 / Gustavo Yacaman (R) / Sam Schmidt Motorsports
55 / Rodrigo Barbosa (R) / ELFF Racing
57 / TBA / Team 3G

Nineteen cars entered. All cars use Dallara chassis and Firestone tires.

Weekend Schedule:

Session / Local Time (ET) / UK Time

Thursday:
Indy Lights Practice 18:00-19:00 / 23:00-24:00

Friday:
Indy Lights Practice 08:00-09:00 / 13:00-14:00
IndyCar Rookie Practice 09:15-09:45 / 14:15-14:45
IndyCar Practice (All Cars) 09:45-10:45 / 14:45-15:45
Indy Lights Qualifying 12:15-13:15 / 17:15-18:15
IndyCar Practice Group#1 13:30-14:00 / 18:30-19:00
IndyCar Practice Group#2 14:00-14:30 / 19:00-19:30
IndyCar Qualifying 16:30 / 21:30
Indy Lights Pre-race 17:45 / 22:45
Indy Lights Miami 100 (67 laps) 18:00 / 23:00

Saturday:
IndyCar Pre-Race 16:00 / 21:00
IndyCar Indy 300 (200 laps) 17:00 / 22:00

Television Information:

IndyCar Qualification Coverage: Friday 9th October - 16:30 LIVE on VERSUS
Indy Lights Race Coverage: Friday 9th October - 18:00 LIVE on VERSUS
IndyCar Race Coverage: Saturday 10th October - 16:00 LIVE on VERSUS

As with the last few years, this will hopefully be awesome!! :thumbsup:

Raikkon · PostPosted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:26 pm

Other news for this race, as discussed in the general discussion thread:

homesteadmiamispeedway.com wrote:

Lloyd, Fisher join fight against cancer at Homestead
October 1st 2009

HER Energy Drink will return as a sponsor for Alex Lloyd and his drive in Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing's second car during next weekend's Firestone Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

But while HER's distinctive pink paint scheme got plenty of attention for the British driver at Indianapolis, Lloyd's car number may garner even more in South Florida. With the IRL's consent, Newman/Haas/Lanigan has flipped the No. 06 to No. 40202 to promote a "text to donate" number for cancer research and awareness. By texting the word Stand to 40202, fans can donate five dollars to the noble cause.

"[HER's] an exciting brand and I am very happy to continue representing them," Lloyd said in a press release. "HER Energy has seen massive growth over the last year and I look forward to helping them continue to grow their brand. I'm honored to participate in such a worthwhile cause and to help the fight against cancer."

Lloyd and HER won't be the only IndyCar folks in the fight next weekend. Sarah Fisher and her race team have turned their No. 67 Dollar General-backed machine pink (as well as Fisher's helmet and firesuit) in partnership with breast cancer awareness organization Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The scheme is on Fisher's new Dallara chassis, which will serve as her primary car at Homestead. She tested it this week.

And some pics of her car:

Gabriel · PostPosted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:43 pm

Briscoe FTW!

Tommy Vercetti · PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:41 am

PAXTON wrote:

Franchitti FTW!

Ian-S · PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:41 am

at least we get to see this Live on Sky.

codename_47 · PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:07 am

Ian-S wrote:

at least we get to see this Live on Sky.

During Bathurst, lol

TBH I don't hold out much hope of any Motorsport returning to Sky. There's been a regieme change apparently and they're not exactly motorsport fans, they're just riding out the contracts...

World Motorsport, gone, look for NASCAR to dissapear after this year. Don't know how long IRL has left with them but It'll be either this year or next...

Gabriel · PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:48 am

Tommy Vercetti wrote:

PAXTON wrote:

Franchitti FTW!

NO!

Tommy Vercetti · PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:04 am

PAXTON wrote:

Tommy Vercetti wrote:

PAXTON wrote:

Franchitti FTW!

NO!

YES!

Regardless, WILL POWER FOR 2010 CHAMPIONSHIP!

Gabriel · PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:58 am

Tommy Vercetti wrote:

PAXTON wrote:

Tommy Vercetti wrote:

Franchitti FTW!

NO!

YES!

Tommy Vercetti wrote:

Regardless, WILL POWER FOR 2010 CHAMPIONSHIP!

HELL YEAH!

Chris D · PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:32 am

Tommy Vercetti wrote:

Regardless, WILL POWER FOR 2010 CHAMPIONSHIP!

All hail Will Power, especially with what he did for me:

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Scirocco · PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:11 am

hope briscoe wins.

Peter · PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:48 am

Not fascinated by their pack racing, but I really love their 4 onboard cams race control feature, therefore I'm sure I'll watch it live.

Gabriel · PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:35 am

Just found out that ESPN will show the race here on Sunday to show some stupid world cup qualifiers matches

.

Tommy Vercetti · PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:08 am

Thank god for Versus...

Oh wait

Cartman · PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:03 am

Tommy Vercetti wrote:

Thank god for Versus...

Oh wait

great job DirecTV

Tommy Vercetti · PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:54 am

IT'S DIRECTV'S FAULT, THEY FUCKED VERSUS VIEWERS OVER BRING IT BACK

ellis · PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:54 am

Dario ftw.

Gaara · PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:47 pm

Briscoe

hedgey666 · PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:16 pm

ellis wrote:

Dario ftw.

verde20074 · PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:59 pm

OK, where is Sato and his supposed second Luczo Dragon?

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