2012 Edmonton Indy

Tommy Vercetti · PostPosted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:51 pm

IndyCar remains on America's hat after a week off of racing, as the series stops by Edmonton. Home of the Oilers, an airport that's infinitely inferior to Burke Lakefront Airport, and the Edmonton Screwjob.

Schedule (all times Mountain)
Friday, July 20
7:00 a.m. Venue opens to public
8:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. NASCC Eurasia Cup Practice Session (30 minutes)
9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Star Mazda Championship 1st Practice Session (30 minutes)
9:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Firestone Indy Lights® Series 1st Practice Session (45 minutes)
10:50 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. IZOD IndyCar® Series 1st Practice Session - A (30 minutes)
11:20 a.m. to 11:50 p.m. IZOD IndyCar® Series 1st Practice Session - B (30 minutes)
12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Firestone Indy Lights® Series 2nd Practice Session (45 minutes)
1:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Star Mazda Championship 2nd Practice Session (30 minutes)
2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. IZOD IndyCar® Series 2nd Practice Session (60 minutes)
3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 1st Practice Session (60 minutes)
5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. NASCC Eurasia Cup Qualifying Session (30 minutes)

Saturday, July 21
7:00 a.m. Venue opens to public
8:00 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Firestone Indy Lights® Series Qualifying Session (45 minutes)
9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. IZOD IndyCar® Series 3rd Practice Session (60 minutes)
10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 2nd Practice Session (30 minutes)
11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Star Mazda Championship Qualifying Session (30 minutes)
11:45 a.m. to 12 noon Firestone Indy Lights® Series Warm Up Session (15 minutes)
12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 3rd Practice Session (30 minutes)
1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. IZOD IndyCar® Series Qualifying Session (75 minutes)
2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Star Mazda Championship 1st Race (30 minutes)
3:20 p.m. to 4:35 p.m. Firestone Indy Lights® Series Race (75 minutes)
4:50 p.m. to 5:10 p.m. NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 1st Qualifying Session (20 minutes)
5:20 p.m. to 5:40 p.m. NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 2nd Qualifying Session (20 minutes)
5:55 p.m. to 6 :40 p.m. NASCC Eurasia Cup Race (45 minutes)

Sunday, July 22
7:00 a.m. Venue opens to public
8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. IZOD IndyCar® Series Warm Up Session (30 minutes)
9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Star Mazda Championship 2nd Race (45 minutes)
10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Race (75 minutes)
12 noon IZOD IndyCar® Series Drivers’ Introduction/
Opening Ceremonies
12:45 p.m. IZOD IndyCar® Series 2012 EDMONTON INDY® Green flag - 75 laps
(169.2 miles/272.3 km)

Race is on NBC Sports Network. Better than ABC and definitely better than TEE-ENN-TEE

Philthy82 · PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 1:02 am

A sea of concrete punctuated by orange hats, oh joy. Is there seriously not a purpose-built racetrack that could be used here?

Shane · PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:21 am

Philthy82 wrote:

A sea of concrete punctuated by orange hats, oh joy. Is there seriously not a purpose-built racetrack that could be used here?

No.

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 4:36 am

Wouldn't mind seeing the IndyCars go around Mont Tremblant someday

Beezle · PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:49 am

This track is awsome!!!

Juihi · PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:58 am

I wonder who Viso's victim at the hairpin's will be this year

hedgey666 · PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:13 pm

They race at this daft place but not (for example) the Glen? Nice.

Gaara · PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:23 pm

Blame ISC for that.

Tommy Vercetti · PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 3:20 pm

It's always ISC's fault.

iks · PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:05 pm

Stop complaining. This race is going to be great.

Peter · PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:55 am

I enjoy Indycar racing a lot this season, but most of my attention was paid to each individual race. So when I inadvertently looked at the championship standing, I saw Ryan Hunter-Reay is leading it by 35 points.

sennadesillva · PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:40 pm

[youtubeidiot]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FST-lK9fbnA&feature=g-u-u[/youtubeidiot]

Juihi · PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:24 am

Practise 1

Quote:

Simon Pagenaud opened this weekend's IndyCar round at Edmonton by setting the fastest time in the first practice session for the Schmidt Hamilton team.

The Frenchman's best lap of 1m16.5391s was well under last year's pole time of 1m18.5165s set by Takuma Sato, and put him almost 0.4 seconds clear of Foyt's Mike Conway in second place. Justin Wilson (Dale Coyne) was third-fastest.

For most of the session, the man to beat was rookie Josef Newgarden, who set a benchmark of 1m17.1461s during the first half hour, when running was restricted to drivers outside the top 10 in the points. But even after the track was opened to the entire field, Newgarden's time held until the final five minutes, and he still finished the session in fifth.

Current points leader Ryan Hunter-Reay ended the morning 22nd fastest, one place behind main championship rival Will Power. The American was forced to sit out the final two minutes of the session for unsportsmanlike conduct following an incident with Wilson's team-mate James Jakes.

Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap
1. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Dallara-Honda 1m16.5391s
2. Mike Conway Foyt Dallara-Honda 1m16.9309s + 0.3918s
3. Justin Wilson Coyne Dallara-Honda 1m16.9718s + 0.4327s
4. Graham Rahal Ganassi Dallara-Honda 1m17.0914s + 0.5523s
5. Josef Newgarden Fisher Dallara-Honda 1m17.1461s + 0.6070s
6. Dario Franchitti Ganassi Dallara-Honda 1m17.1985s + 0.6594s
7. Scott Dixon Ganassi Dallara-Honda 1m17.2414s + 0.7023s
8. James Jakes Coyne Dallara-Honda 1m17.3587s + 0.8196s
9. Rubens Barrichello KV Dallara-Chevy 1m17.3888s + 0.8497s
10. JR Hildebrand Panther Dallara-Chevy 1m17.3949s + 0.8558s
11. Alex Tagliani Herta Dallara-Honda 1m17.4025s + 0.8634s
12. Ryan Briscoe Penske Dallara-Chevy 1m17.4110s + 0.8719s
13. Charlie Kimball Ganassi Dallara-Honda 1m17.5277s + 0.9886s
14. Takuma Sato Rahal Dallara-Honda 1m17.6276s + 1.0885s
15. Marco Andretti Andretti Dallara-Chevy 1m17.6346s + 1.0955s
16. Helio Castroneves Penske Dallara-Chevy 1m17.6804s + 1.1413s
17. EJ Viso KV Dallara-Chevy 1m17.7762s + 1.2371s
18. James Hinchcliffe Andretti Dallara-Chevy 1m17.8111s + 1.2720s
19. Tony Kanaan KV Dallara-Chevy 1m17.8311s + 1.2920s
20. Sebastien Bourdais Dragon Dallara-Chevy 1m17.8715s + 1.3324s
21. Will Power Penske Dallara-Chevy 1m17.9286s + 1.3895s
22. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Dallara-Chevy 1m18.1163s + 1.5772s
23. Simona de Silvestro HVM Dallara-Lotus 1m18.1858s + 1.6467s
24. Oriol Servia Panther/DRR Dallara-Chevy 1m18.4726s + 1.9335s
25. Ed Carpenter Carpenter Dallara-Chevy 1m18.8988s + 2.3597s

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/101334

Chris A · PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:25 am

Castroneves was quickest in the second session.

Juihi · PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:25 am

Practise 2

Quote:

Helio Castroneves recovered from a spin to set the quickest time in the second IndyCar practice session at Edmonton.

Castroneves' best lap of 1m16.4920s was just enough to see him clear of Ganassi driver Scott Dixon, who popped up to second in the final minute with a lap 0.0027 seconds slower than the Brazilian's. Mike Conway (AJ Foyt Racing) also improved on his final lap to go third-fastest, putting him just ahead of local hero James Hinchcliffe.

Castroneves was responsible for one of the four red flags that punctuated the session when he locked up and spun at Turn 1. His car was undamaged, but he caused a heart-in-mouth moment for Penske team-mate Will Power, who had emerged from the pits just behind him and had to take to the escape road in order to avoid contact.

The other stoppages were triggered by Justin Wilson and Charlie Kimball, both of whom spun, and Conway, whose car stopped in the pit entry with 15 minutes of the session remaining.

Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap
1. Helio Castroneves Penske Dallara-Chevy 1m16.4920s
2. Scott Dixon Ganassi Dallara-Honda 1m16.4947s + 0.0027s
3. Mike Conway Foyt Dallara-Honda 1m16.5122s + 0.0202s
4. James Hinchcliffe Andretti Dallara-Chevy 1m16.5740s + 0.0820s
5. Alex Tagliani Herta Dallara-Honda 1m16.6505s + 0.1585s
6. Dario Franchitti Ganassi Dallara-Honda 1m16.6875s + 0.1955s
7. Justin Wilson Coyne Dallara-Honda 1m16.6985s + 0.2065s
8. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Dallara-Chevy 1m16.7067s + 0.2147s
9. Will Power Penske Dallara-Chevy 1m16.7168s + 0.2248s
10. Rubens Barrichello KV Dallara-Chevy 1m16.8078s + 0.3158s
11. Josef Newgarden Fisher Dallara-Honda 1m16.8225s + 0.3305s
12. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Dallara-Honda 1m16.8350s + 0.3430s
13. Graham Rahal Ganassi Dallara-Honda 1m16.8482s + 0.3562s
14. Marco Andretti Andretti Dallara-Chevy 1m16.8999s + 0.4079s
15. Tony Kanaan KV Dallara-Chevy 1m16.9230s + 0.4310s
16. Ryan Briscoe Penske Dallara-Chevy 1m16.9331s + 0.4411s
17. EJ Viso KV Dallara-Chevy 1m16.9715s + 0.4795s
18. Takuma Sato Rahal Dallara-Honda 1m16.9741s + 0.4821s
19. James Jakes Coyne Dallara-Honda 1m17.2266s + 0.7346s
20. Charlie Kimball Ganassi Dallara-Honda 1m17.2478s + 0.7558s
21. Sebastien Bourdais Dragon Dallara-Chevy 1m17.2593s + 0.7673s
22. JR Hildebrand Panther Dallara-Chevy 1m17.3555s + 0.8635s
23. Oriol Servia Panther/DRR Dallara-Chevy 1m17.4791s + 0.9871s
24. Simona de Silvestro HVM Dallara-Lotus 1m17.8749s + 1.3829s
25. Ed Carpenter Carpenter Dallara-Chevy 1m17.9263s + 1.4343s

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/101338

Juihi · PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:26 am

Some people on the Indycar facebook are thinking this is some sort of Ganassi conspiracy LOL!

Points leader Hunter-Reay to incur grid penalty

Quote:

Ryan Hunter-Reay entered the Edmonton Indy aiming for his four consecutive race win. He'll have to accomplish the feat from no higher than the 11th starting position.

The Chevrolet engine in the No. 28 Team DHL/Dr Pepper car was changed out following his victory in the Honda Indy Toronto two weeks ago by the Andretti Autosport crew as a precaution. Teammate James Hinchcliffe's car developed an engine issue in practice on the Exhibition Place circuit and it was replaced for qualifications.

Pursuant to Rule 15.5.1 of the IZOD IndyCar Series rulebook, an entry changing out an engine before it reaches its mileage limit (1,850 miles) will receive a 10-grid spot penalty.

http://www.indycar.com/News/2012/07-Jul ... ur-penalty

Karan · PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 1:15 am

Just got off work and went down to the track to pick up my tickets for the weekend. It was around 5pm when I got there but I had a 3 day paddock pass so I decided to take a wander through since the circuit was really quiet and figured it would be the least busy time of the weekend in the paddock.

But had a really nice surprise running into Kanaan and Barrichello outside their trailers!

Both were genuinely nice guys and took a couple moments to chat and take pictures

Kanaan in particular, who spent a good 30 mins chatting with a couple of fans.

Juihi · PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 1:16 am

Awesome!

Btw Scott Dixon also has a 10 grid place penalty

Tommy Vercetti · PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:56 pm

I'm not gonna give away who won the pole since qualifying is on same-day tape delay (NBC Sports Network at 6:30 PM ET), so here's the Fast 6 video:

If you must know...
[spoiler]Ryan Hunter-Reay won the pole, but since he got hit by the grid penalty, he'll start 11th. Dario Franchitti will start first. Remember the last time Dario was given the pole due to penalties...[/spoiler]

Gohel91 · PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 11:49 pm

Munoz just dominated Indy Lights race for his maiden win. Obliviously with only 11 cars on the grid it wasnt a great race. IndyCar really have to do something to make it more affordable

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2012 Edmonton Indy

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