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Team Target Goes 1-2 at Indy 500
Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 12:22 pm
by Gil Dobie
Franchitti and Dixon finish 1 & 2 for the Target Racing team at Indy. Ashley Judd looked pretty happy as her husband won his 3rd Indy 500
Re: Team Target Goes 1-2 at Indy 500
Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 1:32 pm
by SuperHornet
I missed it as we had a baptism service following church today. I was surprised to hear that two people got black flagged after only ten laps for going too slow.
Looks like Franchitti needs the race to end under a caution to win, as all three of his wins have come that way.
He's one of the good guys, so I don't mind it so much. I can't wait for the Coca-Cola 600. It's time for Danica to shine!
Re: Team Target Goes 1-2 at Indy 500
Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 1:49 pm
by 93henfan
I caught the very end. Was hoping the little nip could nip Franchitti, but he did a kamikaze into the wall.
Re: Team Target Goes 1-2 at Indy 500
Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 1:52 pm
by Gil Dobie
SuperHornet wrote:I missed it as we had a baptism service following church today. I was surprised to hear that two people got black flagged after only ten laps for going too slow.
Looks like Franchitti needs the race to end under a caution to win, as all three of his wins have come that way.
He's one of the good guys, so I don't mind it so much. I can't wait for the Coca-Cola 600. It's time for Danica to shine!
Sato spunout after hitting the inside line trying to pass Franchitti on the last lap to win the race.
Re: Team Target Goes 1-2 at Indy 500
Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 2:05 pm
by SuperHornet
Well, if he blew it in the process of going for it, you can't fault him for trying. It's those who don't try or try to cheat that I don't particularly care for.
Re: Team Target Goes 1-2 at Indy 500
Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 2:21 pm
by 93henfan
Gil Dobie wrote:SuperHornet wrote:I missed it as we had a baptism service following church today. I was surprised to hear that two people got black flagged after only ten laps for going too slow.
Looks like Franchitti needs the race to end under a caution to win, as all three of his wins have come that way.
He's one of the good guys, so I don't mind it so much. I can't wait for the Coca-Cola 600. It's time for Danica to shine!
Sato spunout after hitting the inside line trying to pass Franchitti on the last lap to win the race.
He should have followed through one and tried to make the pass coming out of two. Impatience killed him. He tried a sneak attack going into the first turn and ended up in a mushroom cloud.
Re: Team Target Goes 1-2 at Indy 500
Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 2:43 pm
by BlueHen86
93henfan wrote:Gil Dobie wrote:
Sato spunout after hitting the inside line trying to pass Franchitti on the last lap to win the race.
He should have followed through one and tried to make the pass coming out of two. Impatience killed him. He tried a sneak attack going into the first turn and ended up in a mushroom cloud.
Exactly. The lead car was a sitting duck all day. Sato went for it too soon. He should have drafted through 1 and 2 and then tried for the pass.
Re: Team Target Goes 1-2 at Indy 500
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 1:51 pm
by Grizalltheway
SuperHornet wrote:It's time for Danica to shine!
And HOW!
Re: Team Target Goes 1-2 at Indy 500
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 2:05 pm
by BlueHen86
Grizalltheway wrote:SuperHornet wrote:It's time for Danica to shine!
And HOW!
30th place. 5 laps down. Her best NASCAR Sprint Cup result yet!
Re: Team Target Goes 1-2 at Indy 500
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 4:37 pm
by SuperHornet
Danica started 40th, 86. How is +10 spots bad, especially given some of the big names that finished WELL behind her? Mark Martin (34th) had a place differential of -28, A.J. Allmendinger (33rd) lost 22 places, Scott Speed finished 37th, and Joe Nemecheck finished 41st.
If you wanna talk about suckage, start there....
Re: Team Target Goes 1-2 at Indy 500
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 5:00 pm
by BlueHen86
SuperHornet wrote:Danica started 40th, 86. How is +10 spots bad, especially given some of the big names that finished WELL behind her? Mark Martin (34th) had a place differential of -28, A.J. Allmendinger (33rd) lost 22 places, Scott Speed finished 37th, and Joe Nemecheck finished 41st.
If you wanna talk about suckage, start there....
She finished 30th, only 7.5 miles behind the winner! 30th out of 43 is awesome. It's just too bad that she couldn't put an end to her 4 year winless streak.
Maybe soon she'll be able to double her professional win total, at least she has those Go Daddy commercials to fall back on.
It's not true that the name Danica is slavic for "over-rated".