GIL WINS! GIL WINS! GIL WINS!

I have to confess that I did not breathe for the last 14 laps of that race - BUT GIL DID IT! He won his first oval race, he won Penske's 100th race - and he did it as smoothly as if he was out for a Sunday drive in the park... and wasn't he sweet in the interview too.

P.S. TO PAGE AND PARAKEET - THAT WAS GIL IN THE CAR, NOT ROGER PENSKE!

NOW GIL, GO DO IT AGAIN!

It was a great drive by Gil. He finally won with Roger, although I think they should send a thank you card to Micheal Jourdain for taking out Tracy and Montoya. I doubt that Gil would have got the win had it not been for Jourdains cold tire adventure.

But still a great drive by Gil, and Moreno did a great job up until he had the tire problem.

Congratulations to Gil and Liz.
Eurosport didn't cover the race but I have read the reports.
Great race and a milestone for Penske.
I think I know how you feel Liz, it's always great when the driver you support does well and particularly if he wins.
I bet you took some Molson Bradaurs tonight.

That I did (I've been saving some for this eventuality) - and Gil would have won anyway even if everyone else had not crashed out, so there Jay. http://ten-tenths.accelerator.org/ubb/tongue.gif

I am only kidding. I am too happy to get mad at anybody tonight!

Liz over the moon: I could hear the screams of joy from here!!

I'll bet your a very happy camper, eh?

-E.

well, i missed it.
and i didn't miss much http://ten-tenths.accelerator.org/ubb/biggrin.gif
nice one gil.
and liz - now you've got what you want, how about some extra help in getting what i want (ok, that's more than a point at the moment..)
sounded like a good race.

Bella it's that lame car Your Christian is in. Those Swifts ought to be renamed - they are china dolls on the track. Let's light candles that he gets into a team with cars that hang together. That's all Gil needed.

But if he and Helio ever get on the podium together, we will have to send out for a shedload of hankies or they will drown us all.

Lucky Win, Lucky Win! http://ten-tenths.accelerator.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

"Bella it's that lame car Your Christian is in. Those Swifts ought to be renamed - they are china dolls on the track."

Wouldn't that be a Lola

Oops, sorry. http://ten-tenths.accelerator.org/ubb/redface.gif

But it IS a lame car, whatever the heck its name is.

And lucky win? They are all lucky wins - and they all count the same.

Ouch, the Lola lame. If the engines in them hadn't blown up so often (Mikey and Juan especially) they'd be killing Reynard. Lola I think has en edge, the teams just havn't had any luck to show it.

If they didn't blow up they'd win races. Yes and if the Duke wore a dress he'd be the Dutchess. http://ten-tenths.accelerator.org/ubb/smile.gif

A car that can't finish a race is lame.

But in that case, it's the motor which is lame, not the awesome Lola chassis http://ten-tenths.accelerator.org/ubb/wink.gif

it's still a load of cr@p, whatever it is.

wonder who's going to tear up the contract first?
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ah, i can't wait for helio to win a race. it'ss be a hanky time for all involved...

Helio is so sweet. I'd just like to hug the stuffing out of him - except he doesn't have much stuffing - http://ten-tenths.accelerator.org/ubb/wink.gif

one of those guys you just want to give a big hug, pat him on the head and tell him it's going to be all right, and that you'll bake him a nice cake to make it better.

he's also kinda fast.

Congrats to Gil deFerran and Roger Penske for their 100th win! I had no idea this deFerran's first win on an oval but I did know it was Penske's first win since 1994 with Tracy at the wheel.

KC, wasn't it 1997?

Yes Bella, I agree with you about Helio. He needs fattening up. Maybe he could eat some of Gil's lunch and do them both a favour. (Only at the dining table - eating his lunch on the track is FORBIDDEN!)

hey, gil isn't that bad anymore.

He looks just as good to me as he did when he was chubby.

i was consulting some old autosports, and i have to raise the issue of gils old haircut from 1996. what was he thinking?
(found some of helio - ahhhhh...bet his mummy loves him http://ten-tenths.accelerator.org/ubb/biggrin.gif)

(incidentally, sorry for my lack of regularity over posting. i'm revising, and it's getting a little bit hectic)

I expect he was thinking "Well I've got that helmet on most of the time so what's it matter what my hair looks like?" http://ten-tenths.accelerator.org/ubb/smile.gif

Speaking of cute little boys, though, did you see the pic of Montoya at age 4 in his first Kart? Now that was one lovely baby boy.

i haven't actually. was he a little cutie?? aww....
still amused by the phantom mullet from 1996 though. now sported by fisico in f1, this little mullet has travelled far and wide.
also spotted on jarno trulli (curse, curse), david beckham, and most famously, kevin keegan.
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