30 Jul 2007, 12:23
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Love to see him do a Hamilton at Penske if Hornish decamps to Nascar.
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4 Aug 2007, 01:27
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I love the sound of the IPS cars, however I must admit the Champ Car Atlantic Championship gets more of my focus. It is good, however, to see consistently large fields in the IPS. I heard rumors as late as last year saying that Tony et al were going to let the Pro Series die and try to extract talent for their series from the Atlantics. It's good to see that 2/4 of the big U.S. open-wheel racing series are starting to flourish in IPS and CCA.
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4 Aug 2007, 09:16
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With the cost of competing in European and British senior championships being so high i would expect both Champcar Atlantics and the Indy Pro Series to benefit from more drivers crossing to the US to try to further their careers.
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4 Aug 2007, 17:40
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I think the Pro series and the Indycar series are both stronger than their counterparts, and give more varied racing. The Atlantics are far more basic cars, and less powerful, and will therefore be cheaper, but my view is that the Pro series is moving from strength to strength
On the other hand, I don't like the sound of the Pro cars - I;d rather hear them pulling 8-9,000 revs ... they sound like they are only pulling about 3,000
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10 Aug 2007, 23:50
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Kentucky starting grid...
1. 55 Hideki Mutoh Super Aguri-Panther Racing 27.8551
2. 7 Alex Lloyd Sam Schmidt Motorsports 27.9305
3. 27 Wade Cunningham AFS Racing, Inc./Andretti Green Racing 28.1033
4. 23 Logan Gomez Sam Schmidt Motorsports 28.1658
5. 57 Leilani Münter Sam Schmidt Motorsports 28.1979
6. 9 Chris Festa CGR Indy Pro Series 28.3521
7. 5 Andrew Prendeville RLR/Andersen Racing 28.4089
8. 12 Sean Guthrie Playa Del Racing 28.4119
9. 1 Bobby Wilson Brian Stewart Racing 28.4207
10. 38 Ryan Justice Sam Schmidt Motorsports 28.4249
11. 15 Joey Scarallo RLR/Andersen Racing 28.4489
12. 24 Stephen Simpson Kenn Hardley Racing 28.4677
13. 2 Travis Gregg Team Moore Racing 28.5574
14. 53 Mike Potekhen Apex Racing 28.6136
15. 13 Robbie Pecorari Team KMA 28.6483
16. 52 Ken Losch Apex Racing 28.7971
17. 3 Brad Jaeger Brian Stewart Racing 28.8710
18. 4 Tom Wieringa Guthrie Racing 28.9289
19. 34 Jon Brownson SWE Racing 29.2037
20. 11 Jaime Camara Andretti Green/AFS Racing no time
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11 Aug 2007, 12:01
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Looks close and the usual suspects are up at the front. Good performances by Gomez and Munter in 4th and 5th.
Should be a good race although i won't be getting up at 3am to watch it. Damm night races.
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11 Aug 2007, 21:56
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Nice win for Wade, he could do with the points
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12 Aug 2007, 03:09
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OK I feel like a right dork. Saw the times off live timing before the IRL race and thought Wade had won, didn't realise it was Qual and that the race was post IRL. Still nice points hall for 3rd
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12 Aug 2007, 10:13
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Didn't watch it due to time diff but it sounded like an exciting finish. Great driving by the top 3.
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13 Aug 2007, 00:58
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Race Result was very similar to the qualifying result....
Surely we're not seeing the same thing we have in F1..... OK. They do pass each other....
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14 Aug 2007, 09:42
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Good race win to Hideki Mutoh at Kentucky 
Points after 13 rounds...
1 Alex Lloyd - 548
2 Hideki Mutoh - 450
3 Wade Cunningham - 377
4 Bobby Wilson - 332
5 Jaime Camara - 320
6 Mike Potekhen - 290
7 Robbie Pecorari - 289
8 Chris Festa - 274
9 Stephen Simpson - 260
10 Logan Gomez - 258
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25 Aug 2007, 21:24
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Congrat's to Lloyds, driver and papa. Great job mates, great job all season long, and Alex deserved that break. I am awaiting contract in IRL now, hopefully in the #33 Target, or if Dan will move up at #10.
What a grear series it is. What a great season it was, after so many years of BS, low grids, low profiled drivers, TG has found a formula to attract it to the drivers and teams. Hopefully we will have the same quality of drivers next year, maybe Perera, some stroneger guys from CCAC?!
Keep it going.
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25 Aug 2007, 23:05
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Yes great day for Alex, Sam his wife, Sam Schmidt and his very professional team , his family, all his friends and supporters. Nice to see him win it in style after all the talk of Mutoh ending the season as the hot driver. I hope he now gets the opportunity to show what he can do in a front running Indy car.
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29 Aug 2007, 13:33
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I'm as delighted to see Alex win as the next man, but I do have a niggling doubt at the back of my mind in relation to him stepping up to the big league.
Has he had to fight wheel to wheel with people many times this season, because I'm pretty sure he'll have to even if at a top line team next year. I'm not doubting his ability for a second, but I haven't seen any races this year and I've been given the impression from reading results tables and the like that several of his wins were dominant, drive away from the field type affairs, which I don't think he'll get next year and which may not have taught him anything about scrapping with the guy next to you at 200+mph.
Anyone see any races and able to comment?
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1 Sep 2007, 22:12
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Congrats to Alex Lloyd on winning the 2007 Championship
Points after 15 rounds...
1 Alex Lloyd - 609
2 Hideki Mutoh - 481
3 Wade Cunningham - 410
4 Jaime Camara - 363
5 Bobby Wilson - 361
6 Mike Potekhen - 349
7 Stephen Simpson - 322
8 Logan Gomez - 318
9 Robbie Pecorari - 309
10 Chris Festa - 302
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