No Magic For Power In Round 11 Of 17 At Mid-Ohio

Scott Dixon preparing for warm-up session on race day. Dixon went on to win the Honda 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. Image Credit: Dan Helrigel via IZOD IndyCar Series



No Magic For Power In Round 11 Of 17 At Mid-Ohio



The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, Round 11 of 17 delivered a fatal blow to Will Power's chances at getting his first IndyCar Series (ICS) season championship. The Verizon Penske Racing Dallara driver, who was on track to get the ICS championship last year up until the final race of the season when Dario Franchitti was able to eclipse Power's season points total, was looking to climb back into the challenge at 38 points behind and a perfect track for his talents, was caught out twice in pit stop strategy by full course cautions.



"We were making great fuel mileage and we were going to go a lap or two longer than the leaders on the second stop, which would have put us in great position to challenge for the race lead in the last stint," said Power of the Lap 58 incident involving contact between the cars of Graham Rahal and Danica Patrick. "Basically, today we suffered for doing a great job of driving a smart race. We just got caught out by that last yellow flag.”



Will Power as he is being followed by Ryan Hunter-Reay at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. Image Credit: Chris Jones via IZOD IndyCar Series



This dropped Power to P16 and allowed Target Chip Ganassi team-mates to duke it out for the win with Scott Dixon passing Dario Franchitti on a restart to eventually take the win. It may have been doubtful if Will Power had anything for the Scott Dixon Dallara because of how well the driver and car had been hooked up all weekend long (fastest Lap - 1:09.1271 / 76), but to finish so far down in the order with a competitive car (set 2nd fastest lap late in the race - 1:09.2376 / 85), placed a stake through the heart (a loss of 24 points against Franchitti - at 62 points behind) of Will Power's chances for a ICS season championship. In fact, with the points Scott Dixon gained with his win (he is now just 29 points behind Power with six races left), Will Power may not even become a repeat "bridesmaid" (runner-up) at season's end in 2011.



The Penske Racing fleet of Dallara cars had a terrible outing at Mid-Ohio. After qualifying Ryan Briscoe at P2, Will Power at P4, and Helio Castroneves at P15, the three drivers end up with Power at P14, Briscoe at P16 and Castroneves at P19.



Newman-Haas's Oriol Servia runs nearly side-by-side with replacement driver for Dreyer & Reinbold's Simon Pagenaud. at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. Image Credit: Chris Jones via IZOD IndyCar Series



KV Racing Technology ended up having a fair showing with two of their three cars placing in the top five. Takuma Sato missed the podium for the second time this year, repeating his finishing position at the street course in St. Petersburg at P4 (qualified P9) followed by Tony Kanaan at P5 (qualified P16) ... a good outing for E.J. Viso who finished the race running, and came in just behind Will Power at P15 after qualifying in P12.



Last note: Justin Wilson had an off in turn one and compressed his back but at this point, it does not look like he will need surgery as Vitor Meira required when he suffered a similar injury. He was replaced by former ChampCar World Series driver and ALMS Champion, Simon Pagenaud, in the Dreyer & Reinbold #22 Roll Coater Dallara and delivered a steady performance coming in ahead of Power at P13 after taking the Green Flag at P18.



Said Pagenaud after the race, “Considering that I was thrown into the car yesterday morning, I think that it was a good weekend. Obviously qualifying was a bit of a roller coaster for me with getting in the car quickly and trying to do my best. We started at the back in 18th position. It’s difficult to pass here, so we finished 13th. We had a really good racecar, but it’s just frustrating because I didn’t have the chance to run by myself and show the pace of the car. I think that the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Roll Coater car was one of the fastest out there today. We just needed to qualify up front and we would have been okay. All in all, considering the bad luck that the team had all weekend, the team should be glad about that. Bia did a great job and we should all be proud. We will see what happens next.”



Round 12 of 17 sends the teams off to the oval at New Hampshire Motor Speedway where the race is set to be run August 14, broadcast at 3:30pm ET on Versus.



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Four Questions With KV Racing Technology-Lotus Driver, E.J. Viso

KV Racing Technology-Lotus #59 Dallara driven by ChampCar alumni EJ Viso as he takes turn #9 during qualifications at the 37th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Image Credit: Edmund Jenks (2011)


Four Questions With KV Racing Technology-Lotus Driver, E.J. Viso
E.J. Viso Interview, July 21, 2011

Ernesto José Viso Lossada (born March 19, 1985) is a Venezuelan race car driver. He is commonly referred to as Ernesto Viso or, since his move to American racing, E.J. Viso.

Viso was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He has raced in the 2005 and 2006 GP2 Series seasons, and has also driven the third car for Spyker MF1 Racing. In 2007 he competed in the GP2 Series for Racing Engineering. Starting in 2008, he raced in the United States for HVM Racing which had just merged into the IndyCar Series (ICS) from the ChampCar World Series (CCWS). He raced through the next year until joining another CCWS merged team of KV Racing Technology-Lotus in 2010.

We catch up with E.J. before the second race of a 2 race swing through Canada, the 11th race in a 18 race season at Edmonton, Alberta Canada.


You are now in your second season with KVRT-Lotus, do you have opportunities to learn by sharing information, technical feedback or experiences with teammates and their engineers?

Yes, it’s always good being part of a team. A lot of what we’re doing now is a continuation of work we started last year with Takuma and the guys, and Tony brings new information. We really don’t change very much, its more like evolving the program and it just keeps growing.



You had some tough luck in Toronto [Race 10 of 18 in 2011] but still finished pretty well. Is that kind of representative of your year so far?

Well, I did have some bad luck with punctures in Toronto. I think really every race this year except maybe Iowa, where we had a major problem with the car, we’ve always been very competitive, running a lot in 5th or 6th, but unfortunately we haven’t finished as many races as we’d like. Sometimes my fault, sometimes the team’s and sometimes other circumstances, but we know we’re good, we know we have the speed , we’re getting better all the time and just need to stay strong and do it.

E.J. as he gets instructions from the team manager in the pits at the Honda Indy Toronto. Image Credit: LAT/Webb via Motor Sports Unplugged (2011)


Nobody is familiar with this new Edmonton track, but with the long straightaways and hairpins many drivers say there are passing opportunities but it could be a demolition derby. What are your thoughts?

That’s probably true. The first corner is way slower than it looks and is very tight in the exit. It’s almost like a dragster, you’ve got to stop and go, so car setup is very important and you need good braking and good traction. I’m sure a lot of people are going to be driving very soft cars to try to accommodate the needs of the track. With 3 very slow corners you’ll need to get power early.

This race, I think, is going to be similar to Toronto. It’s funny, because my mentality there was only to finish. I never, ever, took any kind of risk during the race and kind of let the race come to me and that’s the same mentality to bring to this place. It will be a very physically demanding race here, it’s easy to make mistakes and there are going to be some accidents. Just by keeping calm, having good pit stops and trying to save a little fuel so the last stop is as fast as possible is important.


On the business side of things how has the relationship with a name like Lotus affected your ability to expand your personal brand or create marketing opportunities?

The program we put together, that is, Lotus and KV, is very important. At the end of the day KV is a team, but Lotus is a car company, is bigger and very appealing to sponsors and the media. It’s positive for me, the team, for everybody and I hope it’s the first of many years.

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FOOTNOTE: E.J. Viso, in "Knockout" qualifying made it into the "Firestone Fast Six" and registered a P5. KV Racing Technology-Lotus teammate, Takuma Sato took his second pole position of the season, and his first road course pole position in the IndyCar Series.

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Honda-Powered Dallaras Heat Up The Streets (and driver tempers) Of The Honda Indy Toronto

Will Power leads the field from P1 at the Honda Indy Toronto. Image Credit: IZOD IndyCar Series

Honda-Powered Dallaras Heat Up The Streets (and driver tempers) Of The Honda Indy Toronto

Round 10 of 18, the Honda Indy Toronto proved to be one of the toughest tests of man, women, and machine of the season. We are beginning the second half of the season and what was shaping up to be a tightly contested two to four driver series championship points race was undone in part due to timing and, of course, full course yellow flag caution periods.

Will Power, entered the race by securing the pole, but still 20 points down to Dario Franchitti, the driver that took the points lead last year in the last race in order to secure his third IndyCar Series Championship. Will Power has done well here in Toronto (reining 2010 race winner) and he was hoping to climb back in the middle of the race for the season points lead on the strength of his Firestone Fast Six Peak Pole Award starting position.

The flag drops to start the race and everything looked good at the beginning because Will's car and his driving skill had the best of the two red Target Chip Ganassi racing Dallaras behind him. At about lap 27, Dario Franchitti heads into the pits a little early to shake things up and get on a different pit sequence and this became the first chink in Power's hold on the lead. Three laps later, Power teammate Helio Castroneves spins out Alex Tagliani in turn 3 bringing out the second full course caution out of eight in the race. This, on restart, places Dario Franchitti at the lead of the race and in attitudinal control from this point forward.

Double-file restarts become the attention draw they were intended to be, with three-wide contests going into turn one and cleaning themselves up by turn two, only to increase the level of contest going into the end of a high-speed straight at turn three where most of the day's full course cautions were launched.

By lap 54, with the help of a slowing Simona de Silvestro, Power was able to gain enough spots to pass by and get ahead of Dario Franchitti where Power felt he could recapture the lead of the race on pit sequence, but Dario had other ideas. When the next time these two drivers came to turn 3, Dario decided to stick his nose in where there wasn't any room and pulled off a NASCAR style punt on Will ... and spun him around. By the time Will Power was able to get turned back around and running, he was back in the fields at P13. The IndyCar Series Championship points gap between Franchitti and Power enlarges to 55 before going on to Round 12 of 18 at Edmonton, July 24th, 2011.

Helmet of the points leading Dario Franchitti as he and his team celebrates the contraversial win at Exposition place in Toronto. Image Credit: IZOD IndyCar Series

This excerpted and edited from Racer -

Power slams Franchitti after clash
RACER - July 11, 2011

Afterward a furious Power said the series officials should have taken action against Franchitti.

"It doesn't surprise me that he didn't get a penalty, because he never gets penalized, it's pretty typical," said Power in an interview with Versus. "It was a pretty dirty move. He just turned me around. Does anyone ever penalize this guy? He's as dirty as you like.

"I left the inside open on the brakes. I'm really disappointed with Dario. I always race him clean, and he always races me dirty. He did the same at St. Pete, though I didn't say anything, and he did the same today. Disappointed in Dario. The guy who mouths off about everyone and whinges about everyone, and he's the guy who races the most dirty, never gets a penalty from IndyCar. It's just not right."
[Reference Here]

There was a lot more that ended up not being right as there was hot action around turn three, the pits, and the rest of the track for that matter.

Alex Tagliani's car goes airborne after colliding with Danica Patrick's car on the streets of Toronto. Patrick was able to return to the race after having the nose of her car replaced with a spare part from teammate Marco Andretti. Image Credit: IZOD IndyCar Series

Danica Patrick, for her part, finished yet another race in rolling condition, extending her IZOD IndyCar Series record to 43, but this was not without incident. She ran well all race after starting P21 of 26 cars, concentrating at going fast and had worked her way up to the top 10 when she entered turn three with the Dale Coyne Racing Dallara of James Jakes turned around in the corner on lap 71. To avoid contact, Danica ended up pushing Alex Tagliani's Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara (not his first incident in the race) up on its sidepod along the wall as he, a Canadian crowd favorite, luckily misses injury. This results in damaging Danica's front wing and delivers the eighth and final full course yellow.

Confusion ensues for Danica and her team as they do not have a replacement for her damaged front wing. As it turns out, Andretti Autosport gave the wing away to support the effort of teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay on his way to a podium (P3) finish but did not anticipate another incident. As Danica had wait in her pit, Antretti Autosport found a wing in Marco Andretti's pit (Marco finished in P4) and rushed it over to Patrick's pit and it was installed. One can only wonder, if Andretti Autosport were prepared for the Patrick incident (or just any team incident - bad team management process), where would she have ended the race ... probably a lot better than P19 and the next to the last car running on the track ahead of KV Racing Technologies/Lotus team's Takuma Sato, both ending the race six laps down.

One of many of the picturesque views to be had at one of the premiere temporary street courses in North America - the Honda Indy Toronto. Image Credit: IZOD IndyCar Series

The crowd was big and full of the excitement generated throughout the race by the close wheel-to-wheel, carbon-fiber action. Can any standard oval race course deliver this kind of intensity and competition throughout a race?

Street and road courses look great on TV and the action on small bullring (1 mile or less) courses with close open wheel action has fans on the edge of their seats leaving the regular oval track wanting for something other than "event" trappings to bring people to the track or turning on their TV sets! It is a question fair to ask.

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Honda Indy Toronto - Round 10 of 18, "Tweet"-By-LiveBlog Entry

After winning the pole in Toronto, @12WillPower talks with Versus. #indycarmobile. Image Credit: twitpic - Penske Racing


Honda Indy Toronto - Round 10 of 18, "Tweet"-By-LiveBlog Entry
Will Power's love affair with the Toronto street course continued after he snared pole position for Sunday's Honda Indy Toronto.
The Australian, who has claimed pole positions in the last eight IndyCar road race events, checked-in with a 59.577-second best lap on the 2.82km Exhibition Place street course for his 21st career pole.
But while Power is the defending champion in Toronto, taking top spot on the grid was a new highlight for him.
"Man, we really had to work hard for that," Power said after securing the Firestone Fast Six Peak Pole Award. "I've never won a pole here in Toronto and I love this place. When you turn a fast lap here, you're really just exhausted. This is such a physical track. It's a real driver's track with all the different surfaces and all the bumps, you really need to wring its neck out there and that's what I love about it."
Power goes into today's race trailing rival and two-time defending series champion Dario Franchitti by 20 points on the 2011 IndyCar Series championship standings. New Zealander, Scott Dixon sits between Power and Franchitti in qualifying and will start alongside the Australian in the front-row while Franchitti starts from P3.
"It's great to be on pole here but this is a track where you can really pass a lot of cars and move forward from the back," Power said.


Track Map - Honda Indy Toronto temporary street course. Image Credit: jamesjakes.com


The race started on time with the following entries, initially "Tweets" from Twitter, then direct, live blogging entries during the course of the race. The race transpired as follows:

Meeshbeer Meeshbeer - Green! Green! Green!!
IndyCar IZOD IndyCar Series - We're green! http://racecontrol.indycar.com/
MoreFrontWing More Front Wing - Can't believe lap 1 was clean! Amazing.
Talked too soon!!! Briscoe and Kanaan make contact on LAP 3.
FollowAndretti Andretti Autosport - Full course caution. Kanaan with a bit of contact.
SBPopOffValve PopOffValve.com - I am sure @TonyKanaan is going to unfollow me and never speak to me again after I picked him to win this week.
Meeshbeer Meeshbeer – RESTART - Green! Green! Green!!
MoreFrontWing More Front Wing - Awesome restart!
LAP 8 Danica and Taku get together … come to pits
LAP 27 – Franchitti pits.
LAP 30 – Tagliani and Castroneves get together in turn 3, spins Tags – Full Course Caution
Fieldof33 Paul Dalbey - Stop me if you've heard this before... Helio takes another driver out of the race and screws over his teammate.
SBPopOffValve PopOffValve.com - Helio NERFED Tags. Hmm. Unprecedented HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
After pitstops – Franchitti, Servia, Wilson, RHR, Hinchtown, Briscoe, Meira, Tracy, Andretti, Hildebrand, Jakes, then Power, Dixon, Conway, and Rahal.
GREEN, GREEN, GREEN double file RESTART LAP 36!
LAP 38 Tracy and Hinchcliff get together, damaged front wing on Tracy
Jakes has a problem, spins in turn 9 – Full Course Yellow LAP 39
RESTART LAP 43 - Franchitti, Servia, Wilson, RHR, Briscoe, Dixon, Andretti, Meira Conway, Power, Hildebrand.
LAP 44 cars dive into pitlane – Servia has a pick-up problem, gets passed by Wilson and RHR.
Andretti gets past Dixon and Briscoe to P5
LAP 46 sees Conway get around Meira for P7 then Briscoe for P6 followed by Power around Mreira for P7
LAP 47 Tracy clobbers Meira and takes him out of the race Full Course Yellow
LAP 48 everyone gets into the pits for tires and fuel … may be the last stop.
LAP 49 Graham Rahal leads the field due to an earlier pitstop – then Viso, de Silvestro, RHR, Beatriz, Franchitti, Wilson, Dixon, Power and Andretti round out the top 10.
RHR may be in the best position to go to the end without a pitstop for fuel.
RESTART LAP 52 side-by-side with lapped Tagliani gives Rahal all he can handle – passes Rahal to get his lap back.
Ryan Hunter-Reay gets past de Silvestro LAP 53 and now Power gets past several cars and runs in P6 ahead of Franchitti.
LAP 54 Power passes de Silvestro for P5 – Conway heads for the pits with damage.
Full Course Yellow – Will Power gets turned around by Dario Franchitti in turn 4 Power stalled.
Franchitti now in P5 behind Wilson on LAP 58 during the 5^th full course caution.
RESTART LAP 61 side-by-side with Rahal, RHR, Viso, Wilson, Franchitti, Dixon, Servia, Andretti … Power back at P16
Viso locks up his tires and causes a flat when Wilson tries to pass, Dixon now past Wilson.
Graham will need a 44 lap tank full in order to maintain position and win ... or just finish the race.
Top 5 are Rahal, Hunter-Reay, Franchitti, Dixon and Wilson.
Franchitti passes RHR on lap 64
Will Power gets booted into the tire barrier by Tagliani on LAP 66 – possible 45 points down to Franchitti
Yellow helps Rahal on his load of fuel with 18 laps to go.
Top 5 shows Rahal, Franchitti, RHR, Dixon, and Wilson. Will Power out of the car unable to continue and will finish at P 24
LAP 68 Rahal chooses to start from the left on the side-by-side and the restart gets waived off – was this on purpose – for gas?
RESTART LAP 69 – waived off
RESTART LAP 70 – Rahal gets a leap and the GREEN Flag flies – 77 Tagliani goes up on it side as he gets together with James Jakes
Full Course Yellow - can you say destruction derby? Patrick hits Jakes which caused a chain reaction with Tagliani – lost in all of this is that Franchitti gets around Rahal in turn 3 for the lead
LAP 76 RESTART – Top 5 are Franchitti, Rahal, Dixon, RHR, and Wilson.
Three wide into turn 1, Wilson gets turned and collects several cars that include Servia, Hinchcliff and a couple of others. Rahal gets passed by Dixon but it was under Yellow and gets sent back. Andretti causes the chain reaction incident.
LAP 80 RESTART – Top 5 are Franchitti, Rahal, Dixon, RHR, and Andretti.
Rahal almost passes Franchitti through 1 and 2, gets spun by Dixon and Rahal gets booted back to P13.
Dixon charges on to Franchitti and if Dario wins it will be a 55 point lead from 20 before the race over Power going into Edmonton.
LAP 83 of 85 laps it Franchitti, Dixon and newlywed Ryan Hunter-Reay in 1-2-3!
Five car lengths separate Franchitti and Dixon who is closing. Both are pulling away from Ryan Hunter-Reay.
Checkered Flag, Dario Franchitti wins for the fourth time this season and the third time at the Toronto street course venue. 30 career wins gives him 9^th all-time and passes Rick Mears who posted 29 wins in his career. Further, Franchitti is now one win shy of tying Paul Tracy and Sebastien Bourdais for eighth on the all-time wins list with 31.

Graham Rahal would have made it on fuel but he believes that if RHR did not hit him, he would have been on the podium. Maybe we should just call this a honeymoon gift.
Marco Andretti gained 16 positions in the race and moves up one position in the overall championship.
An exciting race to watch and listen to but a horrible race for the ChampCar proud fans of Will Power, Graham Rahal, and Oriol Servia. In the end, Sebastien Bourdais and EJ Viso were the only ChampCar transition drivers to make it into the top ten … and this, technically, is one of their tracks.

Dario Franchitti celebrates with his team in the winners podium at the Honda Indy Toronto - Before turning a lap, Franchitti issued a cautionary note about 26 cars squeezing through the narrow twists and turns of the 1.755-mile, 11-turn Exhibition Place street course in the Honda Indy Toronto. “Small mistakes will be punished, and in some cases, it could take out multiple cars,” the IZOD IndyCar Series championship points leader said. Image Credit: chipganassiracing.com


How they finished:

Pos - Driver - Team - Time/Gap

1. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 85 laps
2. Scott Dixon Ganassi + 0.7345s
3. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti + 6.0144s
4. Marco Andretti Andretti + 7.5671s
5. Vitor Meira Foyt + 9.0117s
6. Sebastien Bourdais Dale Coyne + 9.3114s
7. Ryan Briscoe Penske + 9.8735s
8. JR Hildebrand Panther + 14.1750s
9. EJ Viso KV + 14.7843s
10. Simona de Silvestro HVM + 15.7603s
11. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold + 16.8992s
12. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas + 19.8736s
13. Graham Rahal Ganassi + 21.3123s
14. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas + 1 lap
15. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold + 2 laps
16. Paul Tracy Dragon + 3 laps
17. Helio Castroneves Penske + 4 laps
18. James Jakes Dale Coyne + 4 laps
19. Danica Patrick Andretti + 6 laps
20. Takuma Sato KV + 6 laps

Retirements:

Charlie Kimball Ganassi 77 laps
Mike Conway Andretti 76 laps
Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt 71 laps
Will Power Penske 66 laps
Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 43 laps
Tony Kanaan KV 2 laps
(ht: autosport.com)

One final post-race Tweet came across the screen as this posting was being finalized ...

12WillPower Will Power -by toomuchracing - @dariofranchitti hey princess thanks for that nice tap today--appreciate it


The Edmonton Indy, Round 11 of 18 takes place at Rexall Edmonton Indy Speedway - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - on Versus at 2:00pm ET, July 24, 2011.

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Tweet-By-Tweet Round #4 Race - The Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle

The winners trophy for Round #4 of the IndyCar Series - The Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle. Image Credit: IZOD ICS (2011)

Tweet-By-Tweet Round #4 Race - The Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle

DRRIndyCar DRRIndyCar Larry to JW - "Coming to the green. Have a great start and a great race."

GREEN, GREEN, GREEN! Race start. Image Credit: IZOD ICS (2011)

FollowAndretti Andretti Autosport - Green, green, green! #SaoPauloIndy300 #IndyCar
Big contact on the first start - Danica Patrick, Tony Kanaan, Simona de Silvestro and Helio Castroneves all involved. Image Credit: IZOD ICS (2011)
IndyCar IZOD IndyCar Series - Yellow coming out. Multiple cars make contact. Hunter-Reay, Castroneves, de Silvestro
FemaleRacing Female Racing News - Oh No big wreck in the first turn @DanicaPatrick and @simdesilvestro involved..
FollowAndretti Andretti Autosport - RHR and DP both involved in lap one incidents.
indy44 Matt Archuleta - Let's see Danica and Simona go after Helio in the pits. #Indycar
Five drivers involved and the two race sponsored cars are involved.
ConquestRacing Conquest Racing - Caution on L1 for Hunter-Reay in the tire barrier. Several cars caught up in the incident including Castroneves, de Silvestro and Kanaan.
KennethHolland Kenneth Holland - RT @LewisFranck: Helio has hit everything this year but the lottery.
Three's company - Danica Patrick, Simona de Silvestro and Helio Castronves collide. Image Credit: ©2011, LAT USA via IZOD ICS (2011)
TheEDJE Edmund Jenks - De Simona’s car ends up on top of Patrick’s car – we will leave you to come up with your own comment.
PCaporali Pat Caporali - WHY OH WHY do #IndyCar fans have to turn to back alley illegal video feeds on the internet?! Ridiculous. I'm f-ing over it.
99forever Steph@MoreFrontWing - I can remember races in Toronto where all the Canadian hopefuls were out early. It sucks big time. Sad for the Brazilian fans.
shagers Shane Rogers - Looked like Saavedra getting sideways is what put Danica in the wall. #indycar
TheEDJE Edmund Jenks - 4 of 75 laps complete … this will be a 2 hour timed event – Top five are Power, Dixon, Rahal, Briscoe, and Franchitti with 1 to go to Green
TheEDJE Edmund Jenks - GREEN, GREEN, GREEN – Restart of the Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle
The second restart and some spins. Very wet. Image Credit: IZOD ICS (2011)
FollowAndretti Andretti Autosport - Green! And yellow again. Lots of slipping & sliding.
FollowAndretti Andretti Autosport - Sorry, no yellow. Still green. Mike P5, Marco P12, RHR P20
IndyCar IZOD IndyCar Series - Bourdais, Wilson, Dixon and Hinchcliffe spin. No yellow. Cars back under power.
FollowAndretti Andretti Autosport - Skies are black here... prob more rain coming. RHR needs new rear wing. Possible suspension damage.
TheEDJE Edmund Jenks - YELLOW Flag full course caution … oops, RED Flag – race stopped due to rain.
jpmontoya Juan Pablo Montoya - Red flag in the brasil at the indy race
kart58 Paige - All this graceful spinning. Somebody play Swan Lake. #indycar
tracksideonline TrackSide Online - You can blame all of this on @TSO_Patrick - he's the one who said it wouldn't rain because he brought a jacket.
TheEDJE Edmund Jenks - At the RED Flag, top five positions – Power, Briscoe, Conway (up from P9), Sato (up from P10), & Rahal.

DRRIndyCar DRRIndyCar - Team bonding http://twitpic.com/4s03vo
Fieldof33 Paul Dalbey - Just caught up with race. Yikes! This is a cluster! This looks like Bobby Unser rowing to his 1975 Indy victory!
A big storm in Sao Paulo - Rain, wind, lightning. Image Credit: IZOD ICS (2011)

TheEDJE Edmund Jenks - Radar shows that this race may only be able to be run on “Wets” (wet grooved tires), so much for ChampCar tire rules.
indy44 Matt Archuleta - Standings at Red Flag P1 WP P2 RB P3 MC P4 TS P5 GR P6 DF P7 MA P8 CK P9 AT P10 OS P11 SS P12 EV P13 SD P14 JJ P15 JH P16 AB P17 JH P18 JW
indy44 Matt Archuleta - P19 RM P20 SB P21 VM P22 RHR P23 HC P24 SDS P25 DP P26 TK
IndyCarPR INDYCAR PR - Race Control: Cars have been released to the garage and teams can work on them. Red flag remains in effect.
RacingNation Steve Zautke - If this continues I might be busting out some old #Indy500 tapes, yes, ye olde VHS tapes LOL #Indycar
99forever Steph@MoreFrontWing - This delay is still going to screw up a lot of travel plans. Lots of people were due to fly out a few hours after the race. #indycar
TheEDJE Edmund Jenks - At RED Flag, timed racing stopped at 30 min. - on RESTART, 90 min. will remain - 9 LAPS complete, will start at LAP 10.
The crew doing some work on Helio's #3. Image Credit: IZOD ICS (2011)

BaronVonClutch Peter Leung by indy44 Conway: 'The track was undriveable.... It's a bit annoying waiting here when we've done only 10 laps. I just want to get back out' #IndyCar
VersusIndyCar Versus IndyCar - RT @kvracing: @TonyKanaan car is being fired up in the garage, he will be able to resume racing!!
IndyCarPR INDYCAR PR - RT @NZRconsulting Track drying fast, removing standing water #SaoPauloIndy300
SBPopOffValve PopOffValve.com - You know, of course, that they're doing this on purpose to get us psyched up for Indy. #maybenot

DRRIndyCar DRRIndyCar - Bia and her crew chief Chris during the rain delay http://twitpic.com/4s17or
MoreFrontWing More Front Wing - [MFW Update] Trump at IMS: a public relations disaster http://bit.ly/ifRopZ @IndyCar
tomasscheckter Tomas Scheckter - People in brazil think that indycar drivers in rain is like watching front line of the football team playing twister #embaressing
openpaddock Openpaddock.net - over/under on Viso being the first out after restart?...
Newman_Haas Newman Haas Racing - If there were travel issues for some getting here, there are surely more to come. First bus is leaving for the airport in 2.5 hrs. Empty?
indy44 Matt Archuleta - For your rain delay entertainment http://youtu.be/NgI_ury1Rpg #PaulNewman #IndyCar
DRRIndyCar DRRIndyCar - We're hearing about 20 minutes until we go back racing - depending on the weather.
SpeedJournal SpeedJournal - (IndyCar) Power secures Penske's 200th all-time pole http://bit.ly/laWMAQ #autoracing
SpeedJournal SpeedJournal - (IndyCar) Sao Paulo circuit 'hot spots' http://bit.ly/mc0zKD #autoracing
indy44 Matt Archuleta - Sure sounded like it. RT @99forever: Wait -- did Dario just say that Helio's trip into the fence was Helio's fault after all? #indycar
TheEDJE Edmund Jenks - Dario Franchitti says that they would love to go back to racing if it does not rain anymore! A vote to STOP the race. Radio is signing off.
VersusIndyCar Versus IndyCar - "I've never seen spray that bad" - Dario Franchitti #indycar
DRRIndyCar DRRIndyCar - This is why @VersusIndyCar rocks! RT @IndyCar: Versus will stay with us for the duration of the race. Listen in at http://bit.ly/9oshb1
Andretti26 Marco Andretti - Let's go!
indy44 Matt Archuleta - RT @Jbindy4: I wonder what the league is going to do? It gets dark in Sao paulo by 5:30. Its 3:30 there now. #IndyCar
SBPopOffValve PopOffValve.com - This has officially passed the CCWS Surfers race as the worst street race of all time.
VersusIndyCar Versus IndyCar - What we are hearing is that it will be about 15 minutes until the drivers will be to their cars #indycar
Andretti arruma carro de Danica Patrick, que sofreu acidente logo depois da largada da prova. Caption & Image Credit: @firestone_indy
FollowAndretti Andretti Autosport - A pic of the @GoDaddy car in the garage earlier, via @firestone_indy http://twitpic.com/4s0tvi
IndyCarPR INDYCAR PR - Race Control. Push out to pit lane. Cars will be start in their running order.
[Time: 12:00 PST]
FollowAndretti Andretti Autosport - Thanks to all of our fans here in Sao Paulo for sticking with us in the rain... appreciate the support. Should be back out in 10-15 mins.
IndyCarPR INDYCAR PR - Race Control: Drivers restart your engines.
TheEDJE Edmund Jenks - After nearly a two and a half hour rain delay – cars take to the track under YELLOW Flag – laps will count.
tomasscheckter Tomas Scheckter - Whooop whooop. Let's get this party started.
IndyCar IZOD IndyCar Series - Cars are leaving pit lane now. Yellow flag until conditions are acceptable according to the drivers.
CrashGladys Crash Gladys - But think about the new audience #IndyCar can attract w/ the first headline of the race, "Simona gets on top of Danica!" Girl on girl, baby
estradawriting Christopher Estrada by indy44 - IMS Radio: Barnhart says we'll run a bunch of laps in yellow. Davey Hamilton on pit road says that amount could be up to 20 laps.
TheEDJE Edmund Jenks - IMS Radio speculation - If they run enough YELLOW Flag laps the race could be "called" final when they reach 38 laps.
DRRIndyCar DRRIndyCar - Red flag again
Fieldof33 Paul Dalbey - Damn... :-/
tomasscheckter Tomas Scheckter - No no no no no no no no no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CrashGladys Crash Gladys - Or postponed I should say... answer me this, tho... how come #F1 can race in these extreme wet conditions and not #IndyCar? Tire issue maybe
IndyCar IZOD IndyCar Series - Cars are back on pitlane. Drives climbing out. Stay tuned for updates.
FollowAndretti Andretti Autosport - Covering cars. Race control says we can't work on the cars. Race postponed until tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET. #indycar
VersusIndyCar Versus IndyCar - We are postponing the race until tomorrow. We will be on air at 1 p.m. #indycar
indy44 Matt Archuleta - Wait what, drivers not getting out of their cars. Guess they still want to race. #IndyCar
pressdog Bill Zahren - @spikerogan I'd vote for just starting over tomorrow, put everyone back on the grid and get 'er done.
IndyRacingNut Tony Wittrien - @pressdog @spikerogan It's supposed to be raining all day tomorrow too. Just pack it up and go home, I say. Come back in Sept/Oct.
indy44 Matt Archuleta - I bet they run the minimum amount of laps to get race in. Under yellow or not. Teams and drivers have spoken. #IndyCar
PantherRacing Panther Racing - Hildebrand has just suggested a drifting competition for the remainder of the day ..... race winner determined by fan vote. Whatcha think?
pressdog Bill Zahren - RT @lindythackston: RT @IndyCar: We have not postponed the race. We apologize for the confusion. Stay Tuned: We will have an update shortly.
tracksideonline TrackSide Online - Brazil - Sunday - Race postponed until Monday: http://bit.ly/lHgGwx

The 12 Verizon car and the 6 Penske Logistics car wait under the red flag in Sao Paulo. Caption & Image Credit: Penske Racing (2011)

Order for restart of race on May 2, 2011

Start Order | Car# | Driver | Laps | Comment
1 27 Conway 13 - Will be waived around before restart
2 12 Power 14
3 6 Briscoe 14
4 5 Sato 14
5 38 Rahal 14
6 10 Franchitti 14
7 26 Andretti 14
8 83 Kimball 14
9 77 Tagliani 14
10 2 Servia 14
11 34 Saavedra 14
12 59 Viso 14
13 9 Dixon 14
14 18 Jakes 14
15 06 Hinchcliffe 14
16 24 Beatriz 14
17 4 Hildebrand 14
18 22 Wilson 14
19 17 Matos 14
20 19 Bourdais 14
21 14 Meira 12
22 28 Hunter-Reay 12
23 3 Castroneves 5
24 78 de Silvestro 5
25 7 Patrick 5
26 82 Kanaan 5

'Till tomorrow, this is ...

... notes from The EDJE

Tweet-By-Tweet Round #4 Race - The Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle - RESTART Day 2 - May 2, 2011

FirestoneRacing Firestone Racing -Remember, though, since #indycar race started wet yesterday, the alternate/primary tire rule been tossed out with the rain water.
IndyCar IZOD IndyCar Series - Cars are on the grid, drivers are strapped in. We're getting ready to go racing! Follow along here http://bit.ly/9oshb1
VersusIndyCar Versus IndyCar - Drivers have started their engines. That's a good sign. #letsdothis #indycar
IndyCarPR INDYCAR PR - RT @FirestoneRacing: All cars restarting race on @firestoneracing alternate (red) tires. All on new reds except 19, 28, 22, 06, 2 and 10.
FirestoneRacing Firestone Racing - As cars pull away, raindrops in pit lane @SaoPauloIndy300 #indycar
IndyCarPR INDYCAR PR -Cars are rolling on the grid. Conway has been waved around. We should be green next time by. Follow @indycar for in race action.
TheEDJE Edmund Jenks - GREEN, GREEN, GREEN – Restart of the Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle
IndyCar IZOD IndyCar Series - Green Flag! http://bit.ly/9oshb1
DRRIndyCar DRRIndyCar - Pit stop for @JustinWilson22 http://twitpic.com/4sc662
sidepodcast Sidepodcast F1 - indycar is go again, we're commenting here: http://sidepodcast.com
indy44 Matt Archuleta - Let the passing begin. Dario around Rahal. #IndyCar
shagers Shane Rogers - It's REAL low grip. Helio tippytoed less on Dancing with the Stars.
IndyCar IZOD IndyCar Series - All 26 cars roll to pit lane to change to Wet tires
VersusIndyCar Versus IndyCar - the rain has began, everyone into pits
PCaporali Pat Caporali - Alright #IndyCar tweeps looking for a video fix... here's what I have: http://www.justin.tv/besweeet#/w/1153382704 #Brazil
SpeedJournal SpeedJournal - (IndyCar) Race resumes on streets of Sao Paulo http://bit.ly/iPuwJm #autoracing
IndyCar IZOD IndyCar Series - Will Power has a very close call with the outside wall. Gathered the car up, no contact.
IndyCar IZOD IndyCar Series - Sebastien Bourdais in the tires. Full Course Yellow
AllenWedge Allen Wedge - Bourdais slid but stopped in front of tires, but blocking course so FCY. looks like RHR spun by himself
Dale_Nixon Dale Nixon - So much for Sebastien Bourdais being a "master of wet conditions"
indy44 Matt Archuleta - RHR into barrier, has rear wing damage. #IndyCar
ConquestRacing Conquest Racing - Caution out on lap 21 for Bourdais in the tires.
PippaMann Pippa Mann - I picked Bourdais as being in with a chance of a good race yesterday... That probably makes his mistake my fault!! #CurseOfTheCommentator!!
FollowAndretti Andretti Autosport - #28 car coming in for a new wing... will most likely have to use one from #27 car. #sharing
IndyCar IZOD IndyCar Series - Current Top 10 - Power, Sato, Briscoe, Franchitti, Andretti, Rahal, Viso, Dixon, Servia, Wilson
pressdog Bill Zahren - Festival of Yellow Laps
indy44 Matt Archuleta - Bourdais out of car and in pits sipping a macchiato. #IndyCar
shagers Shane Rogers - People are going to stretch to one stop, you just don't know how long this race will go with Yellow and slow laps on wets. #indycar
IndyCar IZOD IndyCar Series - We're coming to the green! Follow along at http://bit.ly/9oshb1
FollowAndretti Andretti Autosport - Still on yellow flag... Marco 5th, Mike 17th, RHR 22nd, Danica 26th. About an hour left on the clock.
shagers Shane Rogers - RHR running with Conway's rear wing. Takes "runing teammate's setup" to a whole new level! #indycar
indy44 Matt Archuleta - P1 WP P2 TS P3 RB P4 DF P5 MA P6 GR P7 EV P8 SD P9 OS P10 JW P11 JR P12 AT P13 SS P14 JH P15 AB P16 RM P17 MC P18 JJ P19 CK P20 VM
99forever Steph@MoreFrontWing - Nice to see them behaving on the restarts. Sato takes the lead! #indycar
FollowAndretti Andretti Autosport - Green flag!
IndyRacingNut Tony Wittrien
GO SATO GO!!! Use that F1 experience and win a damn race for once!!!!!
IndyCar IZOD IndyCar Series - Full Course Yellow
indy44 Matt Archuleta - Sato takes lead, huge rooster tails. Sato slides it, stays under control. #IndyCar
FollowAndretti Andretti Autosport - Yellow for Rahal. Still quite wet out there on the track.
indy44 Matt Archuleta - Yellow for Rahal spin. #IndyCar
AllenWedge Allen Wedge - Wow Sato brilliant move to the lead on that restart, hope he can keep it through this next restart, shame they had to go FCY for debris
shagers Shane Rogers - You can't penalise Dario for that, Briscoe hit the kerb and Dario was taking avoiding action. #indycar
IndyRacingNut Tony Wittrien - @pjchesson Let's hope Sato can draw on his F1 experience and win this damn race!! :)
Themayor911 Steve Marengo - by AllenWedge If Sato holds the lead and wins he will make history today. Sato will be the first Japanese to win a Major Open Wheel Series Race!
shagers Shane Rogers - It was actually a good bit of driving by Dario, he saw Briscoe come across and moved over to avoid the accident. #indycar
AllenWedge Allen Wedge - ditto, they've been great all race RT: @indy44: That last double file restart was magnificent Didn't think I'd be saying that today #IndyCar
pressdog Bill Zahren - Should start a pool on how many laps til next FCY. 4?
indy44 Matt Archuleta - RT @Newman_Haas: 11 more laps to 1/2 mark (official race; full points). 1 to go at line. #IndyCar
AllenWedge Allen Wedge - Conway has very quietly made his wall all the way back to 14th in these few short laps since going down to 21st from 3rd, sound familiar?
indy44 Matt Archuleta - Viso P6 +20 spots. #IndyCar
PippaMann Pippa Mann - This is turning into a pretty good race right now!!! Wish we were able to broadcast it live here in the UK!!! #Indycar
ConquestRacing Conquest Racing - No. 34 car improves to 11th.
AllenWedge Allen Wedge - Conway is up to 12th, can we please get a on-board camera on him already #IndyCar
pressdog Bill Zahren - Wonder if Bernard did some all caps German screaming that led to the good restarts or the drivers just saw the super fuggly tape of LB
shagers Shane Rogers - Looks like Penske went closer to all dry on the setup, KV closer to all wet. The story of the race. #indycar
IndyCar IZOD IndyCar Series - Current Top 10 [lap 30 of 75] - Sato, Power, Andretti, Franchitti, Servia, Viso, Briscoe, Dixon, Hildebrand, Tagliani
Fieldof33 Paul Dalbey - Aren't those curbs about 4" tall? Not sure how a driver would straddle one in these cars.
indy44 Matt Archuleta - P1 TS P2 WP P3 MA P4 DF P5 OS P6 EV P7 RB P8 SD P9 JR P10 AT #IndyCar
IndyCar IZOD IndyCar Series - Franchitti makes hard contact with the tires in the Turn 1 run off
PippaMann Pippa Mann -So Sato, Andretti, Viso and Saavedra have not stopped... This could get interesting!! Go @ConquestRacing currently in P4!!!!!
IndyCar IZOD IndyCar Series - Viso passes Andretti for 2nd. KV Racing is 1-2!
briankelly_ Brian Kelly - Would be nice to see someone other than Will Power win a road race. #indycar
MVBN15 MVBN15 - Mike King can kiss my ass, Simona is 7 tenths a second faster than Marco. What else is she supposed to do? #Indycar
indy44 Matt Archuleta - Viso and Marco running second and third makes me nervous. #IndyCar
indy44 Matt Archuleta - Michael Andretti told race control Viso blocking. #IndyCar
LewisFranck Lewis Franck - Michael Andretti on the battle betweeen his son and "Viso was blocking." #IndyCar officials blackflagging Viso.
NeilHudson Neil Hudson - Ouch, black flag for EJ Viso #indycar
99forever Steph@MoreFrontWing - I actually agree with black flagging Viso. He was doing quite a bit of blocking -- was wondering why he was getting away with it. #indycar
IndyCarRules Scott Barton - Black flag for Viso for blocking. That's a punch in the gut! #IndyCar
IndyCarGarage IndyCar Garage - @12WillPower is charging , now up to p5 #INDYCAR
The_Lap_Times James - In any racing only driving serpentine down a straight is blocking - not defending - that's just defending #indycar
icthyes_f1 Icthyes - Hard luck for Viso, just hope nothing happens to Sato #indycar
shagers Shane Rogers - The Viso call is consistent with the past. Fair enough. #indycar
Wiresculptress Kristine Schroeder - Viso must have pissed in someone's Wheaties. Someone important. Black flag is heavy handed.
curtisboggs curtis boggs - I don't know what the answer is, but I hate #IndyCar's "blocking" rules.
ronfrankl Ron Frankl - For those not watching, #IndyCar race will be a timed race and will end in less than 20 min. It's been raining again & been a messy race.
estradawriting Christopher Estrada - WOW, that's a crushing blow for KV-Lotus. And this fuel gamble may not pay off for 5-Sato if it stays green.
FollowAndretti Andretti Autosport - Marco: "My dash is out." Michael: "Hang in there without it." (Marco can't see any in-car info)
shagers Shane Rogers - The drying track is bringing this race back to @12WillPower.
damonsmedley Damon Smedley - I really don't like these twisty onboard cameras. One facing the front and one facing the back would be nicer.
LewisFranck Lewis Franck - Hey tv just caught up with my comment on Simona's speed. If you have racecontrol you can watch this, too.
moon089 Marcos Arancibia - #IndyCar: EJViso had a drive-through. Andretti is 2nd and Sebastian Saavedra is 3rd!
tonydizinno Tony DiZinno - Never thought I'd say this but want a yellow to preserve the current top 3 [Sato, Andretti, & Saavedra]. Just for the shock result.
Krustylicious Taras Dhedhi - Between Sato and Andretti, with Saavedra with a chance
trill100 Sara Gruber - Marco, there's less than 20 minutes, and you're 2nd. Keep that up, at least. But maybe pass Sato? Please?
99forever Steph@MoreFrontWing - Sato.. Andretti.. Saavedra.. how ticked are you guys going to be if strategy leads to Will winning it anyway?
sentoan Aficionado al Motor - a 15 del final: 1 Sato, 2 Andretti, 3 Saavedra, 4 Power, 5 Rahal, 6 Briscoe, 7 Franchitti, 8 Servia, 9 Viso, 10 Conway
whatimthinking Meesh Beer - true dat RT @tonydizinno: Can't wait for the bitchfest to begin after that call on Viso ... Mikey's Fine Whinery prevails.
Krustylicious Taras Dhedhi - typical will power takes 3rd spot .
estradawriting Christopher Estrada - OK, apparently there's just enough time for six laps...14:30 remaining. 12-Power to P3
shagers Shane Rogers - Will Power is getting faster and faster relative to Sato. If this stays green, he's P1
TheEDJE Edmund Jenks – Fuel strategy will put the nail into the KV Racing Technology coffin - it’s Power, Rahal, Briscoe on the podium – bank it!
SkittleCar1 Jeremy Carpenter - Will Power seems to be working his way through the field.
RacerDudes Diana @RacerDudes - wow - Twilight Zone! RT @ALMSChicks: Top five are Sato, Andretti, Viso, Saavedra, and Jakes
EJGoose Evan Jones - Marco coming in to pit.
Corvettettops Derek Harkema - Drive hard and listen to radio communication kid RT @IndyCar: Marco Andretti has lost all data on his dash
indy44 Matt Archuleta - Here comes Power P3
melanie8771 Melanie Mizenko - Marco's in pit. Change tires to slicks. Let's go #26
EJGoose Evan Jones - Slicks. This won't end well for Marco.
99forever Steph@MoreFrontWing - Reds on Andretti?! Now that's VERY interesting!
mjweinstein Michael Weinstein - Thanks to lindythackston for the twitter updates as I take the train to work. Sounds like I'm missing a great #IndyCar race!!
Racing_Observer Matt Weaver - Taku will not have enough fuel - coming down pit lane soon. Will Power will lead.
BrunoTarulli34 Bruno Tarulli - #IndyCar Sato en pits. Power toma la punta.
estradawriting Christopher Estrada
12-Power last pitted on Lap 36. He takes over the point with just 10 minutes to go.
craig_steele Craig Steele - - 1:49 for Andretti on first full lap on slicks. Bad call.
indy44 Matt Archuleta - Bummed for Sato, ran hell of a race. #KV #IndyCar
brownie9999 Andrew Browne - @12WillPower @penskeracing go power! 8 minutes to go.
Racing5 Racing5 - P1 Power P2 Rahal P3 Briscoe.. quedan 7 minutos.
TheEDJE Edmund Jenks – BANKED … this should last until the end unless a cloudburst or … blocking happens!
barbar3la Barbara AJ Ramathon - Is Danica still running?
FollowAndretti Andretti Autosport - Less than 10 mins left in timed race... Conway 6th, Andretti 15th, Hunter-Reay 18th, Patrick 23^rd
shagers Shane Rogers - 5 laps to go unless we get yellow.
ambercleveland Amber Cleveland - RT @indy44: Top 10 P1 WP P2 GR P3 RB P4 DF P5 OS P6 TS P7 MC P8 JW P9 JH P10 JR
hunt_james Jaime Lalinde - 5 more minutes for the checkered flag
indy44 Matt Archuleta - Sato off track in turn one. Back on.
SkittleCar1 Jeremy Carpenter - @TJIngerson Wow....good strategery by Team Penske.
estradawriting Christopher Estrada - Sato goes into the T1 runoff, loses a few spots but stays in Top 10.
f1fanatic_co_uk F1 Fanatic - Power leading, Sato down to eighth after his pit stop, no doubt wondering why KV didn't pit him when everyone else came in.
craig_steele Craig Steele - - Three laps to go.
IndyRacingNut Tony Wittrien - How is Dario in 4th after spending so much time in the tires???
indy44 Matt Archuleta - 3 min left disregard white flag
damonsmedley Damon Smedley - Takuma Sato has thoroughly disappointed me tonight. I really thought he could win it! :(
R_D_Manning Roger Manning - @simdesilvestro Wow what if you had not been punted on the start, amazing run today ;)
IndyRacingNut Tony Wittrien - Drive of the race goes to BOTH Sato & Viso. If this wasn't a timed race, Sato might have pulled this one off... #IndyCar C'est la vie. :(
TheEDJE Edmund Jenks – Drives of this race (both editions) to Will Power, Graham Rahal for surviving the wet and the crashes, and … Mike Conway to 6^th from 20^th.
Scott_Joslin_F1 Scott Joslin - I used to consider #Indycar a viable alternative to top level racing to #F1, but now it's more like WWF Wrestling.
Dale_Nixon Dale Nixon - #RaceControl "#Deathstar has repelled the rebel forces; which are retreating in disarray"
xemafuentes Xema Fuentes - Crazy #IndyCar race. That's racing!
ronfrankl Ron Frankl - Wow. Fastest lap of race turned by Simona DeSilvestro.
estradawriting Christopher Estrada - The strategy backfires for KV-Lotus and 12-Power is heading to Indy with the championship lead.
AllenWedge Allen Wedge - This race was the polar opposite of Long Beach, highly entertaining race, boring end/result; still good Monday morning though.
riiseuk Carl - I don't like American commentators, time too turn off the #IndyCar stream, Just saw Bourdais' name and chuckled slightly.
_alanstewart Alan Stewart - Will Power wins his fourth pole and second race of 2011 at São Paulo Indy 300. Now let's head to @IMS and the 100th running of the #indy500!!!
andhesonit Johnny Montona - wham-BAM @GrahamRahal @SC_Racing & @CGRTeams finish P2 in the #IndyCar #SaoPauloIndy300.
99forever Steph@MoreFrontWing - Well, that kinda went in with a bang and out with a fizzle, didn't it? Ah, well. :)
lookingspiffy lookingspiffy - Meh. MEH MEH MEH. *waves Taku flag forlornly*
BrunoTarulli34 Bruno Tarulli - #IndyCar Will Power gana por segunda vez en Sao Paulo. Rahal queda segundo y Briscoe finaliza en tercero.
ronfrankl Ron Frankl - Will Power wins rain-plagued IndyCar race in San Paolo. Rahal 2nd, Briscoe 3rd.
AustMotorsports AusMotorsportNews - #IndyCar: Australian @12WillPower crosses the line to win IZOD Brazilian IndyCar 300 race. Aussie @RyanBriscoe6 drove home in 3rd spot.
djcraske David Craske - Well ... I was entertained. Yes, Power won, but it was a good drive staying outta trouble. Lotta good #IndyCar stories in this one
pressdog Bill Zahren - ZING! RT @KelseyUSA: First interview without a major complaint from Graham Rahal.
WilliamMazeo William Mazeo - @pressdog this race will shut up many #IndyCar haters, won't it? Good race!
KelseyUSA Kelsey - @whatimthinking @pressdog there has to be a complainer every race, right? lol
IndySoupdotcom Chris Sheridan - Power and Dario are walking away with the championship...again - #INDYCAR live on http://livestream.com/INDYCARRadio
99forever Steph@MoreFrontWing - That pass by Sato was worth watching the entire race for. What a beautiful move! He seems to be coming into his own this year.
wolkenjaeger Tristan Hauser - Congrats to the HVM team and Simona for the 1:39:823
Mistyuk11 Karen Barrett - Great race from @Mikeconwayindy starting at the back & finishing 6th - well done to @dariofranchitti for solid points in 4th :-)
Shu1T Shu - なんか良く分からないけどWillPowerトップか。。 #indycar
estradawriting Christopher Estrada - Top 10: Power, Rahal, Briscoe, Franchitti, Servia, Conway, Wilson, Sato, Hinchcliffe, Hildebrand.
All in all, the top 10 are nothing but survivors with luck and a good strategy for the Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle!!
Of the top ten in Brazil, only Briscoe & Franchitti are long-time IRL drivers. God bless rookies, transferees from other racing series and, of course, the former ChampCar contingent (Power, Rahal, Servia, and Wilson).

Full Finishing Order

... notes from The EDJE

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