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Yellow. Sucks for JPM.

EDIT: Oh boy, 2min shootout it seems. Or not.... 1 Lap green shootout to come.

EDIT: THAT WAS DUMB.
 
One lap to green.. probably 2 laps of green at the most....

I don't see Huertas winning this... but anything could happen.

Edit: Oh no.. definitely one lap.. didn't notice the time was that low.
 
Graham Rahal with the boneheaded move of the race there.

Dale Coyne and Carlos Huertas should congratulate Rahal for securing them the win...
Furinkazen
Wow. Just wow.... Columbia 1-2 and winning football :lol:
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Munoz in 3rd. Columbia sweeps podium.
 
Wow, what a race! Congrats to Huertas and Dale Coyne racing, risky strategy paid off big time.

Rahal with the bonehead move of the race, that's a rookie mistake and he should know to anticipate the stack up by now.

Feel sorry for Sato, even though he deserves some of the blame for that incident. The lapped cars sure provided a lot of rouble this race.. Too bad for Fillipi as well. He was doing really well until he binned it.
 
And we see why Graham Rahal probably doesn't need to be there. Cost TK a good chance at a win
 
I'm not a fan of the Houston circuit, but man... this weekend proved why IndyCar is so exciting. Small teams can win in this series. It all comes down to team synergy and driver skill. This is why I love Indy so much more than F1. When everyone is driving the same car, it's not about who has the bigger budget or the politics of the sport. The big teams still win, but everyone has a chance. What a race weekend and what a series.

That said, I can't believe Helio Castroneves was blaming Sebastien Bourdais for his wreck. Bourdais was on the racing line. Helio swerved back into line without paying attention to traffic. I like Helio, but that was completely his fault. It's a shame, because I believe Bourdais was on his way to a win or a podium. He proved his skill by still finishing 5th with a broken front wing.

Still, all in all it was a great race weekend. The first race in the rain was exhilarating (despite Graham Rahal's completely amateur move on Tony Kanaan) and the second race was very fast paced with lots of action.
 
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I'm not a fan of the Houston circuit, but man... this weekend proved why IndyCar is so exciting. Small teams can win in this series. It all comes down to team synergy and driver skill. This is why I love Indy so much more than F1. When everyone is driving the same car, it's not about who has the bigger budget or the politics of the sport. The big teams still win, but everyone has a chance. What a race weekend and what a series.

That said, I can't believe Helio Castroneves was blaming Sebastien Bourdais for his wreck. Bourdais was on the racing line. Helio swerved back into line without paying attention to traffic. I like Helio, but that was completely his fault. It's a shame, because I believe Bourdais was on his way to a win or a podium. He proved his skill by still finishing 5th with a broken front wing.

Still, all in all it was a great race weekend. The first race in the rain was exhilarating (despite Graham Rahal's completely amateur move on Tony Kanaan) and the second race was very fast paced with lots of action.
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I thought those were the best races of the year so far and I'm not a fan of the circuit either.

I've never seen Helio so mad in an interview before, I hope once he looks at the replay he calms down and realizes he shouldn't have changed line once he entered the breaking zone.
 
That was 100% on Helio. Bourdais wouldn't have shown up in his mirror because of how far over he was off the racing line. It differs in the Sato/Aleshin incident from the previous day because Bourdais was on the lead lap and battling him for position whereas Aleshin was a lap down and shouldn't have been trying to fight Sato for the spot on the track, even then it's 50/50 on those two since Sato could have held his line where he was without moving back to the right.

Two very good races, considering the track isn't the greatest. Didn't expect to see that many rookies up front either. Guess Houston is a great equalizer when it comes to teams and their performance.
 
Pocono 500 qualifying is being aired on NBCSN in a half hour.

Race is scheduled for 12pm Eastern tomorrow, Indy Lights will be aired after the conclusion of the Indycar race.
 
Will be at Pocono again for the race this year. If Hinch makes it past the first turn this year, it'll make for a better race.

Might try for JPM's autograph this year; only ones I got last year were Kanaan, Franchitti and Sato but that's very good.
 
Looking like a smooth race so far. Bad luck continues for Takuma Sato and Ryan Hunter-Reay.
 
Amazing to me that Montoya hasn't been at all effected by the wing damage. Maybe because of the asymmetrical nature of Oval racing, that might have actually helped.
 
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Will Power caught making too many defensive moves.
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And of all the drivers he could have done it to, it was to his teammate. If that wasn't three strikes of what not to do, I don't know what is.
 
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And of all the drivers he could have done it to, it was to his teammate. If that wasn't three strikes of what not to do, I don't know what is.
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I get the sense that he doesn't care who he blocks, and cares even less for his teammates.
 
Montoya, with a missing left front endplate is going to win this. Guess those endplates aren't important. :lol:
 
Great win for JPM, and start the silly season talk for who will be driving the #12 Penske car in 2015 because it wont be Power.
 
From that head on angle they showed when interviewing Power, it does look like he was being consistent with driving over to the left, and that it was Helio who made two moves.

Though the other angles say differently.
 
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