Pick the Podium: IndyCar - St Petersburg, FL, 2016

[Retroram52]

It is that time of the year again as the IndyCar season kicks-off in St Petersburg FLA this week-end. There are some changes to teams and venues added for this year. This is always a fun race. Let us see who finishes in the top three spots.

 

[Retroram52]

Here is the list of teams and drivers showing up for this race.

http://d1b8ufspcmikd1.cloudfront.ne.../indycar-entrylist.pdf?vs=1&d=20160308T144732

Looks like it is Honda versus Chevy this year as well.

 

[forty_three]

I hope Graham gets a good start to the year and since Sage Karam won't be out there to cause wrecks and poorly timed cautions, maybe he can actually win it.

 

[forty_three]

By the way, here is JPM's car this year:


DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNNN

I like Juan Pablo. I dislike Roger Penske.

That is a BEAUTIFUL car.

 

[Retroram52]

These new Indy Cars are ever-so-slowing beginning to look like F-1 cars.

 

[Retroram52]

Will Power, Scott Dixon, and Simon Pagenaud are the top three in practice so far.

 

[Retroram52]

Power, Dixon, and Hawksworth take the combined practice times.

 

[IndyAndy]

Penske locks out the top two rows in qualifying.

I'll take:

Power
Montoya
Castroneves

 

[forty_three]

I'll go with

Montoya
Pagenaud
Rahal

 

[Retroram52]

I'll take Power, Hunter-Reay, Dixon

 

[IndyAndy]

Power is not racing today. Servia takes his place - & starts in the back of the grid!

I'm changing my picks before the green flag flies.

I'll take:

Montoya
Castroneves
Dixon

 

[Retroram52]

Same here Indy. I'll take Montoya, Dixon, Hunter-Reay.

 

[Retroram52]

Pagenaud leads early on. Andretti looks hot and is moving up.

 

[Retroram52]

Everyone is coming in for pit service.

 

[Retroram52]

Pagenaud still leads followed by Montoya and Dixon after all the pit stops.

 

[Retroram52]

At lap 42 it is Pagenaud, Montoya, Dixon.

 

[Retroram52]

Newgarden is out. Ran into Hinchcliff. Dumbass Marco screwed-up and tried to follow Hunter-Reay around Flippi and got into a spin.

 

[Retroram52]

Caution is out. Pagenaud still leads.

 

[Retroram52]

Nine cars in a pile-up in turn four. Looks like it started with Munoz getting into somebody. What a mess. There aren't going to be many cars left.

 

[Retroram52]

Rahal has the worst damage. Daly leads followed by Kanaan.