Pick the Podium: IndyCar - Belle Isle, Race 1 and Race 2

[Retroram52]

For Race 1 give me: Hunter-Reay, Castroneves, Pagenaud.

For Race 2 give me: Pagenuad, Castroneves, Conway.

 

[IndyAndy]

Race 1: Conway, Castroneves, Hawksworth

I'll wait until tomorrow's quals to pick race 2.

 

[obxyankeefan]

Race 1 Montoya, Conway, Castroneves

Race 2 Conway, Montoya, Hunter-Reay

 

[Retroram52]

On second thought give me for Race One: Castroneves, Conway, Hinchcliffe. I may change my prediction for race two later today.

 

[IndyAndy]

Well; we all got blanked on our picks for Race #1

Hopefully, we'll do better tomorrow.

 

[Retroram52]

Yea Indy, even with two attempts, I came up nada. I'll re-do my Race Two picks tomorrow like you before the race. This is has gotten much tougher after watching today's race.

 

[obxyankeefan]

Race 1 Montoya, Conway, Castroneves

Race 2 Conway, Montoya, Hunter-Reay

I fell for the Montoya hype in the local paper.

 

[Retroram52]

I don't know what the hell Montoilet was doing today? He Marco were just effing things up whenever they could. Marco has turned into a whiney little girl. "Hunter-Reay almost wrecked me." I should have won the 500." Whine, Whine, whine!!

 

[Retroram52]

I'll go Hinchcliffe, Castroneves, Briscoe for Race Two. Somehow I think I won't even be close but what he hay!

 

[IndyAndy]

Castroneves, Conway, Hinchcliffe

 

[obxyankeefan]

Race 1 Montoya, Conway, Castroneves

Race 2 Conway, Montoya, Hunter-Reay

change the second one to

Conway, Hunter-Reay, Castroneves

 

[IndyAndy]

Oh, look: Will Power being Will Power yet again. :rollseyes:

 

[Retroram52]

Will Power does more krap on the track and gets away with a lot of it. Kimball blocked Hinchcliffe on the last lap and nothing was called either. I ended with one in the top three although wrong order.

 

[IndyAndy]

Don't know that I'd say that Kimball blocked Hinchcliffe: They were side-by-side from what I saw - & I don't think that they actually touched.

Here's how we did:

IndyAndy: 5 points - picked Castroneves to win

Retroram52 & obxyankeefan: 1 point each - got Castroneves out of position

Season Total so far:

Retroram52: 16 points
IndyAndy: 10 points
obxyankeefan: 1 point

Next Race: Ft. Worth - Saturday night, June 7

 

[Retroram52]

Blocking is defined by the IRl of impeding the action of another driver once the drive initiates a move. They were side-by-side when Kimball ran HinchCliffe into the wall during the turn and it almost ended in an accident instead of allowing Hinchcliffe to maintain his line of progress. That fits the definition of blocking similar to what Power does a lot.