Pick the Podium: IndyCar - FIRESTONE 600, Fort Worth, Texas, 2016

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First round of pit stops at Lap 116.

 

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Hinchcliffe looks pretty stout at Lap 148.

 

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At Lap 178, Hinchcliffe leads Carpenter.

 

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Rahal is third but Dixon is now 7th.

 

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At Lap 198, it is Hinchcliffe, Carpenter, and Rahal.

 

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Dixon wrecks. He's done.

 

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Carpenter wrecks with 23 to go. Castroneves looks like he got into Carpenter.

 

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Castroneves is out as well.

 

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Hinchcliffe now leads Kanaan and Aleshin is back on the lead lap.

 

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Hinchcliffe is battling with Kanaan with 18 to go.

 

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Aleshin and Hawksworth in a big wreck. Chilton goes through the grass. Yellow out.

 

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Hawksworth has a slight knee injury it looks like.

 

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Aleshin was pressing and lost it taking out Hawksworth.

 

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It's now Hinchcliffe, Kanaan, and Rahal.

 

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Castroneves is fourth followed by Pagenaud fifth.

 

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Four wide!!

 

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Damn, Rahal wins it by the smallest of margins. Looks like a nose wins it. Hinchcliffe takes second followed by Kanaan.

 

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Here's how we did:

forty_three: 0 points - Got blanked
IndyAndy: 0 points - Didn't show-up for this race either.
Retroram52: 0 points - Got blanked

Season Totals so far:

forty_three: 37 points
IndyAndy: 36 points
Retroram52: 32 points


Next Race: IndyCar at Watkins Glen, September 4, 2016.

 

[forty_three]

Graham Rahal = beast mode. .008

God damn he was on the knife edge for the last five laps. I counted to near brushes with the wall and he had slight contact with Pagenaud. For the entire race he only lead from turn 4 to the finish line.

I gotta say, when he put his arm up I was afraid he was gonna lose.

Happy for my boy, but so gutted for Hinch. If it was practically any other driver I wouldn't be upset for them. But I like Hinch.

And Hinch needs to go find Carpenter and kick him in the nuts. Ed kinda pushed Dixon and got his tire cut to bring out one caution, then that tire letting go brought out the next one. Without those cautions, no one is even close to Hinch.