Pick The Podium: IndyCar - Pocono

[IndyAndy]

I'll get this one started early in order to give all of new ESPN refugees a chance to see it.

Here are the rules if you're interesting in joining in:

Pick The Podium Contest

Retroram52 has already submitted his picks:

Hunter-Reay
Andretti
Kanaan

I'm not feeling brave enough to do so before I see how qualifying goes.

 

[IndyAndy]

Hinchcliffe
Andretti
Castroneves

 

[bored at work]

Marco
Kanaan
Hunter Reay

 

[Retroram52]

Bizarre first lap crash with Hinchcliffe at Pocono. The car just got away from him and into the wall he went.

 

[IndyAndy]

Others up in that high groove with no issues: Maybe he didn't have the tires warm enough?

 

[IndyAndy]

Welcome back, Take-'em Out Sato: We've missed you.

 

[Retroram52]

I agree Indy. Dude comes flying off the racetrack and runs over Hunter-Reay. Unbelievable!

 

[Retroram52]

This was a terrible race day for Andretti Autosport. Hinchcliffe can't handle his car on the first lap. Hunter-Reay gets run over in the pits and Marco finishes 9th because of poor fuel management. Unbelievable!!

 

[IndyAndy]

Looks like all of the Chevys had a fuel mileage disadvantage today.

Being that I'm a dyed in the wool Dixon fan, when I saw the qualy results I was tempted to pick him - for 3rd, anyways - but I think that we've all become 'conditioned' to think that the Hondas just can't hang with the Chevys on the ovals this year: We might want to rethink that after today.

So; we all got blanked on our picks, leaving the season totals where they were after Iowa:

bored at work: 13 points
IndyAndy: 12 points
Retroram52: 6 points
BUCCS469: 1 point

Next up: A double-header weekend in Toronto, next weekend, including a standing start on Saturday.

 

[IndyAndy]

... Oh, and a tip of the hat to Joseph Newgraden & SFHR: Stellar job by this small, under-funded team.

Hope that they land a decent sponsor real soon.