A dominant performance by Dario Franchitti has given the Scotsman his second straight win in America's biggest motor race, the Indianapolis 500.
Franchitti started from position three but by the end of lap one he had already passed both Will Power and pole man Helio Castroneves for the lead.
Second place went to England's Dan Wheldon. Wheldon came on strong late in the race to overhaul Marco Andretti who was the first American driver home in third.
Alex Lloyd, drove from 26th to finish fourth. Initially credited with third place, Lloyd was relegated to fourth after stewards determined that he had passed under the yellow flag following the huge accident that took out Mike Conway and Ryan Hunter-Reay.
Conway and Hunter-Reay made contact catapulting Conway into the air. His car hit the catch fencing, shredding the car, sending debris flying and leaving Conway with injuries to his left leg.
The in-car footage from Hunter-Reay's car shows just how lucky he was to avoid any serious injury.
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Several media outlets including "The Guardian" in England are reporting an alleged calendar for FOTA's break away Formula One series.
Of most interest to Australian fans is the inclusion of Adelaide as the series finale in November.
Adelaide's end of year bash was always a highlight of the International F1 year and many GP regulars would be thrilled to see it's return.
However the listing of Surfers Paradise as an alternative clearly shows the true nature of this calendar.
There is about as much chance of Surfers ever hosting any kind of serious F1 standard race as there is of me hosting the Oscars.
The track is seriously narrow, there is no run off area and the area seriously lacks much of the major infrastructure need to host a GP type event.
The track already struggles to cater for the previous Champcar/IndyCar event so how they would cope with something five times as big is anybody's guess.... More
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Monday, May 31, 2010
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