Milwaukee…and 5/31/65
May 31st, 2009 at 11:17 pm by Mike Thomsen under Auto Racing, Sports
I was entertained by today’s race at Milwaukee, another win for the IceMan, Scott Dixon.
Dixon may not have had the dominant car, (Ryan Briscoe did), but he played the traffic game just right, and showed once again why he is one of the best in the business.
It was a good day for drivers born in Australia, as they finished 1-2, and could have been 1-2-3, had Will Power been allowed to compete. I really hope Verizon Wireless takes some of the money they get from my cell phone bill, and give Power some additional races. A top 5 finish at the 500 showed just what a quality shoe Power is.
Graham Rahal has been knocking on the door for a big result on an oval, and he got one with a 4th place finish. Graham has been preaching patience to himself, and he delivered in a big way. Rahal 2.0 is a definite title contender, mark it down.
Danica Patrick has had a solid season, other than an accident at St. Pete (that wasn’t her fault), DP has been near the top of the scoring pylon each week. She’s a title contender as well, as long as she doesn’t hit another mid-summer cold streak.
I saw most of the Dover race in picture-in-picture. Sam Hornish Junior had another nice day, and I thought Tony Stewart was going to get his first points-paying win as an owner, until Jimmie Johnson stole it at the end.
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that today is the 44th anniversary of my hero Jim Clark winning the Indianapolis 500. Even though he won the race before I was born, I can imagine how that beautiful Lotus looked when it crossed the finish line first. Happy anniversary to Jim Clark.
By the way, for all the people who sent me a kind note after my pneumonia bout of this week, thanks! I appreciate it.
Milwaukee was a classic example why Tony George must accept his fate and step down as CEO.
Sunday’s race was a joke with little or no crowd at all. The tv does not lie. There was a lot of bare blinding aluminum.
Very embarrassing for a “Unified” series.
I have never supported Tony nor will i start now. All who choose to support and defend him are obviously scared for their jobs.
I wish the sisters and mama would not have back peddaled after Robin broke the story but instead gone ahead with their plan.
The only way to get back Aow racing in this country is to let the Irl die the death it is very close to.
Please Hulman George family let this happen soon!
I have a friend that works for Verizon Wireless and I have joked with him that I’d be willing to send a few more text messages each month (cha-ching) if they’d increase their sponsorship of Will Power’s car and/or IndyCar in general. He said that the sponsorship is almost certainly not of Verizon’s doing (because they are just not that cool) and more likely the result of their acquisition of Alltel. Seems like that would make sense, given the Penske/Alltel NASCAR car driven by Ryan Newman in previous years. Hopefully they’ll be able to work something out going forward.
Mr Metcalfe, The attendance at the Milwaukee was the best it’s been in a few years. It was a decent crowd.
Mr. Miller you were obviously wearing those rose colored crowd filler glasses then since the race i watched was very boring and had no crowd whatsoever. I know you Gomos all live and die for the place i want to see turned into a parking lot but let’s face facts. Tony has spent the family money first trying to kill then re place CART with that awful
Irl. I find it laughable that you morans still support that neckcar style spec crap that runs in the 500.
No wonder Indy only got a 3.9. I wonder what Milwaukee will be?
What a bunch of clueless sheep you Gomerati are. It is a good thing you mostly live in Indiana.