Toronto Recap

In my eyes Toronto was a crash-fest, but overall it really wasn't that bad of a race. The whole thing consisted of drivers actually being able to race for once, and tons of drama occurred among the championship contenders. Race control had some tough calls to deal with to.

KV Racing had a tough day. Tony Kanaan crashed and was out of the race by lap 2. Then Takuma Sato crashed on lap 79, and was put out of the race. The big improvement from E.J. Viso has to be noted, finishing 9th. Impressive for him, especially on a road course.

Newman/Haas Racing was having an excellent race until both James Hinchcliffe(R), and Oriol Servia were taken out in a huge crash on lap 85.

Other notable finishes are HVM Racing's Simona de Silvestro finishing in 10th, Dale Coyne Racing's Sebastien Bourdais finishing in 6th, and A.J. Foyt Racing's Vitor Meira finished in 5th.

Power VS. Franchitti.  
 What I wanted to really talk about is the supposed drive-through penalty that Dario Franchitti was supposedly received for knocking Will Power into the wall. That was avoidable contact to me. According to IndyCar it wasn't though. Although Franchitti didn't have enough room nor speed going into the corner to pass Power. All I know is that most fans, and Power himself are tired of Franchitti's dirty driving, and the fact that he is not not receiving penalties for any of it.

After the race in an interview with Versus, Will Power had this to say, "I left the inside open on the brakes. I'm really disappointed with Dario. I always race him clean, and he always races me dirty. He did the same at St. Pete, though I didn't say anything, and he did the same today. Disappointed in Dario. The guy who mouths off about everyone and whinges about everyone, and he's the guy who races the most dirty, never gets a penalty from IndyCar. It's just not right."

Power had every right to say this, and I agree with him. Dario is a dirty driver, and Will Power is generally a very well represented clean driver on the track. I disagree with Race Control's actions on that call. All the other crashes show that the driver's are actually being able to race for once.

Here are the final results from the Honda Indy Toronto.
1. (3) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
2. (2) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
3. (8) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
4. (20) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
5. (14) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
6. (7) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
7. (10) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
8. (22) JR Hildebrand, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
9. (18) EJ Viso, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
10. (17) Simona de Silvestro, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
11. (26) Ana Beatriz, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
12. (6) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
13. (5) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
14. (13) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Honda, 84, Running
15. (11) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 83, Running
16. (24) Paul Tracy, Dallara-Honda, 82, Running
17. (12) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 81, Running
18. (23) James Jakes, Dallara-Honda, 81, Running
19. (21) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 79, Running
20. (19) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 79, Running
21. (25) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Honda, 77, Contact
22. (4) Mike Conway, Dallara-Honda, 76, Contact
23. (9) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 71, Contact
24. (1) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 66, Contact
25. (15) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Honda, 43, Contact
26. (16) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 2, Contact "