It's been over 10 years since the IndyCar Series has been to Loudon, so this race will be interesting. None of the current IndyCar Series drivers have raced on this track to, and this is more of a drivers track. I expect there won't be too many incidents, but the racing will get crazy with tons of passing coming out of the turns going onto the straightaways.
Dario Franchitti is on the pole after qualifying a full one mph faster than the rest of the field Saturday. Expect Newman/Haas to come out strong after Oriol Servia qualifying in second, and James Hinchcliffe(R) in fourth. Other drivers that could have a huge result on the race after strong qualifying runs could be Tony Kanaan starting in third, and then Scott Dixon starting in seventh. Personally I think you will see Newman/Haas' first win of the season with either Servia or Hinchliffe grabbing that lead and winning the race. Obviously the Target cars will be a threat with Dario on a hot streak this year, and Dixon is coming here from a win at Mid-Ohio last weekend.
The starting grid for the MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225.
Rank, Driver , AVG SPD, Gap (Time)
1 Dario Franchitti 170.843 --.----
2 Oriol Servia 166.250 169.831 0.2573
3 Tony Kanaan 169.698 0.2914
4 James Hinchcliffe 169.590 0.3192
5 Ryan Hunter-Reay 169.570 0.3243
6 Ryan Briscoe 169.451 0.3548
7 Scott Dixon 169.114 0.4415
8 Takuma Sato 169.044 0.4597
9 Helio Castroneves 168.886 0.5005
10 Charlie Kimball 168.434 0.6179
11 JR Hildebrand 168.047 0.7188
12 Mike Conway 167.852 0.7696
13 Will Power 167.011 0.9910
14 Alex Lloyd 166.877 1.0266
15 Danica Patrick 166.834 1.0380
16 Alex Tagliani 166.809 1.0445
17 EJ Viso 166.536 1.1172
18 Tomas Scheckter 166.381 1.1585
19 Vitor Meira 166.253 1.1925
20 James Jakes 165.265 1.4580
21 Ana Beatriz 164.958 1.5411
22 Marco Andretti 164.722 1.6051
23 Graham Rahal 163.816 1.8529
24 Sebastian Saavedra 162.285 2.2779
25 Ed Carpenter 161.734 2.4328
26 Simona de Silvestro 157.437 3.6782
News From Yesterday.
Pippa Mann was involved in an incident during practice on Saturday, and was sent to the hospital but was later released. Rahal Letterman Racing pulled her entry out of the race right after that on Saturday. Mann is scheduled to get an MRI of her back on Monday in Indianapolis, and she will not be cleared to race until the results are out.
The MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 will be on ABC at a 3:30 p.m. ET.
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