Re: RPG - the Big Race and the Long Race - McCoy <1><13>

John McCoy <igopogo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Hmm, not my best day at prognosticating...

The Big Race:

the Win - I think I'm going to go with Helio to get his 3rd copy
of the Borg Warner trophy.

Nope, never contended. Congrats to Dixon on a well-driven race.

1 - Danica finishes 6th or better.

Nope. Probably would not have happened, even if Briscoe had stayed
in his lane in the pits.

2 - a Ganassi car is 2nd.

Missed by one :-)

3 - Graham Rahal is the best finishing ex-Champ Car driver.

Substitute "worst" for best.

4 - Foyt-4 overdrives a mediocre car and wrecks.

Well, it was a mediocre car that set itself on fire, but I think
it was so bad Foyt-4 didn't even try to push it.

5 - neither Andretti finishes (this _is_ Indy, after all)

Amazingly they both did (altho John was pretty much in the rolling
roadblock class all day).

The long race:

the Win - Greg Biffle. Several of the Roush cars looked strong
(oddly, not including Edwards), and Biffle has the best record
at Charlotte of the Roush guys.

Almost :-)

1 - best Chevy - hard to go against Johnson at this track, but
I'll go with Earnhardt Jr to T5 and be best Chevy.

Missed by one, Gordon 4th Earnhardt 5th.

2 - best Dodge - Elliott Sadler steals Kahne's setup and has his
best finish in a long time as top Dodge.

Sadler actually had a pretty good race, finished 8th. Just not
as good as Kahne.

3 - best Toyota - Busch breaks, Vickers fades, Denny Hamlin runs
the steady race to be the best finishing Toyota.

Busch did indeed break, but got fixed & continued to the best
Toyota finish.

4 - best rookie - Hornish blows them away finishing at least 15
positions ahead of the next best rookie.

I claim some MVM points on this one, as Hornish was clearly in a
class of his own amoung the rookies. Only the luck of the fuel
mileage at the end brought Regan Smith to within 7 places.

5 - story - Blaney gets a T20 finish to solidify himself in the
T35 in points.

A point!. 17th finisher, and moved up 2 places in the points.

race: +1
season: 13

(are we restarting the cumulative score after this race like
last year? It's fine by me if we don't...)

John

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