msnbc.msn.com — Dario Franchitti has won the rain-shortened Indianapolis 500. Franchitti took the victory when officials ended the race after 166 laps because of the downpour. Scott Dixon ran second followed by pole-sitter Helio Castroneves and Sam Hornish Jr.
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trobertsMay 28, 2007
In all honesty... who the f**k cares?
downsyndrom3May 28, 2007
@inseverance (#6905275)Not an oval, nor circle. It's a rectangle.
Closed AccountMay 28, 2007
Please tell me... Which F1 race was 3 hours? (just so you know: they have a 2 hour time limit)
jaysonxMay 28, 2007
blah.. 24 hours of le mans is more exciting.
Closed AccountMay 28, 2007
The Linux sponsored car crashed the driver Roberto Moreno complained the platform was unstable. His pit crew tried to adjust the wing, but were thwarted when they had to recompile the kernel and were unable to find any drivers that supported the Dallara hardware.
swordedgeMay 28, 2007
Road Racing, a form of racing where a pass for the leader happens once every three or four races but there is usually lots of action further back. They race in the rain.Oval racing, a form of racing where passes for the lead happen often. Due to running at over 200 miles per hour constantly, racing in the rain isn't really possible. Even if you did figure out how to keep the cars on the track, as Mario Andretti pointed out, the drivers wouldn't be able to see. Spray from a car doing 200 is impressive and not see throughable.Indy, a track where there are four turns that are all different. It takes good road racing skills to really do well there.Anyone that derides either form of racing doesn't know enough about racing.
swordedgeMay 28, 2007
A couple of years ago, I read that the average Nascar fan has a family income of $65K. But then, it takes dough to attend those races. The motor home alone cost 100 Gran.
nipplashMay 29, 2007
I sure wouldn't call Kevin Harvick getting bump drafted to the front of the pack on the last corner of the Daytona 500 a real race either.
veretaxMay 29, 2007
Uh there were drivers from Nearly every continent. How is that American racing?