2014 IndyCar Grand Prix of Alabama
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- 21st April 2014, 11:28 at 11:28 am #257760sushant008Participant
It’s 3rd round of the season now, held at the Barber Motorsport Park in Alabama. I like this track. Cars look really good on it. It was a good race last year as well. The only thing I don’t like is this track only has one or two passing zones. Still it’s gonna be a cracking race. Hoping that someone could repeat last year pass of Charlie Kimball on Will Power. It made my day.
More info about the event: http://www.barbermotorsports.comP.S. I created this topic today only to beat @jb001 this time! He always starts topics earlier than me ;)
21st April 2014, 13:51 at 1:51 pm #257791Delta Golf SierraParticipantThe weather for Barber is looking good. Just a slight chance of afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms Friday and Saturday, with high temperatures around 80.
21st April 2014, 18:12 at 6:12 pm #257813SPParticipantShould be a good race, I’m curious to see if RHR can repeat last year’s success.
25th April 2014, 17:40 at 5:40 pm #258194sushant008ParticipantFirst practice results:
26th April 2014, 6:24 at 6:24 am #258211sushant008ParticipantFP2 results:
Highlights:
26th April 2014, 10:56 at 10:56 am #258229SPParticipantHunter-Reay looks like a strong pick right now, hard to rule out Power and Dixon though.
27th April 2014, 3:29 at 3:29 am #258258sushant008ParticipantIt’s Will Power on pole:
27th April 2014, 19:24 at 7:24 pm #258311SPParticipantLooks like the start is delayed due to a tornado warning.
27th April 2014, 19:33 at 7:33 pm #258312andae23ParticipantWhat is it with tornado warnings this season? :P
27th April 2014, 19:41 at 7:41 pm #258313Bradley DowntonParticipantWhat channel can I find this on? :)
27th April 2014, 20:14 at 8:14 pm #258315SPParticipantBT Sport. 9pm is the new start time.
28th April 2014, 3:41 at 3:41 am #258343sushant008ParticipantGood race IMO. Enjoyed it. Shame about the yello flag finish though.
Final results:
28th April 2014, 8:09 at 8:09 am #258354Keith CollantineKeymasterPlenty to enjoy here – Hunter-Reay often seems to go well in the wet and deserved the win after Power chucked it off the track.
Montoya really seemed to be going places until his mistake as well. A pity we didn’t see some of his earlier passes in the race, he was using the grippier outside line on a few corners to excellent effect.
It all petered out a little bit at the end and the Aleshin yellow flag finished it off. Some good racing though and I’m glad I stuck with it through a two-hour rain delay (and that BT Sport continued the live coverage even though it massively over-ran!)
Sebastien Bourdais knocks Mikhail Aleshin into a spin – full course caution. #IndyCar #BTSMotorsport pic.twitter.com/VJfCGmKV6Y
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Oops… Helio Castroneves pulls up in Justin Wilson's pit box! #IndyCar #BTSMotorsport pic.twitter.com/uX5k9Mc2d2
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) April 27, 2014
Montoya's at it again, taking the long route around Bourdais at the restart. #IndyCar #BTSMotorsport pic.twitter.com/gc5UmzrVWN
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) April 27, 2014
Just over 5 mins to go and this could end under yellow as Aleshin demolishes a tyre barrier. #IndyCar #BTSMotorsport pic.twitter.com/pbMd7nv5Vk
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) April 27, 2014
28th April 2014, 13:37 at 1:37 pm #258416AnonymousInactiveIndyCar has generally been good the last 2 or 3 years, certainly eventful, and I love the Barber circuit, but races like that just hurt my head. Yellow flags every 10 minutes and advert breaks every other 10 minutes makes it, for me at least, very difficult to follow.
I just wish they’d invest in a few marshals, cranes and tractors rather than relying on a travelling circus of guys with cattle prods and radios to ever, EVER so slowly recover stranded cars.
The best race I saw from the circuit this weekend was the Pirelli World Challenge (once it finally restarted after the first corner, 4-car crash.)
28th April 2014, 16:41 at 4:41 pm #258419SPParticipantFunny that the guys making the mistakes (eg Montoya, Aleshin) were arguably the ones with the most wet weather experience.
Anyway, Hunter-Reay’s win and Power’s poor finish closes up the points battle coming into Indianapolis.
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