Tuesday, July 29, 2014

The 2 in TO

The 2 in TO (Toronto) was awesome!!
 
Race 1 got postponed from Saturday to Sunday because of rain,
so it made for a real double header on Sunday.





Race 1's were dominated by the French Drivers.

Sebastien Bourdais won the Indycar Race.
Alex Baron won the Indy Lights race
and the USF2000 race was won by Jake Eidson

Race 2 was run a few hours later in the afternoon
and after some sun and some rain and some more sun,
 Mike Conway won for his second time this year.




 
Race 1 - The Top Ten
  
1st. Sebastien Bourdais - 33 career win. First since 2008.
 
2nd. Helio Castroneves - Still championship points leader (6th podium in 2014)
 
3rd. Tony Kanaan - 9th Top Ten this year
 
4th. Simon Pagenaud - Led 6 laps after being involved in 1st lap incident

5th. Scott Dixon 
 
6th. Graham Rahal
 
7th. Charlie Kimball
 
8th. James Hinchcliffe
 
9th. Will Power - moved up 14 positions after starting in back after damaging his car in the rain Saturday before the race started.
 
10th. Justin Wilson

* No Rain
* 3 lead changes
* 3 different leaders
* 60 laps under green
*5 laps under yellow

*6 Chevys
*4 Hondas



Race 2 - The Top Ten:

1st. Mike Conway  - Second win of the year
                                  - 3rd win for Ed Carpenter Racing this season

2nd. Tony Kanaan - 2nd double header weekend this year that he had 2 podiums

3rd. Will Power - Gained points on his teammate Helio in the Indycar standings

4th. Charlie Kimball - Finished in the top ten both races

5th. Takuma Sato - moved up 17 places after starting 22nd

6th. Jack Hawksworth - 3rd in Rookie points standings

7th. Scott Dixon - 8th top ten this year but still no win

8th. Marco Andretti - finished where he started

9th. Sebastien Bourdais

10th. Justin Wilson

* 6 lead changes
* 5 different leaders
* 36 green laps
* 20 yellow laps

*6 Chevys
*4 Hondas




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

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