GP of Alabama Recap

What a great first road course race of the season!
 

 

Wet track...kinda dry track... keep on rain tires or go to slicks?

 Cars weaving around the track trying to find water so their rain tires wouldn't overheat, then trying to avoid water so they wouldn't go sliding off the track on their slicks (which many of them did).
 

After a 3 hour rain delay and a timed 1 hour and 40 minute race, Ryan Hunter Reay won for the 2nd consecutive time at Barber.


 

 

Race Stuff: 

 

* Josef finished 8th! (Alex wanted you to know)

 

* Sebastien Bourdais served a drive thru penalty for punting Mikhail Aleshin

 

* Helio pulled into Justin Wilson's pit because their crew uniforms are similar (he had to serve a stop and go penalty for his mistake)

* First time since Iowa 2013 that Andretti cars went 1-2

* Will Power is the only driver to finish in the top 5 every race so far

* There was 7 lead changes and 16 laps run under caution
 

* Saavedra led for the second time in his career

* Marco Andretti moved up 12 positions in the championship to 6th

* Dixon had the fastest lap of the race

The top 10 Finishers

1. Ryan Hunter-Reay (said driving on the slicks was like 'on an ice skating rink with sneakers)

2. Marco Andretti (a great run to the front but couldn't catch Hunter Reay)

3. Scott Dixon (his worst finish ever at Barber, he had four 2nds)

4. Simon Pagenaud  (another solid finish, he is 3rd in points)

5. Will Power (Awesome save when he skidded into the gravel and just grazed the wall, although it did cost him the lead)

6. Justin Wilson (led a lap)

7. James Hinchcliffe

8. Josef Newgarden (They finally gave him an in-car camera!)

9. Tony Kanaan (The biggest move of the race after starting 23rd)

10. Charlie Kimball (His best finish of the season thus far)

 

Top Ten included..

 

*  Drivers from 6 different teams

*  Drivers from 7 different countries

*  6 Hondas, 4 Chevys

*  Three of the four Andretti Autosport drivers

*  Three of the four Ganassi drivers

*  No rookies

*  And......Josef!

 

 

 

Can't wait till the Grand Prix of Indy on Saturday, May 10th on ABC!