Saturday, October 2, 2010

Dario Franchetti Wins Izod Indy Car Championship

From ESPN: Dario Franchitti signed a contract to return to IndyCar on a napkin.
He's spent the last two years etching his legacy in stone.
Franchitti captured his third IndyCar title on Saturday night at Homestead, dominating when he had to then expertly avoiding trouble after points leader
Will Power faltered, eventually finishing eighth behind Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon to edge Power by five points. http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/racing/indycar/news/story?id=5642431
I've become a fan of Izod Indy car racing this year. I've always liked Indy car racing, but when CART and Indy split, the sport just wasn't the same. Now that the two leagues are back together, Indy car racing has become much more exciting, often more exciting than NASCAR. Lately, the Indy cars are actually racing, racing side by side at 210 mph, on the oval tracks. Compare that to NASCAR, where it looks like a large train going around a circle, with little side by side racing, except on restarts after a yellow flag. In addition, there are no start and parkers in Indy car racing while in NASCAR, you can have up to 15% of a field start the race and then be done within 15 laps after the start of the race. They also have more
So, I look forward to watching Indy cars next year on Versus cable television. It'll be a lot more exciting than NASCAR. The downside is that Indy cars have Danica Patrick.

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