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Old Sep 2, 2007 | 06:32 AM
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"Chicagoland Indy 300"
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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 09:33 AM
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Default RE: Indy Cars @ Detroit 09-02-07 @ 3:30P EST

We are BIG fans of Indy cars. We enjoy MIS and the experience there. FAST track close by. It's a HUGE thrill watching these open wheel cars going into turn 1 three and four wide, wheel to wheel at 220mph! We was there Aug 5th for the last Indy car race ever there[&o].
So now they are running at Detroit's Belle Isle, an old track revived by Penske. Drivers describe it as extremely bumpy and too narrow to pass. I only watched about 1/3 of the race (mowing outside), but what I did see, there was only ONE attempted pass, and that was the last one where Dixon tried to pass Rice, and took out Franchini in the process! POOR racing!
Fans had to take a shuttle bus over because of no parking. Stands weren't full.
In my opinion, IRL took an exciting fast race from MIS and exchanged it for a p__s poor race with no passing without wrecking, and a race that you cannot see completely from the stands.
We are still fans of the IRL, but they lost us on this one.
Our favorite racing: Craftsman trucks. They are allowed to rub and bang'em up more than either the cup or Busch series.
 
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[align=center]Hi Wayne -Rockn04SS-,,[/align][align=center]Enjoyed reading your post. My grandfather[/align][align=center]loves Indy car Racing, but also said the race was[/align][align=center]better when it was at MIS : )[/align][align=center][/align][align=center]Click below to read more on Indy Car's[/align][align=center][:-][/align][align=center]http://www.indycar.com/[/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align]
 
Old Sep 3, 2007 | 01:54 PM
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Indy is alway a great TV event. At 220 mph, itwould beimpossible to tell who is who when I would go in person.
 
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IndyCar Racing[/align]
120 Min. 4:00 PM Sun., Sep 9[/align]ABC - Broadcast[/align][/align][/align] [/align][/align]






"Chicagoland Indy 300"
From Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill.
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Member's, `if you watch it, post your review of the Race `OK : )
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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 05:01 PM
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[align=center]Dario Frannchitti, Win's Indy Car 2007Championship in a 2 Lap[/align][align=center]Shoot Out with Scott Dixion.[/align][align=center][:-][/align][align=center]Dixon, runs out of fuel on final lap : ([/align][align=center]and finished 2nd [X(]in Championship[/align][align=center]Sam Hornish finished 3rd[/align][align=center](Sam's coming 2 NASCAR : )[/align][align=center]$ One Million Dollar's to the Winner $[/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align][align=center] [/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align][align=center]It was a Super Race
"Chicagoland Indy 300"
Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill.
[/align][align=center]Marco Andretti wrecks, & istaken to hospital to get checked[/align][align=center]for sore heck.[/align][align=center][/align][align=center]sumbmitted by MCF Reporter[/align][align=center]`Space[/align][align=center][/align]
 
Old Sep 10, 2007 | 12:38 PM
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So Frannchitti might come to NASCAR next year? HMMMM, very interesting.
 
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