Sunday, July 8, 2012

Toronto: First Impressions

1. Who had Charlie Kimball AND Mike Conway on the podium?

2. With his third consecutive win, Ryan Hunter-Reay is the first American to win three straight since AJ Allmendinger won Portland, Cleveland and Toronto in the 2006 ChampCar Season.

3. Pretty spreaded out start. Could have been called back.

4. It's going to be a tough second half for Dixon after loosing his fifth engine today.

5. Bourdais will have his chances in the next four races.

6. Tough race for Rahal and Hinchcliffe.

7. Pagenaud has had a great season but does not need to run guys to the wall. Newgarden had a great day going, had the fastest lap of the race. Now he and Rubens Barrichello have something in common and I am talking about knowing what it is like to be driven down to the wall.

8. Add Justin Wilson to the list of guys who had a rough day.

9. Dario Franchitti has not had much luck starting from pole position.

10. Championship picture is pretty interesting. Stinks that we have another off week and Edmonton is two weeks away.