Baltimore: First Impressions

1. First, thoughts and prayers to Bob Jenkins and his wife Pam.

2. Now the championship is on.

3. Ryan Hunter-Reay's restart to take the lead and his drive into turn one has to be one of the top plays of the day.

4. Nothing wrong with Hunter-Reay's restart. Clearly the green was out. When will the teams learn the rules. This is not NASCAR. You go when the green comes out, not when the leader choices to go.

5. Even after all the problems with the chicane, it proved to be a great race.

6. Rain surely made the race interesting.

7. Briscoe is proving his worth. Maybe Penske keeps him after all.

8. Sato, Bourdais and Kanaan all had great days and finishes that did not stand up to what happened.

9. Barrichello sure has done well the last two races.

10. Brian Till did a good job in the booth.

11. The Lights also have an interesting championship battle.

12. This has been one of the best seasons on road and street courses and the DW12 has a lot to do with it.

13. Only thirteen days until Fontana. Five hundred until a champion is crowned. Going to be fun.