Indy Race - Scott Dixon

[Cajun]

2 laps to go and he is leading,

if so he wins champship

Finally all his hard work as paided off

[Cajun]

Nooooooooooooooooooooo



Dario Franchitti wins the race and championship as Scott Dixon runs out of fuel!
2007-09-09 17:51:50
Lap 199: White flag. #9 Scott Dixon leads #27 Dario Franchitti by 0.0605 sec.
2007-09-09 17:51:17


he was so close so very close

[nodrog]

hahahahahahahaha, thats some funny shit right there, poor bastard.

[marioc]

gutted man,that was sooo exicting then bam,what a let down

[k14]

OMG!! That is the harshest ending ever!! They took a bit of a gamble pitting when the yellow was out on lap 148 (of 200) and obviously that was 1 lap too early. Ran out about 400m from the start/finish line on last lap leading Dario.

Ouch!

[Cajun]

hahahahahahahaha, thats some funny shit right there, poor bastard.

yeah thats just his luck, really. come so close, but trip and fail at the last step

[NordieBoy]

Doh !

[NZsarge]

Gutted for Dixon, that really sucks.

[Swoop]

To finish first, first you must finish.

As the saying goes...

[young1]

NOOOOOO!! Poor guy

[Joni]

Wow! what a fucking bummer... poor dude!

Although at that level of competition - no one should run out of fuel... :confused:

[merv]

2 laps to go and he is leading,

if so he wins champship

Finally all his hard work as paided off

You put the hex on him you know!

[NZsarge]

Wow! what a fucking bummer... poor dude!

Although at that level of competition - no one should run out of fuel... :confused:
What that Lady said. I don't see how chucking in a couple of extra litres of fuel as a safety margin would affected things to much.

[ManDownUnder]

OH MY GOD NOOOOOOOOOOOOO LOLOL

The poor bastard. 400m... what's that - about 50mls of fuel??? and extra wee "slosh" at the last fill and he'd have been a happy boy...

Poor bastard... LOL... poor poor bastard

[Joni]

I know it takes precide planning to get the fuel/weight/performance thing right....

I would be soooo pissed with the team if I was him! but hey we all know Im a cranky bitch... maybe he is more forgiving.

:oi-grr:

[k14]

I don't think he can blame his pit crew. They did exactly the same as Franchitti. Just that Dixon ran about 20 laps in his last stint out front, no slipstream = more fuel consumption. When he went up to the banking for the final time what was left in his tanks went to the highside of the car and lost feed into the engine. Cruel cruel luck but thats part of the game. He'll be back next year.

[merv]

... but hey we all know Im a cranky bitch... maybe he is more forgiving.

:oi-grr:

Ah, I didn't know that!

[Joni]

Ah, I didn't know that!
Neither did I... but when enough people call you that, you start putting two and two together :thud:

I'm a slow learner :lol:

[scracha]

Obviously I'm a biased Jock, but Franchetti has humped Dixon all year. Dixon took out Franchetti last race and in the race prior to that Dixon's own dumbass teammate smacked into him (after he'd let the whole race) so I guess the end result is pretty fair.

Hope it's a close battle like this next year though.

[ynot slow]

Bet the team boss don't get his bonus,all it took was another sat 5 seconds fuel to go in,therefore they get to finish.

Still remember him racing at Puke when he was about 13yrs or so,didn't have road license but gained dispensation to race,went out in a car leased from Max Pennington and rolled it early,still recall a chubby kid crying as he was taken away(and spanked by mum lol),has come along way since that fatefull day,the talent obviously there at that age.:second:

[Kickaha]

Still remember him racing at Puke when he was about 13yrs or so,didn't have road license but gained dispensation to race,went out in a car leased from Max Pennington and rolled it early,still recall a chubby kid crying as he was taken away

was that when he was walking around with a pillow strapped to his arse?

[shafty]

2 laps to go and he is leading,

if so he wins champship

Finally all his hard work as paided off

"Isn't it Ironic?" Alana Morrisette

[shafty]

What a BUMMER.

I guess some consolation, - sponsors and scouts will still realise his talent and skill. He was very professional about it - I bet there's some "redundancies" in the w'shop tho:bash:, 'specially missing the $US1M ++ prize dosh

[Toaster]

Wow! what a fucking bummer

I am sure it felt like it too!! Maybe we should poll to change his team name to Team Rogered Racing?

[k14]

Bet the team boss don't get his bonus,all it took was another sat 5 seconds fuel to go in,therefore they get to finish.
There wasn't room for another 5 seconds of fuel. They filled the tanks to the top. Just plain wasn't meant to be. From where I'm standing there was no other way around it. They pitted at the same time Franchitti pitted, just the fact that Dixon lead for 20 or so laps in the last stint meant he had higher fuel consumption. So I guess the only thing the team could have done is got Weldon to lead for these laps but just letting him past Dixon could have been disasterous. Was a very hard track to pass on etc.

There's always next year.

As for talent scouts, lol. I doubt they are looking too closely. There is only one higher step as far as championships go and thats F1. Monetarily I think Dixon would be happy to stay in Indycar for the rest of his career. I think his chances at F1 are gone now anyway.

[NordieBoy]

I am sure it felt like it too!! Maybe we should poll to change his team name to Team Rogered Racing?

He's going to race for Rogered Penske?

[peasea]

What a BUMMER.

I guess some consolation, - sponsors and scouts will still realise his talent and skill. He was very professional about it - I bet there's some "redundancies" in the w'shop tho:bash:, 'specially missing the $US1M ++ prize dosh

Wonder what his tactician is up to today.........