"Dan the Man" <dan708@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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Mar 12, 10:48 am, Who Needs Fenders? <fend...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> . wrote:
> >>> I can't wait. A CC 1-2-3 at Indy. THAT will make my day.
> >> Happened already: 2001
>
> >> Official Box Score
> >> 85th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
> >> Sunday, May 27, 2001
>
> >> 1 Helio Castroneves Marlboro Team Penske
> >> 2 Gil de Ferran Marlboro Team Penske
> >> 3 Michael Andretti Motorola/Archipelago
> >> 4 Jimmy Vasser Target Chip Ganassi Racing
> >> 5 Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing
>
> > It's pretty much always the same top contenders. The
> > thing is, the vast majority (if not a pure exclusivity) are
> > now, and have always been (since the series became
> > legitimate in 2003) IRL regulars.
>
> I know; Dillon is hoping that the top three this year to be drivers
> that, at the start of the year, were planning on driving a Panoz...
>
> I was just pointing out that CART/CC drivers have dominated the Indy-500
> once already... BTW--that year, 6th (and last on the lead lap) was Tony
> Stewart, driving for Chip Ganassi--a CART/CC owner... So in a sense
> CART/CC and NASCAR took the top six...
Yeah, that race was a hoot, all of the IRL regulars fini****ng a lap
down!
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Agreed, just as the post '03 CCWS/OWRS/ChumpCar series
could hardly have been more of a joke, so was the pre '03 IRL.
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