26 May 2008

RACING ROUND UP





For those of you who missed them (and I managed to catch a good portion of all) ...

Lewis Hamilton won the Monaco Grand Prix (rain soaked almost until the end, lots of good and bad driving, plenty of crashes) for McLaren-Mercedes. A big win for McLaren especially since Ferrrari had the race pretty well sewn up. I believe the win also put Hamilton back atop the Driver's lead.

Scott Dixon won the Indy 500, a not terribly exciting race with the exception of a rookie taking out Danica Patricks after a pit stop (he was undoubtedly at fault, although it was a pit lane accident. Patricks leapt out of her car and headed towards the offender's pit only to be stopped when cooler heads prevailed. You get 'em girl. She was running in fifth at the time. There were some crashes some good side-by-side and some stupid passes (one in which Andretti took out teammate Kaanan).

Kasey Kahne and the Bud Dodge won the Charlotte 600. Lots of history in the pre-race show, and a decent enough race (considering it was 600 miles). I fell asleep before the finish, but apparently Tony Stewart had it sewn up until something happened (more on that when I can read the report.

Photos top to bottom: Patricks getting hit on pit lane (Racing One); Winner Dixon with the traditional bottle of milk (Racing One); Kahne and his crew celebrate the 600 win (Racing One) and Hamilton at Monaco (Chrysler).

2 comments:

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Anonymous said...

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