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Man, I love auto racing. There aren't many forms I won't watch. I get antsy in church when I think we won't get home in time to see the green flag drop.
Mine apparently end up somewhere around midnight because I didn't stay up to watch the live telecast of CART race from Surfer's Paradise in Australia. I went to sleep, and CART took a lesson from NBC Olympic disaster and decided live is better than tape delay. That's why I love the Internet. Let's take a look around. Fernandez Vaults Into Points Hunt With Wild Australia Win"Surfers Paradise, Australia, Oct. 15 - It seemed like the race - and the championship - that no one wanted to win." Hmmm, looks like the folks at Speedvision blame the first lap melee on Gil de Ferran. Odd, huh? You'd think a guy in the hunt for the championship would lay back a bit and let things sort themselves out before getting racy. Let's switchover to Autoracing1 and get their take on the situation. Fernandez nips Brack in Surfers"SURFERS PARADISE, Australia (October 15, 2000) - In one of the wildest races in recent memory, Adrian Fernandez won the Honda Indy 300 over rookie sensation Kenny Brack by just 0.3 seconds. In doing so he pulled himself within 5 points of Gil de Ferran for the championship point lead." Again, Gil de Ferran takes the heat. Maybe The Captain had a nice long talk with Gil on the way home. That long, over-the-water flight would allow plenty of time for an attitude adjustment. The pair you really gotta feel sorry for is Paul Tracy, who apparently had 'em covered after the first lap brouhaha, and Michael Andretti. Tracy was running away with the race until he got tangled up first with a malfunctioning computer and then with Max Papis and Oriol Servia. Andretti, on the other hand, was sidelined by engine gremlins. Jack Durbin from MOTORSPORT.COM had photographers at the race venue, and he's posted a set of fifty-four pictures from Surfer's Paradise, including a series on the first lap incident. There were the usual gripers and nay-sayers, of course, some with legitimate points. Tony Kanaan, as an example, spoke of the frustration of having another race settled by fuel strategy. "It turned out to be a battle of fuel consumption and we really had to work hard to save fuel almost all race long. Hey, a guy (Fernandez) who started 20th on the grid was able to win the race on fuel strategy. It was especially frustrating for us today because we had a great race car. I was able to go racing for short bits at a time, and then I had to back off to save fuel. That's a shame." Go To Page: 1 2
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