Posts Tagged ‘edmonton indy’
Sunday, July 22nd, 2012
Helio Castroneves (Wikimedia Commons)
Canadian Alex Tagliani might have a tough time sleeping over the next while.
The Montreal driver had the lead in the Edmonton Indy late in the race, but had a slow time coming out of the pits, and gave up the lead to eventual winner Helio Castroneves of Brazil, the three-time Indianapolis 500 champion and winner at St. Petersburg, Florida earlier this year.
To make matters worse for Tagliani, he would later be passed by Japan’s Takuma Sato, Australian Will Power and American Graham Rahal before the end of the race.
Tagliani was looking for his first win since 2004 when he won a CART race in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
Next year Sportsnet has the rights for the 2013 IndyCar series, and should strongly consider using its own broadcast team for the races in Toronto and Edmonton.
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Tags: alex tagliani, edmonton indy, graham rahal, helio castroneves, takuma sato, will power
Posted in Indy Racing League |
Saturday, July 21st, 2012
Dan Uggla (D.B. King, Wikimedia Commons)
One of the most remarkable comebacks in sports history happened on Friday night in Washington.
Down 9-0 after five innings, the Braves stormed back to outscore the Nationals 10-1 in the last four innings before winning 11-10 in extra innings.
Dan Uggla led the Braves attack by going three for four, scoring four runs and recording the game winning run in the eleventh inning.
With the win, the Braves improve to 51-41, and are 2.5 games back of the Nationals in the National League East. The two teams will also play a very intriguing doubleheader on Saturday (11am and 5pm on Peachtree TV).
Here are the other events I’ll be watching this weekend:
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Tags: adam scott, atlanta braves, brandt snedeker, british open, bubba watson, dan uggla, edmonton indy, james hinchcliffe, keegan bradley, philadelphia phillies, ryan hunter-reay, san francisco giants, tiger woods, washington nationals, webb simpson, will power
Posted in Indy Racing League, MLB, PGA |
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
Ryan Hunter-Reay (Wikimedia Commons)
A three game winning streak happens many times in sports, but seldom do you see a three race winning streak in IndyCar racing.
But that is where Ryan Hunter-Reay of Dallas, Texas finds himself at the present time after winning in Milwaukee, Iowa and Toronto. The Andretti Autosport rider has passed Australian Will Power into first place in the driver’s standings and has a commanding lead at the moment of 34 points.
While Americans have dominated NASCAR over the years, Americans have not shown great consistency on the track in IndyCar. Not since Jimmy Vasser in 1996 has an American won a season championship. Sure Americans won on the old IRL circuit, but I argue that you cannot give those drivers credit because the drivers in the Champ Car World Series and CART Championship Series were simply better.
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Tags: edmonton indy, jimmy vasser, ryan hunter-reay
Posted in Indy Racing League |
Sunday, June 17th, 2012
Donovan Bailey (Wikimedia Commons)
Since I wrote my latest blog on the Donovan Bailey Invitational, I’ve been wondering what the event needs next to increase its prestige in the international track and field community.
All of a sudden, it made perfect sense what it needs to be given the same legitimacy on the Edmonton sports scene, as another elite Edmonton sports competition–The Edmonton Indy.
The answer? Television.
TSN was very busy this weekend with Euro 2012, but Sportsnet and the Score, or even CBC, should have stepped to the plate. There is no better way than enhancing your product to the Canadian sports fan, than by having your event on national television.
That should be the next step that Peter Ogilvie and his team should focus on.
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Tags: 2012 donovan bailey invitational, donovan bailey, edmonton indy, peter ogilvie
Posted in Amateur Sports |
Monday, June 4th, 2012
If you tuned in like I did yesterday to watch the IndyCar race in Detroit, your initial reaction would be is how?
How could IndyCar officials allow the best open wheel drivers in the world compete on such a lousy track?
According to the Associated Press, the track was shoddy. According to me, the track was a lot worse than shoddy. When you literally have large chunks of asphalt and concrete coming off the track with ease, and pot holes and grooves easily being exposed, it is a shame the race even started in the first place.
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Tags: edmonton indy, james hinchcliffe, scott dixon
Posted in Indy Racing League |
Sunday, July 24th, 2011
Will Power (Wikimedia Commons)
Australian Will Power is the 2011 Edmonton Indy champion.
Power, who was second on the pole, passed Japan’s Takuma Sato early in the race and held on for the lead convincingly throughout the rest of the competition.
It was an excellent day for team owner Roger Penske as Power finished first and his teammate Helio Castroneves of Brazil finished second.
Overall, the Edmonton Indy was significantly cleaner than the Toronto Indy, where there were less crashes. But I felt from a fan perspective, it wasn’t all that exciting near the top of the leaderboard. When Castroneves moved his way to second place, he didn’t make a strong attempt to catch Power, basically because they were teammates.
As for Danica Patrick, it was an excellent day for her as she moved her way up to ninth from starting 22nd on the grid. There has been a lot of speculation that Patrick might be moving to NASCAR next season, but she made an attempt to dismiss those rumors while in Edmonton.
As for the Canadians, it was a disappointing day for Paul Tracy of Scarborough, Ontario, who was in a crash with Sebastian Saavedra very early on. James Hinchcliffe of Oakville, Ontario was 15th and Alex Tagliani of Montreal was 17th.
Tags: danica patrick, edmonton indy, helio castroneves, roger penske, will power
Posted in Indy Racing League |
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
Tony Kanaan (Wikimedia Commons)
Over the last two years, some of the most interesting IndyCar races have happened in Edmonton. Two years ago, Brazilian Tony Kanaan suffered first and second degree burns to his body when a splash of fuel got into his cockpit and ignited him and his car.
Then last year, Brazilian Helio Castroneves, who was the leader after 92 laps, was black flagged for blocking on the restart and finished tenth. The eventual winner was New Zealand’s Scott Dixon, the 2008 Indianapolis 500 winner.
Fast forward to 2011, where Dario Franchitti of Scotland has been the driver so far on the IndyCar circuit. He won two weeks ago in Toronto, and has also won in St. Petersburg, Florida and Milwaukee. He leads Australian Will Power by 55 points.
Organizers have changed the layout of the 2011 Edmonton Indy, giving competitors more opportunities to pass.
The race starts Sunday at 12:45pm on TSN.
Here are the other events I’ll be watching this weekend:
Saturday & Sunday–10am–Senior British Open–TSN–I wasn’t go to watch this, but now I will. Rod Spittle of St. Catharines, Ontario is the co-leader with Americans Mark Calcavecchia and Lee Rinker. Spittle shot a -5 on Friday to tie for the lead at -7. The emergence of Spittle, 56 years of age, is remarkable because he never played on the PGA Tour. He won the Canadian Amateur in 1977 and 1978, but decided to sell insurance instead of turning professional. Now he is one of the world’s top senior golfers.
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Tags: adam hadwin, anthony calvillo, arizona diamondbacks, arkee whitlock, atlanta braves, british senior open, Calgary Stampeders, calvin mccarty, chad campbell, daniel porter, dario franchitti, david hearn, Edmonton Eskimos, edmonton indy, helio castroneves, jamel richardson, jerome messam, john axford, kavis reed, kyle kendrick, lee janzen, lee rinker, madison bumgarner, mark calcavecchia, mat latos, michael thompson, milwaukee brewers, montreal alouettes, paul goydos, philadelphia phillies, pittsburgh pirates, prince fielder, rbc canadian open, Ricky Ray, rod spittle, ryan braun, san diego padres, san francisco giants, Saskatchewan Roughriders, scott dixon, st. louis cardinals, tony kanaan, will power
Posted in CFL, Home, Indy Racing League, MLB, PGA |
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
A Reason to Watch Racing
I’d like to start this blog with a riddle: What weighs 3,500 pounds, happens 57 days before the Edmonton Indy and will probably be the coolest thing you’ve ever seen?
Oh, I don’t know – maybe a NASCAR-sized truck zooming down a real-life Hot Wheels track before the Indy 500, hoping to break a world record for the longest jump by a four-wheeled vehicle? Yeah, I said it.
About an hour before the May 29th race, an unidentified driver will hop into an 850-horsepower truck, which will be sitting at the top of a 100-foot-high structure somewhere in the infield area of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The driver will then take the vehicle down a steep drop and launch it into the air, hoping to glide the 302 feet required to set a new world record. (After the jump: Who is the Hot Wheels mystery driver? Plus – St. Louis Rams LB talks WWE and a soccer player shows off some unique skills!) (more…)
Tags: alex ovechkin, CFL, chad ochocinco, cincinnati bengals, cindy dandois, Edmonton, edmonton indy, Football, hot wheels, indy 500, indycar, james laurinaitis, legion of doom, lockout, luis moreno, mls, mma, NFL, owl, rafael van der vaart, road warrior animal, road warriors, sporting kansas city, spurs, st. louis rams, tottenham hotspur, travis pastrana, ufl, washington capitals, wwe, wwf, yeg
Posted in CFL, Indy Racing League, NFL, Soccer |
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