Otay, so this is long overdue, as I'd begun scribblin I-T 'Wayback
whilst waiting out thee start of the Pocono IndyCar race during its ridiculously
LONG Pre-amble; YIKES! Which now seems like an eternity ago; especially after
having just sat thru endless hours Saturday & Sunday watchin' duh German
Grand Prix and 2-in-T.O. on ONE Day IndyCar races...
NBCSN SCREWS DUH
POOCH AGAIN!
Note to the BASTARDOS at
"Peacock-lite!" (NBCSN) Please do NOT reveal the results of the
British GP or ANY other Grand Prix's during your U$ Bank Sports Update like
Yuhs did Sunday morning (7/6) moments prior to your "STUPENDOUS" 1hr IndyCar
Infomercial Pre-amble; Err Pocono Pre-race, which I didn't bother watching, as
thankfully the race's start time had been divulged... As I'm afraid I hit the
MUTE button too early during the recap and know who won before watching the
replay at 2PM Pacific; SHEISA!
Yet fortunately I'd managed to re-mute the
Telescreen before hearing the points standings which would have definitely
given I-T away, nevertheless, KNOCK IT OFF "Peacock-lite!" But I
digress, as typical...
DOUBLE BROILER
Yet I'm jumping Duh Gun by eluding to thee
"Tricky Triangle" before reminiscing 'bout what I've affectionately
tagged as the "Double Broiler," nee Houston's Double -Down weekend,
which I've already lamented my thoughts in;
Thus, decidedly miffed over IndyCar's
STUPIDITY to race not once but twice in Houston during summer, I'd really not
planned upon watching either of the races before Tacoma Bureau Chief Mary Ellen
asked: Don't Yuhs wanna watch the IndyCar race before uze go home? What time is
I-T on? and low 'N behold, I suddenly
found myself sitting alongside the esteemed 'Awntie Harriet watching ; Err
listening to the rain delayed Saturday race; Huh? Rain in Houston in late June;
WTF? As the start was delayed whilst 94-year old Harriet thanked me profusely
for getting to watch a car race with
Mwah! Even if it was Mary Ellen's idea instead; as how many 94-year olds with acute
Dementia do you know who get excited over watching an IndyCar race, eh?
Thus I really don't recall all what happened,
as it was KURR-RAZY! Although I do recall that my Numero Tres Boy "Symone
Pagenoe" (Simon Pagenaud) started P1 - his debutant IndyCar Pole position
before having issues with one front brake, or is it like one of my supporters
recently mentioned; One Fender - in regards to thy Blog; Hya! With the
Frenchie' fast fading from contention...
Then in the dying stages, it was too good to
be true, being a timed race with a Dale Coyne 1-2 Freightrain of Justin 'B-I-G
UNIT Wilson leading his rookie team-mate Carlos Huertas. And although Wilson would surrender
the lead needing a splash of Methanol - Gawd, how I 'LUV the smell 'O Methanol
in the Morning! Err Ethanol to make the finish, the mostly unheralded Huertas did the
unthinkable by winning his first IndyCar race ahead of his idol Juan Montoya
with Carlos 'Silk Munoz claiming third - with Columbians sweeping the podium
for the first time ever! And then it was off to the "Aroma Dome" (in
Tacoma) for a 3hr Bus Ride home...
ROUND 2: TURN ON
THE HEAT!
Typin' this just hours before the final Double of the season at
Toronto, makes it seem so "last
year" already, (Especially with the propensity 'O that WET stuff
that deluged T.O. during the weekend, eh!) as Hey! This
New & Improved condensed IndyCar schedule is FANTASTIC, right? Err, more
like BOMBASTIC!
As why does the word condensed make me think of condensed milk, like Y'all know
how GURR-REAT! That tastes; Oh Never Mind!
As what more can I say than noting how
Symone' was completely Knackered after winning the race, saying how he wasn't
gonna be like 'Ol "Spiderman" (Castroneves) during his interview, not
to mention NO fence climbing! As Pagenaud commented many times upon how
brutally H-O-T! It was, mentioning how it was worse being behind the Pace-car
with NO air moving than when at speed, as surely the HEAT had a lot to do with
determining the day's podium, which was made up all of "Young Bucks!"
As Pagenaud was the elder, with his 'Rooskie team-Mate Mikhail Aleshin
(Age 26) finishing a fine runner-up, first ever podium finish for a Russian,
while "Union Jack" (Hawksworth) scored his debutant IndyCar podium
(P3) at the ripe 'Ol age of 23! As Hawksworth's result was the best of the trio
after the Englishman had survived the harsh task of holding off an overly persistent
Montoya for the position.
Thus, naturally I looked forward to the evening's
interview with Houston winner Symone' on duh Speed Freaks, where he revealed
he'd lost at least 15lbs over the weekend, amongst other topics...
INTERVIEW: Simon Pagenaud on win, wrecks and Speedo's
TRICKILY TRIANGLE
And what a difference a week makes, as 'Union
Jack wouldn't be taking part in the Pocono 500, having crashed in practice, sustaining a 'Mega 100-G crash which
ultimately bruised his heart! Along with wrecking his car's "tub," as
thankfully he's recovered and the team's built up its spare chassis, with
Hawksworth being medically cleared to drive at Iowa just day's later...
Y'all know that Juan Pablo Montoya drove a
superb race to score his first IndyCar
victory in 14yrs, as Yuhs just had a feeling 'Ol 'Monty would be there
at the end of the race, after the NBCSN Booth Boyz' correctly noted how the
leading car was burning an extra 3-laps of fuel for the privilege of piercing
the wind for the others, as Tony Kanaan who was
stout all day, got hosed by his team's Pit strategy, as the in-car
camera feed played TK's telling the crew he'd gotten a fuel alarm when leading
with just four-laps remaining! Certainly a bi-product of his leading much of
the race...
While I stumbled
upon this brief article 'bout Montoya's crew chief in;
Best Quip I've heard in awhile now came from
Townsend Bell who said to 'R. (Robin Miller) "Robin, you've been a Vent
Man for 45-years;" Hooah! Which was in regards to Miller talking 'bout
what he'd do if he was the IndyCar Commissioner whilst reminiscing 'bout his days
as a Vent Man on Pit-lane - which I think was in regards to his Hero Jim
Hurtabise?
While I was stunned to hear Tim Cindric's
curt advice to DJ WillyP'; "Get your Head on Straight!" Which was in regards to (Will) Power's block
he'd thrown upon Penske team-mate
'HULIO; which rightly-so, Beaux "Knows" Barfield 'N Company assessed
the 'Aussie with a Drive-thru penalty... As my only qualm over the whole matter
is Castroneves going Bananas over the
radio 'N calling for the penalty - whilst he seemingly gets treated differently
in regards to his wiggly driving wide
moves on-track...
Yet Power's sour grapes afterwards during his
interview when complaining over the TV announcers giving him grief made me lose
a bunch 'O respect for him. As thee "Thrill from The West Hill" (Paul
Tracy) so aptly put I-T! Dude, Yuhs told me to call it like I saw it and you
made my job pretty easy!