Huh? Indy Cars actually ran in "Anger"
this past weekend, and the Nation's talking 'bout I-T; Uhm, what's that 'bout
Queen Danica's sponsorship woes over whether or not RASSCAR's' Diva will run at
DayToner, say I-T isn't so...
Otay, so I'm probably like 0.000031974x; Err
what's that answer for the equation Pie? As I found I-T somewhat Bemusing how
there was nary a Peep 'bout IndyCar testing this weekend via A-L-L of my usual
News sources that I peruse Daily via my NFB Newsline for The Blind telephone
service. Since I enjoy taking a break from le Confuzer and simply letting
somebody else do the reading, which I guess is one of my small perks 'O being
Blind...
As I'm just left chucklin' quietly over A-L-L
Dat Blather 'bout how IndyCar TV Ratings are rising, and IndyCar's getting
Better; Chirp-Chirp, Bueller?
As neither the Indianapolis Star
or Reuters had a solitary word 'bout the just completed
weekend's outing at Phoenix International Raceway the entire weekend. Uhm, ok,
surely the Arizona Republic will have some Fluff piece, right?
No? Well then surely; Hey DON'T Call Me
Shirley! Botta-Boom, Botta-Bing! Uhm, the Arizona Associated Press Sports
section will have Somme-thun', eh? Oh Yeah, forgot that's Taxicab country;
YEEHAW!
And last but Not least, surely Racer.com's
IndyCar section will have a daily recap... Are those Crickets I hear chirping
in Avondale?
Yeah, I know it's only the first test session
of the year, but like WTF? Them Open Wheel Racing cars haven't been seen or
heard since last September 18th, nearly five months ago!
Thus after not being able to find Juan'
Bloody printed word anywheres' Friday via traditional news sources, I finally
relented and went to IndyCar's Offical' website Saturday morning, for which the
following reports were gleamed. And yes, Indycar.com's website's stories by
Mark Robinson did alert me to the fact that everythingy' was available via live
streaming; yet not only did I not bother, but I'll forgo digressing into the
difficulties of navigating their website as a visually impaired Keyboard
Warrior...
Not surprisingly, a Penske Bowtie-powered
Dallara led the Time Sheets in Friday's first Day session, albeit somewhat
surprising that it was the No. 2 with brand new Team Penske recruit Josef
Newgarden leading the way, who'll have DJ WillyP's (Will Power) longtime
Strategist Tim Cindric on top of the Nashvillian's Box this season.
Friday's evening test session #2 saw Marco
Andretti of Andretti Autosport leading a brace 'O Hondres' at the front. As
that's my Aussie vernacular for the REAL Voice of IndyCar on thou Telie', nee
Peacock-lite's (NBCSN) Leigh Diffey Mates! Like move over Kevin Lee...
Saturday's third test, and the second Daytime
running saw Captain America' put the Fuzzy-Wuzzy mobile at the pointy end. As
J.R. Hildebrand, who was P4 in Friday's day session improved to P1 with a
blistering lap speed of 193+ mph!
And then the Flip-flopping continued, with
the Honda's once again leading the second evening and final test session with
"the Dude!" Nee Ryan Hunter-Reay or simply RHR claiming P1 for Mikey
A's four car squad. As reportedly they were running in "race trim"
mode.
Twenty-one Fulltime entrants took part in the
two-day test, with the most glaring absence being last year's KVSH Racing,
which saw their former driver le 'Hamburgular, aka SeaBass, nee Sebastain Bourdais's
move to Dale Coyne Racing look quite smart.
As the Frenchman who collected a Rolex wrist
piece for Cheeps' (Ganassi) winning Ford GT effort at Daytona, was the most
notable name mixing I-T up with the B-I-G' BOYS, a la Penske, Andretti and
Ganassi both days, with Top-10 finishes in all four sessions.
But like Bourdais
said, it's just testing and things will definitely change when they return at
the end of April to run the race, when conditions will be a lot HOTTER!