Race Report & Week 1 Standings

RULE INTERPRETATION

Well I'll put my hand up and say it was my fault. It was my fault that
I chose that moment, of cranial weakness, to confuse GMT and EST. The
resulting loophole in my carefully constructed rules and regulations
meant that anyone who wished to wait until after qualifying to submit
their final driver line-up could do so.

Of course, this being motorsport, after a fashion, there were a number
of you who chose to do precisely that and submit teams after the final
laps had been run on Friday night. You know who you are and you should
hang your heads in shame. Yes, you obeyed the rules but the spirit of
those rules was the living breathing idea of sportsmanship and fair play
prior to your machiavellian submissions.

The key of course to this subterfuge was the choice of Scott Dixon, the
pole sitter. The potentially enormous haul of points was clearly too much
to resist for some. I also wonder if any of these players would have chosen
Ed Carpenter or AJ Foyt the IV other any other circumstances?

More to the point however, many and voluminous plaudits must go to Michael
Gathman currently in second place with his "Weekend Warriors" squad comprising of:
- Dan Wheldon
- Marco Andretti
- Ernesto Viso
- Jay Howard
- Ed Carpenter

66% of the Harbey family have created an exclusive club by both
picking teams with 4 scoring drivers.

David Harbey's "no Ferrari Influence Apparent" comprises of:
- Dan Wheldon
- Marco Andretti
- Darren Manning
- Mario Moraes
- Franck Perera

"Should We Stay or Should We Split Now?", Andrew Harbey's squad, is not
troubling the upper reaches of the leader board but four of the squad
below all bagged points:
- Dan Wheldon
- Justin Wilson
- Darren Manning
- Enrique Bernoldi
- Buddy Rice

You can see how the rest of the scores have panned out below. I will be
publishing the full list of teams, driver line-ups and and team logos as
soon as I have them.


Points Standings

1st
245 - Doug Werner - "Drivers who weigh more than Danica"
[Scott Dixon, Hideki Mutoh, AJ Foyt IV, Marty Roth, Ed Carpenter]

2nd
220 - Michael Gathman - "Weekend Warriors"
[Dan Wheldon, Marco Andretti, Ernesto Viso, Jay Howard, Ed Carpenter]

3rd
215 - "I Hate Tony George" - Jim Casey
[Scott Dixon, Dan Wheldon, Marty Roth, Milka Duno, Ed Carpenter]

4th
205 - "3.2 Million Bricks" - Michael Rennick
[Scott Dixon, Vitor Meira, Ernesto Viso, Jay Howard, Ryan Hunter Reay]

5th
185 - "no Ferrari Influence Apparent" - David Harbey
[Dan Wheldon, Marco Andretti, Darren Manning, Mario Moraes, Franck Perera]


6th
170 - "Milk-n-Donuts" - Jason Kwok
[Dan Wheldon, Ryan Briscoe, Danica Patrick, Mario Moraes, Ed Carpenter]
Dan Wheldon

7th
165 - "Team Bigger USA" - Jon Bigger
[Marco Andretti, Ryan Briscoe, Danica Patrick, Milka Duno, Vitor Meira]

7th
165 - "RPH Racing" - Julie Werner
[Dan Wheldon, Hideki Mutoh, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Ed Carpenter, Marty Roth]

9th
145 - "Tony George stole my Series" - Emiliyan Stoykov
[Helio Castro Neves, Dan Wheldon, Jay Howard, Townsend Bell, Franck Perera]

10th
140 - "Super Duper Best Friends" - Andy Blackmore
[Helio Castro Neves, Dan Wheldon, Ernesto Viso, Marty Roth, Milka Duno]


11th
125 - "Why do we keep turning Left on our way to the merger?" - Nick Daman
[Dan Wheldon, Hideki Mutoh, Danica Patrick, Jay Howard, Franck Perera]

11th
125 - "Sideways Sam's Sideways Tings" - Sam Collins
[Dan Wheldon, Hideki Mutoh, Danica Patrick, Jay Howard, Franck Perera]

13th
120 - "Chip, your name doesn't mean you have to eat Chips" - Matthew Hyndman
[Dan Wheldon, Ryan Briscoe, Ryan Hunter Reay, Franck Perera, Jay Howard]

14th
115 - "Opposite Lock Motorsports" - Louis Berlan
[Dan Wheldon, Ryan Briscoe, Ryan Hunter Reay, Jay Howard, Franck Perera]

14th
115 - "Joe Blob & the Spoonerisms" - James Murphy
[Marco Andretti, Ryan Briscoe, Hideki Mutoh, Mario Moraes, Buddy Rice]


16th
110 - "Team IndyCart" - Robert Duffield
[Helio Castroneves, Hideki Mutoh, Ryan Hunter Reay, Mario Moreas, Franck Perera]

16th
110 - "Jerry Forsythe's 'Play your cars right'" - Declan Brennan
[Helio Castroneves, Hideki Mutoh, Ryan Hunter Reay, Jay Howard, Franck Perera]


18th
107 - "Should We Stay or Should We Split Now?" - Andrew Harbey
[Dan Wheldon, Justin Wilson, Darren Manning, Enrique Bernoldi, Buddy Rice]


19th
105 - "I am Hindy" - John Hindhaugh
[Marco Andretti, Hideki Mutoh, Bruno Junquiera, Ernesto Viso, Darren Manning]


20th
100 - "Come back to Rockingham" - John Harbey
[Dan Wheldon, Ryan Briscoe, Enrique Bernoldi, Jay Howard, Vitor Meira]


20th
100 - "Month of Mayhem" - Adrian Bourne
[Helio Castro Neves, Vitor Meira, Bruno Junquiera, Townsend Bell, Darren Manning]

22nd
45 - "Team IROC - Indignantly Racing Our Crapwagons" - Simon Speichert
[Ryan Briscoe, Ryan Hunter Reay, Hideki Mutoh, Bruno Junquiera, Franck Perera]

23rd
35 - "Danika Wheldon Crash Team" - Chris Vince
[Oriol Servia, Ryan Briscoe, Hideki Mutoh, Marty Roth, Buddy Rice]