Updated Standings after Round 7 - Texas

Here are the standings after Texas, report to follow.....

1st
1570 - "Team IndyCart" - Robert Duffield
[Scott Dixon, Helio Castroneves, Graham Rahal, Milka Duno, Jaime Camara]

2nd
1527 - "3.2 Million Bricks" - Michael Rennick
[Scott Dixon, Vitor Meira, Ernesto Viso, Jaime Camara, Ryan Hunter Reay]


3rd
1522 - Doug Werner - "Drivers who weigh more than Danica"
[Scott Dixon, Oriol Servia, Ernesto Viso, Enrique Bernoldi, Ed Carpenter]
Scott Dixon

4th
1490 - "Come back to Rockingham" - John Harbey
[Scott Dixon, Ryan Briscoe, Vitor Meira, Mario Moreas, Marty Roth]


5th
1375 - "I am Timgray" - Tim Gray
[Scott Dixon, Ryan Briscoe, Danica Patrick, Townsend Bell, Mario Moraes]

6th
1297 - "RPH Racing" - Julie Werner
[Helio Castro Neves, Hideki Mutoh, Wiil Power, Ed Carpenter, Enrique Bernoldi]


7th
1210 - "Gerry Forsythe's 'Play your cars right'" - Declan Brennan
[Tony Kanaan, Vitor Meira, Justin Wilson, Ernesto Viso, John Andretti]


8th
1145 - "Tony George stole my Series" - Emiliyan Stoykov
[Helio Castro Neves, Dan Wheldon, Mario Moraes, Ernesto Viso, jaime Camara]

9th
1090 - Michael Gathman - "Weekend Warriors"
[Dan Wheldon, Marco Andretti, Ernesto Viso, Ed Carpenter, Milka Duno]


10th
1079 - "Month of Mayhem" - Adrian Bourne
[Helio Castro Neves, Vitor Meira, Bruno Junquiera, Townsend Bell, Darren Manning]

11th
1060 - "Team Bigger USA" - Jon Bigger
[Marco Andretti, Ryan Briscoe, Danica Patrick, Milka Duno, Vitor Meira]

12th
1059 - "Chip, your name doesn't mean you have to eat Chips" - Matthew Hyndman
[Scott Dixon, Ryan Briscoe, Ryan Hunter Reay, Enrique Bernoldi, Milka Duno]

13th
1035 - "PT Cruiser" - Maureen O'Neil
[Dan Wheldon, Graham Rahal, Ed Carpenter, Ernesto Viso, Mario Moraes]


14th
1002 - "Joe Blob & the Spoonerisms" - James Murphy
[Marco Andretti, Ryan Briscoe, Hideki Mutoh, Mario Moraes, Buddy Rice]


15th
990 - "no Ferrari Influence Apparent" - David Harbey
[Dan Wheldon, Marco Andretti, Darren Manning, Mario Moraes, Townsend Bell]


16th
983 - "Should We Stay or Should We Split Now?" - Andrew Harbey
[Dan Wheldon, Justin Wilson, Darren Manning, Enrique Bernoldi, Buddy Rice]


17th
920 - "Sideways Sam's Sideways Tings" - Sam Collins
[Dan Wheldon, Hideki Mutoh, Danica Patrick, Jay Howard, Franck Perera]

18th
872 - "I Hate Tony George" - Jim Casey
[Ryan Briscoe, Tony Kanaan, Ryan Hunter Reay, Jaime Camara, Enrique Bernoldi]


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


20th
830 - "Super Duper Best Friends" - Andy Blackmore
[Tony Kanaan, Marco Andrettti, Darren Manning, Milka Duno, Marty Roth]


21st
820 - "Indy Pace Car Speed" - Jason Kwok
[Ed Carpenter, Helio Castroneves, Tomas Scheckter, Justin Wilson, Milka Duno]

22nd
739 - "Empty Tank Racing" - Matt Thompson
[Marco Andretti, Will Power, Enrique Bernoldi, Danica Patrick, Marty Roth]


23rd
725 - "Opposite Lock Motorsports" - Louis Berlan
[Dan Wheldon, Franck Perera, Will Power, Mario Moraes, Roger Yasukawa]

24th
626 - "One Lap Down" - Jeremy Scott
[Will Power, Ryan Hunter Reay, Bruno Junquiera, Thomas Scheckter, Jaime Camara]

25th
614 - "Danika Wheldon Crash Team" - Chris Vince
[Tony Kanaan, Ryan Hunter Reay, Bruno Junquiera, Ernesto Viso , Mario Moreas]

26th
595 - "Why do we keep turning Left on our way to the merger?" - Nick Daman
[Tony Kanaan, Justin Wilson, Jay Howard, Jaime Camara, Mario Moraes]


27th
589 - "Team IROC - Indignantly Racing Our Crapwagons" - Simon Speichert
[Vitor Miera, Thomas Scheckter, Bruno Junquiera, Justin Wilson, Oriol Servia]


- The Commish

Monster Sale NOW ON!!!!!

Right ladies and gentlemen, it is time to shake things up a bit here. I'm giving you all the chance for a fresh start in the form of a sale!

I have slashed prices across a range of drivers prior to the race in Texas. Dixon's price is up and well done if you have him, but the mid range choices have just become much wider and considerably more enticing.

I expect a lot of transfer requests prior to the closure of the window on Friday at 5pm EST or 10pm BST.

Don't forget the race is on Saturday night.

- The Commish

Standings after the Milwaukee 225

A cracking race at Milwaukee and a terrific performance by America's public enemy number one, Ryan Briscoe. I would imagine he got a lot of staisfaction out of his performance on Sunday, his qualifiying run was poor but his race strategy and speed were first class.

Marco Andretti and pretty much all of the Andretti Green Team will head to Texas scratching their heads. Their comparative lack of performance compared to the TCGR and Penske teams will be a worry heading into Texas.

But to matters at hand, Tim Gray did himself the world of good in the standings moving into sixth place with a tremendous 270 point haul on Sunday (Scott Dixon, Ryan Briscoe, Danica Patrick, Townsend Bell) and his two week total is 680!!

At the top, Doug Werner's lead has been reduced to a measly ten points. I see wholesale changes in the coming weeks because, as the all-powerful Commish, I have decided to shake things up with a mid summer driver sale.

The updated driver values will be posted later and they should stimulate a lot of activity.

The latest standings look like this:


1st
1322 - Doug Werner - "Drivers who weigh more than Danica"
[Scott Dixon, Hideki Mutoh, AJ Foyt IV, Marty Roth, Ed Carpenter]

2nd
1312 - "3.2 Million Bricks" - Michael Rennick
[Scott Dixon, Vitor Meira, Ernesto Viso, Jaime Camara, Ryan Hunter Reay]


3rd
1290 - "Team IndyCart" - Robert Duffield
[Scott Dixon, Helio Castroneves, John Andretti, Mario Moreas, Jaime Camara]

4th
1210 - "Come back to Rockingham" - John Harbey
[Scott Dixon, Ryan Briscoe, Vitor Meira, Mario Moreas, Milka Duno]


5th
1117 - "RPH Racing" - Julie Werner
[Helio Castro Neves, Hideki Mutoh, Ryan Hunter Reay, Ed Carpenter, Mario Moraes]

6th
1115 - "I am Timgray" - Tim Gray
[Scott Dixon, Ryan Briscoe, Danica Patrick, Townsend Bell, Mario Moraes]

7th
1110 - "Gerry Forsythe's 'Play your cars right'" - Declan Brennan
[Scott Dixon, Ryan Briscoe, Justin Wilson, Jamie Camara, Roger Yasukawa]


8th
985 - "Tony George stole my Series" - Emiliyan Stoykov
[Helio Castro Neves, Dan Wheldon, Mario Moraes, Ernesto Viso, jaime Camara]

9th
932 - "Month of Mayhem" - Adrian Bourne
[Helio Castro Neves, Vitor Meira, Bruno Junquiera, Townsend Bell, Darren Manning]

10th
930 - "no Ferrari Influence Apparent" - David Harbey
[Dan Wheldon, Marco Andretti, Darren Manning, Mario Moraes, Townsend Bell]


11th
920 - "Team Bigger USA" - Jon Bigger
[Marco Andretti, Ryan Briscoe, Danica Patrick, Milka Duno, Vitor Meira]


11th
920 - "PT Cruiser" - Maureen O'Neil
[Dan Wheldon, Graham Rahal, Ed Carpenter, Ernesto Viso, Mario Moraes]


13th
910 - Michael Gathman - "Weekend Warriors"
[Dan Wheldon, Marco Andretti, Ernesto Viso, Ed Carpenter, Milka Duno]


14th
888 - "Should We Stay or Should We Split Now?" - Andrew Harbey
[Dan Wheldon, Justin Wilson, Darren Manning, Enrique Bernoldi, Buddy Rice]


15th
687 - "Joe Blob & the Spoonerisms" - James Murphy
[Marco Andretti, Ryan Briscoe, Hideki Mutoh, Mario Moraes, Buddy Rice]


16th
824 - "Chip, your name doesn't mean you have to eat Chips" - Matthew Hyndman
[Scott Dixon, Ryan Briscoe, Ryan Hunter Reay, jaime Camara, Mario Moraes]

17th
820 - "Sideways Sam's Sideways Tings" - Sam Collins
[Dan Wheldon, Hideki Mutoh, Danica Patrick, Jay Howard, Franck Perera]

18th
792 - "I am Hindy" - John Hindhaugh
[Marco Andretti, Hideki Mutoh, Bruno Junquiera, Ernesto Viso, Darren Manning]


19th
780 - "Super Duper Best Friends" - Andy Blackmore
[Tony Kanaan, Marco Andrettti, Franck Perera, Milka Duno, Townsend Bell]


20th
752 - "I Hate Tony George" - Jim Casey
[Ryan Briscoe, Oriol Servia, Darren Manning, Townsend Bell, John Andretti]


21st
695 - "Indy Pace Car Speed" - Jason Kwok
[Tony Kanaan, Will Power, Oriol Servia, Jaime Camara, Mario Moraes]

22nd
694 - "Empty Tank Racing" - Matt Thompson
[Marco Andretti, Will Power, Enrique Bernoldi, Danica Patrick, Marty Roth]


23rd
655 - "Opposite Lock Motorsports" - Louis Berlan
[Dan Wheldon, Franck Perera, Will Power, Mario Moraes, Roger Yasukawa]

24th
552 - "Danika Wheldon Crash Team" - Chris Vince
[Tomy Kanaan, Ernesto Viso, Vitor Miera, Jaime Camara, Mario Moraes]


26th
545 - "Why do we keep turning Left on our way to the merger?" - Nick Daman
[Tony Kanaan, Justin Wilson, Jay Howard, Jaime Camara, Mario Moraes]


27th
537 - "Team IROC - Indignantly Racing Our Crapwagons" - Simon Speichert
[Vitor Miera, mario Moraes, Bruno Junquiera, Will Power, Oriol Servia]

28th
524 - "One Lap Down" - Jeremy Scott
[Will Power, Ryan Hunter Reay, Bruno Junquiera, Thomas Scheckter, Jaime Camara]


- The Commish

The Standings after the Indy 500

So Dixon swept the boards and made some people very happy. To find out if you are one of those who capitalised and how the double points extravaganza has modified the standings, simply scroll down. There will be a full report on Midweek Motorsport this Wednesday.



1st
1212 - Doug Werner - "Drivers who weigh more than Danica"
[Scott Dixon, Hideki Mutoh, AJ Foyt IV, Marty Roth, Ed Carpenter]

2nd
1180 - "3.2 Million Bricks" - Michael Rennick
[Scott Dixon, Vitor Meira, Ernesto Viso, Buddy Lazier, Ryan Hunter Reay]


3rd
1140 - "Team IndyCart" - Robert Duffield
[Scott Dixon, Helio Castroneves, Townsend Bell, Mario Moreas, Milka Duno]

4th
1045 - "RPH Racing" - Julie Werner
[Helio Castro Neves, Hideki Mutoh, Ryan Hunter Reay, Ed Carpenter, Mario Moraes]


5th
990 - "Come back to Rockingham" - John Harbey
[Scott Dixon, Ryan Briscoe, Vitor Meira, Mario Moreas, Milka Duno]


6th
970 - "Gerry Forsythe's 'Play your cars right'" - Declan Brennan
[Helio Castroneves, Hideki Mutoh, Marco Andretti, Jamie Camara, Milka Duno]


7th
437 - "Month of Mayhem" - Adrian Bourne
[Helio Castro Neves, Vitor Meira, Bruno Junquiera, Townsend Bell, Darren Manning]

8th
845 - "I am Timgray" - Tim Gray
[Scott Dixon, Ryan Briscoe, Danica Patrick, Townsend Bell, Mario Moraes]

9th
840 - "no Ferrari Influence Apparent" - David Harbey
[Dan Wheldon, Marco Andretti, Darren Manning, Mario Moraes, Townsend Bell]


10th
835 - "Tony George stole my Series" - Emiliyan Stoykov
[Helio Castro Neves, Dan Wheldon, Bruno Junquiera, Townsend Bell, Milka Duno]

11th
815 - Michael Gathman - "Weekend Warriors"
[Tony Kanaan, Ryan Hunter Reay, Ernesto Viso, Jaime Camara, Ed Carpenter]


12th
765 - "Team Bigger USA" - Jon Bigger
[Marco Andretti, Ryan Briscoe, Danica Patrick, Milka Duno, Vitor Meira]


13th
753 - "Should We Stay or Should We Split Now?" - Andrew Harbey
[Dan Wheldon, Justin Wilson, Darren Manning, Enrique Bernoldi, Buddy Rice]


14th
740 - "PT Cruiser" - Maureen O'Neil
[Dan Wheldon, Graham Rahal, Ed Carpenter, Ernesto Viso, Mario Moraes]


15th
732 - "I am Hindy" - John Hindhaugh
[Marco Andretti, Hideki Mutoh, Bruno Junquiera, Ernesto Viso, Darren Manning]


16th
690 - "Super Duper Best Friends" - Andy Blackmore
[Tony Kanaan, Marco Andrettti, Franck Perera, Milka Duno, Townsend Bell]


17th
687 - "Joe Blob & the Spoonerisms" - James Murphy
[Marco Andretti, Ryan Briscoe, Hideki Mutoh, Mario Moraes, Buddy Rice]


18th
685 - "Sideways Sam's Sideways Tings" - Sam Collins
[Dan Wheldon, Hideki Mutoh, Danica Patrick, Jay Howard, Franck Perera]

19th
659 - "Empty Tank Racing" - Matt Thompson
[Marco Andretti, Will Power, Enrique Bernoldi, Danica Patrick, Marty Roth]


20th
602 - "Chip, your name doesn't mean you have to eat Chips" - Matthew Hyndman
[Helio Castroneves, Ryan Briscoe, Ryan Hunter Reay, Jay Howard, Milka Duno]

21st
590 - "Opposite Lock Motorsports" - Louis Berlan
[Dan Wheldon, Franck Perera, Will Power, Mario Moraes, Roger Yasukawa]

23rd
575 - "Indy Pace Car Speed" - Jason Kwok
[Tony Kanaan, Marco Andretti, Buddy Lazier, Milka Duno, Townsend Bell]

24th
552 - "I Hate Tony George" - Jim Casey
[Dan Wheldon, Danica Patrick, Bruno Junquiera, Townsend Bell, Mario Moraes]


25th
517 - "One Lap Down" - Jeremy Scott
[Will Power, Ryan Hunter Reay, Bruno Junquiera, Thomas Scheckter, Jaime Camara]

26th
487 - "Team IROC - Indignantly Racing Our Crapwagons" - Simon Speichert
[Helio castroneves, Alex Lloyd, Bruno Junquiera, Townsend Bell, Buddy Lazier]

27th
447 - "Danika Wheldon Crash Team" - Chris Vince
[Marco Andretti, Alex Lloyd, Bruno Junquiera, Townsend Bell, Mario Moraes]


28th
435 - "Why do we keep turning Left on our way to the merger?" - Nick Daman
[Tony Kanaan, Justin Wilson, Jay Howard, Jaime Camara, Mario Moraes]



- The Commish

Bonus transfer window is now closed....

....enjoy the 92nd Indy 500. :)

Think of me at a bar on a cruise ship, drinking something wierd with an umbrella in it.

- The Commish

The grid is set and a bonus window is opening.

The field for the 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500 is complete. The League Committee, that means me, has decided to spice things up a little by opening a very small transfer window this week in order for you lads and lassies to do some last minute tinkering.

The rules are very simple. The top 11 qualifiers, see below, are locked in and you cannot move any of them into a team if they are not already there, after that you are free to do whatever you wish. I am heading off to cruise around the Gulf of Mexico so I need your picks back to me by 7pm EST tomorrow, Tuesday, May 20th.

The latest driver values are now on the site.

The Top 11 - Locked in.

1- Scott Dixon, 226.366
2 - Dan Wheldon, 226.110
3 - Ryan Briscoe, 226.080

4 - Helio Castroneves, 225.733
5 - Danica Patrick, 225.197
6 - Tony Kanaan, 224.794

7 - Marco Andretti, 224.417
8 - Vitor Meira, 224.346
9 - Hideki Mutoh, 223.887

10 - Ed Carpenter, 223.835
11 - Tomas Scheckter, 223.496


The Next 22 - A 'Free for All'

12 - Townsend Bell, 222.539

13- Graham Rahal, 222.531
14 - Darren Manning, 222.430
15 - Bruno Junquiera, 222.330

16 - Justin Wilson, 222.267
17 - Buddy Rice, 222.101
18 - Davey Hamilton, 222.017

19 - Alex Lloyd, 221.788
20 - Ryan Hunter-Reay, 221.579
21 - John Andretti, 221.550

22 - Sarah Fisher, 221.246
23 - Will Power, 221.136
24- Jeff Simmons, 221.103

25 - Oriol Servia, 220.767
26 - Ernesto Viso, 220.356
27 - Milka Duno, 220.305

28 - Mario Moraes, 219.716
29 - Enrique Bernoldi, 219.422
30 - Jaime Camara, 219.345

31- AJ Foyt IV, 219.184
32 - Buddy Lazier, 219.015
33 - Marty Roth, 218.965


Not that I am giving any hints or anything but, based on their qualifying efforts, Townsend Bell and Bruno Junquiera look like good value for money picks. Do with that information what you will!

- The Commish

I do not want to be in the Newman Haas pit tonight!

First things first, Target Chip Ganassi Racing were sensational today. Dixon and Wheldon judged the track conditions and the timing of their runs perfectly, it's almost as if Chip had acquired a copy of the Roger Penske playbook, that would never happen would it?

More of the first 11 later, the real drama came right at the end of qualifying, about 15 minutes ago, when Graham Rahal, who had been seated atop of 'The Bubble' for much of the day, was bumped out of the Day 1 qualifying group. He was confident that he had one more good run in him as he had been doing times very close to those of Tomas Scheckter who was now sitting in position 11. He went out with about 15 minutes to go and just missed making it into the field. He immediately told his team that they could make it and to get a fresh set of tyres on the car and get it through tech. Incredibly, whether by accident or design, the team failed to produce a new set of boots for the 06 car and Graham was left standing in pit lane ready to give it one more shot, only to be told that it wasn't going to happen. The composure he showed during the inevitable interview which followed was a lesson in professionalism. He was absolutely incandescant with rage, but did not show it.

Ryan Briscoe's run as the afternoon session began was stunning! The car never ran a low line and looked beautifully balanced through all four corners. His presence on the front row is not a shock but for him to be one place ahead of Helio Castroneves could be considered a minor one.

The 'slightly surprising' files also contain the fact that the highest AGR car on the grid is Danica Patrick in 5th. Tony Kanaan and Marco Andretti fill out the next two spots while never getting a full handle on their cars today. There are many teams who would love to have those sort of troubles.

If I had an enormously massive novelty/promotional hat, I would be taking it off in recognition of Vitor Meira's performance in sticking the Panther Racing entry firmly into the middle of Row 3. This under funded single car team have been superb all week and this is the very least that they deserve. I have no doubt that he will feature in the mix for a podium finish come the Sunday before Memorial Day. They don't have a podium so he'll have to make his own and provide the champagne and nobody will be watching, but at least he'll be happy.

Hideki Mutoh is a true rookie and has performed superbly all week and despite the lack of hoopla on TV today, he has done a fantastic job in qualifying 9th. Ed Carpenter's presence on Row 4 has not come as a surprise based on the speed that he and the Vision team have shown all season. Penske know how was certainly evident in the efforts of the Luczo Dragon team in getting Tomas Scheckter into the show on Day 1.

1- Scott Dixon, 226.366

2 - Dan Wheldon, 226.110

3 - Ryan Briscoe, 226.080

4 - Helio Castroneves, 225.733

5 - Danica Patrick, 225.197

6 - Tony Kanaan, 224.794

7 - Marco Andretti, 224.417

8 - Vitor Meira, 224.346

9 - Hideki Mutoh, 223.887

10 - Ed Carpenter, 223.835

11 - Tomas Scheckter, 223.496

More today as qualifying continues......................