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2018 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama - April 22nd at Barber Motorsports Park

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Default 2018 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama - April 22nd at Barber Motorsports Park

This one is a personal favorite of mine because I love the track. I think its one of the most scenic tracks in the country and it has a world class motorcycle museum on the premises that coincidentally also features the largest collection of Lotus F1 race cars.

https://www.indycar.com/Schedule/201...-Series/Barber

ON-TRACK SCHEDULE

APR 20
Friday Practice 1 - 12:15 - 1:00 PM
Friday Practice 2 - 3:50 - 5:10 PM

APR 21
Saturday Practice 3 - 11:50 - 12:35 PM
Qualifications - 4:05 - 5:20 PM

APR 22
Sunday Race - 3:30 - 5:30 PM


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I love that track. Everything's so green, elevation changes. Everyone sits on the grass. Rossi's on a roll. We'll see.

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Power quickest in Practice 1:

Indycar Racing News - Power leads opening Barber practice

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Newgarden quickest in Practice 2:

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It seemed like the Penske team made good strategy calls in the final qualifying session to get pole. Congrats to them and Josef Newgarden. I thought Rossi had it in the bag with his lap, but then I guess as the track rubbered in, the guys that waited to put on their soft tires had the advantage. They are calling for a wet race tomorrow. Hopefully its a safe and entertaining one.
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Too bad the rain was bucketing down in Alabama. On the plus side, the race will be run tomorrow at Noon (EST) so full points can be awarded. Too bad for the fans though as they stuck it out there in the bad weather long enough. Josef Newgarden is in the lead with a whole bunch of angry Hondas behind him.
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Too bad the rain was bucketing down in Alabama. On the plus side, the race will be run tomorrow at Noon (EST) so full points can be awarded. Too bad for the fans though as they stuck it out there in the bad weather long enough. Josef Newgarden is in the lead with a whole bunch of angry Hondas behind him.
We went to a CART race at California Speedway, now Auto Club Speedway, in Fontana that was rained out on a Sunday, then restarted on Monday. It got really old watching the jet dryers go round and round and round. We were at the restart, as well. Half sized crowd and no concessions.

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The Latest: IndyCar Alabama race to be completed Monday - ABC News
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Perfect gamble by Josef Newgarden to take the win. Bourdais was brave to stick it out on the reds.
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Originally Posted by A 2
Perfect gamble by Josef Newgarden to take the win. Bourdais was brave to stick it out on the reds.
I agree. A good move.
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