IRL: Nashville, Round 9
First Practice
Pos Car Driver Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st
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1. 98T Billy Boat 23.4443 199.622
2. 4 Sam Hornish Jr 23.5001 0.056 0.056 199.148 0.474 0.474
3. 91 Buddy Lazier 23.6215 0.121 0.177 198.125 1.023 1.497
4. 88 Airton Dare 23.6670 0.046 0.223 197.744 0.381 1.878
5. 2 Greg Ray 23.6985 0.031 0.254 197.481 0.263 2.141
6. 14 Eliseo Salazar 23.7061 0.008 0.262 197.418 0.063 2.204
7. 35 Jeff Ward 23.7373 0.031 0.293 197.158 0.260 2.464
8. 28T Mark Dismore 23.8324 0.095 0.388 196.371 0.787 3.251
9. 10 Robby McGehee 23.8425 0.010 0.398 196.288 0.083 3.334
10. 51T Eddie Cheever Jr 23.8495 0.007 0.405 196.231 0.057 3.391
11. 24 Robbie Buhl 23.8879 0.038 0.444 195.915 0.316 3.707
- 98 Billy Boat 23.8947 0.007 0.450 195.859 0.056 3.763
12. 21 Felipe Giaffone 23.9547 0.060 0.510 195.369 0.490 4.253
13. 99 Jaques Lazier 23.9781 0.023 0.534 195.178 0.191 4.444
14. 8 Scott Sharp 24.1010 0.123 0.657 194.183 0.995 5.439
15. 11 Donnie Beechler 24.1292 0.028 0.685 193.956 0.227 5.666
16. 12 Buzz Calkins 24.2720 0.143 0.828 192.815 1.141 6.807
17. 55 Shigeaki Hattori 24.2922 0.020 0.848 192.654 0.161 6.968
18. 32 Didier Andre 24.4914 0.199 1.047 191.087 1.567 8.535
19. 3 Al Unser Jr 24.9208 0.429 1.477 187.795 3.292 11.827
20. 15 Sarah Fisher 24.9356 0.015 1.491 187.683 0.112 11.939
21. 81 Billy Roe 25.5423 0.607 2.098 183.225 4.458 16.397
- 51 Eddie Cheever Jr 25.7263 0.184 2.282 181.915 1.310 17.707
* Series rookie
+ Over the 110% threshold (25.819)
Second Practice
Pos Car Driver C/E/T Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st
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1. 24 Robbie Buhl G/I/F 43 23.4079 199.933
2. 4 Sam Hornish Jr D/O/F 60 23.4197 0.012 0.012 199.832 0.101 0.101
3. 98T Billy Boat D/O/F 19 23.4623 0.043 0.054 199.469 0.363 0.464
4. 91 Buddy Lazier D/O/F 55 23.4715 0.009 0.064 199.391 0.078 0.542
5. 2 Greg Ray D/O/F 35 23.4778 0.006 0.070 199.337 0.054 0.596
6. 28T Mark Dismore D/O/F 51 23.4801 0.002 0.072 199.318 0.019 0.615
7. 10 Robby McGehee D/O/F 46 23.5913 0.111 0.183 198.378 0.940 1.555
8. 35 Jeff Ward G/O/F 44 23.6177 0.026 0.210 198.156 0.222 1.777
9. 14 Eliseo Salazar D/O/F 44 23.6259 0.008 0.218 198.088 0.068 1.845
10. 99 Jaques Lazier D/O/F 54 23.6396 0.014 0.232 197.973 0.115 1.960
11. 51T Eddie Cheever Jr D/I/F 52 23.6455 0.006 0.238 197.923 0.050 2.010
12. 88 Airton Dare G/O/F 43 23.8397 0.194 0.432 196.311 1.612 3.622
13. 21 Felipe Giaffone G/O/F 44 23.8643 0.025 0.456 196.109 0.202 3.824
- 98 Billy Boat D/O/F 18 23.8827 0.018 0.475 195.958 0.151 3.975
14. 11 Donnie Beechler D/O/F 46 23.8871 0.004 0.479 195.922 0.036 4.011
15. 8 Scott Sharp D/O/F 42 23.8919 0.005 0.484 195.882 0.040 4.051
16. 12 Buzz Calkins D/O/F 41 24.1185 0.227 0.711 194.042 1.840 5.891
17. 55 Shigeaki Hattori D/O/F 53 24.2274 0.109 0.819 193.170 0.872 6.763
18. 32 Didier Andre G/O/F 32 24.3946 0.167 0.987 191.846 1.324 8.087
19. 3 Al Unser Jr G/O/F 45 24.4318 0.037 1.024 191.554 0.292 8.379
20. 15 Sarah Fisher D/O/F 47 24.5170 0.085 1.109 190.888 0.666 9.045
21. 81 Billy Roe G/O/F 43 24.7892 0.272 1.381 188.792 2.096 11.141
Starting Line-up
Pos Car Driver C/E/T Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st
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1. 2 Greg Ray D/O/F 4 23.4091 199.922
2. 4 Sam Hornish Jr D/O/F 4 23.4293 0.020 0.020 199.750 0.172 0.172
3. 28T Mark Dismore D/O/F 4 23.4894 0.060 0.080 199.239 0.511 0.683
4. 98T Billy Boat D/O/F 4 23.4969 0.008 0.088 199.175 0.064 0.747
5. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr D/I/F 4 23.5058 0.009 0.097 199.100 0.075 0.822
6. 91 Buddy Lazier D/O/F 4 23.5554 0.050 0.146 198.681 0.419 1.241
7. 24 Robbie Buhl G/I/F 4 23.5731 0.018 0.164 198.531 0.150 1.391
8. 35 Jeff Ward G/O/F 4 23.5772 0.004 0.168 198.497 0.034 1.425
9. 21 Felipe Giaffone G/O/F 4 23.6653 0.088 0.256 197.758 0.739 2.164
10. 11 Donnie Beechler D/O/F 5 23.6726 0.007 0.264 197.697 0.061 2.225
11. 10 Robby McGehee D/O/F 4 23.6795 0.007 0.270 197.639 0.058 2.283
12. 14 Eliseo Salazar D/O/F 5 23.6882 0.009 0.279 197.567 0.072 2.355
13. 8 Scott Sharp D/O/F 4 23.6958 0.008 0.287 197.503 0.064 2.419
14. 99 Jaques Lazier D/O/F 4 23.7524 0.057 0.343 197.033 0.470 2.889
15. 12 Buzz Calkins D/O/F 4 23.8512 0.099 0.442 196.217 0.816 3.705
16. 55 Shigeaki Hattori D/O/F 5 23.9300 0.079 0.521 195.570 0.647 4.352
17. 15 Sarah Fisher D/O/F 4 23.9373 0.007 0.528 195.511 0.059 4.411
18. 88 Airton Dare G/O/F 4 23.9621 0.025 0.553 195.308 0.203 4.614
19. 3 Al Unser Jr G/O/F 4 24.0344 0.072 0.625 194.721 0.587 5.201
20. 32 Didier Andre G/O/F 4 24.1949 0.160 0.786 193.429 1.292 6.493
21. 81 Billy Roe G/O/F 4 24.7496 0.555 1.341 189.094 4.335 10.828
Race Result
Pos NO Driver C/E/T Lap Status Gap BLap BTime BSpeed
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1. 91 Lazier, Buddy D/O/F 200 Running Leader 102 23.4987 199.160
2. 98 Boat, Billy D/O/F 200 Running 10.6293 155 23.6202 198.135
3. 99 Lazier, Jaques D/O/F 199 Running 1 lap 100 23.7175 197.323
4. 10 McGehee, Robby D/O/F 199 Running 3.6956 176 23.7930 196.697
5. 8 Sharp, Scott D/O/F 199 Running 12.7117 129 23.9557 195.361
6. 4 Hornish Jr, Sam D/O/F 198 Running 2 laps 44 23.5546 198.687
7. 55 Hattori, Shigeaki D/O/F 197 Running 3 laps 69 24.1960 193.420
8. 21 Giaffone, Felipe G/O/F 195 Running 5 laps 171 24.4690 191.262
9. 12 Calkins, Buzz D/O/F 193 Running 7 laps 75 24.7677 188.956
10. 11 Beechler, Donnie D/O/F 190 Running 10 laps 92 23.9859 195.115
11. 14 Salazar, Eliseo D/O/F 148 Engine 52 laps 136 24.0471 194.618
12. 81 Roe, Billy G/O/F 146 Oil Pressure 54 laps 63 24.9982 187.213
13. 24 Buhl, Robbie G/I/F 145 Engine 55 laps 69 23.9943 195.046
14. 3 Unser Jr, Al G/O/F 103 Accident 97 laps 99 23.9952 195.039
15. 51 Cheever Jr, Eddie D/I/F 102 Accident 98 laps 98 24.0694 194.438
16. 28 Dismore, Mark D/O/F 102 Accident 2.9866 101 23.8340 196.358
17. 88 Dare, Airton G/O/F 102 Accident 3.4544 101 23.9109 195.727
18. 2 Ray, Greg D/O/F 98 Accident 102 laps 4 24.2551 192.949
19. 15 Fisher, Sarah D/O/F 82 Engine 118 laps 9 24.9579 187.516
20. 35 Ward, Jeff G/O/F 81 Engine 119 laps 41 24.5001 191.020
21. 32 Andre, Didier G/O/F 17 Accident 183 laps 13 24.6254 190.048
Race Statistics
Winner's average speed: 144.809 mph.
Time of race: 1:47:43.6823.
Margin of victory: 10.6293 sec.
Cautions: 4 for 35 laps.
Lead changes: 11 among 7 drivers.
Lap leaders: Ray 1-6, B. Lazier 7-19, Hornish 20-51, B. Lazier 52-56,
Hornish 57-110, Salazar 111-118, B. Lazier 119-121, Boat 122-147, B. Lazier
148-173, J. Lazier 174, McGehee 175-176, B. Lazier 177-200.
Point Standings (after 9 of 13 races): Hornish 339, B. Lazier 299, Sharp
244, Giaffone 241, Salazar 236, Boat 221, Calkins 178, Cheever 173, Dare 170,
Ward 154.