Getting a Standing Start to the Weekend

Hello Internet! It's Friday here in the Scoring Indy writing cave, and that means a weekend preview can't be far away. This week, we settle in for the IndyCar Series' second double-header weekend at Exhibition Place in Toronto. So, let's take off running, we may not have launch control, but neither does an IndyCar, so here we go!


2012 Toronto Scores

Here's what happened last time a field of IndyCars went to Exhibition Place:

Finish	Driver	Qualifying	Grid	Laps Led	Completed	A.R.S
1	Hunter-Reay	7	6	36	85	82.18
2	Kimball	15	13	0	85	72.00
3	Conway	13	11	0	85	64.00
4	Kanaan	18	17	0	85	71.00
5	Servia	16	14	0	85	62.00
6	Castroneves	8	7	0	85	43.00
7	Hildebrand	17	15	1	85	56.59
8	Jakes	19	24	0	85	63.00
9	Sato	11	9	0	85	36.00
10	Tagliani	6	16	0	85	34.00
11	Barrichello	20	18	0	85	46.00
12	Pagenaud	10	8	23	85	35.53
13	Newgarden	22	20	0	84	41.81
14	Bourdais	4	4	0	84	4.24
15	Power	2	2	20	84	7.93
16	Andretti	24	22	0	84	33.84
17	Franchitti	1	1	5	84	-10.72
18	Carpenter	23	21	0	84	23.91
19	Briscoe	14	12	0	83	2.28
20	Viso	25	23	0	81	19.62
21	Wilson	3	9	0	67	-13.65
22	Hinchcliffe	9	19	0	28	2.73
23	Rahal	12	10	0	23	-0.49
24	de Silvestro	21	25	0	9	3.79
25	Dixon	5	5	0	7	-1.29

- Toronto was a major part of Ryan Hunter-Reay's charge to a championship last year, as he put together a dominating second half of the race.

- This was also the race when I first thought to myself "maybe there's something to Charlie Kimball." This season is leading me to believe that there is.

- Mike Conway. Third place. Worlds. Destroyed.

Stay Tuned

Here's what I'll be keenly observing this weekend:

- Will TO be twice as kind to RHR this year?

- How many worlds will Mike Conway destroy?

- How much will engines matter this week?

- As always, stay tuned to @ScoringIndy on Twitter. Two predictions will go up before each race. Let's see if turning right again helps my predicting ability any...

Get your popcorn ready, this is going to be a good weekend!

-- Guido