A disclaimer: the Sonoma recap as well as the Baltimore preview and recap are going to be a little truncated. My sister is getting married next weekend, yay! However, as a big brother (and to a lesser degree, as a pastor) I'm going to have a lot on my plate. So, I'm hoping that I'll be able to post and watch with some regularity, but it may be difficult.
Onward, in to the Cave of Wonders, er... Numbers
Sonoma 2012
Here's how things shook out last year in wine country:
| Race Finish | Driver | Qualifying | Grid | Laps Led | Completed | A.R.S |
| 1 | Briscoe | 2 | 2 | 27 | 85 | 67.73 |
| 2 | Power | 1 | 1 | 57 | 85 | 79.83 |
| 3 | Franchitti | 6 | 6 | 0 | 85 | 51.85 |
| 4 | Barrichello | 12 | 11 | 0 | 85 | 58.33 |
| 5 | Rahal | 15 | 13 | 0 | 85 | 59.26 |
| 6 | Castroneves | 4 | 4 | 0 | 85 | 37.04 |
| 7 | Pagenaud | 9 | 9 | 0 | 85 | 42.59 |
| 8 | Hilldebrand | 17 | 15 | 0 | 85 | 51.85 |
| 9 | Tagliani | 8 | 8 | 0 | 85 | 33.33 |
| 10 | Kanaan | 18 | 16 | 0 | 84 | 46.14 |
| 11 | Wilson | 10 | 20 | 0 | 84 | 38.80 |
| 12 | Jakes | 26 | 24 | 0 | 84 | 53.42 |
| 13 | Dixon | 5 | 5 | 0 | 84 | 13.14 |
| 14 | Conway | 16 | 14 | 0 | 84 | 27.76 |
| 15 | Saavadra | 13 | 23 | 0 | 84 | 29.56 |
| 16 | Viso | 19 | 17 | 0 | 84 | 25.88 |
| 17 | de Silvestro | 25 | 27 | 0 | 84 | 36.84 |
| 18 | Hunter-Reay | 7 | 7 | 1 | 84 | -1.03 |
| 19 | Servia | 20 | 18 | 0 | 84 | 16.67 |
| 20 | Carpenter | 27 | 25 | 0 | 84 | 25.80 |
| 21 | Kimball | 22 | 21 | 0 | 82 | 13.86 |
| 22 | Bourdais | 3 | 3 | 0 | 63 | -14.97 |
| 23 | Newgarden | 23 | 22 | 0 | 62 | 8.58 |
| 24 | Legge | 21 | 19 | 0 | 48 | 3.22 |
| 25 | Andretti | 14 | 12 | 0 | 46 | -6.47 |
| 26 | Hinchcliffe | 11 | 10 | 0 | 35 | -8.12 |
| 27 | Sato | 24 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1.76 |
Things I said after this race last year:
- Well, that pretty much wraps the championship up for Will Power
- I knew Barrichello could compete. Can't wait to see him back in '13.
- With performances like this and Texas, Graham Rahal's going places as soon as he gets out of that dead-end third Ganassi car.
- Well, that secure's Briscoe's ride for next year.
And, this is why my race predictions border on terrible.
Drivers in this week
- James Davison at Dale Coyne Racing -- Good! I'm glad that Davison's back in the cockpit after a good showing at Mid-Ohio. Luca Filippi was able to parlay a good run at Mid-Ohio into more drives at Barracuda, and it's good to see Davison getting the same. Anybody got an extra seat for this guy in '14? Maybe an expanded program with new-look Indy Lights (now, with Cooper Tires)?
- Lucas Luhr at RW Motorsports w/ SFHR -- I like Lucas Luhr. I like ALMS racing. I'm going to miss LMP1. I really, really hope that Muscle Milk and Pickett wind up in the IndyCar Series next year. I had expected a little more from Luhr in Wednesday's test. Here's hoping he can shake that and put up a respectable run on race day.
- JR Hildebrand at Barracuda -- JR runs well in California. I suppose that makes sense, given he's Californian. But, he had a good run each of the last two years in Long Beach, and he moved up 7 grid spots from start to finish at Sonoma in 2012. I expect him to be strong.
- Ryan Briscoe at Panther -- We've known this one for a while, but it's good to see Ryan back from his wrist injury. I'm happy to see him with a chance to defend his race win.
Stay Tuned
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Let's go racing!
-- Guido
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