2005 USGP Day 3

I'm back, sorry for the long delay.

Day 3 dawned like the others except with a massive hangover. When we got to the track, John had a bloody mary, I went straight for Fosters girls.
The morning would be the final F1 practice before qualy, then after qualy, the lower classes would begin racing.
Final F1 practice was not bad, though in the previous practice sessions there was more cars as I think five teams were alotted a 3rd car. There was very little sandbagging, all the teams were out in a rush. And it was exciting to watch F1 cars and I was in heaven, the hangover taken care of by more beer.

In 2005, F1 did the single car qualifying, which helped if you were taking pictures of the cars since you could focus on just one car. It was great, little did I know F1 would tweak qualifying the next year so it would be much more exciting. I think Jarno got the pole, kind of hard to remember.

Following the qualifying, the Porsche Michelin Supercup series ran. There was lots of cars and some good carnage in turn 1. We had to follow it on the jumbotron. As they decelerated off of Hullman Blvd into the turn 10 complex, it proved to be very treacherous as numerous cars spun out. There was a car sponsored by Dell, that dropped further and further back as the race continued. Our grandstand began a sarcastic cheer for him every time he went by. He must have been so far back he thought he was in front. He was eventually lapped, but we had a good time "cheering" for him. Some other races ran, the Firestone Indy Lights and Formula BMW series and they were great.

Like a mosquito buzzing in your ear, there was a little recurring mention of tire problems. It was covered in the news in Indianapolis, but it did not fortell what would come on Sunday.