Gordie's Shore Things

Information concerning the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, provided by Gordie Morris, former sports writer, updated frequently to highlight the activities and events before, after and during the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

INDY WINNER DIXON LEADS SERIES TO MILWAUKEE

Indianapolis 500 winner Scott Dixon leads the IndyCar Series to Milwaukee this weekend for the Milwaukee Mile. It's on ABC Sunday at 4 p.m. E.T. Dixon ran a steady race from the pole to wrap up a lucrative month at Indy for the New Zealand driver, who now leads the points chase. Vitor Meira was...

CAN AN EX-CHAMP CAR DRIVER WIN THE INDY 500?

Hell, yes. OK...OK...it might take a combination of weird circumstances. Like maybe the fuel economy run that was Montegi. But, I can see Graham Rahal, for example, timing his pit stops right, building up a sizeable lead, then holding off the thundering herd over the last couple of laps to...

SATURDAY WILL BE INDY'S BUSIEST DAY YET...

...with 22 starting spots - 12 thru 33 - available for 26 entrants. ESPN2 will be there live from 4 p.m.-6:30 p.m. E.T. Sunday will be equally busy with "Bump Day," that annual fingernail-biting, gnashing-of-teeth day that makes for some dramatic TV viewing. ABC will be live from...

TARGET CHIP GANASSI RACING ROLL THE DICE....AND HIT SEVENS!

Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon -- Target Chip Ganaassi Racing teammates -- will start 1-2 at the 92nd Indy 500 thanks to some old-fashioned riverboat gambling. Sitting second on the grid after an early qualifying run, Dixon's team dumped his first time and sent him out again at 3:39 in the...

POLE DAY MEANS THINGS ARE HEATING UP AT INDY

Saturday is pole day for the Indy 500, which means one driver will end up getting his picture taken a lot, bank some extra cash, make a ton of personal appearances, kiss a lot of pretty girls and - hopefully - end race day in the same spot he started! In the race's 91-year history, only 18...

FIVE EX-CHAMP CAR DRIVERS PASS INDY 500 ROOKIE ORIENTATION

Led by Will Power, winner of the Champ Car finale at the 34th Annual Toyota Grand Pirx of Long Beach, five ex-Champ Car pilots passed their rookie test for the May 25 Indy 500. Power, who also took the honor of being first on the track on Opening Day for the 92nd annual racing classic, was...

IF I WAS A BETTIN' MAN....

...I could probably get some dynamite odds on an ex-Champ car driver winning the Indy 500. As of right now, six drivers who ran the Champ Car finale here in Long Beach are entered in the 92nd running of the fabled race -- Oriol Servia, Will Power, Bruno Junqueira, Mario Moraes, E. J. Viso and...

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY....

...at the Indy 500? It's a gruelling month not just for drivers, but for team members, too. There are more than 2 weeks of intense on-track activities leading up to the green flag, and it begins this Sunday, May 4, with 2 days of rookie orientation. Then the fun really begins, with 7 days of...
 
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