Sorry For The Delay, But...

I got really lazy with the weblog over the past few days. The simple fact is that I'm doing way too much stuff right now and certain things take precedent over ranting on about the racing.

Sure I watched Bump Day. I watched all six-and-a-half hours of coverage on VERSUS and loved every second of it. I also watched the radio booth camera on the 500's website the whole time. I pissed myself pretty bad when John Andretti's run was complete and the crowd went completely nuts for it. I felt bad for Alex Tagliani, then I felt nothing for him for stealing a perfectly good qualified car from Bruno Junquiera. I felt good for the "best-dressed driver" Ryan Hunter-Reay, who gets to parade Izod and William Rast around on Sunday. Yes, every emotion that was felt by everyone was also felt right here in this computer chair on Sunday.

The problem is: my friends wanted to have a cookout immediately after the Dia del Bumpage was over, so of course I went. Then I spent the next two days being in class and studying. So, here we are, with little bloggage and a tired, strung-out me.

Fear not, though! The best weekend in all of racing is upon us! I will be previewing F1 from the crown jewel of the Riviera, Monaco, tomorrow. Then on Saturday, a preview shall come for the one, the only, the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, the 93rd Running of the 500-Mile Race. Stay Tuned.

Oh, and because I didn't do the Bump Day blog, here's this:

93rd Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Starting Grid:

1. Helio Castroneves 224.864
2. Ryan Briscoe 224.083
3. Dario Franchitti 224.010

4. Graham Rahal 223.954
5. Scott Dixon 223.867
6. Tony Kannan 223.612

7. Mario Moraes 223.331
8. Marco Andretti 223.114
9. Will Power 223.028

10. Danica Patrick 222.882
11. Alex Lloyd 222.622
12. Rafael Matos 223.429

13. Paul Tracy 223.111
14. Vitor Meira 223.054
15. Justin Wilson 222.903

16. Hideki Mutoh 222.805
17. Ed Carpenter 222.780
18. Dan Wheldon 222.777

19. A.J. Foyt IV 222.586
20. Scott Sharp 222.162
21. Sarah Fisher 222.082

22. Davey Hamilton 221.956
23. Robert Doornbos 221.692
24. Townsend Bell 221.195

25. Oriol Servia 220.984
26. Tomas Scheckter 221.496
27. Mike Conway 221.417

28. John Andretti 221.316
29. E.J. Viso 221.164
30. M***a D**o 221.106*

31. Nelson Philippe 220.754
32. Ryan Hunter-Reay 220.597
33. Alex Tagliani 221.115**

*Señorita Duno may be elevated to a full spelling of her name soon; her qualifying run shocked the hell out of me.

**Tagliani in the car that was qualified by Bruno Junquiera, which means he's gotta start at the back.