Even after the cars had stopped spinning, tempers had cooledwas declared Sunday's winner of the MoveThatBlock.com 225, the chirping wasn't done.Second-place Oriol Servia contended that he, not Hunter-Reay, won the Izod IndyCar Series race after a restart with nine laps to go was not counted.Hunter-Reay, meanwhile, said his victory on a wet, crash-filled daywaslegit.
The finish was the way it should have been," Hunter-Reayhis first win of the season. "It was too wet to continue."
Many drivers were upset with IndyCar president of competitiondecision to try to forge ahead through a light rainwhose No. 12 car was one of fivecaught upspin-out on the controversial restart on lap 217 of 225, directed obscene gestures with both hands at the race-control tower and said of Barnhart, "He makes such bad calls all the time. This has got to be it. They cannot have this guy running the show."
Power later apologized.So did Barnhart, who red-flagged the race and, after a delay of about 20 minutes,the right thing to do was wipe out the final restart — which saw Hunter-Reay lock his tires and Servia pull away — and set the lap 215 running order as final.
As soon as you had the guys stand on the gas out there, you saw right away it was the wrong decision to make," he said. "At that point in time you are just kind of sick to your stomach and realize it was an error on race-control standpoint and clearly my fault."
Before I even got to the start-finish line, on the radio they were yelling, 'Yellow, yellow, yellow — they're crashing behind you,
Franchitti, who led 115 laps but was the casualty of a restart tanglefinished 20th. Sato apologized for bumping Franchitti when the two drivers were leading, saying he had debris in his eye.
The finish was the way it should have been," Hunter-Reayhis first win of the season. "It was too wet to continue."
Many drivers were upset with IndyCar president of competitiondecision to try to forge ahead through a light rainwhose No. 12 car was one of fivecaught upspin-out on the controversial restart on lap 217 of 225, directed obscene gestures with both hands at the race-control tower and said of Barnhart, "He makes such bad calls all the time. This has got to be it. They cannot have this guy running the show."
Power later apologized.So did Barnhart, who red-flagged the race and, after a delay of about 20 minutes,the right thing to do was wipe out the final restart — which saw Hunter-Reay lock his tires and Servia pull away — and set the lap 215 running order as final.
As soon as you had the guys stand on the gas out there, you saw right away it was the wrong decision to make," he said. "At that point in time you are just kind of sick to your stomach and realize it was an error on race-control standpoint and clearly my fault."
Servia disputed the decision.
"I actually won the race," the Newman/Haas driver
"They went green. I was leadingwhen the yellow came. They even called it in race controlwas the leader."Before I even got to the start-finish line, on the radio they were yelling, 'Yellow, yellow, yellow — they're crashing behind you,
Andretti Autosport driver, who struggled to find sponsorship until DHL stepped up this season. "I'm not sure if Servia thinks he deserves to win because he led for 20 feet of the race.
"He needs to realize that the two previous restarts we gapped him by a straightaway on
the dry (track). So, he can chew on that for a little bit."Franchitti, who led 115 laps but was the casualty of a restart tanglefinished 20th. Sato apologized for bumping Franchitti when the two drivers were leading, saying he had debris in his eye.
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