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Operation Kronwall - Havlat Shot:

Memorial Day is one of the biggest days in motorsports, as three of the year's biggest races are on: the Monaco Grand Prix, the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and the Coca-Cola (nee World) 600. For this year, I'll post the full results of all three races, starting with the Monaco Grand Prix: 1) #1 Sebastian Vettel, RBR-Renault (2:09:38.373) 2) #5 Fernando Alonso, Ferrari (+1.1 secs) 3) #4 Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes (+2.3 secs) 4) #2 Mark Webber, RBR-Renault (+23.1 secs) 5) #16 Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber-Ferrari (+26.9 secs) 6) #3 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes (+47.2 secs) 7) #14 Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes (+1 Lap) 8) #9 Nick Heidfeld, Renault (+1 Lap) 9) #11 Rubens Barrichello, Williams-Cosworth (+1 Lap) 10) #18 Sebastien Buemi, STR-Ferrari (+1 Lap) 11) #8 Nico Rosberg, Mercedes (+2 Lap) 12) #15 Paul di Resta, Force India-Mercedes (+2 Lap) 13) #21 Jarno Trulli, Lotus-Renault (+2 Lap) 14) #20 Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus-Renault (+2 Lap) 15) #25 Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin-Cosworth (+3 Lap) 16) #23 Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT-Cosworth (+3 Lap) 17) #22 Narain Karthikeyan, HRT-Cosworth (+4 Lap) 18) #12 Pastor Maldonado, Williams-Cosworth (Accident) Ret) #10 Vitaly Petrov, Renault (Accident) Ret) #19 Jaime Alguersuari, STR-Ferrari (Accident) Ret) #6 Felipe Massa, Ferrari (Accident) Ret) #7 Michael Schumacher, Mercedes (Airbox fire) Ret) #24 Timo Glock, Virgin-Cosworth (Suspension) DNS) #17 Sergio Perez, Sauber-Ferrari Sergio Perez crashed during the qualifying session at the chicane at the exit of the tunnel, and sustained a concussion, and thus did participate in the event. He's expected to drive at Canada in a week. Lewis Hamilton was nailed twice in the race for avoidable contact, one with Felipe Massa at about the mid-point of the race, and again with Pastor Maldonado at the end, with the 2nd accident incurring a 20 second drive-through penalty. Adrian Sutil also got a drive-through penalty in the race for contact at the Hairpin. The race was red flagged with about 5 laps left in the race due to an accident at the Swimming Pool complex that required rescue teams to extract Vitaly Petrov, who was unhurt in the incident. During the red flag, the teams were permitted to change tyres and perform other work on the cars; that proved to be advantageous to Vettel, who was on tyres that were about 60 laps old. WDC Standings 1) Sebastian Vettel: 143 2) Lewis Hamilton: 85 (-58) 3) Mark Webber: 79 (-64) 4) Jenson Button: 76 (-67) 5) Fernando Alonso: 69 (-74) 6) Nick Heidfeld: 29 (-114) 7) Nico Rosberg: 26 (-117) 8) Felipe Massa: 24 (-119) 9) Vitaly Petrov: 21 (-122) 10) Kamui Kobayashi: 19 (-124) 11) Michael Schumacher: 14 (-129) 12) Adrian Sutil: 8 (-135) 13) Sebastien Buemi: 7 (-136) 14) Rubens Barrichello: 2 (-141) 15) Sergio Perez: 2 (-141) 16) Paul di Resta: 2 (-141) 17) Jaime Alguersuari: 0 18) Jarno Trulli: 0 19) Heikki Kovalainen: 0 20) Jerome d'Ambrosio: 0 21) Pastor Maldonado: 0 22) Timo Glock: 0 23) Vitantonio Liuzzi: 0 24) Narain Karthikeyan: 0 WCC Standings 1) RBR-Renault: 222 2) McLaren-Mercedes: 161 (-61) 3) Ferrari: 93 (-129) 4) Renault: 50 (-172) 5) Mercedes: 40 (-182) 6) Sauber-Ferrari: 21 (-201) 7) Force India-Mercedes: 10 (-212) 8) STR-Ferrari: 7 (-215) 9) Williams-Cosworth: 2 (-220) 10) Lotus-Renault: 0 11) Virgin-Cosworth: 0 12) HRT-Cosworth: 0 ----- 95th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race: 1) #98 Dan Wheldon 2) #12 J. R. Hildebrand ® 3) #29 Graham Rahal 4) #82 Tony Kanaan 5) #9 Scott Dixon 6) #2 Oriol Servia 7) #30 Bertrand Baguette 8) #07 Tomas Scheckter 9) #26 Marco Andretti 10) #7 Danica Patrick 11) #67 Ed Carpenter 12) #10 Dario Franchitti 13) #83 Charlie Kimball ® 14) #12 Will Power 15) #14 Vitor Meira 16) #22 Justin Wilson 17) #3 Helio Castroneves 18) #44 Buddy Rice 19) #19 Alex Lloyd 20) #36 Pippa Mann ® 21) #24 Ana Beatriz 22) #43 John Andretti 23) #41 Ryan Hunter-Reay 24) #11 Davey Hamilton 25) #23 Paul Tracy 26) #99 Townsend Bell 27) #6 Ryan Briscoe 28) #77 Alex Tagliani 29) #06 James Hinchcliffe ® 30) #88 Jay Howard ® 31) #78 Simona de Silvestro 32) #59 E. J. Viso 33) #5 Takuma Sato J. R. Hildebrand was leading on the final lap heading into the final turn when he came upon a lapped car. Hildebrand drove up high to avoid the car, got too high and slammed the outside wall coming out of T4, two-wheeling it to 2nd place after Dan Wheldon passed him in the final couple of hundred feet to the line. ----- Coca-Cola 600 1) #29 Kevin Harvick 2) #6 David Ragan 3) #20 Joey Logano 4) #22 Kurt Busch 5) #43 A.J. Allmendinger 6) #9 Marcos Ambrose 7) #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 8) #78 Regan Smith 9) #00 David Reutimann 10) #11 Denny Hamlin 11) #21 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 12) #42 Juan Montoya 13) #16 Greg Biffle 14) #17 Matt Kenseth 15) #33 Clint Bowyer 16) #99 Carl Edwards 17) #14 Tony Stewart 18) #83 Brian Vickers 19) #2 Brad Keselowski 20) #24 Jeff Gordon 21) #31 Jeff Burton 22) #4 Kasey Kahne 23) #13 Casey Mears 24) #47 Bobby Labonte 25) #38 Travis Kvapil 26) #56 Martin Truex Jr. 27) #36 Dave Blaney 28) #48 Jimmie Johnson 29) #27 Paul Menard 30) #32 Mike Bliss 31) #39 Ryan Newman 32) #18 Kyle Busch 33) #34 David Gilliland 34) #5 Mark Martin 35) #09 Landon Cassill 36) #195 David Starr 37) #1 Jamie McMurray 38) #7 Robby Gordon 39) #66 Michael McDowell 40) #30 David Stremme 41) #87 Joe Nemechek 42) #46 J.J. Yeley 43) #60 Mike Skinner Jimmie Johnson blew his engine with about 5 laps left in the race, bringing out the caution and the GWC when everyone was trying to save some fuel. On the restart, there was a small incident between Jeff Burton and a few other drivers, but the race remained green. On the final lap, in T3, Dale Jr was leading the field to the checkered flag when he ran out of gas. Harvick passed Dale Jr to win his 3rd race of the season. Twice that day, a National Guard sponsored car failed to win the race when leading on the final lap.

That Preds' jersey looked like they dangled several newborns over a plain white jersey with the logo on it and screamed "s*** DAMN YOU s***!", then rubbed it together to get that color.

Gah! I flat forgot about this thread! I'll just post the podium finishers for the past two races and hope no one notices Turkish Grand Prix results 1) #1 Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault 2) #2 Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault 3) #5 Fernando Alonso, Ferrari Spanish Grand Prix results 1) #1 Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault 2) #3 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes 3) #4 Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes WDC Standings 1)Sebastian Vettel: 118 2) Lewis Hamilton: 77 (-41) 3) Mark Webber: 67 (-51) 4) Jenson Button: 61 (-57) 5) Fernando Alonso: 51 (-67) 6) Nico Rosberg: 26 (-92) 7) Nick Heidfeld: 25 (-93) 8) Felipe Massa: 24 (-94) 9) Vitaly Petrov: 21 (-97) 10) Michael Schumacher: 14 (-104) 11) Kamui Kobayashi: 9 (-109) 12) Sebastien Buemi: 6 (-112) 13) Adrian Sutil: 2 (-116) 14) Sergio Perez: 2 (-116) 15) Paul di Resta: 2 (-116) 16) Jaime Alguersuari: 0 17) Rubens Barrichello: 0 18) Jarno Trulli: 0 19) Jerome d'Ambrosio: 0 20) Heikki Kovalainen: 0 21) Pastor Maldonado: 0 22) Timo Glock: 0 23) Narain Karthikeyan: 0 24) Vitantonio Liuzzi: 0 WCC Standings 1) Red Bull-Renault: 185 2) McLaren-Mercedes: 138 (-47) 3) Ferrari: 75 (-110) 4) Renault: 46 (-139) 5) Mercedes: 40 (-145) 6) Sauber-Ferrari: 11 (-174) 7) Toro Rosso-Ferrari: 6 (-179) 8) Force India-Mercedes: 4 (-181) 9) Williams-Cosworth: 0 10) Lotus-Renault: 0 11) Virgin-Cosworth: 0 12) HRT-Cosworth: 0 Next race is the Monaco Grand Prix tomorrow.

Let the octo fly! Let's go Red Wings!

When the f*** was the last time a player got hurt skating over octopus slime, Gary? I've seen players spit and shoot snot bullets on the ice many, many, many times. Are you going to ban players from spitting and snot-shooting, Betty? Such bulls*** from him. LET THE OCTO FLY, DAMMIT!

#1: f*** PETA. If throwing a dead cat on the ice would help the Wings win the Stanley Cup, I'll try to throw as many of them on the ice as I can, and I know many of my fellow Wings fans would do the same. PETA is nothing more than a bunch of ******* attention whores masquerading as an animal rights group. #2: Love the article from Kuklas Korner! Epic LOLs there.

Chinese Grand Prix Results 1) #3 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes (1:36:58.226) 2) #1 Sebastian Vettel, RBR-Renault (+5.1 secs) 3) #2 Mark Webber, RBR-Renault (+7.5 secs) 4) #4 Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes (+10.0 secs) 5) #8 Nico Rosberg, Mercedes (+13.4 secs) 6) #6 Felipe Massa, Ferrari (+15.8 secs) 7) #5 Fernando Alonso, Ferrari (+30.6 secs) 8) #7 Michael Schumacher, Mercedes (+31.0 secs) 9) #10 Vitaly Petrov, Renault (+57.4 secs) 10) #16 Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber-Ferrari (+63.2 secs) 11) #15 Paul di Resta, Force India-Mercedes (+68.7 secs ) 12) #9 Nick Heidfeld, Renault (+72.7 secs) 13) #11 Rubens Barrichello, Williams-Cosworth (+90.1 secs) 14) #18 Sebastien Buemi, STR-Ferrari (+90.6 secs) 15) #14 Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes (+1 Lap) 16) #20 Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus-Renault (+1 Lap) 17) #17 Sergio Perez, Sauber-Ferrari (+1 Lap) 18) #12 Pastor Maldonado, Williams-Cosworth (+1 Lap) 19) #21 Jarno Trulli, Lotus-Renault (+1 Lap) 20) #25 Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin-Cosworth (+2 Laps) 21) #24 Timo Glock, Virgin-Cosworth (+2 Laps) 22) #23 Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT-Cosworth (+2 Laps) 23) #22 Narain Karthikeyan, HRT-Cosworth (+2 Laps) Ret) #19 Jaime Alguersuari, STR-Ferrari (Wheel) WDC Standings 1) Sebastian Vettel: 68 2) Lewis Hamilton: 47 (-21) 3) Jenson Button: 38 (-30) 4) Mark Webber: 37 (-31) 5) Fernando Alonso: 26 (-42) 6) Felipe Massa: 24 (-44) 7) Vitaly Petrov: 17 (-51) 8) Nick Heidfeld: 15 (-53) 9) Nico Rosberg: 10 (-58) 10) Kamui Kobayashi: 7 (-61) 11) Michael Schumacher: 6 (-62) 12) Sebastien Buemi: 4 (-64) 13) Adrian Sutil: 2 (-66) 14) Paul di Resta: 2 (-66) 15) Jaime Alguersuari: 0 16) Jarno Trulli: 0 17) Rubens Barrichello: 0 18) Jerome d'Ambrosio: 0 19) Heikki Kovalainen: 0 20) Timo Glock: 0 21) Sergio Perez: 0 22) Pastor Maldonado: 0 23) Vitantonio Liuzzi: 0 24) Narain Karthikeyan: 0 WCC Standings 1) RBR-Renault: 105 2) McLaren-Mercedes: 85 (-20) 3) Ferrari: 50 (-55) 4) Renault: 32 (-73) 5) Mercedes: 16 (-89) 6) Sauber-Ferrari: 7 (-98) 7) STR-Ferrari: 4 (-101) 8) Force India-Mercedes: 4 (-101) 9) Lotus-Renault: 0 10) Williams-Cosworth: 0 11) Virgin-Cosworth: 0 12) HRT-Cosworth: 0 Next race: Turkish Grand Prix, May 8th.

Malaysia Grand Prix results: 1 #1 Sebastian Vettel, RBR-Renault (1:37:39.832) 2 #4 Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes (+3.2 secs) 3 #9 Nick Heidfeld, Renault (+25.0 secs) 4 #2 Mark Webber, RBR-Renault (+26.3 secs) 5 #6 Felipe Massa, Ferrari (+36.9 secs) 6 #5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari (+57.2 secs) 7 #16 Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber-Ferrari (+66.4 secs) 8 #3 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes (+69.9 secs) 9 #7 Michael Schumacher, Mercedes (+84.8 secs) 10 #15 Paul di Resta, Force India-Mercedes (+91.5 secs) 11 #14 Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes(+ 1 Lap) 12 #8 Nico Rosberg, Mercedes (+1 Lap) 13 #18 Sebastien Buemi, STR-Ferrari (+1 Lap) 14 #19 Jaime Alguersuari, STR-Ferrari (+1 Lap) 15 #20 Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus-Renault (+1 Lap) 16 #24 Timo Glock, Virgin-Cosworth (+2 Laps) 17 #10 Vitaly Petrov, Renault (Accident) Ret #23 Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT-Cosworth (Rear wing issue) Ret #25 Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin-Cosworth (Accident) Ret #21 Jarno Trulli, Lotus-Renault (Clutch) Ret #17 Sergio Perez, Sauber-Ferrari (Accident) Ret #11 Rubens Barrichello, Williams-Cosworth (Hydraulics) Ret #22 Narain Karthikeyan, HRT-Cosworth (Hydraulics) Ret #12 Pastor Maldonado, Williams-Cosworth (Engine misfire) Both Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton were penalized 20 seconds in lieu of a drive through penalty at the end of the race by the stewards; Hamilton for making more than 1 defensive move to block Alonso, and, for some damn reason, Alonso was penalized for "avoidable contact" with Hamilton after Hamilton slowed exiting a corner and Alonso made slight contact with Hamilton's rear tyre causing no damage to Hamilton but Alonso needed to change his front wing. WDC Standings 1 Sebastian Vettel: 50 2 Jenson Button: 26 3 Lewis Hamilton: 22 4 Mark Webber: 22 5 Fernando Alonso: 20 6 Felipe Massa: 16 7 Nick Heidfeld: 15 8 Vitaly Petrov: 15 9 Kamui Kobayashi: 6 10 Sebastien Buemi: 4 11 Adrian Sutil: 2 12 Michael Schumacher: 2 13 Paul di Resta: 2 14 Jaime Alguersuari: 0 15 Nico Rosberg: 0 16 Jarno Trulli: 0 17 Jerome d'Ambrosio: 0 18 Heikki Kovalainen: 0 19 Timo Glock: 0 20 Sergio Perez: 0 21 Rubens Barrichello: 0 22 Vitantonio Liuzzi: 0 23 Pastor Maldonado: 0 24 Narain Karthikeyan: 0 WCC Standings 1 RBR-Renault: 72 2 McLaren-Mercedes: 48 3 Ferrari: 36 4 Renault: 30 5 Sauber-Ferrari: 6 6 STR-Ferrari: 4 7 Force India-Mercedes: 4 8 Mercedes: 2 9 Lotus-Renault: 0 10 Virgin-Cosworth: 0 11 Williams-Cosworth: 0 12 HRT-Cosworth: 0 The next race is the Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit on April 17.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=558613 Video of the hit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gVYajulVm8

No surprise that the Hawks are getting favors from the league, they don't want that franchise to be one of 5 teams to fail to defend their Cup. Can't have that now, can we .

Wings just not getting the need puck luck around the net. 4 minute PP over and CAR scores... 0-3 CAR.

Some time ago a poster typed "4rd" instead of "3rd" and it just kind of stuck. High stick against CAR. Wings PP. Gotta take advantage of this 4 minute PP!

4rd on! Let's pot a few this period Wings!

SOG are 29-24 in the favor of DET, but the score is 0-2 CAR after 2 periods. Bleh, hopefully the Wings will turn it on in the 4rd.

Howie couldn't get to the other post in time to stop Skinner's wrap-around. 0-2 CAR.

From the dreaded Mongolian Beaver Plague.

Nice chances for both teams, but still scoreless after 20 minutes. SOG are about 18-15 in DET's favor.

Can't have an official Wings game without an Ericsson penalty. Wings PK.

Wow, all those chances and the only thing in the net is Mule! Nice feed to Mo, by himself, and it's a mad scramble for the puck.

Hank going off to the dressing room now . Eric Staal in the box. Wings PP.

Hank looked a bit shaken up getting up from a check before they went to commercial. Hopefully just stung him.

Got some good pressure there for a moment! Just couldn't convert on it. EDIT: And the Wings go on the PK. Abby off for tripping.

Let's go Red Wings! Game on!