IndyCar: Round 10, Edmonton, Who ya got?

[Mitch Robinson]

Following a Toronto race that left both drivers and fans fuming, IndyCar heads to Edmonton City Centre Airport in Alberta. This year's edition of the Honda Indy Edmonton will be run on a brand new circuit (though it does include a section of the old track). This new layout has two 180 degree corners and at two hard braking zones where cars will go from well over 180 mph down to less than 50 mph. That said, this race is sure to have plenty of passing, and very possibly, plenty of carnage.
Now onto the race weekend. Will Power has been unbeatable in qualifying on the road and street courses, and I expect him to lead the field to the green for the ninth straight time on a non oval. But what happens once the green flag drops is anyone's guess. I expect to see hell break loose in the first corner, and over-zealous drivers dealing with the consequences as often as we saw in St. Petersburg. Thus making the Honda Edmonton Indy more of an episode of Last Man Standing than a race. With an event like that taking place, I'll predict Tony Kanaan to finally find P1 when it matters, and get KV Racing Technology to victory lane for the first time in its history in IndyCar. Personal bias aside, seeing TK knocked out early on in Toronto makes me feel he will be more than motivated to go out and rebound in a huge way. He's one of the best/smartest overtakers in racing, and he has a knack for avoiding trouble when he controls what happens to his car. He will be able to make up positions on the restarts, and will avoid the messes that occur around him, emerging in first place at the end.
Who do you think will end up on top on Sunday?

Also, there's been talk of a Canadian Triple Crown for IndyCar in the next few years. If it were to come to fruition, what races would you like to see? I personally would keep the two we have now and add Circuit Gilles Villenueve in Montreal.

 

[dalejr4ever]

Will Power will come back with some revenge from the last race.. Love to see the Canadian drivers do great as well. I'm going to say Will Power for the win, TK 2nd. Hinchcliff 3rd. I'm just hoping for a great race for Helio also, his luck has to change hopefully a top 5.

Go Team Penske

 

[Twilight Girlâ„¢]

Once again, like always I'll be cheering for Marco. Good luck to TK, Danica, Dario, and E.J. Viso too.

 

[D B]

Still pulling for our Canadian boys and Graham Rahal. OH and of course Danica

A Triple Crow deal would be awesome. I'd most likely head east to see that.

What i'd really like to see though is the NHRA come back to Sanair and Cayuaga

 

[Thatguywiththecodes]

I'd personally like to see IndyCar at the Mont-Tremblant Circuit... but Gilles Villeneuve has more money...

I'm rooting for Will Power, Takuma Sato and Graham Rahal. I'm NOT rooting for Ryan Hunter-Reay and Dario Franchitti for taking out Rahal and Power respectively, not because of bias, but because they keep smirking away even if they took out the entire field. That, and I never liked Hunter-Reay anyways.

Who will end up on top? Probably Franchitti at this point, to be honest. Hopefully Power will recover.

 

[kubica no. 1]

I think Will Power will take the victory at Edmonton motivated by the screw job by race stewards penalizing then unpenalizing Franchitti which ultimately won him the race.