Racy stuff at Indy 300

BEST QUOTE

"The fans in Canada like to drink their beer and go to sleep and in Australia they like to drink their beer and fight" Paul Tracy describing the intensity of race fans.

BEST MOVE

AJ Allmendinger hounded Oriol Servia before taking him in a daring move under braking going into the first chicane at the start of lap nine to take seventh. He then picked off another two cars in quick succession.

BEST LAP

Will Power's stunning Friday time of 1:31.403sec which had established stars Sebastien Bourdais and Paul Tracy running into concrete walls.

BEST BINGLE

Sebastien Bourdais's heavy shunt into a tyre barrier during Saturday qualifying ripping the entire left side off his Newman-Haas Lola. Champ Car ruled he could not start his primary car and yesterday raced the back-up Lola.

BEST EXCUSE

After giving himself a great chance of winning Will Power was cruelly taken out by a desperate and out of control Sebastien Bourdais on lap 28.

BEST BLOW-UP

Paul Tracy, screaming down his on-board radio after being ordered to let Alex Tagliani through for a podium.

BIGGEST BLUNDER

Forsythe after a nasty flash fire in the pits on lap 15 when they serviced AJ Allmendinger who drove away with the fuel hose still attached. Only a handful of laps later AJ was into the wall realising his faint championship hopes crumbled along with his Lola.

BEST WIN

Nelson Philippe, who kept a cool head while the more experienced drivers around him crumbled in the heat of battle.

BIGGEST MOVER

Nick Percat who came from stone motherless last (39th position) to win the 6-lap CARSguide Aussie Car race on Saturday.

BEST BEHAVIOUR

Ex-Minardi F1 team owner Paul Stoddart, who is angling to own a Champ Car team, refused to buy into criticising F1.

BEST STATS

Newman-Haas with five wins (Bourdais 2005, Junqueira 2004, da Matta 2001, Tracy 1995, Mansell 1993; seven poles (Servia 2005, Bourdais 2003, da Matta 2002, Michael Andretti 1995/1991, Mansell 1993/1994) and nine podium finishes.