Toon IndyCar: ROADRUNNER TURBO INDY 300

We continue our trip into America's Heartland for the 25th race of the season! Can Dan Kuso hang on to his lead or will more trouble strike in Kansas? It's time for the ROADRUNNER TURBO INDY 300! Qualifying was rained out, so the field will be set by points:

1. Dan Kuso (9)
2. Ben Tennyson (10)
3. Otto Rocket (26)
4. Tommy Pickles (3)
5. Randy Cunningham (12)
6. Phineas Flynn (99)
7. Timmy Turner (16)
8. Alvin Seville (28)
9. Todd Daring (2)
10. Nigel Uno (98)
11. Ash Ketchum (8)
12. Ish Taylor (14)
13. Dipper Pines (18)
14. Ashoka Tano (83)
15. Eli Shane (17)
16. Guy Hamdon (19)
17. Becky Bostford (27)
18. Johnny Test (4)
19. Hank Hill (22)
20. Manny Rivera (25)
21. Tai Kamiya (15)
22. Abigail Lincoln (5)
23. Ferb Fletcher (77)
24. Sonic the Hedgehog (11)
25. Jimmy Neutron (67)
26. Ricky Cervantes (41)
27. Arnold Shortman (68)
28. Jonesy Garcia (6)
29. Tommy Turnbull (20)
30. Mordecai (34)
31. Wyatt Williams (7)
32. Spongebob Squarepants (21)
33. Gumball Watterson (91)


Track Specs:

Description: 1.5 mile oval
Turns: 4
Distance: 200 laps/300 miles


Race Conditions:

Air Temp.: 76 degrees
Track Temp.: 98 degrees
Weather: Clear, no chance of rain
Green Flag Time: 8:22 PM


ABC?


(IndyCar on ABC/ESPN theme)


Allen Bestwick: ABC Sports welcomes you to Verizon IndyCar Series racing live from the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City! The last time the IndyCar Series raced here was in 2008. Traditionally, this was the last race before the Indy 500. Tonight, it's the last race before we decide the championship in Las Vegas! Can points leader Dan Kuso hang on to his slim lead or will more trouble befall the Ganassi juggernaut and allow guys like Rocket, Cunningham, Turner, Pickles and Flynn to get right back in the hunt when we decide the champion in Sin City? Hi again, everyone. Alongside former Indy 500 champion Scott Goodyear and 1985 Sprint Cup champion Rusty Wallace, I'm Allen Bestwick. Thanks for having us in for the race. Scott, this is the final race before we head to Las Vegas to decide the championship. Dan Kuso leads the points, but by only 1 point over his teammate, Ben Tennyson. Question is, will he be able to hold down the fort to try and lock down the title in Las Vegas?


Scott Goodyear: I think he can, but it will take a monumental effort on his part to win the title in Vegas. First thing's first....he's got to have a good run here in Kansas.

Rusty Wallace: When the 2014 schedule was first released last September, I was shocked to see that we got 4 1.5 mile ovals to wrap up the season. They're all equally tricky, but I have a feeling this race will come down to not just tires, but fuel mileage. One miscalculation here at Kansas or at Vegas and the championship could slip through your fingers. If you're Dan Kuso, you can't let that happen!

Allen Bestwick: After these 300 miles here in Kansas, we'll be 1 race away from crowning a champion of the Verizon IndyCar Series. Let's head down trackside.


Track Announcer: Kansas, ARE YOU READY?! Please welcome the head coach of your Kansas City Chiefs, ANDY REID, as he delivers the most famous words in motorsports!


Andy Reid: Drivers, Start Your Engines!


(33 900 horsepower engines fire up)


Allen Bestwick: Andy Reid, coach of the hometown Chiefs, getting us fired up tonight. He is also going to be riding shotgun with Mario Andretti in Honda's FASTEST SEAT IN MOTORSPORTS. We take a look at our starting grid for tonight's Roadrunner Turbo Indy 300, which was set by the points, putting Dan Kuso on the pole here in Kansas. 33 cars set to take to the Kansas Speedway tonight. All restarts here will be double-file. The initial start will be triple file. We'll go 200 laps to make up the 300 mile distance, it's 60 MPH on pit lane and the pit window, Scott?

Scott Goodyear: 42-46 laps here in Kansas, Allen. Rusty mentioned that this could be a fuel mileage race and it'll all be because of that pit window. Some teams may shortpit, some may try to stretch it.

Rusty Wallace: Conserve your fuel, conserve your tires and you might end up in Victory Lane at the end of the night here in Kansas, Scott.

Allen Bestwick: Pace car peels off, field out of turn 4 and Sarah Hyland from ABC's 'Modern Family' waves the green flag, WE ARE RACING IN KANSAS!


(START - 200 Lap Race)


Rusty Wallace: TROUBLE! 9 AND 10 CARS INTO THE WALL!

Allen Bestwick: That's our points leaders, Dan Kuso and Ben Tennyson slamming the wall hard in turn 3! Caution out for the first time before we even get a lap in here in Kansas!

Scott Goodyear: And now the championship is wide open.

Rusty Wallace: This will probably make Las Vegas a must win for Kuso and Tennyson.

Allen Bestwick: Otto Rocket leads lap 1 as we get the yellow flag for a wreck involving 2 of the Ganassi cars, our points leaders Dan Kuso and Ben Tennyson.


(RESTART: Lap 12 - 11 caution laps)


Allen Bestwick: 12 laps complete this time by, back to green flag racing in Kansas as Otto Rocket leads 'em down to the restart and he's off and running, Rusty!

Rusty Wallace: Rocket's had nothing but bad luck these past few weeks, Allen. He wants to turn it around and get back on the championship path as we close in on the finale in Vegas.

Allen Bestwick: That's gonna be next Saturday, October 10th, 8/7 Central here on ABC. Our coverage is presented by GoDaddy. It's Andretti, Penske, Penske, Schmidt, Rahal in terms of owners at the front of the field. Otto Rocket leads, he's followed by Pickles, Cunningham, Flynn and Turner to round out the top 5 as we are through 16 of 200 laps here in Kansas. We'll take a little break, but you'll miss nothing as we go Side-By-Side presented by Dairy Queen!


(Lap 68 - Caution 2)


Allen Bestwick: 68 laps complete here in Kansas, under caution for the 2nd time tonight, debris in the backstretch has brought out the yellow this time. We go to our Pennzoil TRIPLE PITS and Jamie Little!


Jamie Little: Otto Rocket has led the whole race so far, 4 tires and fuel for car 26 and he's away! The Penske teams of Cunningham and Pickles also going for 4 tires and fuel, no adjustments for either the 12 or the 3, they're looking to take advantage of Ganassi's misfortune and get back in the title hunt as we head to Vegas! They're away!


Top 10:

1. Otto Rocket (26)
2. Tommy Pickles (3)
3. Randy Cunningham (12)
4. Timmy Turner (16)
5. Phineas Flynn (99)
6. Ash Ketchum (8)
7. Alvin Seville (28)
8. Todd Daring (2)
9. Eli Shane (17)
10. Tommy Turnbull (20)


(RESTART: Lap 74 - 6 caution laps)


Allen Bestwick: 74 laps complete here in Kansas, Otto Rocket leads 'em back to green flag racing as we go FULL THROTTLE!


(Full Throttle graphic)


(Lap 176 - Caution 3)


Allen Bestwick: BIG TROUBLE! BIG WRECK BEHIND THEM! 13 CARS INVOLVED! CAUTION!

Rusty Wallace: Some good cars got nailed in the wreckage, Allen. Ashoka Tano, Ash Ketchum....

Scott Goodyear: Nigel Uno, Abigail Lincoln, Ferb Fletcher also involved.

Allen Bestwick: 13 cars were involved in the Big One here in Kansas.


Involved in Wreck - Lap 176:

Johnny Test (4)
Abigail Lincoln (5)
Ash Ketchum (8)
Sonic the Hedgehog (11)
Ish Taylor (14)
Eli Shane (17)
Spongebob Squarepants (21)
Becky Botsford (27)
Mordecai (34)
Ricky Cervantes (41)
Ferb Fletcher (77)
Ashoka Tano (83)
Nigel Uno (98)


(Lap 194)


Allen Bestwick: Well, guys. Under the red flag here in Kansas....strike that, IndyCar has made this race official at lap 194 due to the 13 car wreck that occurred in the frontstretch. Officials have determined the wreck would take too long to clean, even with the red flag and they want to get the fans out at a decent hour. So, IndyCar has decided to call off the final 6 laps of the RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 and TODD DARING IS YOUR WINNER IN KANSAS! Dave Burns is with him.


Dave Burns: Todd Daring, you've been frustrated all season long with near misses and wrecks. Tonight was your night. You took the lead on lap 142 and got past that 13 car crash, now you're here in Victory Lane. Todd, how does this win bode for you as you prepare for 2015?


Todd: I couldn't be more thrilled to get that first win out of the way, let alone have it be at a place like here at Kansas! We may be out of the championship hunt, but I'll do whatever I can to help Tommy and Randy win the title in Vegas.


Dave Burns: Todd Daring finally gets into the win column here in Kansas.


That concludes the RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300! Here's how they finished:

1. Todd Daring (2)
2. Randy Cunningham (12)
3. Tommy Pickles (3)
4. Jonesy Garcia (6)
5. Timmy Turner (16)
6. Phineas Flynn (99)
7. Guy Hamdon (19)
8. Dipper Pines (18)
9. Tommy Turnbull (20)
10. Jimmy Neutron (67)
11. Arnold Shortman (68)
12. Manny Rivera (25)
13. Hank Hill (22)
14. Gumball Waterson (91)
15. Alvin Seville (28)
16. Otto Rocket (26)
17. Tai Kamiya (15)
18. Wyatt Williams (7)
19. Johnny Test (4) (DNF: Accident)
20. Abigail Lincoln (5) (DNF: Accident)
21. Ash Ketchum (8) (DNF: Accident)
22. Sonic the Hedgehog (11) (DNF: Accident)
23. Ish Taylor (14) (DNF: Accident)
24. Eli Shane (17) (DNF: Accident)
25. Spongebob Squarepants (21) (DNF: Accident)
26. Becky Botsford (27) (DNF: Accident)
27. Mordecai (34) (DNF: Accident)
28. Ricky Cervantes (41) (DNF: Accident)
29. Ferb Fletcher (77) (DNF: Accident)
30. Ashoka Tano (83) (DNF: Accident)
31. Nigel Uno (98) (DNF: Accident)
32. Ben Tennyson (10) (DNF: Accident)
33. Dan Kuso (9) (DNF: Accident)


Points (after 25 of 26 races):

1. Dan Kuso - 830 points
2. Ben Tennyson - 829 points
3. Otto Rocket - 828 points
4. Tommy Pickles - 821 points
5. Randy Cunningham - 807 points
6. Phineas Flynn - 728 points
7. Timmy Turner - 703 points
8. Alvin Seville - 610 points
9. Todd Daring - 573 points
10. Ash Ketchum - 499 points
11. Nigel Uno - 495 points
12. Ish Taylor - 487 points
13. Dipper Pines - 484 points
14. Ashoka Tano - 464 points
15. Guy Hamdon - 452 points
16. Eli Shane - 446 points
17. Hank Hill - 430 points
18. Johnny Test - 427 points
19. Becky Bostford - 421 points
20. Manny Rivera - 364 points
21. Tai Kamiya - 357 points
22. Abigail Lincoln - 352 points
23. Sonic The Hedgehog - 348 points
24. Ferb Fletcher - 345 points
25. Jimmy Neutron - 340 points
26. Jonesy Garcia - 335 points
27. Manny Rivera - 327 points
28. Ricky Cervantes - 313 points
29. Tommy Turnbull - 283 points
30. Mordecai - 234 points
31. Wyatt Williams - 211 points
32. Gumball Watterson - 187 points
33. Spongebob Squarepants - 180 points


Next Race: VERIZON INDYCAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

SEE YOU IN LAS VEGAS!