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09/08/2012Here's James Jakes' "twog", a twitter blog from race day at the IZOD Indycar Series race at Mid Ohio, on August 5th. Just to be clear James isn't the one tweeting through the race!
Good morning from
— INDYCAR PR (@IndyCarPR) August 5, 2012@followmidohio. Due to weather, the morning warmup is on hold. Stay tuned for more information.
Starting the day with rain!
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012#midohio#indycar2012
It's quite dark and rainy here
— Dale Coyne Racing (@DaleCoyneRacing) August 5, 2012@followmidohio! Mother nature doesn't look like she's going to be very nice to us.twitpic.com/afrv70
Luckily, we've got plenty of cake left from
— Dale Coyne Racing (@DaleCoyneRacing) August 5, 2012@justin_wilson &@jamesjakes bdays if we're stuck for a while!twitpic.com/afrwes
The morning warm-up has been pushed to a rain delay.
— IZOD IndyCar Series (@IndyCar) August 5, 2012#midohio#indycar2012
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012
@sambirdracing@duncantappy@paulreesracing@willstevens Aye Baby!
Get to know a few of the turns here at
— IZOD IndyCar Series (@IndyCar) August 5, 2012@followmidohio in preparation for the Honda Indy 200 today. bit.ly/ORTK8k#indycar2012
Looks like warm-ups will be from 9:45am-10:05am.
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012#midohio#indycar2012
Green flag! Warm-up time!
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012#midohio#indycar2012
Big James meets Little James!
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012#midohio#indycar2012 twitter.com/JamesJakes/sta…
After grid penalties, JJ will be starting P20 today, rather than his P21 qualifying spot.
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012#midohio#indycar2012
Check out the story on
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012#jakesynation! indycar.com/en/News/2012/0….#midohio#indycar2012
Preparing the helmet for today's
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012#midohio#HondaIndy200.#indycar2012 twitter.com/JamesJakes/sta…
Time for driver intros! Did you know that the
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012@indycar drivers represent 13 different countries?#indycar2012#midohio
Cars are on the grid! Only a few minutes until we get started! Be sure to tune in NOW on ABC!
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012#midohio#indycar2012 twitter.com/JamesJakes/sta…
Drivers, start your engines! Let's do this!
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012#midohio#indycar2012
Green flag for the
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012#HondaIndy200 at#midohio!#indycar2012#jakesynation
Dirty track makes for a tough racing surface. JJ makes a move to P17 on L1.
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012#midohio#indycar2012
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— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012@oriolservia was unable to leave the pits.@justin_wilson had contact and spun, but was able to keep going. JJ and JW running P18 & 19.
Sorry for the lack of tweets early in the race. Spotty service from historic
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012@followmidohio! JJP17 after stopping for 4#Firestone tires
Starting to feel a few drops of rain in the pits. JJ moves to P13 on L34.
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012#midohio#indycar2012
Interesting strategies playing out with some teams trying to make it on 2 pit stops! JJ on 3 stop strategy with rain coming at
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012#MidOhio
JJ and JW both up an additional position to 10 and 12. JJ setting a great pace. Almost to the half way point of the
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012#HondaIndy200.#midohio
JJ makes the move around
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012@marcoandretti for P11.@justin_wilson P13.@dalecoyneracing is on the move!#indycar2012#midohio
Awesome TV shot of JJ from
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012@getwisegroup !#jakesynation even got a mention!!#indycar2012#midohio twitter.com/JamesJakes/sta…
JJ completes his second stop and returns on track at P19.
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012#midohio#indycar2012
JJ looking for another position, currently working to get around
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012@rubarrichello on L57 of 85.#midohio#indycar2012
L55:
— Dale Coyne Racing (@DaleCoyneRacing) August 5, 2012@jamesjakes P19 and@justin_wilson P21. These boys have been running together all race! Let's go to the front together!
25 laps remaining. JJ running strong at P15 with
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012@justin_wilson right behind him.#midohio#indycar2012
JJ to P9, looking to keep moving up!
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012#midohio#indycar2012
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012
#jakesynation Get on your feet for JJ! Great race! 15 laps remain!#midohio#indycar2012
With 15 laps to go, JJ is P8, looking to close the gap on
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012@tonykanaan.#midohio#indycar2012
After late race stop for a splash of fuel, JJ settles for P19 today after showing great pace! Thanks to
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012#jakesynation and@dalecoyneracing
Shout out to
— Kristin Slevin (@kristinmarie935) August 5, 2012#JakesyNation on the ABC broadcast!#daymade@peekashley@jamesjakes
Difficult day really needed a caution to keep our top 8 position going. Let's do it in Sonoma.
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012@indycarpr
congrats
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) August 5, 2012@scottdixon9 and@hondaracing_hpdgreat drive!