WCSwK Indy League

The long-awaited weekend is here, meaning Sunday is race day! In case you haven't already marked it on your calendar, the Indy 500 starts at noon CT. The traditional league up in northern Minnesota will be holding out to see who wins our Dad's shiny dime, but we three West Coast Sibs without Kids have decided to up the ante.

Prizes to be won:
$.25 – Winning driver
$.10 – Most drivers who finish without being lapped
$.10 – Driver who is leading at lap 91
$.05 – First driver out

This morning we picked drivers via Skype. Here they are:

John’s Picks:
3. Dario Franchitti – one time winner, but it was in the rain
4. Ryan Briscoe
10. Townsend Bell
11. Justin Wilson
12. Raphael Matos
15. Mike Conway
18. Dan Wheldon – a close friend of Dad’s
20. Tomas Scheckter
26. Alex Lloyd
28. John Andretti – cousin of Michael
30. Vitor Meira

Katie’s Picks:
2. Will Power – with a name like that, something good is bound to happen
6. Scott Dixon
7. Graham Rahal
16. Marco Andretti – Mario’s grandson & Michael’s son
17. Ryan Hunter-Reay
21. Ana Beatriz - fastest rookie on Pole Day & a female
23. Danica Patrick - not a family favorite
24. Bertrand Baguette
27. Mario Romancini
31. Takuma Sato
32. Sebastian Saavedra

Charlotte’s Picks:
1. Helio Castroneves – going for his fourth win to tie with the greats
5. Alex Tagliani - the only Canadian in the field
8. Ed Carpenter
9. Hideki Mutoh
13. Mario Moraes
14. Davey Hamilton
19. EJ Viso
25. Bruno Junqueira
29. Sarah Fisher – the woman who drove our dad around the track at 180 mph
33. Tony Kanaan – crashed twice in qualifying but still a family favorite

Let the race begin!