Respect growing for Marco

Marco's reportedly in the infield care center being treated for dehydration after his last stint.

This is after flying directly from a test at Palm Beach to Daytona, hopping into a car he'd never seen on a track he hadn't run in years, and driving the pants off the thing.

I feel like we've seen a serious maturation in Marco over the past couple of years.  Where he once came across as a playboy who was occasionally a decent a race car driver, he's now finally coming into his own and earning respect from his detractors for being a serious racer.

Maybe that win at Iowa last year turned his career around more than we know.

Pruett's in first!

He's on my fantasy team.  Dixon too, and I see his name near the top.  My Flying Lizard, however, seems to be more of a crawling reptile at this point, sitting 37 laps back.  What about Memo Gidley?

Fitting

It occurred to me sometime last night while working on ARFL spreadsheets that each of the GBS staff has one of the SunTrust drivers...which went out of the race less than an hour in. That seems fitting somehow, I think.

breakfast time

Who wants eggs?  Who is still here?  I guess we lost Shane, but it seems we have gained Pat, Andy, and others.

Indy Lights Drivers Running Strong

As I mentioned yesterday (day before? today? ...meh, see previous post about temporal confusion). <restart /> As I mentioned about a dozen hours ago, the Firestone Indy Lights series has some great representation in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona.  As of right now, 0951 EST, Jorge Goncalves is running P4 in the #6 DP car for Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian. I would LOVE to see him and his teammate Gustavo Yacaman end up on the podium, but they have Allan McNish in front of them. :S I think they'll need help from a mechanical issue for the Starworks Ford or for the Ganassi BMW. Not likely, but it could happen!

These guys are in pain.

Do they have to stand here and listen to all of this crap?  They just played for six hours.  Let them take a nap!

Let's all hope...

That the Super Bowl is at least half as good as this tennis match was.  Because we all know which one everyone will actually watch.

No Commercials in the last hour

Seriously its almost been over an hour since we last had a commercial in this tennis match, try that on for size every American sport.

Novak Djokovic is the Australian Open champion

Novak Djokovic has won the 2012 Australian Open title and cemented his number one world ranking with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7, 7-5 win over Rafael Nadal at Melbourne Park this morning (AEDT).

The match lasted 5 hours 54 minutes, an Australian Open record match duration in terms of time.

Nadal led 4-2 in the final set, and Djokovic appeared on the ropes, but somehow, as in the quarter and semi finals, Djokovic found a way to recover and power over his opponent.

He even had enough energy to tear off his shirt, ala the Incredible Hulk at the end. Which is great because it'll give something for the TV director to show in a slow motion replay 17 times.

Match Summary:
The winners: Tennis, Djokovic, Nadal.
The losers: Australian office productivity on Monday, My sleep.

Good night everybody!