IndyCar: Round 12 New Hampshire, who ya got?

A week off from road racing for IndyCar is set to be an interesting one, as the series returns to New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon for the first time since 1997. The track is very similar to Milwaukee, being a very flat, very fast 1 mile oval, making this a race to watch.

At Milwaukee, Dario Franchitti would win from pole, but not without great battles from Helio Castroneves and Tony Kanaan, who both had troubles late in the race, leaving Franchitti to take the win. Yet, it was an excellent and exciting race, even though it was only in front of less than 15,000 people.

Hopefully attendance will be better in Loudon, and the action, I believe, will be at a high, since none of these drivers have ever competed here.

But at the end of the day, I think the teams that are the most quickly adaptable to any situation will rise to the challenge, and I think that it will be another Penske/Ganassi-type day (though I do expect guys like Servia, Kanaan, and others to mix it up). That said, I think Helio Castroneves will find victory lane for the first time in 2011, and hopefully turn around what has been a disastrous year for the 3 team.

So, who do you think will bring home the win? Who ya got?

Also, the spotter guide says that Sebastian Bourdais will drive the 19 car, though I am pretty sure he will only drive the road and street courses this year, and Alex Lloyd will take over on the ovals. If someone knows who will be in the 19, it'd be appreciated.