Bourdais wins Cleveland GP
July 6, 2003
CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie Sebastien Bourdais crossed the finish line with one of his tires visibly damaged Saturday to win the CART Cleveland Grand Prix, held at night for the first time in its 22-year history…..
Yahoo!: Rookie Bourdais wins Cleveland GP
Cunning Kenseth
July 6, 2003
Matt Kenseth is focused on the championship. If you didn’t think so before, the way he drove the Pepsi 400 proved it. To come all the way from the back (where all the Roush cars qualified) to contend for the lead and the win was amazing. As was the similar ride or teammate and race winner Greg Biffle.
However, instead of charging for the lead, Kenseth helped his teammate to his eventual victory and stopped for gas with only a few laps to go. Not risking the entire race to try and charge for the win, but instead managing fuel and playing it smart will make this guy a champion by year end.
Fan injured at Daytona
July 6, 2003
After Robby Gordon was involved in “the big one” apparently the 31 crew did not duck tape his engine hood back onto the car well enough. The hood flew off the car and into the stands injuring at least one spectator…
Yahoo!: Fan injured when Gordon’s hood goes into stands
Biffle wins Pepsi 400
July 5, 2003
Greg Biffle got his first Winston Cup win under the lights tonight at Daytona. The series rookie pulled off a huge upset in winning the Pepsi 400. Biffle led a Roush resurgence from a dismal qualifying effort for all the Roush cars. Fuel strategy was largely to thank for the victory.
NASCAR.com: Biffle pulls off huge upset with win in Pepsi 400
Toughie for Hornish
July 5, 2003
…the understatement of the year!
CJOnline.com: It’s been a toughie for Hornish, Chevys
…Sadly for Sam, about the only thing he and his Panther racing team will be “Terminating” anytime soon is their contract with Chevy!
Dixon keeps momentum for Kansan pole
July 5, 2003
The juggernaut that has been Scott Dixon the past two weeks kept rolling this afternoon as he took the pole in Kansas, followed closely by Target Team Ganassi teammate Tomas Scheckter…
RacingOne.com: Team Target On Kansas Front Row
Ganassi teammates 1-2 in Friday practice
July 5, 2003
Ok, so it took Chip a while, but it looks like he is returning his team to its old dominating form, reminiscent of the Vasser/Zanardi/Montoya ear in CART…
IndyRacing.com: Dynamic Ganassi Duo 1-2 In Hot Kansas Practice
Bourdais on pole in Cleveland
July 5, 2003
Sebastien Bourdais took the pole position for the first Grand Prix of Cleveland to be run at night.
CART.com: BOURDAIS WILL START FROM POLE FOR TODAY’S U.S. BANK GRAND PRIX OF CLEVELAND
ChampWeb: Friday qualifying story
Motorsport.com: Bourdais takes Cleveland pole
CART-Racing.com: Cleveland qualifying press conference
Another Williams 1-2 Qualifying
July 5, 2003
Ralf Schumacher has taken pole again, followed by his team mate Juan Pablo Montoya and his brother Michael.
BBC: Qualifying as it happened
F1Racing.net: Williams dominate French Qualifying
PlanetF1.com: 3 our of 4 for Ralf
MacLaughlin on F1: 2003 French Grand Prix - Saturday Practice / Qualifying
F1 Live: Williams duo on the front row
Global IRL
July 5, 2003
Does anyone remember the guiding principal set forth but Tony George when he started the IRL? I seem to remember a few of them being…
1) Lower the cost of open wheel racing to encourage more participants
2) Create more opportunities for American drivers
The being said, why are non-American’s continuing to dominate the IRL, while the American’s pull off a win every once in a while? And even then, Al Unser Jr. is not exactly the “up and coming” new American talent we all had in mind. Granted I am thrilled to see Al win a race again, but I just don’t think the second principal above is being served. Andy Samuelson astutely points out the dominance of Brazilian drivers in the IRL….