Records may fall at BIR
August 12, 2003
Various improvements, and a thorough track scrubbing before the first runs of the weekend should make for a very interesting weekend in Brainerd…
BrainerdDispatch.com: Will records fall?
Always tough going for Savoie
August 12, 2003
Bill Stephens reports that the adversity Angelle Savoie faces this season is definitely nothing new to her…
RPM.ESPN: Savoie still battling on, off track
Rough week for Snake Racing
August 12, 2003
Team owner Don “The Snake” Prudhomme fired his driver Ron Capps’ crew chief Ed McCulloch last week. Todd Okuhara will serve as the interim crew chief on Capps’ ride while he is “evaluated.” No pressure Todd! The Snake scares me and I’m not even involved…
LasVegasSun.com: Prudhomme fires crew chief on Capps’ Funny Car
SnakeRacing.com: SNAKE RACING ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF…
To add to this, ESPN’s Bill Stephens details Snake Racing’s awful week following the Western Swing which saw two of the teams racing haulers destroyed in traffic accidents. Talk about your highs and your lows…
RPM.ESPN: Tumultuous week following Swing
SnakeRacing.com: STATEMENT REGARDING RECENT ACCIDENTS…
Pruett surprises
August 12, 2003
As the NASCAR road course tradition goes, several teams hire road course specialists so that their “good ole boy” circle drivers don’t have to deal with them…and usually one of the series regulars wins anyways. That was the case again last weekend at Watkins Glen with Robby Gordon turning in a “relatively” uncontroversial victory (except for spinning out Boris Said). However, Scott Pruett came very close to pulling of a “hired gun” victory in the upstate NY countryside….
Autosport.com: Pruett tops road course warriors
BuffaloNews.com: Roll of the dice pays off for Pruett
RPM.ESPN: Road to recovery
Rice struggles, even with GenIV mill..
August 11, 2003
Buddy Rice could not get much done in the way of racing Sunday, even with the new Chevy GenIV power plant. Whats up with that Eddie, forgot how to tune a chasis? You should have kept Tomas Scheckter and released yourself!
Rice struggles even with new engine
Alesi backing Schumi…
August 11, 2003
Jean Alesi has predicted that Michael’s savy and experience will carry him to his sixth world championship title over his less experienced rivals. I would tend to agree with Jean except it’s all about the rubber and the weather.
Safety first, profits second?
August 11, 2003
When Jeff Gordon and Ryan Newman both criticize the lack of response of the local safety crews its time for the series to go pro. Spend a little of the loot the series generates to hire traveling safety crews instead of relying on the local yokels.
Save Mid-Ohio!
August 11, 2003
As a fan of road course racing you have to love places like Mid-Ohio, Laguna Seca, and Road America in Wisconsin. Fans have circulated petitions to save the Mid-Ohio race next year.
As admirable as the fans sentiments are, I think CART will be busy trying to save the series besides the venue at Mid-Ohio!
Spirit rises at Team Spirit
August 11, 2003
Ryan Hunter-Reay has the boys all fired up at American Spirit Team Johansson. Hunter-Reay is the first American rookie to claim a podium since Eddie Cheever did it in Toronto in 1990.
Double trouble for Dixon…
August 11, 2003
Not only did his not finishing the race drop him from first to fourth in the standings, Scott Dixon took a double hit on Sunday. Injured Unser crewman Anton Julian is a fellow Kiwi and good friend. Julian’s brother is a crewman in Dixon’s team. And here I thought IRL was being over run by South Americans.
You gotta watch out for those down under guys, they can be very sneaky!