Harvick a Rick Mears fan
August 5, 2003
I knew I liked Kevin Harvick for a reason. How can you not admire Rick Mears?…
MadisonCourier.com: Harvick joins boyhood idol Mears with win at Indy
Life in the slow lane
August 5, 2003
Another great look at what an anomoly Sam Hornish is in the world of big-time auto racing…
NYTimes.com: A Champion’s Life in the Slow Lane
Dixon completes sweep of The Swing
August 5, 2003
Larry Dixon is now only the 4th driver in NHRA history to win all three races of the “Western Swing” on the NHRA tour…
SpringfieldNewsSun.com: Dixon Completes W. Swing NHRA Sweep
SFGate.com: Dixon avoids Top Fuel upsets
modbee.com: Dixon’s 8th victory caps Western sweep
Danica to host SpikeTV show
August 5, 2003
Girl racer Danica Patrick will host a new show on the recently launched “network for men,” Spike TV. The show, called “Zero to Sixty” will be a series of 60-second infor segments…
NYDailyNews.com: She’ll get men’s motors running
Scelzi gets first win, Dixon, Coughlin, and Scali take classes
August 4, 2003
Larry Dixon successfully completed the Western Swing with his third Top Fuel win in a row, Northern California legend Gary Scelzi scored his first career Funny Car victory over Dean Skuza, reigning Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. took a huge holeshot win over class frontrunner Greg Anderson, and points leader Geno Scali simply ran away from first-time finalist Andrew Hines in Pro Stock Bike…
NHRA.com: Scelzi bags his first Funny Car victory, Dixon, Coughlin, and Scali also score
DragRaceCentral.com: Dixon, Scelzi, Coughlin and Scali Win at Fram-Autolite Nationals
Biela, Werner win Le Grand Prix De Trois-Rivieres
August 4, 2003
AmericanLeMans.com: Race Summary
Motorsport.com: Biela and Werner dominate at Trois-Rivieres
SpeedArena.com: Audi Teams Take Impressive Revenge
SpeedTV.com: Joest Audi Team Storms Trois-Rivieres
What to do?….
August 4, 2003
Williams is on the horns of a major delimma. Replace Ralf for the rest of this years races to avoid the ten position penalty and secure (hopefully) the Constructors Title, or let the chips fall where they may?
Junqueira wins, takes points lead from Tracy
August 4, 2003
Bruno Junqueira dealt with the stress of heavy rain, red flags, and a damp track to win the Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America. By doing so Bruno also took the series points lead away from the recently dominant Paul Tracy who crashed out on the third restart. Bruno now leads the series by three points….
CART.com: JUNQUEIRA WINS AT ROAD AMERICA, TAKES SERIES LEAD
CART.com: Race Results
Not Tony’s day….
August 3, 2003
As a native Hoosier, you’ve gotta believe winning the Brickyard 400 would be far bigger for Tony Stewart than winning the Daytona 500. He has been frustratingly close in prior races and today seemed like his day….
Brickyard 400 results
August 3, 2003
Kevin Harvick wins by coming from behind late in the race.