Chat with Cruz Pedregon
August 26, 2003
On Wednesday, September 3, ESPN will hold a chat session with NHRA Funny Car driver Cruz Pedregon. You can submit your questions early and check out the Cruz web site while you wait!
ESPN providing 13 hours of Indy coverage
August 26, 2003
God bless ESPN…they are providing 13 hours of NHRA coverage from the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park…
DragRaceCentral.com: ESPN/ESPN2 to Provide 13 Hours of Coverage…
MAC TOOLS U.S. NATIONALS TELEVISION SCHEDULE
Saturday, Aug. 30 - Qualifying - ESPN2, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 31 - Qualifying - ESPN, 1-3 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 31 - Budweiser Shootout/Final Qualifying - ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.
Monday, Sept. 1 - NHRA 2Day - ESPN2, 10:30-11 a.m.
Monday, Sept. 1 - Early Eliminations - ESPN2, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 1 - Final Eliminations - ESPN2, 8-11 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 7 - NHRA 2Day - ESPN2, 11-11:30 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 7 - Sportsman Eliminations - ESPN2, 1-2 p.m.
*All times Eastern, check local listings
de Ferran to retire, Hornish to Penske
August 25, 2003
Penske Racing has announced that Gil de Ferran will retire from racing at the end of this season. To no ones amazement he will be replaced at Penske by 2001/2002 IRL Champ Sam Hornish. Winning Indy most likely put the icing on the cake for Gil, not to mention the pair of concussions he received in wrecks this past year. Time to get out while the gettin’ is still good. And now everyone who was freaking out about Sam ditching IRL in favor of NASCAR can just relax…at least for a while…
Robin Miller: Drivers benefit from Penske touch
Yahoo!: Indianapolis 500 Winner Gil De Ferran to Retire; Penske Racing Hires Two-Time Series Champion Sam Hornish, Jr.
WTHR.com: Gil de Ferran retires
Ferrari being written off
August 25, 2003
Lots of people in F1 are writing Ferrari off after a disastrous Grand Prix of Hungary. Michael Schumacher started the race in 8th spot, his worst qualifying effort in 5 years. He also suffered the humiliation of getting lapped by eventual race winner Fernando Alonso. Niki Lauda thinks the writing is on the wall for the Ferrari team…I would not be so fast to count out Ferrari…if Michael didn’t seem to agree with Niki. Time to see how the champions at Ferrari handle the flip side of the F1 coin…
BBC: Ferrari try to stay positive
Planet-F1.com: Lauda Puzzled By Ferrari And Schumi
Jourdain wins in Montreal
August 24, 2003
CART.com: Race Results
CART.com: JOURDAIN WINS IN MONTREAL, TRACY RUNS OUT OF FUEL
CART-Racing.com: Jourdain wins Montreal as Tagliani blows it
Champion Racing wins Road America
August 24, 2003
F1 alums Johnny Herbert and JJ Lehto took Champion racing to victory at Road America today. This is the second win of the season for the team who also conquered Road Atlanta…
Motorsport.com: Race Results
Motorsport.com: Champion Racing cruises to Road America win
JSOnline.com: Herbert, Lehto show the ability to endure
Castroneves wins Firestone Indy 225
August 24, 2003
Team Penske driver Helio Castroneves held off a late race challenge by Sam Hornish to take his car to victory lane at Nazareth Speedway this afternoon. Alex Barron was looking to make it a 3 car charge to the finish but unfortunately hit the wall on lap 199. Castroneves now takes over the lead of the IRL points standing by 25 points over his teammate Gil de Ferran. Pole sitter Scott Dixon had mechanical problems and spent lots of time in the pits, ultimately parking the car before the race was over…
Crash.net: Race Results
More Hornish & Penske
August 24, 2003
Sam Hornish has been rumored to be headed to Penske’s NASCAR/IRL operation since he annoucend he was leaving Panther Racing last week. Current Penske IRL driver and 2 time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves has stated that he would have no problems having Sam as a team mate…
SpeedTV: Castroneves Says Hornish at Penske Fine with Him
Sam is also rumored to ultimately be taking over the #2 Miller Lite mount of Rusty Wallace, however Rusty confirms that he will be driving until at least 2005…
SpeedTV: Rusty Set Through 2005, But…
Alonso gets first F1 win in Hungary!
August 24, 2003
Fernando Alonso stood atop the youngest podium in the history of Formula 1, with Fernando taking the win from the pole followed by Kimi Raikkonen in second and Juan Pablo Montoya in third. Alonso lapped Michael Schumacher who ended the day in 8th place. The podium in Hungary may well foreshadow the future of F1…
Planet-F1.com: Alonso Takes Hungarian Victory
Steve MacLaughlin: Sunday Race
F1Racing.com: Alonso claims record victory in Hungary
Crash.net: Alonso wins Hungarian GP.
Fisichella to Sauber in 2004
August 24, 2003
Italian Giancarlo Fisichella takes a step closer to his dream of driving for Ferrari by moving to Sauber. Sauber is widley known as Ferrari’s “B Team” to which they supply engines and provide some engineering help…
F1Racing.net: Jordan wishes Fisichella well at Sauber