Tony Stewart Beats Newman
October 12, 2003
Concord, NC - October 11, 2003 - Defending Winston Cup champion Tony Stewart chased down fellow Hoosier Ryan Newman to take the UAW-GM 500 tonight at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
Pole-sitter Ryan Newman held the lead until Bill Elliott and then Jimmie Johnson wrested the lead from him. Newman dropped back to a position between ten and fifteen seconds back of the leader for much of the early stages of the race.
Shoe, Force, Anderson Take #1 Qualy Spots
October 11, 2003
ENNIS, Texas - John Force earned the 117th No. 1 qualifying position of his NHRA career and Greg Anderson is poised to win his first NHRA Pro Stock championship Saturday at the 18th annual O’Reilly Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex.
NHRA.com: Saturday Recap
DragRaceCentral.com Ladders…
Top Fuel
Funny Car
Pro Stock
Monteiro Fastest, Tracy On Pole
October 11, 2003
MEXICO CITY (October 11, 2003) – Reynards appeared to be the chassis to have in Saturday’s final CART Champ Car qualifying session at Mexico City’s spacious Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, but as has been the case most of the season, the man to beat is still wearing the Player’s/Forsythe colors.
CART.com: MONTEIRO FASTEST IN SATURDAY QUALIFYING, TRACY ON POLE!
Motorsport.com: Tracy keeps pole, Monteiro fastest today in Mexico City
CART-Racing.com: Tracy retains Mexico Pole as Monteiro sets the pace
De Ferran Goes Out In Style
October 11, 2003
On the verge of his final IndyCar Series event, Indianapolis 500 winner Gil de Ferran Marlboro Toyota) won his first pole position of the season and fellow Toyota driver Scott Dixon will start beside him to make it an all-Toyota front row for Sunday’s Texas 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway.
Motorsport.com: De Ferran going in style, wins Texas pole
Motorsport.com: Race Lineup
DFW.com: Brazilian will start final race on pole
Millican, Scelzi And Anderson Lead Qualifying At Texas Motorplex
October 11, 2003
ENNIS, Texas - Facing a family tragedy Clay Millican decided to come to Texas after all and the decision could pay off as he qualified at the head of the Top Fuel category Friday at the 18th annual O’Reilly Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex.
Gary Scelzi and Greg Anderson also led the way after the second of four qualifying sessions in their respective categories at the $1.9 million race, the 20th of 23 events in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.
NHRA.com: Friday Recap
DragRaceCentral.com: Millican, Scelzi and Anderson Lead Qualifying
Rubens On Pole, Rain Leaves Contenders Far Down Grid
October 11, 2003
Late session rain in Japan put title contenders Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen far down the grid as Rubens Barrichello captured the pole. Kimi’s already razor thin title hopes seemed dashed when he qualified 8th, but were revitalized when all Schumacher could muster was a 14th place starting position…anything that can happen…will…
GrandPrix.com: Qualifying Results
GrandPrix.com: SATURDAY - QUALIFYING REPORT
PlanetF1.com: Qualy 2: Rubens Grabs Pole
F1Racing.net: Barrichello on pole while weather plays games
Friday Notes - UAW-GM 500
October 10, 2003
Concord, NC - Rain prevented NASCAR from running the schedule Busch Grand National “Little Trees 300″ race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway on Friday evening. The race ran only nine laps under a “green/yellow” condition before it became obvious that the track could not be kept dry enough for racing. Consequently, the BGN race will run on Saturday morning, beginning at 11:00 a.m.
Tracy Takes Mexico Provisional
October 10, 2003
Paul Tracy edged championship points rival Bruno Junqueira out of the provisional pole for Sunday’s Gran Premio Telmex/Gigante. With the points race being so close it was important for Tracy to deliver the crucial extra point and guaranteed front row starting position…
Motorsport.com: Tracy gets Friday bonus point in Mexico
CART.com: Provisional Pole Results
Trulli Earns Provisional Pole In Japan
October 10, 2003
Jarno Trulli again took provisional pole with a 1:30.281. Ralf Schumacher was six thousandths behind and championship favorite Michael came in third. Michael’s only possible championship rival Kimi Raikkonen finished a disappointing fifth…
F1Racing.net: Provisional Qualifying Results
F1Racing.net: Schumacher takes first blood as Trulli tops times
Motorsport.com: Trulli earns Japanese GP provisional pole
Planet-F1.com: Qualy 1: Trulli On Top Again
Mexico Preview
October 10, 2003
There are rumors that the Mexico race is sold out and that the promoters are scrambling to put up more grandstands before Sunday. If this isn’t a clue to CART as to where they should focus their promotions next year I don’t know what is…
CNN/SI: Mexicans increasingly drawn to CART series
ChampCarReview: Mexico City Weekend Schedule
ChampCarNews.com: Mexico City Circuit Page
CART.com: IT’S FIESTA TIME FOR MEXICO’S MAGNIFICENT SIX
SpringfieldNewsSun.com: Paul Tracy Gunning for CART Championship