GM Racing Notes-Bass Pro Shops 500
October 27, 2003
GM Racing Communications GM RACING WINSTON CUP NOTES & QUOTES; BASS PRO SHOPS/MBNA 500; ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY; OCT. 27, 2003
RICKY CRAVEN, NO. 32 TIDE PONTIAC GRAND PRIX: NOTE: Craven was involved in a crash following a blown engine by Michael Waltrip. He hit the wall in Turn 1 after getting into Waltrip’s oil. “It’s just unfortunate. Michael and I were on the same line and I chased it all the way into the wall. It’s too bad for the Tide Pontiac team. We actually ran much better than it looked. We ran in the top 15 the first 100 laps and then we got caught by a caution. We had no more than pitted and the caution came out. It was a fight uphill from that point on.”
Gordon Wins Under Caution
October 27, 2003
Pit Woes, Newman’s Crash Spoil Tony Stewart’s Day
Hampton, GA - October 27, 2003 - Tony Stewart must have thought he was the apple sitting on top of the head of William Tell’s son Monday. Twice the No. 20 Home Depot Chevrolet had a lug problem on pit stops. The first came when the left front wheel had a lug problem and the second came only about 110 laps from the finish when a nut on the left rear jammed in the air wrench, dropping the Joe Gibbs team from first to seventeenth.
Sombre Championship Ceremony
October 27, 2003
Scott Dixon and the Target Chip Ganassi Racing Team received their Championship awards Sunday in Orlando, under less then ideal circumstances.
si.com: The show goes on
Separated At Birth?
October 27, 2003
2001-2002 IRL Champion Sam Hornish Jr. and 2003 World Series MVP pitcher Josh Beckett…you decide…
Hunter-Reay Wins, Tracy Is Champ At Surfers
October 27, 2003
Surfers Paradise, Australia, October 26, 2003 - Neither heavy rain, hail, thunder and lightning or contact with other cars could prevent Paul Tracy of PF Racing from finishing the Lexmark Indy 300 on Sunday and claiming the first Champ Car title of his 13-year career. Tracy became the first Canadian driver to win a Champ Car crown since Jacques Villeneuve in 1995.
CART.com: Race Results
CART.com: TRACY IS CHAMPION AFTER ACTION-PACKED AFTERNOON
CART-Racing.com: Hunter-Reay wins Surfers Paradise – Tracy is CART Champion
CART-Racing.com: Paul Tracy’s Championship winning Press Conference
CART-Racing.com: Delight at American Spirit Team Johansson
ChampCarNews.com: Surfer’s Wrap-up
Bernstein, Pedregon, Anderson & Savoie Win At Vegas. Pedregon Takes Funny Car Championship
October 27, 2003
Kenny Bernstein, Greg Anderson and Craig Treble also won in their respective categories at the $1.6 million race, the 22nd of 23 events in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.
NHRA.com: Vegas Results
NHRA.com: Sunday Recap
DragRaceCentral.com: Championship Points
Summary of Eliminations
Top Fuel
Funny Car
Pro Stock
Pro Stock Bike
Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 Postponed
October 26, 2003
Hampton, GA - October 26. 2003 - NASCAR officials, faced with day-long rainfall and a poor outlook for better conditons to allow continuing at night, posponed the final laps of Sunday’s Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 until Monday morning at 11:00.
Final Qualifying Results
October 25, 2003
And it’s Sebastien Bordais on pole. Followed by Junquira, Tracy, Tagliani, Fernandez, Servia, Moreno, Dominguez, Jourdain and Salo. It’s Sebastien’s fith career pole. Starting from ninth effecively rules out any win possibity for Michel Jourdain.
cart-racing.com: Sebastien Bourdais takes Surfers Paradise Pole
cart.com: BOURDAIS TAKES POLE… JUNQUEIRA AND TRACY P2 AND P3!
Vegas Friday Recap
October 25, 2003
LAS VEGAS - Tony Pedregon has the provisional No. 1 qualifying spot in Funny Car, moving one step closer to the NHRA POWERade championship. Pedregon went to the top of the qualifying order Friday during the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Tony Schumacher, Greg Anderson and Angelle Savoie also led the way after the second of four qualifying sessions in their respective categories at the $1.6 million race, the 22nd of 23 events in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.
Pedregon leads the category and can clinch the Funny Car championship if he can advance two rounds further than second-place Whit Bazemore. Pedregon used a 4.753-second run at 322.88 mph in his Castrol Syntec Ford Mustang to lead the first day of qualifying.
NHRA.com: Schumacher, Pedregon lead fuel cars but Muldowney earns biggest cheer
DragRaceCentral.com: Schumacher, Pedregon, Anderson and Savoie Lead Qualifying In Las Vegas
SantaMariaTimes.com: Santa Maria’s Johnson sets up top qualifier in Vegas
Dodge Post-Qualifying Notes - Atlanta
October 24, 2003
Newman Captures Ninth Pole Of Season, Second Straight Bud Pole Award
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Friday, Oct. 24, 2003
Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500
Notes Courtesy Dodge Motorsports