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And the points debate begins…

…in earnest. Can we at least let Jack, Mat and Mark enjoy the awards banquet and savor their victory for a few days before we start sniping at the system they won by?

vvdailypress.com: Winning, Schminning

More on Montoya to McLaren

With the official announcement of Juan Pablo going to McLaren in 2005, the racing scenario for 2004 becomes very interesting. The first three races of the season will dictate the kind of year both Juan and David Coulthard will have, from a team support perspective. The attached article highlights some of the subtleties we may witness next year.

grandprix.com: The inside story on Montoya and McLaren

Snake Racing Won’t Expand In 04

Most people were expecting a different announcement from Don Prudhomme’s Snake Racing. It was no secret that the team had been working with Melanie Troxel to secure primary sponsorship for a second top fuel team to run with the Snake’s 2002-03 top fuel champion dragster piloted by Larry Dixon. Apparently plans have fallen through. Don takes a political stance saying that it wasn’t in his teams best interests to start a 4th team, but I would guess that the sponsorship just didn’t come together…

RPM.ESPN: Snake Racing won’t add Top Fuel entry

Ferrari Test Drive For Zanardi?

Alex Zanardi’s old buddy Rubens Barrichello trying to get Ferrari to let Alex run a test in a specially modified F1 car. I’m not sure why since the F1 community would never let him compete in the championship (he’d have some kind of “advantage” that the other teams would complain about)…but it would be pretty cool. However I have to wonder how long this will go on for. What’s next? Alex testing a specially modified version of the space shuttle? We don’t need him to test anything anymore…we KNOW he can still race, but he’s mentioned a few times that he wants to move beyond racing…

HomeOfF1.com: Zanardi To Test F1 Ferrari: Rubens
GrandPrix.com: A Ferrari test drive for Zanardi?

Priestley Definitely Done With Racing

Jason Priestley has finally given a definite answer about the future of his driving career following his horrific accident in Kansas in 2002…he’s out…

“It wasn’t my accident that really made me give it up,” Priestley said.

“[Racer] Tony Renna was a really close friend of mine, and he just passed away a couple of weeks ago [in a crash at the Indianapolis Speedway].

“You know, I’ve buried two of my friends in four years [Renna and Greg Moore], and I don’t want to join that club.”

Montoya Confirmed With McLaren in 2005

West McLaren Mercedes is pleased to announce that Colombian driver Juan Pablo Montoya (28) will join the team for the 2005 Formula One season. Juan Pablo Montoya won the International Formula 3000 Championship in 1998 and became the youngest ever CART Champion in 1999 and in the following year he took victory in the prestigious Indianapolis 500 race in his first attempt. He graduated to Formula One in 2001, has claimed three Formula One victories, 11 pole positions and finished third in this years’ World Championship.

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Driver Notes and Quotes

Here are collected notes and quotes from various drivers following the final NASCAR Winston Cup race of the 2003 season (and the final Winston Cup race in the brand’s 33-year history of series sponsorship.)

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Bobby Labonte Leads Last Half Lap at Homestead

Homestead, FL - Bobby Labonte never lost touch with the leaders at Sunday’s Ford 400. His faith in the team and his car kept him from dropping further behind dominating Bill Elliott, something which led eventually to a victory in the final Winston Cup race in a 33-year run.

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Not So Fast Says Cali Speedway

California Speedway has released a statement that though CART has included the venue on their 2004 schedule, California Speedway isn’t ready to host CART again until they are paid back $2.5 million Organizational and Rights fees that were paid to CART to host the last race of the CART season…which was cancelled due to the recent California wild fires.

CART-Racing.com: Fontana statement on 04 slot

Here is the complete body of the statement…

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F1 Teams Continue To Tease Hopefuls

F1 teams that don’t have their driver lineups secured for 2004, namely Minardi and Jaguar, are continuing to toy with the dreams of young drivers. Jag will do a 3-day test for young Austrian driver Christian Klien and America’s Townsend Bell. Of course I’m amped to see an American getting an F1 test, but Alex Wurz is waiting in the wings…and he’s earned this ride.

Minardi is up to its old tricks looking to F1’s developing markets and trying to get a driver that appeals to that market and hopefully pulling sponsorship along with them. Minardi boss tried this before with Malaysian Alex Yoong…and we all know how that turned out. Now Paul is looking to tap Algerian Formula Three driver Nassim Sidi Said…good luck Paul!