Mexican Confusion Continues
March 17, 2004
On the heels of the departure of Adrian Fernandez to the IRL there is much talk of where Rahal Racing, with young Mexican driver Michel Jourdain Jr., will run this season. Will they follow Adrian’s lead and bolt to the IRL? Or will they stick it out with an increasing unstable looking OWRS/Champ Car series?
Turmoil At McLaren?
March 16, 2004
According to inside sources at McLaren F1, there is great dissension over the lack of performance of this years F1 car. The focus of the concern? None other then Ron Dennis. The back biters within the team are attributing the cars failure after one race to Ron’s lack of attention. That alone must be an indicator of how bad the car really is, and how difficult the fix must be.
Battle Of The Bucks
March 15, 2004
With the annoucement of the defection of Fernandez Racing to the IRL, many folks are now questioning Champ Cars ability to field a race for Long Beach on April 18. The IRL was willing to spend 14 million dollars or more to accquire the road racing assets of CART, and hopefully, put an end to OWRS. However, with the assignment of those rights to OWRS, the IRL is now attempting to solve its problems by making big money offers to the Champ Car teams to join the IRL.
champweb.net: Battle Royal
Driver and Crew Notes From Atlanta
March 14, 2004
Here are collected notes and quotes from drivers and crew following the Golden Corral 500 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race.
Junior Goes From Zero to Hero
March 14, 2004
In NASCAR’s comeback story of the year so far, Dale Earnhardt Jr. atoned for the No. 8 car’s performance last week at Las Vegas by dominating the final laps of the Golden Corral 500. Earnhardt led 55 of the 325 laps but early in the race it looked like a Tony Stewart benefit as he held the fore for 127 laps.
Vegas Track Needs Facelift
March 14, 2004
The Vegas Cup race was about as compelling as championship ice dancing. The hopes that the new rules package and softer tires would promote a racier event went up in smoke within the first few laps of the event, when the field tucked in behind each other for single file racing.
Driver Notes-Atlanta Qualifying
March 13, 2004
Here are collected notes from some drivers following Friday’s qualifying for the Golden Corral 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Newman Takes Atlanta Pole
March 12, 2004
Ryan Newman continued his dominance of qualifying by winning his second pole of the 2004 season for Atlanta Motor Speedway’s Golden Corral 500. Newman qualified first, taking his third straight pole at the 1.54-mile tri-oval south of Atlanta.
Toyota Win First Truck Pole
March 12, 2004
Rookie driver David Reutimann, behind the wheel of Darrell Waltrip’s NTN Bearings Toyota Tundra, gave that marque its first pole position in NASCAR’s Craftsman Truck Series.
F1 Talk Is Cheap…
March 12, 2004
…unless it’s Ferrari talking about the hot weather Bridgestone tire compounds they have been testing in Spain this week. The verdict? According to Rubens Barrichello, they have a very good tire to bring to Malaysia next week. The implication of course, don’t get your hopes up boys, we’ll be just as strong at Sepang as at Albert Park.
I am sure of only one thing, of the collective groan that went up in all the other team offices when this story appeared. Good luck lads, please find some magic in those Michelins, or risk further trampling under the chariots of the scarlet assassins.
eurosport.com: Ferrari’s chilling warning