Gentilozzi “Slides” To Trans-Am Win At Long Beach
April 18, 2004
Part Champ Car ower, part Trans-Am driver Paul Gentilozzi showed that he is not ready for a desk job running the two series just yet. He worked his way past two of the sports top vertans to claim a win at Long Beach today. One of those veterans was his newly signed Rocket Sports Racing team driver Tommy Kendall.
“It was not my plan to get ahead of Tommy but I got into the marbles and just slid into the lead, did not mean to get into Tommy,” explained Paul Gentilozzi.
Stoffer Joins Elite Group Of Female Winners In NHRA History; Bernstein, Wilkerson & Anderson Also Win In Houston
April 18, 2004
|
|
Photo: NHRA.com
|
BAYTOWN, Texas - Karen Stoffer became the seventh woman in NHRA history to win a professional race Sunday, earning the Pro Stock Bike title of the 17th annual O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals at
Houston Raceway Park.
Brandon Bernstein, Tim Wilkerson and Greg Anderson also earned victories in their respective categories at the $1.9 million race, the fifth of 23 events in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.
Rusty Wallace Cements Martinsville Win
April 18, 2004
Rusty Wallace, holding off a determined challenge from Bobby Labonte and avoiding a hole in the track’s concrete turns, won his first race in 105 NASCAR events at Martinsville. Pole-winner Jeff Gordon had his domination of the race ended when a large chunk of concrete from the third turn broke loose and damaged the right-front corner of his Chevy.
Tracy Picks Up Where He Left Off, Wins Long Beach
April 18, 2004
Paul Tracy started the 2004 Champ Car season in the same winning fashion he did a year ago, when he was on his way to the championship. Driving the Indeck/Forsythe Racing Ford/Lola on Bridgestone Potenza tires today, Tracy burst into the lead on the first green-flag lap and controlled the race, winning for the fourth time in Long Beach and 27th time of his career.
Newman-Haas Fill The Long Beach Front Row
April 18, 2004
Bruno Junqueira mainted his provisional pole position and Sebastian Bordais took second for the season opening Champ Car race at Long Beach. Paul Tracy winds up starting in third place. Bruno only manages a 13th place slot in the final round, but no one was able to top his provisional first round speed, hence his claim to pole. Looks like my optimism for a Tracy-Bordais shootout, with a Junqueira factor thrown in, may come to pass.
Bernstein, Densham, Anderson & Hines Top O-Reilly Spring Nationals Qualifying
April 18, 2004
BAYTOWN, Texas - Greg Anderson continues to raise the bar in NHRA Pro Stock racing as he earned the No. 1 qualifying position for the 10th consecutive event Saturday during the 17th annual O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals at Houston Raceway Park.
Tommy Kendall Returns To Trans-Am On Pole
April 18, 2004
LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 17, 2004)
Miracles Or Bad Luck
April 17, 2004
I would settle for either, or anything else that may change the outcome of the Grand Prix at Imola next week. Ralf Schumacher says the Williams F1 car has been improved through 3500 km of testing the past three weeks, but don’t expect any “miracles” against Ferrari. At least in Ralf’s case, a clean and fast effort would be a miracle in it’s own right!
Provisional Pole
April 17, 2004
Newman-Haas driver Bruno Junquirea has grabbed provisional pole at the season opening Champ Car race at Long Beach.
From Pole To Victory Lane
April 17, 2004
Dan Wheldon earned his first IRL victory, as well as earning Honda their first win at their home track, Twin Ring Motegi. All in all it was a dominating performance for Andretti Green Racing, with Tony Kanaan finishing second, Dario Franchitti seventh and Bryan Herta fourteenth. The race left one overwhelming question: Where are you Team Penske? After Sam Hornish’s somewhat giddy season opening win, not much has come from that side of the team, even though Castroneves managed a third place finish yesterday.