BAR Honda Pick Up The Pace - Final Practice
June 19, 2004
Jenson Button and Takuma Sato set P1 and P3 fastest prequalifying times today at the U.S. Grand Prix. Who you may ask, is in P2? Michael Schumacher.
Ferrari On Top At Indy Practice
June 19, 2004
And the psychological game of cat and mouse continues. The question is who is the cat and who are the mice? Ferrari, as seems part of their continuing strategic approach to each race, have gone out during the first round of practice and set fastest time. In this case it’s Rubens Barrichello who’s fastest practice time is 6 tenths below the current track record.
Michigan Qualifying Notes & Quotes
June 18, 2004
Jeff Gordon, among others, discussed the recent series of problems seen at NASCAR races.
“I saw Mike Helton at the charity event there at Victory Junction Gang Camp and I asked him if I could call him and what would be a good day. We played phone tag this week and we didn’t really get to talk but I talked to him and John Darby when I got here. I think they were thinking along the same lines before I even mentioned anything.”
Bernstein, Medlen, Anderson & Hines Pace Englishtown Qualifying
June 18, 2004
ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Rookie Eric Medlen raced to the top of the Funny Car order Friday after the first day of qualifying at the 35th annual K&N Filters NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.
Brandon Bernstein (Top Fuel), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Bike) also lead qualifying in their respective categories at the $2.1 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event.
Jeff Gordon Leads Michigan Qualifying
June 18, 2004
Jeff Gordon won his 48th career pole position in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup racing Friday at Michigan International Speedway. Following Gordon are fellow Hendrick Motorsports drivers Brian Vickers and Jimmie Johnson.
Is Brian France playing Oscar Wilde to NASCAR’s Dorian Gray?
June 17, 2004
For the non-literati out there in racing land, Dorian Gray was the character whose portrait aged and degenerated as the subject caroused, lived fast, ate, drank and made merry, all the time not aging a day or showing any ill effects of a dissipated life.
Cup Teams Test on VIR’s Road Course
June 17, 2004
VIRginia International Raceway has been rumbling with the sound of NASCAR Nextel Cup engines recently as teams prepare for the upcoming Dodge/Save Mart 350 at California’s Infineon Raceway.
The High Cost of Crashing
June 17, 2004
Old acquaintance Ron Lemasters recently published this commentary about the cost of the Dover “Big One” crash on NASCAR.com.
According to team sources, estimates range from $3 million to $7 million for the cost of the race cars themselves. There were no injuries, except to pride and championship aspirations, so the human cost was thankfully nil.
The Future Of F1 Technology?
June 16, 2004
It is now possible for scientists to “selectively breed” the most favorable race car set-up for any given track under any given set of cirumstances. Yep, combine that with an active suspension as previously banned and what have you got? A damned boring sport, thats what.
Shattered Hopes And Few Illusions
June 16, 2004
Based upon my staunch defense of Michael Schumacher’s talents and team it would be easy to conclude my sympathies and hopes lay in alignment with Ferrari. I will continue to defend the teams accomplishments and refuse to go along with “cooking the regs” or adjusting qualifying to give the slaggard competition a leg up. And that is coming from a McLaren fan.