Carpentier Off To IRL
September 30, 2004
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In some unfortunate news for Champ Car, it is reported that Patrick Carpentier will soon announce that he will be moving over to the IRL with Eddie Cheever’s Red Bull Racing team.
A1 Grand Prix Unveils Final Spec Car
September 30, 2004
London, 30th September. Just six months after the launch of A1 Grand Prix in Dubai, series founder and CEO, His Highness Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum, announces the signing of the first six national seat holders and unveils the final specification of the A1 Grand Prix car.
The United Kingdom, South Africa, China, Portugal, Pakistan and the Lebanon are the first countries to have secured their seats for the unique winter one-make championship commencing in Autumn 2005.
Andretti, Johnson Head Charlotte Tests Again
September 30, 2004
John Andretti and Jimmie Johnson led the unofficial speed parade at Lowe’s Motor Speedway Wednesday night as 26 NEXTEL Cup and Busch Series teams wrapped up NASCAR testing for UAW-GM Quality 500 Week on Oct. 13-16.
The unofficial stopwatches caught Andretti’s No. 14 ppc Racing Ford at 181.751 mph, just a tick faster than the lap he recorded to top the NEXTEL Cup speed chart during Tuesday night’s testing session.
Why Lamborghini Is Not Ferrari
September 29, 2004
The word is out that the “Factory Backed” Krohn-Barbour Lamborghini Racing team is now defunct. It is defunct due to lack of support from the factory.
Enge Replaces Jacques Lazier At Patrick Racing
September 29, 2004
Tainted racer Tomas Enge has signed on to replace Jacques Lazier at Patrick Racing for the final two races of the IRL’s 2004 season. Enge was the Formula 3000 champion in 2002 and made a few F1 starts with the Prost team before his F3000 title was stripped when he tested positive for cannabis at the Hungarian GP.
Should Morgan Lucas have waited?
September 29, 2004
Every drag racer with dreams of running the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series hopes that one day his or her phone will ring and it is a team owner asking for help. Morgan Lucas got that phone call back in July but it wasn’t the circumstances he would have preferred. With the tragic passing of popular Top Fuel driver Darrell Russell, team owner Joe Amato brought in Morgan Lucas and his first race was in Brainerd, Minn. Lucas will only compete in eight races for the remainder of the season and will use this time to prepare for a title run next season. Knowing he would be stepping into a championship caliber car, should Lucas have waited until next year in order to better his chances of being named the 2005 Rookie of the Year?
Ricky Craven Has 9 Lives
September 29, 2004
The man with a million chances in NASCAR and New Hampshire’s favorite racing son, Ricky Craven, will get yet another opportunity to prove his worth in NEXTEL Cup competition this weekend at Talladega. Joe Gibbs Racing has offered their part time #11 car to Craven this weekend. The car will be sponsored by Old Spice.
Earnhardt Jr. on 60 Minutes Tonight
September 29, 2004
The CBS Network’s 60 Minutes news program will air an interview with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. tonight regarding his crash at Sonoma earlier this season. Dale was interviewed by Mike Wallace and has some interesting thoughts about how he managed to get out of his burning race car.
Record Charlotte Purse, Andretti Heads Testing
September 29, 2004
If the total prize money for Lowe’s Motor Speedway’s UAW-GM Quality 500 Week Oct. 13-16 was laid end-to-end in $1 bills, the money would circle the 1.5-mile superspeedway nearly 402 times, covering almost 603 miles.
NASCAR Teleconference - Ryan Newman and Michael Waltrip
September 28, 2004
Our guest this afternoon is Ryan Newman. He is the driver of the No. 12 ALLTEL Dodge. He is also fresh off a victory at Dover, his second win this season, I think, Ryan if I do my math right. He ranks 8th right now in the Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup heading into Talladega.
Ryan has two top ten finishes in five events at Talladega. He finished 11th in the spring race there.