Castroneves Gives Toyota Third Straight Pole at Fontana
October 2, 2004
Helio Castroneves put his Marlboro Toyota on the pole for a third consecutive race in qualifying for Sunday’s Toyota Indy 400 at the California Speedway. The pole is the fourth of the season for Castroneves and his second straight Toyota Indy 400 pole.
Nemechek On EA Sports 500 Pole
October 1, 2004
Joe Nemechek won his third career Talladega Bud Pole on Friday, taking the top starting spot for Sunday’s EA Sports 500.
Newman/Haas Staying - da Matta Coming Back?
October 1, 2004
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Champ Car team owner Carl Haas has confirmed that his team will be back in Champ Car in 2005 and will have the same driver lineup of Bruno Junqueira and soon-to-be champ Sebastien Bourdais. Fortunately Haas was able to iron out his differences with his team co-owner Paul Newman.
British GP Axed for 2005
October 1, 2004
In yet another beautiful illustration of the ills currently plaguing F1, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone has been left off the provisional 2005 Formula 1 race schedule.
Trulli Will Race At Suzuka
October 1, 2004
After initially stating that their newly acquired driver Jarno Trulli would wait until next year to drive an F1 race again, Toyota has announced that Jarno will pilot the car at Suzuka instead of Ricardo Zonta who had been filling in since the team sacked Cristiano da Matta. Additionally, Olivier Panis, who had announced that he would retire to a testing role with Toyota at the conclusion of the 2004 season, has been coerced into retiring one race early. This will allow Ricardo Zonta to pilot Panis’ car in the GP or Brazil, his home race.