Hunter-Reay Lands a Seat, da Matta Fast at Fontana Test
March 9, 2005
Ryan Hunter-Reay will join the Rocketsports team after a successful test earlier this winter. Meanwhile, ten Champ Car drivers tested at Fontana, and da Matta was fastest.
Max And Bernie Reap The Whirlwind
March 9, 2005
The whirlwind of controversy of the new regulations this year. Not to mention Max and the FIA’s legal-sporting regulation wrangle with Minardi in Melbourne.
Is Going To The Far East Good For Champ Car?
March 8, 2005
Champ Car is eyeing China and Japan for possible races, even as soon as 2006. Is this a good move for the series? And is the American open wheel oval race going the way off the Dinosaur?
Wheldon Wins in Miami
March 6, 2005
Dan Wheldon took the first victory of the 2005 IRL racing season today at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Wheldon won by a huge margin thanks in part to his teammate and 2004 series champ Tony Kanaan trying to hold off Penske drivers Helio Castroneves and Sam Hornish Jr. Kanaan finished third and Hornish was able to steal second by a fraction of a second.
It’s Fisi Down Under!
March 6, 2005
No, not Quigley, but Fisi! Giancarlo Fisichella has fulfilled a ten year driving ambition by winning the Australian Grand Prix. The Italian Renault driver did it in fine style by leading every lap (Except for pit stop rotations) without serious threat from anyone. Least of all from that Schumacher guy.
Angelelli & Taylor Take Second Straight Rolex Series Win
March 5, 2005
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — In the second-closest finish in Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series history, Rolex 24 At Daytona winners Wayne Taylor and Max Angelelli picked up their second-straight Rolex Series triumph in the Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Scheckter Takes Pole for Toyota Indy 300
March 5, 2005
HOMESTEAD, Fla., Saturday, March 5, 2005 — Tomas Scheckter helped Chevrolet win its first IndyCar Series pole position since 2003 by claiming the Marlboro Pole Award for the Toyota Indy 300.
What’s Wrong with Greg Anderson?
March 5, 2005
Was the 2003 and the 2004 NHRA POWERade seasons a way for Greg Anderson to showcase his tuning and driving talents but now the field has caught up to him? Has the field finally caught up to Anderson or is he and his team slipping? After dominating for the past two years Anderson’s last two races have looked quite pedestrian. Can Anderson overcome his poor start and repeat as champion? If anyone can do it, it is Anderson.
Law Takes First Career Rolex Series Overall Pole Position for Grand Prix of Miami
March 5, 2005
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. (March 4, 2005) — Darren Law is the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series leader in career starts, but Saturday’s Grand Prix of Miami (SPEED Channel, Live, 3 p.m. ET) will be the first time that he will start from the overall pole position in his Rolex Series career.
ESPN2 Providing In-car Simulcast of IRL Season Opener
March 5, 2005
I just wanted to make sure everyone was aware of this one…this could be a very entertaining concept…