Infineon Qualifying Notes & Quotes
June 25, 2005
Jeff Gordon set a new track record in qualifying for Sunday’s Dodge/SaveMart 350 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race at Infineon Raceway. He beat out teammate Jimmie Johnson for pole, giving owner Rick Hendrick the entire front row at the start of the race. Here, thanks to various team and manufacturer sources, is a collection of notes and quotes from Friday’s qualifying.
Rocketsports Racing Dominates Qualifying, Again
June 25, 2005
It should come as no surprise but Rocketsports Racing has once again proven to be the fastest team in Trans-Am. Today as the teams took to Cleveland’s temporary road course at the Burke Lakefront Airport, rookie sensation Klaus Graf, lead the Rocketsport pack to his second consecutive pole in as many races. He was followed closely by team owner/driver Paul Gentilozzi and fellow team mate Tomy Drissi. Of course Rocketsports Racing has set the bench mark for many years in Trans-Am and why shouldn’t they be the fastest?
1,000’s of Live Nudes
June 25, 2005
Ha ha, just kidding, but it got your attention didn’t it? Seriously now lets talk about some racing going on this weekend in Cleveland. That’s right it’s once again time for the Grand Prix of Cleveland in which various SCCA pro series will be participating in support of the Champ Series race to take place Sunday. Now before I talk about the racing I would like to take a minute to talk about Cleveland, a sentimental favorite of mine.
And the Last Shall Be First… Jeff Gordon on Infineon Pole
June 24, 2005
Jeff Gordon, waiting until the last qualifying effort, went onto the road course and dislodged his fellow Hendrick Motorsports driver, Jimmie Johnson, from the pole position. This gives Hendrick both cars on the front row and Gordon’s second pole in two years at the 1.99 mile course near Sonoma, California. Gordon set a new track record of 1:15.950 / 94.325 mph in edging out Johnson by 0.129 sec for the pole, Gordon’s 54th career pole in 419 races and his fifth pole at Infineon.
da Matta Takes Provisional Pole
June 24, 2005
After starting out the season in a less-than-stellar fashion, Cristian da Matta is surging in the middle part of the season.
Tracy Fastest, daMatta Second Quickest
June 24, 2005
The ChampCar race weekend at Cleveland is underway, and daMatta is showing that last week was no fluke, running second fastest in today’s first practice.
Williams F1: Wanted, Engines For 2007
June 22, 2005
With the announcement by BMW to buyout Peter Sauber and his partners and convert the Sauber team to a works BMW team, Frank Williams may find himself engineless in 2007.
Kahne, Mears Crew Chiefs Fined After Michigan
June 22, 2005
Tommy Baldwin, crew chief for Kasey Kahne’s No. 8 Dodge, and Jimmy Elledge, chief for the No. 41 Dodge driven by Casey Mears were both fined for infractions uncovered in pre-race inspections at Michigan last week.
The Tire Problem: F1 Vs. NASCAR
June 22, 2005
The tire “problem” recently encountered at the U.S. G.P. is not unique, it’s occured in NASCAR in the recent past. The difference is how the France family and the FIA responded to the problem. The results indicate that NASCAR scored 100% on their test and the FIA scored zero.
A Dynasty is Born
June 20, 2005
When using the word dynasty in sports often times we think of round ball sports. The Yankees, the 70’s Steelers, 80’s 49′ers, da Michael Jordan era Bulls, and even the current New England Patriots are being called a dynasty. What is a dynasty? Encarta defines a dynasty as a prominent and powerful family or group of people whose members retain their power and influence through several generations. Well so it hasn’t exactly been generations but I think that Audi and Tom Kristensen qualify.