Mile High Nationals build up
July 17, 2003
What to read prior to this weekends Mile High Nationals…
DragRaceCentral.com: Denver Fact Sheet
DragRaceCentral.com: Pre-Race Quotes
TV Coverage:
Saturday, July 19, ESPN will televise two hours of qualifying highlights at 7p.m. (ET).
Sunday, July 20, ESPN will televise one hour of early eliminations at 2:30 p.m. (ET).
Sunday, July 20, ESPN2 will televise three hours of final eliminations at 6 p.m. (ET).
So far so good
July 17, 2003
AutoWeek’s J.P. Vettraino has a point…the CART season hasn’t been as bad as we thought it would be. After all, it is amazing that there has been a season at all given the situation the series has found itself in for the past two to three years. But there is still plenty of time for CART to shoot itself in the foot…
AutoWeek.com: Not Bad, So Far: CART only gets more interesting from here
CART.com: DAVID PHILLIPS’S HALF-TIME ROUND-UP
Zanardi rides again?
July 17, 2003
From cart-racing.com: According to Autosport former Champ Car star Alex Zanardi could return to competitive racing later this season in the final round of the European Touring Car Championship.
Using an adapted BMW 320i, the Italian completed a successful test on Tuesday in Italy and will complete another test at the end of August to determine whether he will race at the season finale on October 19th at Monza…
CART-Racing.com: Zanardi to race in Touring Cars?
On NASCAR’s recent safety issues
July 17, 2003
This season has seen more scray fires than any I can remember. Ryan Newman in Michigan, Jarrett and Schrader at Pocono, and now Bobby Labonte in Chicago. All of these, especially Labonte and Newman, were scary to watch. Seeing fire burning in the cockpit of the car while the driver is still in there is concerning.
There are a few suggestions being put forth by Ryan Newman and others. Personally I’m going to listen to Newman since he not only drives these cars, but also has a mechanical engineering degree from Purdue!
Williams & Renault ready for Silverstone
July 17, 2003
Frank Williams believes that if his team can pull off a win in the British GP, they can truly think about taking the championship away from Ferrari this years…
BBC: Williams prepare for ‘crunch’ race
However the team still fears the possibility of rain. However, Michelin think they will be fine.
Saltire: 2003 British Grand Prix - Preview
The Renault team will come to Silverstone with a revised aero package on their car, now dubbed the R32b…
BBC: Revamped Renault for British GP
With exciting news and energy surrounding both Williams and Renault, it is looking like the reign of King Michael and the red cars may be at, or will soon come to an end.
Tony Schumacher looking forward to “Western Swing”
July 17, 2003
Tony Schumacher, driver of the United States Army sponsored Top Fuel dragster is amped for the NHRA’s stretch of 3 races that start this weekend at Bandimere Speedway…
Mile High preview
July 17, 2003
ESPN’s Bill Stephens previews the NHRA Mile High Nationals…
RPM.ESPN: NHRA set for Mopar Mile-High Nationals
Chevy to run Cosworth
July 17, 2003
They are calling it the Gen IV Chevy Indy V8, but it is made by Cosworth…
RPM.ESPN: Chevy to run Cosworth engine
Motorsport.com: GM chooses Gen IV fix
Nadeau at NHIS
July 17, 2003
SpeedwayMedia.com is reporting that Jerry Nadeau will be at NHIS for the New England 300 this weekend. Of course he won’t be racing, but it will be great to see our Connecticut boy back in the garage area after his life threatening wreck at Richmond.
No. 29 fined, loses points
July 17, 2003
SpeedwayMedia.com is reporting that the Richard Childress #29 car of Kevin Harvick was fined and had points taken away. Crew chief Todd Berrierwas been fined $25,000 for an “unapproved travel limiting device” on the rear suspension. Additionally, NASCAR has taken 25 driver points from Harvick, and 25 team owner points from Childress.