Fernández Moves to IRL For 2004
Written by Josh Katinger · March 12, 2004
After the past several days of good news for the Champ Car series, there had to be some kind of a downer. That downer came to Champ Car in the form of losing one of its top teams to the IRL. Mexican Adrián Fernández will take his team and driving skills to the IRL in order to pursue “what is best for our sponsors and the future of Fernández Racing.” Which sounds to me like his sponsor may have said “we want to be in the IRL or you can go find another sponsor.”
This is a big loss in that Adrián is loved by Champ Car’s fanatical Mexican fan base. Fernández was also the oldest driver in the field and the only driver/owner, until this week when Jimmy Vasser announced that he would become driver/owner at the newly renamed PKV racing. With Adrián’s departure Vasser also now takes over the “oldest man in the field” honor, which I’m sure he’s thrilled about.
FernandezRacing.net: Fernández to Contest 2004 IRL IndyCar® Series
Motorsport.com: Fernandez to contest 2004 IndyCar
Motorsport.com: Champ Car statement on Adrian Fernandez
GrandPrix.com: A blow for Champ Cars
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