Archive for July 19th, 2006

If you analyze Del Worsham’s 2006 season score card, the results are mixed. He has had a fast race car. It has been consistent, too. However, it seems that every driver he has faced during eliminations in the first half of the season has had a race car that was just a little bit faster.
The [...]

Paul Tracy, driver of the No. 3 Indeck Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone, talks about recent successes in Champ Car, Busch and Grand Am racing. Tracy, a 16-year Champ Car veteran, wishes to continue his recent streak of good luck entering this weekend’s Grand Prix of Edmonton.
HERE WE ARE, MIDWAY THROUGH THE SEASON, YOU ARE SIXTH IN THE POINTS, [...]

First day of testing this week for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, working at the Paul Ricard-HTTT Le Castellet circuit, in the South of France.
Felipe Massa and Marc Gene were in action today, both at the wheel of a 248 F1. The work schedule, which took place on the 2A-b-SC version of the track, revolved mainly around [...]

Today’s IRL headlines
1. Behind the Scenes: DAG Engineer, Nathan O’Rourke, Vision Racing: (Last of a series)
2. Patrick draws cheers in hometown
3. Wheldon sports new colors
4. Of note
1. Behind the Scenes: DAG Engineer, Nathan O’Rourke, Vision Racing: (Last of a series): The DAG engineer often plays a little known role in racing, but that doesn’t [...]

1 Pedro de la Rosa Team McLaren Mercedes 1m17.547 85
2 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1m18.029 128
3 Anthony Davidson Honda Racing 1m18.200 107
4 Jenson Button Honda Racing 1m18.273 92
5 Gary Paffett Team McLaren Mercedes 1m18.518 93
6 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m18.753 92
7 Robert Doornbos Red Bull Racing 1m18.982 52
8 Ricardo Zonta Toyota 1m 18.986 123
9 Alex Wurz [...]

Officials for the Grand Prix of Las Vegas expect to get the green light today from the Las Vegas City Council that will allow the Champ Car World Series to open its 2007 season on April 6-8 with an Indy-car style street race downtown.
“It looks like we’re almost there,” Dale Jensen, one of the owners [...]

With sponsorship and driver lineup announcements for 2007 expected by Labor Day, Wood Brothers/JTG racing will make several personnel moves effective this weekend.
Michael “Fatback” McSwain will assume the duties of crew chief for Ken Schrader’s #21 NEXTEL Cup car. David Hyder will take over Crew Chief duties for Jon Wood’s #47 Busch Series car, as [...]

Watkins Glen International has partnered with Bully Hill Vineyards to work on a potential sponsorship opportunity for Chip Ganassi Racing driver Juan Pablo Montoya for the upcoming Zippo 200 NASCAR Busch Series race on August 12.
“When the announcement was made regarding Montoya’s involvement with NASCAR we thought; what better place for him to race, than [...]

Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Office Depot Ford Fusion, has one Pocono win in his NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series career. As the series heads back to Pennsylvania this weekend, Edwards spoke about his success at the track and other issues as part of the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series weekly teleconference.
IT’S ALWAYS NICE [...]

Jean Todt has received a lucrative offer to stick around as Ferrari’s F1 chief beyond the end of 2006, according to press reports.
Auto Motor Und Sport in Germany claims that the offer of a one-year contract extension, courtesy of Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo, is so attractive that it would be ‘difficult to refuse’. Todt’s [...]