Archive for August 1st, 2006
Jeff Gordon Dismisses Indy Comparisons/Achievements
0 Comments Quote selected text Published August 1st, 2006 in NASCAR NewsIf Team DuPont kisses the bricks following this Sunday’s Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, Jeff Gordon will tie achievements set by two racing icons from different sides of the Atlantic. Gordon, a four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and four-time winner at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, can match feats set by two seven-time champions this weekend. Michael [...]
Tracy and Tagliani Patch Things Up
0 Comments Quote selected text Published August 1st, 2006 in MainAlmost as quickly as they came to blows in the pit lane after a crash at the San Jose Grand Prix last Sunday, Canadian Champ Car drivers Alex Tagliani and Paul Tracy have smoothed things over. Tagliani said yesterday that all he had wanted from his fellow Canadian when he confronted him on Sunday [...]
Villeneuve to be Replaced by Robert Kubica in Hungary
0 Comments Quote selected text Published August 1st, 2006 in MainMunich/Hinwil, 1st August 2006. The BMW Sauber F1 Team will take their place on the grid for the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest this coming weekend with a different driver line-up. After his accident at the German Grand Prix last weekend Canadian driver Jacques Villeneuve will not be racing. Test and reserve driver Robert Kubica [...]
Tommy Baldwin Goes Back to Bill Davis Racing
0 Comments Quote selected text Published August 1st, 2006 in NASCAR NewsBill Davis Racing has confirmed that former Robert Yates Racing crew chief Tommy Baldwin Jr. has joined the team effective immediately. Baldwin, who spent four seasons with BDR between 1999-2002, will be the squad’s new competition director. Included in Baldwin’s responsibilities as director for the multicar Nextel Cup effort will be overseeing Bill Davis [...]
Montoya-Ferrari or Renault Offer Would Have Made Him Stay in F1
0 Comments Quote selected text Published August 1st, 2006 in MainJuan Pablo Montoya has fended off McLaren boss Ron Dennis’ assertion that switching to NASCAR for 2007 was an ‘impulsive’ move. The reportedly unilateral announcement, cleared neither by the Colombian racer’s manager or the silver squad, cost Montoya his drive. But 30-year-old Montoya, winner of seven grands prix since 2001, stands by his [...]
Webber/Williams Talks Stall? Webber to Renault or McLaren?
0 Comments Quote selected text Published August 1st, 2006 in MainA close confidante of Sir Frank Williams has put a twist on recent news stories that Mark Webber is likely to take a pay-cut for 2007. Guardian journalist Alan Henry, a long time personal friend of the Grove team’s principal, headlined on Tuesday that the 29-year-old driver is ‘on way out of Williams as [...]
