Good Evening from Richmond/ Quit Smoking in the heart of Tobacco Country/ Danica Patrick in SI/ 2007 Schedules/ “I have a Problem with the Management”
Good Evening from Richmond
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RICHMOND, Va. – Hello everyone from Richmond, Virginia, site of this weekend’s USAC and IRL races at Richmond International Raceway. Today the USAC haulers entered the facility and teams prepared their working areas for this weekend. The IRL also arrived today and conducted an Open Test. Sam Hornish had the fastest test of the day but also hit the wall. The Indianapolis 500 turned a time of 15.7520 seconds, 171.407 mph before the accident. His No. 6 Team Penske car made moderate contact with the turn four wall late in the test ending his day. Fortunately, he was not injured in the accident. The IRL also conducted a rookie session. The extra track time may have helped Marco Andretti to claim the second fastest time of the day. His teammate Tony Kanaan was third quick. Buddy Rice saw his testing time cut short due to a mechanical issue. He returned to the track with about an hour left in the session.
Quit Smoking in the heart of Tobacco Country
Phillip Morris, the folks behind Marlboro have their offices in Richmond. It is only fitting that Chip Ganassi’s boys bring a quit smoking car to RIR. Dan Wheldon will sport a Nicoderm CQ paintscheme this weekend. The paint job may bring the Brit luck as Scott Dixon used a one-off paint scheme to promote Energizer batteries when hew won earlier this month at Watkins Glen.
The SunTrust Indy Challenge presented by XM Satellite Radio goes green a little after 8pm eastern Saturday on ESPN2.
Danica Patrick in SI
Danica Patrick has some new photos at the Sports Illustrated webiste. I said “new, not nude you perverts.
Anyhow the images prominently show her new wedding ring and her in a little black dress and a black workout outfit.
You can see all of the images by clicking on this link. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0606/gallery.danicaportraits4/content.1.html
New Pavement at the Glen
For the first time in ten years, Watkins Glen will close early.
The track is planning to repave Turn 1, Turn 5 or the ‘carousel’, and Turn 6, the first turn going into the extended 3.4 mile Grand Prix course, or the Boot. Some of the paving will address issues concerning emanate water and drainage along the concrete sections of the racing surface.
2007 Schedules
There is a lot of talk right now about the 2007 schedule for USAC, specifically their Silver Crown division.
Traditionally, the series does not release their schedule until at least the fall. The sanctioning organization has to wait on other sanctioning organizations like NASCAR and the IRL to announce their schedules before announcing their own since the series often races with these other two organizations. Bottom line, hold your horses, it will all be ok, I promise.
“I have a Problem with the Management”
Paul Newman is one of my all time favorite Open Wheelers.
Not just because he was in the best hockey movie ever made, Slap Shot. Since the 1969 film Winning ignited his passion for Motorsports, he has been the champion of the sport. He has never seen eye to eye with Tony George. Since the split, Newman has avoided the Indy 500. In an interview with AJ Perez in the May 24, 2006 edition of USA Today www.motorsports.usatoday.com he said the reason for his absence, “I have a Problem with the Management.”
While Kevin Kalkhoven attended this year’s 500 at the request of George, selling Newman on a reunified series may be a tougher task. In the article by Perez, Paul Newman says that he does not want to abandon road racing, specifically tracks like San Jose and Edmonton.
“My preference is really for road racing, open wheel racing,” Newman told USA Today. Reunification may not happen overnight. For every road racing supporter, there is an oval supporter. I have no problem with a half road, half oval schedule. My wish is that all sides will reconcile and become one again. I think it can happen. I hope that the greatest friend of open wheel racing is there to see it happen.
Images courtesy of R.E. Technologies, ESPN, ABC, Indy Racing League, IMS Productions, SPEED, Cham Car World Series, Sports Illustrated and Slap Shot.
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RICHMOND, Va. – Hello everyone from Richmond, Virginia, site of this weekend’s USAC and IRL races at Richmond International Raceway. Today the USAC haulers entered the facility and teams prepared their working areas for this weekend. The IRL also arrived today and conducted an Open Test. Sam Hornish had the fastest test of the day but also hit the wall. The Indianapolis 500 turned a time of 15.7520 seconds, 171.407 mph before the accident. His No. 6 Team Penske car made moderate contact with the turn four wall late in the test ending his day. Fortunately, he was not injured in the accident. The IRL also conducted a rookie session. The extra track time may have helped Marco Andretti to claim the second fastest time of the day. His teammate Tony Kanaan was third quick. Buddy Rice saw his testing time cut short due to a mechanical issue. He returned to the track with about an hour left in the session.
Quit Smoking in the heart of Tobacco Country
Phillip Morris, the folks behind Marlboro have their offices in Richmond. It is only fitting that Chip Ganassi’s boys bring a quit smoking car to RIR. Dan Wheldon will sport a Nicoderm CQ paintscheme this weekend. The paint job may bring the Brit luck as Scott Dixon used a one-off paint scheme to promote Energizer batteries when hew won earlier this month at Watkins Glen.
The SunTrust Indy Challenge presented by XM Satellite Radio goes green a little after 8pm eastern Saturday on ESPN2.
Danica Patrick in SI
Danica Patrick has some new photos at the Sports Illustrated webiste. I said “new, not nude you perverts.
Anyhow the images prominently show her new wedding ring and her in a little black dress and a black workout outfit.
You can see all of the images by clicking on this link. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0606/gallery.danicaportraits4/content.1.html
New Pavement at the Glen
For the first time in ten years, Watkins Glen will close early.
The track is planning to repave Turn 1, Turn 5 or the ‘carousel’, and Turn 6, the first turn going into the extended 3.4 mile Grand Prix course, or the Boot. Some of the paving will address issues concerning emanate water and drainage along the concrete sections of the racing surface.
2007 Schedules
There is a lot of talk right now about the 2007 schedule for USAC, specifically their Silver Crown division.
Traditionally, the series does not release their schedule until at least the fall. The sanctioning organization has to wait on other sanctioning organizations like NASCAR and the IRL to announce their schedules before announcing their own since the series often races with these other two organizations. Bottom line, hold your horses, it will all be ok, I promise.
“I have a Problem with the Management”
Paul Newman is one of my all time favorite Open Wheelers.
Not just because he was in the best hockey movie ever made, Slap Shot. Since the 1969 film Winning ignited his passion for Motorsports, he has been the champion of the sport. He has never seen eye to eye with Tony George. Since the split, Newman has avoided the Indy 500. In an interview with AJ Perez in the May 24, 2006 edition of USA Today www.motorsports.usatoday.com he said the reason for his absence, “I have a Problem with the Management.”
While Kevin Kalkhoven attended this year’s 500 at the request of George, selling Newman on a reunified series may be a tougher task. In the article by Perez, Paul Newman says that he does not want to abandon road racing, specifically tracks like San Jose and Edmonton.
“My preference is really for road racing, open wheel racing,” Newman told USA Today. Reunification may not happen overnight. For every road racing supporter, there is an oval supporter. I have no problem with a half road, half oval schedule. My wish is that all sides will reconcile and become one again. I think it can happen. I hope that the greatest friend of open wheel racing is there to see it happen.
Images courtesy of R.E. Technologies, ESPN, ABC, Indy Racing League, IMS Productions, SPEED, Cham Car World Series, Sports Illustrated and Slap Shot.
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