Who is going where and driving what....

[KC]

Here is a list of the CART teams and various prospects. Some are confirmed and some are rumored and some are pure speculation.

Confirmed:

Newman Haas Racing
Christian Fittipaldi, Cristiano daMatta
Toyota Lola

Target Chip Ganassi Racing
Nicolas Minassian, Bruno Junqueira
Toyota Lola

Team Marlboro Penske
Gil deFerran, Helio Castroneves
Honda Reynard

Team KOOL Green
Paul Tracy, Dario Franchitti, Michael Andretti (Motorola sponsorship)
Honda Reynard

Team Sigma Racing
Max Wilson
Ford Reynard

Team Rahal
Kenny Brack, Max Papis
Ford Reynard

Unconfirmed:

Patrick Racing
Roberto Moreno (confirmed)
Adrian Fernandez (still looking for his own team deal)
Toyota Reynard (confirmed)
Possibles: Oriol Servia, Tora Takagi, Johnny Herbert, Buddy Rice, Lee Bentham

PacWest Racing
Mauricio Gugelmin (confirmed)
Scott Dixon (likely)
Toyota Reynard (likely)
Possibles: Johnny Herbert, Tony Renna, Lee Bentham, Jason Bright

Mo Nunn Racing
Tony Kanaan (confirmed)
Jimmy Vasser (likely)
Honda Reynard (likely)
Possibles: Felipe Giafone, Alex Zanardi

Zakspeed Forsythe Racing
Bryan Herta (confirmed)
Zakspeed Swift
Possibles: Marcel Tiemann, Philipp Peter, Jorg Muller

Project Racing Group
Luiz Garcia Jr. (confirmed)
Michael Krumm (likely)
Ilmor Reynard (unconfirmed)

Sports Today Coyne Racing
Ford Lola
Possibles: Alex Barron, Tarso Marques, Takuya Kurosawa

DellaPenna Motorsports
Memo Gidley (confirmed)
Toyota Reynard (unconfirmed)

Player's Forsythe Racing
Alex Tagliani (confirmed)
Patrick Carpentier (likely)
Unknown Reynard

Walker Racing
Tora Takagi (unconfirmed)
Alex Zanardi (unconfirmed)
Toyota Reynard (unconfirmed)

Fernandez Racing (unconfirmed)
Adrian Fernandez
Shinji Nakano
Honda Reynard

Herdez Bettenhausen Racing
Michel Jourdain Jr. (confirmed)
Unknown Lola
Possibles: Mario Dominguez, Memo Gidley, Andreas Montermini

Hogan Racing (unconfirmed)
Unknown engine and chassis
Possibles: Jason Bright, Casey Mears

Swift Panasonic Racing (unconfirmed)
Unknown Swift

[marcus]

still a heck of alot up in the air in that list but definately a bloody lot of good drivers...2001 should be another great year in CART.

[Liz]

Adrian Fernandez - why is he listed as unconfirmed, since he is racing his own team (that was announced) and will be driving for it?

I have read in Le Mans and Sportscar that Jorg Muller has definitely nixed any plans to race in open wheel series as he plans to stay in sports cars.

P.S. I noticed in our paper that the NASCAR people are referring to Robbie Gordon as a "former Champ Car star." STAR?

[bella]

confused yet?

nah, next year's going to be veeery interesting. so long as penske don't go all mclaren on us.
very few teams seem to be sticking to this year's setup. penske seem miles ahead on that font - the stability thing is important. ganassi are going to be fixing one heck of a lot of bent cars next year, newman haas should install a breakdown kit in their cars, consisting of a newspaper, a copy of autosport, and a ready filled out press release, ready for the words 'engine' or 'driveshaft' to be inserted where appropriate.

isn't rahal switching to lola chassis? or have they switched back? i'm confused...

[jamie928]

Wow!!! Thats 33 possible cars for next year!
I would count Della Pena and Hogan out though. It's also a possibility that Vasser may run for Patrick and not Mo Nun.
With testing started already thing should fall into place before to long.

[Crash Test]

Yep- Rahal Lola

Fernandez own team

Vasser Confirmed at Mo Nunn

Della Penna and Walker(?) out

Will Bettenhausen expand?

Who was running the Panasonic team this year?

How about an extra Forsythe seat?

[Liz]

The extra Forsythe seat is the one at Zakspeed.

Vasser has not signed with Mo Nunn (no sponsorship as yet.) and has definitely not signed with Patrick - that is a dead issue.

And Gil is still the best!

[jamie928]

Vasser and Patrick is not dead yet....JV thought he would be signed by Sunday. Word is that people from both sides are still talking about that deal. Walker looks good to be back...maybe.
Panasonic will always go with "King"Hiro and he owns Swift. Servia is in Spain trying to save his Telefonica sponsership...this may be to late to land him a ride unless he can close the deal. If he does..PPI may return.