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31 Oct 2003, 21:02 (Ref:769631)
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Taylor to Panther - official!
"I am delighted to have been selected to driver for Panther Racing and Menards/Johns Manville," Taylor said. "This is a great opportunity for me and I would like to thank John Menard and everyone at Panther Racing for making this possible."
"Mark ran a full day of testing for us at Texas Motor Speedway and was turning very competitive laps almost immediately," John Barnes, co-owner of Panther Racing said. "He has proven throughout his career that he knows how to find victory lane, and we are looking forward to watching him grow into a solid IndyCar Series competitor." Well done Mark, after this year you bloody deserve it  Full story. |
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31 Oct 2003, 21:06 (Ref:769635)
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Mark Taylor in IRL
Mark has been confirmed tonight as the driver of the No 2
Menards/Johns Manville Dallara entered by Panther Racing. So the "curious decision" to go abroad to pursue his career did pay off. He will test at Phoenix during the first week of December. 
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31 Oct 2003, 21:07 (Ref:769637)
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Seems we were posting simultaneously DF. Great news heh!
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31 Oct 2003, 22:06 (Ref:769688)
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NO Shizzle?
Wow this seems like a left field pick for panther doesn't it? And on the somber notion of target- who will fill the second car there? 
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31 Oct 2003, 23:20 (Ref:769742)
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I don't know where you have been gt, but Mark has been in pole position for this seat ever since he won in Kansas from the back of the grid. You had to be there!
Re Target, I think they will leave a suitably respectfull period before announcing a replacement. |
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31 Oct 2003, 23:38 (Ref:769755)
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so the panther team will run mark taylor in the #2 and tomas scheckter in the #4
 lets hope mark does better than aj foyt IV - i think he will 
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1 Nov 2003, 00:10 (Ref:769772)
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i missed that kansas race actually and so the delay
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1 Nov 2003, 01:31 (Ref:769804)
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Congrats to Mark, he looks promising...
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1 Nov 2003, 23:35 (Ref:770424)
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an obvious choice , well done to Mark Im sure he will perform very well indeed , can I hear Rokkie of the year calling ????
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6 Nov 2003, 11:49 (Ref:774723)
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I bet picking taylor was a tough choice (not!)
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6 Nov 2003, 12:28 (Ref:774749)
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Now that Manning is confirmed as well, the 'Battle of the Brits' will add an interesting twist to 2004
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6 Nov 2003, 13:00 (Ref:774781)
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The only factors counting agaisnt Mark at first will be the need to adjust to the IRL, as the IPS standard isn't as high, and the potential friction between Menard and Pantehr's people. Merging two racing teams with distinct characteristsics can't be easy, epseically if work is divided between the two shops.
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6 Nov 2003, 13:28 (Ref:774809)
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From what it seems (but if you know for sure it's different please tell me) Panther is expected to paly a key role, kore than menard.
If the new hierarchy is clear to everybody there'll be no problem. |
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