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Agreed, evo. If all street circuits were like Surfers Paradise or St. Pete then I wouldn't have such a problem with all the road courses being dropped from the schedule.
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Agreed, ego, Dov.....this seems to be so slapped together with all sorts of funding and approval continegncies and money-laundering through a charity that anything is possible.
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Man, did you just call me ego? Are you trying to tell me something?
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He got the c and the g around the wrong way. Which means 'Dov' is a step away from being called 'Dog'. Here poochie poochie.
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And I got the v and c around the wrong way. I'm outta here...
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Sorry, evo.......just a bad typo!
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Courtesy of zerO.
UPDATE: Latest from the Grapevine is that Ralph Firman has resumed his quest to land a ride in Champ Car... besides the fact of Justin Wilson being signed by RüSPORT to partner AJ.Allmendinger and now Michel Jourdain looking for a ride... Probable 2005 line-up: 1. NEWMAN/HAAS - #1 - Sebastien Bourdais 2. NEWMAN/HAAS - #2 - Cristiano DaMatta 3. NEWMAN/HAAS - #6 - Bruno Junqueira 4. FORSYTHE - #3 - Paul Tracy 5. FORSYTHE - #7 - Rodolfo Lavin 6. FORSYTHE - #27 - David Martinez Leon or Michel Jourdain or Memo Rojas or Homero Richards or Roberto Gonzalez or Rafael Martinez or Andrew Ranger or Jaroslav Janiš or Michael Valiante or Jon Fogarty or Andreas Wirth or Alex Figge 7. WALKER - #5 - Mario Haberfeld 8. WALKER - #15 - Michael Valiante or Brian Sellers or Jonathan Macri or Richard Lyons o Ralph Firman 9. WIGGINS - #4 - Ryan Hunter-Reay or Michel Jourdain 10. WIGGINS - #55 - Mario Dominguez 11. COYNE - #19 - Oriol Servia or Jos Verstappen or Andrew Ranger or Jon Fogarty or Ralph Firman 12. COYNE - #29 - Gaston Mazzacane 13. BACHELART - #14 - Nelson Philippe 14. BACHELART - #34 - Ralph Firman or Ryan Hunter-Reay or Michel Jourdain or Jos Verstappen or Townsend Bell or Ryan Dalziel or Andrew Ranger 15. KALKHOVEN - #12 - Jimmy Vasser 16. KALKHOVEN - #21 - Björn Wirdheim or Ryan Dalziel or Andrew Ranger 17. GENTILOZZI - #8 - Alex Tagliani 18. GENTILOZZI - #17 - Guy Smith or Michael Valiante or Giorgio Pantano or Andrew Ranger 19. RUSSO - #9 - Justin Wilson 20. RUSSO - #10 - AJ Allmendinger Possible entries in 2005: 21. COYNE - #11 - Jaroslav Janiš or Nico Pastorelli or Andreas Wirth or Michael Keohane or Jaime Melo or Homero Richards or Roberto Gonzalez 22. BACHELART - #24 - Bas Leinders or Rodolfo Gonzalez or Rafael Martinez or Ricardo Sperafico or Nico Pastorelli 23. FITTIPALDI - #20 - Alex Sperafico or Ricardo Sperafico or Jaime Melo or Ricardo Zonta or JP.DeOliveira or Christian Fittipaldi 24. KALKHOVEN - #22 - Christian Murchison or Josh Hunt or James Courtney 25. JENSEN - #23 - David Sterckx or Adam Pecorari or Antoine Bessette or Andrew Ranger or Ryan Dalziel or Jonathan Macri 26. LEBERLE - #33 - Giorgio Pantano or Ralph Firman or Jos Verstappen btw, for an updated picturesque version of the probable 2005 line-up and other possibilities -> go to www.champcarfan.com and click on the "Line-Up" thingy ?! |
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25 Nov 2004, 04:09 (Ref:1163445) | #261 | |
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I agreed with your statement about street courses if they were good ones and it would take some sting out of losing the real road courses.
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Now that the mayor has announced the race, etc. CC would lose all future credibility when trying to setup new races if San Jose doesn't happen.
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Can anyone name any drivers who AREN'T being linked to the third Forsythe car? Has anyone got any info on Homero Richards, Alex Figge, David Martinez Leon and Andreas Wirth?
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UPDATE: Latest from the Grapevine is that Forsythe Racing will field three or four cars next year - the first two which will be sponsored by Corona will be in the hands of Paul Tracy and Rodolfo Lavin, the other one or two will wind up either in Czech hands (Enge and/or Janis) or Mexican drivers will be employed - it all depends where the $$$ will come from... BUT, there is a strong possibility that Forsythe will go with a better driver rather than the driver who has more money to come in with ?! Probable 2005 line-up: 1. NEWMAN/HAAS - #1 - Sebastien Bourdais 2. NEWMAN/HAAS - #2 - Cristiano DaMatta 3. NEWMAN/HAAS - #6 - Bruno Junqueira 4. FORSYTHE - #3 - Paul Tracy 5. FORSYTHE - #7 - Rodolfo Lavin 6. FORSYTHE - #27 - Tomaš Enge or Jaroslav Janiš 7. WALKER - #5 - Mario Haberfeld 8. WALKER - #15 - Michael Valiante or Brian Sellers or Jonathan Macri or Richard Lyons or Ralph Firman 9. WIGGINS - #4 - Ryan Hunter-Reay or Michel Jourdain 10. WIGGINS - #55 - Mario Dominguez 11. COYNE - #19 - Oriol Servia or Jos Verstappen or Ralph Firman or Andrew Ranger 12. COYNE - #29 - Gaston Mazzacane 13. BACHELART - #14 - Nelson Philippe 14. BACHELART - #34 - Ralph Firman or Ryan Hunter-Reay or Michel Jourdain or Jos Verstappen or Townsend Bell or Ryan Dalziel or Andrew Ranger 15. KALKHOVEN - #12 - Jimmy Vasser 16. KALKHOVEN - #21 - Björn Wirdheim 17. GENTILOZZI - #8 - Alex Tagliani 18. GENTILOZZI - #17 - Guy Smith or Michael Valiante or Giorgio Pantano or Andrew Ranger 19. RUSSO - #9 - Justin Wilson 20. RUSSO - #10 - AJ Allmendinger Possible entries in 2005: 21. FORSYTHE - #28 - Jaroslav Janiš or David Martinez Leon or Memo Rojas or Homero Richards or Rafael Martinez or Roberto Gonzalez or Andrew Ranger or Alex Figge 22. COYNE - #11 - Roberto Gonzalez or Nico Pastorelli or Andreas Wirth or Tonis Kasemets or Michael Keohane or Jaime Melo or Homero Richards 23. BACHELART - #24 - Bas Leinders or Rodolfo Gonzalez or Rafael Martinez or Ricardo Sperafico or Nico Pastorelli 24. FITTIPALDI - #20 - Alex Sperafico or Ricardo Sperafico or Jaime Melo or Ricardo Zonta or JP.DeOliveira or Christian Fittipaldi 25. KALKHOVEN - #22 - Christian Murchison or Josh Hunt or James Courtney or Ryan Dalziel or Andrew Ranger 26. JENSEN - #23 - David Sterckx or Adam Pecorari or Antoine Bessette or Andrew Ranger or Ryan Dalziel or Jonathan Macri 27. LEBERLE - #33 - Giorgio Pantano or Ralph Firman or Jos Verstappen btw, for an updated picturesque version of the probable 2005 line-up and other possibilities -> go to www.champcarfan.com and click on the "Line-Up" thingy ?! |
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7 Dec 2004, 17:38 (Ref:1173635) | #265 | ||
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In business new today...
Canadian billionaire Gerry Schwartz's Onex Corp. has purchased American Medical Response (AMR). AMR is sponsoring one of Dale Coyne's cars in 2005, a fact that Schwartz would have know as he investigated the company before purchasing. Going out on a limb, perhaps Michael Valiante's test for Coyne last week is related to new sponsorship that Schwartz will bring to the table to put a Canadian driver in the seat? |
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Hmmm, very interesting. Thanks for the info, Ac.
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For those that don't know Gerry Schwartz/Onex specializes in buying companies, turning them around and selling them, just like KK (although KK's seems to have specialized in one particular industry). He's struck me as rather blood thirsty, I don't know if it will have any impact on AMR sponsorship CC in the future, but I think it might put some doubt on 2006 sponsorship.
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it looks like we can put some new names on the rookie testing list:
Rumor/reporting is that the Dutch drivers Christijan Albers (DTM) and Euro F3000 champion Nicky Pastorelli will test a Champ Car for Walker Racing at Sebring on December 14... Albers has recently tested for Formula 1 teams Jordan and Minardi, while Pastorelli has been driving the new Formula Superfund chassis... I think the 25 years old Albers would be a great addition... he is fast and agressive and well known in Europe, DTM: 2nd in 03 (4 wins) and 3th in 04... also Former F3000 champion and Jaguar's 'Friday' tester Björn Wirdheim (confirmed is that he is released from his contract with Red Bull so that he can pursue other opportunities) who will try the PKV Champ Car again in December... but of course I hope to see Michael Valiante in 2005! |
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ok then back on topic
I see that a young Aussie driver marcus marshall recently tested for Coyne I believe and set some very good times. Maybe he could be a dark horse for a ride next year. he usually drives a Porsche in the carrera cup down here in oz and is right at the front most of the time. he also competed in the carrera cup round at the Indy F1 Grand prix and did a very good job. he certainly is talented but really hasnt spent alot of time in open wheelers besides Formula Ford. But he has a big future in the sport whether he has a roof over his head or not. Welldone Marcus Marshall |
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9 Dec 2004, 06:16 (Ref:1174996) | #270 | |
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I do hope we get at least one australian driver for next year.
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This thread has become too off-topic, so I've culled the last few pages and put them into a new thread called Carpentier.
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So there is still hope of my dream, seeing Champ Car at Interlagos, being realized
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