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perhaps both of their drivers will end up at rahal and rahal will stay a 3 car team.
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From Curt Cavin's October 24th entry in his Q&A column at IndyStar.com:
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'Franchitti likely at AGR' Based on what?
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"still looks like Dario" could simply mean Cavin hasn't heard anything he considers solid enough to suggest that Franchitti would end up elsewhere.
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2004 Indy 500 winner Buddy Rice will drive in the last round of the Champ Car World Series at Mexico City for Forsythe in replacement of AJ Allmendinger.
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It says that Rice is a one-off-deal for now, and that he would want it to lead to running in Champ Car next year....and he said the latter because he doesn't have a seat anywhere as of right now.
Unless Forsythe said that he will run at Mexico City, plus the 2007 season, then I don't think that you can reasonably jump to that conclusion, luke Last edited by Tim Northcutt; 26 Oct 2006 at 17:07. |
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Read my post, Luke...and read Rice's quote.... Bottom line: Mexico City is a one-race ride...a "try-out" in Rice's words... Rice would like to run in Champ Car next year....but nowhere in that article does it say that Rice is signed by Forsythe or anyone else for the 2007 season... Nowhere... It is a HUGE Leap to say that Rice will not be in the IRL simply because he has a one-race ride with Forsythe... Based on what I've seen of Buddy Rice on road courses (with the exception of Infineon in 2005), there are many drivers out there who have more road racing talent than Buddy Rice.... But that is just my opinion. |
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Just in case you're wondering which of your quotes I disagree with... Granted...Forsythe or someone else "could" sign Rice to a 2007 Champ Car contract... But this one-time ride with Forsythe does not "count Rice out' of any racing options for next season....whether it is in CC, NASCAB Trucks, the IRL, or whatever... |
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I didn't doubt that Rice was going to race at Mexico City...
I doubt that you, or anyone can "Count Rice out" of any driving options based simply on a one-race stint when the guy has not been signed by anyone for 2007 in any racing series... My guess is that Forsythe will test people in Florida over the winter to get the best possible replacement for Allmendinger. Rice might be one of those people invited....then again, he might not...guess we'll have to wait and see. |
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I almost forgot, but since this is the silly season thread I just have to ask:
What's Greg Ray up to these days? Has he dropped racing completely or would he like to come back, either as a teamowner or driver, if for example sponsorship becomes available? |
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good question risty,
Tim, Team Owner, any hints about it? |
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More chance that Hornish will fully move to NASCAR later on...
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Unlike with Allmendinger I'm not so sure it's a done deal Hornish will move to NASCAR full time in a couple of years - it probably depends quite a lot on how he performs. If he, like for example Paul Tracy, is having a rather mediocre time doing stock car races I think he'll stick to IndyCars. - - On a different matter... From SpeedTV.com: Quote:
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Where has Kosuke gone? Panther?
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D&R says they have not confirmed an irl program for next year and may vault over to champcar for next year(plea for tonybux).
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Dario should be signed and confirmed for AGR for next year in both the IRL and the ALMS program for races that do not conflict with the IRL schedule.
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