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CHAMPCAR/CART: Ford Racing interview with Bruce Wood - Cosworth

Mon, 11 Feb 2002 05:35:20 +0000

Greetings from Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca and CART Spring Preview. Andrew Punzal is off running the downhill venue's media center at the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City the next couple of weeks, so bear with me as I attempt to fill in this weekend ...CART will announce some rules changes for 2002, and also for 2003-2006 at 5 p.m. PT. Bruce Wood, director of Cosworth's CART ... Keep reading

CHAMPCAR/CART: Monterr?y: Lola Cars Saturday qualifying report

Sun, 10 Mar 2002 05:35:20 +0000

Fernandez Retains Pole For Monterrey Race Team uses strategy to gain second title point Saturday morning sunny skies and warm temperatures gave way to dark clouds and rain, just in time for mid-afternoon CART final qualifying for the 2nd annual Tecate Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey. This season opener, held at Fundidora Park in center-city Monterrey, Mexico, will be paced ... Keep reading

CHAMPCAR/CART: Milwaukee: Lola race report

Mon, 03 Jun 2002 05:35:21 +0000

Tracy, Fernandez, Papis hog Milwaukee podium; girst Lola points sweep for 2002. The 110th CART victory for Lola Cars came at the site of its landmark 100th win, as Paul Tracy and the #26 Team KOOL Green Lola/Honda squad parlayed a second starting spot into a convincing victory in the Miller Lite 250 at The Milwaukee Mile. The Canadian led pole man Adrian Fernandez (#51 Tecate/Quaker ... Keep reading

IRL: Texas: Mo Nunn Racing qualifying report

Fri, 07 Jun 2002 05:47:51 +0000

Felipe Giaffone #21 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Chevrolet G-Force Boomtown 500 - Thursday, June 6, 2002 - Qualifying Notes/Quotes Texas Motor Speedway - Fort Worth, Texas - 1.5-Mile Oval Round 6 of 15 on the 2002 Indy Racing League Felipe Giaffone and the #21 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Chevrolet G-Force will start from the outside of the ninth row in Saturday night's Boomtown 500 Indy ... Keep reading

IRL: Pikes Peak: Event happenings

Fri, 14 Jun 2002 05:47:51 +0000

FOUNTAIN, Colo., Wednesday, June 11, 2002 -- Event happenings leading up to and during the Radisson Indy 225 on June 15-16 at Pikes Peak International Raceway: SCHEDULE: The Radisson Indy 225 starts at 2 p.m. (MDT) June 16. MBNA Pole Qualifying starts at 3:45 p.m. June 15. Practice sessions start at 10 a.m. (two groups) and 12:45 p.m. (two groups) June 15 and 9:30 a.m. (all ... Keep reading

CHAMPCAR/CART: Chicago: Ford Racing preview

Wed, 26 Jun 2002 05:35:21 +0000

TEAM RAHAL LOOKING FOR REPEAT VICTORY IN CART GRAND PRIX OF CHICAGO - Team Rahal heads to the Chicago Motor Speedway this weekend with hopes of duplicating last season's performance and capturing its first victory of the season. A year ago Kenny Brack led 59 laps, including the final 19, en route to capturing his third victory of the season in front of second-place finisher Patrick ... Keep reading

CHAMPCAR/CART: Chicago: Lola race report

Mon, 01 Jul 2002 05:35:22 +0000

Hot three-peat for Da Matta at Chicago leads Lola trio to podium once again. As the Champ Car contingent wages war to "get Shorty", Cristiano da Matta continues to pile up the wins in the Newman-Haas Racing #6 Havoline Lola/Toyota. After watching Brazil nab the World Cup this morning and having his hair shorn to resemble that of ace player Ronaldinho, da Matta went on to win ... Keep reading

CHAMPCAR/CART: Vancouver Friday qualifying results

Sat, 27 Jul 2002 05:34:06 +0000

Pos Car Driver               Laps       Time     Gap  To 1st   Speed     Gap  To 1st
--- --- -------------------- ---- ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
 1.  26 Paul Tracy             10   1:01.888                 103.600
 2.  44 Scott Dixon            12   1:01.939   0.051   0.051 103.515  0.085   0.085
 3.  12 Kenny Brack             9   1:01.948   0.009 ... Keep reading

CHAMPCAR/CART: Vancouver: Team Motorola race report

Tue, 30 Jul 2002 05:34:06 +0000

VANCOUVER, B.C., Canada (July 28, 2002)-- Team Motorola and driver Michael Andretti had a long day on the 1.781-mile street circuit in downtown Vancouver during the 100-lap Molson Indy. A first turn incident with Christian Fittipaldi looked like it might end the day when contact knocked Andretti off course but a quick bump start by the safety crew and Michael was back in action ... Keep reading

CHAMPCAR/CART: Elkhart Lake: Newman/Haas race quotes

Mon, 19 Aug 2002 05:34:12 +0000

Havoline Driver da Matta won his eighth race in the past 14 CART FedEx Series events today at the CART Grand Prix Of Road America - Lilly driver Fittipaldi finished sixth. CRISTIANO DA MATTA, #6 Havoline Toyota-Lola-Bridgestone: "We came into this race thinking we needed to finish the race more than anything else. Anything we brought home better than fifth place, we were going to ... Keep reading

CHAMPCAR/CART: L'?quipe Player's premi?re s?ance d'essais libres d'Australie

Sat, 26 Oct 2002 05:34:13 +0000

Dix-septième étape (17e) de la Série de championnat CART FedEx, première séance d'essai en préparation du Honda Indy 300. Surfers Paradise, Australie, 25 octobre 2002 - Patrick Carpentier et son coéquipier Alexandre Tagliani, de l'équipe Player's, ont complété leur première séance d'essai sur le circuit urbain de Surfers Paradise en préparation du Honda Indy 300 qui sera disputé ... Keep reading

CHAMPCAR/CART: Mexico City: Newman/Haas pre-race notes, quotes

Thu, 14 Nov 2002 05:34:14 +0000

CRISTIANO da MATTA, #1 Havoline Toyota-Lola-Bridgestone: 100 % WIN AVERAGE IN MEXICO: Da Matta won both Champ car events he has run in Mexico (Monterrey - 2001 & 2002). He led 32 laps from a second place start to win the 2001 season opener in Monterrey and led 52 laps from a fifth place start to win the 2002 season-opener there. If he wins in Mexico City, he would have started ... Keep reading

CHAMPCAR/CART: Mexico City: Patrick Racing Saturday qualifying report

Sun, 17 Nov 2002 05:34:14 +0000

Visteon/Patrick Racing shows improvement Servia qualifies 16th for inaugural Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante. MEXICO CITY, MEXICO -- SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2002 -- Round #19 of the 2002 FedEx Championship Series - Visteon/Patrick Racing showed significant improved as driver Oriol Servia qualified 16th today for tomorrow's inaugural Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante presented by Banamex/Visa at ... Keep reading

IRL: Foyt names Beechler to drive No. 14, Salazar returns

Mon, 04 Feb 2002 05:47:50 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2002 - A.J. Foyt has named Donnie Beechler as the driver of the No. 14 Harrah's car for the 2002 Indy Racing League season, filling one of the most coveted seats in open-wheel racing. Eliseo Salazar returns to the Foyt Racing team for his third straight season after finishing the last two years in the top five in the Indy Racing League point ... Keep reading

IRL: Test in the West Phoenix day three report

Mon, 11 Feb 2002 05:47:50 +0000

Hornish Saves Best For Last, Leads Final Test Day At Phoenix AVONDALE, Ariz., Saturday, Feb. 9, 2002 - Defending Indy Racing League champion Sam Hornish Jr. ended the annual Indy Racing League Test in the West with authority Feb. 9, posting the fastest lap of the two days of testing at Phoenix International Raceway. Hornish's best lap was 20.0219 seconds, 179.803 mph in the No ... Keep reading

IRL: Indy Racing drivers preview

Fri, 26 Apr 2002 05:47:50 +0000

FONTANA, Calif., Friday, April 26, 2002 -- The True Value International Race of Champions Series will contest Round Two of its four-race season April 27 at California Speedway, with Indy Racing League drivers entering the race on a roll. IRL drivers captured three of the top five spots in the season opener of racing's "all-star game" on Feb. 15 at Daytona International ... Keep reading

IRL: Indy 500: Notebook 2002-05-24

Fri, 24 May 2002 05:47:51 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS, Friday, May 24, 2002 -- Indy Racing Online (www.indyracing.com), the official World Wide Web site of the Indy Racing League, has attracted more than 200 million hits -- a record -- during May as of May 24. The site had 191 million hits during the entire month of May in 2001, the previous record. Site traffic was especially heavy on Pole Day, May 11, according to ... Keep reading

CHAMPCAR/CART: Milwaukee: Team Player's race report

Mon, 03 Jun 2002 05:35:21 +0000

Misfortune strikes twice on the Milwaukee Mile for Team Player'S drivers Carpentier and Tagliani. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 2, 2002 Team Player's drivers Patrick Carpentier and Alex Tagliani endured the same fate on Sunday as electrical problems forced them to retire from the 250-lap FedEx CART Championship race on the Milwaukee Mile oval on laps 100 and ... Keep reading

IRL: Texas: Firestone qualifying report

Fri, 07 Jun 2002 05:47:51 +0000

Team Cheever Red Bull Infiniti effort earns Boomtown 500 front row. Tomas Scheckter nailed down the pole for Saturday's Boomtown 500 with a 220.146 mph lap, while his boss/teammate Eddie Cheever Jr. will join him on the front row via a speed of 219.065 mph. Cheever was quick to point out the confidence his team has in Firestone tires, saying "I haven't had one problem with my tires ... Keep reading

CHAMPCAR/CART: Toyota carrera Chicago

Mon, 01 Jul 2002 05:35:22 +0000

DA MATTA Y JUNQUEIRA HACEN EL TERCER 1-2 EN CHICAGO - Por tercera carrera consecutiva autos propulsados con motores Toyota hicieron el 1-2 con Cristiano da Matta en primero, quien superó Bruno Junqueira por tan sólo 0.660 milésimas de segundo. Tora Takagi igualó el mejor resultado de su carrera, mientras que Scott Dixon completó los cuatro Toyotas entre los seis primeros, al ... Keep reading