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5 Dec 2002, 14:33 (Ref:443347)
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Cheever to Le Mans and Daytona?
Cheever is planning to race in the Indianapolis 500, the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Daytona 24 Hours next year, despite taking a step back from driving full-time in the IRL. What is thinking about? a Corvette C5-R??
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5 Dec 2002, 14:52 (Ref:443363)
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Nissan 350Z, I'd expect, given his ties with Infinity-Nissan.
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5 Dec 2002, 15:02 (Ref:443373)
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The article has said, Daytona 500, not Daytona 24.
http://www.speedtv.com/auto/?lvl=3a&cat=19&id=4365 "So much for that retirement rumor. Eddie Cheever Jr. settled the speculation today by announcing several new ventures, including plans to compete in the Daytona 500 and 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2003. The Daytona/Le Mans idea was, as of Wednesday, just an idea. But his connections to Europe and General Motors could lead to rides for both events." Last edited by Fogelhund; 5 Dec 2002 at 15:03. |
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6 Dec 2002, 13:33 (Ref:444173)
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no, nissan dropped out of their IRL Programme. he now runs Chevy's in IRL
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6 Dec 2002, 13:35 (Ref:444176)
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So Chevrolet C5-R is the strongest possibility!!
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6 Dec 2002, 15:21 (Ref:444282)
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Does he want to do the Monaco GP too, just to complete the set?
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6 Dec 2002, 16:07 (Ref:444346)
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eieieii Are you forgetting Monte-Carlo rally and Dakar??
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6 Dec 2002, 16:19 (Ref:444360)
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Good for Eddie, getting some classics in at the end of his career. Shows how much he loves motor racing (well his two seasons at Alfa showed that, but....)
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7 Dec 2002, 18:47 (Ref:445164)
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Eddie is a racer, racer because of driving F1, Cart and IRL. I hope he can have much more success in the 24 hrs of Daytona and LeMans because of its prestige and endurance of man and machine.
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7 Dec 2002, 19:41 (Ref:445198)
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Didn't he do Le mans with Jaguar in the 80's?
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8 Dec 2002, 09:12 (Ref:445451)
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Certainly did. '86 and '87.
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8 Dec 2002, 10:19 (Ref:445466)
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It's been a long time since he's turned, right! Hope it's like riding a bike.
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He raced at LM in '81 too in a Lancia
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He has plenty of endurance racing experience going back to the '70s - as a driver for BMW (with the Gp.5 320i; he was a Junior long before he was "Jr."
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 Oh well, I'm always glad to see open-wheel drivers climb out of their ivory towers. I remember how Sullivan, the Unsers and the Andrettis always used to show up for the Daytona 24... Now that was a time...
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