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14 Mar 2002, 12:42 (Ref:234962) | #1 | ||
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Jimmy Vasser to race at Fontana
It would appear that Vasser is prepping for the Indy 500. I kind of like this crossing over, hopefully next year when the specs are similiar we'll see some IRL guys at some CART races. I'm sure Scott Sharp wouldn't mind doing some road courses.
The entry list for Fontana: 14 Airton Dare Harrah's Dallara-Chevy 7 Al Unser Jr. Corteco, Bryant Dallara-Chevy 44 Alex Barron TBA Dallara-Chevy 99 Anthony Lazzaro Norwalk Furniture, BG Products Dallara-Chevy 98 Billy Boat Curb Records Dallara-Chevy 91 Buddy Lazier Coors Light, Tae-Bo, Delta Faucet Dallara-Chevy 51 Eddie Cheever Jr. Red Bull Dallara-Infiniti 11 Eliseo Salazar Bank of Chile Dallara-Chevy 21 Felipe Giaffone Hollywood G Force-Chevy 31 George Mack 310 Racing G Force-Chevy 6 Gil de Ferran Marlboro Dallara-Chevy 3 Helio Castroneves Marlboro Dallara-Chevy 20 Hideki Noda Convergent Racing G Force-Chevy 2 Jaques Lazier Johns Manville, Menards Dallara-Chevy 9 Jeff Ward Miami Heat G Force-Chevy 19 Jimmy Vasser Miller Lite Dallara-Chevy 37 John de Vries Pit Bull Energy Drink, Rhino Cleaning Dallara-Chevy 16 Jon Herb International Star Registry G Force-Chevy 34 Laurent Redon Mi-Jack Dallara-Infiniti 55 Rick Treadway Airlink G Force-Chevy 24 Robbie Buhl Purex G Force-Infiniti 10 Robby McGehee Scottrade Dallara-Chevy 4 Sam Hornish Jr. Pennzoil Dallara-Chevy 8 Scott Sharp Delphi Dallara-Chevy 12 Shigeaki Hattori EPSON Dallara-Chevy 52 Tomas Scheckter Red Bull Dallara-Infiniti |
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good to see Jimmy having a go and I believe hattori is making his first start of the year as well , I dont remember him at Miami , hopefully its a great race.
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Hattori just signed on with Bradley Motorsports (Buzz Calkins old ride) He brings sponsorship from EPSON and also Infinity engines that the team will begin using at Fontana (they will run a Chevy at Phoenix)
This was a ride that some felt might go to Greg Ray, but Hattori came up with the bucks, and money talks, as they say. Vasser and Rahal with Miller Lite are running Fontana as a tune up for Indy, I'm surprised that Team Green isn't doing this as well since CART has such a long break until Long Beach. (April 14) Perhaps their Indy Sponsors (7-11 and Budweiser) don't care to fund another race. Last edited by SevenGrain; 15 Mar 2002 at 00:13. |
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is that the first time IRL has ahd more drivers than CART?
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15 Mar 2002, 13:24 (Ref:235683) | #5 | ||
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no , 33 start the indy 500
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15 Mar 2002, 22:47 (Ref:236006) | #6 | ||
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what about michel jourdain jnr
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yeah it would be good to see Jourdain in there as well , but maybe they are only gonna field the one car for Vasser because of money or something , but Jourdain is pretty good on the ovals so i would like to see him given the chance
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26 cars for Fontana already? That is good news. I was really hoping that they could get together 33 cars.
Remember how pretty that Epson car was? It was never too fast, but it looked good! |
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Ooops... I posted here, then read it, then realized I didn't know what I was talking about. Trying to delete it so I don't look like a phoole...
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hahahahaha , good one macdaddy
and yes as the good doctor said the EPSON car looked great last year and on occasion Hattori had it circulating at a reasonable speed , hopefully this year he can do a good job for the Bradley team , and well done to them on picking up a driver who has a pretty decent sponsor. |
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In 2000, the IRL had more average entries than CART per race. In 2001, CART took the edge back, and in 2002 the IRL has more entries again.
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really, ok then
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