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10 Dec 2002, 19:00 (Ref:447186)
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Adrian Fernandez fields team in IRL too,
from http://www.fernandezracing.net/English/index_e.html
Adrian announces that, joining forces with former F1 driver Aguri Suzuki's Super Aguri Co., they create the Super Aguri Fernandez Racing team. Toyota Atlantic driver Roger Yasukawa will drive Dallara Hondas. I think it's okay. As long as Adrian is still in CART, that is. |
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10 Dec 2002, 19:06 (Ref:447187)
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Surprising. I would have bet the farm that Honda would have enticed Fernandez to run Nakano.
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10 Dec 2002, 19:09 (Ref:447188)
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Me too. Question is, what is Nakano doing?
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10 Dec 2002, 19:40 (Ref:447199)
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Looks like Honda has decided that Japanese-American Roger Yasukawa is a better fit. The support is coming from American Honda (Robert Clarke). Same for Panasonic. Kills two birds with one stone - young American and Japanese. I think it is a good move all around.
I would think that Shinji Nakano gets to retire to running a Honda team in the Japanese GT series, with an occaissonal run at Le Mans. Such is the normal progression for Japanese corporate drivers. |
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10 Dec 2002, 21:07 (Ref:447238)
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I wonder why he's do that... On the surface I don't see any benifit to Fernadez.
How many cars is IRL running next year, 40? |
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10 Dec 2002, 21:12 (Ref:447244)
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There are gonna be a bunch, the way things are going...Robin Miller reported that Fernandez had ordered four Dallaras. If true, that sounds like a two-car effort, maybe with Nakano...
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10 Dec 2002, 21:29 (Ref:447266)
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He's keeping his ties to Honda open in case CART does not make it. I don't blame him at all.
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10 Dec 2002, 22:02 (Ref:447283)
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Shouldn't this be in the IRL forum?
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10 Dec 2002, 23:13 (Ref:447333)
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Last time I checked Adrian was a CART driver...
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11 Dec 2002, 06:08 (Ref:447439)
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wow , it seems everyone is gonna have a go at the IRL , i just cant wait to get the season underway.
Yasakawa ive seen race in Barber Dodge i believe and he wasnt to bad , not sure if he moved up to anything else after that but he did ok in the Dodge series and i wish him well in 03 with the Suzuki-Fernandez super team ??? whatever that means , maybe Aguri is planning a comeback ? |
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11 Dec 2002, 06:32 (Ref:447443)
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a huge field in the IRL then, should be exciting at short courses!
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11 Dec 2002, 21:37 (Ref:447890)
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I guess they will start capping the field at certain tracks , you simple cant have 40 cars racing at some of the places they go to , so they might cap it at 30 , guess we will have to wait and see
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11 Dec 2002, 23:17 (Ref:447965)
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Teams that want to get into IRL's leadership Circle (or whatever Tony calls it) need to get their paper work in sometime this month. Twenty six spots is the limit. These teams get cash and other goodies for their participation.
Indy should be very good next year as well! |
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12 Dec 2002, 06:13 (Ref:448042)
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Maybe they could have pre qualifying like the good ol' days in F1.
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12 Dec 2002, 14:24 (Ref:448360)
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Quote:
 Sometimes the best races are the ones just to make the show. Best example of this is the Chili Bowl midget show coming up in a few weeks. Three nights of heat and semi-feature racing to scale 150 entries down to 24 for the Main Event! If you folks across the ponds can get a feed of this show on ESPN2 I think it's a must see. Dan www.tracksideonline.com |
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12 Dec 2002, 17:07 (Ref:448478)
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nope, don't get that over here
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