Briscoe to champcar?

Ryan_Briscoe1 · 15 Jan 2007, 16:10 (Ref:1815799)

Ryan briscoe has accepted an offer from "an international racing team based in America". My guess is champ car but not sure which team. Maybe de matta's seat or team oz?? Anyone heard anything?

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpa...s_art_id=30261

Great news for him, he is a fantasic driver and deserves a full time seat.

SALEEN S7R · 15 Jan 2007, 16:29 (Ref:1815812)

Champcar is the most likely place of course, cant picture him ending up in the IRL. It will be interesting to see who he has signed for. To me though he didnt do anything that special in his few outings in 2006, hopefully he can improve on that if he is in Champcar this year.

Ryan_Briscoe1 · 15 Jan 2007, 16:57 (Ref:1815825)

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Originally Posted by SALEEN S7R

Champcar is the most likely place of course, cant picture him ending up in the IRL. It will be interesting to see who he has signed for. To me though he didnt do anything that special in his few outings in 2006, hopefully he can improve on that if he is in Champcar this year.

I thought he did quite well in his two races in champcar last year. His first race on the gold coast was a huge learning curve for him and he improved heaps at mexico qualified 5th but was unlucky with tyre trouble. Out of champcar in 2006 he had some exceptional results, including a podium in IRL with a low budget team and a couple of podiums for team australia in a1. He also had great results in the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series with Suntrust team.

cos · 15 Jan 2007, 16:57 (Ref:1815827)

It's Penske in ALMS isn't it?

NoGuts-NoGlory · 15 Jan 2007, 16:59 (Ref:1815830)

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According to American publication Autoweek, Briscoe has signed a deal to compete with the reigning LMP2 champions in 2007 and race the Porsche RS Spyder as a replacement for the DTM bound Lucas Luhr

It won't be a full-time seat though as he will be forced to share his seat with Penske IRL star Helio Castroneves, who will race when his schedule allows him to do so.

Although his position has not been confirmed, it would go a long way to explain why Briscoe has suddenly pulled out of his duties racing in the A1 GP Championship for Australia, particularly as the next round of the series at Taupo coincides with the first Sebring 12 Hours test next week.

Alms it would seem!

**gomick** · 18 Jan 2007, 13:46 (Ref:1818464)

yeah, believe the penske deal is signed, sealed & delivered - which is great for ryan.... disappointing for me & maybe a few other aussies that we wont see him racing open wheelers late on monday night after that bs big brother rubbish...

will keep a close eye on his alms season tho - all the best ryan

Ryan_Briscoe1 · 18 Jan 2007, 14:40 (Ref:1818497)

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Originally Posted by gomick

yeah, believe the penske deal is signed, sealed & delivered - which is great for ryan.... disappointing for me & maybe a few other aussies that we wont see him racing open wheelers late on monday night after that bs big brother rubbish...

will keep a close eye on his alms season tho - all the best ryan

yeh it is a bit disappointing that we wont be able to watch him race, I was looking foward to seeing him do well in champcar.

Teretonga · 22 Jan 2007, 20:59 (Ref:1822137)

According to the Penske-Porsche release it is a full time drive. Helio will guest drive at Sebring.
Good for Ryan. A drive for Porsche-Penske will keep the wolf from the door and if he does well establish him in a good road racing career. A lot of very good drivers have forged a good career from such a position.
Pity we won't see him in Champcar but his contract may allow a one off drive in non conflicting races. Sports car contracts are often not as exclusive as open wheel series contracts.

jhansen · 22 Jan 2007, 21:19 (Ref:1822157)

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Originally Posted by gomick

yeah, believe the penske deal is signed, sealed & delivered - which is great for ryan.... disappointing for me & maybe a few other aussies that we wont see him racing open wheelers late on monday night after that bs big brother rubbish...

will keep a close eye on his alms season tho - all the best ryan

No need to be disappointed, he'll be driving a stunning racecar in a very competitive series. The P2 battle next year will be huge. Good luck to him.

Pro Racer · 23 Jan 2007, 02:20 (Ref:1822380)

shame i won't get to see him race CC as i reckon he would have done great, but anyway i am sure he will do great in ALMS.

yamato · 6 Feb 2007, 02:31 (Ref:1834403)

I did see him drive in the Suntrust car at Laguna Seca I think. He did very well as I recall. I also saw him at the Sebring winter test two weeks ago. jhansen is right; the battle in P2 in ALMS next year will be awesome. Here is the mentioned competion so far:

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LMP2
6 Penske Motorsports Porsche RS Spyder (Maassen, Briscoe)
7 Penske Motorsports Porsche RS Spyder (Dumas, Bernhard)
8 Mazdaspeed/B-K Motorsports Lola B07/40 Mazda MZR-R (Bach, Devlin)
9 Hicroft Racing Courage LC75 Acura (Brabham, Johansson)
15 Lowe's Fernandez Racing Lola B06/43 Acura (Fernandez, Diaz)
16 Dyson Racing Team Porsche RS Spyder (Leitzinger, Wallace)
20 Dyson Racing Team Porsche RS Spyder (Dyson, Smith)
26 Andretti Green Racing Courage LC75 Acura (Herta, D. Franchiti, M. Franchiti)
37 Intersport Racing Lola B05/40 AER P07-E (C. Field, J. Field)*

There may also be some part time competion from other entries. But look at the driver talent in there!!!

BootsOntheSide · 7 Feb 2007, 14:12 (Ref:1835464)

Guess we can close this thread, which was launched by an Open-Wheel snob.

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