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8 Feb 2003, 05:41 (Ref:500293)
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Brands GP circuit
The Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford will race on the Brands Hatch Indy circuit on Monday, May 5 (a holiday in Britain), contrary to rumors suggesting that the event might be run on the facility's extended Grand Prix course instead. Champ Car President and CEO Chris Pook has left the door open for a move to the full circuit for next year, however.
"There are a couple of things that are challenging for us at Brands," Pook admitted. "The local planning council controls the number of events that are held on the long [GP] course; and there are some safety issues on the long course, including at least one place where the cars would be airborne. "There is a great temptation, because everybody wants us to run the long course, but let's just be sensible about how we approach it. Let's do our race this year on the short course and see what comes out. I don't want to pre-judge the short course until we've completed one race." ------------------------------------------------- O.K. the part I like the most is the possibility of running the long GP course in 2004. I would very much like to see that. 
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8 Feb 2003, 08:37 (Ref:500361)
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Am I correct when I suggest that the track and its promoters are broke, and the only way Brands will see upgrades is if somebody (Bernie) buys Octagon?
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8 Feb 2003, 08:54 (Ref:500371)
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Octagon are in trouble, but they havent gone broke i dont think......Track changes are being done right now , so that may help the cause for a race on the GP loop in 2004.
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8 Feb 2003, 09:31 (Ref:500389)
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CART will most likely race on the full circuit in 2004 if construction is complete. I agree, from a safety aspect, why the ChampCars are not using it this year. Going through Dingle-Dell would be almost suicidal for a ChampCar side-by-side...
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As far as I'm aware, the car's will no longer be airbourne at Dingle Dell (*sniffs*) - that's a bit that the changes will incorportate. Here's hoping all will be done for next year so all safety worries are also rid-off!
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8 Feb 2003, 16:20 (Ref:500666)
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Good call by the Cart organizers then! There's no way the suspension on those cars could tolerate going airborne. Once four wheels are off the ground, you can pretty much guarantee something will break.
I can really understand the frustration of the locals in seeing what is a wonderful track altered, but if they want to host a race for Champcars (or F1) some changes are essential for safety. In some ways, if they care about the track that much, it might be better Cart head elsewhere. |
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PT has proven that CART cars can go airborn.
 I remember Moore @ portland getting airborn...who else? (surfers doesn't count) Last edited by Snrub; 8 Feb 2003 at 20:53. |
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8 Feb 2003, 21:02 (Ref:500863)
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Yup.. any examples of Champ cars getting airborne and not having suspension damage though?
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i think its fair to say that they would have have to take a fair bashing on the suspension every lap through Dingle dell chicane !.....anyway , its too late to worry about that now .......as far as i gather from what Stephen Green has said , Dingledell has already been altered now , so whats done is done .
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