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nyrmetros
03 Mar 2006, 06:26 PM
Ok bhoys...... Let's get it started.......
nyrmetros
04 Mar 2006, 04:21 PM
NEXT UP: Long Beach (schedule subject to change)
Jan 26: Sebring Testing
Sebring International Raceway - Sebring, FL USA
Feb 17: Firebird Testing
Apr 9: Long Beach
Streets of Long Beach - Long Beach, CA USA
May 13: Houston
Reliant Park - Houston, TX USA
May 21: Monterrey
Fundidora Park - Monterrey Mexico
Jun 4: Milwaukee
The Milwaukee Mile - West Allis, WI USA
Jun 18: Portland
Portland International Raceway - Portland, OR USA
Jun 25: Cleveland
Burke Lakefront Airport - Cleveland, OH USA
Jul 9: Toronto
Exhibition Place - Toronto, ON Canada
Jul 23: Edmonton
Finning International Speedway - Edmonton, AB Canada
Jul 30: San Jose
Streets of San Jose - San Jose, CA USA
Aug 13: Denver
Streets of Denver - Denver USA
Aug 27: Montreal
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve - Montreal Canada
Sep 24: Road America
Road America - Elkhart Lake, WI USA
Oct 15: Ansan South Korea
Ansan South Korea Race Track - Ansan South Korea
Oct 22: Australia
Gold Coast - Surfers Paradise, Qld Australia
Nov 5: Mexico City
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez - Mexico City Mexico
_RusH_
04 Mar 2006, 06:12 PM
:D
Good thread.
Turbos rule.
DSC05
14 Mar 2006, 11:30 PM
Is that one oval? I know many people don't like those clone 1.5 mile oval tracks, but surely Champ Car can get one of those? I mean I love road courses, but I'd rather watch F1 if I want that. Champ Car needs to go back to the balance that made them the best racing series on the planet. I really don't understand why the final three races are held outside the US. Add a really bad TV deal and Champ Car still has a uphill battle in the US. That being said, Go Bruno! I wasn't as interested in the series after he was taken out at Indy.
nyrmetros
15 Mar 2006, 12:14 AM
Las Vegas was dropped for 2006.
nyrmetros
26 Mar 2006, 02:14 AM
"Tony George confirmed Friday that he is actively pursuing unification between the two American open-wheel racing series, the first public indication from George that the split might come to a peaceful conclusion. Saying "open-wheel racing needs to be unified," George confirmed a report in Wednesday's Los Angeles Times that he is in preliminary stages of negotiations with Champ Car principal Kevin Kalkhoven to merge the two sanctioning bodies into one. "
interesting....
Nanbawan
09 Apr 2006, 12:03 PM
Beginning of the season in a few hours, yum ! :)
nyrmetros
09 Apr 2006, 01:05 PM
gonna be good!
Paul newman was on Leno 2 days ago pimpin Long Beach!
DSC05
09 Apr 2006, 04:40 PM
After that first lap, I lost interest.........
Nanbawan
09 Apr 2006, 06:15 PM
That what happens when so many contenders (not for the win today) retire after the first corner.
Voila, another SEB˛ week-end both in WRC and ChampCar. What does Bourdais have to do to earn recognition in F1 ? Win the championship driving backwards with his feet ? I mean, there's no guarantee he would be a World champ but can someone say he wouldn't be a decent driver.
He's gonna be difficult to beat this year, he perfectly knows the car, the team, most circuits, the way you have to manage the race...
Let's be clear from the start, I have nothing against Ms. Legge, she had a pretty (huh huh) good drive today and finished a tough race. But will the TV broadcast do a Danica again in this series ? It's annoying to be forced down our throats the sympathy we must have for a female driver, yeah I know marketing ; not very discrete, one or two winks wouldn't bother me but I think she had more onboard footage than any other driver...In a way, it feels like : "Hey, look ! the chick can drive ! " Yeah, thanks, she won three races last year. She's a woman not a retard. :rolleyes: Or are we, motorsports lovers, still considered as a bunch of caricatural primal machos...
DSC05
09 Apr 2006, 08:24 PM
I have to agree about Legge. Great she's in the top eight. Now how many cars did she actually pass and how many cars did she pass because the other idiots crashed out? Of course she was fairly clean (except for her own spin), but a very un-impressive drive otherwise.
nyrmetros
09 Apr 2006, 08:36 PM
Sucks about the first corner, but I can't remember the last time we had a clean first corner or lap at Long Beach. Oh Well. Still enjoyed the race.
nyrmetros
04 May 2006, 12:06 AM
Houston is coming up!
Nanbawan
04 May 2006, 01:14 PM
What kind of circuit is it ?
nyrmetros
04 May 2006, 11:55 PM
What kind of circuit is it ?
It's a street type circuit around the Houston Astrodome and Reliant Stadium.
Ankf00
01 Jun 2006, 01:24 PM
Milwaukee up next.
Nanbawan
03 Jun 2006, 07:39 PM
How come there's only one US driver on the field ? Even as a foreigner, I think it's quite a pity.
Anyway, impressive run by Bourdais so far. At one point in Monterey I thought he really couldn't win this one ; but he succeeded in pulling faster times with hard compound tires than those who were running on soft ones and finished them off with the last stint ! :eek:
Will dangerous Dan finish the season ?
kebzach
04 Jun 2006, 11:35 AM
Milwaukee up next.
I'm going to the race today. Free tickets, courtesy of the local sports radio station!
Nanbawan
04 Jun 2006, 10:36 PM
Another great run by my compatriot...Nelson Philippe :D
kebzach
05 Jun 2006, 11:14 PM
Another great run by my compatriot...Nelson Philippe :D
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y97/kebzach/3place.jpg
Here's a picture of your driver, taken by me on Sunday.
The race was decent enough, when we weren't cleaning up debris for what seemed like 3-4 too many laps every time that we had a debris caution. That, and the stupid 1 hour and 45 minute time limit thing...