Blog July 2007

Blog July 2007

  • Name change of Nextel Cup likely to be announced Saturday
    • Jul 06, 2007
    • Blog

    Officials of Sprint and NASCAR have scheduled a news conference for Saturday at Daytona International Speedway to make an ‘announcement regarding 2008 series branding.’

    Several national media outlets have reported that the name of NASCAR’s top racing series will be changed from Nextel Cup to Sprint Cup.

  • Brian France: “We’re doing everything we can looking at alternative fuel options”
    • Jul 03, 2007
    • Blog

    Brian France: Finally, I want to spend a moment on alternative fuels and really what we think going green, being environmentally sensitive, we know they go together on that. Through Sonoco, we’ll be stepping up our efforts, making sure we’re doing everything we can looking at alternative fuel options. That may be way down the road. It may be partial progress. We’re really going to school very, very diligently here trying to sort that out.

  • Post-race notes and quotes from NASCAR Nextel Cup race, New Hampshire
    • Jul 02, 2007
    • Blog

    Jimmie Johnson:“For some reason, our team always performs best under adversity, “ said Johnson. “Today was another example. We had a good weekend. It’s something we can build on. Ron and Lance did a great job, and everyone else stepped up and we gave a good effort. “
    Jeff Gordon: Yeah, you know, you can always look back, and probably I’ll be watching the video and say, oh, I wish I would have done this or that.

    Auto Racing Daily: Post-race notes from NASCAR Nextel Cup race, New Hampshire

  • Post Race Quotes - French GP
    • Jul 02, 2007
    • Blog

    Kimi Raikkonen (1st):

    “Finally! Everything went the right way in my race. It was vital that I managed to get past Hamilton at the start and then I always tried to stay with Felipe. I knew I had a few laps in hand but, at my first pit stop, I had a bit of traffic and I was unable to get in the lead. Then at the second stop, the situation was turned around and I came out in front. Right from the start of the weekend we have been strong and this win is the reward for all the hard work carried out over the past few weeks. Now we must continue to improve the car because there is still room to do so, starting with the next race which we should tackle with the same approach that we used here in Magny-Cours. “

    Felipe Massa (2nd):

    “First of all I want to say I am happy for the team, as it needed this sort of result after a difficult spell. Of course, I would have wanted to win but I was delayed by traffic in the decisive phase of the race, when I knew I had to build up a bit of a lead over Kimi to stay ahead of him during the pit stops.

    Lewis Hamilton (3rd):

    “I’m pleased to have finished third today and have continued my run of podium finishes in Formula 1. I didn’t have the best start and I don’t know exactly what the reason was. My car was very good in the opening stage of the race, and I pushed hard to get past Kimi, but unfortunately it didn’t work out.

    Robert Kubica (4th):

    “This was a good race for the team with us finishing fourth and fifth, and it has been a very good weekend for me. It was a very quiet race. I made quite a good start but we were on the dirty side with Lewis Hamilton, so had no chance to overtake. After that I was close to him just once when he was coming out of the pits and we had a short fight, but he had new tyres, braked later into the hairpin and overtook me again.

    Nick Heidfeld (5th):

    “I am very happy with the result. It was a great race for us, and we scored valuable points. At the start both Renaults went to the middle of the track, I tried to overtake Giancarlo Fisichella on the right hand side, but he moved over, which was not correct. 


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