Blog May 2008

Blog May 2008

  • Squabbles make race memorable
    • May 26, 2008
    • Blog

    A show of hands: Who else was hoping Patrick would make her way all the way over to Briscoe? And what were the Vegas odds that she would have won in a unanimous decision? She wasn’t walking down pit road as much as she was pounding the pavement, even tossing away her gloves like a National Hockey League-quality enforcer.


    IndyStar.com.

  • Is this Danica’s year?
    • May 24, 2008
    • Blog

    Target Chip Ganassi Racing drivers Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon start next to each other on the front row. They are the guys to beat. Penske Racing’s duo of Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe also have everything they need to win the race. And two of Patrick’s Andretti Green Racing teammates—Tony Kanaan and Marco Andretti—are as hungry as she is to win at Indy.
    Beating those six alone would take a spectacular effort and a flawless day for Patrick. If it happens, her marketing appeal, which already is through the roof, will approach Tiger Woods status.


    ESPN 

  • Gentlemen, don’t start your engines just yet
    • May 17, 2008
    • Blog

    It’s worth pointing out, mind you, that the folks in charge of Indy racing – a form of motorsport that may or may not be better off now that the long-destructive feud between the triumphant Indy Racing League and defunct Champ Car is history – don’t historically run their operations like Swiss trains. History tells us that whether they arrive or not, whether their car count will be impressive or dismal, whether their technology will be rudimentary or aspirational – it’s a year-to-year, perhaps day-to-day toss-up. So yes, a company co-headed by Michael Andretti, the seven-time champion of Toronto’s great race, has carved out an agreement in principle with the IRL to bring the roar back to our lakeshore next summer.


    TheStar.com.

  • Junior spurns Gossage’s offer to ride in Texas IndyCar race
    • May 05, 2008
    • Blog

    Dale Earnhardt Jr. laughed at Eddie Gossage’s offer of $100,000 to drive in the IndyCar series race at Texas Motor Speedway on June 7.
    “Well, he thinks I’m a cheap date, I guess,’’ NASCAR’s most popular driver said before Friday’s Sprint Cup qualifying at Richmond International Raceway.

    Dale Earnhardt Jr., standing on the qualifying grid at Richmond Friday, scoffed at the Eddie Gossage offer of 100K to run TMS’ IndyCar race.Even if the TMS president upped his offer, Earnhardt didn’t appear interested.


    ESPN.


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