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Paul Tracy, the 2003 CART champion and winner of the only CART edition of the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, told that he’ll shop his services to Indy Racing League teams. :
Forsythe Championship Racing, one of Champ Car’s top teams, abruptly announced Thursday it will not be part of the open-wheel reunification, leaving the defunct series’ best-known driver without a ride.
Forsythe Racing, owned by former Champ Car co-owner Gerald Forsythe, will not make the transition to the Indy Racing League because of lack of sponsorship. The team will fulfill its contractual obligation to enter next month’s Grand Prix of Long Beach.
“I’m a race car driver and I love open-wheel racing. I want to be in a competitive situation, to be able to win races and run for the championship. “:
“It kind of leaves me hung out, “ Tracy said “I just got the information, too.... Now I have some legal issues to jump through with this. I need
The 39-year-old Tracy said that once he is free from contractual obligations with Forsythe, he wants to sign with another team as quickly as possible.
“I want to be part of the new series, “ said Tracy, who won the 2003 CART championship, Champ Car’s predecessor. “I’m a race car driver and I love open-wheel racing. I want to be in a competitive situation, to be able to win races and run for the championship. “
“We had planned to go down to the test, but it was passed down from Gerry, nobody’s going anywhere down there, “ Tracy said. “Gerry has never made it a secret he wasn’t real interested in getting back together with the IRL. ”
I’d like to take my engineers and a couple guys to a good IRL team because I think we can do a good job. :
“I want to be part of this new league, I want to run at Indianapolis again and I want to stay in open wheel racing, “ said Tracy, who learned by a phone call that Gerry Forsythe was shutting down his team and would not be competing in the unified Indy Racing League.
“This is the first time in my career I’ve not known what I’m doing and it’s pretty late in the deal to just find this out. “
“But I’m hoping I can still find something competitive. “
“He asked everybody to stay on board through Long Beach but I don’t know how many guys will be willing to do that. I’d like to take my engineers and a couple guys to a good IRL team because I think we can do a good job. ”
