Tag: Panoz

• California Dreaming

  April 25th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
  

  The inaugural Formula 5000 race in 1975 at Long Beach.
  I’ve enjoyed the pleasure of covering all thirty-four Long Beach Grands Prix, from the inaugural Formula 5000 race back in 1975 through eight Formula One races from 1976-’83 and twenty-five CART or Champ Car races from 1984-2008. This year’s race… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Events, Formula 1, Historic Racing

  Tags: Brian Redman, CART, Cosworth, Formula 5000, Honda, Long Beach, Manufacturer, Mario Andretti, Panoz, Turbo

• Some good news and some bad

  March 28th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 3 Comments
  

  It was sad to talk last week with each of Derrick Walker (above), Paul Tracy (below) and Carl Haas. All three had tales of woe to tell about how the fallout from Champ Car’s demise has affected them. Walker’s team finds itself without the sponsorship to be able to race… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, IRL, Personalities

  Tags: Carl Haas, Elkhart Lake, Jerry Forsythe, Jimmy Vasser, Jon Fogarty, Laguna Seca, Long Beach, Panoz, Panoz DP01, Paul Newman, Paul Tracy

• IRL and Champ Car merger is the first of many steps

  February 22nd, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 2 Comments
  

  As NASCAR’s Big Show moves from Daytona to southern California, news broke this week that IRL and Champ Car are on the brink of announcing a formal merger. The great chimera of reunification of American open-wheel racing is at hand after a bitterly debilitating twelve-year civil war.
  Will this desperate,… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, IRL, NASCAR

  Tags: Cosworth, Daytona, Honda, Manufacturer, Panoz