Hélio Castroneves and team-mate Ryan Briscoe traded the top spot back and forth during the six hours of Pole Day qualifying at Indianapolis last Saturday. On a windy afternoon nobody could challenge the Penske pair, with Castroneves eventually edging his team-mate by half a second over the four qualifying laps.… Read more
Tag: Paul Tracy
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Castroneves puts Penske on pole at Indy
May 11th, 2009 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
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Tracy sets the pace at Indianapolis
May 7th, 2009 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
The opening rounds of qualifying for this year’s 93rd Indianapolis 500 take place this weekend, with the first 11 starting positions determined on Saturday and the next 11 on Sunday. Practice for the 500 started on Tuesday for rookies and experienced drivers who haven’t competed in any IRL races so… Read more
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Paul Tracy may be back in business
January 19th, 2009 | Gordon Kirby | 12 Comments
The past year has been very frustrating for Paul Tracy. After Jerry Forsythe decided last winter to pull his team out of the reunified IndyCar series Tracy raced only a handful of times in a variety of cars from a Champ Car at Long Beach to a NASCAR truck in… Read more
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Paul Tracy at Goodwood
July 11th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
Against his will, Paul Tracy is sitting on the sidelines this year, a victim of the fall-out from the reunification of Champ Car and IRL. When reunification finally came late last winter, Champ Car co-owner Jerry Forsythe’s antipathy towards Tony George was such that he decided he would not run… Read more
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“People are loving the fact that we’re all racing together again”
April 14th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
Last week, following Graham Rahal’s (above) inspired victory in his first IRL race in the streets of St Petersburg, team owner Carl Haas (below) was in the best spirits he’s been in for months. Like all the former Champ Car teams, Newman/Haas/Lanigan has been up to its elbows in a… Read more
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Indy car racing’s rebirth slowly begins
April 4th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 3 Comments
The first unified Indycar race of the 21st century took place last Saturday night before a modest crowd at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. There were many good things to see, including a fierce battle at the front and watching Marco Andretti drive such a strong race on a track where he… Read more
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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
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