Posts Tagged ‘ECO Racing’

196. Schedule Mess (again). Corvette, Ferrari, Jaguar. Sebring Confusion.

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

Schedule Follies

Just minutes before it was announced, Murphy was told the two TBA’s were Detroit and Texas. Subsequently, other candidates have made the routine rounds of the rumor mill. Boss Scott confirmed the Detroit TBA in a rather odd and self-serving  press release after Grand Am confirmed it would have that June 2 Detroit Race. Now it seems likely nothing will fill that ALMS April/May TBA. (more…)

169. Jaguar to move on? Prototype Prospects. Mid-Ohio is “on” – for IRL. The Obligatory Abruzzi stuff.

Friday, June 25th, 2010

A car that won’t race is just part of Jaguar’s problems. When your best finish (by far) in an ALMS race is last place, 36 laps behind the Porsche class winner, it can’t get much worse, can it? Sure it can. It did at Le Mans. (more…)

94. Prius-R, Gambling with NASCAR, Tough times?

Friday, September 5th, 2008

There’s been good news for the American Le Mans Series lately, three items in particular. But after that, the silver may have a cloudy lining. (What’s that? A backwards metaphor?)

Prius-R

Corsa finally confirms its prototype, and it’s a blockbuster, a prototype Prius! Well, not exactly – it’s a Zytek. (more…)

92. Pug at Petit, 2009 Schedule, Fun in Packer Land, new R10 driver?

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Murphy and the gang hit the Commercial Break on Thursday. Huge was told he was “quite a handsome man.” His admirer then stumbled outside and fell down. The previous day Murphy discussed the Prince of Darkness with this Triumph Spitfire fan.

Below is a Spitfire – Wisconsin style.
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91. About those “ifs.” New team, new venue(s).

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Damn, the Bear hates this. No sooner does he post a poop than his phone starts ringing and the emails roll in.

Well, it’s not all bad if a poop brings the denizens of the paddock out of the wordwork, is it?

Murphy said that there was an “if” associated with each of the prototypes that had indicated they’d be at Road America. (more…)