Posts Tagged ‘IRL’
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
The Big Speech
After hastily announcing and error-plagued 2011 schedule at Road America, Murphy didn’t expect a mea culpa, but he thought there might be an update of sorts. Like what about Road America. The track now lists the American Le Mans Series as a Saturday race, and the Plymouth Town Board has approved late-running. Why the silence? (more…)
Tags: Abruzzi, Athens GA, BMW, CORE Autosport, David Price, Daytona, F1, Gil Campbell, Gordon Murray, Grand Am, Greenville SC, Hugewally, ILMC, IRL, Jimmy, Mercedes, Mexican Lambos, Nissan, Plymouth Wisc, Rizzo, Road & Track, Road America, sorority girls, Versus, Yancy's Fancy
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Monday, August 9th, 2010
“There was a weird feeling in the air at Spa,” said one of Murphy’s correspondents. He and others described a widespread malaise in the sport. People in the paddock and in media rooms are worried, and talking about it. (more…)
Tags: ACO, Alpina, American Le Mans Series, BMS Scuderia Italia, BMW, Brumos, CBS, DTM, Frederic Dor, IndyCar, Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, IRL, Mario Theissen, PLM, Porsche, Spa, Speedtv, Stuttgart, Team Felbermayr Proton
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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…)
Tags: Abruzzi, Andy Lally, ARES, Audi, Autocon, Bailey Edwards Cars, Baltimore, BMW, Bobby Labonte, Corsa Motorsport, Creation, Cytosport, Drayson Racing, Dyson Racing, ECO Racing, Highcroft Racing, Intersport, IRL, Jaguar, Jan Magnussen, Kevin Buckler, Le Mans, Long Beach, Lord Drayson, Loudon, Mid-Ohio, NASCAR, Paddy's, Paul Gentilozzi, Petit Le Mans, Peugeot, Porsche, R18, R8, Rocket Sports Racing, Schnitzer, Sprint Cup, T-Mobile, Tom Milner, TRG, VICI Racing
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Infineon and other places and races
There’s a rumor out there that the ALMS is “close” to an agreement to return to Infineon Raceway (Sears Point for you purists and old folks) in 2011.
Meanwhile, Oklahoma City’s council has authorized “negotiations” to obtain a 2011 ALMS street race – following in the tradition, Murphy supposes, of Miami, Trois Rivieres, Houston, Detroit, and St. Pete. More about such things from the Bear’s friends here at The Last Turn Clubhouse. (more…)
Tags: Audi R15, butanol, Dyson Racing, Ferrari, FIA, FOTA, G-Oil, Grand Am, Infineon, IRL, Ken Anderson, Laguna Seca, Lola, Mazda, NASCAR, Nationwide, Oklahoma City, Road America, Scott Tucker, Siebken's, The Color of Money, The Commercial Break, USF1, Westfund
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Rolex Recap
The top two at the Rolex once again came from Murphy’s top 5. After putting both Ganassi cars on the list (a bit of a no-brainer, even if your head is stuffed like a mattress), plus Brumos and two-time Grand Am Champion GAINSCO, the Bear mused in Paddock Poop 152 about the fifth, finally settling on the No. 9 Action Express because it fit all three Bear rools. Including the one about established teams, since in crew, staff, and owner, it was largely the “other” Brumos entry, the one vacated by the accused Daytona Beach druggie.
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Tags: Action Express, Alex Gurney, Alex Job Racing, Audi Sport, Bernie Ecclestone, BMW M6, Bruno Senna, Carl Haas, Chad Hurley, Chip Ganassi, Don Panoz, Ferrari, GAINSCO, IRL, Jim France, Joest Racing, Kelly Collins, Level 5 Racing, Lou Gigliotti, Lucas Luhr, Mike Lanigan, Paul Newman, Saab, Scott Atherton, Spyker, Tony Dowe, Toyota, USF1, Youtube
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