Posts Tagged ‘Road America’
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
The Abruzzi Archives
It’s not like it’s a big recall. You are dealing with two copies built on left-over Canadian-built race-car chassis. A torch, order some glass, and viola! (The body panels never did fit, anyway.) The bookkeeping makes the Bear a bit crazy, and leaves him wondering how this project can ever produce a competitive race car. Winchester need a part from Hoschton? The Don writes a check in Braselburg, mails it to Winchester, then Winchester writes a check and mails it to Hoschton. Meanwhile, Gordon’s got a consulting job with the Abruzzi at Sebring. Murphy expects he’ll be in charge of the tent flap.
It’s all pretty odd. The Bear remembers a big dust-up 2001 when not enough Bavarian touring cars were built. That led to our first ALMS one-make racing class. (more…)
Tags: Abruzzi, ACCUS, ACO, ALMS, Archimedes, Audi, babysitters, Bahrain F1, CART, Charlie Whiting, Corvette, Doug Fehan, DTM, FIA, Gil de Ferran, Highcroft, ILMC, IMSA, Intersport, Jay Penske, John Dagys, Katherine Legge, Kirk Russell, Lord Drayson, Lou Gigliotti, Luca Moro, Luciano DaSilva, Paul Collins, Petit Le Mans, Rahel Frey, restricted events, Road America, Road Atlanta, Scott Elkins, Signature Motorsports, Tony Kanaan, Trevor Bayne
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Monday, October 25th, 2010
The Unvarnished Truth: DTM in North America
Back on July 7th, Murphy told you about talks between NASCAR, the FIA, and the folks who run DTM. The Bear’s comments reflected what was said at a little get-together in Daytona Beach that week. Soon thereafter, Grand Am published its “GT3 Memo,” reported in detail by Murphy’s friends over at Last Turn Clubhouse.
Now ITR – the promoter of DTM – announces that they are working on a joint schedule with NASCAR and Grand Am that would bring 12 races to North America in 2013. Some question the story, one critic writing it’s “BS,” trumped up solely by Hans Werner Aufrech of ITR. If that were so, would Grand Am President Tom Bledsoe (said to be very close to Jim France) have released a statement confirming the general outlines of the on-going discussions? Murphy suggests you shouldn’t ignore that these talks were announced at that same reception for Grand Am and other NASCAR team owners in Daytona in July. (more…)
Tags: Abruzzi, AMC, Audi, Baltimore, Cadillac, Citroen, Creation, DTM Grand Am, Duncan Dayton, Dyson Racing, Edsel, Ferrari, Ginetta-Zytek, Hans Werner Aufrech, Highcroft Racing, HVM Racing, Jim France, Kurt's and Vreny's European Bistro, Laguna Seca, Lawrence Tomlinson, Mazda, Munchkins, NASCAR, Oldsmobile, Peugeot, Porsche RS Spyder, Road America, Roush-Yates, Studebaker, Tom Bledsoe, Triumph, Tucker, Zytek Motorsport
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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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Saturday, September 25th, 2010
Crickets
The Bear’s hearing precious few rumors – and that’s a worry. It’s a worry because this is usually the time of year when stuff is happening. Hearing good news (or not so good) from sponsors, putting together budgets, talking to drivers, suppliers, engine and car builders. But there’s little of that going on, and little has gone on over the summer. To borrow a rather overused term, there’s not much “buzz.” (more…)
Tags: Abruzzi, Alex Lloyd, Audi, Baltimore, EFR, HVM Racing, Judd, Legends, Marshall Pruett, Office Depot, Oklahoma City, Padova, Panoz, Porsche, PTG, Road America, Saleen, Sarah Fisher, Sebring, Simona di Silvestro, State of the Series, Super Bowl, Tony Stewart, Triest
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
Dyson Racing and Grand Am
Announcements have been written but not released while the last details of an agreement are completed. However, Murphy is pretty sure Dyson Racing (but not its current two drivers) to be on hand at Montreal, and yes, the Bear knows full well that’s on the same weekend as Mosport. Dyson Racing will wrap up the 2010 season involved in both ALMS and Grand Am, as they have before. (more…)
Tags: Alex Job Racing, Davy Jones, Dyson Racing, Ford, Godstone Ranch Racing, Grand Am, John McCutchen, Krohn Racing, Lola, Mid-Ohio, Mission Chips, Montreal, Mosport, NASCAR, Nationwide, Road America, Rousch-Yates, Texas Heart Institute, Tostitos
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