Posts Tagged ‘Wirth Research’

126. EMT on the block; F1 deal? Acura teams to IRL: smoke or fire?

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Craig’s List

The Bear’s making book on when IMSA/ALMS stuff will show up on Craig’s List. It looks like they’re selling anything not nailed down. (There are some good bargains at Road Atlanta’s on line store.) Murphy hears the next thing on the way out the door will be Elan Motorsport Technologies – or what’s left of it – to a Chicago-based motorsports magnate. It depends on whether the prospective buyer can find something worth buying (the fancy name for that is “due diligence). This follows the loss of a contract that might have helped keep the doors open. (more…)

125. Audi returning soon? Ferrari “nuclear option” possible. Primetime Shopping? Patron boss excluded. (revised)

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

The Bear’s sources once again cut through the BS, correctly reporting last week that the Ginetta-Zytek 09HS was not ACO homologated, and would not run as a hybrid in any official session at Utah. The attempt to present the entry as an “historic debut of a hybrid race car” strikes the Bear as a bit distasteful. (more…)