Toronto

[KLang]

P1 about to start. 17 cars, I thought there was a rumor that PKV would enter another car for the week end. Guess not.

[trauma1]

and you believed spyplane :shakehead

[KLang]

and you believed spyplane :shakehead

Not sure where I read it, I think it was at crapwagon.

[trauma1]

spyplane started the BS as usual, membership drive :rofl:

[KLang]

whatever......

P1 results:

SB
PT
Wilson
Tag
AJ
Servia
CDM
Philippe

[trauma1]

times alittle slower this year for the 1st 2 places, but overall similar to last year

[G.]

Spikkly,

where's the NelsonMania??

59.846 P1

[Ankf00]

*ahem*

NELSONMANIA!!!!!

excuse me while I go take a chemical bath now. :)

[G.]

Third in first session quallies. :eek:

[G.]

excuse me while I go take a chemical bath now. :)Heard that methanol is a good choice.

[KLang]

NELSONMANIA! He has been improving steadily. :thumbup:

AJ takes provisional pole. The boy is still on fire.

Wonder what's up with SB? Didn't go out for a second stint.

[Dr. Corkski]

1 A. Allmendinger 7 Forsythe Championship Racing 58.621 107.777 173.450
2 J. Wilson 9 RuSPORT 58.830 107.394 172.833 0.209
3 N. Philippe 4 CTE Racing - HVM 59.203 106.718 171.746 0.582 0.373
4 P. Tracy 3 Forsythe Championship Racing 59.274 106.590 171.540 0.653 0.071

Must be Sebastian Bourdais' fault again. :gomer:

[Gnam]

1 A. Allmendinger 7 Forsythe Championship Racing 58.621 107.777 173.450
2 J. Wilson 9 RuSPORT 58.830 107.394 172.833 0.209
3 N. Philippe 4 CTE Racing - HVM 59.203 106.718 171.746 0.582 0.373
4 P. Tracy 3 Forsythe Championship Racing 59.274 106.590 171.540 0.653 0.071
5 S. Bourdais 1 Newman/Haas Racing 59.313 106.520 171.427 0.692 0.039
6 C. da Matta 10 RuSPORT 59.343 106.466 171.340 0.722 0.030
7 B. Junqueira 2 Newman/Haas Racing 59.367 106.423 171.271 0.746 0.024

Must be Paul Tracy's fault again. :gomer:

[Andrew Longman]

Interesting that AJ and JW were both faster than provisional pole in 05. No on else though.

2005:

1 P. Tracy 3 Forsythe Championship Racing 58.887 107.290 172.666

2 S. Bourdais 1 Newman/Haas Racing 59.010 107.067 172.307 0.123

3 A. Tagliani 15 Team Australia 59.248 106.637 171.615 0.361 0.238

4 C. da Matta 21 PKV Racing 59.372 106.414 171.256 0.485 0.124

5 M. Dominguez 7 Forsythe Championship Racing 59.380 106.399 171.232 0.493 0.008


6 J. Vasser 12 PKV Racing 59.507 106.172 170.867 0.620 0.127

7 J. Wilson 9 RuSPORT 59.519 106.151 170.833 0.632 0.012

8 A. Allmendinger 10 RuSPORT 59.578 106.046 170.664 0.691 0.059

9 O. Servia 2 Newman/Haas Racing 1:00.013 105.277 169.426 1.126 0.435

10 B. Wirdheim 4 CTE Racing - HVM 1:00.402 104.599 168.335 1.515 0.389


11 N. Philippe 34 Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:00.477 104.469 168.126 1.590 0.075

12 A. Ranger 27 Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:00.478 104.468 168.125 1.591 0.001

13 A. Sperafico 55 CTE Racing - HVM 1:00.686 104.110 167.548 1.799 0.208

14 R. Sperafico 11 Dale Coyne Racing 1:00.687 104.108 167.545 1.800 0.001

15 R. Hunter-Reay 31 Rocketsports Racing 1:00.783 103.944 167.281 1.896 0.096


16 R. Dalziel 19 Dale Coyne Racing 1:00.877 103.783 167.022 1.990 0.094

17 M. Marshall 5 Team Australia 1:01.015 103.548 166.644 2.128 0.138

18 T. Glock 8 Rocketsports Racing 1:01.992 101.916 164.017 3.105 0.977

[Dr. Corkski]

2005
17 M. Marshall 5 Team Australia 1:01.015 103.548 166.644 2.128 0.138
2006
16 K. Legge 20 PKV Racing 1:01.191 103.250 166.164 2.570 0.399

:rofl:

[Spicoli]

We need some random speraficos to fill the field. Hey? Whatever happened to the guy who's family owned the pen company? didn;t he race there last year for Jensen or something???

[trauma1]

i think that was suppose to be eurosport

[Dr. Corkski]

We need some random speraficos to fill the field. Hey? Whatever happened to the guy who's family owned the pen company? didn;t he race there last year for Jensen or something???Geoff Boss?

[Spicoli]

Geoff Boss?


Yep, dat be him. Tell him to go cash some checks and get in a car. :p

HAve fun, time for some drinkies now. Best you all should too.

http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/eatdrink008.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

[KLang]

Wilson takes P1 today. :thumbup:

That should make it Wilson and AJ on row 1. SB in row two.

Early preditiction: SB has some kind of trouble on lap 1 to put him back aways. It will of course be someone elses fault.

[Insomniac]

Wilson takes P1 today. :thumbup:

That should make it Wilson and AJ on row 1. SB in row two.

Early preditiction: SB has some kind of trouble on lap 1 to put him back aways. It will of course be someone elses fault.

Wilson AJ
Bourdais PT

First 2 rows. All I can hope for is PT following AJ to end up 1-2 after a couple turns. :)

[KLang]

You're right. SB and PT row two, followed by Servia and Ranger. Wasn't Ranger in on the mess at the beginning of Cleveland?

This could be ugly. :)

[TKGAngel]

What's the over/under on punches or helmets being thrown after Lap 1, Turn 1? :D

Also making news this weekend: Dinger being offered a 2.5 year deal from Forsythe, but turning it down.

[KLang]

Also making news this weekend: Dinger being offered a 2.5 year deal from Forsythe, but turning it down.

That would be a tough decision I think, with the merger possiblity hanging like a dark cloud ( ;) ) over the open wheel landscape for the next couple years.

[Cam]

Also making news this weekend: Dinger being offered a 2.5 year deal from Forsythe, but turning it down.

Give me about 15 mins and I may be able to get the full scoop on that.

[nrc]

Give me about 15 mins and I may be able to get the full scoop on that.

Your 15 minutes are up! ;)

[Cam]

Your 15 minutes are up! ;)
AJ signed yesterday my contact doesn't know the details

[Lizzerd]

A.J.'s contract (http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/champcar/28140/)


As evidence of his rising stature not only in the Champ Car World Series but on the international racing scene, A.J. Allmendinger has retained CSS Stellar Management as his agents. Allmendinger thus joins a distinguished list of clients including Sebastien Loeb, Juan Pablo Montoya, Dan Wheldon and Dario Franchitti.

"I felt it was time in my life for me to concentrate on racing and let someone else figure out the fun stuff," said Allmendinger.

Notwithstanding his two wins in as many tries with Forsythe Championship Racing, Allmendinger came to Toronto this week with out a firm contract with Gerald Forsythe for the future. Although Forsythe reportedly offered Allmendinger a 2 1/2 year contract (the remainder of this year plus 2007 and 2008), Allmendinger - or CSS Stellar - insisted on a contract just through the end of this year. This is in stark contrast to Forsythe’s recent new deal with Paul Tracy, which runs through 2011.

"We’ll just have to see how the rest of this season goes," said Allmendinger. "I’m not against multi-year deals, I’m not for multi-year deals. We’ll just have to figure out what’s best for everyone involved. I’m not too worried. Everybody knows the love I have for Champ Car. If I do my job, then everything will take care of itself."

[nrc]

There could be quiet a bidding war for A.J. when Ganassi, Rahal and Andretti move back to Champ car next season. ;)

Obviously A.J. wants to make sure he'll get what he's worth, but it sounds like he'll stay loyal to Champ car (famous last words). I'm not sure who else would be in a position to bid for him unless NH loses Seabass or dumps Blinky.

[Insomniac]

There could be quiet a bidding war for A.J. when Ganassi, Rahal and Andretti move back to Champ car next season. ;)

Obviously A.J. wants to make sure he'll get what he's worth, but it sounds like he'll stay loyal to Champ car (famous last words). I'm not sure who else would be in a position to bid for him unless NH loses Seabass or dumps Blinky.

Isn't this the last year on Bruno's contract? If not, I agree, only 3 or 4 teams could afford to bid for his services. I doubt it will be RuSport, FCR put in an offer and that leaves PKV (will KK open up his wallet, seems doubtful, but who knows) and N/H.

[Dr. Corkski]

The only other team that AJ would realisitically consider is N/H, and I don't think their base salary is going to be very high either. I don't see why he would want to leave Forsythe unless Gesus Forsythe is insulting him with a contract less than what he gave Tracy.

Kalkhoven seems more intent on using PKV as a means to whore away some of Danica's publicity than actually treating it as a proper racing team.

HVM does a decent job underfunded thanks to Wiggins but they need drivers that bring money. All the rest are just field fillers, even if Paul Gentilozzi said he was serious about winning on some lemming site. :gomer:

Then again no one thought Russo was going to fire him.

[Spicoli]

Good race so far. PT making his moves with grace and class. :p


edit: 2nd yeller.

[chop456]

Daly is slowly eroding my will to live.

[Cam]

Nelson...

Oh, I'm looking at the world through fly's eyes,
Looking at the world through fly's eyes.
I'm looking at the world through fly's eyes,
And you can just bug off.

:saywhat: :D

[Spicoli]

Good race so far. PT making his moves with grace and class. :p


edit: 2nd yeller.

PT, P2. :p

[RTKar]

Too bad all races & broadcasts aren't this good. Some good storys within the story going on too, nice for the series. Staying away from too many caution laps keeps away the timed race thing which allows the broadcast to develop the way it always should. A+ job for the series on this one.

[oddlycalm]

There are a lot of factors that make this race a success, the fans not the least of them, but a course layout with two good passing zones is the #1 reason Toronto has such a strong history IMO. Take away that actual racing and the rest would lose it's luster. If they want to do street events, this and Long Beach are what they have to look like.

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[GOFAST1]

GREAT RACE!!!!! :thumbup: