Good interview w/Newman, Bourdais and da Matta

[rabbit]

http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/roadracing/14893/

It's centered around the 24 of Daytona, but a lot of interesting comments about Cristiano's desire to be back in Champ Car, his experience in F1, Newman's view of the direction of the series and a lot more. Well worth the 10 minutes to read. :thumbup:

[cart7]

http://www.speedtv.com/_assets/library/img/large/53242_ns.jpg

That is beyond Fugly! :eek: :vomit profusely:

[Joe in LA]

It looks like a cartoon of a racecar.

[racer2c]

You guys should warn a fella when posting IRL or DP cars! That scared the crap out of me when I scrolled down the page!

[Racing Truth]

http://www.speedtv.com/_assets/library/img/large/53242_ns.jpg

That is beyond Fugly! :eek: :vomit profusely:

The paint scheme is awful, but the Crawfords generally look decent, compared to the others.

[nrc]

Seabass on DP:

I did Le Mans five times and won the 24 Hours of Spa, you know, did quite a few in touring cars and GT cars, and I did a test in DTM. So these Daytona Prototypes are kind of in the middle of a sports car and a DTM car, I would say.

[Racing Truth]

Seabass on DP:

I wouldn't totally disagree here, but that doesn't make it a bad thing, IMHO.

[Anteater]

actual paintjob (http://prn.newscom.com/cgi-bin/pub/s?f=PRN/prnpub&p1=20050126/LAW066-b&xtag=PRN-prnphotos-43334&redir=preview&tr=1&row=1)

I will agree that Daytona Prototypes are generally pretty ugly, but the paint scheme on the 79 car is sort of like a Hot Wheels car! :cool:

[nrc]

I wonder if Disney and Pixar are the sponsors Newman is working on for daMatta?

[Anteater]

http://corporate.pixar.com/news/20050126-154087.cfm

Those would be cool sponsors, though!

[Sean O'Gorman]

He had the same paintjob last year:

http://www.motorsport.com/photos/grandam/2004/day/grandam-2004-day-eg-0873.jpg

[pchall]

He had the same paintjob last year:


What makes it go faster? The flame job or the four inch tips?

[JoeBob]

I wonder if Disney and Pixar are the sponsors Newman is working on for daMatta?

I'm more curious about the Centrix Financial logo on the car. They sponsored one of Rahal's cars last year in the IRL, but aren't this year. They had presence at a bunch of ChampCar races too.

[Sean O'Gorman]

They are sponsoring Boris Said for 10-15 races in Nextel Cup this year, and perhaps the full season in '06.

[Steve99]

http://www.speedtv.com/_assets/library/img/large/53242_ns.jpg

That is beyond Fugly! :eek: :vomit profusely:

That cockpit is big enough for all four drivers. At once!

[racer2c]

That cockpit is big enough for all four drivers. At once!
:rofl: :thumbup: