Conference oass::racers

    Thank goodnes it WASN'T Nick Craw, though unfortunately that leaves us
    at SCCA stuck with him.
    
    

Would someone post the 1994 schedule?

Thanks.

March 20     ABC   Surfer's Paradise, Australia	2.793 Mile temp. road circuit
April 10     ESPN  Phoenix, AZ			1 Mile Oval
April 17     ABC   Long Beach, CA		1.676 Mile temp. road circuit
May 29	     ABC   Indianapolis, IN		2.5 Mile Superspeedway Oval
June 5	     ABC   Milwaukee, WI		1 Mile Oval
June 12	     ABC   Detroit, MI			2.1 Mile temp. road circuit
June 26	     ESPN  Portland, OR			1.922 Mile Road Course
July 10	     ABC   Cleveland, OH		2.359 Mile temp. road circuit
July 17	     NBC   Toronto, ON, Canada		1.78 Mile temp road circuit
July 31	     ESPN  Brooklyn, MI			2 Mile Superspeedway Oval
August 14    ABC   Lexington, OH		2.25 Mile Road Course
August 21    ESPN  Loudon, NH			1 Mile Oval
September 4  ESPN  Vancouver, BC, Canada	1.704 Mile temp. road circuit
September 11 ESPN  Elkhart Lake, WI		4 Mile Road Course
September 18 ESPN  Nazareth, PA			1 Mile Oval
October 2    ESPN  Laguna Seca, CA		2.214 Mile Road Course

From: [email protected] (BRUCE MARTIN)
Subject: Danny Sullivan leaves Indy Car team
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 94 17:16:05 PST
 
	CHARLOTTE, N.C. (UPI)-- Danny Sullivan, winner of the 1985
Indianapolis 500 and 1988 PPG Indy Car World Series champion, has left
the IndyCar series, it was announced Friday.
	According to sources in both IndyCar and NASCAR, Sullivan intends to
join team owner Felix Sabates and drive a five-race schedule in NASCAR
Winston Cup racing in 1994, including the inaugural Brickyard 400 at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
	``Danny would like to do something along those lines,'' said an
IndyCar source.
	The announcement that Galles Racing International and Molson USA
mutually agreed to end their sponsorship agreement, by Galles and John
Barnett, president of Molson Breweries USA, released Sullivan from his
driving contract.
	``Circumstances beyond our control that changed our team structure
and sponsorships, and the related economics, led us to these decisions,''
Galles said.
	Galles will continue with plans to field a car for Mexican driver
Adrian Fernandez during the 1994 IndyCar season.
	Last season Galles fielded cars for Al Unser, Jr., Sullivan, Kevin
Cogan as well as for Fernandez, who drove in five races last season.
Fernandez was the 1992 Indy Lights Rookie of the Year with three
victories. Unser has since moved on to Penske Racing, where he will be
part of the three-car team including 1993 Indianapolis 500 winner
Emerson Fittipaldi and Paul Tracy.
	Sullivan won the Indianapolis 500 in 1985 and was the PPG Indy Car
World Series Champion in 1988, when he was driving with Penske Racing.
	The 43-year-old Sullivan has a total of 17 IndyCar victories, most
recently the 1993 ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit.
	Galles owned two IndyCar franchises, but decided to give up one of
the franchises after Sullivan departed the series. The IndyCar board of
directors will determine who gets the available IndyCar franchises.
Based on criteria, Indy Regency Racing of French driver Olivier
Groulliard is the first potential candidate to be considered for a
franchise. That team has announced a two-car program for the upcoming
season.
	``We gave up one of the franchises,'' Galles said. ``I didn't feel it
was fair to keep both franchises when there were other people available
who wanted a franchise.''.
	``My objectives are to take young Adrian Fernandez and make him a
winner,'' Galles said. ``Our plans are to run Adrian for a full season.
We've won 19 races since 1988, the championship and the Indianapolis 500
(Al Unser, Jr. in 1992). We didn't like what happened and tried to raise
the sponsorship monies to run Danny, but we cannot afford to race unless
the sponsorship and prize money can pay for it.

    (from the Denver Post w/o permission) 
    Former Indianapolis 500 winner Danny Sullivan of Aspen filed a $1.7
    million breach-of-contract lawsuit against Galles Racing International.
    Rick Galles' IndyCar Team last week released Sullivan from the final
    year of a three-year contract citing loss of sponsorship.
    (Hmmmm...guess Danny's deal with Felix Sabates didn't contain enough $)
    
    Pete  

 >   Former Indianapolis 500 winner Danny Sullivan of Aspen filed a $1.7
 >   million breach-of-contract lawsuit against Galles Racing 
 >   International.

Hmmmm, I wonder how much a full time NASCAR ride costs these days.....:-)

Dave

    > Hmmmm, I wonder how much a full time NASCAR ride costs these days.
    
    Depends.  But most NASCAR guys don't have to BUY a ride like the Indy
    pukes. ;^}  To own/field a car can run from 800K/year (D. Marcus) to
    <mumbleMumble> (6) Million (Budweiser & Jr.)  Pocket change compaired
    to Indy.
    
    Mike

    re .7
    
    I don't want to turn this into a NASCAR note...but I read today in the
    latest issue of Road and Track magazine that Nigel Mansell wants to get
    some "part-time" rides in NASCAR - Brickyard race..plus a few others..
    
    Is this true?
    
    								-mike-

Re .-1,-2

Of course NASCAR is cheaper than Indy Cars,  they are about as complicated as
a stone and about as much fun to watch.

But, if you're into watching taxi-cabs race I guess that's your business.

       Well....I realize that it only takes one person to win a race. But,
    at least in a NASCAR race,more than one car finishes on the lead the 
    lap.When was the last time you saw multiple lead changes with just a
    few laps remaining in an Indy Car race?
    
      GT

Last year at Loudon.

    I don't know 3572::EGAN... some times those boys bump into each other.
    ;^}
    
    NASCAR is so low tech, Al Jr. and all his other CART buddies seem to
    try and knock down the fence real early in every event they attend.
    Maybe they can't handle the torque.

    After Nigel's last race in the UK...I can see why he might feel right
    at home in NASCAR 8-)
    
    								-mike-

It must be a nice break for the Indy drivers to drive nice and slow for a 
change.
 
What was the fastest the NASCARs got going at Indy?  162?
That's only 60 miles/hour slower than an Indy car. Come on.

    I went to the 1st Indy car race at NHIS.  It was the 
    greatest exibition of speed I ever saw.  Racing?  NOT!
    Sorry, but in my mind, speed is relative.  I would rather
    see cars framen and banging at 160, than sleek race vehicles
    speeding around at 200, all the while making sure they never 
    came within 30 feet of one another.  Just one man's opinion.
    
    Gone racin
    Gaff

So, "Rub'n is racing", isn't that a quote from that film epic "Days of Thunder"?

Any fool can drive into another car 8*).
While we're at it,  what is with those Bozos filling the car up with gas cans?
How about a big can of gas with a hose that runs to the car.   

Regards,

Billy Ray Bob Egan  

    > Just trying to stir up the coals a little.
    Likewise :^}
    
    > It must be a nice break for the Indy drivers to drive nice and slow
    It's a good thing, they can't seem to handle the faster tracks.
    
    > What was the fastest the NASCARs got going at Indy?  162?
    > That's only 60 miles/hour slower than an Indy car. Come on.
    
    Rules, boy.  It's rules.  In 1984 the Folgers WC team went against
    the Lowenbrau (sp?) GTP prototype with Al Holbert at Talladega in a sheer 
    speed contest.  The Monte Carlo went over 225mph (and didn't go airborne). 
    It bettered the GTP (I don't recall it's speed).
    
    Addmittedly, Winston Cup cars can't corner like the indy cars with the
    ground effects, etc... but when the track get's banked and the rules
    allow you to lean back the spoiler and decrease the gear... LOOK OUT!
    This is in an attempt to keep the cars from going airborne and flying
    into the stands, like Neil Bonnett did to our section at Talladega.
    
    Mike

    How did we get into GTP? I know I put one NASCAR-related reply in here,
    but I think this is about Indycar racing, not a NASCAR vs. Indy
    _rathole_.
    
    Let's look at the facts and then get back to the Indy '94 topic-
    A Winston Cup stock car will never (at least within this century)
    handle as well as Indycars.  Indycars are purpose built race cars that
    do not have to bear a resemblance to any mass-produced automobile.  Stock
    cars are also purpose built, but they must meet strict guidelines in
    relation to their road going "cousins".  They must meet templates for
    body shape, something Indycars do not have to do. Their weights also
    differ by approximately 1500 pounds in favor of the Indys.
    
    Due to this reason, Winston Cup cars cannot turn as fast, stop as fast,
    or do anything physically as fast as an Indy. You may bring up the
    argument of how much more difficult a stock car is to drive without the
    aerodynamic aids allowed by Indycar rules. If you do, please open a new
    conference for it. I'm tired of looking through these notes and finding
    people wallowing in ratholes that are totally irrelevant to the
    original topic. Let's keep on track here and pass along topical
    information and opininon relating to Indycar racing only. Just my $.02.
    
                                                           -mike-
    
    BTW- If I remember correctly, the Holbert/Lowenbrau Porsche did 210,
    but only after the fitting of a LeMans tail for less drag. Even a
    casual follower of prototype racing knows that 962s could easily hit
    235-240 on the [old] Mulsanne Straight at LeMans. When the subject
    of lack of speed was brought up, "wrong gears" was given, like Road
    and Track just called them that morning to come to the track, which
    (just to pick a nit) was not Talladega, but at the Transportation
    Research Center in Ohio, a 7 (?) mile oval that R&T goes to for its
    stateside top speed tests. This is the same site where a street legal
    Callaway Sledgehammer did 254.

Mike, it somehow doesn't seem like straight pool to give your opinions - and
then declare that they should be the last word on the subject :-).

The good 'ol boys actually went 240, and the Porsche folks got to around 221 or
so, I think. In any event, in the 220s.

Gearing had nothing to do with it. Aerodynamics (specifically, downforce
aerodynamics) is what did them in, even with the replacement tail.

Bruce

    As an IndyCar fan since I was born (36 years ago), I must say I'm
    concerned where this type of racing is going. 
    
    Having John Andretti leave to go to NASCAR is too bad, but to lose the
    likes of Danny Sullivan is a real shame. The marquee drivers are
    leaving to be replaced by the rich and not so famous. After the
    retirements of Foyt, and Andretti this year, the possiblilty that
    Mansell will return to F1 who have you got?  
    
    It would be hard for the average person to name more than 5 - 10 of the 
    active IndyCar drivers now.
    
    I saw Jeff Gordon "growing up" in midgets and Championship cars and
    then go to NASCAR not to IndyCar. Now look at his star potential there.
    Even AJ Foyt is considering jumping back into a NASCAR ride. 
    
    Is anyone else concerned where IndyCar is going ?
                                                                     
    

    Re-.19
    
    	Sorry if I was a bit blunt with my opinion, but Im getting
    frustrated with some of the notesfiles getting completely off the
    original subject and going on for dozens of replies in a completely
    unrelated topic.  I guess my wording put $.03 instead of the $.02 in
    that we should here in the DECnotes world.  I'm just getting tired of
    running into potholes on the information superhighway...
    
    
                                                -mike-

Thank God there is someone out there with enough gumption to take a firm stand 
on the things that are truly important and meaningful in life, such as 
frivolous, pestiferous noting. A person that is a true beacon, guiding us
selflessly towards the greater, common good.

I pledge on all that I hold sacred - I shan't stray again.  


p.s.

Thirty-eight days and counting...

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
 
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HONDA TO PROVIDE ENGINES TO DALE COYNE RACING
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TORRANCE, CA (February 10, 1994) -- Honda Performance Development, Inc. (HPD),
a subsidiary of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced today it has agreed
to supply Dale Coyne Racing with Honda engines for the 1994 PPG Indy Car
World Series.
 
Dale Coyne Racing, based in Plainfield, Illinois, will begin using Honda
engines during the month of May in preparation for the Indianapolis 500.
Coyne, utilizing a Lola chassis, also will use Honda engines in events
throughout the remainder of the 1994 season.
 
"We are pleased to have a team with the experience of Dale Coyne Racing become
the second team utilizing Honda engines," said Robert Clarke, general manager
of Honda Performance Development.  "We are confident the combination will be
a competitive force in 1994."
 
Honda Performance Development, established in April 1993 to build and provide
Indy Car racing engines, previously agreed to supply engines to Rahal/Hogan
Racing, with Bobby Rahal and Mike Groff competing in all 16 Indy Car events
during the 1994 season.  HPD is located in Santa Clarita, about 30 miles
north of Los Angeles.
 
"We're excited about joining with Honda in their first season of Indy Car
racing," said Dale Coyne.  "This agreement gives us a higher level of
excitement heading into the month of May, and it provides us with engines
that by all indications will be very competitive."

From: [email protected] (AP)
Subject: Gordon Hits Wall At Phoenix
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 94 18:00:25 PST
 
	PHOENIX (AP) -- Indy car driver Robby Gordon hit the wall during
practice Wednesday at Phoenix International Raceway.
	Track officials did not specify Gordon's injuries but said he
was treated and released from a hospital.
	Gordon, 25, of Orange, Calif., struck the wall in turn two of
the one-mile oval during testing. Wednesday was the final day of a
three-day test at the track during which Gordon reached record
speeds.
	He clocked an unofficial lap of 20.01 seconds (179.910 mph). The
record is 172.804 mph set by Scott Goodyear during qualifying for
an Indy car race here last year.
	Goodyear also has the best unofficial time this year at 181.086 
mph.
	The track will hold the Slick 50 200 mile race in April.

From: [email protected] (AP)
Subject: Simon Racing Tops Indy Entries
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 94 18:00:27 PST
 
	INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Dick Simon Racing became the first team
Wednesday to enter the 78th running of the Indianapolis 500. It is
the fifth time in six years the team will be in racing's showcase
event.
	Simon's drivers, Raul Boesel, Lyn St. James and Hiro Matsushita,
each will have two cars, all Lolas powered by Ford Cosworth XB
engines.
	Boesel of Key Biscayne, Fla., is trying to make the 33-car
lineup for the eighth time. His best finish was third in 1989, and
he made his first start on the front row in 1993.
	St. James of Daytona Beach, Fla., became the second woman ever
to make an Indianapolis 500 start in 1992 when she finished 11th
and earned Rookie of the Year honors.
	Matsushita of San Clemente, Calif., became the first Japanese
driver to make the starting lineup in 1991, when he started 24th
and finished 16th.
	The deadline for entries is April 1.

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BUHL SIGNS FOR SECOND YEAR WITH DALE COYNE RACING
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DETROIT (February 18) -- Detroit IndyCar racer Robbie Buhl announced today
that he will drive again in 1994 for Dale Coyne Racing of Plainfield, Ill.,
in the PPG Indy Car World Series.  It is his second year in the series.
 
Buhl, 28, will pilot the MI-JACK-sponsored 1993 Lola Ford-Cosworth Indy car
beginning with the first PPG Cup race March 20 in Surfers Paradise, Australia.
 
"What makes us very excited about this year is that Dale has put together
a competitive program with a competitive crew," Buhl said.  "The people at
MI-JACK have been great.  That sealed the deal for me."
 
Team owner Coyne said he was "very pleased to have MI-JACK back for a third
year and to continue with Robbie in a strong program for 1994."
 
Buhl will drive in a minimum of 10 races for Coyne and begin testing later
this month.  In 1993, Buhl finished third in the PPG Indy Car World Series'
Rookie of the Year competition for Coyne.  His highest finish was a
sixth-place at Long Beach.
 
Considered one of the top young IndyCar drivers, Buhl has won two national
driver's championships in the past five years.  He captured the Firestone
Indy Lights Series Championship in 1992 after having won the Barber Saab
Pro Series title in 1989.
 
This year, Buhl will continue to expand his "Racing For Kids" program,
visiting patients at children's hospitals all year long and assisting in
fund raising.  More than $300,000 has been raised in the past two years for
the hospitals Buhl visits.
 
Major Racing For Kids fund raising events are planned for the Toyota Grand Prix
of Long Beach, the Miller Genuine Draft 200 held in Milwaukee and the ITT
Automotive Detroit Grand Prix.
 
Buhl's major sponsor, MI-JACK Products, Inc., of Hazel Crest, Ill., is the
country's leading manufacturer of gantry cranes while providing material
handling-related products and services worldwide.

    Dayle Coyne has siigned an engine deal with Honda, as the 2nd CART
    franchise as preferred by the CART board. Driver will be Parker
    Johnstone, with some assistance/management from Comptech. Will not run
    full schedule, but say they'll start at Indy. Bit of a steep curve
    (rookie; no Indycar experience, new engine etc) Hope PJ does well..

    Re: last
    
    I had read (r.a.s?) that the Comptech-Coyne merger was to take effect
    *after* Indy, but I couold have read that wrong.
    
    George

    Anybody else see ESPN's Roda to Indy installment this weekend? Had
    footage off Newman-Hass and Ganassi test at Laguna. Nothing very new or 
    exclusive, but great footage of Michael A. Missing his braking for Turn
    2 and SMOKING his fronts. Next clip is Nigel going into the same turn; 
    very obvious black lines from Micheal's earlier error in the
    background....usual PR comment (I'm very excited to be working with 
    so-and-so this year..) They did seem to have different gearing between
    the teams; Gannassi using 1st in Turn 11, with a neat little drift at
    the exit, Mansell using a higher gear.
    
    Pete

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BETTENHAUSEN SIGNS ROBBIE GROFF
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INDIANAPOLIS (February 18, 1994) -- Veteran IndyCar driver/owner Tony
Bettenhausen announced today the signing of Robbie Groff as the driver of
a second Bettenhausen Motorsports entry at selected 1994 PPG Indy Car World
Series events.  Groff will make his long-awaited IndyCar debut in the
Condor/Bettenhausen Motorsports 1993 Penske Ilmor C at the Toyota Grand
Prix of Long Beach on April 17, 1994.
 
The 28-year-old California native will make his second IndyCar start for
Bettenhausen at the Budweiser/G.I. Joe's Portland Grand Prix on June 26, 1994.
 
"One of the benefits of being an IndyCar owner is having a development series
like Indy Lignts competing during the same weekend," said Bettenhausen. 
"This gives you the opportunity to evaluate the young talent that's on the
way up.  I've watched Robbie during the last four years in Indy Lights and
have been very impressed.  He always runs up fron and is in contention for
the win at every event.  We're proud to have Robbie as a member of the team."
 
Groff's Indy Lights career was one of amazing consistency.  Groff recorded
six wins (Phoenix, Milwaukee-x2, Nazareth, Mid-Ohio and Laguna Seca), three
poles and a 40 percent top-three podium finish ratio during his four-year
Indy Lights career.  Groff is among the all-time leaders in Indy Lights wins,
laps led, laps completed, money earned, miles completed and starts.
 
"This is the single biggest day in my racing career," said Groff. 
"I've dreamed of driving an Indy car since my first race at age six,
and to be able to debut at my home track just adds to the excitement."
 
Groff continued:  "I met with Tony at his shop in Indianapolis last week
and got a chance to meet the team.  I was very impressed by the professional
manner in which Tony and all his people treated me.  I felt like I was part
of the team from the very beginning.  I spent about an hour with team
engineer Ken Andreson and was convinced that they would provide me with
a very competitive race car.  This is a great opportunity, to be a teammate
of Stefan Johansson, to work with Tony, Ken and the rest of the team, and to
finally get to race against my brother."
 
Groff refers to Mike Groff.  Mike, teammate of Bobby Rahal on the Rahal/Hogan
Team, will drive the Motorola Lola Honda at all 1994 PPG Cup events.  This
will mark the first time in Robbie's 22-year racing career that the brothers
have raced against each other.  Primary sponsorship for Groff comes from the
Calavar Corporation, manufacturers of the Condor boom lift.  Associate
sponsorship is supplied by Trench Shoring.
 
The Bettenhausen/Groff combination hopes to enter additional events during
the season.  Groff's mandated IndyCar rookie test will take place at Putnam
Park on March 26th.  The team also plans several test days at Firebird in
early April.

The next reply will be a bit long -- around 225 lines.  It will contain a 
discussion by an IndyCar official on the state of IndyCar engines.

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INDYCAR'S KIRK RUSSELL DISCUSSES THE INDY CAR ENGINE RULE
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (February 15, 1994) -- One of the best measures of
the PPG Indy Car World Series' worldwide popularity is the increased
participation by major engine manufacturers, which will add variety to
the international open-wheel series.
 
With Honda entering the series in 1994, Mercedes-Benz joining forces with
Ilmor Engineering in 1995, and the strong possibility Toyota and Nissan will
join IndyCar in the near future, race teams will have a choice of which
powerplant will best serve their needs on the 16-race PPG Indy Car World
Series schedule.
 
With the Reynard chassis available to IndyCar teams this season, it will
bring a third major chassis to the series, joining the proven Lola and Penske
chassis.  The Honda engine now gives teams a choice along with the Ilmor and
the Ford-Cosworth XB.
 
As long as a new engine design meets with IndyCar's engine requirement rule,
it is allowed to compete in the PPG Indy Car World Series.
 
The key component to this rule is any engine design, new to IndyCar racing,
must be made available to a minimum of three different cars on two different
teams in the first year of competition and be made available to a minimum of
six different cars on three different teams in the second and any succeeding
years.
 
Nobody has to take the engine, it only needs to be made available and offered.
 
"The key to that part of the rule is the new engine has to be offered," said
Kirk Russell, the vice president of operations and technical director of
IndyCar.  "If there aren't any customers, there is no deal.  It has to be
offered to all 24 franchises, and if only one franchise takes the engine,
the requirement has been met.
 
"This rule was developed in October, 1992 as part of a committee activity to
investigate the overall structure of the sport and to investigate different
avenues of cost containment.
 
"But this rule has a lot more features."
 
Among those features are the following:
 
* An engine is 2.65 liters in displacement.
 
* The engine design is a block and head new to IndyCar.
 
* Teams should be defined as franchise teams.
 
* IndyCar sets the price of the engine, which is essentially the aggregate
  of the prices for the different powerplants the previous year with a
  maximum increase of 10 percent.
 
* This rule serves as protection of the engine manufacturer, which specifies
  the manufacturer needs a specific date to declare a new motor.
 
* Ford and Ilmor were subject to this rule in 1993.  There is no grandfather
  clause.
 
"The rule puts a cap on the cost of engines, a maximum of 10 percent per
 year," Russell said.  "Essentially, what had happened is prior to the
 introduction of the Chevrolet A engine, race teams bought their engine
 and had them serviced at facilities of their choice where people were
 prepared to do the service overhauls.  The Chevrolet A engine brought a
 new innovation to the series -- a lease with a prescribed facility to do
 that.  That changed things in a couple of ways.
 
"The manufacturers are putting themselves in a position where they know what
parts need to be changed on the overhaul cycles.  They know what kind of
mileage they normally like to put on the engine between overhauls so they
can understand what kind of wear and tear and overall reliability
characteristics are.  With that, comes a little bit heftier price tag and
there were some real concerns about that.
 
"Essentially, the program was put together to look at and stabilize the cost
that the teams would incur with these new leases.  With the new leases, there
is an obligation really to do these repairs and service activities at specific
intervals.  When you owned your own engine, you could service it at your own
will."
 
By entering into a lease arrangement, it helped level the playing field among
the IndyCar competitors.  For the first time in years, any team had the
opportunity to obtain new powerplants and modifications, which would help
them compete with the mighty teams such as Marlboro Team Penske and
Newman/Haas.  On the other hand, engine leases may be more costly than
owning engines.  Teams must meet service intervals, and under the lease
have no engines to re-sell at the end of the season.
 
But it was Penske that was the first to venture away from the reliable
Cosworth DFS and DFX powerplants and enter into an agreement with Ilmor
with the Chevrolet engine in 1987.  Penske is part owner of Ilmor
Engineering, along with Mario Illien and Paul Morgan, and had exclusive
rights to the engine before later leasing it to Newman/Haas.  Rick Galles
was the third IndyCar franchise owner to get the use of the Chevrolet before
the program was available to everyone beginning in 1990.
 
Looking even deeper into the engine rule is the component regarding new
engine design.
 
"Essentially, a new engine design -- and we consider a new engine design
to be designs where the head and block differ from the existing engines
that have been run in IndyCar racing," Russell explained.  "If someone
would choose to adapt to choose to adapt an engine from another formula
to this series, it would be considered a new engine."
 
As long as a new engine design is offered to all 24 franchises before
finding a second team, that requirement of the rule has been met.
 
"A team that does not have a franchise for each one of its entries is
eligible," Russell said.  "As long as there is one franchise available
to that effort, that meets the requirement.  For example, Rahal-Hogan has
one franchise (Bobby Rahal) and will have two of the three available Honda
engines (for the non-franchised car of Mike Groff).
 
"There are two reasons for that.  One, a franchise is security to make sure
the people participate in a manner in which the rules say they have to
participate.  It's not just a situation where the team or engine manufacturer
can make some kind of declaration that they are going to participate and then
withdraw or not live up to their announcement.  The franchise is the escrow
that secures the fact they are going to participate.
 
"Indy Regency has as much of an opportunity to get the Honda engine as
Rahal-Hogan.  A new manufacturer or manufacturer of a new engine can't
come in and put themselves in some kind of developmental picture and then
come back and say, `Gee, I have a much better product and our prices are
much higher so take it or leave it.'
 
"There is a parity there."
 
Another key to the engine rule is the franchise system.  Because of IndyCar's
sometimes painful growth, the sport survived because of the franchise
structure, which protects property rights.
 
"The reason the franchise system was put together was there was a real
understanding that there needed to be a source of income on a regular
basis for people to field these cars," Russell said.  "Strictly a
distribution of funds by the purse structure favored funding the largest
part of these distributions to the people and the teams that were the
strongest and the ones that were winning most of the races.  Those are
usually the teams that get the best drivers and have the best opportunities
to get sponsorship.
 
"The idea was to use a portion of the distribution to reward performance and
the rest was used to make sure the teams did have cash flow from event to
event they could count on."
 
The engine rule became necessary in 1992, when Ford and Cosworth came on the
scene with their new engine program.  With the new lease arrangements came a
need to make sure all leases were fair for both the franchise owners and the
engine manufacturers.
 
"Before, we had people out buying parts and building Buick engines and buying
Cosworth assemblies and building, overhauling and remanufacturing Cosworth
engines and those that were leasing Chevrolet engines," Russell said.  "When
the second manufacturer became involved, it appeared that we had established
a trend.  And it is a trend I think is popular in quite a bit of racing. 
Formula One activity is the same.  Engine leases are very popular.  And they
are popular for a good reason from the manufacturer's side.
 
"First of all, with these leases, they can maintain the engines to a level of
reliability that helps protect their image.  Secondly, the engines do contain
special developmental pieces and technologies that the manufacturers have
found to be successful to their end and they don't need somebody opening up
their engine to find out what they need to do to catch up.  The internals of
these engines are basically the property of the engine manufacturer."
 
"The program was enacted to make sure there was a balance in both supply and
price," said Russell, the original Championship Auto Racing Teams employee
when the series was created in 1978.  "There is two sides to the supply
equation.  One is the ability to produce the pieces in ample time to meet
that commitment.  The other is the availability to receive those components
in time to use them."
 
The Ilmor had already proven its value before the 1993 season began, and the
Ford-Cosworth XB had an outstanding debut in 1992, both engine manufacturers
had to meet the engine rule requirement of a minimum of six different cars on
three different teams in the second and any succeeding years.
 
"There was no grandfather clause because we expect there will be developments
and new engines built by both of those manufacturers," Russell said.
 "In 1992, Ilmor built their second IndyCar engine which we knew as the
Chevy B.  Penske and a team he sold his cars to, Bettenhausen Motorsports,
were the only teams that had that engine, which was a development engine that
was a better engine in some ways than the engine that was generally available.
 
"In 1993 Penske, Rahal-Hogan, Bettenhausen, Galles, Hall/VDS all had the Chevy
C motors.  So it was a situation where the rule helped distribute engines
throughout the field."
 
The ill-fated Judd, Alfa-Romeo and Porsche engine efforts preceded the
engine rule and were not forced to uphold the provisions.  But does the
current engine rule make it easier or more difficult for companies such
as Toyota and Nissan to get involved in IndyCar racing?
 
"I think it probably makes it a little more difficult in that they cannot
structure their activity around one specific team," Russell said.  "It means
they have to commit to producing engines for more than an in-house car they
want to run.  On the other hand, it adds some stability so they know what the
supply demands will be.
 
"I think back when Ilmor built the first Chevrolet, there weren't a lot of
people that were too interested in that engine.  It took quite a number of
years, two track years, to develop the engine as a competitive engine, just
as it took the same amount of time to develop the Cosworth DFX to be a
competitive engine back in the early 1980s.  The competitors really weren't
interested in that engine.  When the engine came of age, everybody was really
envious of what was going on and the demand was such it was very difficult for
these manufacturers to project what they were going to do and how they were
going to meet that demand."
 
But as IndyCar racing has become more popular, engine manufacturers from
around the world wanted to be involved.
 
"The rule was developed mainly because we saw a trend of new engines and
manufacturers becoming involved, escalating costs, lease arrangements, and
in addition, things that have made the sport a lot better because of increased
engine reliability," Russell said.  "We had 34 entries at Laguna Seca.  During
the entire three-day event weekend last October, we did not have to stop a
racing activity because there was a mechanical catastrophe on the race track.
 
"That was excellent."

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
 
MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL INDYCAR NEWS SERVICE
=========================================================
 
NEWS FROM WALKER RACING
-----------------------
 
INDIANAPOLIS (February 27, 1994) -- Walker Racing was asked by Championship
Auto Racing Teams and Ralph Sanchez of the Miami Grand Prix to bring one of
their Indy cars to the Miami street course on its way back from a Sebring,
Fla., test.  The purpose of the test was to test the compatibility of Indy
cars to the Miami street course.
 
An SCCA Trans-Am race and associated support series races took place over
the weekend.
 
The team tested Thursday and Friday, February 24 and 25, at Sebring
International Raceway with the No. 15 Craftsman Tools Special driver
Mark Smith before moving to Miami.  Smith ran 15 laps on the 1.87-mile,
10-turn temporary street circuit on Saturday, February 26.
 
"Looking ahead to 1995, Miami is one of the new events that could
potentially be on the calendar," said Walker.  "Ralph Sanchez and the
city are trying to attract an IndyCar race.  This will be our second year
to drive an Indy car at Miami.  Last year we offered some input on how to
better the track for the Indy cars which run lower to the ground.  I think
they have taken the information into consideration."
 
"The improvements to the track from when we were here in 1993 are, so far,
a step in the right direction," said Walker.  "They took away most of the
problems from last year.  There is still one section that needs improvement.
The transition from turns eight and nine on Biscayne Boulevard could use some
work.  Currently there is some construction to be completed to a bridge.  Once
that is done, the city will repave that part of the road.
 
"From a track point of view, I don't see a problem with having an IndyCar race
on the course.  It is up to the series to add the Miami race to the schedule. 
This is the first step of a long-range plan to bring IndyCar racing into that
region of the U.S.  We don't currently have a race in the Florida market.
 
"The street course is the first step to holding a race at a to-be-built
permanent facility in Homestead, Florida.  Miami Grand Prix promoter
Ralph Sanchez is proposing to build a 1.5-mile oval there.  Obviously,
a new oval facility would be a great addition to the series."

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
 
MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL INDYCAR NEWS SERVICE
=========================================================
 
MICHAEL ANDRETTI TESTING
------------------------
 
(February 28, 1994) -- Michael Andretti is busy testing Chip Ganassi's
Reynard 94I Ford Cosworth on the PIR oval this week.  Andretti was scheduled
to run at PIR on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
 
Ganassi's second team for Mauricio Gugelmin is testing at the same time
at the Firebird road course.  This is Brazilian Gugelmin's first outing
in one of Ganassi's Reynard Fords.  Gugelmin's car is run from a separate
shop in Indianapolis.  Experienced IndyCar engineer John Bright is in charge
of the team.

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
 
NEWS FROM INDY REGENCY RACING (March 1, 1994)
--------------------------------------------
 
 EUROSPORT ORGANIZES PARIS NEWS CONFERENCE
 -----------------------------------------
 
(March 1, 1994) -- On February 8th, Arie Luyendyk and co-owner Sal Incandela
went to Paris to join Jean-Claude Dassier of Eurosport at a news conference
announcing the team's 1994 plans.  Eurosport, as a major sponsor of the team,
will be included in the team name:  Indy Regency Racing-Eurosport Team. 
Eurosport also announced that it will be televising all 15 IndyCar events
in Europe to more than 100 million viewers.  In addition, Eurosport will
produce a half-hour preview show, "Motor Magazine," with Arie Luyendyk as
the guest host.  More than 50 European media attended this news conference.
 
Boost Monaco, an international marketing company based in Monaco, will also
be a major team sponsor for 1994.  Joining the team for 1994 with technical
sponsorships are IBM computers, Snap-on Tools, AC Delco, Racing Electronics
and Nelson Custom Cases.
 
 INDY REGENCY RACING-EUROSPORT RECEIVES NEW LOLA-ILMORS
 ------------------------------------------------------
The first 1994 Lola Indy car with the Ilmor Indy 94 engine arrived at the
Indianapolis shop of Indy Regency Racing-Eurosport on February 9.  The
following day, Arie Luyendyk was in Indianapolis to visit the team and to
be fitted for the No. 28 Eurosport car.  The second car, to be used as a
backup car for Luyendyk, arrived in Indianapolis on February 22.
 
 INDY REGENCY RACING-EUROSPORT COMPLETES FIRST TEST
 --------------------------------------------------
Indy Regency Racing-Eurosport Team, led by chief engineer Ian Ashdown and
chief mechanic John Jackson traveled to Phoenix and Big Spring, Texas for
the first round of testing for the new Eurosport Lola Ilmor Indy 94 car. 
More than 500 miles of testing was accomplished during the four and one-half
days of running in late February.
 
"Overall, the first running of the 1994 Lola was very positive.  The Phoenix
oval and the Big Spring road course were a good combination of tracks to
perform the initial shakedown of the car.  We were very impressed by the
power of the Ilmor Indy 94 engine.  I think the Lola Ilmor combination will
prove to be successful for us," said Ian Ashdown, chief engineer.  Indy
Regency Racing-Eurosport is the only team competing with the 1994 Lola Ilmor
combination in this year's PPG Cup.
 
The team is now in Indianapolis preparing for the March 8 departure date for
Surfers Paradise, Australia, the site of the first event of the 1994 PPG Indy
Car World Series.
 
 GROUILLARD NOT SCHEDULED TO RACE IN EARLY EVENTS
 ------------------------------------------------
Co-owner Olivier Grouillard will not be racing at Australia, Phoenix or Long
Beach for Indy Regency Racing.  Sal Incandela, co-owner said:  "It is purely
a business decision.  Olivier understands the situation and wants to do what
is best for the team.  As part of our goals, we want to run two cars this
year.  The problem is we have not secured the sponsorship for the second car
yet.  The plan to run a second driver in 1994 still exists, we just need some
more time to put the program together.

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: Misc. IndyCar sponsor news
 
From several MRN releases:
 
Joining Conseco and STP on Jimmy Vasser's Hayhoe Racing car will be Otter
Pops and Vital Care(hair care)..........Galles Racing announced Tecate Beer
and Quaker State as co-major sponsors on Adrian Fernandez' car. Part of the
support is from Quaker State's Mexican licensee, Comercial Importadora,
S.A. Also on board are Kodalux Processing, B.U.M. Equipment, Oil Avenger
and Amway de Mexico...........Mario kicks off his farewell tour today (3/3)
with a press conference at K-Mart HQ in Troy, Michigan..........IndyCar
debuts new technical inspection platform at SAE show in Detroit this week.
The platform was designed by Viewpint DataLabs of Orem, Utah, while FARO
Technologies, of Lake Mary, Fla. supplied the digitizer arms that take the
cars' measurements.Smithy Machine Tools of Oregon not only supplied the
lifting system for the platform, but will be responsible for training of
the technical crew. IBM supplied the computers. 

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: Arrivederci Mario
 
A few quick notes before Ford's Press Release: Molson has signed on as a
corporate sponsor of Mario's farewell tour.....K-Mart announced that it
will be holding special promotions in 14 U.S. Indy Car race markets.
Merchandise will be available including shirts, hats and a collectible toy
car bearing the Arrivederci Mario tour logo.... .....Officials of the ITT
Detroit GP has dedicated Turn 1 on the Belle Isle circuit to Mario. Special
banners will be displayed at Turn 1 that will be visible from the grandstand
and from the in-car TV cameras. 
 
 
MARIO ANDRETTI AND FORD: A WINNING COMBINATION
----------------------------------------------
 
DEARBORN, Mich. (March 3) -- Ford Motor Company joins the entire racing
world in saluting racing great Mario Andretti, as he formally announces
his final season of racing competition.
 
Andretti, has consistently used Ford power to achieve his greatest
successes. Andretti's record, shared with Ford, includes three Indy
Car championships, the 1978 Formula One World Championship, victories
in the 1967 Daytona 500 and the 1969 Indianapolis 500, and a drag racing
victory in a Ford Mustang. 
 
Andretti will wrap up a legendary racing career behind the wheel of the
Kmart/Havoline Lola Ford-Cosworth in the 16-race PPG Indy Car World Series
in 1994.
 
"Mario Andretti has meant so much to the sport of motor racing, and so much
to Ford's racing program through the years," said Dan Rivard, director, Ford
Special Vehicle Operations. "He's brought a tremendous amount of success to
Ford's effort, and we're delighted and proud to be with him in his final
racing season."
 
Andretti emerged on the American Indy Car racing scene in 1965 with a
flair, making an immediate and impressive impact. He turned in a third-place
performance at the Indianapolis 500 that year, powered by Ford, driving more
like a veteran than the rookie he was.
 
In the years that followed, Andretti's milestones are no less than
spectacular.
 
Andretti first appeared at Indy in 1964, as a sprint car driver hanging
around Gasoline Alley, hoping to find a ride in racing's greatest spectacle.
There he met crew chief Clint Brawner, who saw Andretti drive a month later,
at a sprint car race in Terre Haute, Ind. Brawner was looking for a new pilot.
Andretti got his chance, and the rest is racing history.
 
Andretti's first Indy Car victory was at the Hoosier Grand Prix on
July 25,1965, in a Brawner/Ford. Andretti continued to drive consistently
in his rookie year, capturing the Indy Car driver's championship, and adding
a second title in '66.
 
During the '66 campaign, Andretti won eight races -- seven with Ford
powerplants. He won seven more Indy Car races for Ford in 1967, in addition
to NASCAR's prestigious Daytona 500, which he won behind the wheel of a Ford
Fairlane.
 
After two more Ford Indy Car wins in '68, plus a drag racing win in a Ford
Mustang, Andretti went on to win the Indianapolis 500 in 1969. Andretti thus
became the first driver to win both of America's 500-mile classics. Andretti
captured six Ford-powered wins in '69 and his third Indy Car championship. He
was named "ABC Television Sportsman of the Year," and his hometown of
Nazareth, Pa., honored him by changing the name of its Market Street to
Victory Lane.
 
In the late '70s, Andretti moved to the Formula One circuit, taking a total
of 12 wins. He won four races in 1977, and six more in '78, on his way to the
Formula One World Driving Championship -- powered by the Ford-Cosworth DFV.
Andretti thus became the first driver to win both the Indy Car and F-1 titles.
 
When Ford returned to Indy Car racing In 1992, after a 20-year hiatus,
Andretti returned to Ford. Since then, he's added to his accomplishments,
recording his 52nd career Indy Car win (second all-time) and his 25th win
with Ford, as well as setting Indy Car's all-time qualifying speed record
of more than 234 mph (his record 66th pole), at Michigan International
Speedway.
When Andretti returned to Ford two years ago, he said, "I credit Ford with
giving me probably the greatest opportunity of my career. That Ford program
was a great time for me."
 
It's no secret that Ford credits Mario Andretti with some of the greatest
racing success it's ever enjoyed. Mario Andretti has been great for Ford,
and Ford wishes him all the best In his final year of Indy Car racing. 

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: IC: Honda Prepares for Season
 
HONDA DRIVERS WORKING HARD BEFORE SEASON OPENER
-----------------------------------------------
 
SEBRING, Fla. (February 28, 1994) -- Behind-the-scenes preparation separates 
good racing teams from also-rans.  So, it's not surprising that Honda IndyCar 
rivers Bobby Rahal and Mike Groff have been logging testing miles at Sebring
and Phoenix in advance of the Australian season opener to the 1994 PPG Indy
Car World Series.
 
The culmination of nearly six years of planning, research and development, as
well as extensive track testing, American Honda's IndyCar effort continues to
take shape with Rahal and Groff utilizing V8 powerplants supplied and serviced
by Honda Performance Development, Inc. (HPD), and American Honda Motor Co.,
Inc., subsidiary located in Santa Clarita, Calif.
 
Housed in a 43,000-square foot facility about 30 miles north of Los Angeles,
HPD will employ more than 40 engineers and technicians during peak operation.
Thompas G. Elliott, executive vice president of American Honda's automotive
operations, is also president of HPD.  Robert S. Clarke, a 13-year Honda
employee with an SCCA racing background, iw HPD's general manager.
 
Rahal-Hogan Racing served as an exclusive test team for HPD in 1993, with
both Rahal and Groff putting in testing time at Indianapolis Motor Speedway,
Phoenix International Raceway and the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.  Pre-season
testing for 1994 with Rahal/Hogan has also gone well, with sessions at
Sebring, as well as Firebird and Phoenix International Raceway.
 
"As a Honda dealer, it's a real thrill to be able to help launch Honda's
first-ever IndyCar program," said Rahal.  "The Honda engine has performed
well in testing, and we are optimistic as we look toward the 1994 season."
 
Dale Coyne Racing will field a third Honda-powered car this season beginning
with the Indianapolis 500.  A driver has yet to be finalized for the
Honda-Lola combination.
 
While this marks Honda's first effort into IndyCar racing, the company has a
long history of success in other forms of the sport.  Honda-powered Grand Prix
cars have won six Formula One Constructors' World Championships and five F1
Drivers' World Championships internationally, while auto racing efforts in
the United States under the company's Acura nameplate have included three
consecutive sweeps of the Manufacturers' and Drivers' Championships in IMSA
Camel Lights competition and two victories at the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
 
The decision to enter IndyCar racing as an engine supplier will satisfy two
major objectives established by American Honda:  to provide a valuable
marketing opportunity to Honda in the U.S., and to give valued experience 
o Honda's growing North American R&D and engineering staff.
 
"Challenges have always been important to the growth and success of Honda,"
said Elliott.  "IndyCar racing is this type of challenge.  Participation in
IndyCar racing can serve as a catalyst that ties together our vast, growing
sales, production and R&D operations in North America.  Certainly it will
help us expand our R&D and engineering capabilities in the U.S. and provide
Honda with distinct marketing opportunities."  
 
Honda Performance Development, Inc., will manage the IndyCar engine program.
 It will serve as a technical operations center and will oversee Honda's
participation in the Indy Car racing series.  Honda will recruit experienced
American personnel within Honda and the motorsports community to staff HPD
operations.
 
"We believe that the more than 14,000 Honda employees in sales, manufacturing
and R&D in the U.S. will identify with the excitement of this new challenge,
as well as our dealers, suppliers and our customers," Elliott said.  "IndyCar
racing continues to grow in popularity, and is the premier motorsports series
in North America.  It is the perfect place for American Honda to compete as we
continue to grow and develop in the United States.

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: IC: Mansell/Andretti Quotes
 
PRE-SEASON QUOTES FROM MANSELL, ANDRETTI
----------------------------------------
 
 NIGEL MANSELL (No. 1 Kmart/Havoline Lola Ford-Cosworth):
 --------------------------------------------------------
 
Q:  Are you more comfortable going into the 1994 PPG Indy Car World Series
than you were a year ago?
 
MANSELL:  "I'm definitely much more comfortable.  This year, we know the
tracks, we know the cities, we know the hotels.  Most importantly, we know
the people.  It makes a big difference."
 
Q:  How successful was your pre-season testing with the all-new model
Kmart/Havoline Lola"
 
MANSELL:  "The testing was quite good.  We were quick everywyere we went and
set (unofficial) records at every track we tested (Firebird, Phoenix, Laguna
Seca, Sebring).  "I'm really happy with the work Lola has done with the new
car and with what Ford and Cosworth have done with the engine.  And of course,
the Newman/Haas team is fantastic."
 
Q:  How does the 1994 model Lola compare with the 1993 car?
 
MANSELL:  "I'm very pleased with the new car.  Lola has done a fantastic job. 
There are many improvements.  Really, it's an all-new design.  The car is much
better than last years's."
 
Q:  How do you assess the competition for the 1994 PPG Cup?
 
MANSELL:  "The fantastic thing about the Indy Car series is so many teams are
capable of winning on any weekend.  Anyone can buy the same basic chassis and
run the same engine and then it's the responsibility of the teams and drivers
to do the best job they can.  This year, of course, we will see new things. 
Reynard has come into the series to challenge Lola and Michael (Andretti) is
back to drive a Reynard for Chip Ganassi's team.  Al Unser Jr. is with Penske,
with Emerson Fittipaldi and Paul Tracy.  Bobby Rahal has the Honda engine.
Scott Goodyear is with a different team, as is Robby Gordon.  Finally, my own
teammate, Mario Andretti, will be doing his best in his retirement season. 
The competition will be fantastic."
 
Q:  After winning the PPG Cup in your rookie season, what are your goals for
1994?
 
MANSELL:  "Really, my goal is the same as always:  To do the best job I
possibly can for myself and the team."
 
 MARIO ANDRETTI (No. 6 Kmart/Texaco Lola Ford-Cosworth):
 -------------------------------------------------------
Q:  Now that you've announced this will be your final season of IndyCar
racing -- called "Arrivederci, Mario" -- what are your hopes for the year?
 
ANDRETTI:  "My job is to drive the car as hard as I can, week in and week out.
 My focus, as always, will be on winning the PPG Cup championship.  I certainly
plan to be in the hunt."
 
Q:  Whgat is going to happen with the "Arrivederci, Mario" activities?
 
ANDRETTI:  "I know that there will be many special moments this season,
and we'll have a little fun along the way.  All of that is fine.  However,
I am not going to allow anything to distract me from my main job, which is
driving the car."
 
Q:  Will this be a difficult season for you?
 
ANDRETTI:  "When you say 'difficult,' I try not to look at it that way.  As
I said before, I'm sure we'll have a little fun along the way, with various
ceremonies and activities.  Again, however, my focus will be on driving.  In
that sense, it looks to me that the competition will be very strong.  It may
be the most competitive season we've had in IndyCar racing.  I'm looking
forward to that."

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: IC: Hall Testing
 
HALL TESTING
------------
 
BIG SPRING, Texas (March 3, 1994) -- Almost on the eve of departure for
Australia, the Hall Racing team reached record lap speeds this week on the
slippery, bumpy test track here with Teo Fabi at the wheel of the Pennzoil
Special.
 
Fabi recorded a fast lap of 1:03.25 for an average speed of 108.142 mph,
topping the previous best-ever recorded laps, 1:03.36 (107.955) separately
by IndyCar drivers Jimmy Vasser and Arie Luyendyk.  (All speeds are unofficial
and subject to discussion, because no races are held on the 1.9-mile circuit,
no automated timing equipment is installed and no sanctioned body certifies
the records.)
 
Fabi's time on several watches was confirmed by the calibrated computer used
by Hall Racing.
 
The fact that the team held two straight all-day testing sessions indicated
that frustrating construction delays, teething problems with the new Ilmor
D engine and parts shortages due to the newness of the Reynard chassis may
soon be behind it.
 
Hall Racing was one of the first teams with the new Reynard Ilmor D
combination on a test track, but most of its early 1994 testing efforts
were hampered by technical problems.  Everyone from team owner Jim Hall
and driver Fabi to the mechanics was smiling when the car was packed up
on the transporter for the 45-minute ride back to the Midland shop.

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: IC: Miami in 1995? and more
 
IndyCar Series News Stories for the week of 03/09/94:
MIAMI IN 1995?
--------------
 
Miami Motorsports boss Ralph Sanchez is said be near an agreement with
IndyCar to hold an opening PPG Indy Car World Series round in 1995. 
Sanchez has run the Miami G.P. street race since 1984.  The race was for
IMSA GTP cars through last year, but this year featured a round of the
SCCA's Trans-Am series.
 
Sanchez promoted an Championship Auto Racing Teams-governed race at suburban
Tamiami Park from 1985 1988.  He is now in the process of building an
oval/road course complex in Homestead, about an hour south of Miami and
hopes to move his downtown street race to the Homestead facility in 1996.
 
Next year's Miami G.P. is expected to be the last time the race will be run
downtown.  Although he won't confirm it, Sanchez is said to have proposed
running the tight street circuit in the reverse direction to that of the GT
and Trans-Am cars.
 
"It's not done yet," said Sanchez this week.  "Nothing has been signed.  If
and when it does, it will be for downtown Miami and it would be their option
to move to Homestead.  And the Homestead plan is looking real good.  It's
taken a huge amount of work but it's looking good."
 
 
ARRIVEDERCI, MARIO
------------------
 
It was announced last week that Mario Andretti's retirement season in IndyCar
racing this year will be called, "Arrivederci, Mario."  The 54-year-old
Andretti competes in his 31st Indy car season this year and should start
his 400th Indy car race in Toronto on July 17th.
 
PPG's retired director of racing Jim Chapman has accepted the honorary
chairmanship of "Arrivederci, Mario." Celebratory dinners and events are
expected to take place during most of this year's 16 PPG Indy Car World
Series races.  A highlight of these will be a dinner hosted by Indianapolis
Motor Speedway president Tony George on the Thursday evening before this
year's 79th Indianapolis 500.
 
Andretti reaffirmed last week that October's race at Laguna Seca will be
his last aboard an Indy car.  He said he is not interested in making any
one-off starts at Indianapolis or elsewhere.  "I don't believe that's the
right way to do it," said Andretti.  "In IndyCar or Formula One, it's all
or nothing.  There's no other way to do it."  He said he is interested
however in racing in the 1995 Le Mans and Daytona 24 hours or Sebring 12
hours.  Andretti has twice won at Sebring, but has never won Le Mans or
Daytona's long-distance race.
 
He commented on his approach to this season.  "My job is to drive the car
as hard as I can, week in and week out," said Mario.  "My focus, as always,
will be on winning the PPG Cup championship.  I certainly plan to be in the
hunt.  I know that there will be many special moments this season, and we'll
have a little fun along the way.  All of that is fine.  However, I am not
going to allow anything to distract me from my main job which is driving
the car."
 
 
ALUMAX WITH BETTENHAUSEN
------------------------
 
Tony Bettenhausen has announced that Alumax will sponsor his team's Penske
93 Ilmor which Stefan Johansson will drive in this year's PPG Indy Car World
Series.  Alumax is the the USA's third largest aluminum manufacturer, and is
a division of AMAX, a mining and energy conglomerate which has sponsored
Bettenhausen's team for the past four years.
 
This will be Johansson's third season in IndyCar.  He was PPG Cup Rookie of
the Year in 1992, and last year finished third in Vancouver and fourth at
Cleveland.  Bettenhausen has bought two more of last year's Penske 93
chassis so that the team has four 1993 Penskes for this season. 
Bettenhausen will run a second car in some races this year for Gary
Brabham and Robbie Groff with Brabham driving in Surfers Paradise.

    Gee, I'm going to miss old Mario complaining that a car was on track
    for the last 20 laps and it's someone else's fault for him crashing
    into it...  :-)
    
    jim

    Agreed.  IMHO he stole the '69 indy 500.  I also believe he may have
    had a problem with the Daytona 500.  I recall the Indy race was won
    under protest from AJ. Or was that another year?
    
    Anyways, his record speaks for his achievments.  I'll give him that.
                                                    

Article 52028 of rec.autos.sport:
From: [email protected] (Ray Foster)
Subject: IMS to start rival Indy car series
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 15:36:16 GMT
Lines: 24

The following information comes from a brief story in today's Bloomington 
Herald-Times:

Tony George announced on Friday that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will
establish a new racing series to challenge CART. They plan to begin in 1996 and
to include "the same cars and drivers that compete in the Indianapolis 500."

According to Tony George, "I have personally made every effort the past two
years to work with the car owner organization currently governing the series in
order to hear and be heard with regard to the direction the series is heading. 
I have come to the conclusion that the Speedway and the current car owner
organization are simply going in different directions."

Most folks will remember that George made similar remarks when he resigned from
the CART board of directors a few months ago. Sounds like it could be the
USAC/CART war all over again.

rwf

-- 
Raymond W. Foster               Internet: [email protected]
Music Instructional Services    Bitnet: fosterr@indiana
School of Music                 Phone: (812) 855-1803, 855-9023
Indiana University, Bloomington IN USA

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: IC: Ganassi Racing News
 
MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL INDYCAR NEWS SERVICE
=========================================================
 
1994 - A NEW BEGINNING FOR TARGET/SCOTCH VIDEO RACING
-----------------------------------------------------
 
INDIANAPOLIS (March 7, 1994) -- This year's PPG Indy Car World Series marks
the beginning of a new era for Chip Ganassi's Target/Scotch Video Racing
team.
 
Making his debut for the Ganassi Racing team will be 1991 PPG Cup Champion,
Michael Andretti, in his all new Reynard 94I Ford-Cosworth Indy car.
 
The return of Andretti to the IndyCar arena brings back the most prolific
IndyCar driver of the 1990s.  His 18 race wins and 19 pole positions
during the '90s is unequaled even though he did not run in the series
last year.
 
Complementing the return of Andretti will be the IndyCar debut of the all
new Reynard 94I chassis.  Since announcing the relationship last June,
Andretti, Reynard Racing Cars Ltd. and the Ganassi Racing team have
compiled an impressive pre-season testing resume, running under the lap
record at numerous tracks.
 
Following the arrival of the new Reynard 94I in November, the Ganassi
Racing team have logged 2475 test miles which is approximately 65% of
the entire 16 race season!  Michael has been under the lap record at
Phoenix (19.91) and Laguna Seca (1:10.48) and very competitive at
Sebring (56.78) and Firebird (44.0).
 
Andretti commented on his busy pre-season, "I'm really encouraged,
everywhere we've tested, we have been right there with the best times.
I feel very good, I am right where I was in terms of driving before left
IndyCar at the end of the 1992 season."
 
The Target/Scotch Video Reynard Ford-Cosworth has proven to be very
reliable during the pre-season and this is a tribute to Reynard Racing
Cars and the Ganassi team, led by Team Manager Tom Anderson and Crew Chief
Mike Hull.  Michael talked about his new team, "Chip's team has given me a
lot of confidence, every single team member works extremely hard and it
shows in the preparation."
 
The season opening Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix (Sunday, March 20th,
Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia) will kick off one of the most
competitive IndyCar seasons in history.  The 65 lap race around the 2.795
mile, 16 turn street circuit will see more competitive car-driver
combinations than ever before take the green flag.  Andretti looks
forward to the race, "Australia is going to be one place where I don't
know how well we will perform, because it's a street circuit and we can't
test there.  We can only try and duplicate the conditions on other tracks.
The two times I raced at Surfers Paradise, I qualified on pole (1991) and
started second (1992) and was leading both races when I dropped out, so I'm
anxious to get back there and take another crack at it."
    
Target/Scotch Video Racing team owner Chip Ganassi looks back on his racing
team's busy pre-season, "Every person in our organization has worked
incredibly hard and now it's time to put this work to the test.  When
we undertook the Reynard program, we knew it wasn't going to be easy
but the team has responded and raised their game to compliment the
addition of Michael Andretti to the team.  Testing is an important part
of this business, but I can't wait to go racing!"
 
Practice and qualifying will begin on Friday, March 18 and final
qualifying will be on Saturday, March 19.  ABC Television will broadcast
the race on Sunday, March 20 at 2:00-4:00 PM, EST.  Please check your local
listings for your broadcast time.

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
 
MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL INDYCAR NEWS SERVICE
=========================================================
 
 Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix
 Surfers Paradise
 March 18, 1994
 Friday Practice Times
 
 POS    NO      DRIVER               TIME       SPEED    
 --     ---     ------------------  -------    -------   
  1      1      NIGEL MANSELL        96.629    104.131   
  2      9      ROBBY GORDON         96.688    104.067   
  3      2X     PAUL TRACY           96.731    104.021   
  4      8      MICHAEL ANDRETTI     97.339    103.371   
  5     31      AL UNSER JR.         97.573    103.123   
  6      8X     MICHAEL ANDRETTI     97.613    103.080   
  7      2      EMERSON FITTIPALDI   98.159    102.507   
  8     18      JIMMY VASSER         98.269    102.392   
  9      4      BOBBY RAHAL          98.404    102.252   
 10      6      MARIO ANDRETTI       98.518    102.133   
 11     88      MAURICO GUGELMIN     98.748    101.895   
 12      7      ADRIAN FERNANDEZ     99.392    101.236   
 13     28      ARIE LUYENDYK        99.397    101.231   
 14     11      TEO FABI             99.479    101.147   
 15     16      STEFAN JOHANSSON     99.754    100.868   
 16     39      ANDREA MONTERMINI    99.762    100.860   
 17     15X     MARK SMITH           99.782    100.840   
 18     12      JACQUES VILLENEUVE   99.984    100.636   
 19     40      SCOTT GOODYEAR      100.084    100.536   
 20     10      MIKE GROFF          100.217    100.403   
 21     50      A. ZAMPEDRI         100.357    100.262   
 22     25      MARCO GRECO         100.819     99.803   
 23     14      DAVY JONES          100.819     99.803   
 24      5      RAUL BOESEL         100.970     99.654   
 25     24      WILLY T. RIBBS      100.999     99.624   
 26     76      GARY BRABHAM        101.024     99.600   
 27     40X     SCOTT GOODYEAR      101.171     99.456   
 28     71      SCOTT SHARP         101.335     99.294   
 29     23      BUDDY LAZIER        101.512     99.121   
 30     17      DOMINIC DOBSON      101.675     98.963   
 31     19      ROBBIE BUHL         103.121     97.575   
 32      6X     MARIO ANDRETTI      103.143     97.554   
 33     14X     DAVY JONES          104.271     96.499   
 34     55      DAVE KUDRAVE        106.019     94.907   
 35     22      HIRO MATSUSHITA     107.481     93.616   
 36     15      MARK SMITH          108.737     92.535   
 37      7X     ADRIAN FERNANDEZ    115.810#    86.884   
 38      3      PAUL TRACY          No Time     No Speed 
 
  # = Lap time exceeds 115% of best time
 
 Track Length: 2.7950 Miles, 4.4980 Kilometers

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
 
MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL INDYCAR NEWS SERVICE
=========================================================
 
 Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix
 Surfers Paradise
 March 18, 1994
 Friday QUALIFYING Times
 
 POS    N0      DRIVER                 TIME        SPEED    
 --     ---     ------------------    -------     -------   
  1      1      NIGEL MANSELL          95.683     105.160 *   
  2      8      MICHAEL ANDRETTI       95.848     104.979   
  3      2X     PAUL TRACY             96.398     104.380   
  4     88      MAURICO GUGELMIN       96.405     104.372   
  5      2      EMERSON FITTIPALDI     96.819     103.926   
  6     31      AL UNSER JR.           96.980     103.754   
  7     10      MIKE GROFF             97.633     103.059   
  8      9      ROBBY GORDON           97.656     103.035   
  9     18      JIMMY VASSER           97.771     102.914   
 10     40      SCOTT GOODYEAR         97.835     102.846   
 11      4      BOBBY RAHAL            97.911     102.767   
 12      6      MARIO ANDRETTI         97.941     102.736   
 13      7      ADRIAN FERNANDEZ       98.103     102.565   
 14     16      STEFAN JOHANSSON       98.744     101.900   
 15     11      TEO FABI               98.788     101.854   
 16     28      ARIE LUYENDYK          98.919     101.720   
 17     24      WILLY T. RIBBS         98.948     101.690   
 18     39      ANDREA MONTERMINI      99.230     101.401   
 19      5      RAUL BOESEL            99.306     101.323   
 20     12      JACQUES VILLENEUVE     99.311     101.318   
 21     17      DOMINIC DOBSON         99.779     100.843   
 22     71      SCOTT SHARP            99.790     100.831   
 23     76      GARY BRABHAM          100.468     100.152   
 24     23      BUDDY LAZIER          101.164      99.463   
 25     50      A. ZAMPEDRI           101.355      99.275   
 26     19      ROBBIE BUHL           101.358      99.272   
 27     14      DAVY JONES            101.571      99.064   
 28     22      HIRO MATSUSHITA       102.020      98.628   
 29     25      MARCO GRECO           104.604      96.192   
 30     15      MARK SMITH            109.212      92.132   
 31     55      DAVE KUDRAVE          NO TIME      NO SPEED 
 
 * New track record
 
 Track Length: 2.7950 Miles, 4.4980 Kilometers

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
 
 AUSTRALIAN FAI INDYCAR GRAND PRIX
 Surfers Paradise, Australia
 March 18, 1994
 Provisional Qualifying Story
 
 MANSELL BACK IN FRONT OF THE FIELD
 ----------------------------------
 
SURFERS PARADISE, Australia -- PPG Cup champion Nigel Mansell took the
provisional pole today for Sunday's Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix.
Mansell broke his own qualifying record by almost three seconds, lapping
the 2.795-mile Surfers Paradise street circuit in 1 min., 35.683 sec.;
105.160 mph.  Piloting the latest Newman/Haas Kmart/Caltex Lola
Ford-Cosworth, Mansell beat Michael Andretti to the provisional pole by
just over fifteen-hundredths of a second. 
 
"We're very happy," said Mansell.  "We put a lot of hard laps together and
it went well.  I still feel like I'm on holiday.  Maybe I'll wake up
tomorrow and we'll go a little quicker.  We certainly know we can go a lot
better tomorrow.
 
"If I have to predict a pole time tomorrow," added Mansell.  "I would say
it will be a second quicker than today.  The track'll get better for onething. 
I felt like I could have gone a little bit quicker, but to do that you need
the perfect lap.  There were three or four corners where I could have been
better.  What we all know is the time will be quicker tomorrow." 
 
Michael Andretti had an exciting qualifying session, surviving a wild slide
at one of the chicanes, and then having to be towed in after running out of
fuel.  At the end of the session, Andretti pulled out all the stops, and
stole second place from Paul Tracy.  It was a great way for the 1991 PPG
Cup champion to enjoy his return to IndyCar racing with Chip Ganassi's
Target-Scotch Reynard Ford. 
 
"The car feels really good, but I still think there's more time left,"
said Michael.  "Hopefully we can keep developing the car and keep with
the progress that everyone else makes with their cars.  Really, we're a
little ahead of where I thought we'd be at this stage of the year."
 
Andretti flat-spotted a tire early in the session by braking a little
too heavily for one of the chicanes.  Next time around he lost control
at the same point on the race track.  "I went in too deep with the tire
flat-spotted, and went straight off," said Michael.  "At the end of the
session, I thought I could have gone quicker after letting the tires cool
down.  But I couldn't get a clear lap.  If I had, I think I could have got
pole." 
 
Paul Tracy qualified third fastest, half a second slower than Andretti.
Tracy said he believes he too can go quicker tomorrow with his 1994
Marlboro Team Penske Ilmor.  "I'm not happy with the car in some of the
turns," said Tracy.  "We're going to keep working on it, keep chipping away 
at it.  We should be quicker tomorrow."
 
An impressive fourth fastest was Brazilian Mauricio Gugelmin who also drives
a Chip Ganassi Reynard Ford, run by an entirely separate team.  Former F1
driver Gugelmin ran three rookie IndyCar races at the end of last year, and
is running his first full PPG Cup season this year, sponsored by Hollywood 
cigarettes.
 
"I'm still finding my way," said Gugelmin.  "This morning we had some small
problems, but then we made a small chassis change and that gave me great
confidence.  I'm new here, and I need to get more from myself on this track.
I'm pleased with the way the day went.  I'm very happy to be in a
competitive team.  Not since 1985 have I felt this good about a team.  I
feel like my career is starting all over again." 
 
Marlboro Team Penske teammate Emerson Fittipaldi and Al Unser Jr. were
fifth and sixth fastest today.  "My Marlboro car is handling very well,"
commented Fittipaldi.  "I'm very happy with the progress.  On my last four
laps the car was extremely good.  Ufortunately we ran into some traffic on
my last lap, which was my fastest, so I'm looking forward to tomorrow.  The
competition is already proving to be very close, so it should be a great
show for the fans and sponsors." 
 
Unser is also looking forward to improving his starting position in
tomorrow's final qualifying.  "I'm extremely happy with the Marlboro
Penske team.  We're still working hard to understand the car.  We're
making some good gains, and we should be looking a lot better for tomorrow."
 
A very impressive performance was turned in today by Mike Groff who qualified
his Honda-powered Rahal/Hogan Motorola Lola seventh fastest.  Groff beat
teammate Bobby Rahal by three places and one quarter of a second.  "I knew
we could make the car better after this morning's practice session," said
Groff.  "We softened the rear supension to make the car get grip off the
corners.  That made a big difference.  I think the track was getting better
throughout the day and hopefully we can improve on Saturday. 
 
Robby Gordon looked like a challenger for the pole early in the session,
but a mechanical failure put an early end to his afternoon.  Even so,
Gordon still qualified eighth.  "We only got in two laps," said Gordon,
"so I'm not really disappointed.  The car feels good and I think we will be
very competitive tomorrow."
 
Also impressive today was Jimmy Vasser who qualified ninth ahead of Scott
Goodyear and Bobby Rahal.  Vasser is taking part in his first full PPG Cup
season this year after two years of runing a limited schedule of races. 
Twelvth and 13th today were Mario Andretti, who was unhappy with his car's
inability to put the power down and Adrian Fernandez.
 
All of today's first 13 qualifiers broke Nigel Mansell's existing track
record set 12 months ago.  Thirty drivers recorded qualifying times today
with David Kudrave being the only driver to miss the afternoon qualifying
session after crashing in the morning's practice.
 
Final qualifying for the Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix takes place
tomorrow afternoon.  The 65-lap, 181.675-mile race takes the green flag
at 2 p.m. Queensland time on Sunday afternoon (11 p.m. EST, March 19).

Warning:  the next reply is 475 lines.  It contains a huge amount of info 
about the Friday events at Surfers Paradise.

Mike

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
 
 AUSTRALIA FAI INDYCAR GRAND PRIX
 Surfers Paradise, Australia
 Friday, March 18, 1994
 Practice and Qualifying Notes
 
The race covers 65 laps (181.675 miles/294.132 kilometers) along the
Pacific Ocean through the high rise-lined streets of Surfers Paradise on
the Gold Coast.  The existing track record for qualifying (one lap/2.795
miles) is held by Nigel Mansell, set March 19, 1993, 1 min., 38.555 sec.;
102.095 mph.  The race record, also held by Nigel Mansell, (181.675
miles/65 laps), March 21, 1993; 1 hr., 52 min., 2.886 min.; 97.284 mph. 
Nigel's win from the pole in his IndyCar debut was the first in the 82-year
history of the sport. 
 
Race broadcast airs 2-4 p.m. EST, March 20 and 1-3 p.m. PST on ABC Sports.  
ESPN will air an IndyCar season preview at 1 p.m. EST, Saturday March 19.
 
IndyCar activities are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. with IndyCar Practice 
with qualifying starting at 2:30 p.m. (2 groups, 1/2 hour each). Per chapter
5.4 and 6.4 of the 1994 IndyCar Rule Book, the qualifying sessions for the 
Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix at Surfers Paradise, will be split into 
two groups.  The groups will be split using the qualifying times from the 
1993 Toyota Monterey Grand Prix at Monterey, Calif. on October 2, 1993.  
The top two fastest drivers from qualifying will be brought the media center 
for driver interviews approximately 15 minutes after the end of the last 
session.
 
The fastest qualifiers from Monterey will qualify in the first session on 
Friday, March 18, 1994.  The fastest qualifiers from Friday will qualify in 
the second session on Saturday, March 19, 1994.
 
GROUP ONE, FRIDAY
 
GROUP TWO, FRIDAY           GROUP TWO, FRIDAY
  1  Nigel Mansell           7  Adrian Fernandez
  2  Emerson Fittipaldi      8  Michael Andretti
  3  Paul Tracy             10  Mike Groff
  4  Bobby Rahal            12  Jacques Villeneuve
  5  Raul Boesel            14  Davy Jones
  6  Mario Andretti         17  Dominic Dobson
  9  Robby Gordon           19  Robbie Buhl
 11  Teo Fabi               22  Hiro Matsushita
 15  Mark Smith             23  Robert Buddy Lazier
 16  Stefan Johansson       24  Willy T. Ribbs
 18  Jimmy Vasser           25  Marco Greco
 28  Arie Luyendyk          39  Andrea Montermini
 31  Al Unser Jr.           50  Alessandro Zampedri
 40  Scott Goodyear         55  David Kudrave
 88  Mauricio Gugelmin      71  Scott Sharp
                            76  Gary Brabham
 
Series Update - Drivers Pre-Season Race Meeting
 
There will be a special drivers meeting on Thursday morning, April 7, 1994.  
The meeting will precede the CDA Golf Tournament at the Wigwam Resort in 
Goodyear, Arizona.  Continental breakfast will be served from 8:30- 9 a.m. 
with the meeting following from 9-10:30 a.m.
 
4E.1
PIT LANE SPEED LIMIT
During the race, the posted speed limit between pit 1 and pit 28 for the 
AUSTRALIAN FAI INDYCAR GRAND PRIX will be 80 miles per hour.  A black flag 
penalty (stop and go) will be assessed to any driver with a speed in this area 
in excess of 85 miles per hour.
 
4E.2
FLAGGING POSITIONS
A green flag or other appropriate flag, depending on certain conditions, will 
be displayed from each flag station at the beginning of the first IndyCar on 
track activity each day.  This procedure has been instituted to familiarize 
all drivers with each circuit's flagging locations.
 
4E.3
SHORTCUTTING THE COURSE
It is possible to shortcut this course in several areas.  During practice, 
teams will be notified of any such off-course excursions.  During qualifying, 
a time will not be given for any lap in which the driver shortcuts the course.
Any reported shortcut that improves a driver's position during the race will 
result in a black flag penalty.
 
J. Kirk Russell, V.P. Operations
Wally Dallenbach, Chief Stewart
 
11:00 a.m.- Green Flag for IndyCar Practice
 
11:13 a.m.- 2X-PAUL TRACY--Bettered the existing track record, 99.948 sec., 
100.672 mph.
 
#25-MARCO GRECO--The car brushed the wall and continued, slight right- side 
damage. 
 
11:20 a.m.--The top three cars, 2X-PAUL TRACY, #9-ROBBY GORDON, 
#31-AL UNSER JR., #18-JIMMY VASSER, #4-BOBBY RAHAL.
 
11:25 a.m.--#1-NIGEL MANSELL--The car bettered the existing track 
record; 97.007 sec., 103.724 mph.
 
#55-DAVID KUDRAVE--The car went hard into the chicane in Turn 4, hit the 
wall damaging the left-front suspension and left-front wing.
 
11:40 a.m.--Red Flag--Safety trucks retrieved the #55 car and towed it back 
to the garage area.
 
11:48 a.m.--Green flag, total time under the red: 8 min. 14 sec., the time 
will be added back into the session.
 
12:10 p.m.--The top five fastest cars have bettered 
the existing track record; #1-NIGEL MANSELL, 
#2X-PAUL TRACY, #8-MICHAEL ANDRETTI, #9-ROBBY GORDON, 
#2-EMERSON FITTIPALDI.
 
12:39 p.m.--Checkered Flag
 
The top five fastest cars at the conclusion of the session are:  
#1-NIGEL MANSELL, 96.629 sec., 104.131 mph; #9-ROBBY GORDON, #2X-PAUL TRACY, 
#8-MICHAEL ANDRETTI, #31-AL UNSER JR.
 
Ford Motor Company and Cosworth Engineering, arguably racing's most famous 
partnership, will offer teams powered by their Ford-Cosworth XB engine in 
the 1994 PPG Indy Car World Series $1.3 million in bonus money, based on 
performance.
 
The bonus program will make available $1 million to Ford-Cosworth teams 
earning specific accomplishments throughout the 1994 season, with an 
additional $300,000 reward set aside should a Ford-Cosworth team win the 
1994 PPG Cup.
 
"We consider our bonus program to be an exciting initiative in the IndyCar 
series," said Dick Scammell, director of racing for Cosworth Engineering.  
"We certainly believe it increases the level of competition, and we will 
continue to be successful while our teams are successful."
 
The Ford-Cosworth IndyCar bonus plan is consistent with Ford's "pay for 
performance" theme, made evident by similar contingency programs through 
the Dearborn auto maker's involvement in NASCAR Winston Cup, SCCA Trans-Am, 
and SCORE off-road truck racing.
 
 Ford Racing Cosworth PR
 
Parnelli Jones, winner of the 1963 Indianapolis 500, will lead the 33-car 
field to the start of the 1994 edition on May 29.  Jones will drive a 
limited-edition Ford Mustang Cobra Convertible, Official Pace Car for the 
world-famous 500-mile race.
 
Jones will be joined on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 2.5-mile oval by 
two more Mustang Cobra Pace Cars, driven by another racing legend, A.J. Foyt, 
and by A.J. (Alex) Trotman, Ford Motor Company chairman and chief executive 
officer.
 
The Mustang Cobra Convertibles that will pace the Indy 500 are essentially 
production cars.  They are powered by the production Cobra 5.0-liter V-8 
engine that produces 240 horsepower, and the only driveline change is a 
specially calibrated electronic for-speed automatic overdrive transmission, 
chosen for service on the Speedway in place of the five-speed manual used in 
production Cobras.
 
 Ford Public Affairs
 
#18-JIMMY VASSER--Conseco-STP/Hayhoe Racing Inc.--The fastest-ever rookie 
qualifier for the Indy 500 (222.313 in 1992) still earned four top-10 
finishes in 1993, including a podium third-place finish at Phoenix.  
"I've had reasonable success here in the past.  Last year, we qualified ninth, 
which was pretty good, all things considered.  I truly enjoy driving this 
course each year."
 
#8-MICHAEL ANDRETTI-Target/Scotch Video Reynard Ford-Cosworth--"I don't think 
I got one clean lap during the entire session.  That session had no rhythm for 
me.  Just when I was ready to put a new set of tires on, the engine developed a
miss.  Then I jumped into the backup car and put in a pretty good time, but I 
still encountered a car in the middle of the track on the backside.  Both cars 
feel about the same.  We are going to change the engine in the spare car for 
this afternoon's qualifying session."
 
 
#28-ARIE LUYENDYK--Indy Regency Racing--Eurosport-Boost Monaco--"I was 
pleasantly surprised to run in the top 10 most of the time.  We will be able
 to make some improvements with the car, but so will everyone else.  We can't 
let our guard down."
 
#9--ROBBY GORDON--Valvoline/Cummins Special--"It feels great to be back out 
there.  It's almost like we're picking up where I left off last year here in 
Australia.  The whole crew is working great together.  We keep doing little 
things to make progress. 
 
That's why we were in the pits so long on our last stop.  I think we've got a 
little more left in the car for this afternoon ... at least I hope we do."
 
 
#18-JIMMY VASSER--Conseco-STP/Hayhoe Racing Inc.--"Overall, things went pretty 
well.  We used only one set of tires the entire session which is very 
encouraging.  We had a very good first outing."
 
 
The Honda Indy V8 made it's official on-track debut during the opening 
practice session this morning.  Bobby Rahal, in the Miller Genuine Draft 
Lola-Honda and Mike Groff, in the Motorola Lola-Honda, put the Honda engine 
through its paces in the 90-minute session in preparation for this afternoon's 
qualifying.
 
 
Derrick Walker, Team owner, Walker Racing--#9-ROBBY GORDON--"I knew Robby was 
going to be quick.  It's a very encouraging start to the season, but it's only 
one session.  There are a lot of good teams and cars here and I don't think 
we've seen their best yet."
 
#15--MARK SMITH--Craftsman Tools Special/Walker Racing--"I didn't get many 
laps in the first session.  We have a fuel pressure problem on my primary car.
We took out my '93 backup in case we don't sort out the problem by qualifyig. 
Because of this, I really haven't gotten up to speed yet."
 
#24--WILLY T. RIBBS--Service Merchandise Special/Bill Cosby Racing/Walker 
Racing--"I was just out there learning where to step on the gas.  I just 
wanted to get acquainted with the course since it's my first time here.  
We learned some things and will go back and work on the car before this 
afternoon's qualifying session."
 
 Walker Motorsports PR
 
#4--BOBBY RAHAL--Miller Genuine Draft Lola/Honda--"For our first session, 
I feel pretty good.  We have to work on the suspension and get the power to 
the ground better.  The track was slippery and the tires were sliding around 
quite a bit.  The engine has that unique sound and the power seems good.  I 
know the Honda engineers were anxious to receive some feedback from myself and
Mike (Groff).  They want as much information as we can give them
 
 Miller Genuine Draft PR
 
#10--MIKE GROFF--Motorola/Rahal-Hogan Racing--"I was slipping and sliding 
around during that session.  The engine felt good, but I couldn't get the 
power down (to the ground).  We ran quite a bit on only one set of tires and 
a lot of other drivers ran two sets.  I think we can jump up the list in 
qualifying because the car really wasn't close to a proper setup."
 
 Motorola, Inc. PR
 
#2X--PAUL TRACY--Marlboro Penske Ilmor Indy V8--"We had an engine problem in 
the primary car. We went out first in the spare car, because we like to get 
that bedded in, but when I got into the primary car, it had a misfire and it 
didn't run right.  We thought we had it fixed, but it was still there, so 
they're going to pull the engine out of it.  I went off at the end of the 
beach straight, but it was down the escape road, and the car wasn't damaged.  
I got on the brake too late, and locked four wheels up. 
I could have got around the corner, but I was a bit crossed up, so I went up 
the escape road."
 
"The changes to the track are good. There's a little bit more vision around 
the corners, so you can see if there's a car in the wall on the other side. 
It gives you a bit more confidence than before, but not too much more."
 
"I'm not surprised at the speed of the Reynard out of the box, because they've
had a whole year to develop it, and Adrian Reynard's no dummy.  Their speed's 
good, but I'm not surprised."
 
#7--ADRIAN FERNANDEZ--Tecate-Quaker State Reynard-Ilmor--"At the start of the 
session, I went out in the spare car just to ensure that everything was okay. 
After that, I went out in the race car.  We had some problems with the barkes,
but managed to sort it during the session.  I also had a cut tire, so had to 
pit to change it.  The car feels pretty good, but at the moment, I'm just 
taking my time.  It's a case of adapting to the track, and we're taking 
nothing to the limit.  The more laps I run, the more 
I can learn the circuit, and overall, the team is very satisfied."
 
Galles Racing Int'l PR 
 
 
2:45 p.m.--Green Flag-Group One Qualifiers
 
2:50 p.m.--#1-NIGEL MANSELL--The car just bettered the existing track 
record--95.825 sec., 105.004 mph.
 
#6--MARIO ANDRETTI--The driver locked up the brakes 
stopping the car at station 31.
 
2:55 p.m.--Red Flag, to assist car #6.
 
2:58 p.m.--Green Flag, total time under red; 2 min. 29 sec., the time will 
be added back into the session.
 
3:02 p.m.--The top five cars are:  #1-NIGEL MANSELL, #31-AL UNSER JR., 
#2X-PAUL TRACY, #9-ROBBY GORDON, #2-EMERSON FITTIPALDI.
 
3:17 p.m.--Checkered Flag-The top five fastest cars are: #1-NIGEL MANSELL, 
#2X-PAUL TRACY, #88-MAURICIO GUGELMIN, #2-EMERSON FITTIPALDI, #31-AL UNSER JR.
 
#9-ROBBY GORDON--Valvoline/Cummins Special--"We only got one hot lap in and 
barely registered a time.  But, hey that's racing."  (Gordon was forced to 
retire from the afternoon qualifying session due to a gear selection problem).
 
Valvoline/Cummins PR
 
3:33 p.m.--Green Flag-Group Two Qualfiers
 
#19--ROBBIE BUHL--The car spun in turn 16 and continued.
 
3:42 p.m.--Red Flag-#8-MICHAEL ANDRETTI--The car spun in turn six and 
stopped on the track, the team changed.  The car was restarted and 
continued into the pits.
 
3:48 p.m.--Green Flag, total time under the red flag; 5 min., 56 sec.  
A 4 min. 39 sec. penalty was assessed on car #8.
 
4:05 p.m.--Red Flag, Car #50-ALESSANDRO ZAMPEDRI--The car brushed the wall 
and lost a front wing plate.
 
4:08 p.m.--Green Flag
 
4:11 p.m.--Checkered Flag--The top three qualifiers are:  #1-NIGEL MANSELL, 
#8-MICHAEL ANDRETTI, #2X-PAUL TRACY.
 
#5--RAUL BOESEL--Duracell Charger/Dick Simon Racing--"We are catching up a 
little bit, but the car is not right.  Every lap we are fighting to get 
enough grip."
 
 Duracell PR
 
#6-MARIO ANDRETTI--Kmart Texaco Havoline Lola--"I just wasn't getting any 
traction.  It's too bad because the car has such good basic qualities.  But, 
I'm just missing that one factor."
(On the Red Flag)-I slid into the tire wall and barely touched it.  But I 
stalled."
 
 Caltex/Havoline PR
 
#4-BOBBY RAHAL--Miller Genuine Draft Lola/Honda--"I thought we were going in 
the right direction with the chassis at the start of the qualifying session.  
I dipped into the 1:37s on my second flying lap.  Unfortunately, we changed 
some things and went the wrong way.  If you go in the right direction with 
the chassis, you can pick up six or seven tenths of a second per change.  But 
it's critical to make the correct decision.  At a longer track like here at 
Surfers, you don't get as many laps.  So you can't change as many settings 
as you would like.  The Honda engine is performing very well.  I'm pleased 
with the engine's development.  The engineers are keeping a close eye on the 
engine progress."
 
Miller Genuine Draft PR
 
#18-JIMMY VASSER-Conseco-STP/Hayhoe Racing--"I'm a little disappointed with 
our results, we had problems with the exhaust system, causing some horsepower 
loss.  I think we can correct that.  Otherwise, the car was great.  The Reynard 
felt very responsive. I feel right at home with this chassis.  Overall, we're 
in pretty good shape."
 
 Hayoe Racing PR
 
#14--DAVY JONES--A.J. Foyt Copenhagen Racing Team--"I had a difficult time 
getting a clear lap.  I touched the wall with the left rear and we tweaked 
an upright."
 Copenhagen Racing PR
 
#22--HIRO MATSUSHITA--Panasonic-Duskin Lola-Dick Simon Racing--"We need 100 
percent more grip.  We were going faster each lap and starting to make 
progress, with the suspension.  After a second stop, we changed springs 
and tires.  I could only sneak in one lap before the session ended.  The fuel 
pump problem in practice robbed us of valuable track time."
 
 Panasonic PR
 
#10--MIKE GROFF--Motorola Lola/Honda-(After qualifying 7th)--"I knew we could 
make the car better after this morning's practice session.  We softened the 
rear suspension to make the car get grip off the corners.  That made a big 
difference.  I think the track was getting better throughout the day and 
hopefully we can improve on Saturday.  It's nice to be up in the top 10 on 
Friday but I want to be there on Saturday."
 
 Rahal/Hogan PR
 
#7--ADRIAN FERNANDEZ--Tecate-Quaker State Reynard-Ilmor--"Unfortunately I was 
blocked on my flying lap on new tires, so I couldn't post the time I was 
looking for.  I feel sure I could have been a second quicker.  But, at least 
we are right there.  We just have to be patient as I am still learning the 
circuit.  I am very happy with the way the team is working.  The guys are 
putting in a big effort, and I feel very good about it."
 
RICK GALLES, Team Owner #7--"We are satisfied for the first qualifying and 
practice sessions.  We're 13th and I know the crew did a good job.  We still 
have a long weekend ahead of us."
 
 Galles Racing Int'l PR
 
POST QUALIFYING PRESS CONFERENCE
 
#1-NIGEL MANSELL
 
Q:  Nigel, you're starting off the same place you left--right at the front of 
the field. How does it feel?
A:  "We're very happy. We put a couple of laps together. We didn't know if the
second session would be quicker than ours, so we're very happy to still be 
involved."
Q:  Your impressions about the circuit -- is it quite an improvement?
A:  "Yes, they've made some great improvements. You can see the exits to the 
corners so you have a better feel of them going in."
Q:  Were you surprised with your time?
A:  "I really think it's a credit to the organizers who put this circuit 
together because you can see the apexes and the exits. There's no question 
the car's development over the winter made the car quicker than last year."
Q:  Do you think you got everything out of the car today?
A:  "Not really. I felt I could have gone a little bit quicker, but it's like 
anything -- you have to do a perfect lap to do a perfect time. I felt there 
are three or four corners I could have improved on, but that's motor 
racing -- "if's and when's" don't count. What we all hope is the times will 
be quicker tomorrow."
 
#8--MICHAEL ANDRETTI--Target-Scotch Video/Chip Ganassi Racing Teams--
Q. You've spent a lot of time testing the new Reynard chassis, and in effect 
you are the factory team.
A. "It's put us into a situation where I was with Newman-Haas. We have the 
factory behind us at Reynard and they've been doing a fantastic job.  I still 
think there's a lot of time left (in the car), and throughout the year, we'll 
be able to develop it and try to keep up with these guys over here 
(Newman-Haas). I think there's more to come."
Q. Your teammate, Mauricio Gugelmin, was very quick today in the first 
qualifying session. Is he going to be a great benefit for the team, or is 
that because the chassis is that good?
A. "Certainly the chassis is very good.  We are actually in two separate 
teams, and I don't know what they're doing down there and they don't know 
what we're doing.  He's a good driver.  He was quick in Formula One and he 
also ran quick at Laguna Seca, so I think he's going to have good results 
throughout the year."
Q. Why did Reynard come into the PPG Indy Car World Series?
A. "To make money, I think.  That's why they're all in here racing cars.  
Reynard is company that supplies race cars, and this is that sort of series 
and they think it's a big market for them.  They've been very successful in 
everything they've done and here's no reason why they couldn't be successful 
here."
 
#8--MICHAEL ANDRETTI
Q. You didn't have that good a qualifying session. You spent a lot of time 
stopped at the side of the course.  Did you damage the car, and is that going 
to be a problem tomorrow?
A. "The first time I flat-spotted my tires on the lap previous to that, and I 
went in a little bit hot down on one corner and I just locked the front and I 
went into the tire wall, but it didn't do much damage. The last time I just 
ran out of fuel."
Q. You didn't seem to be able to get much rhythm going today.  It looked like 
you found it hard to get a clear lap in and then you ran out of fuel. Do you 
think you'll be able to get much more speed tomorrow.
A. "When I ran out of fuel, I thought there was little bit more than that 
left.  On my quick laps, there was a couple of corners that I didn't hit 
right, and then I ran out of gas.  It was a bit of a miscalculation, and 
if we get it right tomorrow, we'll certainly be quicker."
 
#2X--PAUL TRACY--Marlboro Penske-Ilmor, qualified in provisional third place 
with a time of 1 min., 36.398 sec./104.380 mph.  Paul was one of the most 
prolific winners in the 1993 PPG Cup championship with the Marlboro-Penske 
team.
 
Q: This is the first IndyCar race for 1994 and there have been some changes 
to the track. Can you give your impressions on those changes?
A: "Down the back of the course it's really, really nice, one of the nicest 
prepared tracks we race on."
 
#76--GARY BRABHAM--Split Cycle/PM Lubricants/Bettenhausen Motorsports 
Penske-Ilmor. Gary is the only Australian driver in the field and this 
is his second race at the Gold Coast. He finished 14th last year in a 
Dick Simon Racing Lola.  He has provisionaly qualified in 23rd at 
1 min., 40.468sec., 100.152 mph.
 
"It's tough, but I think I'll go OK.  Twenty-third might not sound that 
good but I haven't driven for a whole year.  The first session was really 
hard.  We didn't have a very good set-up. The second session was a little 
better but I'm still having trouble turning-in to the corner, it just won't 
turn-in.  It's understeering when it's turning-in so I just can't put my foot 
down coming out of some of the corners."
 
#88--MAURICIO GUGELMIN--Hollywood Reynard Ford-Cosworth--"I am still finding 
my way.  This morning we had some small problems, but then we made a small 
chassis change and that gave me great confidence.  I'm new here and I need 
to get more form myself on his track.  It was a good day, no close calls, 
no spins, I'm pleased with the way the day went.  I'm very happy to be in 
a competitive team, not since 1985 have I felt this good about a team.  I 
feel like my career is staring all over again."
 
 Chip Ganassi Racing PR

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
 
MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL INDYCAR NEWS SERVICE
=========================================================
 
 Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix
 Surfers Paradise, Australia
 Saturday, march 19, 1994
 Saturday Practice Times
 
 POS   NO      DRIVER                   TIME        SPEED 
 --    ---     ------------------      -------     -------
  1     1      NIGEL MANSELL            96.108     104.695
  2     9      ROBBY GORDON             96.615     104.146
  3     8      MICHAEL ANDRETTI         96.615     104.146
  4    39      ANDREA MONTERMINI        97.171     103.550
  5    31      AL UNSER JR.             97.343     103.366
  6     2      EMERSON FITTIPALDI       97.622     103.071
  7     7      ADRIAN FERNANDEZ         97.642     103.049
  8    11      TEO FABI                 97.663     103.028
  9    12      JACQUES VILLENEUVE       97.695     102.994
 10    18      JIMMY VASSER             98.053     102.618
 11    16      STEFAN JOHANSSON         98.075     102.595
 12     6      MARIO ANDRETTI           98.307     102.352
 13    40      SCOTT GOODYEAR           98.518     102.133
 14    10      MIKE GROFF               98.550     102.100
 15     2X     PAUL TRACY               98.767     101.876
 16    88      MAURICO GUGELMIN         98.790     101.852
 17     4      BOBBY RAHAL              98.954     101.684
 18    28      ARIE LUYENDYK            99.618     101.006
 19    17      DOMINIC DOBSON           99.758     100.864
 20    25      MARCO GRECO              99.864     100.757
 21    15      MARK SMITH               99.880     100.740
 22     5      RAUL BOESEL              99.900     100.721
 23    14      DAVY JONES              100.008     100.612
 24    71      SCOTT SHARP             100.189     100.430
 25    22      HIRO MATSUSHITA         100.576     100.043
 26    24      WILLY T. RIBBS          100.914      99.709
 27    19      ROBBIE BUHL             101.012      99.612
 28     3      PAUL TRACY              101.133      99.492
 29    76      GARY BRABHAM            101.742      98.898
 30    23      BUDDY LAZIER            101.905      98.739
 31    14X     DAVY JONES              102.289      98.368
 32    50      A. ZAMPEDRI             103.182      97.517
 33    55      DAVE KUDRAVE            NO TIME     NO SPEED
 
 Track Length: 2.7950 Miles, 4.4980 Kilometers

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
 
                           PPG INDY CAR WORLD SERIES
                                 STARTING GRID
                        Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix
 
 STR       CAR
 POS  ROW  NUM  DRIVER/HOMETOWN  & CAR               TIME      SPEED
 ---  ---  ---  -----------------------------------  --------  -------
 
   1    1    1  NIGEL MANSELL/Clearwater, FL         94.877* M 106.053
                  Kmart/Texaco-Havoline L94 Ford Cos
 
   2    1    8  MICHAEL ANDRETTI/Nazareth, PA        95.569    105.286
                  Target-Scotch Video R94I Ford Cos XB
 
   3    2    2  EMERSON FITTIPALDI/Sao Paulo, BRZ    96.023    104.788
                  Marlboro Penske 94 Ilmor V8/D
 
   4    2    7  ADRIAN FERNANDEZ/Mexico City, MEX    96.091    104.713
                  Tecate-Quaker State R94I Ilmor V8/D
 
   5    3   31  AL UNSER Jr./Albuquerque, NM         96.394    104.384
                  Marlboro Penske 94 Ilmor V8/D
 
   6    3    3  PAUL TRACY/Scarborough, ONT, CAN     96.398    104.380
                  Marlboro Penske 94 Ilmor V8/D
 
   7    4   88  MAURICIO GUGELMIN/Curitiba, BRAZIL   96.405    104.372
                  Hollywood Indy Car R94 Ford Cos XB
 
   8    4   12  JACQUES VILLENEUVE(R)/Monte Carlo,   96.480    104.291
                  Players Ltd R94I Ford Cos XB
 
   9    5    9  ROBBY GORDON/Orange, CA              96.678    104.077
                  Valvoline-Cummins L94 Ford Cos XB
 
  10    5   18  JIMMY VASSER/Discovery Bay, CA       96.877    103.864
                  Conseco-STP R94I Ford Cos XB
 
  11    6   11  TEO FABI/Milan, ITA                  96.925    103.812
                  Pennzoil Special R94I Ilmor V8/D
 
  12    6   16  STEFAN JOHANSSON/Monte Carlo, MON    97.329    103.382
                  Alumax Aluminum Penske 93 Ilmor V8/D
 
  13    7   15  MARK SMITH/McMinnville, OR           97.476    103.225
                  Craftsman Tool L94 Ford Cos XB
 
  14    7   10  MIKE GROFF/Los Angeles, CA           97.633    103.059
                  Motorola L94 Honda V8
 
  15    8   28  ARIE LUYENDYK/Rosmalen, Holland      97.739    102.947
                  Eurosport-Boost Mon L94 Ilmor V8/D
 
  16    8    4  BOBBY RAHAL/Dublin, OH               97.783    102.902
                  Miller Genuine Draft L94 Honda V8
 
  17    9   40  SCOTT GOODYEAR/Toronto, CAN          97.835    102.846
                  Budweiser King L94 Ford Cos XB
 
  18    9   71  SCOTT SHARP/Wilton, CT               97.940    102.737
                  PacWest Racing L94 Ford Cos XB
 
  19   10    6  MARIO ANDRETTI/Nazareth, PA          97.941    102.736
                  Kmart/Texaco-Havoline L94 Ford Cos
 
  20   10    5  RAUL BOESEL/Curitiba, BRZ            98.002    102.672
                  Duracell Charger L94 Ford Cos XB
 
  21   11   50  ALESSANDRO ZAMPEDRIBrescia, ITA      98.909    101.730
                  AGIP-Dinema-Heroflon L93 Ilmor V8/C
 
  22   11   24  WILLY T. RIBBS/San Jose, CA          98.948    101.690
                  Service Merchandise L93 Ford Cos XB
 
  23   12   22  HIRO MATSUSHITA/San Clemente, CA     99.089    101.545
                  Panasonic Duskin Lola L94 Ford Cos
 
  24   12   19  ROBBIE BUHL/Grosse Pointe, MI        99.122    101.512
                  The MI-JACK Car L93 Ford Cos XB
 
  25   13   14  DAVY JONES/Glenbrook, NV             99.729    100.894
                  Foyt-Copenhagen Racing L94 Ford Cos
 
  26   13   17  DOMINIC DOBSON/Truckee, CA           99.779    100.843
                  PacWest Racing L94 Ford Cos XB
 
  27   14   76  GARY BRABHAM/Indianpolis, IN         100.117   100.503
                  Split Cycle Penske 93 Ilmor V8/C
 
  28   14   25  MARCO GRECO/Sao Paulo, BRZ           100.578   100.042
                  Arciero Proj Indy L94 Ford Cos XB
 
  29   15   23  BUDDY LAZIER/Vail, CO                101.164    99.463
                  Financial World Mag L92 Ford Cos XB
 
 Legend: L=Lola; R=Reynard
 
 * = New Track Record
 M = 10,000 Marlboro Pole Award
 
 NOTE: Andrea Montermini (Car #39) & David Kudrave (Car #55) Withdrawn from
Competition 

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
 
 AUSTRALIAN FAI INDYCAR GRAND PRIX
 Surfers Paradise, Australia
 March 19, 1994
 Final Qualifying Story
 
NIGEL SETS THE PACE 
-------------------
 
SURFERS PARADISE, Australia -- For the second day in a row, Nigel Mansell 
set the pace in the streets of Surfers Paradise.  PPG Cup champion Mansell 
improved his time by almost eight-tenths of a second today to take the first 
pole position of the 1994 PPG Indy Car World Series.  Mansell hustled his 
Newman/Haas Kmart Caltex 1994 Lola Ford around the 2.795-mile track in 
1 min., 34.877 sec., 106.053 mph, beating Michael Andretti and Emerson 
Fittipaldi to the first point of the season.
 
So confident was Mansell that he stayed off the track for the last half of 
today's final qualifying session.  Mansell took it easy in the pits, relaxing 
beside his car while his competitors struggled to match his speed.  The PPG 
Cup champion said he expected he could have gone faster if necessary.
 
"My quick lap was actually even better than you think," said Mansell.  "I did 
my time on my second run on my first set of tires."  Mansell was asked how he 
managed to be so much quicker than anyone else.  "At the quick chicane," he 
grinned, "you just close your eyes and hope you don't take off!  But really, 
you just have to put it all together and get every corner right."
 
Mansell said he is looking forward to tomorrow's opening race of the PPG Indy 
Car season.  "Probably for me this is the best street circuit on the calender,"
 said Mansell.  "I really enjoy racing here."
 
Michael Andretti was second fastest today, as he was yesterday aboard Chip 
Ganassi's 1994 Target-Scotch Reynard Ford.  Emerson Fittipaldi was third in 
his Marlboro Team Penske 94 Ilmor, making it three different chassis types in 
the top three starting positions for tomorrow's race.  Both Andretti and 
Fittipaldi escaped more or less unscathed from incidents, both spinning 
separately.
 
Andretti broke a water pipe on his car when he spun at one of the chicanes.  
"I know I had a good lap going," said Michael, "because I was following Nigel 
and that was a good lap for him.  But at the first chicane I got in too deep. 
I aborted the corner, but nailed the curb and that sent me flying.
 
"I was never able to get a good run on fresh tires," added Andretti.  "I think
I could have gone a little quicker, a 35.2 or 35.1 was possible."  Michael 
believes he will be able to challenge Mansell tomorrow.  "Nigel seemed to 
find something overnight," said Andretti.  "We're going to have to do our 
homework tonight."
 
Third-fastest qualifier Fittipaldi said he's very happy with his car although 
he believes the Ilmor engine may be a little short of horsepower compared to 
the Ford engines of Mansell and Andretti.  "I feel we have good grip and good 
handling," commented Fittipaldi. "I think we are lacking a little bit of 
torque. We seem to be down on power at this track compared to the Ford."
 
Fittipaldi said he's still confident of being able to race with Mansell 
tomorrow.  "Nigel is a long way off today.  I hope the race will be different.
He's going to get tired and I'll catch him," grinned Fittipaldi.
 
An impressive fourth fastest qualifier today was Adrian Fernandez in the 
Galles 1994 Tecate-Quaker State Reynard 94I-Ilmor.  This is Fernandez's 
first full season racing Indy cars and he performed admirably today,
splitting the trio of Marlboro Team Penske cars.
 
Fifth and sixth fastest in qualifying were Al Unser Jr. and Paul Tracy.  
Unser and Tracy were separated by only a few thousandths of a second and 
both had small problems to contend with.  Unser ran out of fuel at the end 
of the session, while Tracy lost time because of an ignition system black 
box failure.
 
Brazilian newcomer Mauricio Gugelmin proved that his performance from 
Friday was no fluke.  Gugelmin qualified his Ganassi 1994 Hollywood 
Reynard-Ford seventh fastest and is hoping for a competitive race 
tomorrow.  This is also Gugelmin's first full IndyCar season.
 
Fastest rookie in the field is 23-year old Jacques Villeneuve aboard the 
Forsythe-Green Players Reynard-Ford.  Villeneuve qualified eighth, within 
a 10th of a second of Gugelmin.  Tomorrow's race will be the first IndyCar 
start for the talented rookie who is the son of the late Gilles Villeneuve, 
a celebrated Ferrari F1 driver who was killed 10 years ago at the wheel of a 
racing car.
 
A disappointed ninth fastest qualifier was Robby Gordon who once again 
encountered gear selection problems with his Walker Valvoline-Cummins Lola 
Ford.  Like yesterday, Gordon found his transmission stuck in second gear 
early in the qualifying session.  "The car is good," said Gordon.  "I'm 
sure we could give them a run for it if it wasn't for the problems we're 
having with the gear linkage."
 
Completing the top 10 was Jimmy Vasser in the Hayhoe Conseco Reynard Ford.
Vasser has been in ther hunt all weekend and looks set for a good season 
with Jim Hayhoe's expanded team.  Vasser's performance also means the five 
of the top-10 starters in tomorrow's race will be aboard Reynard chassis.  
The two days of qualifying at Surfers Paradise have therefore been an 
impressive debut for Reynard's first Indy car design.
 
The pair of Honda-powered Rahal-Hogan Lolas driven by Bobby Rahal and 
Mike Groff encountered problems today and slipped down the qualifying 
order.  Rahal had problems with his gear selection system while Groff 
crashed while trying to avoid a slower car in one of the chicanes.
 
Also in trouble today was Mario Andretti who will start 19th after a fuel 
leak and subsequent fire resulted in damage to his car's electrical system.
Forced to withdraw from tomorrow's race is rapid Italian driver Andrea 
Montermini who crashed at the fast chicane on the backstretch.  
Montermini is without a spare car so he will not be able to compete 
tomorrow.
 
The green flag waves in Surfers Paradise tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. 
local time.  The race will be run over 65 laps, 181.675 miles, and will 
be televised in the USA by ABC Sports at 2 p.m. EST.  

The following reply is another whopper, about 425 lines.  It constains 
information about Saturday's events at Surfers Paradise.

Mike

From:	[email protected] (David Reininger)

MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL INDYCAR NEWS SERVICE
=========================================================

 AUSTRALIAN FAI INDYCAR GRAND PRIX
 Surfers Paradise, Australia
 Saturday, March 19, 1994
 PRACTICE AND FINAL QUALIFYING NOTES

Good Morning and welcome to day two of the Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix. 

ILMOR RACING ENGINES

Ilmor-designed and -built Indy engines, formerly racing under the Chevrolet
Indy V8 banner, racked up an impressive string of 86 wins in 123 races, five
PPG Cup championships and six consecutive Indianapolis 500-mile race wins in
eight seasons of competition.  For 1994, the winning tradition will continue
under the Ilmor Racing Engine badge.

All Ilmor engines are designed and machined in Brixworth, Northampton, England
and shipped to facilities at Penske Racing in Reading, Pa., and VDS Racing in
Midland, Texas for initial assembly and dyno testing.  Penske and VDS also
provide rebuild services for all competitors.  Ilmor is under the directorship
of engine designer Mario Illien and management executive Paul Morgan.

Despite a winning heritage, to stand still, even for one race, is to fall
behind in IndyCar racing, so Ilmor will again present two advanced engine
packages for the 1994 PPG Indy Car World Series season.

ILMOR INDY C plus

The Ilmor Indy C plus is the product of further development of the highly
successful Ilmor-designed and -manufactured Chevy Indy V8/C.  This engine
powered Emerson Fittipaldi to victory in the 1993 Indianapolis 500 and also saw
victory in nine IndyCar events split between four different drivers.  Identical
in external dimension to the 1993 version, the Ilmor C plus utilizes extensive
cylinder head redesign and other internal developments.  The dimensions of this
279-pound power plant are: 22" wide x 22" long.

ILMOR INDY V8

For 1994, Ilmor's latest version of the 2.65-liter Indy engine package is a new
design that uses only the crank case mounted pumps from the earlier Indy V8/C. 
The Ilmor Indy V8 features a revised bore and stroke ratio, plenum chamber,
intake manifold system and new cylinder heads to produce increased horsepower
at higher rpms.

The new Ilmor Indy V8 is smaller, lighter and still more compact than previous
versions and will easily fit any of the latest chassis designed to meet the
1994 rules.  The dimensions of the new 272.2-pound package are: 21.85" wide x
22.09" long x 22.26" high.

Both engines utilize the 32-bit microprocessor controlled GEN-IV engine
management module, capacitive discharge ignition module and "coil-at-plug"
systems developed by Delco Electronics of Kokomo, IN.

WALLY REESE, DELCO ELECTRONICS

9:03 a.m.--Green Flag for IndyCar Practice.

#7-ADRIAN FERNANDEZ--The car stopped on course in station 12, the driver
reported a broken throttle cable.

#2X-PAUL TRACY--The car stopped on course in station 5. 

#14-DAVY JONES--Contact with the wall in station 28, damage to the left side of
the car, the driver is out of the car and ok.  The damage is to the left side
suspension and the nose cone.

9:27 a.m.--Red Flag to retrieve car #14.

9:40 a.m.--Green Flag, total red flag time; 11 min. 41 sec., the time will be
added back into the session.

9:43 a.m.--#2X-PAUL TRACY--The car stopped on course between stations 5 and 6.

#14X-DAVY JONES--The driver is finishing the practice in his backup car.

10:15 a.m.--Checkered Flag.  The top five fastest are: #1-NIGEL MANSELL; 96.108
sec., 104.695 mph, #9-ROBBY GORDON, #8-MICHAEL ANDRETTI, #39-ANDREA MONTERMINI,
#31-AL UNSER JR.

#14-DAVY JONES--A.J. Foyt Copenhagen Racing Team--"I turned in early and
clipped the inside wall which sent me straight into the outside wall.  The car
had felt good, quite good, quite confident to drive.  I feel bad for the team,
the guys have worked real hard.  Now, we'll focus on the spare car.  Things
will get better."

Anne Fornoro, Copenhagen Racing PR

#39-ANDREA MONTERMINI--Project Indy-Marcelo Group Dale Coyne Racing--"The car
feels a lot better than yesterday, everything feels good.  We had some small
problems yesterday. The pop-off valve was broken or something and there was no
power when we needed it.  The handling is also better than yesterday, and now
there is nothing to adjust.  I think we can get a better time in qualifying. 
There is maybe a half-a-second minimum better time to come from the car in
qualifying once we fit the new tires."

#11-TEO FABI--Pennzoil Special/Hall Racing, Inc.--"We picked up a full second
over his qualifying mark yesterday in the morning practice with a radical
change to the suspension, but there is more left to gain this afternoon.  We
still have understeer in the middle of the corner."

The changes were dictated by team engineers in consultation with Reynard
designer Malcom Oastler of Sydney, but Fabi wanted to see for himself what the
course was doing to the cars.  With the blessing of Tony Sinclair, executive
producer of the Channel 9 network telecast, he sat for an hour and watched the
video tape of yesterday's action.

Deke Houlgate, Pennzoil PR

#1-NIGEL MANSELL--Kmart Caltex Havoline Lola Newman/Haas Racing--"It's coming
together.  The track is bloody quick.  It's great to be back here.  The
organizers and people have done a great job.  There is a group that will be
fast this afternoon.  Fortunately we are in that group."

Hank Ives, Texaco Havoline PR

#18-JIMMY VASSER--Conseco-STP/Hayhoe Racing Inc.--"We ran pretty well this
morning, but it was tough getting some clean laps, lots of traffic.  The good
news is that we got back the power we lacked during qualifying yesterday.  We
had an exhaust problem that should be gone.  David Cripps (chief engineer),
Phil Casey (crew chief) and the whole crew have done an excellent job in
getting the car ready."

Greg Jones, Hayhoe Racing PR

#5-RAUL BOESEL--Duracell Charger Dick Simon Racing--"We still need more grip in
the corners.  I am sliding all over turns.  Making it worse, is that the
gearbox does not feel smooth when down shifting.  I have to really concentrate
going into the turns."

Mark Christian, Duracell PR

#22-HIRO MATSUSHITA--Panasonic-Duskin Lola Dick Simon Racing--"We lost the
clutch cable so the shifting was heavy.  I am on the rev limiter in both short
chutes, so we will change gears for qualifying.  Overall it is better today,
but still need to find more traction."

Mark Christian, Panasonic PR

#9-ROBBY GORDON--Valvoline-Cummins Ford/Walker Racing--"I feel we've made some
gains from yesterday's morning practice session.  The track is a little
different though, because of the closed chicane.  That's a whole second
difference.  I really didn't get the clean lap I was looking for because we
flat-spotted a tire just when they started to feel right."

Scott Tingwald, Valvoline/Cummins PR

MARLBORO POLE AWARD PROGRAM--After an exciting inaugural season in 1993, the
$400,000 Marlboro Pole Award program returns in 1994 for its second season on
the PPG Indy Car World Series circuit.  The program will hit the ground running
at the 1994 season opener in Australia with a bonus pool of $75,000 ($60,000
left unclaimed from the 1993 season) up for grabs.  A win from the pole in
Australia will be worth $85,000.

The Marlboro Pole Awards program awards $10,000 to the pole winner for each
race on the IndyCar circuit with the exception of the Indianapolis 500.  If a
pole sitter goes on to win the race, they collect an additional $15,000 bonus. 
If the pole winner does not win the race, the $15,000 bonus rolls over to the
next race where the "win from the pole" bonus will be worth $30,000.  The bonus
money continues to roll over until a driver wins from the pole.  In addition,
the driver capturing the most poles durin

11:46 a.m.--Green Flag, Group One Qualifiers.

#55-DAVID KUDRAVE--The car has been withdrawn from qualifying.

#14X--DAVY JONES--The driver is qualifying in his backup car.

11:53 a.m.--Red Flag, #25-MARCO GRECO--The car stopped on course, safety crews
are assisting.

11:59 a.m.--Green Flag, total time under the red flag 5 min. 30 sec.

12:10 p.m.--Red Flag, #39-ANDREA MONTERMINI--The car lost oil pressure prior to
contact with the wall, drivers left at Station 22.  The car sustained left rear
suspension and nose cone damage.  The driver is ok and out of the car.

12:23 p.m.--Green Flag, total time under the red flag 13 min. 29 sec. The time
will be added back into the session.

12:25 p.m.--Red Flag, to retrieve car #76-GARY BRABHAM.  The driver reported
skidding on some dirt on the track, from another car, and he bounced off an
apex prior to hitting the wall.

12:33 p.m.--Green Flag, total time under the red flag 6 min., 33 sec.  The time
will be added back into the session.

#39-ANDREA MONTERMINI--The car has been officially withdrawn from qualifying.

12:43 p.m.--Checkered Flag.  The top three cars this session are: #12-JACQUES
VILLENEUVE, #15-MARK SMITH and #28-ARIE LUYENDYK.

12:57 p.m.--Green Flag, Group Two Qualfiers.

#2X-PAUL TRACY--The car stopped on course.  The driver reported the same
electrical problems that were  experienced this morning.

1:02 p.m.--Red Flag, to retrieve car #2X car. A 4 min. 35 sec. penalty will be
assessed.

1:08 p.m.--Green Flag, total time under the red flag 4 min. 35 sec..  The time
will be added back into the session.

#10-MIKE GROFF--The car has made contact with the wall and is stopped on
course.  The driver is out of the car.  Heavy damage reported to the right
front suspension.

1:12 p.m.--Red Flag, to retrieve the #10 car.

#10-MIKE GROFF--"I came upon a slow car in front of me, I don't know who it
was, but I had no where to go but off the course."

1:29 p.m.--Green Flag, total time under the red  flag 17 min. 49 sec.. The time
will be added back  into the session and a penalty of the red time will  be
assessed to the #10 car.

#6-MARIO ANDRETTI-The car stopped on course in Station 16,  the driver is out
of the car, the safety crew extinguished an electrical fire.

#2X-PAUL TRACY-The car slowed and stopped on course in Station 24.

1:37 p.m.--Red Flag, to retrieve car #2X.

1:43 p.m.--Green Flag, total red flag time 5 min. 51 sec..

#2-EMERSON FITTIPALDI--The car locked his brakes going into the first chicane.

1:48 p.m.--Red Flag, to retrieve car #2.

1:50 p.m.--Green Flag, total time under red flag 3 min. 43 sec.

#11-TEO FABI--The car spun and hit the wall in Station 25, the driver is ok and
out of the car. The damage is to the right front suspension and the entire nose
section.

1:53 p.m.--Red Flag to retrieve car #11.

2:10 p.m.--Green Flag, total red flag time 13 min. 24 sec.

2:12 p.m.--Checkered Flag

POST QUALIFYING PRESS CONFERENCE Malcolm Oastler, designer of the Reynard
chassis which qualified second in the hands of Michael Andretti. Q: The Reynard
chassis has been very successful so far - are you happy with it and are you
pleased with Michael Andretti's performance? A:  "Yes, very much so. I'm also
very happy with the drivers in all the teams.  Out of the six cars we have
here, we have them all in the top 12." Q: Is every team a factory-backed team?
A:  "Yes, we try to give everybody support and have every team happy, not just
one team." Q: Do you think a Reynard has a chance to win? A: "We are in there
with a very good chance."

POST QUALIFYING PRESS CONFERENCE #1-NIGEL MANSELL 
Q:  You've got to be pleased.  You're at the front again -- exactly where you 
want to be. 

A:  "Yeah, it's been a fantastic day and all credit to the Newman-Haas team. We
got everything together today, and the lap was even better than you think
because it was on the second run of the first set of tires, not the second set. 
We're very, very happy." 

Q:  What is the quick way around here? You have a unique style. How do
you do it? 

A:  "Well, when you come to the first chicane, you close your eyes and go
through it and hope you don't take off.  You just put a good run together.  I
think the most important thing is when you get a new set of tires you hope they
work for you." 

Q:  How do you rate this as a race? 
A:  "As a street circuit on the Indy circuit, it's probably for me, the best
race on the calendar. I think the modifications made from last year to this
year are excellent." 

Q:  What's different about your engine and chassis from last year?

A:  "I think it's a compilation really. Certainly, the chassis is a big step
forward over what we had last year and the engine is a little bit better and
Goodyear tires has made some progress too." 

#2-EMERSON FITTIPALDI 
Q. You qualified third. You weren't really in the hunt until today. You didn't
go quite as well yesterday. Where did the improvement come from? 

A. "We improved the set-up of the car yesterday. I tried to make it a little
different today. I was driving very hard this afternoon and I think I improved
a lot by doing that.  Nigel's a long way off, and I'm half a second behind
Michael, so I hope the race will be different. He's (Nigel Mansell) going to
get tired and I'm going to catch him." 

Q. Last year, the Penske was known as the car with the best mechanical grip,
but you're not quite there right now.  Do you have an advantage this year. 

A. "I feel running together with the quick cars today I think we have good grip
and good braking, but we are missing a little bit of torque. Things are a
little bit down on power to the Ford engines. On this track, that's my
comparison."

#8-MICHAEL ANDRETTI--Target/Scotch Video/Chip Ganassi Racing Teams--"That
session was very disjointed for me, I had my flight over the curbs on my first
set of stickers and then never really got a good run on my second set.  I came
into the chicane on the back straight and was going way too fast, so I hit the
curb square and went pretty high.  I thought my session was over, but I have to
take my hat off to Malcolm (Oastler-Chief Designer Reynard Racing Cars), that
car is strong, it's built like a tank!  We with something for tomorrow."

John R. Szymanski, Target/Scotch Video Racing PR

#8-MICHAEL ANDRETTI POST QUALIFYING PRESS CONFERENCE   
Q. Given the season you had in Formula One last year, a lot of the Europeans
regard Nigel as the best driving quality in IndyCar.  Does beating Nigel this
year give you any great incentive because of that? 

A. "No. Obviously when Nigel qualifies pole, he's the guy to beat, but I just
do the best I can, and try not to let the press dictate the way I'm going to
attack things.  I just go out and do my own thing, and if it's there, it's
there, and today it wasn't." 

Q. Do you think the Honda will be a threat? 

A. "I think it will be, yes. They're going very well here, and I think maybe
they were sandbagging because they are doing a little better than we thought
they would in the beginning.  If they're that close this early, then it's a
little scary, because they will make progress throughout the season."

#6-MARIO ANDRETTI--Kmart Caltex Havoline Lola Newman/Haas Racing--The car
developed a fuel leak and caught fire as he pulled off the track midway through
the qualifying session.  The Newman/Haas team headed by team manager Jim McGee
elected to take Friday's qualifying time of 97.941 seconds (102.736) rather
than try to qualify the backup car in the few remaining minutes of the session. 
Mario had no comment.

Hank Ives, Caltex PR

#14-DAVY JONES--A.J. Foyt Copenhagen Racing Team/A.J. Foyt Ents--"I would've
liked to have done a lot better.  It's a bit embarrassing for me and the team
as well.  It's been a difficult start, but I feel we have a good race car with
the '92 Lola and try to make the most of it for the race."

Anne Fornoro, Copenhagen Racing PR

#11-TEO FABI--Pennzoil Special/Hall Racing, Inc.--Teo was uninjured in the
accident that occurred 2 1/2 minutes before the end of the second qualifying
session.  "I lost it," Fabi said.  "I got sideways  going into the fast chicane
and tried to save it.  The car went across the track and hit the other wall."

Fabi was in the ninth qualifying position when he crashed.  In the remaining
laps he was bumped down to 11th.

Deke Houlgate, Pennzoil Racing PR

#4-BOBBY RAHAL--Miller Genuine Draft Rahal/Hogan Racing--"It was a very
frustrating run today.  The chassis never really felt good and the gearbox
wasn't working right.  I felt the Honda engine was strong enough to put us up
in the front part of the field.  I think we haven't had enough time with the
'94 Lola chassis yet.  We are still learning about the car and it's tough to go
racing when you aren't sure about the suspension.  I think we can move up in
the field during the race.  

Tom Blattler, Miller Genuine Draft PR

#7-ADRIAN FERNANDEZ---Tecate-Quaker State Reynard Ilmor Galles Racing
International--"The whole session was a little erratic with so many drivers
crashing, so it was very difficult to do a good lap.  Even when we fitted new
tires, it was hard to get a good lap, and I simply had to wait.  It took a long
time, and then, right at the end of the session, I had one chance and I gave it
everything.  For sure, it's my best ever performance and I'm just so happy. 

Robbin Herring, Galles Racing Int'l PR

#22-HIRO MATSUSHITA--Panasonic-Duskin Lola/Dick Simon Racing--"The car is
driveable now.  It took some big adjustments to pick up the time.  We could
still use more grip.  The track is much more slippery today.  I was a very
quick lap, just before I ran out of fuel at the end of qualifying."

Mark Christian, Panasonic PR

#15-MARK SMITH--Craftsman Tool Ford/Walker Racing--"We got off to a rough start
this weekend.  We had fuel pressure problems and only got eight laps in
yesterday in our primary car.  Then we were last this morning and didn't really
know where to go on our balance.  Robby Gordon's setups are so different than
mine.  We were struggling throughout the weekend, really, but we made some
changes in qualifying at the last minute to get a time that's at least
respectable."

Todd Goyer, Ford Racing PR

#10-MIKE GROFF--Motorola/Rahal-Hogan Racing--(Re: chicane incident during
Saturday's qualifying)--"I was just getting the tires up to temperature and I
was going at a good clip during the back straightaway.  I must have been going
at least 160 mph as I headed into the quick chicane.  I drove into the corner
and there was (Adrian) Fernandez just cruising at about 20 mph.  There wasn't a
warning flag or anything.  I hit the brakes hard and turned the steering wheel
to avoid him and the car went into the wall.

Tom Blattler, Rahal/Hogan Racing PR

NOTE:  At the discretion of the corner workers at the site, flags were not
displayed because, in their judgment, the #7 car was moving with sufficient
speed and was out of the blind spot of the chicane.

#9-ROBBY GORDON--Valvoline-Cummins Ford Walker Racing--"Well, I'm really
looking forward to the race.  We were second fastest in both practices, and had
troubles in qualifying -- a lot like last year here.  We've had gearbox
problems in qualifying, so we haven't really had a fair shake at it.  Our
practice laps show that we're consistently that quick.  We'd have definitely
been in the first couple of rows."

Todd Goyer, Ford Racing PR

The 1994 Australian FAI Indy Car Grand Prix will be televised live to over 30
European countries by Eurosport, Europe's all-sport television network.  More
than 125 million homes will be watching the first race of the PPG Indy Car
World Series on Eurosport.  Eurosport's Jean-Luc Roy will be commentating for
the event as well as preparing the IndyCar report for his Wednesday night
motorsport show "Motor Magazine" also shown on Eurosport.

Heather Handley, Indy Regency Racing PR

This concludes the pit notes for Saturday.  IndyCar activities begin with
IndyCar Warm-Up scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.  Gridding the cars is scheduled
for 1:05 p.m., with driver introductions at 1:25 p.m. and the start of the
Australian FAI Indy Car Grand Prix to begin at  2 p.m.

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
 
MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL INDYCAR NEWS SERVICE
=========================================================
 
                              PROVISIONAL BOXSCORE
                       PPG INDY CAR WORLD SERIES RACE NO.1
                        Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix
                              Queensland, Australia
                              SUNDAY MARCH 20, 1994
  
 FIN STR CAR                
 POS POS NUM DRIVER/HOMETOWN
               CAR
               QUAL     QUAL    LAPS                               TOT
               SPEED    TIME    LAPS STATUS          AWARDS   PTS  PTS
 
   1   2   8 MICHAEL ANDRETTI/Nazareth, PA
               Target-Scotch Video R94I Ford Cos XB            21  21
               105.286 95.569     55 80.994            AC            
   2   3   2 EMERSON FITTIPALDI/Sao Paulo, BRZ                       
               Marlboro Penske 94 Ilmor V8/D                   16  16
               104.788 96.023     55 80.978            DH            
   3  19   6 MARIO ANDRETTI/Nazareth, PA                             
               Kmart/Texaco-Havoline L94 Ford Cos              14  14
               102.736 97.941     55 80.900            AC            
   4  10  18 JIMMY VASSER/Discovery Bay, CA                          
               Conseco-STP R94I Ford Cos XB                    12  12
               103.864 96.877     55 80.501            DH            
   5  12  16 STEFAN JOHANSSON/Monte Carlo, MON                       
               Alumax Aluminum Penske 93 Ilmor V8/D            10  10
               103.382 97.329     55 80.190            DH            
   6   7  88 MAURICIO GUGELMIN/Curitiba, BRAZIL                      
               Hollywood Indy Car R94 Ford Cos XB               8   8
               104.372 96.405     55 79.946                          
   7  14  10 MIKE GROFF/Los Angeles, CA                              
               Motorola L94 Honda V8                            6   6
               103.059 97.633     54 RUNNING           AC            
   8  11  11 TEO FABI/Milan, ITA                                     
               Pennzoil Special R94I Ilmor V8/D                 5   5
               103.812 96.925     54 RUNNING           AC            
   9   1   1 NIGEL MANSELL/Clearwater, FL                            
               Kmart/Texaco-Havoline L94 Ford Cos               5   5
               106.053 94.877     54 RUNNING           ACM           
  10  17  40 SCOTT GOODYEAR/Toronto, CAN                             
               Budweiser King L94 Ford Cos XB                   3   3
               102.846 97.835     53 RUNNING                         
  11  18  71 SCOTT SHARP/Wilton, CT                                  
               PacWest Racing L94 Ford Cos XB                   2   2
               102.737 97.940     73 RUNNING                         
  12  26  17 DOMINIC DOBSON/Truckee, CA                              
               PacWest Racing L94 Ford Cos XB                   1   1
               100.843 99.779     52 RUNNING                         
  13   4   7 ADRIAN FERNANDEZ/Mexico City, MEX                       
               Tecate-Quaker State R94I Ilmor V8/D              0   0
               104.713 96.091     52 RUNNING                         
  14   5  31 AL UNSER Jr./Albuquerque, NM                            
               Marlboro Penske 94 Ilmor V8/D                    0   0
               104.384 96.394     51 ELECTRICAL                      
  15  23  22 HIRO MATSUSHITA/San Clemente, CA                        
               Panasonic Duskin Lola L94 Ford Cos               0   0
               101.545 99.089     48 RUNNING                         
  16   6   3 PAUL TRACY/Scarborough, ONT, CAN                        
               Marlboro Penske 94 Ilmor V8/D                    0   0
               104.380 96.398     39 ELECTRICAL                      
  17   8  12 JACQUES VILLENEUVE(R)/Monte Carlo, M                    
               Players Ltd R94I Ford Cos XB                     0   0
               104.291 96.480     36 CONTACT                         
  18  22  24 WILLY T. RIBBS/San Jose, CA                             
               Service Merchandise L93 Ford Cos XB              0   0
               101.690 98.948     34 OFF COURSE                      
  19  25  14 DAVY JONES/Glenbrook, NV                                
               Foyt-Copenhagen Racing L94 Ford Cos              0   0
               100.894 99.729     31 GEARBOX                         
  20  24  19 ROBBIE BUHL/Grosse Pointe, MI                           
               The MI-JACK Car L93 Ford Cos XB                  0   0
               101.512 99.122     30 OIL PRESS                       
  21  13  15 MARK SMITH/McMinnville, OR                              
               Craftsman Tool L94 Ford Cos XB                   0   0
               103.225 97.476     19 CONTACT                         
  22  21  50 ALESSANDRO ZAMPEDRIBrescia, ITA                         
               AGIP-Dinema-Heroflon L93 Ilmor V8/C              0   0
               101.730 98.909     19 CONTACT                         
  23   9   9 ROBBY GORDON/Orange, CA                                 
               Valvoline-Cummins L94 Ford Cos XB                0   0
               104.077 96.678     16 CONTACT                         
  24  27  76 GARY BRABHAM/Indianpolis, IN                            
               Split Cycle Penske 93 Ilmor V8/C                 0   0
               100.503 100.117    10 GEARBOX                         
  25  15  28 ARIE LUYENDYK/Rosmalen, Holland                         
               Eurosport-Boost Mon L94 Ilmor V8/D               0   0
               102.947 97.739      8 GEARBOX                         
  26  16   4 BOBBY RAHAL/Dublin, OH                                  
               Miller Genuine Draft L94 Honda V8                0   0
               102.902 97.783      0 CONTACT                         
  27  20   5 RAUL BOESEL/Curitiba, BRZ                               
               Duracell Charger L94 Ford Cos XB                 0   0
               102.672 98.002      0 CONTACT                
 
 CHASSIS LEGEND: L=Lola; R=Reynard
 (R) Rookie driver
  M = Marlboro Pole Award ($10,000)
  S = STP Award
 AC = AC Delco
 DH = Sears Diehard Award
 
 TIME OF RACE: 1:44:58.169
 AVERAGE SPEED: 80.994 mph
 MARGIN OF VICTORY: 01.326 Secs
 
 
 
 CAUTION FLAGS:
 Laps 1-5, Multicar Accident
 Laps 18-24, Contact Car #15 & Car #50
 Laps 25-28, Car #1 Spun on Course
 
 
 LAP LEADERS: 0 lead changes, 1 driver
 Michael Andretti, 1-55               55 Laps
 TOTALS:
 Michael Andretti         55 laps

    Well, that was about the worst coverage I've ever seen.  Page & Co.
    reached new heights of cluelessness.  Bobby U has been breathing too
    many two-cycle fumes, and Sam needs to stick to writing.  It's a shame,
    really, because it could have been much better.  It was a pretty decent
    race, not counting the starting follies, and much closer than the
    results would indicate.

    If it was this bad on tape delay, think how bad it will be live.

    Needless to say there was the usual blackout by WCVB.  Send your cards
    and letters to [email protected], folks.

    Let's hear it for Michael Andretti.  Nothing like a win to make all the
    pain of 1993 go away.  Too bad Nigel's spin(s) kept us from seeing a
    crackerjack race for the lead.  Emmo did show some fire at the end, and
    how about Mario?  Not bad for 53.  And a memo to Robby "Don't Call Me
    Jeff" Gordon: as one of Stroker Ace's buddies once said, "it IS
    possible to crash out there, you know."  Aah, but the boy can drive.

    New racing season commercials: loved the new Honda and Target ones.  I
    assume the Quaker State sponsorship on the Galles machine means we'll
    have to watch Burt Reynolds reading off of cue cards again (have
    another Valium, Burt).

    And what's the deal with the new Tony George "INDYcar" series?  Tube
    frames and Chevy small-blocks?  It's a huge step backwards, right when
    open-wheel racing American-style is finally getting its act together. 
    (I don't suppose Tony had a chance to review the tapes of the 1973 and
    1964 races.)  I had to laugh out loud when Jonathan Byrd was quoted in
    favor of throwing in with Tony G.  Like, anyone has a prayer just
    running Indianapolis.  And Jonathan, maybe the next time you're eating
    at one of your cafeterias, you could have the *salad*?

From: [email protected] (Jay Smith)

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 1. Michael Andretti    |21|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 21
 2. Emerson Fittipaldi  |16|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16
 3. Mario Andretti      |14|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14
 4. Jimmy Vasser        |12|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12
 5. Stefan Johansson    |10|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10
 6. Mauricio Gugelmin   | 8|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  8
 7. Teo Fabi            | 6|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  6
 8= Mike Groff          | 5|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  5
 8= Nigel Mansell       | 5|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  5
10. Scott Goodyear      | 3|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  3
11. Scott Sharp         | 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  2
12. Dominic Dobson      | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  1

RE: WCVB

Is is possible to send something over the wire to WCVB?  How does that 
[email protected] work?  (Straight VAX Mail here)

Last season our local cable company carried the RI stations, so I was 
able to get the races.  When the cable bill passed, they opted for more
shopping channels to replace the RI ABC affiliate.  Grrr!!!

Well, I've seen the results, but it somehow isn't the same as viewing.  
I guess you get spoiled.  Sounds like an _interesting_ race, the old 
men Emmo and Mario doing well.  Nigel seems to have had a brain fart 
and couldn't recover.  I was surprized at Mike A. and the Reynard, so 
early in the season.  But can they make it turn left only at over 200MPH?

Ahh,  racing returns....

Jeff

>Is is possible to send something over the wire to WCVB?  How does that 
>[email protected] work?  (Straight VAX Mail here)

MAIL> send
To: DECPA::"[email protected]"
Subj: Where's the race???

DECPA is the router I use, there are others you are supposed to use depending 
on your site.

Dave

    Reminds me of the race at Bryar in 1987. The drivers couldn't see the
    flag stations 5 laps from the end......
    
    Was also my first day with Charlie Hincliffe, but that's a whole other
    story.....  :-)
    
    jim

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
 
SURFERS FUTURE
--------------
 
The promoters of the Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix in Surfers Paradise 
hope to complete an agreement with the Queensland state government and 
IndyCar in the next month for a new three-year contract.  The Australian 
season-opener lost more than AUS$50 million over its first three years and 
was taken over last October by the Queensland Tourist and Travel Corporation.
 
Ken Rosebery, chief executive of the QTTC has also been chief executive for 
the past five months of the Gold Coast Motor Events Corporation, as the 
Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix's organizing body is is formally known.  
FAI is an insurance company which became the race's title sponsor two years ago.
 
"The 'Indy' helps us to grow our tourist industry," said Rosebery last week.  
Tourism is the third largest industry in Queensland.  No fewer than 62 percent
of Australian tourists visit the northeastern state.
 
"There's a potential worldwide television audience of 400 million homes in 
over 100 countries," noted Rosebery.  "You cannot buy that for S25 million 
and you can only get to an audience of that size through events like the 
'Indy'."
 
Rosebery said this year's race saw a fifteen percent increase in sponsorship 
revenues.  He said the race's corporate boxes were sold out, and that a 50 to 
60 percent increase was seen in four to five-day package tours to the race.  
Rosebery also said an additional AUS$300,000-400,000 income was earned from 
"business booster packages" for local businesses.
 
This year's race drew a total of 250,000 paying spectators over four 
days -- 25,000 more than last year.  Although the race was estimated 
to have lost AUS$10 million, although Queensland's Sport and Racing Minister 
Bob Gibbs spoke enthusiastically about the event last Sunday evening.
 
Gibbs said he believes he is in a strong position to convince the Queensland 
state government to continue with the race next year and sign a new three-year
agreement with IndyCar.
 
"I think the submission recommendation will be not only to proceed with the 
>Revent next year but to take up a three-year option," said Gibbs.
 
IndyCar's new president Andrew Craig took part in his first press 
conference on Wednesday of last week in Surfers Paradise.  Craig 
joined the QTTC's Ken Rosebery on the podium to discuss the future 
of the Australian IndyCar race.  Craig emphasized that IndyCar remains 
committed to the race.
 
"We can probably provide some help on putting a value on the exposure 
Surfers Paradise and Queensland receive as a result of this race," said 
Craig.  "In the end the decision is going to be made here, but we'd love 
the race to keep going.  We love coming here."
 
Craig noted the value of the TV audience to both Surfers Paradise and 
IndyCar.  "It's a very good audience even by World Cup soccer and Olympic 
standards," said Craig who has considerable experience selling sponsorship 
for both of these international sporting events for former employer ISL.
 
 
CRAIG MAKES HIS POINT
---------------------
 
In his first press conference as IndyCar president last week, Andrew Craig 
also said he wanted to make some positive points about IndyCar racing.  He 
said there were half a dozen promoters who were serious contenders to take 
on new IndyCar races.  Most of these sites are in the USA, reported Craig.
 
He said a planned oval somewhere in Britain was the only international site 
currently under consideration by IndyCar.  "That would be according to our 
agreement with the FIA," Craig said.
 
IndyCar's new chairman then made the point that its fields are growing 
steadily.  "There are five or six teams with the resources to qualify for 
one of IndyCar's 24 franchises," commented Craig.  "There's colossal interest 
in IndyCar franchises in the motor racing industry."
 
Craig spoke finally about IndyCar's relationship with Tony George and the 
Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  "There is talk, as you all know, about a 
separate series.  The Indy 500 is immensely important to us at IndyCar.  
It is the world's single biggest motor race.  It has a massive tradition and 
is very important in the American market and worldwide.
 
"As such, we value our involvement with that event.  There are differences of 
views between ourselves and the Speedway in regards to direction.  But I have 
to say that I think very probably there's more common ground between ourselves
and the Speedway than what divides us.
 
"Part of my job -- and this is a process I've already started from day 
one -- is a process of building a greater level of understanding between 
ourselves and the Speedway.  There's nothing in their statement which is 
essentially new.  They've made their position, I think, very clear over a 
long period of time.  Let me say that I am very confident that we can work 
together.
 
"I think in the end we have the same values.  Everybody in IndyCar is deeply 
committed to the sport and I think that's exactly the same with the Speedway.
And I believe that if we recognize these values, that over the the course of 
the next few months we will be able to reach common ground.  I sincerely 
hope so."
 
 
MORE ON GEORGE AND CRAIG
------------------------
 
Most IndyCar team owners refused to make public comment last week about 
Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Tony George's stated goal of starting 
his own Indy car series with USAC in 1996.  Roger Penske said that new 
IndyCar president Andrew Craig will handle all negotiations with George.  
Penske also said Craig will speak for IndyCar on this matter.
 
Carl Haas was a little more forthcoming on the subject.  "I would rather 
not make a lot of comments on it at this stage," said Haas.  "It's too 
early for me to do that.  We have to analyze it a little bit and see where 
we're going.
 
"We're very excited to have Andrew Craig join us, and I think that IndyCar 
racing teams at this stage aren't going to make a lot of comments on it."
 
"I will say the series has come a long way with a lot of growth.  There's a 
lot of interest not only in North America, but in other parts of the world.  
Nigel (Mansell) has helped with that obviously.
 
"We have electronically 100 countries.  We have new teams entering this year.
  We have three different chassis constructors.  We have three engine 
manufacturers and another one about to come in.  We have a mix of drivers.  
I think it's very healthy.
 
"Whoever wants to change that equation, it's very difficult for me to fathom 
an improvement to that equation.  Is it perfect?  No, nothing's perfect.  Can 
we do some things better?  Sure.  I have confidence in IndyCar racing, and I 
think I have a lot of confidence in Andrew Craig.  I think he's going to be 
very open.  I think and I hope that you gentlemen of the press will like his 
approach."

It is not surprising to me that Surfer's lost money. I do not see how any 
temporary circuit can make money in today's markets. It is sad because brining the 
race to the cities often creates a lot of interest. Clearly, there were a good 
number of paying fans at Surfer's but the costs are astronomical. It would appear 
that for the cost of putting a stret event on, you could build a purpose-built 
track and present not one but a number of events. At least in the US, the main 
problem seems to be getting it all through the local governments and getting 
approvals from everyone including the local neighborhoods, traffic control, noise,  
the EPA, etc.

On the surface, tracks like NHIS look very successful. At least the events are. 
Whether they make $$$ is not disclosed.

Paul

    Miami will be hosting an Indycar race for the next 3 years, according
    to a contract signed with CART today. They will use the existing street
    circuit in 1995, then move to the Homestead complex currently under
    construction. 
    No date set, but expect it to be around the dates currently used for
    the Miami Grand Prix.
    
     Pete 
    

From: [email protected] (AP)
Subject: Miami To Host Indy-Car Race
 
	MIAMI (AP) -- IndyCar has signed a three-year contract for races
in this area, beginning with next year's season-opener, the
downtown Grand Prix of Miami.
	Under the deal announced Tuesday with Miami Motorsports, Inc.,
the Grand Prix probably will eventually land at the race track
planned for Homestead, south of Miami, but next year's opener will
be held in Miami on March 5.
	``This is our cornerstone,'' said Ralph Sanchez, president of
Miami Motorsports and chief promoter of the Homestead facility.
	The Grand Prix of Miami marks the return of IndyCar racing to
South Florida, which hosted races from 1985 to 1988. It also
represents an attempt by the racing organization to crack the
Southeast, the heartland of NASCAR.
	``We're recognizing we have some geographical limitations,''
said Carl Hogan, co-owner of Rahal/Hogan Racing and a member of the
IndyCar board of directors. ``We're going to be changing some
venues in the next few years. In the past IndyCar has been
criticized for not looking ahead. I think this shows we are looking
at the future.''
	The race will run on a road course while in downtown Miami, then
switch to an oval track if the move to Homestead is approved.
	That facility will not be ready for the 1995 race because of
environmental issues. However, Sanchez is confident the site, which
will include oval and road courses, will be ready soon.
	The deal could be the start of a long-term presence in Miami for
IndyCar. It is a rolling contract that will add an extra race after
each one is run.
	``This will help me a lot with my sponsors,'' said Sanchez.
``And if a sponsor leaves it gives me three years to work with (to
find a replacement).''
	The deal represents greater exposure for IndyCar because of the
number of international visitors Miami receives as well as its
large Latin population.
	``IndyCar is growing so much around the world in popularity.
This will be great for it,'' said driver Emerson Fittipaldi, who
lives in Miami. ``There will be the celebrities from Europe and
America here.
	``It will have a great atmosphere and ambience. You've got the
water, the ships, South Beach is the happening place now. You can
watch the beautiful people. It won't just be a race.''

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: IndyCar Notes
 
Since I've been away, please bear with me, some of this may be old
news..............Eddie Cheever earned the distinction of being
the first to crash during testing for this year's Indy 500.
Cheever crashed one of Menard's Lola Buicks in T1. He escaped
with bruises to neck and shoulder, but the car was badly damaged.
Cheever is without a ride for the regular season......  1995 season
starts March 5 in Miami, the race will be sponsored by Toyota.....
......Bridgestone/Firestone have named Dick Davis manager of race tire
development. All areas of production have been placed under his
direction. Davis had previously held dual managerial roles in race
tire development and High Performance Tire engineering.........
......Chevy Trucks have been named official vehicles of Penske
Speedways  (HMMM, I woulda thought they would have been MBs
or Fords) :)........Swift Engineering is holding an open house
on April 13 to showcase their windtunnel. Memebers of the media and 
racing industry should contact Swift engineering in San Clemente to
attend.......Firestone is launching a new ad campaign touting
their return to IndyCar racing in 1995. Print and TV ads will
begin in late March. Firestone shod cars have won 48 times at the 
Brickyard.............Hayhoe will have their back-up Reynard 
delivered in time for the Phoenix race........Al Unser will miss the
Phoenix race so the team can concentrate on preparing for the Indy
500. AMS Racing expects to have a car at the Speedway in the next
2 weeks for Unser to test. Sponsorship for the 500 is still being
finalized and an announcement is expected soon.

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: Phoenix Testing Times
 
 PHOENIX OPEN TEST
 PHOENIX, ARIZONA
 APRIL 6, 1994
 
 COMBINED TIMES (Tuesday & Wednesday)
 --------------
 
 POSITION    DRIVER                CAR #  LAP TIME   SPEED
 --------    ------                -----  --------   ------
    1        Nigel Mansell          1     20.281     177.506
    2        Jimmy Vasser           18    20.698     173.930
    3        Scott Sharp            71    20.701     173.905
    4        Jacques Villeneuve     12    20.745     173.536
    5        Raul Boesel            5     20.746     173.527
    6        Michael Andretti       8X    20.751     173.486
    7        Teo Fabi               11    20.761     173.402
    8        Robby Gordon           9     20.799     173.085
    9        Dominic Dobson         17    20.848     172.678
   10        Scott Goodyear         40    21.014     171.314
   11        Mario Andretti         6     21.054     170.989
   12        Stefan Johansson       16    21.190     169.891
   13        Michael Andretti       8     21.219     169.659
   14        Adrian Fernandez       7     21.304     168.982
   15        Mark Smith             9     21.406     168.177
   16        Jacques Villeneuve     12X   21.497     167.465
   17        Bobby Rahal            4     21.609     166.597
   18        Arie Luyendyk          28    21.709     165.830
   19        Hiro Matsushita        22    22.149     162.536
   20        Marco Greco            25    22.188     162.250
   21        Davy Jones             14X   22.212     162.076
   22        John Paul Jr.          45    22.218     162.031
   23        Davy Jones             14    22.524     159.830
   24        Buddy Lazier           23    22.644     158.983
   25        Brian Till             19    23.207     155.126

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: Indy Testing News
 
INDIANAPOLIS TESTING NEWS
-------------------------
 
(April 6, 1994) -- Michael Andretti set the pace in testing at the 
Indianapolis Motor Speedway last week.  Andretti completed 400 miles at 
Indianapolis last week in the first Indianapolis tests for Chip Ganassi's 
Target-Scotch Reynard Fords.  His best lap on Monday was 228.87 mph.  On 
Tuesday his quickest lap averaged 227.47 mph.
 
Also testing at Indianapolis last week were Arie Luyendyk (Indy Regency 
Eurosport-Boost Monaco Lola Ilmor), rookie Jacques Villeneuve 
(Forsythe-Green Players Ltd. Reynard Ford), Teo Fabi 
(Hall Racing Pennzoil Special Reynard Ilmor), Scott Goodyear 
(Budweiser King Lola Ford) and Mike Groff (Rahal-Hogan Motorola Lola Honda).  
Last year's pole winner Luyendyk was second quickest last week at 226.22 mph 
ahead of Villeneuve, who was impressive, lapping at 223.37 mph.  Fabi and 
Goodyear also were in the 223 range while Groff showed the Honda is in the 
hunt, lapping at 222.89 mph.
 
Australia winner and PPG Cup championship leader Andretti was very satisfied 
with his first run at Indianapolis in the Reynard.  "We just wanted to make 
sure all the mechanical things worked, like the wheel bearings," 
noted Michael.  "But it went well.  We got the balance right, and that's the 
most important thing.  Once you've got that right, you can work with the car."
 
In superspeedway trim, the new Reynard Indy car features a high nose like 
that already seen in road racing trim at the Surfers Paradise PPG Cup 
season-opener two weeks ago.  The Reynard's front wings sweep down and 
forward in a manner not seen before.
 
Weather and track conditions were perfect during Michael's two days of 
testing at Indianapolis.  Cool temperatures and no wind meant there was 
plenty of grip from the track and lots of downforce from the dense air.
 
"Conditions couldn't have been better," said Andretti. "There was plenty 
of grip and downforce.  I ran a 226 on my first real run and we could have 
gone quicker.  There was so much grip we could have taken the wings off!  
But we wouldn't have learned anything by doing that."
 
Michael did not run at Indianapolis last year, so this was his first time 
on the new, narrower track.  "I just wanted to get a feel for the new 
track," said Andretti.  "I can see that if you have an imbalance problem 
you can run out of real estate real quick!  But in the conditions we ran 
in and with the car balanced, I only had to use half the race track."
 
Andretti ran the same engine through the 400-mile test.  Michael also 
ran through 17 different sets of tires in tests for Goodyear.  "We got 
through everything we were supposed to so it was good from that point of 
view," he said.

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYLITES: Firestone Fast in ARS
 
NICK FIRESTONE TOPS OPEN INDY LIGHTS TEST
-----------------------------------------
 
PHOENIX (April 4, 1994) -- In preparation for Sunday's (April 10) opening 
round of the PPG-Firestone Indy Lights Championship season-opener at Phoenix 
International Raceway, Scottsdale, Ariz., resident Nick Firestone topped the 
timing sheets in a one-day open test for Indy Lights competitors.
 
Eighteen drivers participated in the Indy Lights-governed test, without 
incident.  Fifteen were under the Indy Lights track record of 142.180 mph 
set in 1987 by Didier Theys.
 
Firestone's unofficial track record for the Indy Lights of 150.376 mph 
(23.940 sec.) was the first in the 23-second bracket and topped Britain's 
Steve Robertson (149.663 mph) and Lake Havasu, Arizona's Eddie Lawson 
(149.495).  The top 14 times of the day were within one second of each other.
 
"We've been testing here a lot this season, but this was the best the 
car felt yet," said Firestone.  "It stuck like it was on rails.  I wanted 
to repeat that time in the afternoon session, but the wind came up and I 
think I guessed wrong on tires.
 
"We're in pretty good shape for this weekend, but it's going to be tough.  
It's tight at the top."
 
"I'm real happy with the way things went today," said Lawson.  "I went real 
conservative out there just getting used to the track.  We used some pretty 
old tires, so there's a lot left in the car for this weekend.
 
"Actually, the car's better than me right now.  The Tasman Racing team is 
just an awesome team that they can hand me equipment this good."
 
IndyCar will govern two days of testing on Tuesday and Wednesday.
 
This weekend features the second race of the 16-event PPG Indy Car World 
Series -- the Slick-50 200 and concludes PIR's 30th anniversary season.
 
In its ninth year as IndyCar's "Official Development Series," 
the PPG-Firestone Indy Lights Championship, powered by Buick, is the 
premier proving ground for young drivers on the road to IndyCar 
competition.  Indy Lights graduates racing in the PPG Cup Series 
include Paul Tracy, Mike Groff, Adrian Fernandez and many more.

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: Michael Andretti Prepares for Phoenix
 
PHOENIX: NEXT TEST FOR TARGET/SCOTCH VIDEO AND MICHAEL ANDRETTI
----------------------------------------------------------------
 
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (March 31, 1994) -- Fresh from their victory at the 
opening round of the PPG Indy Car World Series in Australia, Michael Andretti 
and the Target/Scotch Video Racing team face their next challenge at the 
first oval race of the season.
 
The April 10th, Slick-50 200 Indy Car race at the Phoenix International 
Raceway will provide Michael with his first opportunity to race his new 
Target/Scotch Video Reynard 94I Ford-Cosworth on an oval.  Michael is a 
former winner at Phoenix (1986) and also sat on the pole in his most recent 
apperance in 1992.  During the winter testing season, Michael posted the  
second fastest time at Phoenix, dipping into the 19 second range.
 
Michael talks about his chances on the banked oval, "Our testing has gone 
well at Phoenix so I know we are in the ball park.  I like Phoenix, it's a 
great track to race at with all the different grooves but more often than 
not, traffic can dictate the outcome of the race."
 
Michael is the PPG Cup points leader coming into this race thanks to his 
28th career IndyCar victory on the streets of Surfers Paradise.  He is now 
alone at sixth place in all-time IndyCar wins and is only one win behind 
Rick Mears.  This is the 17th time Michael has led the most laps on his 
way to victory.  He also has increased his laps led total to 4349, fifth 
on the all-time list.
 
Michael will be going for his third consecutive IndyCar win dating back 
to 1992 but he knows it won't be easy, "The fastest car doesn't always 
win at Phoenix, the one that works best in traffic usually prevails. As 
a team, we have to keep in mind that we really need two different chassis 
set-ups, one for qualifying and then a higher downforce set-up for the race."
 
Official race practice begins on Friday, April 8th after two days of open 
testing on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 5th and 6th.  Qualifying takes place 
on Saturday, April 9th.  The 200 lap race begins at 2:00 PM MST on Sunday, 
April 10th.  ESPN will broadcast the race the same day at 5:00 PM EDT, 
please check your local listings.

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: IMG Detroit/Cleveland $1 Million Bonus
 
IMG INTRODUCES $1 MILLION INDYCAR BONUS
--------------------------------------
 
CLEVELAND (April 5, 1994) -- IMG's auto racing companies, Motormarketing 
International of Detroit, Inc. and Motormarketing International of 
Cleveland, Inc. announced today that they will offer a $1 million bonus 
in 1994 to any IndyCar driver who records the following results:
 
   A victory in the 1994 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix and
 
   A victory in the 1994 Budweiser Grand Prix of Cleveland presented by 
     Dairy Mart and
 
   A pole (starting in the No. 1 position) in either Detroit or Cleveland and
 
   A new track record time of race in either race this year.
 
The driver who meets all four requirements will pick up the "Quick Million" 
bonus.
 
"I believe that we have found a unique way to tie our company, these two 
great races and IndyCar together," stated MMI President Bud Stanner.  "Our 
ultimate goal is to bring more excitement to IndyCar and its fans, and I 
think this bonus award will succeed in doing that."
 
Andrew Craig, president and chief executive officer of IndyCar (Championship 
Auto Racing Teams, Inc.) commented:  "All of us at IndyCar salute IMG's Quick 
Million bonus.  With a million dollars at stake, I think the racing in Detroit
and Cleveland will rise to the next level, making the IndyCar fan the biggest 
winner."
 
The facts demonstrate that the bonus is attainable.  In 1993, PPG Cup 
champion Nigel Mansell won seven poles and numerous track records enroute 
to five victories.  Reigning Cleveland champion Paul Track also scored five 
victories as well as two pole positions and two time-of-race records.
 
There has only been one year that Detroit and Cleveland have shared the same 
winner.  In 1989, Emerson Fittipaldi won both Grands Prix, however each race 
had a different person starting from the pole.
 
"For sure I think this is very exciting for the drivers and should be exciting
for all of the fans," commented Marlboro Team Penske's Fittipaldi.  "I just 
wish this had been in effect in '89.  I would've only needed a pole.  I'm 
really looking foward now even more than normal to racing in Detroit and 
Cleveland."
 
"That's a great incentive," commented Bettenhausen Motorsports/Alumax driver 
Stefan Johansson.  "I'm sure that everybody will be going all out in both 
races from the start to finish."
 
The ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix is scheduled for June 10-12 at the 
Raceway in Belle Isle Park.  All focus will be on the winner of that race 
when the Indy cars come to Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport July 8-10 
for the Budweiser Grand Prix of Cleveland presented by Dairy Mart.
 
Stanner concluded:  "It has become clear that the rainbow starts in Detroit 
and ends in Cleveland.  The pot of gold is there for the taking."
 
Both races will be televised live throughout the United States on ABC-TV.  
Each event will be broadcast to more than 100 countries around the world via 
ESPN International.
 
IMG, founded by Mark H. McCormack in 1960, is a global sports management and 
marketing company.  The Cleveland-based firm has 62 offices in 21 different 
countries including Detroit.

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: Phoenix Friday Morning Times
 
 Slick-50 200
 Phoenix, Arizona
 Friday, April 8, 1994
 
 MORNING PRACTICE TIMES (1ST SESSION)
 
   POS NO   ENTRANT                   TIME      SPEED  
   -- ---- ----------------------------------   -------
    1   1   Nigel Mansell             20.699    173.921
    2   2   E. Fittipaldi             21.029    171.192
    3   6   Mario Andretti            21.077    170.802
    4   5   Raul Boesel               21.142    170.277
    5  11   Teo Fabi                  21.157    170.156
    6  40   Scott Goodyear            21.222    169.635
    7   3   Paul Tracy                21.343    168.674
    8  71   Scott Sharp               21.344    168.666
    9  31   Al Unser Jr.              21.374    168.429
   10  12   Jacques Villeneuve        21.389    168.311
   11  18   Jimmy Vasser              21.403    168.201
   12   8   Michael Andretti          21.497    167.465
   13  17   Dominic Dobson            21.561    166.968
   14  16   Stefan Johansson          21.661    166.197
   15   9   Robby Gordon              21.728    165.685
   16   4   Bobby Rahal               21.801    165.130
   17   7   Adrian Fernandez          21.822    164.971
   18  15   Mark Smith                21.946    164.039
   19  28   Arie Luyendyk             22.366    160.959
   20  25   Marco Greco               22.395    160.750
   21  45   John Paul Jr.             22.414    160.614
   22  23   Buddy Lazier              22.690    158.660
   23  14   Davy Jones                22.740    158.311
   24  19   Brian Till                22.786    157.992
   25  22   Hiro Matsushita           23.012    156.440
   26  24   Willy T Ribbs             23.072    156.033
   27  10   Mike Groff                23.177    155.326
   28  88   Mauricio Gugelmin         23.496    153.218
   29  30   Johnny Unser              24.217    148.656
   30  55   Jeff Andretti             30.373    118.524
   31  50   David Kudrave             NO TIME          
 
 
 MORNING PRACTICE TIMES (2ND SESSION)
 ------------------------------------
 
   POS NO  ENTRANT                TIME      SPEED  
   ------------------------------------------------
    1   1  Nigel Mansell          20.758    173.427
    2   3  Paul Tracy             20.831    172.819
    3  71  Scott Sharp            21.011    171.339
    4  31  Al Unser Jr.           21.072    170.843
    5   2  E. Fittipaldi          21.148    170.229
    6  18  Jimmy Vasser           21.157    170.156
    7  11  Teo Fabi               21.191    169.883
    8  40  Scott Goodyear         21.223    169.627
    9  17  Dominic Dobson         21.263    169.308
   10  16  Stefan Johansson       21.448    167.848
   11   9  Robby Gordon           21.457    167.777
   12   6  Mario Andretti         21.500    167.442
   13   8  Michael Andretti,      21.552    167.038
   14   5  Raul Boesel            21.556    167.007
   15  10  Mike Groff             21.557    166.999
   16  25  Marco Greco            21.799    165.145
   17   7  Adrian Fernandez       21.983    163.763
   18  15  Mark Smith             22.056    163.221
   19  12  Jacques Villeneuve     22.116    162.778
   20   4  Bobby Rahal            22.223    161.994
   21  45  John Paul Jr.          22.339    161.153
   22  14  Davy Jones             22.409    160.650
   23  28  Arie Luyendyk          22.535    159.751
   24  88  Mauricio Gugelmin      22.722    158.437
   25  24  Willy T Ribbs          22.771    158.096
   26  22  Hiro Matsushita        23.130    155.642
   27  23  Buddy Lazier           23.183    155.286
   28  39  Johnny Unser           23.594    152.581
   29  19  Brian Till             23.836    151.032
   30  55  Jeff Andretti          25.035    143.799
   31  50  David Kudrave          26.590    135.389

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
 
 Slick-50 200
 Phoenix, Arizona
 Friday, April 8, 1994
 
 3rd Practice -- Combined Practice Report
 -----------------------------------------
 
 POS    DRIVER                        TIME     SEED
 ---------------------------------------------------
  1     Emerson Fittipaldi            20.335   177.037
  2     Raul Boesel                   20.622   174.568
  3     Nigel Mansell                 20.699   173.921
  4     Teo Fabi                      20.707   173.852
  5     Paul Tracy                    20.831   172.820
  6     Jimmy Vasser                  20.918   172.105
  7     Mario Andetti                 20.936   171.953
  8     Robby Gordon                  20.990   171.510
  9     Scott Sharp                   21.011   171.340
 10     Scott Goodyear                21.027   171.209
 11     Al Unser, Jr.                 21.072   170.842
 12     Jacques Villeneuve            21.146   170.245
 13     Dominic Dobson                21.192   169.874
 14     Michael Andretti              21.303   168.988
 15     Stefan Johansson              21.306   168.963
 16     Mike Groff                    21.557   166.999
 17     Arie Luyendyk                 21.757   165.468
 18     Marco Greco                   21.799   165.144
 19     Bobby Rahal                   21.801   165.130
 20     Adrian Fernandez              21.821   164.978
 21     Mark Smith                    21.946   164.040
 22     Stefan Johansson              21.970   163.856
 23     Jacques Villeneuve            21.116   162.774
 24     John Paul Jr                  22.339   161.150
 25     Davy Jones                    22.409   160.649
 26     Buddy Lazier                  22.690   158.662
 27     Mauricio Gugelmin             22.722   158.4367
 28     Willy T. Ribbs                22.771   158.097
 29     Brian Till                    22.786   157.992
 30     Hiro Matsushita               23.012   156.440
 31     Mike Groff                    23.177   155.326
 32     Johnny Unser                  23.363   154.090
 33     Jeff Andretti                 23.728   151.721
 34     David Kudrave                 24.244   148.491
 35     Mark Smith                    NO TIME  NO SPEED

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: Phoenix Friday report
 
 SLICK-50 200
 Phoenix Internation Raceway
 Friday, April 8, 1994
 Practice Story
 
 FITTIPALDI FASTEST IN PHOENIX PRACTICE
 --------------------------------------
 
PHOENIX -- Marlboro Team Penske driver Emerson Fittipaldi was fastest in 
practice today for Sunday's Slick-50 200 at Phoenix International Raceway.  
Fittipaldi was fifth fastest in the morning practice session, but improved 
dramatically in the afternoon.  He was unofficially half a second under the 
track record, averaging 177.037 mph on a track made slippery by hot afternoon 
sun.  Fittipaldi ran off a string of quick laps, a handful of the quicker 
than the best lap turned in by anyone else.
 
"It's great!" grinned Fittipaldi.  "When I get it right I only have to lift 
half out of the throttle in turn one and the get right back on it, bam!  Full 
throttle.  We're a little down on boost today, but the power is good.  We're 
quick on the straight.  I told the guys, 'Don't touch the car, just polish 
it'."
 
All three Marlboro Team Penske cars ran today with a vertical fin fitted atop 
the engine cover in front of the rear wing. The team has tested this 
aerodynamic tweak extensively and plan to run the fin in most oval races 
this year.  Fittipaldi's teammates Paul Tracy and Al Unser Jr. were fifth 
and 11th today with Unser only three-quarters of a second slower than 
Fittipaldi.
 
Second quickest in today's practice was Raul Boesel in Dick Simon's 
Duracell-Mobil 1-Sadia Lola-Ford.  Boesel was second in last year's 
race at PIR and was delighted to be on the pace today after struggling 
in Australia three weeks ago.  "Yes, it's a big change," said Boesel.  
"We keep improving the car.  We did three or four laps in a row the same 
time.  It's a good sign for qualifying."
 
PPG Cup champion Nigel Mansell was third quickest today.  Mansell was 
fastest in the morning practice, but slipped to third in the afternoon.  
After setting the pace in testing at PIR earlier this week, Mansell was a 
little disappointed today.
 
"I can't honestly tell you I'm comfortable here yet," said Mansell.  
"This is a very, very demanding place.  The speeds here are incredible, 
and there is a lot of grip from the track surface."  Mansell had trouble 
with his pop-off valve in the afternoon.  He said he was happy with his
car's handling although he did have a scary slide in the fourth turn on 
one lap.
 
Newman-Haas/Kmart-Texaco teammate Mario Andretti was seventh fastest today, 
just a quarter of a second behind Mansell. Andretti won this race last year, 
the 52nd victory of his career.  He was delighted with his car this morning, 
but less happy in the afternoon after a couple of trips out of groove, close 
to the wall.
 
"Everything's going pretty good really," said Andretti.  "Everybody's 
obviously having to chase the conditions that we haven't experienced at 
all during testing.  Just toward the end there, I think we found the 
direction, so I feel pretty good about tomorrow."
 
An impressive fourth fastest today was Teo Fabi in Jim Hall's Pennzoil 
Reynard-Ilmor.  Fabi had a tough time in winter testing at PIR, but looked 
very good today.  He was fastest Reynard driver today ahead of Jimmy Vasser 
who was sixth fastest in Jim Hayhoe's Conseco Reynard-Ford.  Surfers Paradise 
winner Michael Andretti struggled today with his Chip Ganassi Target-Scotch 
Reynard-Ford.  Andretti was a disappointed 14th, one second slower than 
pacesetter Fittipaldi.
 
"I wish I knew what's wrong," said Michael.  "Our car was great in testing 
here, but we just haven't been able to hit the right combination this week.  
It was binding up in the left front this morning and we thought once we'd 
fixed that we'd be OK but the car wants to push for the first two laps and 
then it goes loose and I mean it's loose!"
 
Thirty-one drivers practiced today.  Qualifying takes place at 11:30 a.m. 
PDT tomorrow with each driver taking two flying laps in an attempt to make 
the 26-car grid.

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
 
MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL INDYCAR NEWS SERVICE
=========================================================
 
                           PPG INDY CAR WORLD SERIES
                                 STARTING GRID
                                  Slick-50 200
 
 STR       CAR
 POS  ROW  NUM  DRIVER/HOMETOWN  & CAR               TIME      SPEED
 ---  ---  ---  -----------------------------------  --------  -------
 
   1    1    3  PAUL TRACY/West Hill, CAN            20.424 M* 176.266
                  Marlboro Penske 94 Ilmor V8/D
 
   2    1   12  JACQUES VILLENEUVE(R)/Monte Carlo,   20.442    176.110
                  Player's Ltd. R94I Ford-Cos XB
 
   3    2    1  NIGEL MANSELL/Clearwater, FL         20.515    175.478
                  Kmart/Caltex Havoline L94 Ford-Cos
 
   4    2    6  MARIO ANDRETTI/Nazareth, PA          20.579    174.932
                  Kmart/Caltex Havoline L94 Ford-Cos
 
   5    3    5  RAUL BOESEL/Key Biscayne, FL         20.766    173.357
                  Duracell Charger L94 Ford-Cos XB
 
   6    3    2  EMERSON FITTIPALDI/Key Biscayne, FL  20.768    173.346
                  Marlboro Penske 94 Ilmor V8/D
 
   7    4    9  ROBBY GORDON/Orange, CA              20.796    173.113
                  Valvoline-Cummins L94 Honda Indy V8
 
   8    4   11  TEO FABI/Milan, ITA                  20.887    172.355
                  Pennzoil Special R94I Ilmor V8/D
 
   9    5   31  AL UNSER Jr./Albuquerque, NM         20.889    172.342
                  Marlboro Penske 94 Ilmor V8/D
 
  10    5   40  SCOTT GOODYEAR/Toronto, CAN          20.893    172.303
                  Budweiser King L94 Ford-Cos XB
 
  11    6   18  JIMMY VASSER/Discovery Bay, CA       20.941    171.912
                  Conseco-STP R94I Ford-Cos XB
 
  12    6    8  MICHAEL ANDRETTI/Nazareth, PA        21.028    171.204
                  Target-Scotch Video R94I Ford-Cos XB
 
  13    7   71  SCOTT SHARP(R)/Wilton, CT            21.147    170.240
                  PacWest Racing L94 Ford-Cos XB
 
  14    7   17  DOMINIC DOBSON/Truckee, CA           21.321    168.848
                  PacWest Racing L94 Ford-Cos XB
 
  15    8   16  STEFAN JOHANSSON/Monte Carlo, MON    21.387    168.330
                  Alumax Aluminum Penske 93 Ilmor V8/D
 
  16    8    7  ADRIAN FERNANDEZ/Mexico City, MEX    21.452    167.820
                  Tecate-Quaker State R94I Ilmor V8/D
 
  17    9   14  DAVY JONES/Lake Tahoe, NV            21.762    165.428
                  Foyt-Copenhagen Racing L94 Ford-Cos
 
  18    9   25  MARCO GRECO/Sao Paulo, BRZ           21.817    165.009
                  I N T Sports Ltd L94 Ford-Cos XB
 
  19   10   28  ARIE LUYENDYK/Rosmalen, NET          21.878    164.552
                  Eurosport-Boost Mon L94 Ilmor V8/D
 
  20   10   10  MIKE GROFF/Los Angeles, CA           21.891    164.453
                  Motorola L94 Honda V8
 
  21   11   22  HIRO MATSUSHITA/San Clemente, CA     22.162    162.440
                  Panasonic Duskin L94 Ford-Cos XB
 
  22   11    4  BOBBY RAHAL/Dublin, OH               22.237    161.889
                  Miller Genuine Draft L94 Honda V8
 
  23   12   45  JOHN PAUL JR./Atlanta, GA            22.427    160.518
                  Team Losi X X L93 Ilmor Indy C+
 
  24   12   24  WILLY T. RIBBS/San Jose, CA          22.427    160.518
                  Service Merchandise L93 Ford-Cos XB
 
  25   13   23  BUDDY LAZIER/Vail, CO                22.518    159.872
                  Financial World Mag L93 Ilmor C+
 
  26   13   19  BRIAN TILL/Columbus, OH              22.748    158.255
                  MI-JACK Car L93 Ford-Cos XB
 
  27   14   55  JEFF ANDRETTI/Nazareth, PA           22.813    157.806
                  AGIP-Gillette L93 Ilmor Indy C+
 
  28   14   88  MAURICIO GUGELMIN/Curitiba, BRZ      23.013    156.431
                  Hollywood Indy Car R94 Ford-Cos XB
 
        0   50  DAVID KUDRAVE/Los Angeles, CA        23.033    156.295
                  AGIP-Taumarin L93 Ilmor Indy C+
 
        0   39  JOHNNY UNSER/Vacnuver, CAN           23.140    155.576
                  AGFA Film L92 Ilmor V8/A
 
       0   15  MARK SMITH/McMinnville, OR           WITHDRAWN
                  Craftsman Tools L94 Ford-Cos XB
 
  CHASSIS LEGEND: L=Lola; R=Reynard
  ENGINE LEGEND: Ford-Cos XB=Ford-Cosworth XB; Ilmor=Ilmor Indy
 
 (R) Rookie driver
  M = Marlboro Pole Award ($10,000)
  * = New Lap Record

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: Phoenix Saturday qualifying report
 
MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL INDYCAR NEWS SERVICE
=========================================================
 
 SLICK-50 200
 Phoenix International Racewayh
 Saturday, April 9, 1994
 Qualifying Story
 
 
TRACY AND VILLENEUVE -- ALL-CANADIAN FRONT ROW
----------------------------------------------
 
PHOENIX -- Marlboro Team Penske driver Paul Tracy took the first oval
track pole of his IndyCar career today. Tracy set a new track record of
176.266 mph and will start tomorrow's Slick-50 200 with fellow Canadian
Jacques Villeneuve beside him on the front row. This is the first time
that two Canadians have been on the front row for an Indy car race.
 
Tracy set the pace in this morning's practice session and repeated his
performance when it counted in qualifying. Some changes to the set-up
of his car and to the line he was taking around the one-mile PIR oval
helped Tracy find the speed to take today's pole.
 
"We put Emerson's set-up on my car last night, and I talked to Rick
(Mears) about my line," said Tracy before going out to qualify. "Thanks
to Rick I tried running a different pattern around the track than I have
before, and that seemed to help. I think we've got a good shot at the
pole."
 
Tracy said his qualifying run was clean without any major problems.
"After my first lap I came back to full soft on my front anti-roll bar,"
said Tracy. "We had a little understeer this morning and I wanted to
avoid that in qualifying. In fact the car got a little loose in turns
three and four and I had to back pedal a little on the throttle.
 
"It feels good to be on the pole here at Phoenix," added Tracy. "I had
my first Indy Lights win here and I'm just happy to have my first oval
pole. Conditions were tough today. The wind was pinning the front end of
my car and making it a little loose, and it was tough to guess how the
temperature was going to affect things."
 
Tracy said he doesn't believe the line he used in qualifying will be
useful in the race. "It's something you won't be able to use in the
race," said Tracy. "I think it's going to be a pretty tough race. We'll
be chasing the car all day. You'll see lots of guys getting loose
tomorrow and that's not what you need here."
 
Tracy wins a $10,000 bonus from Marlboro for winning the pole. An
additional $15,000 is paid by Marlboro to any pole winner who goes on
the win the race. If he fails to do so the $15,000 is rolled-over to the
next race. Since Tracy was the last driver to win from the pole at Road
America last September he is now eligible to win $90,000 from Marlboro
if he wins tomorrow's race.
 
Impressive as Tracy's pole-winning effort may have been, rookie
Villeneuve's outside front row qualifying run was even more remarkable.
The young Canadian celebrated his 23rd birthday today and tomorrow's
Slick-50 200 will be only the second IndyCar race Villeneuve has
started. He was running fifth before crashing in his IndyCar debut
at Surfers Paradise three weeks ago. Villeneuve is the son of Gilles
Villeneuve, the legendary Canadian Ferrari F1 driver who was killed in
qualifying for the Dutch GP 12 years ago.
 
Villeneuve said his goal tomorrow is to finish the race without
incident. "I don't have the experience of these other guys," said
Villeneuve. "It would be crazy of me to think I could blow them off in
my first oval race. I will try to take it easy and make the finish.
That's my goal for tomorrow."
 
PPG Cup champion Nigel Mansell qualified third fastest today. "I have no
complaints," said Mansell. "The team did a fantastic job. We just didn't
guess right on the wing set-up for qualifying. We've been having a few
hiccups. We'll go back and re-engineer the car. I think the conditions
changed quite a bit from this morning, and we just didn't guess right."
He then added, smiling fondly at Villeneuve. "I'd like to say how proud
I am of Jacques."
 
Mario Andretti was fourth fastest today, only .064 sec. slower than
teammate Mansell. Andretti wasn't happy with his qualifying run,
fighting understeer. "It's the first time all weekend I've had a push,"
said Andretti who won this race last year. "On my second lap I got right
up into the grey in turn two. I tried to make it stick. I just tried
to ingore it. But the car feels good overall. We should be good in the
race."
 
Fifth fastest qualifier was Raul Boesel, who was a strong second to
Andretti here last year. Boesel was happy with his car and also feels
he'll be competitive in tomorrow's race. Emerson Fittipaldi on the
other hand was bitterly disappointed to qualify only sixth today.
Fittipaldi was quickest yesterday and was second to Tracy in this
morning's practice. He had trouble with his pop-off valve in qualifying
however.
 
"The valve popped-off on my first lap," said Fittipaldi. "Then it just
kept popping-off and I was down to 41 inches on my last lap. The car was
beautiful to drive. It's too bad, because I'm sure we had a chance at
pole. I'm very disappointed."
 
Seventh in qualifying was Robby Gordon who was unfazed by a big crash
in testing at PIR two months ago. "I had a big push in turn one on my
second lap, and I was a little loose in turn four," said Gordon. "But
overall I'm happy with the car. I think we'll be competitive tomorrow."
 
Teo Fabi was eighth in qualifying with Al Unser Jr. and Scott Goodyear
completing the top 10. Fabi complained of understeer in qualifying
while Unser, like teammate Fittipaldi, also had a problem with his
pop-off valve. Another disappointed driver was PPG Cup championship
leader Michael Andretti who qualified 12th today. Andretti improved
substantially from yesterday in this morning's practice, but fought
understeer in qualifying.
 
"I had the best back end I had all weekend," said Andretti. "We've been
fighting the car being loose most of the weekend, but it just pushed
really bad in qualifying. I hope we can get it right for the race."
 
Also among those to have handling troubles so far this weekend are the
pair of Rahal-Hogan Lola-Hondas driven by Bobby Rahal and Mike Groff.
The Honda-engined cars are about 10 mph slow down the straightaways
and Rahal admits to being down on power compared to the Ilmor and
Ford-powered competitors, but both he and teammate Groff have been
fighting understeer.
 
"We're working on the car for the race and we're getting good fuel
mileage," commented Rahal. "Arie (Luyendyk) won the race here a few
years ago with one less fuel stop and we won Nazareth in 1992 the same
way, so strategy could play a big role tomorrow."

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: Phoenix Saturday qualifying notes
 
MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL INDYCAR NEWS SERVICE
=========================================================
 
 SLICK-50 200
 Phoenix International Racewayh
 Saturday, April 9, 1994
 Qualifying Notes & Quotes
 
 
ROBERT CLARKE, General Manager, Honda Performance Development, Inc. --
"With this being the first oval competitive test for the Honda Indy
V8, we didn't expect to blow people away. We learned things with each
session and things improved as the day went on. Every time we got out
on the track, we gather more data so that we can continue to improve.
We didn't learn anything enlightening today, but we're continuing to
progress in the right direction."
                                 Michael Smith, Honda PR
 
PRACTICE SESSIONS
 
Pursuant to chapter 6.4 of the 1994 IndyCar Rule Book, the groups for
the split practice sessions will be determined by the times recorded
during the previous practice session. The fastest drivers from the P.M.
session on Friday, April 8, 1994 will practice in the second group
during the Saturday A.M. practice session.
 
 SATURDAY A.M. GROUP ONE              SATURDAY A.M. GROUP TWO
  4  Bobby Rahal                       1  Nigel Mansell
  7  Adrian Fernandez                  2  Emerson Fittipaldi
 10  Mike Groff                        3  Paul Tracy
 14  Davy Jones                        5  Raul Boesel
 15  Mark Smith                        6  Mario Andretti
 19  Brian Till                        8  Michael Andretti
 22  Hiro Matsushita                   9  Robby Gordon
 23  Robert Buddy Lazier              11  Teo Fabi
 24  Willy T. Ribbs                   12  Jacques Villeneuve
 25  Marco Greco                      16  Stefan Johansson
 28  Arie Luyendyk                    17  Dominic Dobson
 39  Johnny Unser                     18  Jimmy Vasser
 45  John Paul, Jr.                   31  Al Unser, Jr.
 50  David Kudrave                    40  Scott Goodyear
 88  Mauricio Gugelmin                71  Scott Sharp 
 
FOX TO RUN TWICE AT SPEEDWAY; SECOND DRIVER TO BE ADDED FOR "500"
 
Stan Fox will have a new 1994 Reynard chassis and the Ford Cosworth SB
engine for the first time as Hemelgarn Racing filed its entries for the
78th running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 29.
 
At the same time, car owner Ron Hemelgarn also announced that he plans
to field an entry for Fox in the inaugural Brickyard 400 August 6 at
Indianapolis, making the Janesville, Wis., driver one of the few in
history to run two races at the fabled 2 1/2-mile Indianapolis Motor
Speedway oval in the same season.
 
"The Reynard chassis came out of the box fast in Australia (where
Michael Andretti won with one)," Hemelgarn said. "Michael's test at the
Speedway was fast. I personally think the chassis is right and the motor
is right."
 
Last year, Fox put a two-year-old Hemelgarn entry solidly in the 33-car
starting lineup with a four-lap average of 218.765 miles an hour. Then,
with only six minutes left in time trials, Didier Theys jumped into
a backup Hemelgarn machine and bumped his way into the field with an
average speed of 217.752.
 
IndyCar Pit Note: staff member and internationally known radio show host
Ron Martin, is recovering at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis after
undergoing an angioplasty procedure to clear a blocked artery. Doctors
expect a 100 percent recovery. Please join us in wishing Ron a speedy
return.
 
#12-JACQUES VILLENEUVE--Jacques celebrates his 23rd birthday today.
Jacques' uncle, who also goes by the name of Jacques, won the pole
position at Phoenix in 1984.
 
 
9:45 a.m.--Green Flag, Group One
 
10:15 a.m.--Checkered Flag
 
#28-ARIE LUYENDYK--The fastest car this session with a 21.486 sec.,
167.549 mph lap.
 
According to Dr. Terry Trammel, IndyCar Director of Medical Services,
Mark Smith, driver of the #15 Craftsman Tool/Walker Racing Lola Ford
who was released from the hospital this morning after being held
overnight for observation for a minor head injury, will not be allowed
to participate in any more IndyCar on-track activities this weekend.
As is customary IndyCar medical procedure for injuries of this nature,
Smith will be given further evaluation in one week's time.
 
10:20 a.m.--Green Flag, Group Two
 
10:43 a.m.--#3-PAUL TRACY-- The cover came off the car and is laying in
the grass between Turns 2 and 3.
 
#28--ARIE LUYENDYK--"I ran a few quick laps early in the session which
looks good on the timing screen. We are still having trouble with the
set-up. The car is very loose which is a problem."
 
#9-ROBBY GORDON--Valvoline-Cummins Ford/Walker Racing--"We had a bit of
an electrical gremlin this morning which really didn't hurt us for time,
but made it difficult to evluate the car. I think we have a good shot
at one of the four top qualifying positions. We'll see if we can pull
something out of our hat this afternoon."
 
#22--HIRO MATSUSHITA--Panasonic-Duskin Lola/Dick Simon Racing-- The car
is feeling a little better. We have much less understeer in the middle
of the corner than Friday. It's helping our exit out of Turns 2 and 4.
My confidence is improving also as the car handling improves."
 
#3--PAUL TRACY--Marlboro Penske Ilmor Indy V8/Penske Racing Team--"I
switched to Emerson's set-up and then made some modifications. I spent a
lot of time talking to Rick Mears and he helped me change my line. It is
the fastest I have ever gone here."
 
#40--SCOTT GOODYEAR--Budweiser King Lola/Ford Cosworth XB--"We've been
working through some fine-tuning to find our qualifying set-up. We're
closer now than we've been all weekend. We've got the car so it is a
little bit happier in the turns."
 
#12--BARRY GREEN, car #12--Player's Ltd/Forsythe-Green Racing Inc.--"I
am super pleased with this morning's session, especially with the
consistently fast laps Jacques is turning."
 
JACQUES VILLENEUVE--"The car was very good right from the start and we
were just trying to check a few things and make a few small changes
which we did. On this track, a small change on the car can make a very
big change in lap times. It was also very nice to be in the fast group
because we could do several consistent fast laps in a row."
 
#16--STEFAN JOHANSSON--ALUMAX/Bettenhausen Motorsports-- "Everybody
seemed to be battling with balance yesterday so we decided to take out
some front wing. Unfortunately, that proved to be the wrong thing to do
today. However, the car has been very consistent all week so I think we
will have a good car for the race."
 
#8--MICHAEL ANDRETTI--Target-Scotch Video/Chip Ganassi Racing Teams--"I
wish we had done a little better, we went pretty good this morning,
but when I went out to qualify, I picked up a big push. I have not had
the car push all weekend. The balance changed drastically from this
morning. I just couldn't believe it. The one good thing is, the way the
car is now, it might not be too bad in the race, at least the back end
is sticking."
 
#5--RAUL BOESEL--Duracell Charger/Dick Simon Racing--"Well it's
obviously not as fast as this morning. The conditions changed, the car
changes. We slowed down a little. It picked up a handling problem in
Turn Two. Just punching in two on each lap. That's where we scrubbed all
of our speed."
 
#7--ADRIAN FERNANDEZ--Tecate-Quaker State-Reynard-Ilmor/Galles Racing
Int'l--"We really haven't found the set-up yet. The guys are really
pulling together to make this car work and give me a great race car like
they did in Australia. We want to finish good here and then go to Long
Beach next week and do well there. I love this track because of my last
race here was in Indy Lights and we won that race in 1992. I hope that
Sunday I can give good results to the team and to Tecate/Quaker State."
 
#9--ROBBY GORDON--Valvoline-Cummins Ford/Walker Racing--"We experienced
a lot of understeer in the corners and really didn't want to push it too
hard. Basically, we were a little conservative. We're still in pretty
good position for tomorrow and I think we'll have a good race car on
Sunday."
 
#22--HIRO MATSUSHITA--Panasonic-Duskin Lola/Dick Simon Racing--"The
handling is greatly improved. I wish we started like this on Friday. We
still have a little understeer, but at least now it's consistent through
the turns. The pop-off blew several times on the last lap."
 
#2-EMERSON FITTIPALDI--"The pop-off valve blew on the first lap. The
car was very good, but the pop-off valve wasn't. When the pop off valve
goes, the pressure goes and you can't do anything. The car was strong,
I'm disappointed with the pop-off."
 
#3--PAUL TRACY--"I'm not really happy I ran faster times this morning.
I'm happy to be on the pole right now, but we'll have to wait and see.
No one is turning in real fast times."
 
#6--MARIO ANDRETTI--"The conditions were different than this morning. It
had a little better balance. The wind is blowing for everyone so that
really isn't a factor. I think Buddy Jobe has done an excellent job
here. It not only makes it good for the fans, but for the competitors as
well."
 
#9--ROBBY GORDON--"Our first lap was pretty good, but we developed an
understeer in (turn) one and just rode with it. We were just a little
conservative."
 
#1--NIGEL MANSELL--"This is the hardest mile oval because of the speeds
and the banking. There aren't too many lines out there and a lot of
cars. I was reading the other day that the last driver to win four
straight ovals was A.J. Foyt Jr. in 1965, so I thought that was a
significant statistic. This is a fantastic grid with three different
chassis among the first three (positions). This kind of qualifying
you have to be a bit lucky with the changing conditions. I have no
complaints. The team did a fantastic job, I just didn't get proper
set-up on the wing adjustment."
 
POST QUALIFYING PRESS CONFERENCE
 
#3--PAUL TRACY--"It feels good to be on the pole. It's the place
where I won my first Indy Lights. I have a lot of good feelings about
this place. I was really happy to get my first pole on an oval. The
conditions were tough today and a lot of people were chasing the
conditions. I'm really happy to get the Marlboro car on the pole.
I never ran the thing (the vertical fin) until Friday. I've had no
experience with the fin and I can't tell any difference. They are saying
it kind of works like a rudder, to help turn the car in the turns."
 
Re: Track repavement--"The paving is good. It got rid of the bump in
Turn one. The track is better, but the racing groove is the same."
 
Re: Championship--"We can't run before we walk. I got my first point
with the pole. I don't think I got very many points last year until
after Indy. But we're starting to walk now."
 
#1--NIGEL MANSELL--"We have 14 races, we've been having a few little
hiccups here and there. I learned a little just sitting here. So we'll
go back and re-engineer the car and go a little bit better tomorrow. The
conditions changed a little, nothing is the same for anybody."
 
Q.--How is this oval?--"This is the hardest oval of all the ovals
because of banking and the speeds and track conditions with the wind and
sand."
 
Q.--How do you feel about qualifying third?--"I'm happy the car was
pretty good, but I didn't guess right about the front wings."
 
#12--JACQUES VILLENEUVE
 
Q:--In your first IndyCar oval start, second IndyCar start ever, on
your 23rd birthday, tell us a little bit about what it's like to be a
namesake. You have a lot of family tradition here...
 
A:--"Yeah, but you don't come racing here thinking that my uncle took
the pole here ten years ago."
 
Q:--You've done really well on the ovals, you've spent a little time
testing here, its really paid off. Whats it like to start 2nd with Paul
Tracy next to you and Nigel Mansel behind you?
 
A:--"Well, I guess thats terrible (laughter), being surrounded by these
guys, that they're very fast and very experienced and know they'll be
very tough, so just take it easy I guess."
 
Q:--You're young in IndyCars, you're going to be developing a strategy,
can I ask what your strategy will be at the start, I know Paul (Tracy)
will want to know.
 
A:--"Well, we weren't planning on starting forward like that so that's
going to make a change, but you know that's our second race in IndyCar
and our first down on the oval, so I don't think it would be fair to be
here and just try to kick everybody, that would be terrible and we would
probably end up in the wall doing that, so I don't think that now that's
not the plan."
 
#4--BOBBY RAHAL--Miller Genuine Draft Lola/Honda--"We had a lot of
understeer on those laps. The car just kept pushing and pushing. The
problem that it creates is that we scrub off lots of speed in the
corners and we don't get a good run down the straightaways. But we're
working on the car for the race and we're getting good fuel mileage.
Arie (Luyendyk) won the race here a few years ago with one less fuel
stop and we won Nazareth in 1992 that same way. So strategy could play a
big role Sunday." Tom Blattler, Miller Genuine Draft PR
 
#40--SCOTT GOODYEAR--Budweiser King Lola/Ford Cosworth XB--"We lost     
grip on the front of the car. The track has obviously changed since we  
were out last. We made a few adjustments and we didn't guess            
in the right direction. There was lots of push. I tried to make an
adjustment, but there's not much you can do in two quick laps around
here."
 
#31--AL UNSER JR.--"The Marlboro team did a real good job on the car,
but on my first lap, I heard a pop, then on my second I backed off a 
little."
 
Re: Set-up--"My car is set-up like Emerson's car."
 
#24--WILLY T. RIBBS--Service Merchandise/Walker Racing--"The car still
didn't have enough grip obviously. Phoenix is a tough track physically.
It changes all the time. I'm just going to go out there and stay in the
game. I'm going for the points. That's the objective."
 
#14--DAVY JONES--"I'm not happy to start in the back, but I'm happy
with the car and the progress we've made the past two days. I'm looking
forward to the race. I know there's a lot more there in the car and in
myself."
 
NOTE: Davy Jones is driving the '93 Lola/Ford-Cosworth that A.J. Foyt
practiced in and stepped out of at Indy last year. The car had never
been qualified for a race up till now.
 
#10--MIKE GROFF--Motorola Lola-Honda--"We're off the pace from where
we were in the morning practice. We set our car up too conservatively
to compensate for understeer, which scrubbed a lot of speed. I think
understeer problems affected other drivers, as well. We'll define our
set-up for Sunday and certainly hope it is an improvement."
 
ROBERT CLARKE, General Manager, Honda Performance Development,
Inc.--"We're obviously not satisfied with where we are on the grid,
however our objective in this effort is long term. We knew this would be
a tough road and we won't get discouraged. We have a lot to learn and
will continue to work for improvement. Things can happen during the race
and we anticipate things will improve on race day."
 
Marlboro Pole Award Update: By taking the pole today at the Slick 50,
200 at Phoenix International Raceway, Paul Tracy won the Marlboro Pole
Award worth $10,000. Tracy stands to win another $90,000 if he wins the
race tomorrow.
 
Local off-road racing driver Larry Ragland, here as a spectator,
confessed he is rooting for Robby Gordon. What's a big deal about that?
Ragland is a Chevrolet factory driver in the SCORE Tecate Trophy-Truck
desert series, while Gordon, a rival, is a Ford factory driver in
that series. Last Saturday Ragland was a second place finisher in the
Tecate Trophy-200 miler at Las Vegas, although he was penalized back to
third for a crew infraction. Gordon finished sixth in that race.
 
#71--SCOTT SHARP--PacWest Racing Group--"It's being going pretty good.
I've been trying to learn a lot with the ovals. We've been testing
pretty well, and I've been trying to get comfortable on my own. But it's
a whole different world out there with 25 different cars. I really just
wanted to come here this weekend and qualify well, finish the 200 laps,
and get as much oval experience as I can get."

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: Phoenix Saturday Crash
 
MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL INDYCAR NEWS SERVICE
=========================================================
 
 SLICK-50 200
 Phoenix International Raceway
 Sunday, April 10, 1994
 EXTRA
 
In final practice on Saturday afternoon for today's Slick-50 200 at
Phoenix International Raceway, defending PPG Cup champion Nigel Mansell
spun and crashed in the fourth turn, taking rookie driver Jacques
Villeneuve with him into the outside wall. Mansell said he was slowing
down and considering coming into the pits when his car snapped out
of control. Villeneuve, following closely, was an innocent victim of
Mansell's accident.
 
Mansell will switch to a backup Newman/Haas Kmart-Texaco Lola Ford
for today's 200-mile race while Villeneuve's Forsythe-Green/Player's
Reynard-Ford was repaired last night. Both drivers retain their starting
positions, Villeneuve on the front row and Mansell on row two.
 
"I really don't know what happened," said Mansell. "I had slowed down,
and was thinking about coming into the pits, and the car just swapped
ends. I don't know why it happened, and that's the worrying thing. I
have to say I'm very disappointed for Jacques because he was just an
innocent victim."
 
Mansell was able to jump into his back-up car for a few laps late on
Saturday afternoon. He had not previously driven the car this weekend
although he had run some practice laps in the car during testing at PIR
earlier this week. In the final four minutes of practice, Mansell was
able to get the spare up to 13th overall in the session.

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: Phoenix Saturday Crash
 
MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL INDYCAR NEWS SERVICE
=========================================================
 
 SLICK-50 200
 Phoenix International Raceway
 Sunday, April 10, 1994
 EXTRA
 
In final practice on Saturday afternoon for today's Slick-50 200 at
Phoenix International Raceway, defending PPG Cup champion Nigel Mansell
spun and crashed in the fourth turn, taking rookie driver Jacques
Villeneuve with him into the outside wall. Mansell said he was slowing
down and considering coming into the pits when his car snapped out
of control. Villeneuve, following closely, was an innocent victim of
Mansell's accident.
 
Mansell will switch to a backup Newman/Haas Kmart-Texaco Lola Ford
for today's 200-mile race while Villeneuve's Forsythe-Green/Player's
Reynard-Ford was repaired last night. Both drivers retain their starting
positions, Villeneuve on the front row and Mansell on row two.
 
"I really don't know what happened," said Mansell. "I had slowed down,
and was thinking about coming into the pits, and the car just swapped
ends. I don't know why it happened, and that's the worrying thing. I
have to say I'm very disappointed for Jacques because he was just an
innocent victim."
 
Mansell was able to jump into his back-up car for a few laps late on
Saturday afternoon. He had not previously driven the car this weekend
although he had run some practice laps in the car during testing at PIR
earlier this week. In the final four minutes of practice, Mansell was
able to get the spare up to 13th overall in the session.

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: Phoenix results
 
MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL INDYCAR NEWS SERVICE
=========================================================
 
 
                              PROVISIONAL BOXSCORE
                       PPG INDY CAR WORLD SERIES RACE NO.2
                                  Slick-50 200
                                   Phoenix, AZ
                              SUNDAY APRIL 10, 1994
  
 FIN STR CAR                
 POS POS NUM DRIVER/HOMETOWN
               CAR
               QUAL     QUAL    LAPS                           TOT
               SPEED    TIME    LAPS STATUS               PTS  PTS
 
   1   6   2 EMERSON FITTIPALDI/Key Biscayne, FL
               Marlboro Penske 94 Ilmor V8/D
               173.346 20.768    200 107.437               21  37
   2   9  31 AL UNSER Jr./Albuquerque, NM
               Marlboro Penske 94 Ilmor V8/D
               172.342 20.889    200 107.221               16  16
   3   3   1 NIGEL MANSELL/Clearwater, FL
               Kmart/Caltex Havoline L94 Ford-Cos
               175.478 20.515    199 RUNNING               14  19
   4  15  16 STEFAN JOHANSSON/Monte Carlo, MON
               Alumax Aluminum Penske 93 Ilmor V8/D
               168.330 21.387    197 RUNNING               12  22
   5  11  18 JIMMY VASSER/Discovery Bay, CA
               Conseco-STP R94I Ford-Cos XB
               171.912 20.941    197 RUNNING               10  22
   6  20  10 MIKE GROFF/Los Angeles, CA
               Motorola L94 Honda V8
               164.453 21.891    196 RUNNING                8  13
   7   7   9 ROBBY GORDON/Orange, CA
               Valvoline-Cummins L94 Ford-Cos
               173.113 20.796    195 RUNNING                6   6
   8   5   5 RAUL BOESEL/Key Biscayne, FL
               Duracell Charger L94 Ford-Cos XB
               173.357 20.766    195 RUNNING                5   5
   9  13  71 SCOTT SHARP(R)/Wilton, CT
               PacWest Racing L94 Ford-Cos XB
               170.240 21.147    194 RUNNING                4   6
  10  16   7 ADRIAN FERNANDEZ/Mexico City, MEX
               Tecate-Quaker State R94I Ilmor V8/D
               167.820 21.452    194 RUNNING                3   3
  11  10  40 SCOTT GOODYEAR/Toronto, CAN
               Budweiser King L94 Ford-Cos XB
               172.303 20.893    192 RUNNING                2   5
  12  17  14 DAVY JONES/Lake Tahoe, NV
               Foyt-Copenhagen Racing L94 Ford-Cos
               165.428 21.762    190 RUNNING                1   1
  13  25  23 BUDDY LAZIER/Vail, CO
               Financial World Mag L93 Ilmor C+
               159.872 22.518    190 RUNNING                0   0
  14  22   4 BOBBY RAHAL/Dublin, OH
               Miller Genuine Draft L94 Honda V8
               161.889 22.237    188 RUNNING                0   0
  15  28  88 MAURICIO GUGELMIN/Curitiba, BRZ
               Hollywood R94I Ford-Cos XB
               156.431 23.013    187 RUNNING                0   8
  16  18  25 MARCO GRECO/Sao Paulo, BRZ
               Arciero Proj Indy L94 Ford-Cos XB
               165.009 21.817    180 RUNNING                0   0
  17  27  55 JEFF ANDRETTI/Nazareth, PA
               AGIP-Hawaii Trp-RainX L92 Ilmor V8/A
               157.806 22.813    179 RUNNING                0   0
  18  23  45 JOHN PAUL JR./Atlanta, GA
               Pro Formance L93 Ilmor Indy C+
               160.518 22.427    177 RUNNING                0   0
  19  26  19 BRIAN TILL/Columbus, OH
               The MI-JACK Car L93 Ford-Cos XB
               158.255 22.748    168 RUNNING                0   0
  20  12   8 MICHAEL ANDRETTI/Nazareth, PA
               Target-Scotch Video R94I Ford-Cos XB
               171.204 21.028    162 CONTACT                0  21
  21   4   6 MARIO ANDRETTI/Nazareth, PA
               Kmart/Caltex Havoline L94 Ford-Cos
               174.932 20.579    156 CONTACT                0  14
  22  19  28 ARIE LUYENDYK/Rosmalen, NET
               Eurosport-Boost Mon L94 Ilmor V8/D
               164.552 21.878    146 ELECTRICAL             0   0
  23   1   3 PAUL TRACY/West Hill, CAN
               Marlboro Penske 94 Ilmor V8/D
               176.266 20.424     62 CONTACT                1   1  M
  24  14  17 DOMINIC DOBSON/Truckee, CA
               PacWest Racing L94 Ford-Cos XB
               168.848 21.321     61 CONTACT                0   1
  25   2  12 JACQUES VILLENEUVE(R)/Monte Carlo, M
               Player's Ltd. R94I Ford-Cos XB
               176.110 20.442     61 CONTACT                0   0
  26   8  11 TEO FABI/Milan, ITA
               Pennzoil Special R94I Ilmor V8/D
               172.355 20.887     60 CONTACT                0   6
  27  21  22 HIRO MATSUSHITA/San Clemente, CA
               Panasonic Duskin L94 Ford-Cos XB
               162.440 22.162     44 CONTACT                0   0
  28  24  24 WILLY T. RIBBS/San Jose, CA
               Service Merchandise L93 Ford-Cos XB
               160.518 22.427     26 CONTACT                0   0
 
 CHASSIS LEGEND: L=Lola; R=Reynard
 ENGINE LEGEND: Ford-Cos XB=Ford-Cosworth XB; Ilmor=Ilmor Indy
 DID NOT START LEGEND: DNG=Did Not Start; DNP=Did Not Participate; DNQ=Did Not Qualify
 (R) Rookie driver
  M = Marlboro Pole Award ($10,000)
 
 TIME OF RACE: 1:51:41:615
 AVERAGE SPEED: 107.437 mph
 MARGIN OF VICTORY: 13.482 Secs
 
 
 CAUTION FLAGS:
 Laps 28-41 Contact Car #24
 Laps 62-88, Contact (5 Cars)
 Laps 165-174, Contact Car #6 & Car #8
 
     LAP LEADERS: 7 lead changes, 5 drivers
 Paul Tracy, 1-10                     10 Laps
 Nigel Mansell, 11-29                 19 Laps
 Paul Tracy, 30-62                    33 Laps
 Robby Gordon, 63                      1 Lap
 Emerson Fittipaldi, 64-141           78 Laps
 Al Unser Jr., 142-146                 5 Laps
 Robby Gordon, 147-154                 8 Laps
 Emerson Fittipaldi, 155-200          46 Laps
 
 TOTALS:
 Emerson Fittipaldi      124 laps
 Paul Tracy               43 laps
 Nigel Mansell            19 laps
 Robby Gordon              9 laps
 Al Unser Jr.              5 laps

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: Driver Performance chart after Phoenix
 
 
MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL INDYCAR NEWS SERVICE
===========================================================
 
 
         1994 PPG INDY CAR WORLD SERIES DRIVER PERFORMANCE CHART
               FOLLOWING THE EVENT OF SUNDAY APRIL 10, 1994
 
                                       RUN
                                        AT TOP TMS LAPS LAPS   MILES
 RANK DRIVER                   PTS STS FIN FIN LED LED  COMP   COMP    
                                                       ( 255)( 353.725) 
 ---- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ----  -------- -
   1 EMERSON FITTIPALDI        37   2   2   1   2  124  255   353.725  
   2 STEFAN JOHANSSON          22   2   2   4   0    0  252   350.725  
   3 JIMMY VASSER              22   2   2   4   0    0  252   350.725  
   4 MICHAEL ANDRETTI          21   2   1   1   1   55  217   315.725  
   5 NIGEL MANSELL             19   2   2   3   1   19  253   349.930  
   6 AL UNSER Jr.              16   2   1   2   1    5  251   342.545  
   7 MARIO ANDRETTI            14   2   1   3   0    0  211   309.725  
   8 MIKE GROFF                14   2   2   6   0    0  250   346.930  
   9 MAURICIO GUGELMIN          8   2   2   6   0    0  242   340.725  
  10 ROBBY GORDON               6   2   1   7   2    9  211   239.720  
  11 SCOTT SHARP                6   2   2   9   0    0  247   342.135  
  12 TEO FABI                   5   2   1   8   0    0  114   210.930  
  13 RAUL BOESEL                5   2   1   8   0    0  195   195.000  
  14 SCOTT GOODYEAR             5   2   2  10   0    0  245   340.135  
  15 ADRIAN FERNANDEZ           3   2   2  10   0    0  246   339.340  
  16 DAVY JONES                 1   2   1  12   0    0  221   276.645  
  17 DOMINIC DOBSON             1   2   1  12   0    0  113   206.340  
  18 PAUL TRACY                 1   2   0  16   2   43  101   171.005  
  19 BUDDY LAZIER               0   1   1  13   0    0  190   190.000  
  20 BOBBY RAHAL                0   2   1  14   0    0  188   188.000  
  21 HIRO MATSUSHITA            0   2   1  15   0    0   92   178.160  
  22 MARCO GRECO                0   1   1  16   0    0  180   180.000  
  23 JACQUES VILLENEUVE         0   2   0  17   0    0   97   161.620  
  24 JEFF ANDRETTI              0   1   1  17   0    0  179   179.000  
  25 WILLY T. RIBBS             0   2   0  18   0    0   60   121.030  
  26 JOHN PAUL JR.              0   1   1  18   0    0  177   177.000  
  27 BRIAN TILL                 0   1   1  19   0    0  168   168.000  
  28 ROBBIE BUHL                0   1   0  20   0    0   30    83.850  
  29 MARK SMITH                 0   1   0  21   0    0   19    53.105  
  30 ARIE LUYENDYK              0   2   0  22   0    0  154   168.360  
  31 ALESSANDRO ZAMPEDRI        0   1   0  22   0    0   19    53.105  
  32 GARY BRABHAM               0   1   0  24   0    0   10    27.950  

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: Phoenix story
 
MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL INDYCAR NEWS SERVICE
=========================================================
 
 SLICK-50 200
 Phoenix International Raceway
 Sunday, April 10, 1994
 Race Wrap-up
 
PENSKE SCORES A ONE-TWO AT PHOENIX
----------------------------------
 
PHOENIX -- Emerson Fittipaldi and Al Unser Jr. scored a one-two sweep for 
Marlboro Team Penske in today's Slick-50 200.  Fittipaldi and Unser finished 
one lap ahead of third place Nigel Mansell, following a dramatic, 
incident-filled race.  Fittipaldi took the PPG Cup championship lead with 
his victory today.
 
Paul Tracy was leading the race when he was eliminated in a multi-car 
accident early in today's 200-mile race.  Tracy crashed while trying to 
avoid the crashed cars of Hiro Matsushita and Teo Fabi.  Also taken out but 
this incident were Jacques Villeneuve and Dominic Dobson.  Fortunately, none 
of the drivers were seriously injured. 
 
Another multi-car accident later in the race took out both Mario and Michael 
Andretti.  The senior Andretti crashed following an unidentified mechanical 
failure.  Michael came upon the incident and hit the slower car of 
John Paul Jr. amid blowing sand, knocking a front wheel off on the tail of 
Paul's car.  Four spectators received slight injuries from flying debris 
from this accident. 
 
The last half of the race was dominated by Fittipaldi and Unser who were 
the only cars to complete the full 200 laps.  PPG Cup champion Mansell 
lost a lap in the pits early in the race and was unable to make up the 
distance.  Robby Gordon lost the chance at a strong finish by running out 
of fuel while leading and coasting into the pits, losing four laps.  Fourth 
place was taken today by Stefan Johansson, followed by Jimmy Vasser and 
Mike Groff.
 
Today's victory was the 21st IndyCar victory of Fittipaldi's career.  
Following his second place in the PPG Indy Car World Series, Fittipaldi 
takes the point lead with 37 points, ahead of Jimmy Vasser (22), Stefan 
Johansson(22) and Surfers Paradise winner Michael Andretti (21).

    They didn't say if Mario radioed something broke before or after he hit
    the wall. Kinda hard to prove something "broke" afterwards....
    
    They were VERY lucky everyone walked away from the crashes. Tracy was
    hit in the helmut by Hiro's engine/tranny!!!!! And having the tire
    go into the crowd at that speed with crossmembers attached and no
    serious injuries was amazing....
    
    At least ESPN didn't switch to golf or something cuz they were running
    a half hour late....
    
    jim

    Did anyone get a good explanation from Villenuve regarding why he
    didn't/wasn't able to slow before reaching the accident area?  He was
    motoring along at a good clip when he hit, and the yellow had been out
    for a good five seconds.  What about the sun angles?  Was the yellow
    light going into T3 obscured, perhaps?

    I thought he said when they interviewed him that there were already two
    cars below him and he had now where to go. That's still no excuse to go
    barreling into a corner wide open when the yellow was out for a period
    of time. I'm sure he had a spotter watching out as well telling him
    where the incident was.
    
    jim

    Penske will hold a press conference at IMS today, 3:00 CDT, with Unser,
    Emmo, Tracy, and Rick Mears, to announce his "plans" for the 1994 500. 
    Remember how he entered his cars with no engine listed?  How much you
    wanna bet Roger announces the much-rumored pushrod V-8, just what Mr.
    George thinks is going to be the future of Indy car propulsion (or
    should we say Champ cars?)  There are rumors that Tracy did his 237 mph
    lap at Michigan International with a "weird-sounding" engine.

    If this indeed happens, it means Roger has rolled over like a fat seal 
    for Tony G. (or, it was all Roger's idea in the first place).  If so,
    CART as we know it is dead. 

    Of course, it might be a deal to put the M-B label on the Penske
    Ilmors.  Under the USAC "experimental engine" rule, you can have
    exclusive rights to an engine in the Gold Crown championship (aka the
    500) for a year.  Since he's already announced the deal with M-B for
    '95, he might debut the engine a year early at Indianapolis only.

    	I watched the tape again last night. Villeneuve said there
    	were two cars below him and he had decided to pass high. When
    	he got to the corner, he saw Hiro and Paul.
    
    	George had a good question back a few about the sun, etc. The
    	common taters mentioned that there was a lot of wind which
    	caused a lot of blowing sand. JV didn't really have much to
    	say about why he was still going full tilt (more or less)
    	after the yellow.
    
    	At least no one was seriously injured.
    
    	Scott

    Re: .86
    
    It's a Mercedes-Benz program, and not a stock block, precursor to the
    1995 full-season CART motor (which Roger will have to sell to at least
    one other franchise team to meet the two team/three car rule).
    
    George

    Forget what I said!!  IS a Mercedes-Benz pushrod engine!  This means
    M-B and Penske are funding a dedicated engine for the 500 only. (They
    can't run 55 inches at the CART races.)  How's that for cost control,
    Mr. George?
    
    M-B putting it's name on a stock-block.  Go figure.
    
    Press release follows . . .
    
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PENSKE TO COMPETE WITH MERCEDES ENGINE IN 1994 INDIANAPOLIS 500
---------------------------------------------------------------

INDIANAPOLIS (APRIL 13, 1994) -- Roger Penske and Mercedes-Benz today 
announced that a newly designed Mercedes-Benz Indy 500 engine developed 
by Mercedes-Benz partner Ilmor Engineering will be used by Marlboro Team 
Penske in the 1994 Indianapolis 500.

The developmental engine has been designed to meet the United States Auto 
Club (USAC) National Championship Division regulation for the Indianapolis 
500 under the category of the new pushrod-operated (in-block single camshaft),
two-valves-per-cylinder design.  Mercedes-Benz and Ilmor also have an all new 
engine currently under design for the 1995 PPG Indy Car World Series, 
including the Indianapolis 500.

Ilmor Engineering was founded by Mario Illien and Paul Morgan in 1983.  
It has a workforce of 150 employees with design and manufacturing operations 
at its headquarters in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England.  Ilmor-powered 
entries have won five PPG Indy Car World Series Championships and 87 
races (70%) out of 125 starts including six consecutive Indianapolis 
500 victories.

Mercedes-Benz and Ilmor started their collaboration in November, 1993, with 
a comprehensive plan for the development, construction, and running of 
Formula 1 and Indy Car racing engine.  Mercedes-Benz holds a 20 percent 
interest in Ilmor's U.S. affiliate.  The acquisition of a similar interest 
in the United Kingdom engineering firm by Mercedes-Benz is nearly completed.

Roger Penske, who has fielded entire for 26 consecutive years sat the 
Indianapolis 500 with a record nine victories, said, "In looking at the 
USAC rules for the 1994 Indianapolis 500 with Mercedes-Benz, we thought 
the push rod/two-valve design would be a competitive power plant, considering 
the past success of the Buick pushrod engine.  With this commitment from 
Merceds-Benz, we are addressing the challenge of developing this new engine 
for the 1994 Indianapolis 500."

Helmut Werner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mercedes-Benz AG, 
commented, "We think that together with Penske and Ilmor, we have an unique 
opportunity to go to Indianapolis in 1994 with three champion drivers: 
Emerson Fittipaldi, Paul Tracy, and Al Unser, Jr.  Indianapolis is the 
world's largest single day sporting event.  The Indianapolis 500 presents 
a substantial challenge for a manufacturer to demonstrate technical 
excellence.  But most importantly, Mercedes-Benz want to support its 
U.S. market offensive by its participation in this most important motor race."

Werner continued, "The direct pressure of competition is a great incentive 
for the technical transfer of knowledge from the race cars to create quality 
ad total performance in our passenger cars.  it is also a great motivator for 
our employees who build the cars as well as the public, who buys our cars."

Through Detroit Diesel Corporation, Penske and Mercedes-Benz parent, 
Daimler-Benz AG, also collaborate on the development, production and 
distribution of diesel engines in the field of commercial vehicles.

Mario Illien, designer of the new Mercedes-Benz Indy engine, said, "The 
engine ran for the first time in late January, so of course, there are 
risks associated with the short time frame for development  In addition, 
it is most important to have a car and transmission designed to utilize 
the pushrod/two-valve engine. We are working closely with Marlboro Team 
Penske on a track testing program to develop durability. These elements 
of risk are essential to the development of a news engine, especially for 
the world's most important race."

The new 94 Marlboro Penske Indy car powered by Mercedes-Benz was designed 
by Nigel Bennett and constructed by Penske Cars, Ltd., Pool, England. The 
development testing program and race preparation is being managed at the 
team's headquarters in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Mercedes-Benz participation in Formula 1, with the Sauber Team, and Indy 
Car racing is another example of its leadership in the international 
automobile market, where it will be competing with many of the most 
important manufacturers from Europe, Asia, and America. A successful 
racing heritage of the great Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrows will be revived 
and be promoted with a worldwide market offensive with both present and 
prospective Mercedes-Benz customers.


TECHNICAL DATA (Mercedes-Benz Engine for 94 Indianapolis 500)
--------------------------------------------------------------

 MODEL:       Mercedes-Benz V8 - 72 degree
 DISPLACEMENT: 3.43 liters (209.3 cu. in.)
 VALVE TRAIN:  Single Cam Pushrod; 2 valves per cylinder
 TURBOCHARGER: 12.3 PSI (55 inches boost), wastegate
               controlled boost
 FUEL:         Methanol
 WEIGHT:       124 kilos (273.37 lbs)
 LENGTH:       561 mm (22.09")
 WIDTH:        509.5 mm (20.06")
 HEIGHT:       653.5 mm (25.73")




    

    	My ignorance is showing (or will be), but...
    
    		How does this engine differ from the typical Indy engine
    		of the last few years?
    
    		Do the rules mandate an engine like the new Ilmor?
    
    		Weren't the Buicks fast but prone to blowing?
    
    	Scott

    To touch on your questions . . .

    1) It differs from most current engines by being a pushrod-operated
    supercharged 2-valve "stock block" design rather than a supercharged
    DOHC 4-valve design.  Thus it can have a larger displacement (3.4 vs.
    2.65 liters) and run more boost (55 vs. 45 inches *for Indy only*). 
    That's where the horsepower advantage comes from.  Since the
    acceleration/part throttle fuel efficiency advantages of an OHC design
    do not come into play at Indy, unlike a road course, the extra power
    and boost may be competitive if reliability can be achieved.  (Turbines
    might be competitive if they were legal, as well.)

    The Buick ran in this class, as did the Chevy V-6 of the mid-80s.  The
    rules also allow 5.8 liter normally aspirated stock blocks and 4.2
    liter n/a cammers.  Maximum number of cylinders is 8. 

    Whether you can use the term "stock block" to refer to a
    purpose-designed aluminum-block V-8 designed to run at or near 10,000
    rpm, turbocharged, and burning methanol, is an exercise left to the
    reader.

    2) The rules do not mandate any of the four types of engines per se,
    but if Penske is successful, everybody will need to run this type of
    motor to be competitive.  Special motors for the Speedway -- just the
    thing to bring costs into line, no?  :-)  There are rumors that Tony
    George's new USAC oval series will use this type of engine, under the
    pretense that a "low-tech" engine class will help the smaller teams be
    competitive.  I doubt, from a materials and electronics standpoint,
    this engine can be truthfully called low-tech, or whether this will
    cost less than a Cosworth XB or Ilmor D, but I'm not an engine
    designer.

    3) Bingo.  The Buicks were fast but fragile.  If Penske can make this
    thing work for 500 miles, he could dominate.  If not, it'll be an
    expensive experiment (and, one would think, an embarrassment to his new
    benefactor, Mercedes-Benz).

From: [email protected] (AP)
Subject: Penske To Use Mercedes Engine
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 18:00:17 PDT
 
	INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Roger Penske, the most successful owner in
the history of Indy-car racing, announced Wednesday that he will
use a new Mercedes-Benz engine to power his cars in this year's
Indianapolis 500.
	The engine is still in the development stage, Penske said during
a news conference at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He added that
the team of Penske Racing, Ilmor and Mercedes-Benz decided in
November to develop the engine.
	``We've been flat out since that decision,'' said Penske, whose
cars have nine Indy 500 victories among a record 79 Indy-car wins
and eight series championships.
	Paul Tracy and Al Unser Jr., two of the Penske drivers, began
testing the new engine and chassis in February. The third Penske
driver, defending 500 champion Emerson Fittipaldi, will test it for
the first time next week.
	``We think we have a real opportunity to bring new technology to
the speedway,'' Penske said. ``In looking at the rules for the
Indianapolis 500, we felt the pushrod, two-valve design we'll be
using in the engine will make it competitive.''
	The Mercedes would enjoy the same advantage currently afforded
Buick, the other stock-block engine in use at the Speedway. The
Speedway allows stock-block engines more turbocharger pressure,
which in turn creates more horsepower. The Buick, for instance,
generates about 200 horsepower more than such pure racing engines
as the Ford Cosworth, the new Honda and the Penske-developed Ilmor.
	Penske said it was too early to discuss the horsepower or speed
potential of the cars.
	Because the Indy 500 is the only race in which stock-blocks
receive a handicap, Penske's cars will continue to be powered by
the Ilmor engine for the other races in the 16-event Indy-car
series.
	``It has been an aggressive program for the guys at Ilmor. ...
The drivers have had a huge workload,'' Paul Morgan of Ilmor said.
``We've praised them to death because they've been out doing
durability runs in very cold weather.'
	The Indianapolis Motor Speedway will open for practice May 7.
Time trials to determine the 33-car field for the May 29 race will
begin on May 14.
	``We've got a lot of anticipation about the month of May. Being
a factor in the 500-mile race, it's very important to be there at
the end, so durability is absolutely a key. We're not completely
confident in the durability,'' Morgan said. ``We've got to work
between now and the end of May, but we're confident we can get
there.''
	Helmut Werner, president and chief executive officer of Mercedes
Benz, echoed the optimism of Penske, Morgan and the Penske drivers.
	``The last time we participated in the Indy race was in 1915,
and we won,'' he said. ``It's taken some time to be back. ... We've
joined with a team that has the best drivers in the world, an owner
who has proven himself as a winner and we believe Mercedes Benz can
be a valuable part in its continued success.''
	Speedway president Tony George welcomed the return of
Mercedes-Benz.
	``One thing is certain, this May is going to be very
interesting,'' he said. ``We commend them on taking the initiative
to go forward in building an engine for competition in the 500.''
	``This program is still in the development stage,'' said Penske,
adding that the engine will be tested extensively before and after
500 practice begins. ``We're going to try and get the durability we
need. In order to win at Indianapolis, you have to finish the race.
I don't come to Indianapolis, counting on dropping out after 100
laps.''
	``It's been an exhaustive program, testing in the winter. We got
our feet wet in the snow,'' Tracy said. ``We're going to be
competitive by the end of the month.''

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: Long Beach Friday practice
 
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 Toyota Grand prix of Long Beach
 Friday, April 15, 1994
 Friday morning practice times:
 
 POS    NO       DRIVER              TIME       SPEED 
 --     ---      ------------------ -------    -------
  1      1       NIGEL MANSELL       53.405    107.180
  2     16       STEFAN JOHANSSON    53.455    107.081
  3      9       ROBBY GORDON        53.590    106.811
  4      6       MARIO ANDRETTI      53.710    106.573
  5      2       EMERSON FITTIPALDI  53.762    106.468
  6      8       MICHAEL ANDRETTI    53.781    106.431
  7     31       AL UNSER JR.        54.204    105.600
  8      1X      NIGEL MANSELL       54.613    104.811
  9      7       ADRIAN FERNANDEZ    54.621    104.796
 10      4       BOBBY RAHAL         54.679    104.683
 11     15       MARK SMITH          54.722    104.602
 12     40X      SCOTT GOODYEAR      54.742    104.562
 13      5       RAUL BOESEL         54.747    104.554
 14     24       WILLY T. RIBBS      54.766    104.517
 15     71       SCOTT SHARP         54.776    104.498
 16     17       DOMINIC DOBSON      54.792    104.467
 17      3X      PAUL TRACY          54.859    104.341
 18     12       JACQUES VILLENEUVE  54.907    104.250
 19     19       ROBBIE BUHL         54.984    104.103
 20      3       PAUL TRACY          55.039    103.999
 21     10       MIKE GROFF          55.234    103.632
 22     14       DAVY JONES          55.271    103.563
 23     25       MARCO GRECO         55.379    103.360
 24     88       MAURICO GUGELMIN    55.475    103.181
 25     18       JIMMY VASSER        55.581    102.985
 26     28       ARIE LUYENDYK       55.583    102.981
 27      8X      MICHAEL ANDRETTI    55.593    102.962
 28     50       A. ZAMPEDRI         55.959    102.289
 29     64       FRANCK FREON        55.987    102.237
 30     76       ROBBIE GROFF        56.250    101.761
 31     45       CLAUDE BOURBONNAIS  56.463    101.377
 32     22       HIRO MATSUSHITA     56.471    101.362
 33     55       DAVE KUDRAVE        56.762    100.842
 34     23       BUDDY LAZIER        57.341     99.823
 35     40       SCOTT GOODYEAR      57.880     98.893
 36     39       JOHNNY UNSER        71.700*    79.833
 37     11       TEO FABI           401.932*    14.241
 
 * = Lap time exceeds 115% of best time
 Track Length: 1.5900 Miles

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: Long Beach Friday qualifying
 
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 Toyota Grand prix of Long Beach
 Friday, April 15, 1994
 Friday qualifying times:
 
 POS    NO       DRIVER              TIME       SPEED 
 --     ---      ------------------ -------    -------
  1      1        Nigel Mansell      53.040     107.919
  2      2        Emerson Fittipaldi 53.076     107.846
  3     31        Al Unser Jr.       53.582     107.827
  4      9        Robby Gordon       53.682     106.629
  5      8        Michael Andretti   53.689     106.614
  6     16        Stefan Johansson   53.756     106.480
  7      3        Paul Tracy         53.859     106.278
  8     12        Jacques Villeneuve 53.877     106.241
  9      6        Mario Andretti     53.956     106.087
 10     71        Scott Sharp        54.374     105.272
 11     24        Willy T. Ribbs     54.398     105.224
 12     10        Mike Groff         54.419     105.184
 13     40        Scott Goodyear     54.419     105.183
 14     88        Mauricio Gugelmin  54.434     105.155
 15     14        Davy Jones         54.451     105.122
 16     25        Marco Greco        54.483     105.060
 17     11        Teo Fabi           54.500     105.028
 18     17        Dominic Dobson     54.564     104.905
 19     15        Mark Smith         54.572     104.888
 20      4        Bobby Rahal        54.727     104.592
 21      5        Raul Boesel        54.739     104.569
 22      7        Adrian Fernandez   54.855     104.347
 23     19        Robbie Buhl        54.895     104.272
 24     18        Jimmy Vasser       54.974     104.123
 25     45        Claude Bourbonnais 55.008     104.058
 26     50        Alessandro Zampedri55.098     103.887
 27     64        Frank Freon        55.121     103.844
 28     28        Arie Luyendyk      55.295     103.517
 29     23        Buddy Lazier       56.053     102.118
 30     76        Robbie Groff       56.089     102.052
 31     22        Hiro Matsushita    56.424     101.445
 32     55        David Kudrave      57.133     100.187
 33     39        Johnny Unser       59.517      96.174
 
 Track Length: 1.5900 Miles

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: Long Beach Friday story
 
 Friday, April 15, 1994
 Provisional Qualifying
 
 MANSELL REPEATS LONG BEACH POLE
 
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Nigel Mansell took the provisional pole position for 
Sunday's 20th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.  Mansell missed setting a new 
track new track record today, but still managed to beat Emerson Fittipaldi by 
only 36/100 second.  Fittipaldi's Marlboro Penske teammate Al Unser Jr. was 
another half a second behind in third place, followed by Robby Gordon and 
Surfers Paradise winner Michael Andretti.
 
Mansell admitted to locking his brakes at least three times on his best lap 
today aboard his Newman/Haas Kmart/Texaco Lola Ford.  "I think I locked the 
right front wheel three times on my quick lap," said Mansell.  "I came real 
close to the wall on the exit of the third and fourth turns.  That told me I 
was it, that was the limit.  In the car, it felt like a 51-second lap.  
Mansell's pole lap took 53.040 sec.
 
The defending PPG Cup champion also said he believes he will have to be half a 
second faster tomorrow if he is to retain pole position.  "I think we've got 
to find about half a second for the pole," said Mansell.  "It's going to be 
hard but one of us will find it."
 
Marlboro Team Penske driver Fittipaldi believed he might have beaten Mansell 
today had he not run out of fuel during his qualifying run.  "The car is 
beautfiul to drive," said Fittipaldi.  "I'm still lacking a little traction 
out of the corners, but the car is really well balanced, really good.  I ran 
out of fuel on my fast lap so I think we're in good shape.  I think we can go 
quicker tomorrow."
 
Third-fastest Al Unser Jr. said he thinks it will be difficult to catch 
Mansell or Fittipaldi but also said he is confident about being competitive 
in the race.  "Half a second is light years on this track," said Unser.  
"We'll have a telescope under my car this evening trying to figure out how 
to make it better.  But to be honest with you I'm quite comfortable because 
we're within reach of them.  We're able to run competitive race speeds."
 
Robby Gordon was fourth quickest today in his Walker Racing Valvoline Lola 
Ford, exactly one-tenth of a second behind Unser.  Gordon was very 
competitive in both practice and qualifying and was at the top of the time 
sheets for a while.  "The car feels really great," said Gordon.  "We can 
definitely run with them this weekend.  We'll be trying for the pole tomorrow."
 
Surfers Paradise winner Michael Andretti was fighting his Ganassi 
Target/Scotch Reynard Ford a little today, and said he was confident of 
improving tomorrow.  "I never did a clear lap on my second set of new 
tires," said Michael.  "I reckon there is a bit more in the car.  We're 
still working on it.  We're putting in a fresh engine tonight, and we have 
a few things we want to do, so tomorrow should be better."
 
Stefan Johansson was sixth today in his Bettenhausen/Alumax Penske.  "Not 
bad eh?" grinned Johansson who is currently second in the PPG Cup points.  
"The car feels quite good.  It's not perfect, but I'm pretty happy with it."
 
Last year's Long Beach winner Paul Tracy qualified seventh today.  Tracy lost 
time in the morning session with transmission and braking problems.  Starting 
the day with a brand new car which he hadn't had the opportunity to 
shake-down, Tracy encountered downshifting problems.  Jumping into his 
spare car he found he was short of full braking power, and finished the 
first session down in 17th.  Tracy improved substantially in the afternoon, 
but was still struggling to get his set-up correctly.  "The car's not right 
yet," said Tracy.  "It's a little loose on the exits.  We'll be more 
competitive tomorrow."
 
Today's provisional top 10 were completed by rookie Jacques Villeneuve, 
veteran Mario Andretti and rookie Scott Sharp.  Villeneuve said he wasn't 
completely happy with his car, but was otherwise unaffected by his big 
accident during last year's PPG Cup race at Phoenix.  "I feel good, no 
problem," said.  "We're struggling a little with the car, but we're in 
the ballpark.  I think we should move up tomorrow."
 
Thirty-three drivers recorded qualifying times today.  None of them 
damaged their cars today, so all 33 are expected to run again tomorrow.  
There are 30 places in the field for Sunday's Toyota Grand Prix of Long 
Beach, which means that three drivers will go home without a race.  Final 
qualifying takes place at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday.

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: Long Beach Friday Notes
 
 MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL INDYCAR NEWS SERVICE
 =========================================================
 
 TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH
 Friday, April 15, 1994
 Notes and Quotes
 
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach race runs 105 laps/166.95 miles on a
1.59-mile, eight-turn temporary road course through the downtown streets
of the Long Beach. The one lap record is held by Nigel Mansell on April
17, 1993 with 108.198 mph, 52.903 sec. The 166.95-mile race record is
held by Paul Tracy on April 18, 1993 with a race time of 1 hr., 47 min.,
36.418 sec. and an average speed of 93.089 mph.
 
Paul Tracy captured the 1993 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, his first
IndyCar win, exactly two years after his 1990 Indy Lights Championship.
Tracy made his presence felt right from the start. He out-accelerated
Mansell in the long drag race down Shoreline Drive, then braked deep
into turn one, gaining the advantage over Mansell and Scott Goodyear who
passed Emerson Fittipaldi.
 
Bobby Rahal, who had gradually picked up his pace, finished in second
place. It was his third runner-up finish in as many years at Long Beach.
Mansell regained the PPG Cup points lead with his third place finish
after having struggled physically all weekend with a back injury from
his crash a couple of weeks earlier at Phoenix.
 
SERIES UPDATE:
Entry List Revision
Car #64-FRANK FREON, Paris, France -- Marcelo Group-Anvil-Lola Project
Indy Racing Ford Cosworth 1993 Lola.
Car #39-JOHNNY UNSER, Ketchum, Idaho -- AGFA/Dale Coyne Racing 1992 Lola
Ilmor Indy V8/A.
 
PIT LANE SPEED LIMIT
During all phases of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, the posted
speed limit between the first pit and the last pit will be 80 miles per
hour. A black flag penalty (stop and go during green) will be assessed
to any driver with a speed in this area in excess of 85 miles per hour.
                                   J. Kirk Russel, VP-Operations
                                   Wally Dallenbach, Chief Steward
 
11:40 AM-Green Flag, IndyCar practice.
 
12:02 p.m.-The top three fastest cars are: #1-NIGEL MANSELL, #8-MICHAEL
ANDRETTI, #9-ROBBY GORDON.
 
12:19 p.m.-#23-BUDDY LAZIER--The car spun in turn 8, contact with the wall,
damage to the left front and rear wheels and the left rear suspension.
 
#10-MIKE GROFF-The car has left flat rear with a possible broken rim.  The
car was on a hook back into the pit area.
 
12:31 p.m.-Red Flag to retrieve car #10-MIKE GROFF.
 
According to IndyCar officials,the pit speed has been changed to 70 mph
for the weekend.
 
12:36 p.m.-Green Flag, 5 min., 45 sec. Red Flag time will be added back
into the session.
 
#3-PAUL TRACY-The car spun Turn 1, no contact and continued.
 
12:44 p.m.--The top three fastest cars are: #1-NIGEL MANSELL, #2-EMERSON
FITTIPALDI, #31-AL UNSER, JR.
 
#3-PAUL TRACY-The car spun and stalled in Turn 8.
 
1:15 p.m.-Checkered Flag
 
The top three fastest cars at the end of this session are: #1-NIGEL
MANSELL, 53.405 sec., 107.180 mph., #16-STEFAN JOHANSSON, #9-ROBBY
GORDON.
 
#16--STEFAN JOHANSSON--Alumax/Bettenhausen Motorsports--"We had a very
good balance. We just kept chipping away at it - making a lot of little
changes here and there. We seem to have a good direction and I hope we
keep it up."
 
#9-ROBBY GORDON-Valvoline/Cummins Racing-"We made a lot of changes
during the session, especially with the springs, but I think we're near
the set-up we had at Firebird on Wednesday, which was a good one. We're
still having a hard time in the corners and the engine is misfiring a
little; once we work that out, we'll go even quicker."
 
#11-TEO FABI-Pennzoil Special/Hall Racing, Inc.-The driver reported a
loss of fuel presure. The crew retreated to the garage area and removed
engine and gearbox to get at the fuel pumps (there are three of them,
Jim Hall reported that the drive line wasn't operating the fuel pumping
system of the Ilmor D engine.
 
#24-WILLY T. RIBBS-Service Merchandise Ford/Walker Racing-"We're right
in there and it's in a '93 car. The '93 car doesn't have as big a
deficit as we did at Phoenix. We're just trying to control the 'push'.
The balance is still not right, but it's very encouraging that we can
run this high."
 
#15-MARK SMITH-Craftsman Tools Ford/Walker Racing-"The car was good
towards the end of the session. We are currently working on rear grip
so that we can put the power down. It felt good to get back in the car
after Phoenix. I'm not sore at all."
 
#22-HIRO MATSUSHITA-Panasonic-Duskin Lola/Dick Simon Racing-"This
weekend we are running the spare car (93-Lola) and have encountered a
few small problems. At mid-session the shift linkage broke. Near the end
of practice, I also had some difficulties downshifting. It seems that
the back of the brake pedal is hitting the throttle cable at the same
time. Once we get the car straightened out, we should pick-up big chunks
of time."
 
#76-ROBBIE GROFF-Condor/Bettenhausen Motorsports-I've waited for that
first lap in an Indy car for all my life. The emotion of being on the
same track as Mansell, Fittipaldi, and the Andretti was unbelievable.
It was a little nervous for the first few laps, but got that under
control. I'm still getting used to the car--we're a little down on revs
on the straights, but we'll get it sorted out. My teammate, Stefan
Johansson, is second quick so I knew we have a good set up. We'll be
okay in qualifying. I couldn't believe how long that session was. In
Indy Lights our sessions were half an hour, so this session was very
long.
 
PARKER JOHNSTONE-The driver was found "hanging around" the Honda cars.
He said this is the longest time in 14 years he has been out of a car.
Honda should announce in the next couple of weeks where Parker Johnstone
will make his debut in the Honda.
 
#23 BUDDY LAZIER-after hitting wall-"Going through the last corner, I
let off throttle, the car came around 180 degrees and touched wall.
 
#19 ROBBIE BUHL-MI-Jack/Dale Coyne Racing-"This morning was a pretty
good session for us. We've had some problems with brakes the past two
races, but they were good today. The car is very responsive. There were
a couple of times when I turned in and hoped the car would follow. It
did, and I am very pleased with that! We've got a good base and should
be able to improve upon that."
 
#7 ADRIAN FERNANDEZ-Tecate-Quaker State-Reynard Ilmor Galles Racing
International-"We ended up 9th after the first session, that's pretty
good. We are just working on the car making small changes and the car is
really good. He's real happy with the car running behind the guys that
have experience, like Nigel. He's learning how to race and run this race
track and he's changing his lines. We're still concentrating a lot on
the race. Although we're still quick there is not a big problem. We are
learning a lot about the Reynard chassis and we are getting a lot of
good data back."
 
#4-BOBBY RAHAL--Miller Genuine Draft/Rahal-Hogan Racing--"We got the car
working better as the session went on. We learned a little more after
the practice, too. I think we're going in the right direction with the
chassis. The track was a little slick still."
 
#10-MIKE GROFF-Motorola/Rahal-Hogan Racing-"We found a problem with the
fuel delivery in that session. It is nothing big, but it did cause the
engine to bog down. I also lost a clutch cable, so the crew had to push
me out of the pits. Now, we can start to work on the chassis."
 
#12-JACQUES VILLENEUVE-Player's Ltd/Forsythe-Green Racing, Inc.-"It felt
like there was a lot of traffic today, and it was not good to try to go
so fast. The set-up is not good yet. It didn't feel fast, but I think we
will have it right for qualifying, I hope."
 
BARRY GREEN, co-owner of car #12-"We missed the test in Phoenix this
week at Firebird, and I think it put us behind the eight ball. We're
scrambling a little bit, but we'll get it figured out."
 
3:33 p.m.-Green Flag-Group One Qualifiers
 
#16-STEFAN JOHANSSON-The car spun in Turn 3, driver's left and continued.
 
#9-ROBBY GORDON-The car spun coming out of Turn 8 and stopped on the
track, safety crew pushed the car to a restart.
 
#1-NIGEL MANSELL-The car was slow on course.
 
4:02 p.m.-Checkered Flag, top three are: #1-NIGEL MANSELL, #2-EMERSON
FITTIPALDI, #31-AL UNSER, JR.
 
#8-MICHAEL ANDRETTI-The car stopped on course, the safety crew towed the
car in.
 
4:08 p.m.-Green Flag, Group Two Qualifiers
 
#25-MARCO GRECO-The car went into the runoff in Turn 6 and continued.
 
#64-FRANCK FREON-The car went into the runoff in Turn 1 and continued.
 
#9-ROBBY GORDON--"We're using the gear set-up that was used last year
with Scott (Goodyear) and haven't had time to change it between sessions
today. Tonight we're going to change that set-up which could mean a .5
to .75 second difference in time."
 
#40-SCOTT GOODYEAR-Budweiser King Lola Ford-Cosworth-"We need to get the
car so it's balanced a little better. It's lacking some overall grip
right now. Right now we're slower than we should be. It's lacking some
overall grip right now. We just need to work on those things and our
times should improve quite a bit."
 
#16-STEFAN JOHANSSON-Alumax/Bettenhausen Penske/Ilmor Indy V8-"We
couldn't quite get the kind of grip we had in the morning session. I had
to get out of the way of traffic a couple of times and that seemed to
take the edge off the tires. In the end, I couldn't seem to get a clear
lap. I caught up with a group of cars and we were all running about the
same speed."
 
#14-DAVY JONES-Copenhagen Racing/Lola Ford-Cosworth-"The car is feeling
better with every session. I felt like I could have gone quite a bit
quicker towards the end but I missed a shift and over-revved the
engine." NOTE: The crew is installing a fresh engine tonight.
 
#24-WILLY T. RIBBS-Service Merchandise/Pepsi Special-"We improved the
car, but it's still not where we want it to be. That's encouraging
considering the '94s that we're ahead of. Let's keep it up."
 
ROB EDWARDS, Engineer #24 car-"This guy (Willy) found holes in the
traffic like it was swiss cheese. It was great to be the fastest in the
second session. It was a real Walker Racing team effort."
 
#5-RAUL BOESEL-Duracell Charger/Dick Simon Racing-"We have a severe push
in the corners. It's very frustrating for us right now. We just keep
working and adjusting the suspension, but not getting the best results.
The progress is very slow."
 
Post Qualifying Press Conference
#2-EMERSON FITTIPALDI-"It will be tough tomorrow (for qualifying).
We have good power. I'm very pleased, Ilmor improved a lot of the
power compared to Australia. I think it makes a lot of difference. The
horsepower is here now that I was missing in Australia. I mean the team
made beautiful work, testing, improving the car from Australia. I think
we will be very strong tomorrow."
 
Re: Fast Lap-"The last two corners, I was down on fuel and the engine
misfired. I think the track was getting quicker and quicker. It feels
good. They opened up the hairpin a little bit coming into the front
straight. I think the surface there, where the track is wider, is very
slippery. Even though you go a little wider you get more speed forward."
 
#31-AL UNSER, JR.
Q.-How does this chance stack up in recent history as your best chance
for your fifth win in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach?
A.-"I think we're definitely a little bit more competitive, and I'm
enjoying the team very much. The effort behind this race team is
incredible and having the teammates I have with Emerson and the amount
of experience he has helped us quite a lot. I'm about half a second
behind these two (Mansell & Fittipaldi) and Nigel says another half
second so that makes a full second behind for me. We'll find it out
there somewhere. Long Beach is a great city and I enjoy running here
an awful lot. We'll get to work and think about what we need to do
tomorrow."
Q.-What about following back into the pattern of a couple of years ago
when you went real quick and seemed to be real comfortable here, is it
more the car or something different?
A.-"It's definitely the team. The team, like I said, is incredible,
wonderful to work with and they flat work hard. To have that kind of
effort behind me has really rejuvenated my spirits. I'm ready to get on
with it."
 
#8-MICHAEL ANDRETTI-Target-Scotch Video/Chip Ganassi Racing Teams-"I
never did get a clear lap on my second set of new tires. I reckon there
is a bit more in the car, we're still working on it. I feel good around
here, it is like I never left. I just don't know what some of these
drivers are thinking during these sessions, I came up on more guys going
slowly, and that makes it tough on people going for a quick lap. We are
putting in a fresh engine tonight and we have a few things we want to
do, so tomorrow should be better."
 
#1-NIGEL MANSELL
Q.-Can you beat your own track record and win the pole?
A.-"If we want to stay on the pole. We're going to go a half of a second
quicker...I'm sure the Penskes have that up their sleeves."
Re:-Track changes from last year. "It's like being here for the first
time. Last year, I was sort of a zombie." (He was injured from a crash
at Phoenix)
Q.-Does Long Beach mean anything to you, as we celebrate our 20th
anniversary? 
A.-"Oh absolutely...back in the early 80s I was here and it was a great
circut back then as well."
Q.-Last year you said that Penske chassis had an advantage on road
courses. How do you feel this year?
A.-"Well I'm worried again.  Look how happy he (Fittipaldi) is."
Re: Competiveness of the Indy Car Series. "I think you could go back to
ninth or 10th place and say that anybody within one second has a chance
in the race."
Re: Development of the Penskes and the Lolas over the winter
A.-"I think both teams have done a great job, but it worries me when
Emerson keeps saying the power is getting better and we're standing
still."
 
#4-BOBBY RAHAL-Miller Genuine Draft Lola Honda-"We thought we were
going in the right direction with the chassis after the first practice.
We were ninth. But the front end just didn't grip properly in the
qualifying session. The car continued to have understeer and I could
never really get on the p ower. The engine feels pretty good and I think
I could make up time if we could get the front end to stick. We'll try a
different direction Saturday."
 
#10-MIKE GROFF-Motorola Lola Honda-"On my last lap, I was able to put
together a good run. Unfortunately, I was on a better run on the next
lap, but I lost the rear end and spun. The rear wing was broken just
enough to park the car for the rest of the qualiyfing session. Like
Bobby's car, my car didn't stick very well in the front. The car wanted
to push (understeer) in the corners too much."
 
#19-ROBBIE BUHL-Mi-Jack Car/Dale Coyne Racing-"We're going in the right
direction with our set-up. I'm very pleased with the changes that we've
made. Unfortunately. I didn't get into a rhythm during the half hour. I
didn't get everything out of the car. Traffic was also a problem for me.
I didn't getting any breaks passing slower cars. My overall reaction,
though, is extremely positive. I'm confident we'll improve."
 
#76-ROBBIE GROFF-Condor/Bettenhausen Motorsport-"Obviously I'm very
disappointed. We were making steady progress and developed a fuel
pick-up problem and the car just quit. My first day as an IndyCar driver
has been a tremendous learning experience. The whole team from Tony
(Bettenhausen), Stefan Johannson) on down have done everything possible
to make the transistion smooth. We'll be OK."
 
#12-JACQUES VILLENEUVE-Player's Ltd/Forsythe-Green Racing Inc.-It was a
lot of work to drive the car. I had to fight the steering early in the
session. After some changes the steering was better, but it was very
heavy (hard to turn), especially in turn one at high speed. At least I
was able to go around the hairpin now."
 
#28-ARIE LUYENDYK-Eurosport-Boost Monaco/Indy Regency Racing Inc.-"There
is no grip at all, not going in or coming out of the corners. In
the left-hand turn before the hairpin I am all over the place going
sideways through the turn. We are not even close to the ballpark, we
made a change and it got worse. We have a lot of work to do tonight and
tomorrow. If we can only get it 50% better we will be OK."
 
#7-ADRIAN FERNANDEZ-Tecate-Quaker State-Reynard-Ilmor/Galles Racing
Int'l-"We're just working on the car to get it better. We only used one
set of tires today for qualifying and saved a set for the race. The
track changed on us a little bit. Now we just have to do a good job
tomorrow in qualifying."
 
Saturday's IndyCar schedule begins with practice at 9 a.m. for an hour.
IndyCar Qualifying (two groups, half an hour each) begins at 11:45 a.m.

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: Long Beach Grid
 
MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL INDYCAR NEWS SERVICE
=========================================================
 
                           PPG INDY CAR WORLD SERIES
                                 STARTING GRID
 
                         Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
 STR       CAR
 POS  ROW  NUM  DRIVER/HOMETOWN  & CAR               TIME      SPEED
 ---  ---  ---  -----------------------------------  --------  -------
 
   1    1    3  PAUL TRACY/West Hill, CAN            52.780 M* 108.450
                  Marlboro Penske 94 Ilmor V8/D
 
   2    1   31  AL UNSER Jr./Albuquerque, NM         52.801    108.407
                  Marlboro Penske 94 Ilmor V8/D
 
   3    2    2  EMERSON FITTIPALDI/Key Biscayne, FL  52.849    108.308
                  Marlboro Penske 94 Ilmor V8/D
 
   4    2    1  NIGEL MANSELL/Clearwater, FL         52.915    108.173
                  Kmart Texaco Havoline L94 Ford-Cos
 
   5    3    9  ROBBY GORDON/Orange, CA              52.998    108.004
                  Valvoline-Cummins L94 Ford-Cos XB
 
   6    3    6  MARIO ANDRETTI/Nazareth, PA          53.577    106.837
                  Kmart Texaco Havoline L94 Ford-Cos
 
   7    4    5  RAUL BOESEL/Key Biscayne, FL         53.579    106.833
                  Duracell Charger L94 Ford-Cos XB
 
   8    4   88  MAURICIO GUGELMIN/Curitiba, BRZ      53.666    106.660
                  Hollywood R94I Ford-Cos XB
 
   9    5    8  MICHAEL ANDRETTI/Nazareth, PA        53.689    106.614
                  Target-Scotch Video R94I Ford-Cos XB
 
  10    5   16  STEFAN JOHANSSON/Monte Carlo, MON    53.756    106.480
                  Alumax Aluminum Penske 93 Ilmor V8/D
 
  11    6    4  BOBBY RAHAL/Dublin, OH               53.774    106.445
                  Miller Genuine Draft L94 Honda V8
 
  12    6   11  TEO FABI/Milan, ITA                  53.793    106.408
                  Pennzoil Special R94I Ilmor V8/D
 
  13    7   25  MARCO GRECO/Sao Paulo, BRZ           53.793    106.408
                  I N T Sports Ltd L94 Ford-Cos XB
 
  14    7   12  JACQUES VILLENEUVE(R)/Monte Carlo,   53.877    106.241
                  Player's Ltd. R94I Ford-Cos XB
 
  15    8   40  SCOTT GOODYEAR/Toronto, CAN          53.958    106.083
                  Budweiser King L94 Ford-Cos XB
 
  16    8   28  ARIE LUYENDYK/Rosmalen, NET          53.993    106.014
                  Eurosport-Boost Mon L94 Ilmor V8/D
 
  17    9   17  DOMINIC DOBSON/Truckee, CA           54.107    105.791
                  PacWest Racing L94 Ford-Cos XB
 
  18    9   15  MARK SMITH/McMinnville, OR           54.150    105.707
                  Craftsman Tools L94 Ford-Cos XB
 
  19   10    7  ADRIAN FERNANDEZ/Mexico City, MEX    54.156    105.695
                  Tecate-Quaker State R94I Ilmor V8/D
 
  20   10   50  DAVID KUDRAVE/Los Angeles, CA        54.169    105.670
                  AGIP-Taumarin L93 Ilmor C+
 
  21   11   71  SCOTT SHARP(R)/Wilton, CT            54.271    105.471
                  PacWest Racing L94 Ford-Cos XB
 
  22   11   24  WILLY T. RIBBS/San Jose, CA          54.287    105.439
                  Service Merchandise L93 Ford-Cos XB
 
  23   12   18  JIMMY VASSER/Discovery Bay, CA       54.297    105.421
                  Conseco-STP R94I Ford-Cos XB
 
  24   12   10  MIKE GROFF/Los Angeles, CA           54.359    105.301
                  Motorola L94 Honda V8
 
  25   13   14  DAVY JONES/Lake Tahoe, NV            54.451    105.122
                  Foyt-Copenhagen Racing L94 Ford-Cos
 
  26   13   19  ROBBIE BUHL/Grosse Pointe, MI        54.895    104.272
                  The Mi-Jack Car L93 Ford-Cos XB
 
  27   14   64  FRANK FREON(R)/Paris, France         54.993    104.085
                  Marcelo Group L93 Ford-Cos XB
 
  28   14   45  CLAUDE BOURBONNAIS(R)/Ile Perrot, C  55.008    104.058
                  Player's Ltd INDECK L93 Ilmor C+
 
  29   15   76  ROBBIE GROFF(R)/Los Angeles, CA      55.161    103.769
                  Condor Penske 93 Ilmor V8/C+
 
  30   15   23  BUDDY LAZIER/Vail, CO                55.418    103.288
                  Financial World Mag L93 Ilmor V8/C+
 
       16   22  HIRO MATSUSHITA/San Clemente, CA     56.424    101.445
                  Panasonic Duskin L94 Ford-Cos XB
 
       16   55  ALESSANDRO ZAMPEDRI(R)/Brescia, ITA  56.644    101.052
                  AGIP-Hawaii Trp-Dinema L93 Ilmor C+
 
       17   39  JOHNNY UNSER(R)/Ketchem, ID          57.978     98.727
                  AGFA Dale Coyne Racing L92 Indy V8/A
 
 CHASSIS LEGEND: L=Lola; R=Reynard
 ENGINE LEGEND: Ford-Cos XB=Ford-Cosworth XB; Ilmor=Ilmor Indy
 (R) Rookie driver
  M = Marlboro Pole Award ($10,000)
  * = New Track Record

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: Long Beach Saturday Story
 
 TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH
 Saturday, April 19, 1994
 Qualifying Story
 
PENSKE SWEEPS LONG BEACH TOP THREE
----------------------------------
 
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The three-car Marlboro Team Penske operation scored a 
clean sweep in final qualifying for tomorrow's Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
The Penske drivers qualified one-two-three with Paul Tracy taking the pole 
from Al Unser Jr. and Emerson Fittipaldi.  This is the first time sine 
Penske's team swept the front row at Indianapolis in 1988 that any team 
has taken the first three qualifying positions for any PPG Cup race.
 
Tracy scored his first IndyCar victory in last year's Toyota Grand Prix 
of Long Beach, and he demonstrated today that he's capable of winning the 
race for a second year in a row after a series of problems on Friday with 
a brand new car.  The new car was built this week in California from new 
parts shipped in from Penske's car-building factory in England.  This was 
to replace the car written-off in an accident during last Sunday's PPG Cup 
race at Phoenix Int'l Raceway.  Problems with the gear-changing mechanism 
and brakes meant Tracy managed very little practice on Friday, but he bounced 
back in style today to take his second pole in as many weeks.
 
"It's been a constant struggle," said Tracy.  "We had some teething problems 
with the new car on Friday but we hit on the right set-up today.  I think the 
reason the team has done so well today is that we all work together.  I was 
in trouble yesterday, and I was able to use Al and Emerson's set-ups to get 
myself in the ballpark today."
 
Tracy failed to finish the first two races of this season, so he's anxious 
to see the checkered flag tomorrow and collect some valuable points toward 
this year's PPG Cup championship.  "The key thing for me tomorrow," said 
Tracy, "is to finish and get some points.  That's what I've got to do to get 
my season rolling."
 
Tracy said 1993 PPG Cup champion Nigel Mansell will be the primary threat to 
Marlboro Team Penske tomorrow.  "I think you have to look at Mansell as a 
threat," commented Tracy.  "But it's very competitive all down the field.  
It could be a train tomorrow.  It's going to be a tough race."
 
Al Unser Jr. is a four-time winner (1988-1991) of this race, and will also 
be a hard man to beat tomorrow.  Unser was delighted with his performance 
today, qualifying only .021 sec. slower than Tracy.  "Once I saw everybody 
getting into the 52s on the first set of tires I knew I could get into the 
52s.  We were sitting in the pits working on my car, and Paul did a 52.8.  
I said, 'God dang it! I wanted to do that.'  Then we went out and the car 
ran good.  We couldn't quite beat Paul, but I'm very happy.  The car is 
working great.  I think we've got a real shot at winning."
 
Fittipaldi was just .048 sec. slower than Unser so that Penskes three cars 
were separated only by .07 sec. today.  "They have no respect for age!"  
joked Fittipaldi about his younger teammates.  Fittipaldi said be braked 
too hard and flat-spotted a tire during qualifying.  "I was a little too 
hard on the brakes and flat-spotted a tire," said Emerson.  "There was a 
big vibration from the tire but I still did my fast lap with it shaking 
like that.  I think it was an incredible qualifying session.  It was a lot 
of fun!
 
"My car was running really nice the whole day," added Fittipaldi.  "When I 
did a 52.8, I thought I had the pole and they got on the radio and said Paul 
had done a 52.7. I said, 'Sh*t!'."
 
PPG Cup champion Nigel Mansell was fourth fastest today in his Newman-Haas 
Kmart/Texaco Lola-Ford.  Mansell went quicker than yesterday, but he wasn't 
able to compete with the Penskes.  Mansell tried all he could to match the 
three Penskes, including trimming his wings entirely in an effort to find 
more straightline speed.
 
"We have a balanced car," said Mansell.  "It's not as if we have a bad car.  
The car is good.  I have no major complaint.  We're just not quick enough 
today.  In race condition, I'd like to think we're closer.
 
"The Penskes are very, very good.  The thing is, they have a three-pronged 
attack.  When one of them finds something, bang, they all have it.  It's no 
big surprise.  It's just coming sooner than I expected.  Our team has to push 
now in every area we can.  Nothing stands still in motor racing."
 
An impressive fifth fastest today was Robby Gordon in the Walker 
Motorsport/Valvoline-Cummins Lola-Ford.  Gordon was fastest in the 
morning session and qualified within one-tenth of a second of Mansell's 
similar car.  Gordon lost some time in the middle of the session when the 
front wings flew off his car.  "The car is really good," said Gordon.  
"We can race with them tomorrow, no doubt about it."
 
Also impressing today was Mario Andretti who qualified sixth, just over 
half a second behind teammate Mansell.  Seventh was Raul Boesel in Dick 
Simon's Duracell-Fuji-Mobil 1-Sadia Lola Ford while Brazilian driver 
Mauricio Gugelmin also turned heads today by qualifying his Ganassi/Hollywood 
Reynard-Ford eighth.
 
Ninth and 10th today were Michael Andretti and Stefan Johansson, both of whom 
survived accidents.  Andretti, clipped a wall and missed half of the session 
while bent front suspension was replaced.  Johansson was less lucky, hitting 
the wall hard early in the session and knocking a front wheel clean off his 
car.
 
One driver who improved substantially today was Bobby Rahal who qualified 
his Rahal-Hogan Miller Lola Honda 11th.  Rahal was just inside one second 
of pole winner Tracy's time today.  "We found a few things in practice that 
helped our car's handling today," said Rahal.  "We've been struggling with 
the front end not sticking, but we got it working much better today.  I'm 
fairly satisfied.  We can go racing tomorrow.  Last year we started 11th 
and finished second so anything is possible."
 
Tomorrow's 20th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach starts at 1 p.m. PDT.  The 
race will be televised live on ABC.  

From: [email protected] (David Reininger)
Subject: INDYCAR: Long Beach Results
 
MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL INDYCAR NEWS SERVICE
=========================================================
 
                              PROVISIONAL BOXSCORE
                       PPG INDY CAR WORLD SERIES RACE NO.3
                         Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
                                 Long Beach, CA
                              SUNDAY APRIL 17, 1994
  
 FIN STR CAR                
 POS POS NUM DRIVER/HOMETOWN
               CAR
               QUAL     QUAL    LAPS                          TOT
               SPEED    TIME    LAPS STATUS              PTS  PTS
 
   1   2  31 AL UNSER Jr./Albuquerque, NM
               Marlboro Penske 94 Ilmor V8/D
               108.407 52.801    105 99.283                21  37
   2   4   1 NIGEL MANSELL/Clearwater, FL
               Kmart Texaco Havoline L94 Ford-Cos
               108.173 52.915    105 98.646                16  35
   3   5   9 ROBBY GORDON/Orange, CA
               Valvoline-Cummins L94 Ford-Cos XB
               108.004 52.998    105 98.530                14  20
   4   7   5 RAUL BOESEL/Key Biscayne, FL
               Duracell Fuji Film L94 Ford-Cos XB
               106.833 53.579    104 RUNNING               12  17
   5   6   6 MARIO ANDRETTI/Nazareth, PA
               Kmart Texaco Havoline L94 Ford-Cos
               106.837 53.577    104 RUNNING               10  24
   6   9   8 MICHAEL ANDRETTI/Nazareth, PA
               Target-Scotch Video R94I Ford-Cos XB
               106.614 53.689    104 RUNNING                8  29
   7   8  88 MAURICIO GUGELMIN/Curitiba, BRZ
               Hollywood R94I Ford-Cos XB
               106.660 53.666    104 RUNNING                6  14
   8  19   7 ADRIAN FERNANDEZ/Mexico City, MEX
               Tecate-Quaker State R94I Ilmor V8/D
               105.695 54.156    104 RUNNING                5   8
   9  12  11 TEO FABI/Milan, ITA
               Pennzoil Special R94I Ilmor V8/D
               106.408 53.793    104 RUNNING                4   9
  10  10  16 STEFAN JOHANSSON/Monte Carlo, MON
               Alumax Aluminum Penske 93 Ilmor V8/D
               106.480 53.756    102 FUEL                   3  25
  11  16  28 ARIE LUYENDYK/Rosmalen, NET
               Eurosport-Boost Mon L94 Ilmor V8/D
               106.014 53.993    102 RUNNING                2   2
  12  27  64 FRANK FREON(R)/Paris, France
               Marcelo Group L93 Ford-Cos XB
               104.085 54.993    101 RUNNING                1   1
  13  29  76 ROBBIE GROFF(R)/Los Angeles, CA
               Condor Penske 93 Ilmor V8/C+
               103.769 55.161    100 FUEL                   0   0
  14  25  14 DAVY JONES/Lake Tahoe, NV
               Foyt-Copenhagen Racing L94 Ford-Cos
               105.122 54.451    100 RUNNING                0   1
  15  14  12 JACQUES VILLENEUVE(R)/Monte Carlo, M
               Player's Ltd R94I Ford-Cos XB
               106.241 53.877    100 RUNNING                0   0
  16  26  19 ROBBIE BUHL/Grosse Pointe, MI
               The Mi-Jack Car L93 Ford-Cos XB
               104.272 54.895     92 GEARBOX                0   0
  17  17  17 DOMINIC DOBSON/Truckee, CA
               PacWest Racing L94 Ford-Cos XB
               105.791 54.107     91 RUNNING                0   1
  18  22  24 WILLY T. RIBBS/San Jose, CA
               Service Merchandise L93 Ford-Cos XB
               105.439 54.287     80 EXHAUST SYS            0   0
  19  15  40 SCOTT GOODYEAR/Toronto, CAN
               Budweiser King L94 Ford-Cos XB
               106.083 53.958     80 GEARBOX                0   5
  20   1   3 PAUL TRACY/West Hill, CAN
               Marlboro Penske 94 Ilmor V8/D
               108.450 52.780     75 GEARBOX                1   2
  21   3   2 EMERSON FITTIPALDI/Key Biscayne, FL
               Marlboro Penske 94 Ilmor V8/D
               108.308 52.849     66 GEARBOX                0  37
  22  20  50 DAVID KUDRAVE/Los Angeles, CA
               AGIP-Dinema-Herollon L93 Ilmor C+
               105.670 54.169     55 EXHAUST SYS            0   0
  23  13  25 MARCO GRECO/Sao Paulo, BRZ
               Arciero Proj Indy L94 Ford-Cos XB
               106.408 53.793     40 CONTACT                0   0
  24  23  18 JIMMY VASSER/Discovery Bay, CA
               Conseco-STP R94I Ford-Cos XB
               105.421 54.297     36 SUSPENSION             0  22
  25  18  15 MARK SMITH/McMinnville, OR
               Craftsman Tools L94 Ford-Cos XB
               105.707 54.150     29 CONTACT                0   0
  26  28  45 CLAUDE BOURBONNAIS(R)/Ile Perrot, CA
               Player's Ltd INDECK L93 Ilmor C+
               104.058 55.008     24 EXHAUST SYS            0   0
  27  24  10 MIKE GROFF/Los Angeles, CA
               Motorola L94 Honda V8
               105.301 54.359     19 CONTACT                0  14
  28  21  71 SCOTT SHARP(R)/Wilton, CT
               PacWest Racing L94 Ford-Cos XB
               105.471 54.271     11 ENGINE                 0   6
  29  30  23 BUDDY LAZIER/Vail, CO
               Financial World Mag L93 Ilmor V8/C+
               103.288 55.418      6 EXHAUST                0   0
  30  11   4 BOBBY RAHAL/Dublin, OH
               Miller Genuine Draft L94 Honda V8
               106.445 53.774      3 OIL LINE               0   0
 
 CHASSIS LEGEND: L=Lola; R=Reynard
 ENGINE LEGEND: Ford-Cos XB=Ford-Cosworth XB; Ilmor=Ilmor Indy
 DID NOT START LEGEND: DNG=Did Not Start; DNP=Did Not Participate; 
                       DNQ=Did Not Qualify
 (R) Rookie driver
  M = Marlboro Pole Award ($10,000)
 
 TIME OF RACE: 1:40:53:582
 AVERAGE SPEED: 99.283 mph
 
 CAUTION FLAGS:
 Laps 47-51, Contact Car #25
 
     LAP LEADERS: 7 lead changes, 4 drivers
 Paul Tracy, 1-20                     20 Laps
 Al Unser Jr., 21-39                  19 Laps
 Emerson Fittipaldi, 40-41             2 Laps
 Al Unser Jr., 42                      1 Lap
 Emerson Fittipaldi, 43-62            20 Laps
 Al Unser Jr., 63-80                  18 Laps
 Robby Gordon, 81-82                   2 Laps
 Al Unser Jr., 83-105                 23 Laps
 
 TOTALS:
 Al Unser Jr.             61 laps
 Emerson Fittipaldi       22 laps
 Paul Tracy               20 laps
 Robby Gordon              2 laps

   Hi All,

   I have a fresh-off-the-presses-through-the-mail copy of "AutoWeek's 
   Official INDYCAR FAN GUIDE" available via InterOffice mail to the first 
   requester.

   Enjoy,

	Ron Sherman, DTN 343-1973 (Alpharetta, GA)

  I'll take it, it's been getting pretty warm up here on the 3rd floor.....
  
  Dave (pole S27)

From: [email protected] (Robert J Unglenieks)
Subject: INDYCAR:  Indianapolis 500 rookie orientation
 
USAC's 15th Rookie Orientation Practice started yesterday with 9 drivers
completing all four phases:

Adrian Fernandez                     Marco Greco
Mauricio Gugelmin                    Scott Sharp
Mark Smith                           Brian Till
Jacques Villeneuve                   Dennis Vitolo
Bryan Herta (in AJ Foyt's Lola-Ford since the Tasman car wasn't ready)
 
Ross Bentley and Hideshi Matsuda each completed two phases.  Fredrik Ekblom
and Michael Greenfield did not take to the track.  Since it's raining today,
chances are no one will practice today.  Top lap of the day was Gugelmin's
215.733 mph lap.
 
Other news:
Herta is in the running to fill the AJ Foyt seat vacated by Davy Jones.
Stephan Gregoire is now without a ride. Russell Spence was also released 
by the Project Indy team.

From: [email protected] (AP)
Subject: Nabors To Sing At Indy 500
Date: Sun, 1 May 94 9:50:07 PDT
 
	INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Jim Nabors isn't going to let a little thing
like a liver transplant keep him from his annual singing appearance
at the Indy 500.
	The singer-actor best known for his TV role as Gomer Pyle has
been singing at the racetrack for two decades.
	``The race is one of the things I look forward to every year,''
Nabors told The Indianapolis News in a story published Saturday.
``I don't want to miss it.''
	Nabors, 63, said he'll sing ``Back Home Again in Indiana'' at
the May 29 race with ``a tube inside my liver.''
	Nabors, who says he contracted hepatitis B during a trip to
India about 10 years ago, underwent a liver transplant in February.
He said he's recovering well so far, but he'll need lifelong
monthly treatment.

From: [email protected] (Robert J Unglenieks)
Subject: INDYCAR: Indy 500 rookie orientation
 
After Saturday's rain out, three more drivers completed all four phases of
their rookie orientation on Sunday:

Ross Bentley
Fredrik Ekblom
Hideshi Matsuda
 
The only rookie who did not get through all of ROP was Michael
Greenfield.  His car wasn't ready until late yesterday.
 
Fastest lap on Sunday:  Brian Herta 218.119mph
 
The Speedway opens for general practice on Saturday, May 7th.

    	Nabors was on the tube last night with Mary Hart. He didn't
    	look too bad and he said he felt great.
    
    	Scott

From: [email protected] (AP)
Subject: Mansell Awards Penske Racing
Date: Fri, 6 May 94 11:50:15 PDT
 
	INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Nigel Mansell, the defending PPG IndyCar
series champion, is awarding Penske Racing a record 10th
Indianapolis 500 victory before the first practice lap has been run
at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
	Penske's decision to power the cars being driven by defending
champion Emerson Fittipaldi, 1992 winner Al Unser Jr., and Paul
Tracy with the new 209 cubic-inch Mercedes-Benz V8 engine makes
their team an overwhelming favorite in the May 29 race, Mansell
says.
	``Indianapolis is going to be ludicrous,'' he said in a recent
interview, pointing out that the engine developed by Penske's Ilmor
Engineering gives it a significant advantage because of added
horsepower.
	``There's going to be three Ilmor-Mercedes engines that are
guaranteed 150-220 more horsepower. We're going there to qualify
for the second or third row.''
	Practice for the race begins Saturday. Time trials to determine
the 33-car starting field from an entry list of 107 cars are
scheduled May 14-15 and May 21-22.
	Fittipaldi and Unser, teammates for the first time, are among
six competitors seeking a return trip to Victory Lane at the famed
2 1/2-mile oval. The group includes 1969 winner Mario Andretti, who
has announced that this will be his final year as a driver. Also
entered is four-time champion Al Unser Sr., 1986 winner Bobby Rahal
and 1990 champion Arie Luyendyk.
	For the first time in nearly four decades, A.J. Foyt's name is
missing from the list of drivers. Foyt, the first four-time
Indianapolis 500 champion, retired in an emotion-packed moment just
before time trials began last May.
	Foyt, who remains active as a car owner, agrees that team owner
Roger Penske's drivers have an advantage over cars that can produce
between 840-870 horsepower.
	``Penske doesn't have one bullet ... He's got three,'' Foyt told
The Indianapolis Star. ``He's got a good shot.''
	The Penske team has been silent over the horsepower it has found
in testing, and insists that the reliability of the engine remains
uncertain.
	The Mercedes is one of eight engines to be used this year. The
list includes Honda, which will power Rahal's cars. Mansell and
teammate Mario Andretti will go with the traditional overhead cam
V8 Ford-Cosworth being utilized by more than half the entries.
	As usual, there's a large group of drivers seeking to start for
the first time at Indianapolis. The group is headed by 26-year-old
Scott Sharp of East Norwalk, Conn., the son of six-time SCCA
national champion Bob Sharp.
	The younger Sharp won SCCA national titles in 1987 and 1988. He
finished first in the Trans Am series with six victories in both
1991 and 1993, and is driving Indy cars on a full-time basis this
year after finishing 22nd in his debut on the circuit last year at
Laguna Seca. Sharp is 14th in the point standings after three
starts this year.
	Jacques Villeneuve, the 23-year-old son of late Formula One
driver Gilles Villeneuve, is another newcomer. He won rookie of the
year honors last year in the Toyota Atlantic Series.
	The youngest newcomer is 22-year-old Fredrik Ekblom of Sweden,
who became the youngest ever to compete in Swedish Formula Three
when he finished third in points in 1989. Ekblom, who had five
top-five finishes on the Indy Lights circuit last year, is seeking
his first start in an Indy car.

Isn't it just like Nige to whine a bit. No one outside the Penske bunch
has seen the car run but folks are upset. It is quite a psych job.

I have no doubt that the cars will be fast, but there are 500 miles to 
run. Hope Nige remembers that.

Paul

    Absolutely.  It's so predictable how Penske and this program have
    messed up people's heads.

    As Mike says, no one outside the Penske/Ilmor organization has seen the
    engine run.  At all.  There is no confirmation of 1000 hp or 237 mph at
    Michigan.  It could last 100 miles or 1000, nobody knows. At this
    point, everybody is panicking about a phantom.  In fact, the thing
    could be a total pig *at the level of tune needed to run 600 miles*
    (Carburetion Day plus race day).  That little statement by Tracy to a
    Toronto paper about "durability problems" may be the God's honest
    truth, or part of the disinformation campaign too.

    
    	I don't really know what Nige is worrying about.....he has an
    excellent chance of making 3rd place..... Given that the Peskys are
    10% (?) quicker, they'll have to do more overtaking......eg. they'll
    be going past Nige every 10/15 laps or so............so.............
    Paul Tracy has virtually no chance of finishing given his record for
    overtaking backmarkers!! 8-)
    	It'll be interesting to see how little Al gets by as well! 8-)
    
    JBG

The paper yesterday reported some of the practice times. Guess what?
The Penskes wer NOT overwhelmingly fast. In fact, they were about
10 mph slower than the best times. OK, it's still quite early in the  game,
but they sure didn't come out smoking. It is still way too early to tell.

The best times were about 227. It will be interesting to see where they
progress from there.

Paul

    	Last night, ESPN had a live segment about practice. Paul and
    	Derek mentioned that the Penske drivers were not doing any
    	complete laps at speed. They might run � a lap at speed and
    	then slow.
    
    	A lot of questions about the MB engine (with no answers being
    	given). Paul and Derek asked to see a pushrod. No dice.
    
    	One of the Penske's was clocked at 239 MPH. When told, one of
    	the bigwig engineers for Penske said, "Uh oh."
    
    	Paul and Derek also mentioned that the rules are written in such
    	a way that USAC/whoever can change the amount of boost for a given
    	type of engine if they want to, even up to the start of the race.
    
    	Scott

    Note that the Buick/Menard is a Rule 115C engine (production-based)
    while the Mercedes/Ilmor is a 115D engine (purpose-built).  That might
    give USAC the flexibility to cut the Mercedes' boost while keeping the
    USAC stalwarts at 55 lbs, but maybe not ( ;_) ). Basically, a good
    strategy for Penske is to watch what the Menards do, then qualify +/-
    0.5 mph, so as not to give USAC an excuse to cut the boost before the
    race.  Give away the pole this year; we all know it doesn't matter in a
    500-mile race.

    Think about the concept of doing *half-laps* at speed at Indy, then
    slowing enough to sandbag the timing system.  You couldn't do it
    without the caliber of drivers on the Penske team.  If in fact 
    they are running a concurrent test program at Michigan at full speed,
    and shuttling the drivers over to Indy to practice, then Roger has
    gone totally over the top and there may be no stopping him.  You can't
    phone in a 500 miler, but this will be pretty damn close.  That is, if
    the engine is reliable, which doesn't seem like a sure thing.  Is it
    ever in auto racing?

>       It was a near perfect Monday at the Indianapolis Motor
> Speedway & there were 51 cars on the track to take
> advantage of it, running a total of 1,815 laps. In fact, it
> was the busiest day as far as the number of cars on the
> track in 4 years....The first wall contact of the month
> occured at 4:45 PM when Mike Groff blew the Honda engine in
> car #10 and spun in his own oil. Groff made light contact
> with the south chute wall and limped away from the car with
> only a bruised left foot....The speculation on the Penske
> Mercedes continues. Rumors run wild. The latest I heard
> today (now remember, this is just an example of the kind of
> things that you hear at the speedway) is that they have
> completed two 600 mile runs with no problems and that the
> car turned two consecutive 241 MPH laps at Michigan. There
> seems little doubt that they are holding back. Looking at
> the timing and scoring data from their runs, it's not
> unusual to see them really let up in 1 or two of the
> corners each lap. Al Jr did run a 239 trap speed today
> showing that the engine is at least as stout as the others
> out there....One of the most distinctive feature on the
> Penske car is the "shark fin" on the rear cowling. It puts
> one to mind of the old Novis. Well, to no one's surprise,
> Michael Andretti's backup car ran this afternoon sporting a
> fin of it's own. I don't know if it helped, but it didn't
> hurt. Mike ran 3rd quick time of the day with it. I look
> for more cars to come up with similar designs as the month
> goes on. It's no wonder the teams take such great care in
> covering their wings when off the track. It doesn't take
> the copycats long if it looks like someone is on to
> something....Bryan Herta took to the track in the AJ Foyt
> backup in the early afternoon and was out for some
> warm up laps in the #14 car late in the day. He confirmed
> that he will run the rest of the season for
> SuperTex...Nigel Mansell made his first appearance of the
> year turning in a fast lap of 220.978. At one point he had
> to shut it down and coast in to the pits. As he came by the
> few fans sitting near the exit of Turn 4, he gave a big
> wave continued to wave at the fans until he entered the
> pits. Obviously, he got a warm welcome. He has a real knack
> for playing the crowd. Several other drivers could take a
> lesson from him in that area....Today's top 5: 1-Michael
> Andretti-227.038, 2-Emmerson Fittipaldi-226.512, 3-Michael
> Andretti (T-car)-226.080, 4-Scott Brayton (T-car)-225.926,
> 5-Raul Boesel-225.853....Roberto continued to be fast
> running a 225.739, just missing the fast five... The Rahal
> Hogan team seems to be struggling for real now. The Honda
> is evidently way down on HP. Bobby lost 2MPH from yesterday
> and Groff was also off yesterday's speeds. The crash won't
> help any. Both drivers were running VERY high out of Turn 4
> leading us to believe that they are desperate to keep the
> revs up. It looks like they're running a 225 MPH line and
> the watch only says 215. It will be a long month for
> R/H...Al Unser Sr blew an engine in the North Chute and
> Robby Gordon, following, almost lost it while slowing. He
> may have hit oil and he went well out of the groove towards
> the wall. He saved it and pitted....John Paul Jr ran over
> 220 but scared us a couple of time running VERY close to
> the wall in 4...Hiro balked Emmo near the end of the day
> bringing a shout of -King Hiro from the crowd...Villenueve
> is feeling things out, running inconsitent lines. He used a
> LOT of the rumble strip in 4...The weather forecast is
> excellent for the rest of the week. ---Dave in Turn 4

>    race.  Give away the pole this year; we all know it doesn't matter in a
>    500-mile race.

Except that the pole is worth $100,000 or more.  I don't think Penske would 
'give' this away.  He give orders to win it but try to win it by only a 
fraction.

Jilly

    Jilly,
    
    I hear your statement on the 100 large, but the win is worth over $1M
    American.  I think that's the equation he's processing.
    
    George

    re: Note 982.110 by DV1994::malkoski
    
    Can you say - Sandbagging? 

    
    	re: sandbagging...I guess so, considering they reported a trap
    	speed yesterday of 247 mph from one of the orange and white cars.
    
    	Chris

The only other times I saw were from Tuesday and the Penskes of Fitti
and Tracy were at 230. I don't think Penskes will fill the front row, but at 
least two of them will be there. I also believe it will take 220 to make the
show - and I don't believe that Rahal will find it. The Honda just isn't 
strong enough yet.

Paul

    Lets hope these cars can stick to the pavement at these speeds...
    
    jim

    It is a common practice for stock car short track drivers who are in
    the hunt for the pole to run half laps.
    
    I remember at an ASA race trying to get a good lap time on dick trickle
    and he never got near his qualifing time.
    
    jeff
    

    Rahal can't get up to speed?  He's fixin to sit out Indy 2 years in
    a row?  I don't think Miller would be pleased.
    
    re: 247mph?  Holy cow, I have to assume they slow down going through
    the turns.  Do the ground effects still work well enough to keep the
    cars glued down?  Do they play with the amount of suction they have
    (to reduce drag), I'll bet if they can, we may see some cars get
    out of shape.  At that speed that may be tragic.
    
    MadMike

From: [email protected] (AP)
Subject: Little Al Holds Indy Pole
Date: Sat, 14 May 94 13:10:17 PDT
 
	INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Al Unser Jr. beat the rain and the track
Saturday, making himself the tentative pole winner for the
Indianapolis 500.
	The 1992 Indy winner, son of four-time 500 champion Al Unser,
turned a four-lap average of 228.011 mph. He was the fastest of 13
drivers who completed qualifying attempts before a heavy downpour
hit the 2 1/2-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
	Qualifications for the Indy 500 on May 29 were halted with about
three hours to go in the first of four days of time trials.
	Drivers who drew for qualifying positions included defending
Indy winner Emerson Fittipaldi -- Unser's teammate and the pole
favorite -- and Mario Andretti, who would still have an opportunity
to qualify up front on Sunday.
	Raul Boesel of Brazil was second among the early qualifiers at
227.618, followed by Canadian rookie Jacques Villeneuve at 226.259,
Michael Andretti at 226.205, Englishman Nigel Mansell at 224.041
and 1990 winner Arie Luyendyk of the Netherlands at 223.673.
	Among others was 1986 winner Bobby Rahal, bumped from the lineup
in the closing minutes of qualifications last year.
	Luyendyk won the pole last year with a four-lap average of
223.967 and finished second in the race, followed by Mansell and
Boesel.
	Speeds climbed considerably from last year as drivers got used
to physical changes to the track and the engineers overcame rule
changes that had slowed the cars. But none of the early qualifiers
was able to approach the one- and four-lap qualifying records --
232.618 and 232.482 -- set in 1992 by Roberto Guerrero.
	Unser Jr., in his first season driving for Marlboro Team Penske,
gave his new car owner, Roger Penske, a few moments of trepidation
as the first of his four qualifying laps, 225.722 mph, came in well
under the speed needed to get to the front row.
	This was the moment of truth for the new Mercedes-Benz engine,
which Penske unleashed for this race after nine months of secret
development.
	The new stock-type, push-rod engine, which reportedly produces
up to 150 horsepower more than the conventional turbocharged Indy
V8s, is eligible only under the rules of the U.S. Auto Club, which
sanctions only the Indy 500 in the open-wheel series.
	Most race people predicted that Penske's drivers, including Paul
Tracy, would sweep the front-row positions in the 33-car field, as
well as dominate the race. Tracy spoiled that scenario when he
crashed in practice on Friday and wound up in the hospital with a
concussion.
	He was released on Saturday morning, but was not given medical
clearance to drive. He will be examined by speedway medical
director Henry Bock on Sunday and could be cleared to qualify at
that time.
	``The Mercedes is a super engine that put us up there,'' Unser
said. ``I'm just really extremely happy. What can I say? Penske
Racing has done an awful lot for me.''
	Unser, who has only three pole positions in his Indy-car career,
has never started better than fifth in his 11 races here.
	The second-generation racer said that he expects Fittipaldi, the
1990 Indy pole winner, to knock him out of the top qualifying spot.
	``Emerson's been running awful strong,'' Unser said. ``My bet
would be he's going to go out and outrun us.
	``We were a little bit slow that first lap, and I think that's
what's going to get me.''
	He followed that opening lap with speeds of 228.351, 228.525 and
229.481.
	``I ran into that rain in turn one this morning (during
practice),'' Unser explained. ``It scared the heck out of me. I
just wanted to feel everything out (in qualifications) and make
sure the track was OK, and the car was beautiful. ... That Mercedes
engine is awfully strong.''
	Penske, whose cars have won 10 poles and nine races at Indy,
both records, said, ``I'm thrilled the way Al ran. Obviously, when
I saw the first lap, around 226, I said, `Well, I guess all the
people who thought we could go quick were wrong,' but here's where
we are.
	``This morning, when he was going out to run hard, the rain came
up and he never really had a chance to run it hard into (turn) one.
And how he is, he's sure the car's under him before he gets after
it.
	``But the next three laps were outstanding. It shows what a
professional he is, and I'm sure glad to have him on our team this
year.''
	As for the new engine, Penske said, ``We feel real good about
it. ... To get this far and be in this position, I feel good. But,
of course, anything can happen here at Indianapolis.''

From: [email protected] (AP)
Subject: Al Unser Cops Indy Pole Slot
Date: Sun, 15 May 94 17:20:06 PDT
 
	INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Al Unser Jr. spent a restless night with his
TV tuned to The Weather Channel.
	``I was hoping for more rain, or more hot weather, or wind,''
said Unser, whose wishes came true Sunday as warm, humid and windy
weather kept chief rival Emerson Fittipaldi from knocking him off
the pole for the 78th Indianapolis 500.
	``The difference is the weather,'' said Unser, whose four-lap,
10-mile average of 228.011 mph on Saturday held up for his first
Indy pole. Fittipaldi came up short at 227.303 on Sunday, good for
the outside of the front row for the May 29 race.
	Fittipaldi, the two-time and defending Indy winner, and 1969
winner Mario Andretti were among seven drivers who made qualifying
attempts Sunday during an extension of the first of four days of
time trials, made necessary because of rain on Saturday.
	Each of the entries that drew for a position in the first-day
qualifying order was guaranteed one shot at the pole when track
activity resumed Sunday.
	Fittipaldi had been favored to beat Unser, his Marlboro Team
Penske teammate, for the coveted pole, worth more than $130,000 in
cash and prizes.
	Asked how much the weather cost him, Fittipaldi said, ``I would
say possibly a couple of miles. ... It would be very close to
Junior's time.
	``Right before I went out to run, Junior tells me, `It is
beautiful today, lots of sunshine, real nice and warm for you,
Emerson.' I'm just happy to be on the front row.
	``I was much faster yesterday. Today, I was backing off much
more than normal. I think because of the humidity, I lost some
power in the engine. I think today was very tough to be over 227.''
	Unser, who had never qualified better than fifth in 11 previous
Indy races, said, ``We've never won a pole at a 500-mile race, so
this is a very happy day for us. Now we've got to start getting
ready for the race.''
	He was among 21 drivers who qualified Saturday between
rainstorms. Raul Boesel of Brazil, driving one of the five Dick
Simon-owned cars that made successful attempts on the first day,
wound up between Unser and Fittipaldi at 227.618.
	By the end of Sunday's session, 30 of the 33 positions were
filled, with further qualifications scheduled next Saturday and
Sunday. Once the field is full, faster cars can bump out the
slowest qualifiers until the end of the time trials.
	The elite Penske team, including Paul Tracy of Canada, who
missed the first round with a concussion after crashing during
Friday's practice, was generally conceded the front row after
announcing it would use a new engine, the Mercedes-Benz stock-type
push-rod built only for Indy.
	The new engine, legal only at Indianapolis under U.S. Auto Club
rules, reportedly has up to 150 more horsepower than the
conventional Indy turbocharged V8s.
	Fittipaldi insisted the engine did not disappoint by taking only
two front-row spots and extending Penske's record of winning Indy
poles to 11.
	``It is a very good engine and we have also a very good car,''
Fittipaldi said. ``Now my major concern and our major concern is to
go 500 miles.''

From: [email protected] (Robert J Unglenieks)
Subject: INDYCAR: Indy 500 Qualifications (first weekend)
 
Spots filled:  30
Remaining:      3 (to be filled on May 21 and May 22)
Fastest Speed:  228.011  Al Unser Jr
Slowest Speed:  218.808  Mike Groff
 
 
Pos   Driver           Qual Speed  Car#  Chassis/Engine
1.  Al Unser Jr         228.011     31   94 Penske/Mercedes
2.  Raul Boesel         227.618      5   94 Lola/Ford
3.  Emerson Fittipaldi  227.303      2   94 Penske/Mercedes
4.  Jacques Villeneuve  226.569     12   94 Reynard/Ford
5.  Michael Andretti    226.205      8   94 Reynard/Ford
6.  Lyn St James        224.158     90   94 Lola/Ford
7.  Nigel Mansell       224.041      1   94 Lola/Ford
8.  Arie Luyendyk       223.673     28   94 Lola/Ilmor-D
9.  Mario Andretti      223.503      6   94 Lola/Ford
10. John Andretti       223.263     33   94 Lola/Ford
11. Eddie Cheever       223.163     27   93 Lola/Menard
12. Dominic Dobson      222.970     17   94 Lola/Ford
13. Stan Fox            222.867     91   94 Reynard/Ford
14. Hideshi Matsuda     222.545     99   93 Lola/Ford
15. Dennis Vitolo       222.439     79   93 Lola/Ford
16. Jimmy Vasser        222.262     18   94 Reynard/Ford
17. Scott Sharp         222.091     71   94 Lola/Ford
18. Hiro Matsushita     221.382     22   94 Lola/Ford
19. Robby Gordon        221.293      9T  94 Lola/Ford
20. Roberto Guerrero    221.278     21   92 Lola/Buick
21. Brian Till          221.107     19   93 Lola/Ford
22. Bryan Herta         220.992     14   94 Lola/Ford
23. Mauricio Gugelmin   220.460     88   94 Reynard/Ford
24. Bobby Rahal         220.178      4   94 Lola/Honda
25. Mike Groff          218.808     10T  94 Lola/Honda
26. Scott Brayton       223.652     27T  93 Lola/Menard
27. Teo Fabi            223.394     11   94 Reynard/Ilmor-D
28. Paul Tracy          222.710     31T  94 Penske/Mercedes
29. Adrian Fernandez    222.657      7T  94 Reynard/Ilmor-D
30. Stefan Johansson    221.518     16   93 Penske/Ilmor-D

    	I was real impressed with Lyn St. James speed. Wouldn't
    	it be something is she led the race and was actually
    	competitive?
    
    	Scott

    Yes, it would be impressive. However, the driving in traffic seems to
    lead only the best drivers to the front, as evidenced by the recent BGN
    race where the Polaroid car took the pole and never made it out of turn
    1. It will be very interesting to watch this race get underway. I can
    picture the Mario/Michael double-team pass of Eddie Cheevers back
    around 1992 in turn 1 of lap 1  and see it happening again this year
    with the two Penske cars one the front row. Let's just hope for a nice
    dry track. 
    
    BTW: Lyn's lap speeds were very tightly matched across her 4 laps of
    qualifying. I wonder how she did that? 
    
    Mike

    
    	I didn't see it here yet...

    	ESPN reported yesterday that Rahal/Hogan worked a deal w/Penske
    	for 2 1993 Penske's w/Ilmor engines. The claim was that this
    	was possible because of the Marlboro - Miller sponsorship 
    	(apparently they're the same company). Looks like Honda won't
    	make the show. 

    	Chris

    	I figured Rahal would get some other engine when the Honda
    	failed him. During his first interview, he said he was going
    	to stick with Honda, but I didn't think he could stand to
    	be out of the field two years in a row.
    
    	Scott

    Re: .121

    The shaped underside of the cars generates the majority of the
    downforce at superspeedways.  The rear wing acts mostly as a trim tab. 
    In 1992, the Galmer that Al Unser Jr. used had a lift/drag ratio of
    about 2.94.  As point of comparison, the Galmer in short oval trim had
    a L/D of about 2.64.

    All things being equal, in the non-transonic regime anyway, a properly
    shaped underbody will create more downforce as the speed of the car
    rises.  The actual value is dictated by the efficiency of the shape,
    the ride height, and the angle of attack of the vehicle.  The only
    (easy) way to adjust the aerodynamic trim is to play with the angle of
    attack of the wing and the trailing edge shape (aka Gurney flap).  You
    could of course alter the shape of the underbody, but that's a design
    issue rather than a pit lane adjustment.

    Truly adjustable aerodynamic devices (a la the Chaparral rear wings)
    were banned in 1969.  Active evacuation of the underside of the car
    (Chaparral 2J and Brabham BT46) and sliding skirts (mostly all ground
    effects cars pre-1982) have been categorized as "movable aerodynamic
    devices" and thus banned under the 1969 ruling.

    What I implied in .129, but didn't explicitly state, is that an IndyCar
    produces significantly more downforce with significantly less drag at 
    superspeedways, because (a) the shape is optimized for that regime and
    (b) the majority of the downforce comes from the underbody, not the
    rear wing.

Do the rules prevent someone from qualifying a car and then swapping the 
engine to another brand?  Can Rahal qualify with the Penske/Ilmor and then 
drop in the Honda engine - besides that, would he want to.....

Dave

    Yes.  If you want to use a different engine, you have to withdraw the
    chassis.  Since a chassis cannot be requalified once it is withdrawn,
    there's no way to do it.

    Rahal/Hogan's only option was the one they executed: buy a different
    chassis to run the different engines with. They got a pretty good
    package, the race-winning configuration in fact ('93 Penske\Ilmors).

    Of course, this was all assisted by the business relationships
    involved:  Marlboro and Miller are owned by Philip Morris, Penske is
    sponsored by Miller in NASCAR, and the Penskes have carried Miller
    logos on the front wing end plates in the first three races this year.
    Plus, Roger (25% owner of Ilmor) gets to rub Honda's nose in it.

    Anybody catch Mr. Mears on "Coach" last night?  I though he did a
    pretty good job, considering (a) he's not an actor and (b) he had to
    stand around a lot.  But, he can deliver a line, which is more than you
    can say for Andretti the Younger, and they actually wrote him into the
    show instead of giving him a couple of stupid lines.

    Big Al had a good line on ESPN yesterday.  Paul Page asks something
    like, now that you're retired, would you want to replace your brother
    Bobby in the broadcast booth?  Al said, "You mean so I could make fun
    of Sam Posey too?"

    Al Unser Sr. led 644 laps at Indy and finished 18 times, not forgetting
    that he won four times.  Indeed, one of the all-time greats.
    
    By the way, run "Posey" through the VMS spell checker and see what you
    get for a suggested replacement. :-)

    	Over the weekend, the Indy common taters 8-)> were shown
    	racing using some kinda simulation. When they came out,
    	Posey and Bobby Unser were jawing (good naturedly) at
    	one another. Paul Page said something like "Sam and Bobby
    	as usual are arguing with one another."
    
    	By the way, what's Posey's racing pedigree anyway? I seem
    	to remember him racing some, but I've pretty much forgotten.
    
    	Scott

    Posey first came to prominence in 1967 when he got 3rd place in the
    USRRC series driving a McLaren.  I forget if he entered the Can-Am in
    67, but if he did, he didn't get any points.  In '68 he did the USRRC
    and Can-AM getting a few points in both due to developing a new car
    designed by Ray Caldwell/Autodynamics, and he also raced a Camaro in
    the Trans-Am for Roger Penske.

    	Thanks for the info.
    
    	I'm glad Posey spends most of his time common tating for
    	auto races. He RREEAALLLLYY stinks when he talks about
    	bike racing.
    
    	Scott

Just saw in the paper this AM that Big Al Unser is retiring. He will not
drive in this year's 500. It was plain that he had trouble getting his
entry up to speed this year. He felt that he could no longer dig down
deep enough and he felt he could not communicate what was needed to 
his mechanics and engineers. So he gracefully steps down.

He has had a remarkable career, as we all know. He won four Indy 500's,
I believe three Indycar championships, and allsorts of other things. His last win
at Indy was my favorite when he came to the brickyard without a drive
and got a seat at Penske when Danny Ongais crashed and could not race.
Big Al came in with no track time and qualified the car very quickly in the 22nd
slot. He managed to come through it all to win. Pretty great.

Paul

    Actually, Sam is a much better writer than commentator.  His piece in
    Road and Track last year on the life of Mark Donohue, "Magnificent
    Obsession," was *very* well done.  

Yes, I always enjoyed his writing style and felt he tries to emulate that on 
TV, which just doesn't work.  I've seen other great writers who are lousy 
public speakers, to me, Sam is one of those.

Dave

Sam has written a number of fine articles for ROAD & TRACK over the years.
He really is a better writer than announcer. One of his best, in addition to the 
article mentioned about Donohue, was a piece he did comparing the Ferrari
512S to the Porsche 917. Posey had driven the Ferrari at Le Mans and said
flat out that it had been at the time the fastest car he'd driven - capable of
more that 235 mph on the Mulsanne - and the Porsche walked right by them!
In the article, written some 15-18 years later he finally had the opportunity to
drive the Porsche. It was, as he suspected, faster than the 512 but unstable
at high speed. He said the front end would "hunt" as it went faster. I thought
that was demonstrated in the great in-car shots of both machines from Steve
McQueen's movie LE MANS.

Anyway, I'd much rather read Posey than hear Posey.

Paul

We held a rally out near Lime Rock a few years back,
and one of the checkpoints was in front of this rather
nice house.  The owner came out to see what was going
on, and spent some time talking to us aoubt cars and such.
He also told us where to "acquire" the best corn in the area.
(It was Labor Day weekend, and it was the "day off" rally.)

Nicest talk I ever had with Sam.

    
    I'm hearing rumours that Nige is going back to F1 to drive for Williams.
    Something about him racing up to 10 of the remaing 12 GPs this season &
    then full time from next season. I hope this isn't true. I thought he
    was happy in IndyCar. It seems to me that he has a decent chance of
    retaining his title this year, whereas in F1, if Schumacher wins the
    next 2 races, Mansel would be 60 points behind and have effectively no
    chance of winning, in a series that is now incredibly unsafe due to the
    rapid spec changes being forced on the teams by the organisers. I'm
    sure his wife Ann is not to keen on the idea either.
    
    Anyone got anything firm on the story?
    
    JBG

    
    Come on guys........my mate tell's me Nige's already signed to go back to
    Williams. I've got 10SFrs riding on him staying in IndyCar, so tell me
    the rumours aren't true, please.
    
    JBG

    Theoretically, a Newman-Hass source over here leaked this to the Sun in
    the UK, and it was picked up by BBC Ceefax and then some of the TV news
    programs.  (This is all hearsay over the Internet.)  So this could be a
    case of an unsubstantiated rumor snowballing into a huge news story.

    However, it makes a lot of sense in some ways.  Mansell is a big draw
    in Europe, and he's the only active driver who might beat Schu
    (although he'll probably have 60 points by the French GP).  $14m 
    is nothing to sneeze at, by the way.  They'll treat him like the long
    lost favorite son.

    Mansell would have to uproot his family again, though, and I get the
    impression that the family really does like living in Florida.  He 
    would be perceived as walking away from the defense of his IndyCar
    title.  I can't believe Frank W. and Nigel can totally bury the
    hatchet, plus which the FW16 is one tricky beast.  

    I suspect the offer was made.  I'm also guessing that Nigel will stay,
    at least for 1994.

    Does someone have the entry field for next weekend's race?  I didn't
    have time to watch it on television and see who got bumped off the
    bubble in the last session.  Did Rahal make it in with the '93
    Penske/Ilmor package?  The list of 33 cars with qualifying speed would
    be most excellent.
    
    Thanks in advance,
    
    Jeff

Here's the Indy Grid after Sunday's qualifying.  I thing there
has been 1 change since then.  Scott Goodyear is going to take over
his backup car, which was qualified by Davy Jones.  Doing so will
mean he starts 33rd, and the cars in between will all move up a spot.
This is the same thing he did in '92, taking over his backup that
was qualified by Mike Groff.  He finished 2nd that year, a fraction
of a car-length behind Al Unser, Jr. (both were aided by high
attrition).

Ps.No.  Driver , Car                                          Lap Time M.P.H.
-- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- -------- -------
                              ROW 1
 1  31  Al Unser, Jr., 94 Penske/Mercedes Benz V8             0:39.472 228.011
 2   5  Raul Boessel, 94 Lola/Ford Cosworth XB                0:39.540 227.618
 3   2  Emerson Fittipaldi, 94 Penske/Mercedes Benz V8        0:39.595 227.303

                              ROW 2
 4  12  Jacques Villeneuve (R), 94 Reynard/Ford Cosworth XB   0:39.777 226.259
 5   8  Michael Andretti, 94 Reynard/Ford Cosworth XB         0:39.787 226.205
 6  90  Lyn St.James, 94 Lola/Ford Cosworth XB                0:40.151 224.154

                              ROW 3
 7   1  Nigel Mansell, 94 Lola/Ford Cosworth XB               0:40.171 224.041
 8  28  Arie Luyendyk, 94 Lola/Ilmor Indy V8/D                0:40.237 223.673
 9   6  Mario Andretti, 94 Lola/Ford Cosworth XB              0:40.268 223.503

                              ROW 4
10  33  John Andretti, 94 Lola/Ford Cosworth XB               0:40.311 223.263
11  27  Eddie Cheever, 93 Lola/Menard V6                      0:40.329 223.163
12  17  Dominic Dobson, 94 Lola/Ford Cosworth XB              0:40.364 222.970

                              ROW 5
13  91  Stan Fox, 94 Reynard/Ford Cosworth XB                 0:40.383 222.867
14  99  Hideshi Matsuda(R), Lola/Ford Cosworth XB             0:40.441 222.545
15  79  Dennis Vitolo (R), 93 Lola/Ford Cosworth XB           0:40.461 222.439

                              ROW 6
16  18  Jimmy Vasser, 94 Reynard/Ford Cosworth XB             0:40.493 222.262
17  71  Scott Sharp (R), 94 Lola/Ford Cosworth XB             0:40.524 222.091
18  22  Hiro Matsushita, 94 Lola/Ford Cosworth XB             0:40.654 221.382

                              ROW 7
19   9T Robby Gordon, 94 Lola/Ford Cosworth XB                0:40.670 221.293
20  21  Roberto Guerrero, 92 Lola/Buick Indy V6               0:40.673 221.278
21  19  Brian Till (R), 93 Lola/Ford Cosworth XB              0:40.704 221.107

                              ROW 8
22  14  Bryan Herta (R), 94 Lola/Ford Cosworth XB             0:40.725 220.992
23  59  Scott Brayton, 93 Lola/Menard V6                      0:40.241 223.652
24  11  Teo Fabi, 94 Reynard/Ilmor Indy V8/D                  0:40.288 223.394

                              ROW 9
25  31T Paul Tracy, 94 Penske/Mercedes Benz V8                0:40.411 222.710
26   7  Adrian Fernandez, 94 Reynard/Ilmor Indy V8/D          0:40.421 222.657
27  16  Stefan Johansson, 93 Penske/Ilmor Indy V8/D           0:40.629 221.518

                              ROW 10
28  50  Bobby Rahal, '93 Penske/Ilmor/ Indy V8/D              0:40.162 224.094
29  40T Davy Jones, 94 Lola/Ford Cosworth XB                  0:40.211 223.817
30  89  MauricioGugelmin, 94 Reynard/Ford Cosworth XB         0:40.340 223.104

                              ROW 11
31  45  John Paul, Jr., 93 Lola/Ilmor Indy V8/D               0:40.449 222.500
32  52T Mike Groff, 93 Penske/Ilmor Indy V8/C+                0:40.659 221.355
33  25  Marco Greco, 94 Lola/Ford Cosworth XB                 0:40.684 221.216

Alternates: Scott Goodyear, Mark Smith

    After the accidents on yellow in the 500,I have a question.Is the
    yellow always done by a flag?Why don't they have a band of yellow and
    green lights all the way round the circuit which can be switched on by
    any marshall-or do they have this anyway?
    Another question.If I had an Indy car and could pass the test,could I
    enter with no previous experience of either Indy car or any other form
    of racing?
    
    

    There are yellow lights all around the track.  When the yellow flag
    comes out, the yellow lights flash at places around the track.  I'm
    not sure if they have a green light, but I think not.  
    
    If you had a big pile of cash and bought an indy car:
    I don't think you'd "pass the test" without prior experience in a
    slower series.  Formula Atlantic or Indy Lights.  Jerry Glanville
    (former Atlanta Falcons coach) tried this in NASCAR.  He wanted to
    race Winston Cup, and NASCAR said "no way".  So he had to race in the
    Busch Series, where he found out "he sucked", so he never got to
    Winston Cup.  I suppose in Indy, no matter how much money you have
    they'd demand you learn elsewhere.  There's too much money involved
    and too many excellent drivers to put a novice in the field.  There
    are a lot of politics involved in Indy cars.  I'm SURE you're car
    or you (driver) would fail "the test".  Your best bet would be to
    hire a driver and enter the car, while fielding another car in another
    series so you can learn and become certified.
    
    Regards,
    MadMike

    	Dennis Vittolo did a nice job of taking Nigel out of the
    	race. At least he admitted it.
    
    	Taped the GP of Spain Sunday morning. Common tater mentioned
    	that Williams had offered Nigel something like $50 million
    	to come back immediately and drive their car. Of course,
    	Damon did win Sunday (Schumacher's Benetton was stuck in
    	5th gear from about lap 20), and that is some consolation
    	to Williams.
    
    	Time will tell, I guess.
    
    	Scott

    One of my favorite moments of the entire televised event is when
    Jack Arute (sp?) asked one of those typical dumb questions to the
    guy who stars is Home Improvement. I don't know his name. 
    
    Jack: Why did you come to the Indianapolis 500?
    
    Actor: To try the food/chile here.
    
    Actor again: ...such a stupid question...
    And then he continues with the one-liners making Jack probably
    feel as stupid as the question he asked. I only wish that Paul
    Page and Sam Posey could have taken some that heat as well. 
    
    At least this year we didn't have to look at the numerous split screens 
    of Sandy and Theresa.
       

I thought it was *very* tasteless to interview Jacques and say that Al Unser's 
dad got to see him race, too bad your dad isn't here......  I would have to 
guess that Jacques has dealt with this type question in the past so he handled 
it very well.

Dave

    The biggest blunder I recall during the announcing of the indy 500 was
    when Bobby Unser said "Oh boy, I think that was so&so's fault, don't
    you guys?"
    
    Page quickly switched the subject.

    Don't knock it util you have seen some of the utterly dismal
    commentating that exists in the UK and I suspect in the rest of Europe.
    They might make some crass statements every now and then but most of
    the time it's pretty high quality, especially NASCAR. The other usually
    good commentary teams are the Australian touring cars which I USED to
    enjoy on satellite.
    
    Mike

    At least they kep Posey mostly quiet and didn't have all those inane
    "Here's Joe Racer on his lawn tractor" color interviews.  For a commercial
    television event, it was better than most.  Heartening to see that both
    Jim Nabors and Mary Rose were able to perform their parts in the spectacle.

    Arute did have it coming in the garage...  Pretty lame.  It became very
    obvious that he was having to shag it a lot during the race.  I'd hate
    to have to wear his earpeice...  More running than a marathon.

Bob

          So, has anyone heard anything from Mr. Mansel? I think that
     his tone of voice after leaving the infield care center on race day
     was very much sounding to me like : "This was all I needed to make
     up my mind, I'm out of this dog and pony show!"

          Mike

    I saw Nige on Letterman last night. He was very funny and he seems 
    like a very likeable person(so long as a car is not parked on his
    head).
    
    CERASO

I believe the Letterman show aired Wednesday night with Mansell was a re-run 
of the earlier show they did.

I don't feel the incident at Indy will cause Nigel to leave the IC series this 
year.

Has the Penske team lost a month of development on their 'normal' IC cars by 
spending all of May concentrating on the Mercedes engines?  Did other teams 
use their basic IC engines at Indy while Penske went with a brand new design?

Dave

      I hope Nigel doesn't come back a) because he will probably kill
    himself as they continue to screw around with the rules b)because the
    politicking in formula 1 doesn't deserve him and c)look how many of
    us Europeans have discovered and now prefer IC.
      But what has happened to his car this year?I swear he would have
    won or come second in the 500 but 5th in the 200?
      Lets hope he has some success so that he is not tempted to leave.
         
    

    Well, another weekend here in Metro Boston.  What happened in Milwaukee 
    yesterday?
    
    Curious,
    
    Jeff 

Al Jr,
Fittipaldi
Tracy
Michael Andretti
Nigel
.
.
Jacques V (9th)

All three Penskes lapped the field.....

Dave

I didn't get to see the race either - but by the sounds of things
may be the question in .159 should be reworded to "What happened to
the Penskes this year?"  They seem to be running away with it.

Could someone post the top few points positions ?

Thanks
Martin

    Would anyone have a tape of Indy they'd be willing to lend out for a
    few days?  If so, please U.S. mail it to Barb Platt, 215 Millwright
    Drive, Nashua,  NH  03063.  Will return via US mail ASAP upon viewing
    completion.
    
    Thanks,
    	Barb
    
    PS __ last note I wrote here is that I was out of here on 6/3.  Well
    at the 11th hour, they offered me a position with the PC notebook folks
    in Stow - next week and in the future Acton.  So, I'm still around.
    Lucky??? Only time will tell, but so far, yeah I guess I am.
    

Barb, when I send your San Marino tape back I'll include a copy of my Indy 
tape.

Dave

    Thanks muchly.  I'd say send it interoffice, but I don't know where I'm
    going to be in Acton.  Sounded too risky.    No hurry, Peter and I are
    off to Watkins Glen this weekend to race.  Won't be home until sometime
    Monday.  Wish us luck.  We won in the PRS in Club Ford in April, sold
    that and bought a Zink, ran that Memorial Day in Formula Ford and won.
    So we're taking the Zink out to the Glen, gonna run it as a Club Ford
    again and see what happens.  Will keep you posted.
    
    Thanks again.
    
    	Barb

Seems pretty quiet in here recently, so thought I'd comment on yesterday's
Toronto race to try and stimulate some more notes....

I had to watch the race on the Canadian-French channel, as the race wasn't
broadcast by the Boston (NBC?) channel.  This was kinda interesting as I
really cant understand french, so there were some moments of confusion
for me!  But most of the driver interviews were in English so that helped,
especially those where the driver had dropped out for one reason or another
and I could find out why!  One observation was there were significantly less
interuptions due to commercials, which was a bonus - I may even be tempted to
watch the races on this channel more often.

It was an exciting race with quite a few incidents.  As a Mansell fan I was
cheering when Gordon's tyre blew (sorry Robby), putting Nigel in the lead -
only to be taking it all back when the same fate struck Nigel soon after....

Michael drove an excellent race, with some aggressive overtaking moves.
He deserved the win.  Bobby Rahal and Emmo came in 2nd and third. And Mario
hung in for 4th.

I never did figure out what happened to Paul Tracy - anyone know ?
Cheers,
Martin

    I don't know what happened to Tracy, but I'm sure glad to see someone
    else, besides a Penske win a race.  Also glad to Emmmo close up on Al a
    bit.  One more race similar to this and they will be virtually neck and
    neck.  Next race at Michigan will prob'ly be a Penske rout.

    It was a shame that Little Al, Nigle and Robby all had problems...
    It could have been the most exciting race yet!
    
    jeff
    
    P.S. Don't know what happened to Tracy either...

    If I haven't taped over it, I'll check out Tracy tonight.  Whatever
    happened, it occurred early on because Tracy really wasn't a factor
    at all.
    
    It never fails, they'll put an Indy race on at the same time a
    Winston Cup is scheduled :-)
    
    Karen
    

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	August 21st race at NHIS.

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	$55 each

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    I thought I caught a sentence during yesterdays Marlboro 500 at
    Michigan, that Danny Sullivan was signed on as another driver for 
    the PacWest team for the remainder of the schedule.
    
    Did anyone else catch this?
    
    I heard that Robby Gordon signed a 2 year extension with Walker racing.
    
    Also, Eddie Cheever is running for Foyt with Brian Herta out. 
    
    Mark

    re: .171  
    
    Interesting.  Is Danny replacing Dominic or Scott, or will he be a 3rd
    driver?  
    
    Also, was there a fire of some kind during the Michigan race?  I saw
    the F1 race when Verstappen lit up, but I didn't see the Indycar race
    and was too tired to stay awake for the sports news.  The news lead in
    mentioned 2 racing fires.

    
    
    
    
    Yes there was a minor fire ... can't remember who though.
    Crew members from his crew, and another doused it with buckets of
    water....
    
    Nothing as spectacular as the F1
    
    
    Lou

>Nothing as spectacular as the F1
  
Mainly because the fuel they use in Indycar does not produce visible flames when
it ignites.  This can be even more dangerous because you *can't* see the fire.

Thankfully, no one was seriously injured in either fire.

Dave  

    The fire involved the Teacate(sp?) team, the name of the owner and 
    driver escapes me at the moment.  It seems that the the driver started
    to pull away before the fuel hose was removed, snapping the tube from
    the coupling, spilling the fuel.  It happened just as Mario was coming
    into his pit for his stop, but had to pass it up and go around as the
    fire was in the pit right next to his...his team helped *put* the
    driver out.
    
    The race at Michigan was certainly a race of attrition, where even all
    3 Penske cars died during the race.  I do believe that by the end of
    the race, there were only 7 cars left running.  Scott Goodyear took the
    win.
    
    It was interesting to see some of the big names out early on in the
    race, Rahal, Mansell, Michael Andretti...One of these races, Boesel is
    going to win.
    
    Carl
    

    I was there; the whole race was pretty weird.  But, the fire was
    *extremely* scary. It happened in the Galles Racing pits of Adrian
    Fernandez.  The crew waved him out with the fuel filler hose still
    attached. I didn't notice the fire until someone started screaming over
    the radio. It was pretty sporty there for a few seconds.

    The track announcer was joking about Dick Simon's Nomex necktie
    before the race.  Now I think I understand what that's about.

    Although I havent seen the highlights yet I see that Emmo and Al Jr.
    still placed in the points even though only 8 cars finished. What
    happened to Robby Gordon and Paul Tracy ?
    
    Anyone interested in buying tickets to the NHIS for the 1 Mile oval
    race on the 19/20/21 August please let me know as we have 3 or 4 tickets to
    the event and passes to the pits. 
    
    Tickets cost $65
    Pit passes $35
    
    
    Giles.                           

    From what I can remember, there was something like 20-30 laps left in
    the race, when Emmo's engine blew.  There was speculation from the TV
    announcers about the Penske engines now that Emmo and Paul were both
    out.  Must have been within 3-4 laps after Emmo's engine, Al Jr.'s
    engine went the same way.  This is why they still placed in the points.
    
    Paul Tracy was out much earlier than Emmo, I forget why, but something
    on the car failed.
    
    As for Robby, he was just beginning to catch up, after being down a
    lap.  He and Scott Goodyear were duking it out for that position. 
    Robby's engine blew too, but his was a little more spectaculer, in
    that it blew coming out of turn 4, causing his car to loose traction
    and began to spinning.  He negotiated the car into the pit lane while
    spinning without hitting anything.  Needless to say that is what
    wrapped up his day.
    
    Carl

Just to add a bit more on Robby Gordon; he drove an excellent race. 
.-1 mentioned he was a lap down and gaining.  He was down due to an early
front-right tire blowout.  He controlled the car and avoided a spin and the
wall.  There was some interesting 'in-car' footage of the tire blowing!

This put him down, but he was working his way back up when the engine
got him.  Again, he controlled the car (though I think luck was on his
side as he went down the pit lane, missing the walls).

Interesting race.  Basically, anyone that looked like they had a chance
of winning went out with an engine problem or blown tire...!  Scott managed
to evade the gremlins.

martin

    Well, the Penskes did it again with a 1, 2, 3 place finish at
    Mid-Ohio.  The top 3 order was Al, Jr., Paul Tracy, and then Emmo.
    
    Was it my imagination, or did this race seem rather boring?!  It's nice
    to see the prominence of Penske, but I am beginning to think its too
    much!  The field seems rather lopsided.
    
    It's also been a long time since they have had a black flag penalty, I
    think Paul Tracy's nose is a little out of whack over it too!
    
    Also, ABC mentioned something about USAC, or maybe that was Tony George, 
    making some changes to next year's Indy 500.  Seems that there will be
    changes to the type of engines and that the Merc/Ilmor/Penske beast
    will have to be run at lower boost to compensate for the horsepower. 
    
    Listening to the commentators, it sound like the "silly season" is
    going to include more than just driver rumors!

Article 772 of rec.autos.sport.info:
Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport.info
From: [email protected] (Tom Haapanen)
Subject: INDYCAR: New Hampshire results
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 1994 23:31:48 GMT
Lines: 31


Pos  Driver                Nat  Chassis-Engine               Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 1.  Al Unser Jr.          USA  Penske94-Ilmor/D      1:43:31.594
 2.  Paul Tracy            CDN  Penske94-Ilmor/D           +0.890
 3.  Emerson Fittipaldi    BR   Penske94-Ilmor/D           +1.749
 4.  Raul Boesel           BR   Lola94-Ford XB            -2 laps
 5.  Michael Andretti      USA  Reynard94-Ford XB         -2 laps
 6.  Dominic Dobson        USA  Lola94-Ford XB            -3 laps
 7.  Jimmy Vasser          USA  Reynard94-Ford XB         -5 laps
 8.  Adrian Fernandez      MEX  Reynard94-Ilmor/D         -5 laps
 9.  Bobby Rahal           USA  Lola94-Honda              -7 laps
10.  Willy T. Ribbs        USA  Lola93-Ford XB            -8 laps
11.  Scott Goodyear        CDN  Lola94-Ford XB            -8 laps
12.  Mark Smith            USA  Lola94-Ford XB            -8 laps
13.  Robby Gordon          USA  Lola94-Ford XB            -9 laps
14.  Mauricio Gugelmin     BR   Reynard94-Ford XB        -12 laps
15.  Johnny Unser          USA  Lola93-Ford XB           -15 laps
16.  Marco Greco           BR   Lola94-Ford XB           -16 laps

17.  Hiro Matsushita       J    Lola94-Ford XB         on lap 153   Engine
18.  Nigel Mansell         GB   Lola94-Ford XB         on lap 127   Handling
19.  Mario Andretti        USA  Lola94-Ford XB         on lap 107   Accident
20.  Teo Fabi              I    Reynard94-Ilmor/D      on lap  88   Engine
21.  Eddie Cheever         USA  Lola93-Ford XB         on lap  63   Suspension
22.  Ross Bentley          CDN  Lola92-Ilmor/A         on lap  37   Handling
23.  Stefan Johansson      S    Penske93-Ilmor/D       on lap  16   Handling
24.  Scott Sharp           USA  Lola94-Ford XB         on lap  12   Accident
25.  Mike Groff            USA  Lola94-Honda           on lap  12   Accident
26.  Jacques Villeneuve    CDN  Reynard94-Ford XB      on lap   0   Accident
27.  Arie Luyendyk         NL   Lola94-Ilmor/D         on lap   0   Accident

    re: .180
    
    Tony George is establishing his own IndyCar circut in '96 I believe.
    
    USAC has restricted the boost to 49" for next years Indy 500.
    This is down from the 59" this year and then the announced 52" a couple
    of weeks ago.
    
    Needless to say, Roger Penske isn't happy. This is costing him big
    bucks in his efforts with Mercedes.
    
    You're right the "silly season" will be something. This past weekend
    they announced Bobby Rahal will not continue with Honda, and that he'll
    announce in a couple of weeks what type of power plant he'll be using.
    Also, Teo Fabi will no longer be driving for Jim Hall (Pennzoil). He 
    would like to continue in IndyCar, and is working on a deal.
    Roger Penske is going with 2 cars next season and that looks like the
    end for Paul Tracy with Penske. Supposedly, Paul is hooking up with
    Newman/Haas.
    The talk up at NH also was that Nigel will not be with Newman/Haas next
    year no matter if he goes to F1 or not. There's conflicting rumors that
    said Mansell is going back to Williams, but another is that Williams
    is not taking him and neither is Carl Haas.
    
    
    Mark

    I hadn't heard the latter stuff...Paul Tracy to Newman/Haas?!  What
    will Micheal A. say?!
    
    There is some postings in the CARS_UK about Mansell driving F1 next
    year, but the reports in there is that it is Peugot driving that, and
    not necessarily Frank Williams.
    
    On the last Thursday Night Thunder (Spring cars), the ESPN commentator
    was discussing Tony George's ideas in that T.G. wants to see more "oval
    races" and less road courses.  The idea being to bring back the up the
    ladder movements for some of the guys in the smaller open wheel cars,
    just like the old days where most of the Indy car drivers got their
    starts.  T.G. wants to see about getting that progression back to the
    point of forming another "Indy-type" racing association, but more oval
    tracks that road courses.
    
    I *DO* love silly season.
    
    Carl

Article 70016 of rec.autos.sport:
Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport
From: [email protected] (Jay Smith)
Subject: Michigan 500 Results, PPG IndyCar World Series Standings
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 94 21:21:30 GMT

No, this isn't exactly a spoiler, but I've been away for a while and then
busy catching up on things.  I'll post the Mid-Ohio and New Hampshire
tallies shortly.

                          Marlboro Michigan 500 Results
                               Brooklyn, Michigan

 1. (12) Scott Goodyear (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 250 laps, 159.800 mph
 2. (26) Arie Luyendyk (Lola T94/00-Ilmor/D), 249
 3.  (9) Dominic Dobson (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 248
 4.  (8) Teo Fabi (Reynard 94I-Ilmor/D), 246
 5. (25) Mark Smith (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 240
 6. (20) Hiro Matsushita (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 239
 7. (23) Willy T. Ribbs (Lola T93/06-Ford/Cosworth XB), 236
 8. (14) Al Unser, Jr. (Penske 94-Ilmor/D), 231 (engine failure)
 9.  (2) Raul Boesel (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 225 (engine failure)
10.  (7) Emerson Fittipaldi (Penske 94-Ilmor/D), 209 (engine failure)
11. (15) Marco Greco (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 195
12. (18) Scott Sharp (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 195 (drive line)
13.  (4) Robby Gordon (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 182 (engine failure)
14.  (6) Stefan Johansson (Penske 93-Ilmor/D), 176 (engine failure)
15. (16) Mauricio Gugelmin (Reynard 94I-Ford/Cosworth XB), 160 (crash)
16. (11) Paul Tracy (Penske 94-Ilmor/D), 150 (fuel pressure)
17. (28) Jeff Wood (Lola T93/07-Ilmor/C), 138 (overheating)
18.  (5) Mario Andretti (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 121 (engine failure)
19. (27) Ross Bentley (Lola T92/00-Ilmor/A), 116 (manifold)
20. (10) Jacques Villeneuve (Reynard 94I-Ford/Cosworth XB), 76 (crash)
21. (19) Eddie Cheever (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB) 67 (electrical)
22.  (3) Michael Andretti (Reynard 94I-Ford/Cosworth XB), 66 (crash)
23. (13) Adrian Fernandez (Reynard 94I-Ilmor/D), 64 (fire)
24. (22) Buddy Lazier (Lola T93/07-Ilmor/C), 55 (electrical)
25. (17) Jimmy Vasser (Reynard 94I-Ford/Cosworth XB), 48 (wheel bearing)
26.  (1) Nigel Mansell (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 35 (throttle linkage)
27. (22) Mike Groff (Lola T94/00-Honda), 24 (clutch)
28. (24) Bobby Rahal (Lola T94/00-Honda), 9 (fuel pump)
DNQ      Alessandro Zampedri (Lola T93/06-Ford/Cosworth XB) (withdrew)

Fast qualifier:  Nigel Mansell, 233.738 mph
Led most laps: 	Raul Boesel
Time:  3:07:44.099
Margin of Victory:  1 lap plus 3.008s

Next race:  Mid-Ohio, August 14

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 1. Al Unser, Jr.       |  |16|21|21|21| 4|22|22|  | 5|  |  |  |  |  |  |132
 2. Emerson Fittipaldi  |16|21|  | 1|16|16|16|  |14| 3|  |  |  |  |  |  |103
 3. Michael Andretti    |21|  | 8| 8|12|10|  |  |21|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 80
 4. Robby Gordon        |  | 6|14|10| 8|14|12| 2| 9|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 75
 5. Paul Tracy          |  | 1| 1|  |14|20|14|14|10|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 74
 6. Nigel Mansell       | 5|14|16|  |10| 1|10|16|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 72
 7. Jacques Villeneuve  |  |  |  |16| 4| 6| 8|12| 4|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50
 8. Teo Fabi            | 6|  | 4| 6|  |12|  | 4| 5|12|  |  |  |  |  |  | 49
 9. Bobby Rahal         |  |  |  |14| 6| 8| 1|  |16|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 45
10= Mario Andretti      |14|  |10|  |  |  | 4|  |12|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 40
10= Stefan Johansson    |10|12| 3|  |  |  | 5|10|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 40
12. Raul Boesel         |  | 5|12|  | 6|  |  | 8| 1| 5|  |  |  |  |  |  | 37
13. Jimmy Vasser        |12|10|  |12| 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 36
14. Scott Goodyear      | 3| 2|  |  |  | 2|  |  | 3|20|  |  |  |  |  |  | 30
15. Mauricio Gugelmin   | 8|  | 6| 2|  | 5|  | 5|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 26
16. Arie Luyendyk       |  |  | 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |16|  |  |  |  |  |  | 18
17= Dominic Dobson      | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2|14|  |  |  |  |  |  | 17
17= Adrian Fernandez    |  | 3| 5|  |  |  | 3| 6|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17
19. Mike Groff          | 5| 8|  |  |  |  | 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15
20. Bryan Herta         |  |  |  | 4| 3| 4|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11
21. Mark Smith          |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |10|  |  |  |  |  |  | 10
22. Alessandro Zampedri |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6| 3|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  9
23= Hiro Matsushita     |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8|  |  |  |  |  |  |  8
23= Scott Sharp         | 2| 4|  |  | 1|  |  |  |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  8
25. Willy T. Ribbs      |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1|  | 6|  |  |  |  |  |  |  7
26. Andrea Montermini   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  6
27. Eddie Cheever       |  |  |  | 5|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  5
28. John Andretti       |  |  |  | 3|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  3
29. Marco Greco         |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |  2
30= Christian Danner    |  |  |  |  |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  1
30= Franck Freon        |  |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  1
30= Davy Jones          |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  1
30= Brian Till          |  |  |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  1

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Jay C. Smith
Domain/internet: [email protected]
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"That guy up there's gotta stop; he'll see us."

Article 70120 of rec.autos.sport:
Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport
From: [email protected] (Jay Smith)
Subject: Mid-Ohio 200 Results, PPG IndyCar World Series Standings
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 94 19:21:22 GMT
 
                    Miller Genuine Draft Mid-Ohio 200 Results
                                 Lexington, Ohio

 1.  (1) Al Unser, Jr. (Penske 94-Ilmor/D), 83 laps, 110.387 mph
 2.  (2) Paul Tracy (Penske 94-Ilmor/D), 83
 3.  (3) Emerson Fittipaldi (Penske 94-Ilmor/D), 83
 4. (10) Robby Gordon (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 82
 5.  (8) Michael Andretti (Reynard 94I-Ford/Cosworth XB), 82
 6. (14) Adrian Fernandez (Reynard 94I-Ilmor/D), 82
 7.  (4) Nigel Mansell (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 82
 8. (17) Raul Boesel (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 82
 9.  (6) Jacques Villeneuve (Reynard 94I-Ford/Cosworth XB), 82
10. (15) Mario Andretti (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 82
11. (18) Scott Sharp (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 82
12. (21) Stefan Johansson (Penske 93-Ilmor/D), 81
13. (28) Arie Luyendyk (Lola T94/00-Ilmor/D), 81
14. (12) Jimmy Vasser (Reynard 94I-Ford/Cosworth XB), 81
15. (20) Dominic Dobson (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 81
16. (16) Mimmo Schiattarella (Lola T93/06-Ford/Cosworth XB), 81
17. (23) Eddie Cheever (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 80
18. (26) Hiro Matsushita (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 80
19. (27) Mauro Baldi (Lola T93/06-Ford/Cosworth XB), 80
20. (19) Mark Smith (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 80
21. (13) Teo Fabi (Reynard 94I-Ilmor/D), 79
22. (11) Scott Goodyear (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 76
23. (24) Parker Johnstone (Lola T94/00-Honda), 76
24. (25) Claude Bourbonnais (Lola T93/07-Ilmor/C), 59 (transmission failure)
25.  (5) Mauricio Gugelmin (Reynard 94I-Ford/Cosworth XB), 55 (brake failure)
26.  (9) Mike Groff (Lola T94/00-Honda), 47 (engine failure)
27.  (7) Bobby Rahal (Lola T94/00-Honda), 46 (engine failure)
28. (23) Willy T. Ribbs (Lola T93/06-Ford/Cosworth XB), 4 (transmission failure)
DNQ      Buddy Lazier (Lola T93/07-Ilmor/C)
DNQ      Ross Bentley (Lola T92/00-Ilmor/A)
DNQ      Marco Greco (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB)
DNQ      Jeff Wood (Lola T93/07-Ilmor/C)

Fast qualifier:  Al Unser, Jr., 119.517 mph
Led most laps: 	Paul Tracy
Time:  1:40:59.436
Margin of Victory:  1.636s

Next race:  New Hampshire, August 21

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 1. Al Unser, Jr.       |  |16|21|21|21| 4|22|22|  | 5|21|  |  |  |  |  |153
 2. Emerson Fittipaldi  |16|21|  | 1|16|16|16|  |14| 3|14|  |  |  |  |  |117
 3. Paul Tracy          |  | 1| 1|  |14|20|14|14|10|  |17|  |  |  |  |  | 91
 4. Michael Andretti    |21|  | 8| 8|12|10|  |  |21|  |10|  |  |  |  |  | 90
 5. Robby Gordon        |  | 6|14|10| 8|14|12| 2| 9|  |12|  |  |  |  |  | 87
 6. Nigel Mansell       | 5|14|16|  |10| 1|10|16|  | 1| 6|  |  |  |  |  | 79
 7. Jacques Villeneuve  |  |  |  |16| 4| 6| 8|12| 4|  | 4|  |  |  |  |  | 54
 8. Teo Fabi            | 6|  | 4| 6|  |12|  | 4| 5|12|  |  |  |  |  |  | 49
 9. Bobby Rahal         |  |  |  |14| 6| 8| 1|  |16|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 45
10. Mario Andretti      |14|  |10|  |  |  | 4|  |12|  | 3|  |  |  |  |  | 43
11. Raul Boesel         |  | 5|12|  | 6|  |  | 8| 1| 5| 5|  |  |  |  |  | 42
12. Stefan Johansson    |10|12| 3|  |  |  | 5|10|  |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  | 41
13. Jimmy Vasser        |12|10|  |12| 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 36
14. Scott Goodyear      | 3| 2|  |  |  | 2|  |  | 3|20|  |  |  |  |  |  | 30
15. Mauricio Gugelmin   | 8|  | 6| 2|  | 5|  | 5|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 26
16. Adrian Fernandez    |  | 3| 5|  |  |  | 3| 6|  |  | 8|  |  |  |  |  | 25
17. Arie Luyendyk       |  |  | 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |16|  |  |  |  |  |  | 18
18. Dominic Dobson      | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2|14|  |  |  |  |  |  | 17
19. Mike Groff          | 5| 8|  |  |  |  | 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15
20. Bryan Herta         |  |  |  | 4| 3| 4|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11
21= Scott Sharp         | 2| 4|  |  | 1|  |  |  |  | 1| 2|  |  |  |  |  | 10
21= Mark Smith          |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |10|  |  |  |  |  |  | 10
23. Alessandro Zampedri |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6| 3|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  9
24. Hiro Matsushita     |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8|  |  |  |  |  |  |  8
25. Willy T. Ribbs      |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1|  | 6|  |  |  |  |  |  |  7
26. Andrea Montermini   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  6
27. Eddie Cheever       |  |  |  | 5|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  5
28. John Andretti       |  |  |  | 3|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  3
29. Marco Greco         |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |  2
30= Christian Danner    |  |  |  |  |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  1
30= Franck Freon        |  |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  1
30= Davy Jones          |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  1
30= Brian Till          |  |  |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  1

--
Jay C. Smith
Domain/internet: [email protected]
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"That guy up there's gotta stop; he'll see us."

    FYI -
    
    Michael Andretti was involved in a crash yesterday while testing at
    Nazareth, PA.
    
    He suffered a concussion and some bruises, but is O.K. Mario was also
    there and rode with him in the ambulance.
    
    Mark

Article 70690 of rec.autos.sport:
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From: [email protected] (Jay Smith)
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 94 22:07:02 GMT
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                        Slick 50 New England 200 Results
                              Loudon, New Hampshire

 1. (10) Al Unser, Jr. (Penske 94-Ilmor/D), 200 laps, 122.635 mph
 2.  (4) Paul Tracy (Penske 94-Ilmor/D), 200
 3.  (1) Emerson Fittipaldi (Penske 94-Ilmor/D), 200
 4.  (2) Raul Boesel (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 198
 5. (17) Michael Andretti (Reynard 94I-Ford/Cosworth XB), 198
 6.  (6) Dominic Dobson (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 197
 7. (12) Jimmy Vasser (Reynard 94I-Ford/Cosworth XB), 195
 8.  (8) Adrian Fernandez (Reynard 94I-Ilmor/D), 195
 9. (19) Bobby Rahal (Lola T94/00-Honda), 193
10. (24) Willy T. Ribbs (Lola T93/06-Ford/Cosworth XB), 192
11. (23) Scott Goodyear (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 192
12. (15) Mark Smith (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 192
13. (13) Robby Gordon (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 191
14. (27) Mauricio Gugelmin (Reynard 94I-Ford/Cosworth XB), 188
15. (25) Johnny Unser (Lola T93/06-Ford/Cosworth XB), 185
16. (22) Marco Greco (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 184
17. (21) Hiro Matsushita (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 153 (oil pressure)
18.  (3) Nigel Mansell (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 127 (handling)
19.  (5) Mario Andretti (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 107 (crash)
20.  (7) Teo Fabi (Reynard 94I-Ilmor/D), 88 (header)
21. (14) Eddie Cheever (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 63 (suspension)
22. (26) Ross Bentley (Lola T92/00-Ilmor/A), 37 (handling)
23.  (9) Stefan Johansson (Penske 93-Ilmor/D), 16 (handling)
24. (18) Scott Sharp (Lola T94/00-Ford/Cosworth XB), 12 (crash)
25. (20) Mike Groff (Lola T94/00-Honda), 12 (crash)
26. (11) Jacques Villeneuve (Reynard 94I-Ford/Cosworth XB), 0 (crash)
27. (16) Arie Luyendyk (Lola T94/00-Ilmor/D), 0 (crash)
DNS (26) Buddy Lazier (Lola T93/07-Ilmor/C)
DNS (29) Jeff Wood (Lola T93/07-Ilmor/C)

Fast qualifier:  Emerson Fittipaldi, 175.091 mph
Led most laps: 	Emerson Fittipaldi
Time:  1:43:31.594
Margin of Victory:  0.890s

Emerson Fittipaldi's qualifying speed of 175.091 mph breaks the record of
169.247 set last year by Nigel Mansell.

Next race:  Vancouver, September 4

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 2. Emerson Fittipaldi  |16|21|  | 1|16|16|16|  |14| 3|14|16|  |  |  |  |133
 3. Paul Tracy          |  | 1| 1|  |14|20|14|14|10|  |17|16|  |  |  |  |107
 4. Michael Andretti    |21|  | 8| 8|12|10|  |  |21|  |10|10|  |  |  |  |100
 5. Robby Gordon        |  | 6|14|10| 8|14|12| 2| 9|  |12|  |  |  |  |  | 87
 6. Nigel Mansell       | 5|14|16|  |10| 1|10|16|  |  | 6|  |  |  |  |  | 78
 7= Raul Boesel         |  | 5|12|  | 6|  |  | 8| 1| 5| 5|12|  |  |  |  | 54
 7= Jacques Villeneuve  |  |  |  |16| 4| 6| 8|12| 4|  | 4|  |  |  |  |  | 54
 9= Teo Fabi            | 6|  | 4| 6|  |12|  | 4| 5|12|  |  |  |  |  |  | 49
 9= Bobby Rahal         |  |  |  |14| 6| 8| 1|  |16|  |  | 4|  |  |  |  | 49
11. Mario Andretti      |14|  |10|  |  |  | 4|  |12|  | 3|  |  |  |  |  | 43
12. Jimmy Vasser        |12|10|  |12| 2|  |  |  |  |  |  | 6|  |  |  |  | 42
13. Stefan Johansson    |10|12| 3|  |  |  | 5|10|  |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  | 41
14. Scott Goodyear      | 3| 2|  |  |  | 2|  |  | 3|20|  | 2|  |  |  |  | 32
15. Adrian Fernandez    |  | 3| 5|  |  |  | 3| 6|  |  | 8| 5|  |  |  |  | 30
16. Mauricio Gugelmin   | 8|  | 6| 2|  | 5|  | 5|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 26
17. Dominic Dobson      | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2|14|  | 8|  |  |  |  | 25
18. Arie Luyendyk       |  |  | 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |16|  |  |  |  |  |  | 18
19. Mike Groff          | 5| 8|  |  |  |  | 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15
20= Bryan Herta         |  |  |  | 4| 3| 4|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11
20= Mark Smith          |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |10|  | 1|  |  |  |  | 11
22= Willy T. Ribbs      |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1|  | 6|  | 3|  |  |  |  | 10
22= Scott Sharp         | 2| 4|  |  | 1|  |  |  |  | 1| 2|  |  |  |  |  | 10
24. Alessandro Zampedri |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6| 3|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  9
25. Hiro Matsushita     |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8|  |  |  |  |  |  |  8
26. Andrea Montermini   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  6
27. Eddie Cheever       |  |  |  | 5|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  5
28. John Andretti       |  |  |  | 3|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  3
29. Marco Greco         |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |  2
30= Christian Danner    |  |  |  |  |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  1
30= Franck Freon        |  |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  1
30= Davy Jones          |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  1
30= Brian Till          |  |  |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  1

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"That guy up there's gotta stop; he'll see us."

    What happened in Vancouver?  I was unable to record the event and haven't 
    seen any news.
    
    Carl
    

    	Unser, Jr., won.
    
    	Fittipaldi and Mansell took each other out on the very last
    	lap.
    
    	Scott

    So, were Fittipaldi and Mansell near the front?  Was the race a
    walk-away or were the lead changes?  Were there any good races away
    from the leaders?  Any impressive performances by other racers?
    
    Inquiring minds want to know.....
    
    
    Jeff

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Emerson Fittipaldi was 4th and Nigel Mansell 5th on the last lap but
Mansell punted Fittipaldi off on turn 10 and both cars were out, though
they were classified 9th and 10th as they were the last cars on the lead
lap at the end. They had some choice words right after the incident.

Tracy fell victim to the same kind of treatment from Micheal Andretti
about 8 laps from the end, again on turn 10, and was most unhappy with
Andretti, who continued on undamaged. Tracy did the same to Teo Fabi
earlier on turn 5, pushing Fabi into the tires; he later extracted
himself and continued.

Gordon led to lap 10 when there was a full course yellow after #19
Alessandro Zamperdi caught fire on turn 5, and held the lead until lap
37 wwhen he went into the pits, continuing straight through without
stoping then pitting for tires on the next lap.

Mansell led until lap 74, including a full course yellow on laps 52-54
and 57-61 (after #18 Jimmy Vasser mounted #17 Dominic Dobson and locked
together on turn 5). These yellows allowed Gordon to catch up to the
field. Unser took the lead on lap 75 and held it until the end. Michael
Andretti went to the back of the pack on lap 64, but as full course
yellow again onlaps 76-80 allowed him to catch up again. Gordon and
Andretti worked their way up through the field to finish 2nd and 3rd.

Race day started out cool and overcast but there were sunny breaks for
the race. There was a record crowd of 70,600 on race day.

Lap by lap placings of the leaders wil follow later for those intersted.

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L.J. Street




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       INDYCAR:  Results Molson Vancouver Indy September 4, 1994
      ===========================================================

FIN (STR CAR                                                RACE TOT
POS POS) NUM Driver Name (Ctry)                             PTS  PTS
              Sponsor Chassis/Engine

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 1. ( 8) 31  AL UNSER JR. (USA)..............................20  193
              Marlboro Penske 94/Ilmor Indy V8/D
 2. ( 1)  9  ROBBY GORDON (USA)..............................17  104
              Valvoline/Cummins Lola T9400/Ford Cosworth XB
 3. ( 3)  8  MICHAEL ANDRETTI (USA)..........................14  114
              Target/Scotch Reynard 94I/Ford Cosworth XB
 4. ( 4) 40  SCOTT GOODYEAR (CAN)............................12   44
              Budweiser Lola T9400/Ford Cosworth XB
 5. (13) 88  MAURICIO GUGELMIN (BRA).........................10   36
              Hollywood Blends Reynard 94I/Ford Cosworth XB
 6. (18) 28  ARIE LUYENDYK (HOL)..............................8   26
              Eurosport/Boost Lola T9400/Ilmor Indy V8/D
 7. (15)  4  BOBBY RAHAL (USA)................................6   55
              Miller Genuine Draft Lola T9400/Honda Indy V8+
 8. (16) 15  MARK SMITH (USA).................................5   16
              Craftsman Tools Lola T9400/Ford Cosworth XB
 9. (12)  2  EMERSON FITTIPALDI (BRA).........................4  137
              Marlboro Penske 94/Ilmor Indy V8/D
10. ( 2)  1+ NIGEL MANSELL (GBR)..............................4   83
              K-Mart/Texaco Lola T9400/Ford Cosworth XB
11. (10)  6  MARIO ANDRETTI (USA).............................2   45
              K-Mart/Havoline Lola T9400/Ford Cosworth XB
12. (14) 71  SCOTT SHARP (USA)................................1   11
              PacWest Lola T9400/Ford Cosworth XB
13. (25) 49  PARKER JOHNSTONE (USA)...........................0    0
              Computech Lola T9300/Honda Indy V8
14. (21) 10  MIKE GROFF (USA).................................0   15
              Motorola Lola T9400/Honda Indy V8+
15. (22) 18  JIMMY VASSER (USA)...............................0   42
              Conseco/STP Reynard 94I/Ford Cosworth XB
16. (23) 25  MARCO GRECO (BRA)................................0    2
              INT Sports LTD Lola T9400/Ford Cosworth XB
17. (17) 14  EDDIE CHEEVER (USA)..............................0    5
              Foyt Copenhagen Racing Lola T9300/Ford Cosworth XB
18. ( 5) 11  TEO FABI (ITA)...................................0   49
              Pennzoil Reynard 94I/Ilmor Indy V8/D
19. (19) 17  DOMINIC DOBSON (USA).............................0   25
              PacWest Lola T9400/Ford Cosworth XB
20. ( 6)  3  PAUL TRACY (CAN).................................0  107
              Marlboro Penske 94/Ilmor Indy V8/D
21. (24) 30  CLAUDE BOURBONNAIS (CAN).........................0    0
              Player's Lola T9300/Ilmor Indy V8/C
22. (11)  7  ADRIAN FERNANDEZ (MEX)...........................0   30
              Tecate/Quaker State Reynard 94I/Ilmor Indy V8/D
23. (20)  5  RAUL BOESEL (BRA)................................0   54
              Duracell Lola T9400/Ford Cosworth XB
24. ( 9) 12  JACQUES VILLENEUVE (CAN).........................0   54
              Player's Ltd Reynard 94I/Ford Cosworth XB
25. (26) 24  WILLY T. RIBBS (USA).............................0   10
              Service Merchandise Lola T9300/Ford Cosworth XB
26. ( 7) 16  STEFAN JOHANSSON (SWE)...........................0   41
              Alumax Penske 93/Ilmor Indy V8/C
27. (27) 23  BUDDY LAZIER (USA)...............................0    0
              Financial World Mag Lola T9300/Ilmor Indy V8/C+
28. (28) 19  A. ZAMPEDRI (ITA)................................0    9
              Mi-Jack Lola T9300/Ford Cosworth XB

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           Robby Gordon was the fastest qualifier.
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    Looked like Mansell was down the inside of Emmo into the last turn
    and Emmo turned across him. It was kind of funny watching them walk
    back to the pits together fffing and blinding at each other for some
    hundred yards.
    
    Considering Tracy and Michael are possibly teamates next season Paul
    was not very happy with Michael.
    
    Giles.

    Thanks for the update...of course the one I couldn't tape was the one
    that showed some excitement.  It is good to see some names other than
    all Penske at the top of the list.
    
    Well, it would seem that its OK for Mr. Tracy to "4 point" someone, but
    not OK if its done to him.  Re. -.1, maybe Michael is just letting Paul 
    know who will be boss:^)
    
    Thanks again for the update!
    
    CRE

    
    			Road America 11-Sep-1994.
    
   	Jacques Villeneuve took his first Indy car win yesterday and with
    it the "Rookie of the Year" title. Al Unser Jnr came in right on
    Villeneuve's tail to take 2nd place and the '94 PPG Drivers Championship.
    Nigel Mansell, the '93 champion, was the first to congratulate Jnr (or
    was he asking him for money?? 8-) on taking the title.
    
    JBG

    With Al Jr. now the PPG champ, that leaves Emmo and Paul Tracy close at
    heels for 2nd and 3rd places in the championship points race.  With
    Paul's non-finish this last time out, Emmo gained a few points to
    remain in 2nd place.
    
    Now wouldn't it be interesting if that is the way it ends up at the end
    of race season, Al Jr., - 1st, Emmo - 2nd, Paul T., - 3rd, all by the
    way Penskes!
    
    How's that for history in the making?!  ;)
    
    It was also interesting to note, at least with the ESPN coverage, to
    see Emmo standing with Jacques in the winners circle.  Emmo was there
    to congratulate Jacques for his win.  I guess Emmo knew Jacques father. 
    

    -1
    
    Yes, Emmo and Gilles Villeneuve drove F1 together; Emmo seemed rather
    proud and I think he pointed skyward when he commented that "Gilles
    would be proud".
    
    I thought young Jacques drove a heckuva race.  I know Paul Tracy
    said his car started to fade (giving Jacques a chance to pass), but
    it looked like a pretty slick, gutsy move on Villeneuve's part to
    me (IMHO).
    
    The Penske domination reminds me of the demise of CanAm racing.
    Obviously, the gasoline crisis in the early 70's drove the last nails
    into CanAm's coffin, but the total dominance of Team Penske and Team
    McLaren helped kill that form of racing (IMO).  It was OK watching
    McLaren and Penske go at it, but there were a lot of excellent 
    drivers who just didn't have the kind of bucks it takes to pay for
    that type of engineering, so they fell by the wayside; I hope this
    doesn't happen to the PPG series.
    
    

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       INDYCAR:  Standings After Road America, September 11, 1994
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           AL UNSER, JR clinches the PPG World Series Title!

            [All inactive drivers have three digit numbers]

                                              TOT  -Behind--
            POS CAR Driver Name               PTS  1st  Next
            --- --- ------------------------- ---- ---- ----
             1. #31 AL UNSER JR. (USA)        209    0    0
             2. # 2 EMERSON FITTIPALDI (BRA)  151   58   58
             3. # 8 MICHAEL ANDRETTI (USA)    114   95   37
             4. # 3 PAUL TRACY (CAN)          108  101    6
             5. # 9 ROBBY GORDON (USA)        104  105    4
             6. # 1 NIGEL MANSELL (GBR)        83  126   21
             7. #12 JACQUES VILLENEUVE (CAN)   75  134    8
             8. # 5 RAUL BOESEL (BRA)          62  147   13
             9. #11 TEO FABI (ITA)             61  148    1
            10. # 4 BOBBY RAHAL (USA)          59  150    2
            11. #40 SCOTT GOODYEAR (CAN)       50  159    9
            12. #16 STEFAN JOHANSSON (SWE)     46  163    4
            13. # 6 MARIO ANDRETTI (USA)       45  164    1
            14. #18 JIMMY VASSER (USA)         42  167    3
            15. # 7 ADRIAN FERNANDEZ (MEX)     40  169    2
            16. #88 MAURICIO GUGELMIN (BRA)    36  173    4
            17. #17 DOMINIC DOBSON (USA)       27  182    9
            18. #28 ARIE LUYENDYK (HOL)        26  183    1
            19. #15 MARK SMITH (USA)           16  193   10
            20. #10 MIKE GROFF (USA)           15  194    1
            21. #71 SCOTT SHARP (USA)          14  195    1
            22.#095 BRIAN HERTA (USA)          11  198    3
            23. #24 WILLY T. RIBBS (USA)       10  199    1
            24. #19 A. ZAMPEDRI (ITA)           9  200    1
            25. #22 HIRO MATSUSHITA (JPN)       8  201    1
            26. #33 JOHN ANDRETTI (USA)         6  203    2
            27. #60 ANDREA MONTERMINI (ITA)     6  203    0
            28. #14 EDDIE CHEEVER (USA)         5  204    1
            29. #25 MARCO GRECO (BRA)           2  207    3
            30. #64 CHRISTIAN DANNER (GER)      2  207    0
            31. #42 BRIAN TILL (USA)            1  208    1
            32. #50 FRANCK FREON (FRA)          1  208    0
            33.#094 DAVY JONES (USA)            1  208    0


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    re: last 2,
    
    I, too, have mixed feelings with the Panske domination of this season. 
    If I understand correctly, it has been since 1988 that a Penske
    car/team/driver captured the PPG Championship.  So, in that respect, it
    is nice to see.  
    
    Where it gets mixed is that all 3 cars are at the top of the points
    list and the number of 1/2 and 1/2/3 finishes this year.  Let's hope for 
    next season that some of the other teams can pick up some of *Penske* the 
    magic.
    
    The points standings are rather interesting.  Wouldn't it be
    interesting to see young Villneuve move up one notch on the list to
    punt Nige out of his place in the standings.  He isn't that far off.

    Nazareth was a good race. I believe they finished Tracy, Unser Jr,
    Fittipaldi, Boesel, Johanssen and Fabi (pls correct me if I'm wrong).
    
    Mario was just .... well Mario.....   It was also interesting to see Al
    jr go FLYING by Michael. Penske dominance was a site to see.
    
    jim

    Did anyone see, or *participate* in the duel TV coverage of this race?
    
    I recorded both channels, ESPN and ESPN2.  ESPN coverage was typical
    coverage, but the 2 was all in-car cameras!  They had 12 different
    cameras spread across 6 cars - Mansell, Mi Andretti, Gordon, Rahal,
    Fernandez, and Dobson.  There was very little commentary, mostly
    driving with the different cars, - boy was it disconcerting to see those 
    Penske cars come whipping by 8^) - and engine sounds!
    
    They even had some of the 2-way radio traffic between the drivers and
    their pits/team.
    
    It certainly was a different experience.
    
    Carl
    

    I taped both (one Sunday, one Wednesday Morning) as well.  I thought
    the ESPN2 experiment was really useful.  There were only a couple of
    problems: the camera cars tended to be either uncompetitive, or
    they dropped out early; and the radio/picture synchronization was
    off.  For example, at one point we heard Robby Gordon talking to
    Derrick Walker, but we had video of Michael Andretti.

    By the way, I rented a scanner at Michigan and realized that Robby
    talks more than any other five drivers put together.  "Derrick, what's
    my P?"  "Derrick, should I pit?" "Derrick, 'king Hiro just cut me off
    again."  Derrick, the handling bites."  Blah blah blah.  The funniest
    thing, though, is counting how many times Walker says, "Now take it
    easy out there, Robby. It's a long race."

    I think the absence of chattering commentators was the most significant 
    benefit of the whole thing.  Between the on-screen status updates and
    the brief breakaways to show out-of-car shots of the various incidents,
    it was a heck of an enjoyable way to watch a race.  Hope they do this
    frequently, if not all the time, when ESPN3 comes up in '97.  (All
    In-Car, All The Time :-) ).

    According to National Speed Sport News, Raoul Boesel has signed on with
    Bobby Rahal and Carl Hogan in '95. Sponsorship has not yet been
    announced, but it is for all 17 races on next years schedule. 
    
    Also, Paul Tracey has been testing/practicing with Benneton in
    Portugal. This could be a prelude for Tracey to get into F1 in the '96
    or '97 timeframe. Also, Cristian Fittipaldi has been campaining to
    drive IndyCar possibly next year. He's talked with Newman/Hass and 
    Jim Hall/Pennzoil about a possible ride.
    
    
    Mark

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AP wire services report that Eddie Cheever, who has taken over for the 
injured Bryan Herta, will drive for A.J. Foyt next year.  Herta, who 
raced for Foyt this year until a season-ending injury, is expected to be 
announced as the primary driver for Chip Ganassi next year.  Ganassi may 
yet run another two-car effort (thought possibly out of separate garages) as 
Gugelmin, Ganassi's current #2 driver, is trying to finalize sponsorship 
matters to race for the team.

Additionally, Newman-Haas is expected to officially announce that Michael 
Andretti will race for them next year and that the team will be gaining 
Budweiser sponsorship.  Haas is trying to work out the details with Paul 
Tracy this week for the secong Newman-Haas ride, but Penske has delayed 
announcement on his option of Tracy until after the season finale at 
Laguna Seca this weekend.

Jonathan

    USA Today carried the Cheever story as a confirmed deal.  Ganassi is
    supposed to announce his new driver after Laguna Seca.
    
    George

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             INDYCAR:  Laguna Seca Results, October 9, 1994
            ================================================

FIN (STR CAR                                                RACE TOT
POS POS) NUM Driver Name (Ctry)                             PTS  PTS
              Sponsor Chassis/Engine

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 1. ( 1)  3+ PAUL TRACY (CAN)................................22  152
              Marlboro Penske 94/Ilmor Indy V8/D
 2. ( 8)  5  RAUL BOESEL (BRA)...............................16   90
              Duracell Lola T9400/Ford Cosworth XB
 3. ( 2) 12  JACQUES VILLENEUVE (CAN)........................14   94
              Player's Ltd Reynard 94I/Ford Cosworth XB
 4. ( 9)  2  EMERSON FITTIPALDI (BRA)........................12  178
              Marlboro Penske 94/Ilmor Indy V8/D
 5. ( 7) 11  TEO FABI (ITA)..................................10   79
              Pennzoil Reynard 94I/Ilmor Indy V8/D
 6. (10) 28  ARIE LUYENDYK (HOL)..............................8   34
              Eurosport/Boost Lola T9400/Ilmor Indy V8/D
 7. (16)  7  ADRIAN FERNANDEZ (MEX)...........................6   46
              Tecate/Quaker State Reynard 94I/Ilmor Indy V8/D
 8. ( 3)  1  NIGEL MANSELL (GBR)..............................5   88
              K-Mart/Texaco Lola T9400/Ford Cosworth XB
 9. (na) 60  ANDREA MONTERMINI (ITA)..........................4   10
              Budweiser Lola T9300/Ford Cosworth XB
10. (14) 17  DOMINIC DOBSON (USA).............................3   30
              PacWest Lola T9400/Ford Cosworth XB
11. (23) 24  WILLY T. RIBBS (USA).............................2   12
              Service Merchandise Lola T9300/Ford Cosworth XB
12. ( 6) 16  STEFAN JOHANSSON (SWE)...........................1   57
              Alumax Penske 93/Ilmor Indy V8/C
13. ( 5)  9  ROBBY GORDON (USA)...............................0  104
              Valvoline/Cummins Lola T9400/Ford Cosworth XB
14. (13) 15  MARK SMITH (USA).................................0   17
              Craftsman Tools Lola T9400/Ford Cosworth XB
15. (24) 10  MIKE GROFF (USA).................................0   17
              Motorola Lola T9400/Honda Indy V8+
16. (29) 19  A. ZAMPEDRI (ITA)................................0    9
              Mi-Jack Lola T9300/Ford Cosworth XB
17. (26) 49  PARKER JOHNSTONE (USA)...........................0    0
              Computech Lola T9300/Honda Indy V8
18. (na) 50  FRANCK FREON (FRA)...............................0    1
              AGIP/Hawaiian Tropic Lola T9300/Ilmor Indy V8/C
19. (12)  6  MARIO ANDRETTI (USA).............................0   45
              K-Mart/Havoline Lola T9400/Ford Cosworth XB
20. ( 4) 31  AL UNSER JR. (USA)...............................0  225
              Marlboro Penske 94/Ilmor Indy V8/D
21. (20) 71  SCOTT SHARP (USA)................................0   14
              PacWest Lola T9400/Ford Cosworth XB
22. (19) 88  MAURICIO GUGELMIN (BRA)..........................0   39
              Hollywood Blends Reynard 94I/Ford Cosworth XB
23. (22) 22  HIRO MATSUSHITA (JPN)............................0    8
              Panasonic Lola T9400/Ford Cosworth XB
24. (28) 25  MARCO GRECO (BRA)................................0    2
              INT Sports LTD Lola T9400/Ford Cosworth XB
25. (17) 14  EDDIE CHEEVER (USA)..............................0    5
              Foyt Copenhagen Racing Lola T9300/Ford Cosworth XB
26. (15) 18  JIMMY VASSER (USA)...............................0   42
              Conseco/STP Reynard 94I/Ford Cosworth XB
27. (21) 40  SCOTT GOODYEAR (CAN).............................0   55
              Budweiser Lola T9400/Ford Cosworth XB
28. (11)  8  MICHAEL ANDRETTI (USA)...........................0  118
              Target/Scotch Reynard 94I/Ford Cosworth XB
29. (18)  4  BOBBY RAHAL (USA)................................0   59
              Miller Genuine Draft Lola T9400/Honda Indy V8+

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           Paul Tracy was the fastest qualifier.
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Subject: INDYCAR: Final standings (Racetrak)
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                   INDYCAR:  Final Season Standings 
                  After Laguna Seca, October 9, 1994
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                                              TOT  -Behind--
            POS CAR Driver Name               PTS  1st  Next
            --- --- ------------------------- ---- ---- ----
             1. #31 AL UNSER JR. (USA)        225    0    0
             2. # 2 EMERSON FITTIPALDI (BRA)  178   47   47
             3. # 3 PAUL TRACY (CAN)          152   73   26
             4. # 8 MICHAEL ANDRETTI (USA)    118  107   34
             5. # 9 ROBBY GORDON (USA)        104  121   14
             6. #12 JACQUES VILLENEUVE (CAN)   94  131   10
             7. # 5 RAUL BOESEL (BRA)          90  135    4
             8. # 1 NIGEL MANSELL (GBR)        88  137    2
             9. #11 TEO FABI (ITA)             79  146    9
            10. # 4 BOBBY RAHAL (USA)          59  166   20
            11. #16 STEFAN JOHANSSON (SWE)     57  168    2
            12. #40 SCOTT GOODYEAR (CAN)       55  170    2
            13. # 7 ADRIAN FERNANDEZ (MEX)     46  179    9
            14. # 6 MARIO ANDRETTI (USA)       45  180    1
            15. #18 JIMMY VASSER (USA)         42  183    3
            16. #88 MAURICIO GUGELMIN (BRA)    39  186    3
            17. #28 ARIE LUYENDYK (HOL)        34  191    5
            18. #17 DOMINIC DOBSON (USA)       30  195    4
            19. #10 MIKE GROFF (USA)           17  208   13
            20. #15 MARK SMITH (USA)           17  208    0
            21. #71 SCOTT SHARP (USA)          14  211    3
            22. #24 WILLY T. RIBBS (USA)       12  213    2
            23.#095 BRIAN HERTA (USA)          11  214    1
            24. #60 ANDREA MONTERMINI (ITA)    10  215    1
            25. #19 A. ZAMPEDRI (ITA)           9  216    1
            26. #22 HIRO MATSUSHITA (JPN)       8  217    1
            27. #14 EDDIE CHEEVER (USA)         5  220    3
            28. #33 JOHN ANDRETTI (USA)         3  222    2
            29. #25 MARCO GRECO (BRA)           2  223    1
            30. #64 CHRISTIAN DANNER (GER)      2  223    0
            31. #42 BRIAN TILL (USA)            1  224    1
            32. #50 FRANCK FREON (FRA)          1  224    0
            33.#094 DAVY JONES (USA)            1  224    0


** **   ** ***** **    ** *****    ***    *****   Jack Durbin
** **** ** **  ** **  **  **      ** **   **  **  Tallahassee, Florida
** ** **** **  **   **    **     *******  *****   [email protected]
** **   ** *****    **    ***** **     ** **   **

    Heard today on the radio that it is official. Paul Tracy is now at
    Newman Haas with Michael A.
    
    Should be a strong team next year, both drivers have something to
    prove and Newman Haas have lots of money to let them show off.
    
    Fred