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| 367.1 | Our Nige - Your Nige - Their Nige | YUPPY::PATEMAN | Cuore Sportivo | Tue Oct 03 1995 04:26 | 9 |
| Seems as good a place as any -
Your old buddy Nigel Mansell is reported as having options to return to
Indy racing in 1996 if a drive in F1 doesn't materialise. Given the
filling of most competitive seats in F1 already (with the possible
exception of Sauber or some deal with a new Lola team) looks like you
may well have him back. Any good seats left?
Paul
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| 367.2 | | PROXY::J_EVANS | | Tue Oct 03 1995 09:27 | 4 |
| I'd like to see him back in INDY cars, even if it wasn't a
competitive ride next year....
jim
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| 367.3 | anybody's nige... | ORAREP::BOIKO | Mike Boiko | Tue Oct 03 1995 10:39 | 6 |
| re .1
...sure we'll take him back again... Let me see what teams still have
open seats left..?
-mike-
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| 367.4 | | LJSRV2::ALLEGREZZA | George Allegrezza @LJO | Tue Oct 03 1995 12:25 | 7 |
| He's got enough capital to establish his own team and get it underway
while he searches for sponsorship. Unlike in F1, you can buy a pretty
competitive package off the shelf.
What did we ever do to deserve this? :-)
George
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| 367.5 | an hypothetical answer | PCBUOA::PLATT | | Tue Oct 03 1995 16:50 | 4 |
| re: "what did we ever do to deserve this?"
Establish the IRL???
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| 367.6 | | BSS::JILSON | COSROCS -- In Thrust We Trust | Fri Jan 05 1996 15:32 | 31 |
| Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport.info
From: "Lee A. Driggers" <[email protected]>
Subject: IRL: WDW schedule
INDY 200 AT WALT DISNEY WORLD
EVENT SCHEDULE
JANUARY 25 - 27, 1996
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1996
8:00 AM Gates Open To Public
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM F2000 Practice
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Indy 200 Practice
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Indy 200 Practice
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM F2000 Qualifications
FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1996
8:00 AM Gates Open to Public
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM F2000 Warm Up
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Indy 200 Practice
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Lunch
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Indy 200 Qualifications
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM F2000 Race
SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1996
8:00 AM Gates Open to Public
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Indy 200 Warm Up
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Opening Ceremonies
12:30 PM Indy 200 at Walt Disney World
*PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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| 367.7 | where and when?? | POLAR::RENAUDP | land o the SKI:home o the CRAZED | Wed Jan 10 1996 10:31 | 3 |
| Will this be televised?
Pablo
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| 367.8 | | BSS::JILSON | COSROCS -- In Thrust We Trust | Wed Jan 10 1996 13:43 | 1 |
| I believe ABC will be doing it live or same day.
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| 367.9 | tanks main | POLAR::RENAUDP | land o the SKI:home o the CRAZED | Wed Jan 10 1996 14:36 | 1 |
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| 367.10 | | BSS::JILSON | COSROCS -- In Thrust We Trust | Wed Jan 10 1996 15:56 | 38 |
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From: "Lee A. Driggers" <[email protected]>
Subject: IRL: WDW testing to start, Evans buys Scandia
For Immediate Release
WDWS TESTING BEGINS TUESDAY; EVANS BUYS OUT SCANDIA/SIMON
INDIANAPOLIS, January 8, 1996 -- With the Indy 200 at Walt Disney World
less than three weeks away on Saturday, Jan. 27 (ABC Sports) as the
inaugural event for the Indy Racing League, 1996 testing for the Walt Disney
World Speedway starts Tuesday at the new one-mile tri-oval race track
outside the Magic Kingdom theme park in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Up first will be Scandia/Simon Racing with Indianapolis 500 veterans Lyn
St. James and Eliseo Salazar of Chile. Today team co-owners Andy Evans and
Dick Simon announced that Evans had purchased the remaining 51 percent of
the race team from Simon. Evans is team CEO, Simon is chief engineer and
general manager. Further information is available through the Scandia/Simon
offices in Indianapolis at 317/481-2222.
# # #
JOHN PAUL JR. NAMED TO RIDE: Indianapolis veteran John Paul Jr. has been
named to drive the 1995 Lola Ford entered by Automatic Fire Sprinklers in
Indy 200 at Walt Disney World. The entry is the same race car Scott Pruett
drove to victory in last summer's Michigan 500, a race Paul won in 1983.
# # #
TESTING INFORMATION: Daily testing, event and IRL information updates will
be available via fax. For information on obtaining the fax reports, contact
the IMS Public Relations office in Indianapolis at 317/484-6780. Jan
Shaffer of the IMS media services staff and IRL public relations will be in
Orlando providing the reports. If you need to reach him directly for
assistance during testing, he can be contacted at 407/939-0502 daily through
Jan. 19. Contact numbers for event week (Jan. 21-27) will appear in this
daily report when they are finalized.
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| 367.11 | | BSS::JILSON | COSROCS -- In Thrust We Trust | Wed Jan 10 1996 15:57 | 62 |
| Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport.info
From: "Lee A. Driggers" <[email protected]>
Subject: IRL: WDW testing notes 96-01-09
For Immediate Release
SALAZAR FASTEST AS WDWS TESTING RESUMES
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., January 9, 1996 -- Eliseo Salazar, driving a
Scandia/Simon machine, was the fastest of the first day of 1996 testing at
Walt Disney World Speedway today with a lap of 20.480 seconds, 175.781 miles
per hour. Salazar was one of five drivers on the track.
"We did 20.4 seconds," Salazar said. "The last time, we did 19.8. The track
needs some more cars running on it before it'll be as quick as last month."
Scott Brayton was second fastest in a Team Menard car at 173.997, followed
closely by rookie Stan Wattles at 173.410 in a Leigh Miller Racing entry.
###
Lyn St. James put in her first laps at speed at the world's newest
superspeedway Tuesday and posted a fastest lap of 156.126 miles per hour in
one of Scandia/Simon Racing's machines. She drove a Scandia/Simon machine
in the five-car, five-lap track dedication ceremonies Nov. 28.
"This was my first time in a race car since Michigan (last August), other
than those five (formation) laps," St. James said. "I've been trying to
stay unrusty with my 125cc shifter kart. It's a pretty serious go-kart. It
goes about 140 miles an hour."
The second woman ever to make an Indianapolis 500 field has scheduled an
announcement for Wednesday on her 1996 plans.
###
Salazar explained the track to the group of young and rookie drivers in a
meeting before the first round of testing in December. It was less than a
year ago when Salazar, a Formula One veteran, competed on an oval for the
first time.
"You have to adapt to the sheer speed of running so much faster constantly,"
Salazar said Tuesday of the adjustment. "You have to get used to the rhythm
lap after lap. Running on your own is not that difficult, but running a race
with 20-something cars, finding the lines...
"It's like being in a video game for an hour and a half."
Salazar will be in the video business Thursday morning. A production company
is featuring him in a commercial being shot here for his sponsor, Cristal,
the largest selling beer in Chile.
###
Unofficial fastest speeds from USAC Timing and Scoring:
DRIVER TEAM LAPS FAST TIME FAST SPEED
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Eliseo Salazar Scandia/Simon Racing 103 20.480 175.781
Scott Brayton Team Menard 63 20.690 173.997
Stan Wattles Leigh Miller Racing 82 20.760 173.410
Michele Alboreto Scandia/Simon Racing 63 20.930 172.001
Lyn St. James Scandia/Simon Racing 97 22.970 156.726
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| 367.12 | | BSS::JILSON | COSROCS -- In Thrust We Trust | Thu Jan 11 1996 13:28 | 78 |
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From: "Lee A. Driggers" <[email protected]>
Subject: IRL: St. James signs with Simon
For Immediate Release
LYN ST. JAMES, LIFETIME CABLE JOIN SCANDIA/SIMON RACING FOR IRL SEASON
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA., January 10, 1996 -- Lyn St. James, the second woman
ever to make an Indianapolis 500 field and the race's 1992 Rookie of the
Year, has signed with Scandia/Simon Racing for the 1996 Indy Racing League
season and will run in the inaugural Indy 200 at Walt Disney World.
St. James will drive a Lola/Ford-Cosworth called The Lifetime Car, sponsored
by Lifetime cable, television for women.
"Lifetime's taken an active role in women's sports programming and will be
airing a series of vignettes on Lyn's career in the two-week period leading
into the five IRL races," said Nick DeBellis, vice president of corporate
marketing for Integrated Sports International, who finalized the deal.
"We're evaluating additional sponsor partners that will tie in well with our
current package."
St. James has two previous starts on mile tracks at Phoenix in 1993 and at
Milwaukee last year.
"I actually like them," St. James said. "I loved Phoenix and I also liked
Milwaukee. You drive them more like a road course. At Indy, you're
threading the needle. But this brings back road-racing experience."
###
At 2:04 p.m., Scott Brayton in a Team Menard machine went high at the exit
of Turn 1 and hit the wall with the right-side tires, knocking off the right
front. The car came to a stop in the middle of the backstretch. Brayton
was uninjured. The car sustained right-side damage.
###
Rookie Stan Wattles now has five days of Indianapolis car testing under his
belt and talked about the new experience.
"What has surprised me is how comfortable I feel in the car," Wattles said.
"It feels very natural. I've learned more and more every day...with each
lap, with each line I take into every turn. I'll continue to approach every
lap and every situation in cautious fashion. I'm anxious to run with more
cars to see how everything goes. But I know I'm ready."
###
Michele Alboreto returned to Disney World for a second testing session.
"I feel like it's home now," he said today. "I don't want to say I'm ready
for the race but 80 percent of the work is done. It surprised me how easy
it is to go close to the wall without touching. You have to be confident
with yourself. The closer you go to the wall and the more you understand
the car, the quicker you're running.
"It surprised me how well the team accepted me. We're like a family. The
last three or four years in Formula One, I felt very uncomfortable. It's
the start of a new era for my career. We have a good feeling."
He attended the Indianapolis 500 once, in 1993.
"(Then) I decided that one day I would be there," Alboreto said. "It was
one of the best shows I've ever seen in my life. I always dreamed to be
there one day. Now it appears that dream can come true."
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Unofficial Fastest Speeds From USAC Timing & Scoring:
DRIVER TEAM LAPS FAST TIME FAST SPEED
Eliseo Salazar Scandia/Simon Racing 160 19.850 181.360
Michele Alboreto Scandia/Simon Racing 133 20.620 174.587
Stan Wattles Leigh Miller Racing 100 20.700 173.913
Scott Brayton Team Menard 27 20.950 171.837
Lyn St. James Scandia/Simon Racing 132 22.320 161.290
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