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Miller - Hostess Twinkies Named the Official Pastry!
Does a tree falling in the forest still make a sound if no one is around
to hear it fall?
If ChampCar runs a race are they still considered dead if nobody watches? I
say yes to both.
http :// www .speedtv,com /commentary/35861/
MILLER: Little Earthquakes
Written by: Robin Miller
Monterey, Calif. - 3/9/2007
"In the land of earthquakes, they were announcements that could only be
described as a seven on the Richter scale.
Zsolt Baumgartner named test and reserve driver for Minardi Team USA.
Tristan Gommendy named the second driver for PKV Racing.
Mazda named the official vehicle.
Matt Halliday is testing the Conquest entry.
Holmatro Rescue Tools named title sponsor of the safety team.
Pacific Coast Motorsports unveiled its paint scheme.
Hostess Twinkies named the official pastry.
OK, that last one was a joke but, for the most part, so was Thursday's Champ
Car's Media Day at Laguna Seca. With the promise of some blockbuster
announcements from series co-owner Kevin Kalkhoven, the slim media
contingent instead received the nebulous news above.
Make no mistake, a month before the season opener at Las Vegas it was good
to have Alex Tagliani (Rocketsports) and Gommendy confirmed as drivers to
put the official number at 10.
It was also good for Paul Newman and Carl Haas to welcome Mike Lanigan as a
partner and now it's Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing, which hopefully is going to
officially announce Graham Rahal as the second shoe before he turns 21 (for
the record, he's 18).
But, in terms of newsworthiness, it was hardly "stop the presses" material.
Gommandy evidently got the nod at PKV over veteran Oriol Servia because he's
bringing $2 million from a yet-to-be-named foreign sponsor.
Baumgartner, who once drove for Minardi owner Paul Stoddart in Formula 1,
appears to be in line to drive the Minardi two-seat F1 machine at this year's
Champ Car events. That's about all the seat time he'll get since testing is
very limited by the rules.
Mazda, owned by Ford which had been a presenting sponsor and partner of
Champ Car, will supply pace cars and some courtesy vehicles.
And having a title sponsor for the safety team is nice but there's still no
title sponsor for a series that's desperately in need of money for its
teams.
To be honest, the real news here wasn't the feel-good kind.
Katherine Legge politely declined to participate in Media Day because she
says she still doesn't have a firm deal with any team.
Justin Wilson, last year's runner-up and Bourdais' top challenger, arrived
at the track to learn his RuSPORT team had entered into a "technical"
partnership with Rocketsports and there's been serious talk of moving the
Colorado-based team to Lansing, Mich. Let's just say the classy Englishman
is less than enamored with any and all of that news. Ditto for his crew.
Three-time series runner-up Bruno Junqueira is spending one day in Dale
Coyne's car here, as is Canadian Andrew Ranger, but neither has a seat for
the season.
Mexico's Mario Dominguez showed up to look for work while Nelson Philippe,
who scored his initial win last year, is a no-show because his family is not
writing any more checks and claims if he can't be paid to drive, he'll be a
spectator.
Dan Clarke, a rookie in 2006, is pounding the pavement but has nothing yet.
Servia, a loyal veteran of Champ Car since 2000, is also walking around with
his helmet but no place to put it.
For the record, that's a total of seven full-timers from '06 who are in
limbo and, with RuSPORT definitely cutting back to one car, Rocketsports
only fielding one and Gerry Forsythe still sticking to his guns about not
running a second car without funding, there's less opportunity than ever
before in a series that's been around since 1979.
Right now, unless some things change drastically in the next couple weeks,
it's looking like 16 starters in the opener at Las Vegas on April 8.
But the best news for Champ Car is that nobody noticed, because Media Day
didn't get a lot of national play. No USA Today. No L.A. Times. No
Indianapolis Star. No Las Vegas papers. Not even new broadcast and marketing
"partner" ESPN bothered to send anybody.
It was just a quaint little group. Tristan, Zsolt, a few Internet sites, one
racing weekly and SPEED. We came, we saw and we shook our heads."
Does a tree falling in the forest still make a sound if no one is around
to hear it fall?
If ChampCar runs a race are they still considered dead if nobody watches? I
say yes to both.
http :// www .speedtv,com /commentary/35861/
MILLER: Little Earthquakes
Written by: Robin Miller
Monterey, Calif. - 3/9/2007
"In the land of earthquakes, they were announcements that could only be
described as a seven on the Richter scale.
Zsolt Baumgartner named test and reserve driver for Minardi Team USA.
Tristan Gommendy named the second driver for PKV Racing.
Mazda named the official vehicle.
Matt Halliday is testing the Conquest entry.
Holmatro Rescue Tools named title sponsor of the safety team.
Pacific Coast Motorsports unveiled its paint scheme.
Hostess Twinkies named the official pastry.
OK, that last one was a joke but, for the most part, so was Thursday's Champ
Car's Media Day at Laguna Seca. With the promise of some blockbuster
announcements from series co-owner Kevin Kalkhoven, the slim media
contingent instead received the nebulous news above.
Make no mistake, a month before the season opener at Las Vegas it was good
to have Alex Tagliani (Rocketsports) and Gommendy confirmed as drivers to
put the official number at 10.
It was also good for Paul Newman and Carl Haas to welcome Mike Lanigan as a
partner and now it's Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing, which hopefully is going to
officially announce Graham Rahal as the second shoe before he turns 21 (for
the record, he's 18).
But, in terms of newsworthiness, it was hardly "stop the presses" material.
Gommandy evidently got the nod at PKV over veteran Oriol Servia because he's
bringing $2 million from a yet-to-be-named foreign sponsor.
Baumgartner, who once drove for Minardi owner Paul Stoddart in Formula 1,
appears to be in line to drive the Minardi two-seat F1 machine at this year's
Champ Car events. That's about all the seat time he'll get since testing is
very limited by the rules.
Mazda, owned by Ford which had been a presenting sponsor and partner of
Champ Car, will supply pace cars and some courtesy vehicles.
And having a title sponsor for the safety team is nice but there's still no
title sponsor for a series that's desperately in need of money for its
teams.
To be honest, the real news here wasn't the feel-good kind.
Katherine Legge politely declined to participate in Media Day because she
says she still doesn't have a firm deal with any team.
Justin Wilson, last year's runner-up and Bourdais' top challenger, arrived
at the track to learn his RuSPORT team had entered into a "technical"
partnership with Rocketsports and there's been serious talk of moving the
Colorado-based team to Lansing, Mich. Let's just say the classy Englishman
is less than enamored with any and all of that news. Ditto for his crew.
Three-time series runner-up Bruno Junqueira is spending one day in Dale
Coyne's car here, as is Canadian Andrew Ranger, but neither has a seat for
the season.
Mexico's Mario Dominguez showed up to look for work while Nelson Philippe,
who scored his initial win last year, is a no-show because his family is not
writing any more checks and claims if he can't be paid to drive, he'll be a
spectator.
Dan Clarke, a rookie in 2006, is pounding the pavement but has nothing yet.
Servia, a loyal veteran of Champ Car since 2000, is also walking around with
his helmet but no place to put it.
For the record, that's a total of seven full-timers from '06 who are in
limbo and, with RuSPORT definitely cutting back to one car, Rocketsports
only fielding one and Gerry Forsythe still sticking to his guns about not
running a second car without funding, there's less opportunity than ever
before in a series that's been around since 1979.
Right now, unless some things change drastically in the next couple weeks,
it's looking like 16 starters in the opener at Las Vegas on April 8.
But the best news for Champ Car is that nobody noticed, because Media Day
didn't get a lot of national play. No USA Today. No L.A. Times. No
Indianapolis Star. No Las Vegas papers. Not even new broadcast and marketing
"partner" ESPN bothered to send anybody.
It was just a quaint little group. Tristan, Zsolt, a few Internet sites, one
racing weekly and SPEED. We came, we saw and we shook our heads."
Re: Miller - Hostess Twinkies Named the Official Pastry!
On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:11:45 GMT, "Von Fourche"
<Khonakong@hotmail,com > wrote:
> http :// www .speedtv,com /commentary/35861/
>
>
>MILLER: Little Earthquakes
>Written by: Robin Miller
> Monterey, Calif. - 3/9/2007
>
>
> "In the land of earthquakes, they were announcements that could only be
>described as a seven on the Richter scale.
>
>Zsolt Baumgartner named test and reserve driver for Minardi Team USA.
>
>Tristan Gommendy named the second driver for PKV Racing.
>
>Mazda named the official vehicle.
>
>Matt Halliday is testing the Conquest entry.
>
>Holmatro Rescue Tools named title sponsor of the safety team.
>
>Pacific Coast Motorsports unveiled its paint scheme.
>
>Hostess Twinkies named the official pastry.
>
>OK, that last one was a joke but, for the most part, so was Thursday's Champ
>Car's Media Day at Laguna Seca. With the promise of some blockbuster
>announcements from series co-owner Kevin Kalkhoven, the slim media
>contingent instead received the nebulous news above.
>
>Make no mistake, a month before the season opener at Las Vegas it was good
>to have Alex Tagliani (Rocketsports) and Gommendy confirmed as drivers to
>put the official number at 10.
>
>It was also good for Paul Newman and Carl Haas to welcome Mike Lanigan as a
>partner and now it's Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing, which hopefully is going to
>officially announce Graham Rahal as the second shoe before he turns 21 (for
>the record, he's 18).
>
>But, in terms of newsworthiness, it was hardly "stop the presses" material.
>
>Gommandy evidently got the nod at PKV over veteran Oriol Servia because he's
>bringing $2 million from a yet-to-be-named foreign sponsor.
>
>Baumgartner, who once drove for Minardi owner Paul Stoddart in Formula 1,
>appears to be in line to drive the Minardi two-seat F1 machine at this year's
>Champ Car events. That's about all the seat time he'll get since testing is
>very limited by the rules.
>
>Mazda, owned by Ford which had been a presenting sponsor and partner of
>Champ Car, will supply pace cars and some courtesy vehicles.
>
>And having a title sponsor for the safety team is nice but there's still no
>title sponsor for a series that's desperately in need of money for its
>teams.
>
>To be honest, the real news here wasn't the feel-good kind.
>
>Katherine Legge politely declined to participate in Media Day because she
>says she still doesn't have a firm deal with any team.
>
>Justin Wilson, last year's runner-up and Bourdais' top challenger, arrived
>at the track to learn his RuSPORT team had entered into a "technical"
>partnership with Rocketsports and there's been serious talk of moving the
>Colorado-based team to Lansing, Mich. Let's just say the classy Englishman
>is less than enamored with any and all of that news. Ditto for his crew.
>
>Three-time series runner-up Bruno Junqueira is spending one day in Dale
>Coyne's car here, as is Canadian Andrew Ranger, but neither has a seat for
>the season.
>
>Mexico's Mario Dominguez showed up to look for work while Nelson Philippe,
>who scored his initial win last year, is a no-show because his family is not
>writing any more checks and claims if he can't be paid to drive, he'll be a
>spectator.
>
>Dan Clarke, a rookie in 2006, is pounding the pavement but has nothing yet.
>
>Servia, a loyal veteran of Champ Car since 2000, is also walking around with
>his helmet but no place to put it.
>
>For the record, that's a total of seven full-timers from '06 who are in
>limbo and, with RuSPORT definitely cutting back to one car, Rocketsports
>only fielding one and Gerry Forsythe still sticking to his guns about not
>running a second car without funding, there's less opportunity than ever
>before in a series that's been around since 1979.
>
>Right now, unless some things change drastically in the next couple weeks,
>it's looking like 16 starters in the opener at Las Vegas on April 8.
>
>But the best news for Champ Car is that nobody noticed, because Media Day
>didn't get a lot of national play. No USA Today. No L.A. Times. No
>Indianapolis Star. No Las Vegas papers. Not even new broadcast and marketing
>"partner" ESPN bothered to send anybody.
>
>It was just a quaint little group. Tristan, Zsolt, a few Internet sites, one
>racing weekly and SPEED. We came, we saw and we shook our heads."
Cue the large female.
On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:11:45 GMT, "Von Fourche"
<Khonakong@hotmail,com > wrote:
> http :// www .speedtv,com /commentary/35861/
>
>
>MILLER: Little Earthquakes
>Written by: Robin Miller
> Monterey, Calif. - 3/9/2007
>
>
> "In the land of earthquakes, they were announcements that could only be
>described as a seven on the Richter scale.
>
>Zsolt Baumgartner named test and reserve driver for Minardi Team USA.
>
>Tristan Gommendy named the second driver for PKV Racing.
>
>Mazda named the official vehicle.
>
>Matt Halliday is testing the Conquest entry.
>
>Holmatro Rescue Tools named title sponsor of the safety team.
>
>Pacific Coast Motorsports unveiled its paint scheme.
>
>Hostess Twinkies named the official pastry.
>
>OK, that last one was a joke but, for the most part, so was Thursday's Champ
>Car's Media Day at Laguna Seca. With the promise of some blockbuster
>announcements from series co-owner Kevin Kalkhoven, the slim media
>contingent instead received the nebulous news above.
>
>Make no mistake, a month before the season opener at Las Vegas it was good
>to have Alex Tagliani (Rocketsports) and Gommendy confirmed as drivers to
>put the official number at 10.
>
>It was also good for Paul Newman and Carl Haas to welcome Mike Lanigan as a
>partner and now it's Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing, which hopefully is going to
>officially announce Graham Rahal as the second shoe before he turns 21 (for
>the record, he's 18).
>
>But, in terms of newsworthiness, it was hardly "stop the presses" material.
>
>Gommandy evidently got the nod at PKV over veteran Oriol Servia because he's
>bringing $2 million from a yet-to-be-named foreign sponsor.
>
>Baumgartner, who once drove for Minardi owner Paul Stoddart in Formula 1,
>appears to be in line to drive the Minardi two-seat F1 machine at this year's
>Champ Car events. That's about all the seat time he'll get since testing is
>very limited by the rules.
>
>Mazda, owned by Ford which had been a presenting sponsor and partner of
>Champ Car, will supply pace cars and some courtesy vehicles.
>
>And having a title sponsor for the safety team is nice but there's still no
>title sponsor for a series that's desperately in need of money for its
>teams.
>
>To be honest, the real news here wasn't the feel-good kind.
>
>Katherine Legge politely declined to participate in Media Day because she
>says she still doesn't have a firm deal with any team.
>
>Justin Wilson, last year's runner-up and Bourdais' top challenger, arrived
>at the track to learn his RuSPORT team had entered into a "technical"
>partnership with Rocketsports and there's been serious talk of moving the
>Colorado-based team to Lansing, Mich. Let's just say the classy Englishman
>is less than enamored with any and all of that news. Ditto for his crew.
>
>Three-time series runner-up Bruno Junqueira is spending one day in Dale
>Coyne's car here, as is Canadian Andrew Ranger, but neither has a seat for
>the season.
>
>Mexico's Mario Dominguez showed up to look for work while Nelson Philippe,
>who scored his initial win last year, is a no-show because his family is not
>writing any more checks and claims if he can't be paid to drive, he'll be a
>spectator.
>
>Dan Clarke, a rookie in 2006, is pounding the pavement but has nothing yet.
>
>Servia, a loyal veteran of Champ Car since 2000, is also walking around with
>his helmet but no place to put it.
>
>For the record, that's a total of seven full-timers from '06 who are in
>limbo and, with RuSPORT definitely cutting back to one car, Rocketsports
>only fielding one and Gerry Forsythe still sticking to his guns about not
>running a second car without funding, there's less opportunity than ever
>before in a series that's been around since 1979.
>
>Right now, unless some things change drastically in the next couple weeks,
>it's looking like 16 starters in the opener at Las Vegas on April 8.
>
>But the best news for Champ Car is that nobody noticed, because Media Day
>didn't get a lot of national play. No USA Today. No L.A. Times. No
>Indianapolis Star. No Las Vegas papers. Not even new broadcast and marketing
>"partner" ESPN bothered to send anybody.
>
>It was just a quaint little group. Tristan, Zsolt, a few Internet sites, one
>racing weekly and SPEED. We came, we saw and we shook our heads."
Cue the large female.
