Tuesday, March 11, 2008

March 11 newsstand: Forsythe back ... sort of

Forsythe Racing is kind of back in the IRL ... helping out Conquest Racing with a "technical partnership."

Read the story from Speed TV.

Franck Perera is slated to drive one of Conquest's cars. Could the other be driven by Paul Tracy?

More on Walker
Derrick Walker addresses his team's situation on its website
Walker is planning to keep the Atlantic program going in 2008, and he plans to be in IndyCar in 2009.
Says Walker: "
The Atlantic program will definitely continue, and we are looking at A1GP to possibly help out some other race teams and take that time to work our way back to IndyCar in 2009. It's the best time to be in open wheel racing and we want to get back as soon as we can."

Season preview: Vision
IndyCar.com takes a look at Vision Racing's 2008 season, with Ed Carpenter and AJIV.

Catching up with
... Ryan Briscoe, who will be cheering for Nico Rosberg in the Aussie GP.
Says RB: "Well just have to wait and see, but I'm feeling pretty confident about it all. I will still be learning the ropes on the ovals so that's a bit of an unknown."
... Ryan Hunter-Reay, who threw out the first pitch at today's Twins-Marlins game.

Commentaries
Gordon Kirby tells us IndyCar needs continuity, stability and parrots the CCF line about the "difficulty" of finding "safe" ovals.

RIP
Former IndyCar car builder John Buttera passes away at age 68
Buttera built Dennis Firestone's Eagle in the 1982 Indy 500. He also entered Johnny Rutherford's 11th-place car at Indy in 1987, and won the Clint Brawner Mechanical Excellence Award at the 1987 500.

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