2006-2007 ChampCar Silly Season

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Post by mlittle » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:23 am

mlittle wrote:2 upcoming driver announcements............
~~Wednesday, Minardi Team USA is set to announce their 2007 ChampCar driver lineup
~~NHL(Newman-Haas-Lanigan) Racing is set to formally announce Graham Rahal as the team's second driver for 2007, w/sponsorship from a well-known and large-scale technology company
Confirmations on both counts.............
~~Minardi Team USA has named their drivers for 2007; returning for a second season will be "Speedy" Dan Clarke, and joining him will be former F1 test/race driver Robert Doornbos
~~NHL officials confirmed to mulitple sources that Graham Rahal will be racing for them in 2007; a formal announcement is set for Thursday
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Post by mlittle » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:25 am

cmlean wrote:16 probables and 5 possibles.
Not exactly the expected response that Champ Car organisers would anticipated.
With new cars for everyone and a sole engine supplier, I would have expected the series to grow.
In principle, I agree; it's not been like most off-season(of course, that's been the case the past couple of years...... :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: ); but I suspect most of the teams will make their driver lineups known over the next week prior to heading to Vegas.....
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Post by mlittle » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:37 am

Champ Car World Series Driver Lineup(as of 28 March 2007).......

~~Confirmed...........
Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing(2): Sebastien Bourdais, Graham Rahal(R)
Forsythe Championship Racing(1): Paul Tracy
Minardi Team USA(2): Dan Clarke, Robert Doornbos(R)
PKV Racing(2): Neel Jani(R), Tristan Gommendy(R)
Pacific Coast Motorsports(2): Ryan Dalziel(R), Alex Figge(R)
*Rocketsports Racing(1): Alex Tagliani
*RuSport Racing(1): Justin Wilson
Team Australia(2): Will Power, Simon Pagenaud(R)

~~Not Confirmed............
1}Dale Coyne Racing...........Most sources expect former PKV Racing's Katherine Legge as one of the team's drivers, alongside former NHL Racing's Bruno Junquiera
2}Conquest Racing..............This team might be the Dale Coyne of 2007(i.e. announces their driver lineup w/in a week of the season opener........ :evil: :shock: :shock: ); drivers in the mix include Nicky Pastorelli, Matt Halliday and Charles Zwolsman
3} Forsythe Champ. Racing........Thanks to A.J. Allmendinger deserting ChampCar for NASCAR(pardon the phrasing, but 'Dinger all but literally slit GF's throat over whether he'd drive for him in 2007.... :evil: :evil: :evil: ), Gerry Forsythe all but declared he'd run just one car; sources close to FCR report he's considering a second car for Mexican David Martinez

Expect the following........
NHL Racing(2)
Forsythe(2)
Pac. Coast(2)
PKV Racing(2)
RuSport/Rocketsports(2)
Team Australia(2)
Minardi Team USA(2)
Dale Coyne(2)
Conquest(2)
...18 drivers minimum
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:08 pm

2007 Champ Car World Series Driver Lineup............

~~Newman-Haas-Lanigan(NHL) Racing} #1 Sebastien Bourdais, (R)#2 Graham Rahal
~~Forsythe Champ. Racing} #3 Paul Tracy, #7 Mario Dominguez*
~~RuSport Racing} #9 Justin Wilson
~~Rocketsports} #8 Alex Tagliani
~~Dale Coyne Racing} #11 Katherine Legge, #19 Bruno Junquiera
~~Pacific Coast Mtrspts} (R)#28 Ryan Dalziel, (R)#29 Alex Figge
~~Minardi Team USA} (R)#4 Robert Doornbos, #14 Dan Clarke
~~Team Australia} #5 Will Power, (R)#15 Simon Pagenaud
~~Conquest Racing} (R)#34 Matt Halliday
~~PKV Racing} (R)#21 Neel Jani, (R)#22 Tristan Gommendy

2007 Rookie Class.......Graham Rahal, Ryan Dalziel, Alex Figge, Robert Doornbos, Simon Pagenaud, Matt Halliday, Neel Jani, Tristan Gommendy
*--currently set to drive only the first three races of the year for FCR
note....list subject to change during season
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