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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:43 am
by mlittle
Top-10 from the Assen circuit....................
note.....summary of events to come this evening

1st} #9 Justin Wilson...............................................69 laps
2nd} #34 Jan Heylen...............................................-7.226 sec
3rd} #19 Bruno Junquiera.......................................-8.418 sec
4th}(R)#22 Tristan Gommendy................................-9.036 sec
5th}(R)#21 Neel Jani..............................................-22.261 sec
6th}(R)#15 Simon Pagenaud...................................-22.697 sec
7th} #1 Sebastien Bourdais.....................................-22.955 sec
8th} #7 Oriol Servia...............................................-23.458 sec
9th}(R)#2 Graham Rahal........................................-23.948 sec
10th}(R)#28 Ryan Dalziel.......................................-29.553 sec

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:47 pm
by mlittle
Summary of the race at Assen........................

--Software problems bit ChampCar hard today as the engine's boost function(a/k/a push-to-pass) failed; instead of getting an extra 50 hp of boost, drivers who hit the boost button got their car's speeds dropped to 70 mph :shock: :shock: :shock:

--Reversal of fortunes........Last race, at Zolder, Conquest Racing's Jan Heylen had an abysmal race on Belgian soil; today at Assen, he rose to the fore and earned a career-best 2nd :up: :clap: :clap:

--With Phoenix cancelled, series officials held a long press conference with members of the international press to discuss the state of the series(which admittedly has come under serious criticism in the past few weeks) and made it clear that the series was not in as grave of trouble as critics pointed out(one interesting note was when Kevin Kalkhoven all but accused SpeedTV's Robin Miller of lying over recent remarks concerning meetings btwn. Tony Cotman and the IRL's Brian Barnhart....... :shock: :shock: :shock: )

--Otherwise, it was your typical ChampCar race weekend.....lots of off-track activity, not much on-track activity..........then again, they race next at Surfers Paradise........ :lol: :lol: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: