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IN NASCAR THE FINAL LAP IS USUALLY WHERE THE ACTION SHOWS UP…BUT IN CHAMP CAR PARADING IT’S USUALLY THE "OPENING LAP" THAT PRODUCES THE ACTION…AND SUNDAY’S CANUCKADA PARADE IN TORONTO WAS NO EXCEPTION AS A HANDFUL OF CARS WERE "PARKED" THANKS TO A PAIR OF…UNRELATED INCIDENTS …THAT…BECAME…RELATED…PRIOR TO LAP 2. IT BEGAN WITH A…PUSHING & SHOVING MATCH FOR POSITION WHICH LED TO SIMON PAGENAUD LOSING HIS FRONT WING WHICH WAS COLLECTED BY…PAUL TRACY WHO UNKNOWINGLY RAN ABOUT A MILE…WITH THE WING…UNDER HIS CAR…BEFORE IT FINALLY PUT HIM INTO THE WALL WHICH CAUSED…ANOTHER 4 CARS…TO JOIN THE INCIDENT… AFTER THAT THINGS GOT EVEN UGLIER DUE TO A NUMBER
OF BRAIN FADE INCIDENTS WITH THE END RESULT BEING ONLY 8 CARS UNDER POWER…WHEN
THE CHECKERED FLAG WAVED FOR WILL POWER WHO PICKED UP HIS 2ND WIN
OF THE YEAR…AND 1ST…SINCE THE SEASON OPENER IN NOT EXACTLY…THE FINEST DISPLAY OF THE…RACING CRAFT…WE’VE SEEN… THAT’S IT FOR CHAMP CAR…WHICH WILL KEEP THEIR
STUFF…NORTH OF BORDER FOR THE FINAL 2007 RACE IN…CANNUCKADA IN TWO WEEKS…IN…EDMONDTON…FOR
ANOTHER…THRILLER…
PAUL TRACY STILL RECOVERING FROM INJURIES SUFFERED IN A CRASH MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AGO…PRONOUNCED HIMSELF… ”HEALTHY” …AFTER TAKING HIS 1ST WIN SINCE 2005…AS HE HELD OFF THE MUCH FASTER CAR OF…ROOKIE…ROBERT DOORNBOS…TO EARN THE 31ST WIN OF HIS CHAMP CAR CAREER…AND HIS 3RD…ON THE CLEVELAND AIRPORT TARMAC… TRACY’S WIN… HOWEVER…WASN’T EXACTLY…“PRETTY”…AS FAR AS …CHAMP CAR STANDARDS GO…AS HE WAS INVOLVED IN A PAIR OF “TANGLES” IN THE OPENING 7 LAPS…WHICH CAUSED THE REPLACEMENT OF A PAIR TWO…FRONT WINGS…BEFORE HE COULD MOUNT HIS RACE WINNING CHARGE… THAT’S IT FOR THE CHAMP CAR…”AIRPORT PARADERS”…WHO WILL DRAG THEIR STUFF…ACROSS THE BORDER TO…MONTREAL… CANNUCKADA…FOR ANOTHER…THRILLER…NEXT WEEKEND…
JUNE 11, 2007
- THIS WEEK IN… PORTLAND, OREGON IT’S BEEN NEARLY TWO MONTHS…SINCE THE…CHAMP CAR PARADERS STRAPPED IN AND IN THAT ENTIRE TIME NO ONE IN THE CHAMP CAR SERIES…WAS ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEAT MUCH LESS COMPETE WITH SERIES DOMINATOR 3 X CHAMP…SEABASS BOURDAIS …AND THE RESULTS FROM SUNDAY’S 4TH EVENT OF THE SEASON…DID NOTHING TO CHANGE THAT… OL’ SEA BASS WAS AT IT AGAIN IN THE PORTLAND SHOW AS HE REBOUNDED FROM A…20 SECOND DEFICIT AND PRODUCED A 13 ½ SECOND WIN…FOR TEAM NEWMAN-HAAS’…100TH TEAM VICTORY…AND THE…26TH OF HIS CHAMP CAR CAREER… … SOME HAD THOUGHT THE SERIES CHANGE FROM A “ROLLING START” TO AN F-1 STYLE ”STANDING START” WOULD EVEN THE FIELD AND THAT WAS GOOD THINKING UNTIL LAP # 2 WHEN THE RACE HAD ALREADY MORPHED INTO FULL PARADE MODE AND THE REST OF THE RACE WAS PREDICTABLE…AND DETERMINED BY…PIT STRATEGY BOTTOM LINE…SEBESTIAN BOURDAIS CONTINUES HIS MARCH TO A 4TH CHAMP CAR TITLE WITH THE WIN AS JUSTIN WILSON RUN’S 2ND WITH ROBERT DOOMBOS…ROUNDING OUT THE PORTLAND PODIUM… THAT’S IT FOR THE CHAMP CAR ”STREET PARADERS” WHO WILL TAKE A WEEK OFF…TO DRAG THEIR STUFF ACROSS CANADA…TO EDMONDTON…IN TWO WEEKS…FOR ANOTHER…THRILLER… ONLY 5…0F 17 CARSON THE LEAD LAP
APRIL 23, 2007 - THIS WEEK AT RELIANT FORMERLY ENRON PARK IN
HOUSTON, TEXAS IF YOU WERE LYING AROUND ON THE COUCH ON SUNDAY…AND NEEDED A “RACING FIX”…THE CHAMP CAR RACE FROM HOUSTON…WAS A PLEASANT SURPRISE…AS FOR ONCE…THE STREET RACE PRODUCED AS MUCH ACTION…AS IT DID…PARADING… FROM THE OPENING TURN…WHEN…SEA BASS BOURDAIS…”CHOPPED OFF”…THE CORNER…TO PASS POLE WINNER…WILL POWER…ALL THE WAY TO…CARS…WRECKING UNDER CAUTION…IT WASN’T A BAD SHOW… IN THE END…HOWEVER…IT WAS THE…3 TIME CHAMP…BOURDAIS… PREVAILING…AND…JUST 3 RACES INTO THE SEASON…WE’RE PREDICTING…A…4TH CONSECUTIVE TITLE…FOR THE FRENCHIE… THE PLEASANT SURPRISE OF THE RACE WAS THE PERFORMANCE OF…ROOKIE…GRAHAM RAHAL WHO AFTER…CRASHING OUT OF THE SEASON OPENER…IN LAS VEGAS BEFORE REACHING THE STARTING LINE…AND WHO WAS FAIRLY UNSPECTACULAR…LAST WEEK…IN LONG BEACH FINALLY LIVED UP TO THE HYPE…AND RECORDED A 2ND PLACE FINISH…IN A ERROR FREE PERFORMANCE AND OUR COMPLIMENTS GO OUT TO THE ROOKIE… THAT’S IT FOR THE CHAMP CAR…”STREET PARADERS”…WHO NOW… TAKE ALMOST A MONTH OFF…BEFORE RESURFACING…ON MAY 20TH…AT THE…ZHUHAI CIRCUIT…IN…GOOD ‘OL GUANGDONG, CHINA…Y’ALL
APRIL 16, 2007 -
ON THE STREETS OF LONG BEACH… HEADING INTO LAST YEAR’S…CHAMP CAR VISIT TO…LONG BEACH…WE TOLD YOU THAT…WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER…OL’ SEABASS BOURDAIS… THE REIGNING SERIES CHAMP…WOULD BE ON TOP AND THIS YEAR… WE’RE HERE TO TELL YOU THE EXACT SAME THING…AS HE TOOK THE LONG BEACH… WIN…FOR THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE YEAR…ON SUNDAY… YEP…OL’ SEA BASS…SITS ON THE POLE…AND THEN…EXCEPT FOR SOME FAILED…COMPETITOR PIT STOP STRATEGY…LEAD’S ‘EM ALL…IN AN ALL TO TYPICAL…ROAD COURSE CAVALCADE… WITH HIS…NEMESIS…PAUL TRACY…PARKED FOR ABOUT THE NEXT 3 MONTHS…DUE TO BACK INJURIES SUFFERED IN A PRACTICE CRASH… OL’…SEA BASS…DIDN’T REALLY HAVE ANYONE TO “PUSH” HIM…OTHER THAN…TRACY’S…”FILL IN” REPLACEMENT…ORIEL SERVIA…WHO DROVE …TRACY’S CAR…TO A 2ND PLACE FINISH…LEAVING US TO WONDER WHAT THE OUTCOME WOULD HAVE BEENHAD…P.T…BEEN IN THE CAR… BUT HE WASN’T…AND…ORIEL SERVIA…COLLECTS A STRONG… UNDERSTUDY…RUNNER UP SPOT…WHILE THE SERIES POINT LEADER …AND…LAST WEEK’S…SEASON OPENING WINNER…AT LAS VEGAS… WILL POWER…COMPLETES THE PODIUM…AND IS REALLY THE ONLY THREAT TO…BOURDAIS’ … DOMINATION OF THE…CHAMP CAR PARADERS …THE REMAINDER OF THE 2007 SEASON… THAT’S IT FOR THE CHAMP CAR…”STREET PARADERS”…WHO WILL SHOW UP NEXT…ON THE STREETS OF…HOUSTON…NEXT SUNDAY AFTERNOON… | |||||
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