So Much for the Rocking Chair Eh Micheal.....
Category: INDY CAR / F1 / Open Wheel | Posted January 29, 2006 by Brian Losness | Source: Indycar.com

Less than two years after hanging up his helmet to concentrate on running his four car IRL team, Micheal Andretti is back in the saddle again, as he prepare for his return to competition at this years Indy 500.

Andretti who is the co-owner of Andretti Green Racing put in some 15 lap runs on the Phoenix one mile oval, and was pleased with how the test went. " I was so comfortable. We did some 15 lap runs at the beginning of the day, and I was up to speed right off the bat. I was flat. It was like I had never missed a beat. Bryan (Herta) and Martin (Pare) deserve a lot of the credit for giving me such a good car. We put their setup in it and the car felt dynamite."

Andretti is a 42-time winner in CART competition and has 14 Indy 500 starts to his credit, and has four top five finishes.

Silly Season 07 Starting Already??????
Category: NASCAR / Oval Track Racing | Posted January 29, 2006 by Brian Losness

The 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Season has not even begun yet, and already there is the beginning to a 07 "silly season"

Reports out of Charlotte state" unless Richard Childress can sign driver Kevin Harvick to a long term extension, it is possible that Harvick will be offered a contract to drive on of the new Toyota cars in 2007."

Harvick has been reluctant to negotiate with Childress, unsure of where the program is headed.


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Good Bye West Coast Choppers , Hello OCC.
Category: NHRA / Drag Racing | Posted January 29, 2006 by Brian Losness | Source: Competition Plus

With the departure of Jesse James and West Coast Choppers from the Scott Kalitta's top fuel dragster, from the east coast comes that band of merry men The Tuetel's from Orange County Choppers, and the block buster tv show American Chopper. The OCC Decal is affixed to the side of the Clay Millican/Kenny Koretsky owned top fueler. That should make that already lively pit area just abit more interesting.

Jason and Cindy Line Proud New Parents
Category: NHRA / Drag Racing | Posted January 27, 2006 by Brian Losness

(1-26-2006) - Jason and Cindy Line became proud parents of a boy when Cindy gave birth to Jack Vincent Line at 12:46 p.m. in a local Charlotte-area hospital on Tuesday, January 24.

Jack Vincent Line crossed the scales at 7 pounds and 2 ounces and was 21 inches long. Both Cindy and the new baby are doing fine, as is Jason, who took a few days off to admire and spoil his new offspring.

Jason drives the KB Racing Summit Racing Equipment Pro Stock Pontiac GTO on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series and finished second in the 2004 POWERade point standing and third in 2005.

Jason will take to the track when the NHRA CARQUEST Auto Parts Winternationals, the season-opening event on the 2006 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, unfolds at the Auto Club Raceway at Pomona (Calif.) on Feb. 9-12.

KB Racing is owned by Las Vegas businessman Ken Black. KB Racing fields two Pro Stock cars, driven by Greg Anderson and Jason Line on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. Anderson has won three consecutive POWERade Pro Stock Championships (2003-2005). Line finished third in the 2005 POWERade point standings and was honored with the 2004 Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future award, presented to the most outstanding rookie in a professional category. This year KB Racing will also begin fielding a Top Fuel Dragster, managed by Kalitta Motorsports, with rookie Top Fuel driver Hillary Will handling the driving duties.

Ferrari Launches its 2006 Ferrari 248 F1
Category: INDY CAR / F1 / Open Wheel | Posted January 27, 2006 by Brian Losness | Source: Ferrari F1

Pivotal role for Shell in Ferrari's intense V-8 engine development programme for the 2006 Formula One season

The launch of the 2006 Ferrari 248 F1 Formula One car marks the culmination of an intense development period in which Shell played a pivotal role. At the new car's heart is an all-new Formula One V-8 engine that is central to the team's hopes for another World Championship title this year.

The new Ferrari V-8 was developed in record time. Sweeping technical rule changes announced by the FIA last spring spelled the end of the V-10 era. While still allowed with rev-limits, the 3.0-litre V-10 gives way in 2006 to a new crop of V-8 engines limited to 2.4 litres in displacement.


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