Well Herbalife seem to be hitting indy with a bang this year, they have signed a personal sponsorship deal with EJ Viso and the indy blogosphere is awash with images of the fully Herbalife sponsored Dallara for Towsend Bell. Thanks to www.mynameisirl.com for that one.
If they hadn't had such a lousy VP of Marketing and Coroporate Comms for so long, I suspect they would have been involved in racing much sooner [go to 1:10 in the video].
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
We are live on Wednesday
Hello All,
We're live and couldn't possibly have more to talk about this week.
F1 has gone a bit mad, Brawn keep winning and it's déjà vu for Rubens.
Nobody want's to sign on for next year and the bookies have installed USGPE as favourites for the 2010 Manufacturers title. [I may have made that bit up].
I'll be the contestant on 'Red Bullseye' and I will be helping you all celebrate 'NASCAR Day' to the fullest [I have no idea how or why]. We will have about 30 seconds of Jeff Burton telling us about how the Sprint All-Star event is a great way to celebrate the fans and is more intense than other All-Star events. [It's not of course].
We will of course look back at Indy qualifying and the Spa 1000kms. Speed TV's Marshall Pruett will also join us to talk some more IndyCar and to help us preview the next round of the ALMS in Utah.
Lots of the other usual nonsense too, 3pm EST & 8pm UK www.radiolemans.com with an encore broadcast for our US listeners at 9pm EST.
The podcast will be available on the site soon after the live broadcast.
Send any and all emails to studio@radiolemans.com
Dex
We're live and couldn't possibly have more to talk about this week.
F1 has gone a bit mad, Brawn keep winning and it's déjà vu for Rubens.
Nobody want's to sign on for next year and the bookies have installed USGPE as favourites for the 2010 Manufacturers title. [I may have made that bit up].
I'll be the contestant on 'Red Bullseye' and I will be helping you all celebrate 'NASCAR Day' to the fullest [I have no idea how or why]. We will have about 30 seconds of Jeff Burton telling us about how the Sprint All-Star event is a great way to celebrate the fans and is more intense than other All-Star events. [It's not of course].
We will of course look back at Indy qualifying and the Spa 1000kms. Speed TV's Marshall Pruett will also join us to talk some more IndyCar and to help us preview the next round of the ALMS in Utah.
Lots of the other usual nonsense too, 3pm EST & 8pm UK www.radiolemans.com with an encore broadcast for our US listeners at 9pm EST.
The podcast will be available on the site soon after the live broadcast.
Send any and all emails to studio@radiolemans.com
Dex
Monday, May 11, 2009
The Conor Daly Show
I work with Conor Daly on his column for Speedtv.com. While getting to know the 17 year old is extremely enjoyable, I feel somewhat guilty because I am constantly hounding him about deadlines which only adds to all of the other things he has to worry about like being a professional racing driver and full time high school student.
He has had quite a few ups and downs in the first two rounds of the season, video of which you can see here.
And if that wasn't enough to worry about, he is being beaten in the Fantasy League Standings by Peter Dempsey who is doing the same thing on the Star Mazda points table.
He has had quite a few ups and downs in the first two rounds of the season, video of which you can see here.
And if that wasn't enough to worry about, he is being beaten in the Fantasy League Standings by Peter Dempsey who is doing the same thing on the Star Mazda points table.
Another driver to bolster the grid after Indy?
I have just got off the phone with an ex CCWS driver who believes he will be on the grid from Milwaukee onwards.
I can't say any more than that now, but he is confident that the budget he has will mean he can run competitively in one of the front running teams.
Right now, that would surely put him in line for a seat at either KV, NHLR or HVM based on the fact that the 'Big 3' are at full capacity.
I will have more news as soon as I have confirmation and hopefully I will be able to announce the news along with the driver on 'Midweek Motorsport' on www.radiolemans.com in a week or two.
In broader terms this is great news for the series despite the economic downturn and the almost invisible TV numbers on Versus.
I can't say any more than that now, but he is confident that the budget he has will mean he can run competitively in one of the front running teams.
Right now, that would surely put him in line for a seat at either KV, NHLR or HVM based on the fact that the 'Big 3' are at full capacity.
I will have more news as soon as I have confirmation and hopefully I will be able to announce the news along with the driver on 'Midweek Motorsport' on www.radiolemans.com in a week or two.
In broader terms this is great news for the series despite the economic downturn and the almost invisible TV numbers on Versus.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Paul Tracy is the missing link!
When Julio Franco, the veteran infielder (and I really do mean veteran, he was 49) retired from Major League Baseball in 2007, the sport lost an extraordinary link to the past.
In his rookie year Franco faced veteran pitcher Jim Katt who had, in turn, pitched against the great Ted Williams on the final day of his own rookie season of 1959.
This got me scratching my head and I decided to see how far we could go back through the history of the Indy 500 in two similar leaps.
It will not come as a shock to anyone that I started my search with Paul Tracy, now in his 41st year, who made his race debut at the Brickyard in 1992. While Al Unser Jr took the spoils that year, a certain AJ Foyt finished in 9th position. The Texan began his storied relationship with 'the 500' by finishing 16th in 1958. Two places further back that day was Wisconsin native, Paul Russo. Russo's first trip to Indy was 1940. Incidentally, Russo started second in the 1946 event which was also notable for a qualification attempt by Rudolf Carraciola.
So there you have it! In two jumps we can get from the Indianapolis 500 of 2009 to the Indianapolis 500 of 1940. Or three jumps from Tracy to Carraciola! I'm still trying to get my head around this as I type!
If anyone wants to attempt to make the fewest jumps back to the first race in 1911, please be my guest.
In his rookie year Franco faced veteran pitcher Jim Katt who had, in turn, pitched against the great Ted Williams on the final day of his own rookie season of 1959.
This got me scratching my head and I decided to see how far we could go back through the history of the Indy 500 in two similar leaps.
It will not come as a shock to anyone that I started my search with Paul Tracy, now in his 41st year, who made his race debut at the Brickyard in 1992. While Al Unser Jr took the spoils that year, a certain AJ Foyt finished in 9th position. The Texan began his storied relationship with 'the 500' by finishing 16th in 1958. Two places further back that day was Wisconsin native, Paul Russo. Russo's first trip to Indy was 1940. Incidentally, Russo started second in the 1946 event which was also notable for a qualification attempt by Rudolf Carraciola.
So there you have it! In two jumps we can get from the Indianapolis 500 of 2009 to the Indianapolis 500 of 1940. Or three jumps from Tracy to Carraciola! I'm still trying to get my head around this as I type!
If anyone wants to attempt to make the fewest jumps back to the first race in 1911, please be my guest.
Wilson managing his own expectations
Marshall Pruett is blogging live again from Indianapolis.
He writes that Justin Wilson's early season speed and form do not look like being replicated at Indy:
All quiet again. Justin Wilson pulled in after several laps on his own, with a 220.023 as his best. As he predicted in his SPEEDtv.com column, expectations for impressive speeds are being kept low for Indy.
Let's hope that Wilson under promises and over delivers
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
He writes that Justin Wilson's early season speed and form do not look like being replicated at Indy:
All quiet again. Justin Wilson pulled in after several laps on his own, with a 220.023 as his best. As he predicted in his SPEEDtv.com column, expectations for impressive speeds are being kept low for Indy.
Let's hope that Wilson under promises and over delivers
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, May 7, 2009
A prelude to pole day?
Good friend of Midweek Motorsport and Radio Le Mans, Marshall Pruett from www.speedtv.com, is keeping a live blog going throughout practice and qualifying. Marshall is a race engineer amongst many other things and he is a veteran of numerous Indy 500's.
On Saturday, he will be conducting what promises to be very lively chat throughout pole day and I would strongly urge you all to drop in and get involved at some point during the day.
Marshall also suggests that today, from about 5pm onwards, we will see the first simulated qualifying runs and this will give us a much clearer idea of who has the true speed and who does not.
On Saturday, he will be conducting what promises to be very lively chat throughout pole day and I would strongly urge you all to drop in and get involved at some point during the day.
Marshall also suggests that today, from about 5pm onwards, we will see the first simulated qualifying runs and this will give us a much clearer idea of who has the true speed and who does not.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)