Friday, August 3, 2007

Alphabet Soup

lost in the shuffle last week, while jet setting my way to Tony George’s backyard. I missed my chance to meet Paul Newman. Who was back home again… Along with his partner in crime Carl Haas. As the two elder satesmen of Newman Haas Lanigan Racing were on hand in Indianapolis during the Brickyard 400 weekend.

Joining them were Mike Lanigan and Robert Yates to announce the merger of Robert Yates Racing and Newman Haas Lanigan. In which will immediately become Y/N/H/L Racing. Hey Vanna, I’d like to buy a vowel!

Thus Carl Haas will make his third foray into RASSCAR as he claimed the opportunity was just too great to pass up! Hey! Perhaps if the Hamburgular gets tired of Champ Car and Franz Tost throws him under the bus… Sea Bass will be able to pull a Montoya and go Nextel Cup racing?

Nah, NOT according to the krack reporting staff at Full Throttle whom apparently think ‘ol
Carl Haas has been smoking some of the leafy green stuff!