I feel Sorry for whichever Team hasta host this trophy aloft upon winning Superbowl XL VI...
(Photo Courtesy of No Fenders ‘Offical Photographer ‘CARPETS)
Friday, February 3, 2012
Supercarz on the Prowl!
33 Indy Supercarz lined up on Indy’s main drag (Meridian
(Photo Courtesy of No Fenders ‘Offical Photographer ‘CARPETS)
Seahawks Street
Temporary street-signs are up in downtown Indianapolis for Super Bowl week, with the main drag (Meridian ) having properly been re-christened in honour of the SEATTLE
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Will Formula 1 really precede with the Bahrain Grand Prix?
While it appears that 1996 F1 World Champion Damon Hill has now drank the FIA’s Kool-Aid, having just returned from visiting Bahrain
F1: 2012 Winter ‘Olympics set to Begin
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McLaren MP4/27 under wraps at |
It seems somewhat disturbing that the only place I could actually find the 2012 Formula 1 Winter Testing dates & places was from the Hindustan Times of India N Facebook , eh? But I digress...
As this year, there will only be three Pre-season winter tests vs. the traditional four, with the fourth test session being moved to an In-season test in hopes to make up for the abysmal lack of testing allowed currently - although I have NO idea when that date will be either... And that’s before I even begin ‘Wingeing on ‘bout how difficult I’m finding it to sluice out all of the F1 Constructors Car Launches - which is starting to feel like trying to pull teeth; aye Karumba! While my favourite quip was ‘Somme-thun ‘bout getting an UGLY STICK out for the 2012 F1 cars...
First test
Date: February 7-10
Venue: Circuito de Jerez; 13-turn, 4.428km
(Clockwise)
Second test
Date: February 21-24
Venue: Circuit de Catalunya; 16-turn, 4.655km
(Clockwise)
Third test
Date: March 1-4
Venue: Circuit de Catalunya
Allmendinger and Wilson: The RuSPORT Years
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A.J. Allmendinger looking up to Justin Wilson.
(Image source: static.nascar.com)
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Thus I seem to recall that Justin had been brought into RuSport to mentor a fresh faced Californian named A.J. Allmendinger towards potentially becoming America Wilson
Yet it was Wilson instead of AJ who gave RuSport its first Champ Car victory, as Justin simply “waxed” Allmendinger in their first year as teammates with his two victories to the ‘Dinger’s Goose-egg...
Yet it was quite shocking when Carl Russo effectively fired AJ in the summer of 2006, replacing him with ‘Shorty, aka Cristiano da Matta - with Allmendinger being hired to replace Mario “Boom-Boom” Dominguez at Forsythe five days later...
Thus it was with great glee that I witnessed Allmendinger’s first major (CCWS) Open Wheel Racing victory at none other then... Wait for I-T ‘Carpets. Drumroll please; Tuh Duh! Portland
Upon his initial victory for Gerry “WHHHAAAA!” Forsythe, Allmendinger reeled off a victory Hat-dance; Err Hat-trick of victories standing atop the Podium’s top step at Portland, Cleveland and Toronto - before going onto take another two victories at Denver and Elkhart Lake whilst outshining some elder teammate named ‘PT, thee Thrill from the West Hill, aka Paul Tracy...
Yet AJ jumped ship to ‘RASSCAR with the promises of a three-year $9m contract from Red Bull for ‘07, where he struggled mightily, tearing up equipment in not only the Nextel Cup, but Craftsman Trucks too - where I’d guess the tag ‘WallDinger came from?
Meanwhile Wilson continued on with RuSport which although reportedly saw its founder leaving for “Business Reasons,” I believe it ultimately floundered after Da Matta’s freak collision with a runaway Deer during a test session at Road America
Yet, I really enjoy how Justin & AJ seemed to have formed a really deep rapport with each other, as it was Allmendinger who requested Justin’s services for Michael Shank Racing as a co-driver of its Daytona Prototype at the Rolex following his Chip Ganassi drive - and the two drivers just really seem to enjoy jousting verbally with ‘Juan-another. Like when AJ said he’d ‘LUV to have “Two Tall Jones” (Justin Wilson) as his driver for MSR Indy, the IndyCar team he co-owns with Mike Shank ‘cause then he’d OWN Justin!
And I’ve wanted Wilson Florida
While Allmendinger seems to have blossomed as a driver, having just won his first major race in nearly six-years, along with having landed a ride with Roger Penske as Curt Busch’s replacement (GOOD RIDDENCE!) in RascarLand... As I DON’T watch that series; BUTT! I’ve just gotten a new favourite driver in Fenderzland, and his first name is AJ!
Sadly, as Y'all know, we lost Justin Wilson in the
late stages of the 2015 Pocono 500 IndyCar race, August 23, 2015 - with the BAD
ARSE' Gentle Giant perishing the following day from critical head injuries.
Obviously, Justin's pal & ex-teammate A.J.
Allmendinger was pretty distraught over Wilson's passing...
And past RuSport Team President Jeremy Dale was
invited by Racer Magazine to chime in with his thoughts upon Justin Wilson,
which gives further insight to the theme of this No Fenders story...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Barrichello Digging Indy Car Seat-time
Listened to Trackside last night and probably enjoyed the interview with ‘TK “Follow-your-Schnoz” Kanaan the most, as Curt Cavin asked him ‘bout some other Brazilian, his brother... Oh, you mean the old F1 guy ‘Rubino, right? Hya! As Cavin tried finding out who was the fastest of the Brazilians? Whale I’m not gonna tell you except for there were three Brazilians there; the Dancing Guy, (FOOL) the OLD F1 Guy and me with the really B-I-G Nose...
TK then touched on how they’re really close friends and how they’ve worked out the prospects of racing against each other and whether it’d have any effects upon that?
Look, we’re both practical jokers - you know I’m the B-I-G Star on the team, have the biggest locker, etc. Yet I showed up for Day-1 of the test Monday morning and Barrichello’s name was taped onto my locker with all of his gear inside it!
While the age old adage ‘bout how IndyCarz a whole different animal was once again noted, with ‘Rubino being pleasantly surprised when he and TK were having dinner and first Will Power dropped by, then ‘HULIO and on ‘N on as soon there were six rival drivers hanging out together... Or how Kanaan pulled up and parked his car in front of the Penske hauler and they joked about him moving it as the Floridian sunshine beaming off of the polished chrome transporter would probably bake the finish right off of his shiny black automobile!
As the Indy Car world seems to be a little less intense then thee Pinnacle ‘O Motorsports, nee Formula 1 - where the first objective is to OBLITERATE your teammate by taking NO prisoners...
Thus it was interesting to hear Tony say that ‘Rubino was having so much FUN driving the new Dallara DW12 that he’d be staying on for a third day of testing, albeit they didn’t know if it was gonna be just a half-day or what?
Cavin asked how the deal came about and TK responded that he’d originally asked Rubens to come over and test the car to help out the team due to his vast knowledge of developing F1 racecars for 19-years, to which Barrichello originally said he couldn’t do since he was still a Formula 1 driver. Then when it was announced that Bruno Senna was taking his Williams F1 seat Kanaan took a picture of his new Dallara and tweeted ‘Rubino saying the seats still open...
Kanaan also commented that whilst its totally in Barrichello’s hands - he’s most likely not going to have a role in Formula 1 since he doesn’t want to work that hard chasing sponsorship for the HRT F1 seat, the sole remaining drive in Formula One. Noting how Rubens doesn’t want to work that hard to end up where the Hispania will be on the grid this year...
And Brant James of Sports Illustrated who got bumped by Kanaan phoning in from Sebring noted how he’d specifically asked Rubens about his claim of promising his wife to never run Ovals - with the Brazilian saying it’d been worked out... And hey, anyway’s they don’t have all that many Ovals this years anyways, right? Hya!
As I for ‘Juan think it’d be absolutely GURR-RRRRRRR-REAT!!! To have ‘Rubino as part of the Indy Car fold this upcoming season...
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