Jacques Villeneuve Out For Blood
02/14/96
Reuters reported that Canadian Formula One driver Jacques Villeneuve
has announced that he will try his best to beat everyone he competes
against, including his own teammate. Villeneuve spoke at the
presentation of the brand new Williams-Renault FW18. Villeneuve was
last year's IndyCar champion and has just joined the Williams
team. The teammate to whom he will give no quarter is Damon Hill,
runner-up in last year's Formula One Championship. Last year Hill was
beat out by German driver Michael Schumacher. This year he is favored
to win. Both Hill and Villeneuve are currently in Estoril, Portugal,
where Hill has been testing the new Williams Renault FW18.
Paul Dever -- The Auto Channel
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Winning Busch Clash Crew Chief is Happy
02/14/96
Reuters reported that Todd Parrot, crew chief for the winning driver
at last weekend's Busch Clash is pretty happy about the success of the
venture. The Robert Yates Team won the Clash in car No. 88 with Dale
Jarrett behind the wheel. This season marks the first time Yates has
run two full time cars, and the Clash was the No. 88 Ford's first
race. It was Parrott's first win as a crew chief.
Todd Parrott is the son of Buddy Parrott who has long been a
successful crew chief for NASCAR top stock cars. Todd remarked that
his father had just recently told him that his first win as a crew
chief was also with a No. 88 car in Daytona. The senior Parrott's win
with No. 88 was in 1978 for DiGard Racing; Darrell Waltrip drove, and
Robert Yates was part of the team.
Todd's only other trip down Victory Lane was in 1984 when he worked as
a crewman for Richard Petty. It was Richard Petty's 200th win, Todd's
dad was crew chief and Robert Yates had built the engine in Petty's
Pontiac. Todd has been a NASCAR crewman for 17 years.
Dale Jarrett, winning driver of the No. 88 car praised Todd Parrott
and his managing skills. Todd became crew chief when Ernie Irvan
returned to driving for Yates after a near-fatal crash in Yates
Racing's no. 28 car. After Irvan's crash, Jarrett had been driving
No. 28 as Irvan's replacement. Irvan came back from the crash in
No. 88 driving it three times last fall. This season Irvan took the
No. 28 car back over, and Jarrett moved to No. 88, when Yates decided
to run both cars. Not only are the driver, car and crew chief new, but
almost the whole crew is new too.
Parrott is predicting good things for Dale Jarrett, the No. 28 car and
the rest of the crew. He thinks they will be fighting to win the
Daytona 500, and he may well be right. In qualifications last week
Jarrett's teammate Ernie Irvan locked down the second starting
position nudging out Jarrett by .036 seconds.
Paul Dever -- The Auto Channel
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1996 Midget Racing Schedule: Sportsman Division
02/14/96
Motorsports News International reported the 1996 United Midget Auto Racing Schedule for sportsman division cars. Here's the list of dates:
UNITED MIDGET AUTO RACING ASSOCIATION
(U.M.A.R.A.)
1996 SEASON
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SPORTSMAN DIVISION
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April 21- Sunday - Grundy County Speedway - Practice - Ill.
May 10- Friday - Lake Geneva Speedway - Wis. - Asphalt
May 15- Wed. - South Lake Speedway - Ind. - Dirt
May 24- Friday - Lake Geneva Speedway - Wis. - Asphalt
June 01- Saturday- Grundy County Speedway - Ill. - Asphalt
June 07- Friday - Lake Geneva Speedway - Wis. - Asphalt
June 08- Saturday- Lasalle Speedway - Ill. - Dirt
June 15- Saturday- Grundy County Speedway - Ill. - Asphalt
June 29- Saturday- Grundy County Speedway - Ill. - Asphalt
July 04- Thursday- Grundy County Speedway - Ill. - Asphalt
July 05- Friday - Lake Geneva Speedway - Wis. - Asphalt
July 07- Sunday - Grundy County Speedway - Ill. - Asphalt
July 10- Wed. - South Lake Speedway - Ind. - Dirt
July 13- Saturday- Grundy County Speedway - Ill.(TEMPORARY)
July 19- Friday - Lake Geneva Spedway - Wis. - Asphalt
July 20- Saturday- BOB LOCKHARDT MEMORIAL
Grundy County Speedway - Ill. - Asphalt
July 21- Sunday - (Rain Date) Lockhardt Memorial
Aug. 02- Friday - Lake Geneva Speedway - Wis. - Asphalt
Aug. 10- Saturday- Grundy County Speedway - Ill. - Asphalt
Aug. 15- Thursday- Fairbury Speedway - Ill - Dirt
Aug. 16- Friday - Lake Geneva Speedway - Wis. - Asphalt
Aug. 24- Saturday- ILLINOIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Grundy County Speedway - Ill. - Asphalt
Aug. 25- Sunday - (Rain Date) State Championships
Sept. 01- Sunday - Grundy County Speedway - Ill. - Asphalt
Sept. 29- Sunday - Rockford Speedway - Ill. - Asphalt
news00153.htmlCheck Out the 1996 U.M.A.R.A. schedule for the National Division
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1996 Midget Racing Schedule: National Division
02/14/96
Motorsports News International reported the 1996 United Midget Auto Racing Schedule for national division cars. Here's the list of dates:
UNITED MIDGET AUTO RACING ASSOCIATION
(U.M.A.R.A.)
1996 SEASON
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NATIONAL DIVISION
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April 21- Sunday - Grundy County Speedway - Practice - Ill.
May 11- Saturday- Ideal Speedway - Mi. - Asphalt
May 15- Wed. - South Lake Speedway - Ind. - Dirt
June 01- Saturday- Grundy County Speedway - Ill. - Asphalt
June 08- Saturday- Lasalle Speedway - Ill. - Dirt
June 15- Saturday- Grundy County Speedway - Ill. - Asphalt
June 22- Saturday- Anderson Speedway - In. - Asphalt
June 29- Saturday- Grundy County Speedway - Ill. - Asphalt
July 04- Thursday- Grundy County Speedway - Ill. - Asphalt
July 05- Friday - Hartford Speedway - Mi. - Asphalt
July 06- Saturday- Hartford Speedway - Mi. - Asphalt
July 07- Sunday - Grundy County Speedway - Ill. - Asphalt
July 10- Wed. - South Lake Speedway - Ind. - Dirt
July 13- Saturday- Grundy County Speedway - Ill.(TEMPORARY)
July 20- Saturday- BOB LOCKHARDT MEMORIAL
Grundy County Speedway - Ill. - Asphalt
July 21- Sunday - (Rain Date) Lockhardt Memorial
Aug. 10- Saturday- Grundy County Speedway - Ill. - Asphalt
Aug. 15- Thursday- Fairbury Speedway - Ill - Dirt
Aug. 17- Saturday- Galesburgh Speedway - Mi. - Asphalt
Aug. 24- Saturday- ILLINOIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Grundy County Speedway - Ill. - Asphalt
Aug. 25- Sunday - (Rain Date) State Championships
Sept. 29- Sunday - Rockford Speedway - Ill. - Asphalt
Paul Dever -- The Auto Channel
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Daytona 500: Results from First Round of Qualifications
02/14/96
ESPNET reported on the results of the first round of qualifications for the Daytona 500. Here's a summary of the results they published:
These qualifying results establish only the top two starting positions
(Dale Earnhardt and Ernie Irvan). A pair of 125 mile races on
Thursday (2/15) will establish starting positions 3-30. Starting positions
31-38 go to drivers with the best remaining qualifying times, and
positions 39-42 are reserved for provisional starters.
Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed
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1 3 Dale GM Goodwrench 47.491 189.510
Earnhardt Monte Carlo
2 28 Ernie Texaco/Havoline 47.527 189.366
Irvan Thunderbird
3 88 Dale Quality Care/Red Carpet Leasing 47.536 189.330
Jarrett Thunderbird
4 98 Jeremy RCA 47.545 189.294
Mayfield Thunderbird
5 4 Sterling Kodak Film 47.666 188.814
Marlin Monte Carlo
6 24 Jeff DuPont 47.723 188.588
Gordon Monte Carlo
7 33 Robert Skoal Bandit Racing 47.738 188.529
Pressley Monte Carlo
8 1 Rick Hooters 47.751 188.478
Mast Grand Prix
9 5 Terry Kellogg's 47.779 188.367
Labonte Monte Carlo
10 25 Ken Budweiser 47.835 188.147
Schrader Monte Carlo
11 81 Kenny Square D/TIC 47.861 188.045
Wallace Thunderbird
12 44 Jeff Phoenix Racing 47.946 187.711
Purvis Monte Carlo
13 94 Bill McDonald's Racing 48.019 187.426
Elliott Thunderbird
14 99 Jeff Exide Batteries 48.021 187.418
Burton Thunderbird
15 21 Michael CITGO 48.051 187.301
Waltrip Thunderbird
16 37 John Kmart/Little Caesars 48.085 187.169
Andretti Thunderbird
17 30 Johnny Pennzoil 48.171 186.834
Benson Grand Prix
18 87 Joe Burger King 48.196 186.737
Nemechek Monte Carlo
19 23 Jimmy Smokin' Joe's 48.243 186.556
Spencer Thunderbird
20 19 Loy Healthsource 48.265 186.471
Allen Thunderbird
21 7 Geoff QVC Network 48.268 186.459
Bodine Thunderbird
22 75 Morgan Remington Arms 48.325 186.239
Shepherd Thunderbird
23 15 Wally Bud Moore Engineering 48.329 186.224
Dallenbach Thunderbird
24 10 Ricky Tide 48.338 186.189
Rudd Thunderbird
25 43 Bobby STP 48.364 186.089
Hamilton Grand Prix
26 2 Rusty Miller Racing 48.371 186.062
Wallace Thunderbird
27 42 Kyle Coors Light/First Union 48.400 185.950
Petty Grand Prix
28 29 Steve Hanna-Barbera 48.426 185.851
Grissom Monte Carlo
29 90 Mike Heilig-Meyers 48.426 185.851
Wallace Thunderbird
30 71 Dave Prodigy Services 48.429 185.839
Marcis Monte Carlo
31 9 Lake SPAM 48.445 185.778
Speed Thunderbird
32 97 Chad Sterling Cowboy 48.454 185.743
Little Grand Prix
33 17 Darrell Western Auto's Parts 48.522 185.483
Waltrip Monte Carlo
34 22 Ward MBNA America Bank 48.587 185.235
Burton Grand Prix
35 27 Elton TBA 48.596 185.200
Sawyer Thunderbird
36 12 Derrike Straight Arrow 48.690 184.843
Cope Thunderbird
37 6 Mark Valvoline 48.695 184.824
Martin Thunderbird
38 41 Ricky Kodiak 48.711 184.763
Craven Monte Carlo
39 16 Ted The Family Channel 48.843 184.264
Musgrave Thunderbird
40 73 Phil X-1R 48.847 184.249
Barkdoll Monte Carlo
41 95 Chuck Shoney's Inn 48.850 184.237
Bown Thunderbird
42 18 Bobby Interstate Batteries 48.873 184.151
Labonte Monte Carlo
43 77 Bobby Jasper Engines 48.895 184.068
Hillin Thunderbird
44 63 Dick Purina Hi-Pro Dog Food 49.132 183.180
Trickle Thunderbird
45 8 Hut Circuit City 49.146 183.128
Stricklin Thunderbird
46 11 Brett Lowe's 49.177 183.012
Bodine Thunderbird
47 80 Joe MCA Records 49.515 181.763
Ruttman Thunderbird
48 65 Steve Elena's 50.040 179.856
Seligman Thunderbird
49 57 Jim Matco Tools 51.418 175.036
Bown Monte Carlo
50 0 Delma Master's Inn Economy
Cowart Thunderbird
Paul Dever -- The Auto Channel
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Pre-Season Favorite Slides Off Track
02/14/96
Atlas Team F1 has reported that Formula One pre-season favorite Damon
Hill drove the Williams team's Renault FW18 off the track yesterday in
Estoril, one day after the new car was presented. The car's brakes
failed on a curve, causing Hill to slide off a rain soaked track into
the gravel. Hill was not hurt. He ended his test session after 30
laps, clocking a fastest time of 1:36.53. All of the test sessions at
Estoril were suspended because of the rain.
Paul Dever -- The Auto Channel
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Formula One Prognosticator Pandemonium!!!!
02/14/96
Motorsports News International has announced the kick off of this
years Formula One Prognosticator Pandemonium. MNI is once again
hosting this ultra-cool contest, and you are invited to
participate. F1PP is in its fourth year, but this is its first year of
being totally wired. Check out the new web based entry form and Tom
Happanen's perl hacks for scoring this season's contest.
Way cool. Joe Bob Briggs would tell you to check it out:
http://www.motorsport.com/F1PP/
news00157.htmlCheck out Tom Happanen's official first call for entries.
Paul Dever -- The Auto Channel
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Tom Happanen's Official "First Call for Entries"--Formula One Prognosticator Pandemonium
02/14/96
--== F1PP ==--
F1 Prognosticator Pandemonium
-- CALL FOR ENTRIES --
This posting officially announces the fifth annual F1PP competition.
The goal of F1PP is to correctly pick the top drivers and teams for the
1996 season, but unlike the F1 Pick6 competition, you make one set of
picks for the entire season to predict the top teams and drivers for
the year.
The picks are collated before the first race, and my magical set of perl
scripts recalculates the standings after each race. As a result, no
entries can be accepted after the start of practice for the first race
of the 1996 season. While it may seem advantageous to delay your entry
as long as possible, this leaves you at the mercy of Internet links and
other potential failures, which may prevent your entry from reaching us
in time. Don't delay too long!
To enter, fill in the web entry form at http://www.motorsport.com/F1PP.
If you do not have access to the web, or to a forms-capable web
browser, send an email message to f1pp@motorsport.com , with your
predictions for the top 10 of the Drivers' Championship (including the
number of wins for each driver), and the top 6 of the Constructors'
Championship. Please format the entry as follows (note spaces after
the position codes, and the colon separating the number of wins from
the driver's name). Picks with fewer or more than 10 drivers, or with
the total number of wins not equal to 16, or with fewer or more than 6
constructors, WILL BE DISCARDED.
Name: Joe Racefan
Scores-To: joe@race.fan.com
Nationality: US
D1. Rosset: 5
D2. Panis: 4
D3. Inoue: 3
D4. Lamy: 2
D5. Katayama: 1
D6. Schumacher: 1
D7. Alesi
D8. Verstappen
D9. Hakkinen
D10. Villeneuve
C1. Forti
C2. Arrows
C3. Ligier
C4. Williams
C5. Jordan
C6. Minardi
We will provide WWW access to the scoring reports; check the MNI web
site for updates, scoring reports and standings. Scoring summaries will
be also posted to rec.autos.sport.info after each race.
Points are scored according to a somewhat complex formula: basically,
for each right-on pick you score 200-140-100-80-60-50-40-30-20-10 for
drivers and 200-120-80-60-40-20 for constructors, with each "off" score
being the right-on score divided by (1 + 1.5 * (# positions off)). Each
correctly predicted victory scores 25 points, down from last year's 30.
Intermediate standings (posted after every race) will have the Drivers'
and Constructors' points pro-rated for the number of races completed so
far.
If you're really keen on determining the exact scoring procedure, take a
look at the perl code (available on the web site) used to calculate the
driver and constructor points.
[Note: no points scored by substitute drivers (such as Magnussen for
Hakkinen, or Mansell for Blundell in 1995), will be added to your
primary driver's score for F1PP scoring.]
382 players took part in the 1994 competition, up strongly from the 146
in 1994, 71 in 1993 and 35 in 1992. Tim Bailer claimed the top honours
with 1560.2 points, followed by Thorwald Herbert and Dave Reed.
Here are Tim's impressive picks:
Drivers:
1. [ 1.] Schumacher Wins: 11 [ 9] 200.0 + 225 points
2. [ 2.] Hill 2 [ 4] 145.0 + 50
3. [ 3.] Coulthard 1 [ 1] 110.0 + 25
4. [ 4.] Herbert 1 [ 2] 90.0 + 25
5. [ 6.] Berger 1 [ 0] 35.0 + 0
6. [ 5.] Alesi 0 [ 1] 27.5 + 0
7. [ 7.] Hakkinen 0 [ 0] 40.0 + 0
8. [ 0.] Mansell 0 [ 0] 0.0 + 0
9. [10.] Barrichello 0 [ 0] 10.0 + 0
10. [11.] Irvine 0 [ 0] 5.0 + 0
Total 325.0 + 662
Constructors:
1. [ 1.] Benetton 200.0 points
2. [ 2.] Williams 130.0
3. [ 3.] Ferrari 80.0
4. [ 4.] McLaren 60.0
5. [ 6.] Jordan 20.0
6. [ 7.] Sauber 10.0
Total 500.0
TOTAL: 1560.2
Tim's score is a new F1PP record, beating Gerard Ashok's score of 1472.5
points in 1993 (adjusted for the 1994-1995 scoring scheme)!
tomh@motorsport.com (Tom Haapanen)
MNI - Motorsport News International
Wed Feb 7 21:01:04 EST 1996
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