News By Topic: Championship Auto Racing Teams

JIMMY VASSER QUALIFIES SIXTH FOR THE 500 AT FONTANA

Nov 3, 2002

VASSER TO MAKE 11TH TOP-10 START OF THE SEASON – Team Rahal driver Jimmy Vasser was the fastest of the Ford-powered entries, and the sixth-fastest overall, during qualifying at the California Speedway. Vasser lapped the two-mile super speedway in 31.736 seconds and an average speed of 230.161 miles per hour. Tony ... Continue reading

#10 Kanaan CART Fontana Saturday Qualifying

Nov 2, 2002

Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com media information Kanaan on the Pole for Sunday's 500-Miler at California Speedway FONTANA, Calif. (Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002) -- Tony Kanaan and the #10 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Lola qualified on the pole today for Sunday's 500-mil ... Continue reading

#10 Kanaan CART Fontana Friday Practice

Nov 1, 2002

Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com media information The 500 at California Speedway Friday Practice Notes/Quotes FONTANA, Calif. (Friday, Nov. 1, 2002) -- Tony Kanaan and the #10 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Lola clocked the third-fastest practice lap of the day today ... Continue reading

Da Matta remains CART's man to beat

Nov 1, 2002

FONTANA,California, October 31, 2002; AP reports that the focus has been on Cristiano da Matta all season, and there's no reason for that to change now. Da Matta, who has already clinched the 2002 CART championship, needs victories in Sunday's 500 presented by Toyota at California Speedway and in the season-ending even ... Continue reading

SEASON-ENDING CART AWARDS BANQUET SET FOR MIAMI

Oct 31, 2002

[ 10/30/2002 ] Indianapolis — Championship Auto Racing Teams will put the wraps on its 2002 CART FedEx Championship Series season and unveil some of its plans for 2003 with two days of activity culminating with the series awards banquet Nov. 21-22 at the Hotel Intercontinental in Miami. The activities begin on th ... Continue reading

CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDI Dumps CART To Join Petty Enterprises As NASCAR Driver

Oct 29, 2002

PETTY ENTERPRISES WILL FIELD TEAMS FOR DRIVER CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDI IN 2003, PREPARING THE BRAZILIAN NATIVE FOR A FULL NASCAR WINSTON CUP SEASON IN 2004. FITTIPALDI WILL RUN WINSTON CUP, BUSCH GRAND NATIONAL AND ARCA NEXT YEAR. FITTIPALDI WILL BE THE FIRST DRIVER TO RUN FOR THE WINSTON CUP CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER COMPETING F ... Continue reading

Complete Results Of CART Australia 10/2002

Oct 27, 2002

FP SP # Driver Engine/Chassis/Tire LC Time Mph km/h Lag Status 1 16 55 M. Dominguez Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone 40 2:00:06.524 55.849 89.881 RUNNING 2 14 32 P. Carpentier Ford-Cosworth/Reynard/Bridgestone 40 2:00:08.701 55.833 89.854 2.177 RUNNING 3 5 26 P. Tracy Honda/Lola/Bridgestone 40 2:00:09.073 55.830 89.849 2 ... Continue reading

CART POST-RACE PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT

Oct 27, 2002

Sunday, October 27, 2002 MERRILL CAIN: Ladies and Gentlemen, we'll get started with our top-three press conference today following a very wet and wild Honda Indy 300. We'll start out with Paul Tracy who finished third in the #26 KOOL Honda/Lola/Bridgestone, his fourth podium finish of his season and his first podium in ... Continue reading

CART AUSTRALIA RACE SUMMARY

Oct 27, 2002

Sunday, October 27, 2002 SURFERS PARADISE, Australia--Sun-drenched Surfers Paradise may be one of the most aptly-named places on the planet, but the resort town on Australia's Gold Coast turned from paradise to a water park on Sunday afternoon for the Honda Indy 300. Residents of Queensland, Australia, had been hoping ... Continue reading

CART: DOMINGUEZ SPLASHES TO WIN DOWN UNDER

Oct 27, 2002

October 27, 2002 SURFERS PARADISE, Australia--Mario Dominguez started Sunday in the middle of a nine-car pileup and ended up in victory lane. That's how crazy Sunday's Honda Indy 300 turned out to be. In one of the wettest, most treacherous and confounding races in CART history, Dominguez was out in front when the red ... Continue reading

DaMATTA Wins Pole With New CART Street Course Record In SURFERS PARADISE

Oct 26, 2002

Print it SURFERS PARADISE, Australia October 26, 2002; The AP reported that Cristiano da Matta won the pole position for the CART Honda Indy 300, breaking the day-old course record by more than 1.3 seconds Saturday. Da Matta, who clinched the series title three weeks ago in Miami, broke the record with a time of 1 minu ... Continue reading

Big OOPS: FedEx Out As Title Sponsor, CART Management Denies F1 Takeover,

Oct 26, 2002

SURFERS PARADISE, Australia, October 25, 2002; The AP reported that CART president Chris Pook said Friday that the series has lost its title sponsor for next year and has no plans to merge with Formula One. Pook, who became president and chief executive officer of the U.S.-based open-wheel series last December, said he ... Continue reading

CART Could Become Formula .5

Oct 25, 2002

October 22, 2002 The AP said that Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone reportedly is interested in buying a majority share of stock in CART and turning the open-wheel series into a training ground for F1. CART has been struggling in recent years, and next season loses some engine manufacturers and teams to the IRL. Eccle ... Continue reading

CART Commits To Success in 2003

Oct 20, 2002

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 18, 2002 Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. announced today that it will make a significant investment in the company's future. The Board-approved plan, which follows a commitment to invest in CART made by CART President and CEO Christopher R. Pook in last July's second-quarter earnings teleconfere ... Continue reading

RACEf/x System Brings Real-Time Race Data to Telecasts

Oct 14, 2002

Asset Caption: LynuxWorks' LynxOS real-time software powers the Sportvision RaceF/X solution, seen here as shown during a live broadcast of a NASCAR race. The LynxOS' embedded operating system allows telemetry data from the race car to be delivered and processed in real-time, resulting in a constantly-updated display o ... Continue reading