In an article by IGN.com, we find out that the game development company, Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, filed for bankruptcy in Arizona’s Maricopa County Court. While the company is still up and running for now, they’re certainly not in a position to fork out the $3M+ that it would take to sponsor Simona di Silvestro in an IZOD IndyCar Series ride, or even the lesser level of sponsorship that it would take to place her in the Firestone Indy Lights series. Tough break for HVM since Simona had a fantastic test…
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Rally – 100 Acre Wood This Week!!!
OP-Ed – USF1 Denies; Stefan Delivers
The soap opera that is the new teams and the potential 14th grid slot has seen two updates the last 24 hours that doesn’t make the situation any easier. As of the middle of this week we all thought the USF1 project was in a serious state of collapse. This very well may be true but it has not stopped the boys based in Charlotte from refuting the rumors. According to USF1’s twitter account, the team is “not gone” and we are to “have news soon”. Are you serious? Less…
Read MoreRally – Proton Closes in on Driver Selection
Malaysian based Proton is reportedly close to signing another driver for its 2010 IRC campaign. Alister McRae delivered a solid finish for Proton at last year’s Rally Scotland and is set to be one of the drivers in the car this year. The question then remains who is in line for the second seat? Francois Duval is one of the names mentioned as well as former factory Subaru ace Chris Atkinson. The latter of the two has just completed a test for the Malaysian squad and is currently without a…
Read MoreRally – LDR Going WRC in Mexico!
As was mentioned on Episode 26 of the podcast this week, our very good friends at Last Ditch Racing have been given an opportunity that would be insane to turn down. The crew has been offered a chance to yet again compete in a WRC event in Mexico. The only difference between the 100 Acre Wood Rally and Mexico for the team will be the car. T4 will be on the sideline freshly recovering from action in Missouri, while John takes command of a Peugeot 207. The event is going…
Read MoreEpisode 26 – Open Paddock Podcast
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAfter what could be considered a black day in American motorsports, Mike and I look over USF1 and Campos. We bring you our opinion on Rally Sweden results with some good conversation. IndyCar silly season is in full effect….never mind our bit about KV Racing…they beat me to the punch! Also, we ran into a couple problems with our skype so there may be patchy spots. We should have a remedy for the situation in time for next week. Battle through it and enjoy…
Read MoreRally – Prodrive MINI on Target
The wonderful folks at Rallybuzz.com are at it again with a great update on the current MINI crossover that looks to make its WRC debut next year. The bottom lineup on the project is that it will happen and it is on schedule for next season. Dave Richards and some of the other top brass at Prodrive were in Sweden this past weekend for the WRC’s opening round. What was labeled as a fact finding mission has brought forth some specifications on what the boys from Banbury are working on.…
Read MoreRally – X-Games 16 Confirmed
The Rally America National Championship has announced that rally car racing will be back for X-Games 16 and is actually a huge hit for the fans. With ticket sales soaring and television ratings still climbing, the boys from the national championship have been invited back to put on a show. There will be twelve drivers who will be chosen by very specific criteria. Three of the participants have already been selected with last year’s medalist getting the call. Kenny Brack, Travis Pastrana, and Tanner Foust have been selected as the…
Read MoreIndyCar – Takuma Sato Signs With KVRT
As we reported in an article from Feb 6th, former F1 BAR Honda and Super Aguri driver has signed with KV Racing Technologies for a full-time ride in the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series. “We are very excited to have been able to put this deal together with Takuma and his group,” said KVRT co-owner Jimmy Vasser. “I can’t wait to see what I know will be a extremely fast pace by Taku on the road courses and look forward to working with him and getting him up to speed on…
Read MorePodcast – Episode 26 Preview
Tonight will see episode 26 recorded and thrown to the masses of motorsport fans looking for their off season weekly serving. On tap for tonight will be discussion on Rally Sweden and the 2011 calendar. We will also discuss the Lola chassis design in our ongoing analysis of the 2012 chassis war. Gil de Ferran has merged with another team and Mike will share his thoughts on de Ferran finally surfacing after months of silence. We will also bring in the latest rumors and news regarding USF1, Campos Meta and…
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