tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19786022.post115009275325412328..comments2023-06-10T09:49:31.971-04:00Comments on Street Level: Allmendinger Replaced at RuSport, Silly Mid-Season EnsuesCopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12492963930062782007noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19786022.post-1150722785209207772006-06-19T09:13:00.000-04:002006-06-19T09:13:00.000-04:00Hey AJ! - Fired, Engaged, Hired, Qualified, & Won!...Hey AJ! - Fired, Engaged, Hired, Qualified, & Won! <BR/><BR/>And all of this happening in about one week.<BR/><BR/>What do you do now? Go to Disneyland?<BR/><BR/>A great American race car driver story has just been written by AJ Almendinger at Portland Raceway in Oregon, and he was actually named by his father for AJ Foyte. AJ delivers a really neat present to his dad on Father's Day (and his dad actually teared up).<BR/><BR/>The race itself was a pretty good story as well. AJ, from his #2 qualifying position, took the lead into the first corner (the festival corners), and was challenged a little more than halfway by his former teammate, Justin Wilson.<BR/><BR/>This set up a bit of a grudge match for a few laps until Wilson flat spotted his right front tire during braking into the same festival corners at the end of the front straight away.<BR/><BR/>At the end of the race, Steve Johnson, president of Champ Car World Series, was interviewed by Derek Daly. Steve said that the talks between the IRL and ChampCar about a possible merger are still alive ... "The good thing is that we are still talking". Also, Phoenix wants to run a race in downtown using the temporary street circuit set-up ala Long Beach and that ChampCar is working with the Mayor Phil Gordon's office to put this together. Steve said that the Mayor expressed the desire to have a race in the streets of downtown Phoenix, "even if we have to race frogs!”<BR/><BR/>At Portland? a good, clean race with no yellows - rare that!<BR/><BR/>http://maxine-log.blogspot.com/2006/06/hey-aj-fired-engaged-hired-qualified.html... notes from The EDJEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11357069669582242997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19786022.post-1150722771673183212006-06-19T09:12:00.000-04:002006-06-19T09:12:00.000-04:00Hey AJ! - Fired, Engaged, Hired, Qualified, & Won!...Hey AJ! - Fired, Engaged, Hired, Qualified, & Won! <BR/><BR/>And all of this happening in about one week.<BR/><BR/>What do you do now? Go to Disneyland?<BR/><BR/>A great American race car driver story has just been written by AJ Almendinger at Portland Raceway in Oregon, and he was actually named by his father for AJ Foyte. AJ delivers a really neat present to his dad on Father's Day (and his dad actually teared up).<BR/><BR/>The race itself was a pretty good story as well. AJ, from his #2 qualifying position, took the lead into the first corner (the festival corners), and was challenged a little more than halfway by his former teammate, Justin Wilson.<BR/><BR/>This set up a bit of a grudge match for a few laps until Wilson flat spotted his right front tire during braking into the same festival corners at the end of the front straight away.<BR/><BR/>At the end of the race, Steve Johnson, president of Champ Car World Series, was interviewed by Derek Daly. Steve said that the talks between the IRL and ChampCar about a possible merger are still alive ... "The good thing is that we are still talking". Also, Phoenix wants to run a race in downtown using the temporary street circuit set-up ala Long Beach and that ChampCar is working with the Mayor Phil Gordon's office to put this together. Steve said that the Mayor expressed the desire to have a race in the streets of downtown Phoenix, "even if we have to race frogs!”<BR/><BR/>At Portland? a good, clean race with no yellows - rare that!<BR/><BR/>http://maxine-log.blogspot.com/2006/06/hey-aj-fired-engaged-hired-qualified.html... notes from The EDJEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11357069669582242997noreply@blogger.com