Spa & Brands back in 2003 but.....

the track will be one of possibly 3 Euro road courses run by CART in the Spring. From ESPN's RPM website: It's not official yet, but it looks like Championship Auto Racing Teams is going to spend next spring in England and Europe running on some hallowed Formula One ground. While CEO Chris Pook refused to comment on the subject, ESPN.com has learned that CART is in final negotiations to run Brands Hatch (England), Spa (Belgium) and Estoril (Portugal) on consecutive weekends in 2003. "That would be awesome because all three of those tracks have a lot of history and CART would put on a good show for them," said Mario Andretti, the 1978 world champion and Indy-car legend. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.422 / Virus Database: 237 - Release Date: 11/20/02

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> > the track will be one of possibly 3 Euro road courses run by CART in the > Spring. > From ESPN's RPM website: > > It's not official yet, but it looks like Championship Auto Racing Teams is > going to spend next spring in England and Europe running on some hallowed > Formula One ground. > > While CEO Chris Pook refused to comment on the subject, ESPN.com has learned > that CART is in final negotiations to run Brands Hatch (England), Spa > (Belgium) and Estoril (Portugal) on consecutive weekends in 2003. > > "That would be awesome because all three of those tracks have a lot of > history and CART would put on a good show for them," said Mario Andretti, > the 1978 world champion and Indy-car legend.

Bloody excellent news, maybe I'll have to take a trip to Belgium this year... Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........" --Groucho Marx--

CART? I thought they were ending CART because nobody watched anymore.... Vintook "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:F20E9.97980$WL3.44670@rwcrnsc54... > the track will be one of possibly 3 Euro road courses run by CART inthe > Spring. > From ESPN's RPM website: > > > > It's not official yet, but it looks like Championship Auto Racing Teamsis > going to spend next spring in England and Europe running on some hallowed > Formula One ground. > > While CEO Chris Pook refused to comment on the subject, ESPN.com haslearned

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> that CART is in final negotiations to run Brands Hatch (England), Spa > (Belgium) and Estoril (Portugal) on consecutive weekends in 2003. > > "That would be awesome because all three of those tracks have a lot of > history and CART would put on a good show for them," said Mario Andretti, > the 1978 world champion and Indy-car legend. > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.422 / Virus Database: 237 - Release Date: 11/20/02 > >

"Vintook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ff4E9.59011$[email hidden]... > CART? I thought they were ending CART because nobody watched anymore.... Shows how stupid you are...

On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 13:12:43 GMT, "Vintook" <[email hidden]> wrote: >CART? I thought they were ending CART because nobody watched anymore.... You should tell that to the 300,000+ people who attended the races in Mexico City, Monterey, and Long Beach. CART might have a crap TV deal but they still fill the stands at many venues, especially in Meixco, Brazil, etc. Jason

On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 08:26:13 GMT, "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote: >"That would be awesome because all three of those tracks have a lot of >history and CART would put on a good show for them," said Mario Andretti, >the 1978 world champion and Indy-car legend. I wish I could be around when Mario is swearing at his son in Italian over his move to the IRL. =) Jason

michael didnt have much luck at the f1 tracks the first time around ;) pez "Jason Moyer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 08:26:13 GMT, "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >"That would be awesome because all three of those tracks have a lot of > >history and CART would put on a good show for them," said Mario Andretti, > >the 1978 world champion and Indy-car legend. > > I wish I could be around when Mario is swearing at his son in Italian > over his move to the IRL. =) > > Jason

"Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:F20E9.97980$WL3.44670@rwcrnsc54... > the track will be one of possibly 3 Euro road courses run by CART inthe > Spring. > From ESPN's RPM website: > It's not official yet, but it looks like Championship Auto Racing Teamsis > going to spend next spring in England and Europe running on some hallowed > Formula One ground. > > While CEO Chris Pook refused to comment on the subject, ESPN.com haslearned > that CART is in final negotiations to run Brands Hatch (England), Spa > (Belgium) and Estoril (Portugal) on consecutive weekends in 2003. please oh please let this be true! :-)

I've had no reason to watch CART this season. Looks like I might want to watch at least a few of the venues next year, however. Hope it happens. I enjoyed watching the Mexico race and comparing to the GPL version. Jim Dave Henrie wrote:

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> the track will be one of possibly 3 Euro road courses run by CART in the >Spring. >From ESPN's RPM website: > > > > It's not official yet, but it looks like Championship Auto Racing Teams is >going to spend next spring in England and Europe running on some hallowed >Formula One ground. > >While CEO Chris Pook refused to comment on the subject, ESPN.com has learned >that CART is in final negotiations to run Brands Hatch (England), Spa >(Belgium) and Estoril (Portugal) on consecutive weekends in 2003. > >"That would be awesome because all three of those tracks have a lot of >history and CART would put on a good show for them," said Mario Andretti, >the 1978 world champion and Indy-car legend. > > > > > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.422 / Virus Database: 237 - Release Date: 11/20/02 > >

"Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > > Dave Henrie wrote: > > > > the track will be one of possibly 3 Euro road courses run by CART inthe > > Spring. > > From ESPN's RPM website: > > > > It's not official yet, but it looks like Championship Auto Racing Teamsis > > going to spend next spring in England and Europe running on somehallowed > > Formula One ground. > > > > While CEO Chris Pook refused to comment on the subject, ESPN.com haslearned > > that CART is in final negotiations to run Brands Hatch (England), Spa > > (Belgium) and Estoril (Portugal) on consecutive weekends in 2003. > > There is an FIA ruling somewhere that states CART can only race ovals in Europe. That's why it's latest venture over here required the construction of Rockingham and Lausitzring. Maybe this explains the meeting between Mr Ecclestone and Mr Pook, to get the ruling dropped and allow CART onto road courses? I hope so, David C

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> "Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > > > > Dave Henrie wrote: > > > > > > the track will be one of possibly 3 Euro road courses run by CART in > the > > > Spring. > > > From ESPN's RPM website: > > > > > > It's not official yet, but it looks like Championship Auto Racing Teams > is > > > going to spend next spring in England and Europe running on some > hallowed > > > Formula One ground. > > > > > > While CEO Chris Pook refused to comment on the subject, ESPN.com has > learned > > > that CART is in final negotiations to run Brands Hatch (England), Spa > > > (Belgium) and Estoril (Portugal) on consecutive weekends in 2003. > > > > > > > There is an FIA ruling somewhere that states CART can only race ovals in > Europe. That's why it's latest venture over here required the construction > of Rockingham and Lausitzring. > Maybe this explains the meeting between Mr Ecclestone and Mr Pook, to get > the ruling dropped and allow CART onto road courses?

This ruling was dropped years ago. CART can run wherever they want as long as it doesn't interfere with the F1 calendar. -- Olav Malmin remove .spam when replying

Crap tv deal .. you are spot on there! Why oh WHy oh WHY can't they get themselves a decent tv deal ... in the UK it's even worse than the rallying coverage at the moment .. even ALMS gets better coverage here. !! They should Ditch eurosport .. who by the way screened the end segment of the mexican race twice last week Ijn the same programme !! :-)) .. no one there was watching obviously to spot that we'd just seen all that! Eurosport .. purveyors of all cheap international sport ... they dont do CART any favours at all!! There I've said it! jv "Jason Moyer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 13:12:43 GMT, "Vintook" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >CART? I thought they were ending CART because nobody watched anymore.... > > You should tell that to the 300,000+ people who attended the races in > Mexico City, Monterey, and Long Beach. CART might have a crap TV deal > but they still fill the stands at many venues, especially in Meixco, > Brazil, etc. > > Jason

"Juan Vizoso" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Crap tv deal .. you are spot on there! Why oh WHy oh WHY can't they get > themselves a decent tv deal ... in the UK it's even worse than the rallying > coverage at the moment .. even ALMS gets better coverage here. !! The rallying coverage is excellent (C4), if you can get eurosport doubly so. > They should Ditch eurosport .. who by the way screened the end > segment of the mexican race twice last week Ijn the same programme !! :-)) > .. no one there was watching obviously to spot that we'd just seen all that! > Eurosport .. purveyors of all cheap international sport ... they > dont do CART any favours at all!! I'm not sure anyone else would show it (at a decent hour anyway). They should simply let eurosport show it live like they used to. Paul

CART Races are live Sunday nights on Sky Sports... So the TV deal in the UK is actually pretty amazing. "Juan Vizoso" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Crap tv deal .. you are spot on there! Why oh WHy oh WHY can't they get > themselves a decent tv deal ... in the UK it's even worse than therallying > coverage at the moment .. even ALMS gets better coverage here. !! > They should Ditch eurosport .. who by the way screened the end > segment of the mexican race twice last week Ijn the same programme !! :-)) > .. no one there was watching obviously to spot that we'd just seen allthat! > Eurosport .. purveyors of all cheap international sport ... they > dont do CART any favours at all!! > > There I've said it! > jv

:-)) Ok Ok , so they were live on sky sports... actually , as you say , a pretty good tv deal .. hmmmm .. you know I watched them all too , maybe I was stuck in a time warp back to last year then, when sky only showed nascar busch and IRL ...... I was going to share my opinions on eurosport's previous attempts at 'live ' coverage of CART too, but let's just say a return to that wouldn't be welcome here chez vizoso :-)) . so nobody spotted the race broadcast contained two identical segments ? "Nick" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:as287m$nkvva$[email hidden]... > CART Races are live Sunday nights on Sky Sports... So the TV deal in theUK

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> is actually pretty amazing. > > "Juan Vizoso" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Crap tv deal .. you are spot on there! Why oh WHy oh WHY can't they get > > themselves a decent tv deal ... in the UK it's even worse than the > rallying > > coverage at the moment .. even ALMS gets better coverage here. !! > > They should Ditch eurosport .. who by the way screened the

end > > segment of the mexican race twice last week Ijn the same programme !!:-)) > > .. no one there was watching obviously to spot that we'd just seen all > that! > > Eurosport .. purveyors of all cheap international sport ...they

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On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 10:51:01 -0000, "Nick" <[email hidden]> wrote: >CART Races are live Sunday nights on Sky Sports... So the TV deal in the UK >is actually pretty amazing. in France with have AB Motors : - CART live - NASCAR live - IRL Live Sebastien TIXIER - Game Developer Dynamics and Car Physics http://www.eden-studios.fr GPLRank Normal:-44.24 Monster:-124.44

"Sebastien Tixier" <stixier@wanadoo[NO_SPAM].fr> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 10:51:01 -0000, "Nick" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >CART Races are live Sunday nights on Sky Sports... So the TV deal in theUK

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> >is actually pretty amazing. > > in France with have AB Motors : > - CART live > - NASCAR live > - IRL Live >

Well two outta 3 ain't bad. hehehee. :0 dave henrie