Dieser Speedway mit dem relativ hohen Banking in den Kurven hat CART ja damals geschafft. Die hohen Kurvengeschwindigkeiten und die dadurch entstehenden Fliehkräfte auf den Fahrer waren so hoch, dass die Fahrer nach längeren Stints einen "grey out" erlitten, Schwindel im Kopf etc. CART musste damals das Rennen aus Sicherheitsgründen absagen. Aber damals fuhr man noch nicht den Panoz, hatte mehr PS und Anti-G Anzüge wurden leider auch nicht an die Fahrer verteilt, das hätte wahrscheinlich geholfen
Viele Jahre später - wie es das Schicksal will, muss ich jetzt wieder ein Rennen in Texas ankündigen, ein Rennen der IRL mit komplett anderen Autos, Motoren. Wer hätte das damals gedacht ... ?
aber nun denn:
zuerst die Teilnehmerliste, die mit 28 gemeldeten Fahrern nicht schlecht ist Marty Roth ist zurück und auch Milka Duno
IndyCar® Series
Bombardier Learjet 550k
At Texas Motor Speedway
Car Driver Hometown Car Name Entrant Race Strategist
2 A.J. Foyt IV Hockley, Texas Lilly Diabetes/Vision Racing Vision Racing Tony George
3 Helio Castroneves Sao Paulo, Brazil Team Penske Team Penske Tim Cindric
4 Vitor Meira Brasilia, Brazil Delphi National Guard Panther Racing John Barnes
5 Oriol Servia Pals, Catalonia, Spain KV Racing Technology KV Racing Technology Jimmy Vasser
6 Ryan Briscoe Sydney, Australia Team Penske Team Penske Roger Penske
7 Danica Patrick Roscoe, Ill. Motorola Andretti Green Racing Kyle Moyer
8 Will Power (R) Toowoomba, Australia Aussie Vineyards-Team Australia KV Racing Technology Mark Johnson
9 Scott Dixon Auckland, New Zealand Target Chip Ganassi Racing Target Chip Ganassi Racing Mike Hull
10 Dan Wheldon Emberton, England Target Chip Ganassi Racing Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chip Ganassi
11 Tony Kanaan Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Team 7-Eleven Andretti Green Racing George Klotz
12 Tomas Scheckter Cape Town, South Africa Symantec Luczo Dragon Racing Luczo Dragon Racing Jay Penske
14 Darren Manning North Yorkshire, England ABC Supply Co./AJ Foyt Racing A.J. Foyt Enterprises A.J. Foyt
15 Buddy Rice Phoenix Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dennis Reinbold
17 Ryan Hunter-Reay Boca Raton, Fla. Rahal Letterman Racing Team Ethanol Rahal Letterman Racing Scott Roembke
18 Bruno Junqueira Belo Horizonte, Brazil Z-Line Designs Dale Coyne Racing Dale Coyne
19 Mario Moraes (R) Sao Paulo, Brazil Sonny’s Bar-B-Q Dale Coyne Racing Adam Schaechter
20 Ed Carpenter Indianapolis Menards/Vision Racing Vision Racing Jeff Britton
23 Milka Duno Caracas, Venezuela CITGO/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Robbie Buhl
24 John Andretti Indianapolis Roth Racing Roth Racing Larry Curry
25 Marty Roth Toronto Roth Racing Roth Racing Larry Curry
26 Marco Andretti Nazareth, Pa. Blockbuster Andretti Green Racing Paul Harcus
27 Hideki Mutoh (R) Tokyo Formula Dream Andretti Green Racing Kim Green
33 E.J. Viso (R) Caracas, Venezuela PDVSA HVM Racing HVM Racing Michael Cannon
34 Jaime Camara (R) Goiania, Brazil Sangari Conquest Racing Eric Zeto
36 Enrique Bernoldi (R) Curitiva, Brazil Sangari Conquest Racing Conquest Racing Brandon Fry
96 Mario Dominguez (R) Mexico City Visit Mexico City/PCM Racing Pacific Coast Motorsports Michael Harvey
02 Justin Wilson (R) Sheffield, England McDonald’s Racing Team Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing Mike Talbott
06 Graham Rahal (R) New Albany, Ohio Hole in the Wall Camps Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing Todd Malloy
All cars use Dallara chassis, Honda engines and Firestone tires.
Issued: 6/3/08
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Dixon schnellster beim Practice
Bei sehr windigen Wetterverhältnissen war wieder Scott Dixon der führende Mann beim Practice gestern vor Marco Andretti und John Andretti.
DIXON LEADS OPENING DAY AT WINDY TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
FORT WORTH, Texas, Thursday, June 5, 2008 – Reigning Indianapolis 500 champion Scott Dixon, driving the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car, topped the speed chart in the first practice session – 90 minutes under the lights on the high-banked 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway oval – with a quick lap of 213.837 mph (24.4953 seconds) in preparation for the Bombardier Learjet 550k.
The session was run in wind that gusted to 35 mph. A record-tying 28 drivers for the IndyCar Series at the racetrack totaled 1,436 laps, with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing’s Buddy Rice putting in a field-high 72.
Marco Andretti in the No. 26 Blockbuster car for Andretti Green Racing (213.465 mph; 24.5380 seconds) was second and John Andretti (212.956; 24.5966) in the No. 24 Roth Racing car was third. Dan Wheldon (212.932) in the No. 10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car was fourth and A.J. Foyt IV (212.164) fifth in the No. 2 Lilly Diabetes/Vision Racing car.
Ryan Briscoe, who recorded his first IndyCar Series victory at Milwaukee, followed Vision Racing’s Ed Carpenter (sixth at 212.164 mph). Andretti Green Racing’s Danica Patrick (212.109) was eighth and KV Racing Technology’s Will Power ninth (211.959). Power and Hideki Mutoh (211.952) are the only drivers in the top 10 to have not competed on the oval.
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