The eighth race of the 2008 season is proving hard to make for a couple of drivers from teams that are transitioning from the ranks of the ChampCar World Series to the IndyCar Series.
Mario Dominguez of Pacific Coast Motorsports and Bruno Junqueira of Dale Coyne Racing will not be able to make it into the field of the Iowa Corn Indy 250 presented by Pioneer, both for different yet similar reasons.
It is no secret that the teams that are new to the series do not have the same availability of parts, especially oval track aero parts, as do established teams that have been working with this Dallara chassis now for the better part of seven years. Heck, some of the teams may even have extra parts they have forgotten about that the kids are playin' with in the backyard at home (more about kids, later).
Resource management and preparation kept the Pacific Coast Motorsports team at their headquarters here in Southern California whereas Bruno will join Marty Roth on the sidelines due to accidents each driver had in separate incidents in the morning practice session on the 0.894-mile Iowa Speedway tri-oval. Bruno Junqueira, after the car was hooked-up and brought bach to the pits, speculated that he hoped the car would be ready for the next race in Richmond, Virginia.
As for the grid of the Elite Eight, the highest position on points going in to the eighth race of the season goes to Oriol Servia at 10th position.
POS./Car# - Driver - Hometown - Car - Sponsor Name - Team
10/5 - Oriol Servia - Pals, Spain - No Sponsor - KV Racing Technology
11/8 - Will Power - Toowoomba, Australia - Aussie Vineyards-Team Australia - KV Racing Technology
13/33 - EJ Viso - Caracas, Venezuela - PDVSA - HVM Racing
16/06 - Graham Rahal - Columbus, Ohio - No Sponsor - Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
17/36 - Enrique Bernoldi - Curitiba, Brazil - Sangari - Conquest Racing
20/02 - Justin Wilson - Sheffield, England - McDonald's - Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
21/34 - Jaime Camara - Goiania, Brazil – Sangari - Conquest Racing
24/19 - Mario Moraes - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Sonny's Bar-B-Q - Dale Coyne Racing
... notes from The EDJE
Original Story:
http://theedje.blogspot.com/2008/06/t-te....
Mario Dominguez of Pacific Coast Motorsports and Bruno Junqueira of Dale Coyne Racing will not be able to make it into the field of the Iowa Corn Indy 250 presented by Pioneer, both for different yet similar reasons.
It is no secret that the teams that are new to the series do not have the same availability of parts, especially oval track aero parts, as do established teams that have been working with this Dallara chassis now for the better part of seven years. Heck, some of the teams may even have extra parts they have forgotten about that the kids are playin' with in the backyard at home (more about kids, later).
Resource management and preparation kept the Pacific Coast Motorsports team at their headquarters here in Southern California whereas Bruno will join Marty Roth on the sidelines due to accidents each driver had in separate incidents in the morning practice session on the 0.894-mile Iowa Speedway tri-oval. Bruno Junqueira, after the car was hooked-up and brought bach to the pits, speculated that he hoped the car would be ready for the next race in Richmond, Virginia.
As for the grid of the Elite Eight, the highest position on points going in to the eighth race of the season goes to Oriol Servia at 10th position.
POS./Car# - Driver - Hometown - Car - Sponsor Name - Team
10/5 - Oriol Servia - Pals, Spain - No Sponsor - KV Racing Technology
11/8 - Will Power - Toowoomba, Australia - Aussie Vineyards-Team Australia - KV Racing Technology
13/33 - EJ Viso - Caracas, Venezuela - PDVSA - HVM Racing
16/06 - Graham Rahal - Columbus, Ohio - No Sponsor - Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
17/36 - Enrique Bernoldi - Curitiba, Brazil - Sangari - Conquest Racing
20/02 - Justin Wilson - Sheffield, England - McDonald's - Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
21/34 - Jaime Camara - Goiania, Brazil – Sangari - Conquest Racing
24/19 - Mario Moraes - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Sonny's Bar-B-Q - Dale Coyne Racing
... notes from The EDJE
Original Story:
http://theedje.blogspot.com/2008/06/t-te....
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