Summer is coming to an end and the IndyCar racing season is winding up for a finish in Homestead, FL. Today Curt Cavin of the Indianapolis Star provides an overview of the part-time rides and team plans as the season ends. Read it for yourself at:
http://www.indystar.com/article/20090808/SPORTS0107/908080426/1052/SPORTS01?source=nletter-sports
A note he makes, that wasn’t made in yesterday’s post, is that Doornbos ran with HVM Racing in the Champ Car World Series. Hopefully, his run with Newman/Haas/Lanigan wasn’t simply to provide time for HVM to find sponsorship for a second car. If Doornbos had been guaranteed the HVM ride, undoubtedly his past successes with HVM and this past season with N/H/L were used to support that sales pitch.
Silly season—the musical chair routine of drivers at season-end—seems to have been going on all season. How many different teams has Paul Tracy driven for this season? Jacque Lazier has popped up in a ride from time to time, as has Stanton Barrett. The constant changes must play havoc with teams trying to determine setups and personal driving styles, let alone the switches from short to long ovals and road courses.
Hopefully, what silly season will give fans and teams is a list of solid rides before 2010. Seeing Sarah Fisher obtain sponsorship for a full season, as well as full-time rides for Tracy, Lazier and Will Power, would be a positive.
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