Silly Season--CCWS, 2006

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 10:37 am

While Jimmy Vasser, 1996 Champ Car series champion, had all but announced his retirement earlier this year, it appears he may back for a few races this year for PKV Racing. Sources close to the team report say that he will drive a third car for the team at a few selected events this year, including Long Beach, Road America, and San Jose.

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:57 pm

mlittle wrote:Apparently, a whole lot of....what??

Latest reports are that Ryan Briscoe appearently turned down Team Australia's latest offer, althought there are still negoiations ongoing. It might just be looking like Alex Tagliani could return to Team Australia in 2006....

If Briscoe wants a single seat drive, I am amazed at him turning down the offer.
Ahah. He is contracted to Holden (GMH) in Australia, and Gore, one of the principals in Team Australia runs a Ford Team in V8Supercars. It is possible that his contract forbids him from signing to a team with Ford affiliations. Now that Walkinshaw is running (GMH) Holden Racing in Aust., it is the sort of thing I would expect.

Briscoe is rumoured to be undergoing grooming to replace Mark Skaife in the team when Mark retires....(shortly, I believe. this could well be his last season)

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:25 pm

Updated driver lineups, as of 15 March 2006......

1}Confirmed seats for 2006.......
Newman-Haas Racing(2):Sebastien Bourdais, Bruno Junquiera
PKV Racing(2):Katherine Legge(R), Oriol Servia
Forsythe Ch. Racing(2):Paul Tracy, Mario Dominguez
RuSport Racing(2):A.J. Allmendinger, Justin Wilson
Team Australia(1):Will Power(R)

2}Seats up in the air for 2006.....
Team Australia(1):either Alex Tagliani or Ryan Briscoe
CTE-HVM Racing(2):Ryan Huter-Reay, Ronnie Bremer, Nelson Phillipe, Gareth Ridpath, Dan Clarke or Rodalfo Lavin
MiJack-Conquest Racing(2):either Jan Heylen or Charles Zwolsman(Andrew Ranger's expected to return for 2006)
Rocketsports Racing(2):Alex Tagliani, Franck Montagny, Enrique Bernoldi or Antonio Pizzonia
Dale Coyne Racing(2):expected to be the duo of Gareth Ridpath and Ricardo Sperafico

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:45 am

According to ar1.com sources, Team Australia is set to announce their driver lineup for 2006. Their sources are reporting that Team Oz's two drivers will indeed be Will Power and Alex Tagliani, not Ryan Briscoe as previously reported. The clincher for this story is that a story confirming the above was posted on CBC Sports's French-language website. ( www.radio-canada.ca/sports/Champcar-IRL ); it should be the lead story at present....

A side note to this......with Tag's apparent signing w/Team Oz, it frees up one potential seat at Rocketsports, so it appears that the two seats there will go to either Franck Montagny, Antonio Pizzonia or Enrique Bernoldi.

As the post's title says.....the seats are starting to fill up.....finally!

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:58 am

And Tags will likely get another run at Mt Panorama

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:02 am

It would appear so.

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:50 pm

Updated driver lineup as of 18 March 2006.....

1}Confirmed seats for 2006.......
Newman-Haas Racing(2):Sebastien Bourdais, Bruno Junquiera
PKV Racing(2):Katherine Legge(R), Oriol Servia
Forsythe Ch. Racing(2):Paul Tracy, mario Dominguez
RuSport Racing(2):A.J. Allmendinger, Justin Wilson
Team Australia(2):Alex Tagliani, Will Power(R)

2}Seats up in the air at present......
CTE-HVM Racing:Nelson Phillipe, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dan Clarke, Rodalfo Lavin or Ronnie Bremer
MiJack-Conquest Racing:likely Jan Heylen and Charles Zwolsman
Rocketsports:Antonio Pizzonia and Enrique Bernoldi
Dale Coyne Racing:either Andrew Ranger, Gareth Ridpath or Ricardo Sperafico

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:24 pm

Updated driver lineup as of 20 March 2006.......

1}Seats confirmed for the 2006 season......
Newman-Haas Racing(2):Sebastien Bourdais, Bruno Junquiera
PKV Racing(2):Katherine Legge(R), Oriol Servia
Forsythe Ch. Racing(2):Paul Tracy, Mario Dominguez
RuSport Racing(2):A.J. Allmendinger, Justin Wilson
Team Australia(2):Will Power(R), Alex Tagliani
CTE-HVM Racing(2):Ronnie Bremer, Nelson Phillipe

2}Seats still undecided for 2006.......
MiJack-Conquest Racing:likely Jan Heylen and Charles Zwolsman
Dale Coyne Racing:either Andrew Ranger, Gareth Ridpath or Ricardo Sperafico
Rocketsports/Team Brazil:likely Antonio Pizzonia and Enrique Bernoldi

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:16 am

Updated driver lineup as of 22 March 2006......

1}Seats confirmed for the 2006 season........
Newman-Haas Racing(2):Sebastien Bourdais, Bruno Junquiera
PKV Racing(2):Katherine Legge(R), Oriol Servia
Forsyth Ch. Racing(2):Paul Tracy, Mario Dominguez
RuSport Racing(2):A.J. Allmendinger, Justin Wilson
Team Australia(2):Will Power(R), Alex Tagliani
CTE-HVM Racing(2):Nelson Phillipe, Ronnie Bremer
MiJack-Conquest Racing(1):Charles Zwolsman(R)

2}Seats still to be decided for 2006......
MiJack-Conquest Racing:likely Jan Heylen
Dale Coyne Racing:either Andrew Ranger, Ricardo Sperafico or Gareth Ridpath
Rocketsports/Team Brazil:likely Antonio Pizzonia and Enrique Bernoldi

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:37 am

The battle for Rookie honours will be interesting

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:22 am

Julian Mayo wrote:The battle for Rookie honours will be interesting

Could be as interesting as last year's fight for IRL rookie honors.

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:40 pm

Updated driver lineup as of 26 March 2006....

Seats confirmed (or expected to be confirmed) for the 2006 season......
Newman-Haas Racing(2): Sebastien Bourdais, Bruno Junquiera
PKV Racing(2): Katherine Legge(R), Oriol Servia
Forsythe Ch. Racing(2): Paul Tracy, Mario Dominguez
RuSport Racing(2): A.J. Allmendinger, Justin Wilson
Team Australia(2): Will Power(R), Alex Tagliani
CTE-HVM Racing(2): Nelson Phillipe, Dan Clarke(R)
Dale Coyne Racing(2): Cristiano da Matta, Nicky Pastorelli(R)
Rocketsports Racing/Team Brazil(2): Antonio Pizzonia(R), Enrique Bernoldi(R)
MiJack-Conquest Racing(2): Charles Zwolsman(R), (either) Jan Heylen or Andrew Ranger

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:50 pm

Expected driver lineup for the 2006 Champ Car World Series season......

Sebastien Bourdais, #1 McDonald's FC/L
Bruno Junquiera, #2 PacifiCare FC/L
Paul Tracy, #3 Indeck/Forsythe FC/L
Nelson Phillipe, #4 CTE-HVM FC/L
Will Power(R), #5 Aussie Vineyards FC/L
Oriol Servia, #6 Gulfstream FC/L
Mario Dominguez, #7 Indeck/Forsythe FC/L
Antonio Pizzonia(R), #8 Team Brazil FC/L
Justin Wilson, #9 CDW FC/L
A.J. Allmendinger, #10 Western Union FC/L
Jimmy Vasser, #12 Gulfstream FC/L(expected to drive a few races in 2006)
Dan Clarke(R), #14 CTE-HVM FC/L
Alex Tagliani, #15 Aussie Vineyards FC/L
Cristiano da Matta, #19 American Medical Response FC/L
Katherine Legge(R), #20 Bell Micro FC/L
Andrew Ranger, #27 MiJack-Tide FC/L
Charles Zwolsman(R), #34 MiJack FC/L

Currently only one car, for Rocketsports', is truly undecided(sources report that Bernoldi might not get the seat, and that Rocky Moran, Jr. may get the second seat there....

) In addition, there are a few entries that still have sponsorship issues to deal with, so this list may change.

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