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Originally Posted by The Raptor,Apr 10 2008, 03:55 PM
I saw Gil de Ferran do this:
29 October 2000
Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
FONTANA, Calif.- Gil de Ferran of Marlboro Team Penske added another glittering accomplishment to a FedEx Championship Series season already bursting with them when he established a new world closed-course speed record while claiming the pole position for Sunday's Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota (2:30 p.m. ET Sunday, live, ESPN) at California Speedway.
De Ferran's lap of 241.428 miles per hour (30.255 seconds) on the two-mile superspeedway crumbled the previous world closed-course mark of 240.942 miles per hour (30.316 seconds) established by Mauricio Gugelmin of PacWest Racing while winning the 1997 pole position here. Equally as important, de Ferran added a point to his championship lead, which now stands at six (154-148) over Adrian Fernandez of Patrick Racing heading into Sunday's 20th and final round of the FedEx Championship Series season.
29 October 2000
Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
FONTANA, Calif.- Gil de Ferran of Marlboro Team Penske added another glittering accomplishment to a FedEx Championship Series season already bursting with them when he established a new world closed-course speed record while claiming the pole position for Sunday's Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota (2:30 p.m. ET Sunday, live, ESPN) at California Speedway.
De Ferran's lap of 241.428 miles per hour (30.255 seconds) on the two-mile superspeedway crumbled the previous world closed-course mark of 240.942 miles per hour (30.316 seconds) established by Mauricio Gugelmin of PacWest Racing while winning the 1997 pole position here. Equally as important, de Ferran added a point to his championship lead, which now stands at six (154-148) over Adrian Fernandez of Patrick Racing heading into Sunday's 20th and final round of the FedEx Championship Series season.
My dad went to half the CART races in 1999 and a few in 2000. Went to Fontana both years.
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Originally Posted by Birel186,Apr 10 2008, 03:36 PM
thats the official record cause it was in qualifying, JPM ran faster in practice.
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Here's de Ferran's fast lap:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Faste...G=Google+Search
Open the fifth link down from the top.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Faste...G=Google+Search
Open the fifth link down from the top.
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Damn, how did I miss this news?!
http://www.theglen.com/545703.html
[QUOTE]Fans that attend the Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen weekend, July 4-6, will not only see the biggest stars of American open-wheel racing but will also get a taste of the past and present of Formula 1.
On the morning of April 2, the [B]IndyCar
http://www.theglen.com/545703.html
[QUOTE]Fans that attend the Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen weekend, July 4-6, will not only see the biggest stars of American open-wheel racing but will also get a taste of the past and present of Formula 1.
On the morning of April 2, the [B]IndyCar
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Originally Posted by Tadashi,Apr 16 2008, 07:54 AM
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I don't get ESPN Classic 
The ONE ####ing race I have not been able to watch in as long as I can remember.
I am PISSED OFF beyond belief that they stuck an IRL race on a channel so many people don't get.
IRL is not even popular enough to rate being shown on ESPN2 I guess
The ONE ####ing race I have not been able to watch in as long as I can remember.
I am PISSED OFF beyond belief that they stuck an IRL race on a channel so many people don't get.
IRL is not even popular enough to rate being shown on ESPN2 I guess