THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
PUB UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2008
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INTERNATIONAL RACING LEAGUE
Drivers adjust to new tracks, equipment after merge
Two American racing series joined forces; participants return to familiar surroundings at race in Long Beach
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Many drivers who will race on Sunday, including France's Nelson Phillipe above, in the last Champ Car World Series event will be back on familiar ground at the Toyota Grand Prix of Ionne Beach ASSOCIATED PRE-
Most of the teams and drivers who have made the switch to the IRL's IndyCar Series as part of the unification of the two American open-wheel series have been dealing with strange equipment, new tracks and unfamiliar competitors.
A lot of the drivers racing Sunday in the last Champ Car World Series event will be back on familiar ground at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
But thanks to a quirk in the schedule, the traditional race through the streets of downtown Long Beach will put them back in the Panoz DP-01 cars most of them raced in 2007.
With unification, most of the races on the Champ Car schedule were canceled. However, IRL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
founder Tony George wanted to keep the Long Beach event active. Since the IndyCar race in Motegi, Japan, on Saturday could not be rescheduled, the solution was to run one more Champ
"I want this weekend to be fun and lighthearted so that people remember the Champ Car World Series as it truly was: fun and exciting."
Car race with the old equipment and even include the teams and drivers that aren't making the move to the IRL.
It's left a lot of the Champ Car veterans with mixed feelings.
one hand I am so happy to be back in a race car with the team that led me to success, and on the other, I am a bit sad to say goodbye to the series and cars that made my career here in the U.S.
He will be teamed with American open-wheel newcomer E.J. Viso and longtime racing star Roberto Moreno.
"However, I want this weekend to be fun and lighthearted so that people remember the Champ Car World Series as it truly was: fun and exciting."
"This will be a bittersweet weekend for me," said former Champ Car regular Nelson Philippe, who has no IRL ride but will drive this week for the combined HVM Racing, Minardi USA team. "On
NELSON PHILIPPE Former Champ Car regular
Viso is coming off a solid fourthplace finish two weeks ago on the street circuit in St. Petersburg, Fla. Moreno doesn't have a full-time ride, but did most of the development work on the DP-01 chassis before it was introduced last year.
Moreno, known for years as Champ Car's supersub for his ability to replace an injured driver and keep the car competitive, is looking forward to getting back on track, particularly at Long Beach.
Moreno said. "In 1982 it was my first race in the U.S. and I drove an Atlantic car that my team and I rented from across the ocean. We ended up finishing second to Geoff Brabbham in the race.
"L o n g Beach holds a special significance for me"
"That result eventually led to Rick Galles hiring me and giving me my first opportunity to race full-time in America. It all began at Long Beach."
The Brazilian is also looking forward to getting back in the car
he spent so much time and effort developing.
"Champ Car invested a lot of money to get the DP-01 rolling, and I equally invested as much of my time in the development of it," Moreno said. "I have been out of a car for a while, and it is not easy, but working with a team that you know and who believes in you is very important."
The turbocharged Cosworth engines in the Champ Cars will give the drivers a different feel than the normally aspirated Honda engines in the IndyCars.
"I think those (Champ Cars) are going to feel like rocket ships after the IRL cars," said Will Power, who finished third in the season points last year. "It's going to be good fun to be back in those cars and it's going to give us a chance to pile up some points that could be really important later on."
Power was referring to the fact that points earned in Sunday's race will count toward the IRL championship, as will the points earned by drivers racing in Japan.
"I don't know if that is fair or not," IRL regular Tony Kanaan,
who will race in Motegi, said at St. Petersburg. "But, really, there is no other way to do it. Those guys have to have some reward for racing in Long Beach. And making the change (to the IRL) isn't easy for them, either."
Keith Wiggins, owner of HVM, which is making the switch to IndyCars, finds the situation a bit peculiar, but fun.
"Well, it has been an interesting year so far, with the first two IndyCar Series events, and now here we are back wearing our Champ Car shirts for the last
time." Wiggins said. "With three cars running (at Long Beach) instead of one (in the IRL), and with two of our previous drivers running with our new one, it's very exciting.
"You can never tell what's going to happen in this business. We're greatly looking forward to the last Long Beach for Champ Car, as we always anticipate this event and we're hoping to make it a good one for the last time we run the 750-horsepower cars. We'll also look forward to coming back next year with the (IRL)."
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