ANDRETTI GREEN A WINNING MACHINE.Byline: TIM TIM Timothy TIM Technical Interchange Meeting TIM Transient Intermodulation Distortion TIM Time Is Money TIM The Invisible Man (movie) TIM Telecom Italia Mobile (Italian cellular provider) HADDOCK Motor Sports Andretti Green Racing Andretti Green Racing is an auto racing team that competes in the IRL IndyCar Series and the American Le Mans Series. Early years in CART Founded in 1993 by Barry Green and Gerry Forsythe as Forsythe Green Racing heads to Indianapolis this weekend as the hottest team in the Indy Racing League The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. The League consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series . The Honda-powered team has won the past two races and the past two poles. Driver Dan Wheldon Daniel Clive Weldon (born June 22 1989 in Emberton, England) is a successful English auto racing driver. The 2005 Indy Racing League champion and Indy 500 winner, Wheldon is nicknamed "Difficult Dan" in the IRL pit lane for his choleric temperament. He currently resides in St. won last month's IRL 1. (jargon, chat) IRL - In real life. Generally synonymous with f2f. 2. (language, robotics) IRL - Industrial Robot Language. race at Twin Ring Motegi Twin Ring Motegi is an automobile racing track located at Motegi, Japan. Its name comes from the fact that there are two race tracks at the facility: a 1.549 mile oval (2.493 kilometers) and a 4.8 kilometer (2.983 miles) road course. in Japan, and driver Tony Kanaan Antoine Rizkallah Kanaan Filho (born December 31, 1974) is a Brazilian race car driver of Lebanese Christian heritage from Salvador, Brazil. Kanaan is an IndyCar driver who holds the unique distinction of being the only driver in the long and storied history of the Indianapolis won at Phoenix International Raceway Phoenix International Raceway, or just PIR, is a one mile tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It opened in 1964, as the new home of major open-wheel racing in the Phoenix area, replacing the track at the Arizona State Fairgrounds as an automobile racing venue. . Wheldon also won the poles in Japan and Phoenix. The Andretti Green drivers, which include Valencia's Bryan Herta and Dario Franchitti, will be in Indianapolis for the entire month of May, preparing for the Indianapolis 500 on May 30. Team owner Michael Andretti made his last start as a driver in the 2003 Indy 500. He now runs the four-driver Andretti Green Racing team with Kim Green. ``Since the moment I stepped out of the car in last year's 500, my focus has been on the ownership of Andretti Green Racing and winning my first Indy 500 as an owner,'' Andretti said. ``That's still my focus and I feel very good about where we are right now in terms of preparing for this year's race.'' The team has been impressive in its past two races. At Twin Ring Motegi, Honda had its first 1-2 finish in Japan, with Kanaan following Wheldon, who won the first race of his IRL career. Honda Performance Development is based in Santa Clarita. ``Honda has really stepped up its program and has been giving us everything we need to not only win but dominate the last two races,'' Andretti said. ``Those last two performances by Tony and Dan have us feeling very confident and have just made us hungrier for the 500.'' A major change to the cars will be implemented for the Indy 500. The cars will be powered by 3.0-liter engines instead of a 3.5-liter engine, which the IRL has been using up until now. The Andretti Green Racing drivers started testing the new engines on April 28-29. ``We had a very good test in the XM Satellite Radio car,'' said Herta, a Hart High of Newhall graduate and driver of the No. 7 entry for Andretti Green Racing. ``We learned a lot about the aerodynamic changes and also about the new engines. Honda has done a great job in its development of the 3.0-liter engine. That is one of the great things about Andretti Green Racing; we have very good partners who provide us with the best equipment and give us a chance to win every time we go out on the track.'' --NASCAR Busch Series: Gateway International Raceway Gateway International Raceway is a race track in Madison, Illinois, USA, just minutes from Downtown St. Louis, Mo. It hosts a NASCAR Busch Series event and a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race on a 1. has treated NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Busch Series driver Ron Hornaday Jr. and the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing RCR Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Richard Childress Racing, is a NASCAR team fielding Chevrolets for Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton, and Scott Wimmer in the NEXTEL Cup Series as well as the #2 BB&T Chevy for Clint Bowyer, the #21 AutoZone Chevy for Harvick No. 2 Chevy pretty well over the years. Hornaday has posted two top-10 finishes at the egg-shaped oval track in Illinois, site of today's Charter 250. Drivers Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kevin Harvick each won two races at Gateway International Raceway when they were driving the No. 2 RCR RCR Richard Childress Racing RCR responsible conduct of research RCR Royal College of Radiologists (UK; also seen as RCOR) RCR Royal Canadian Regiment RCR Rockcliff Resources Inc (Sudbury, ON, Canada) machine on the NASCAR Busch Series. But Hornaday had transmission problems in last year's race at Gateway and finished 28th. ``It's just a fun track,'' said Hornaday, a former Saugus Speedway champ from Palmdale. ``It has an odd shape, kind of like Darlington (S.C.). It is a flat track that you drive almost like a road course. You can really drive hard into the corners and then brake, shift and get back in the gas. I have always been good at tracks like that. I have also had transmission problems at Gateway as well. I know that the guys back at the shop have worked hard to build the toughest transmission they can for me here. I really think if we had not had the problem last year, we would have won the race. It was one of the best cars I had all year.'' --Irwindale Speedway: Canyon Country's Greg Pursley comes into tonight's NASCAR Super Late Model race at Irwindale Speedway as the points leader. On the strength of two wins and a second-place finish, Pursley holds a six-point edge over Russell White of Corona. Chris Houwen of Acton is second in the NASCAR Super Stock points race, trailing class leader Brian Harrell of Riverside by 15. The NASCAR Late Models, Super Trucks and Mini Stocks also are on tonight's Irwindale Speedway schedule. Races start at 6 p.m. CAPTION(S): 2 boxes Box: (1) NASCAR BUSCH SERIES Charter 250 (2) IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY STANDINGS |
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