CHRISTENSEN AMONG STARS OF TOMORROW.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 Kevin Christensen of Castaic is among five drivers who are participating in the inaugural Championship Auto Racing Teams Stars of Tomorrow karting karting Driving and racing miniature, skeleton-frame, rear-engine automobiles called karts or GoKarts. The sport originated in the U.S. in the 1950s after the first kart had been assembled from unwanted lawn-mower parts. challenge, which began Nov. 3 in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. and will culminate at California Speedway The California Speedway is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California, similar to that of "sister track" Michigan International Speedway. It is located approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles on the site of the former Kaiser Steel mill. in January as part of CART's spring training. Veteran CART FedEx Series driver Bryan Herta Bryan Herta (b. May 23 1970, Warren, Michigan) is an American race car driver. He currently drives for Andretti Green Racing, which is co-owned by former CART and IRL driver Michael Andretti, in the ALMS, although his career has primarily been spent in open-wheel cars of Valencia founded the program, which is designed to help aspiring drivers bridge the gap between karting and Champ-car competition. The program began with a three-day competition at Las Vegas Karting Center in November. The five California drivers continued their program at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey at the end of November. They will all get a chance to test-drive cars for Team Rahal at California Speedway in Fontana beginning on Jan. 16. The other four drivers participating in the event are Jason Bowles of Ontario, Jonathan Bomarito of Salinas Salinas, city, United States Salinas (səlē`nəs), city (1990 pop. 108,777), seat of Monterey co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. It is the shipping and processing center of a fertile valley famous for its grain and lettuce. , A.J. Allmendinger of Hollister and Brett Buckwalter of Novato. ``I am delighted that CART has allowed us to have our Stars of Tomorrow event become a small part of the Fontana sneak preview sneak preview n. A single public showing of a movie before its general release. Noun 1. sneak preview - a preview to test audience reactions ,'' said Herta, who will be driving for ZakSpeed Motorsports on the CART FedEx Series. ``I believe it is a tremendous show of support from CART for the winners and an outstanding opportunity for our five stars of tomorrow to gain additional recognition. I am sure a lot of the media in attendance would be interested in these youngsters' first impression of a Champ car “CART” redirects here. For other uses, see CART (disambiguation). Champ Car, an abbreviation of "Championship Car", has been the name for a class and specification of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades. .'' The two-day test at California Speedway will be held on a temporary road course under the supervision of Herta and three-time CART mechanic of the year, Jimmy Prescott from Team Rahal. --Racing for Kids: Women's Global GT road racing Road racing can be a term involving road running, road bicycle races, or automobile races. As contemplated in this article, the term will be treated as it relates to motorsport, specifically, automobile racing and motorcycle racing. series driver Belinda Endress of Newbury Park will be participating in the Racing for Kids charity event for Phoenix Autosports on Dec. 31 in Florida. Endress, who recorded four second-place finishes and a pole in the 2000 Women's Global GT series last year, will team with series rival Terri Poplielarz of Indianapolis, Formula Star Mazda driver Mary Legitino of Chicago and European long-distance competitor Neil Crilly of Miami in a Mazda RX-7 in the 24-hour endurance race at Morosco Motorsports Park in Palm Beach, Fla. Money raised from the event will be used for health-care needs of children. Since 1990, Racing for Kids drivers have raised more than $1.6 million and have visited more than 1,100 children in 150 hospitals across the country. --Fernandez Racing opens: Fernandez Racing, a new CART FedEx Series team for 2001 headed by series veteran Adrian Fernandez of Mexico, opened its garage doors this week and is preparing for the 2001 season. Fernandez, the only driver-owner on the CART series, will be teaming with Shinji Nakano
Shinji Nakano (中野 信治, born April 1, 1971[1]) is a former Formula One racing driver from Japan. of Japan, who drove for Walker Racing in 2000. Fernandez drove for Patrick Racing in 2000 and finished second in the CART standings. Fernandez Racing will be using Honda-powered Reynard cars and will begin testing in January. The team's first cars were delivered Thursday. ``I think we have a really established and very experienced young group of people,'' said Tom Anderson, Fernandez Racng co-owner and the former managing director of of Chip Ganassi's Team Target Racing. ``I am really excited about that and looking forward to getting our hands on our first car and going to our first test.'' |
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