HERTA HAS HIGH HOPES FOR MICHIGAN 400.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 It's been a year since Valencia's 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 last won a race. And it's been a long year for Herta and his 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 teammates. After winning a series-high 21 races, two series championships and all but dominating the IRL 1. (jargon, chat) IRL - In real life. Generally synonymous with f2f. 2. (language, robotics) IRL - Industrial Robot Language. the past three seasons, Andretti Green Racing struggled for the better part of this season. This weekend, Herta returns to Michigan International Speedway Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile (3.22 km), moderate-banked, D shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than 1,400 acres [1] near Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. , site of Sunday's 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 Firestone Indy 400. A year ago, Herta won the pole and led a race-high 159 laps at Michigan for his only win of the year. ``It seems like such a long time ago that the XM Satellite Radio team was in victory lane at Michigan,'' said Herta, a Hart High of Newhall graduate. ``Obviously we have our setup data from last year and we had a great car there, so we're looking forward to the race.'' Herta has gone 16 races since winning at Michigan. His Andretti Green Racing teammates went winless in the first nine races of the 2006 season. 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 snapped the Andretti Green winless streak at The Milwaukee Mile last Sunday. Herta would like to extend the winning streak to two races. ``Andretti Green Racing had a very good race in Milwaukee and we got a win for Tony,'' Herta said, ``but there are still three guys on this team who want to win this year and we're going to Michigan in search of our first win.'' Herta's best finish this year came at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in Florida, where he was fourth. He was seventh in the race at The Milwaukee Mile. Kanaan's win at Milwaukee was the seventh of his career. ``Winning last week at Milwaukee was very nice,'' said Kanaan, the 2004 IRL champion. ``We knew we could still do it and we did. But now we have to move on and get ready for Michigan.'' 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: Ron Hornaday Jr. is in the middle of a three-race stint in the NASCAR Busch Series. He will be driving the No. 33 Chevrolet Monte Carlo The Chevrolet Monte Carlo was an American mid-size car. Originally introduced by Chevrolet for the 1970 model year (as competition with the Ford Thunderbird), it has gone through six generations as of 2007. for Kevin Harvick Inc. at Gateway International Speedway in Illinois this weekend. His track record at Gateway is pretty good. Hornaday has two top-five and three top-10 finishes at Gateway in four races in the Busch Series. ``I've just really adapted well to Gateway since the first time I raced there,'' said Hornaday, a former Saugus Speedway champ from Palmdale. ``It's a unique track with two completely different sets of corners. I think my driving style suits a place like Gateway.'' But he is coming off a 24th-place finish at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. Hornaday also drives for Kevin Harvick's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team. He he has won two Truck Series races and is sixth in points. The Truck Series returns to racing next weekend, when Hornaday is expected to race in both the Trucks and Busch Series at Indianapolis Raceway Park. ``It's always good to get as much seat time as you can at each track we go to,'' Hornaday said. ``The truck drives a little different than the Busch car, so there won't be any direct translation in the setups, but it will be nice to have all those extra laps there.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos, 2 boxes Photo: (1 -- color) Above, Bryan Herta, driver of the No. 7 Andretti Green Racing XM Satellite Radio Dallara Honda, gets ready before practice for the IRL IndyCar Series ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Supply/A.J. Foyt 225 on July 21 at the Milwaukee Mile in Milwaukee, Wis. Robert Laberge/Getty Images (2 -- color) Tony Kanaan, driver of the No. 11 Andretti Green Honda Dallara, and Herta pause during qualifying for the Michigan Indy 400 in July 2004. Chris Stanford/Getty Images Box: (1) INDY RACING LEAGUE (2) NASCAR BUSCH SERIES |
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