2010-04-09

Essais à Barber FAZZT Race Team Practice Report


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Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:46:34 -0400
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Subject: Essais à Barber FAZZT Race Team Practice Report

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Pour diffusion immédiate - 9 avril 2010

 

Compte rendu des essais du Grand Prix Indy de l'Alabama

 

Pilote:                                 Alex Tagliani

Voiture:                               N° 77 La Capsule Sportive / Adonis de l'équipe FAZZT Dallara/Honda/Firestone

Événement/Circuit:        Grand Prix Indy de l'Alabama au Barber Motorsports Park, Leeds, Alabama

Date de l'événement:   Dimanche, le 11 avril 2010 à 15 h sur la chaîne VERSUS, les réseaux IMS Radio, XM Radio 145 et SIRIUS Radio 211

3e course sur 17

 

Résultats des essais

Position :                            14e

Chrono/ vitesse :            1:12.1313/184,75 km/h

Tours au total :                 41

Pilote/Chrono/vitesse le plus rapide aujourd'hui :       Will Power/ 1:11.1857/187,20 km/h

 

 

Nouvelles et précisions sur le No°77 La Capsule Sportive / Adonis de l'équipe FAZZT

·         Tagliani est maintenant au 13e rang avec 40 points

·         2010 sera la première saison complète d'Alex Tagliani en série Indy Car et sa 10e saison de course en monoplace

·         Tagliani n'a jamais effectué de course ni même d'essais sur la piste de Barber Motorsports Park, et l'équipe FAZZT en est à sa première présence

·         LaCapsule Sportive, les Produits Adonis et la Société canadienne de la sclérose en plaques orneront la voiture No 77 ce week-end. LaCapsule Sportive est un détaillant autorisé de produits mode et sports avec des succursales dans tout le Canada. Les Produits Adonis sont des commerces de produits d'alimentation moyen-orientaux avec des succursales dans la grande région de Montréal au Québec.

 

Les impressions du pilote Alex Tagliani sur le Grand Prix Indy de l'Alabama :

« Je suis très satisfait de notre deuxième session. J'avoue que ce matin, j'étais un peu inquiet. Il faut dire que durant la première session, notre voiture n'avait jamais été aussi mal depuis le début de la saison, même dans les essais, alors j'étais assez nerveux en abordant la seconde session. Mais l'équipe a fait un travail formidable. Notre défi était que, comme nous n'avions jamais effectué de tests à Barber, nous étions un peu à l'aveuglette. Mais nous avons bien récupéré et nous sommes maintenant prêts. Je pense que nous avons fait ce qu'il fallait ce matin pour la voiture et maintenant il suffit de refaire la même chose pour les séances de qualifications. Les ingénieurs et l'équipe ont fait bon travail et maintenant que nous connaissons les changements à effectuer sur la voiture, il faut souhaiter que nous pourrons régler ça ce soir et être performants pour les qualifications demain. » 

 

Les impressions de Rob Edwards, directeur général, sur le Grand Prix Indy de l'Alabama :

« Il est évident que nous avions beaucoup à apprendre aujourd'hui du fait que nous ne sommes pas venus ici auparavant ni en tant qu'équipe ni en tant que pilote. Alex et les ingénieurs ont été très efficaces entre la première et la deuxième session. Nous avons eu des problèmes initiaux dans la première session et nous nous sommes énormément rattrapés dans la deuxième session. Ainsi, nous avons pu atteindre quelques objectifs que nous nous étions fixés pour la journée. Nous voulons bien sûr être les plus rapides sur le circuit, mais nous avons estimé qu'il y avait certains éléments à améliorer pour lesquels nous devions accorder toute notre importance, et cela, nous l'avons atteint dans la deuxième session. Je lève donc mon chapeau à Alex et aux ingénieurs et, comme toujours, aux gars de l'équipe FAZZT pour leur travail formidable qui a permis d'éliminer toutes les erreurs et de passer un bel après-midi. »

 

Notes concernant l'événement :

·         Le parcours est long de 3,8 km sur un circuit permanent incluant 17 courbes

·         Ce sera le 1er événement de la Série IZOD Indy Car au Barber Motorsports Park bien que la série y a déjà effectué des essais.

 

Source média :      Jana Watt                                                                                                                     

                                    FAZZT Race Team

                                    (317) 709-3855 ou janaw@fazztraceteam.com

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For Immediate Release-April 9, 2010


Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Practice Notes


Driver: Alex Tagliani

Entry: No. 77 La Capsule Sportive/Adonis Products FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda/Firestone

Event/Track: Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, Barber Motorsports Park, Leeds, Alabama

Event Date: Sunday, April 11, 2010 3:00 p.m. on VERSUS, IMS Radio Network, XM Radio 145 and SIRIUS Radio 211

Race 3 of 17


Practice Results

Position: 14th

Time/Speed: 1:12.1313/ 114.791mph

Total Laps: 41

Fast Driver/Time/Speed of the Day: Will Power /1:11.1857/116.315


No. 77 LaCapsule Sportive/Adonis Products FAZZT Race Team News and Notes

· Tagliani is currently 13th in the points standings with 40 points

· 2010 is Tagliani's first full IndyCar Series season and his 10th season of open wheel racing

· Tagliani has never raced or tested at Barber Motorsports Park nor has the FAZZT Race Team

· LaCapsule Sportive, Adonis Products and Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada adorn the No. 77 car this weekend. LaCapsule Sportive is a retailer for licensed sports products with locations throughout Canada; Adonis Products is a Mediterranean grocery retailer with outlets located in Quebec.


Driver Alex Tagliani on the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Practice:

"I'm very happy about the second session. This morning I was worried a little bit. I think in the first session our car was the worst it has felt since the beginning of the season actually even in testing so I was quite nervous going into the second session. But the crew did a fantastic job. The challenge was since we hadn't run here we were coming here a little bit blind but we recovered well and now we are in the window. I think we've gotten the car where it needed to be this morning and now we just need to try to make it happen for qualifying. The engineers and crew have done a great job and now we know where the issues of the car are and hopefully we can fix them tonight and be good in qualifying tomorrow."


General Manager Rob Edwards on the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Practice:

"Obviously we had a lot to learn today with not having been here before either as a team or as a driver. I think Alex and the engineers did a very good job between the first session and the second session. We showed our teething problems in the first session and we made big gains for the second session and achieved somewhat of the goals we were trying to get to today. Of course we want to be quickest but there is an amount we thought we needed to improve and look at overnight and we achieved that in the second session. So hats off to Alex and the engineers and as always the FAZZT crew guys did a great job making sure we were error free and had a good afternoon."


Event Notes:

· The course is a 2.38 mile, 17-turn permanent road course

· This will be the first IZOD Indy Car Series event at Barber Motorsports Park although the series has tested at this facility.


Media contact: Jana Watt

                               FAZZT Race Team

                               (317) 709-3855 or janaw@fazztraceteam.com


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ACT II INVITATIONAL AT NHMS JUMPS TO 43 STARTERS IN 2010

From: "ACT Media" <media@acttour.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 12:05:47 -0400
To: <media@acttour.com>
Subject: ACT II INVITATIONAL AT NHMS JUMPS TO 43 STARTERS IN 2010

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ACT II INVITATIONAL AT NHMS JUMPS TO 43 STARTERS IN 2010

 

 

For Immediate Release                                                            ACT – 040910-20

 

            Waterbury, VT – Officials of the American Canadian Tour (ACT) and the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) announced today that the starting field for the second edition of the ACT Invitational will be increased from 36 teams last year to 43 teams in 2010. The event is part of a mega triple-header to be held on Saturday, September 18, 2010 at the region’s most notable speedway. The Invitational will join NASCAR’s Whelen Modified Tour and the Camping World Truck Series to provide the fans with the most exciting triple-header of the year.

 

“The great success we had with the inaugural ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last year has given us the confidence to invite several more teams to make up the starting field for this year’s race”, said Tom Curley, President of the American Canadian Tour. “We will soon be announcing another great promotion for all the fans that attend weekly affiliate ACT tracks, and all ACT touring events during the upcoming season,” concluded Curley.

 

The race has been extended to 60 miles for the 2010 version. There will be a mandatory caution flag between lap 28 and 38, if there is no racing caution that occurs during that time frame. Teams will be allowed to pit for adjustments and tires if they choose to pit, but it will not be mandatory. “This format really sounds like a lot of fun. I think it will certainly add some strategy to the race and make for some tough decisions about whether to pit or not,” said Brent Dragon, one of the top contenders for the ACT title in 2010.

 

There will be plenty of money on the line for the second ACT Invitational. The purse has been increased throughout the field with the winner’s share is a minimum of $4,000. Bonus money of $400 will be paid for every event won at the ACT US events (14), the ACT Série Castrol Edge (11), special events (4), which include the TD Bank 250 at the Oxford Plains Speedway in Maine, the Mekkelsen Memorial Day Classic doubleheader with Modifieds, and the Vermont Governor’s Cup held at Barre, Vermont’s Thunder Road on Thursday, June 24, 2010. The annual Coors Light Showdown of Champions held at Autodrome Chaudiere in Valle Junction, QC is a $5,000 to win 200-lap special between the top US and Castrol ACT teams, and will be the fourth ACT Invitational special event Qualifier.

 

In addition, $400 in bonus money will be available to each Track Champion that represents the affiliate tracks which are using the ACT Late Model rules package as part of their weekly racing program. The tracks include: Thunder Road, Lee USA, White Mountain Motorsports Park, Oxford Plains Speedway, Seekonk Speedway, Waterford Speedbowl, and Twin State Speedway in the US. Ontario tracks Capital City Speedway, Ottawa and Kawartha Speedway in Peterborough are also ACT affiliate weekly short tracks. The total posted purse for the 2010 Invitational will be over $73,000.

 

Over 60 teams will be invited to test and tune at NHMS in August. For many of the “at large teams”, this day of testing will be not only a great race experience, but for many it is an audition to be invited to the Invitational. In 2010, two of the youngest drivers, (without automatic wins to qualify), were so impressive on test and tune day that they got invited to compete in the first Invitational. In the Invitational, Nick Sweet from Barre, VT, a Thunder Road weekly competitor was challenging eventual winner Eddie MacDonald for the win and ended up finishing second. Sixteen year-old Brandon Watson from Ontario accepted the invitation and came home third!

 

The first opportunity to lock in a spot in the ACT Invitational will happen at the Lee USA Speedway in Lee, NH on Sunday, April 18, 2010 with the annual running of the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup 150. Defending Champion and the winningest driver in the history of NHMS, Brad Leighton, will look for his second consecutive win and the bonus of receiving the first invite to New Hampshire Motor Speedway’s ACT Invitational in September.

 

Gates open at 10:00 and post time is 1:00 o’clock Sunday, April 18 at Lee USA.

 

 

 

For additional information contact the ACT office at 802.244.6963 or media@acttour.com, or Lee USA Speedway at 978.462.4252.

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CENTRE FOR SPEED IN SHEDIAC TO INTRODUCE ACT LATE MODELS IN 2011

From: "ACT Media" <media@acttour.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 12:04:32 -0400
To: <media@acttour.com>
Subject: CENTRE FOR SPEED IN SHEDIAC TO INTRODUCE ACT LATE MODELS IN 2011

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CENTRE FOR SPEED IN SHEDIAC TO INTRODUCE

ACT LATE MODELS IN 2011

 

For Immediate Release                                                                              CFS-040910-101

 

Shediac, NB – The Center for Speed (CFS) in Shediac, New Brunswick announced today that the 2011 season will offer some changes in the type of race divisions that will be offered to Maritime stock car racing teams. The introduction of the American Canadian Tour (ACT) Late Model division as a premiere weekly division has generated enthusiasm among many of the top tier CENTRE racers.

 

“The time is right for our race facility and race teams to join forces with what has become the most successful form of weekly and touring racing in the Northeastern United States and in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. We are happy and excited to be the first organization in the Maritimes to introduce this very successful type of Late Model racing to our region,” said Tim Wile, the General Manager of the CENTRE of Speed.

 

The ACT program has expanded over the past decade to include a dozen weekly tracks and two major touring divisions throughout New England, Quebec, and Ontario. ACT Late Model programs are supported at Oxford Plains Speedway in Maine, home of the famous “Oxford 250”; New Hampshire tracks:  White Mountain, Twin State, Lee USA, Canaan Speedway; Seekonk Speedway in Massachusetts, and Waterford Speedbowl in Connecticut. Thunder Road Speedbowl in Vermont is the home of the ACT Late Model division, and Capital City in Ottawa, along with Kawartha Speedway in Ontario, also are affiliate tracks of the ACT program. The American Canadian Tour in the United States and the ACT Castrol Series in Quebec and Ontario are two of the most successful traveling tours in the Northeast.

 

Tom Curley, President of ACT said, “We designed the ACT Late Model division with a high priority on weekly racing as a base to our business model. The ACT Late Model philosophy was, and continues to be to provide a cost-efficient car for race teams, race tracks, as well as promoters and fans. We now have over 400 teams who use the ACT rules and we continue to enjoy expansion. The racing with the crate motors, Goodyear tires, restricted drive train, and sealed Koni shocks has definitely controlled the costs for the racers. The end result is that we have a ‘driver’ division with great parity. It is not a high-level division where whoever can afford to spend the most money usually dominates. We are eager to work with the CENTRE for Speed on this expansion project.”

 

The move by the CFS to an ACT Late Model division opens up many new opportunities for racers and their fans from the New Brunswick region. The ‘universal’ rules throughout the Northeast will once again encourage Maritime race teams to compete at races like the “Oxford 250”, major ACT Castrol Series races throughout Quebec, and as a part of the ACT affiliate track program.  Maritime teams will have an opportunity to compete in the ACT event at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH during the NASCAR ‘Chase” weekend each September.

 

CFS will be holding an informational meeting at a place and time TBA in the near future.

 

The CENTRE for Speed's season opens on Saturday, May 15th at 1PM with the Atlantic Demo and Endurance Championships and the Stock Car Season Opener the following Sunday on May 23rd at 1PM.

 

For additional information contact ACT at 802.244.6963 or CFS at 506 388-2415.  Additional information about the CENTRE is also available at www.centreforspeed.com.

 

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