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Read this,…

http://www.economist.com/editorial/freeforall/current/index_sb3924.html

Heres my favourite bit, just to tease you a bit….

"…Mr Ecclestone cut his business teeth selling second-hand motor cycles.
Early in his career, he showed a talent for financial trickery. After he
sold his motor-cycle business, he put about £10,000 of its money, rightfully
belonging to the taxman, in his own pocket. When the Inland Revenue sued
him, the judge described Mr Ecclestone’s "machinery" as "altogether
extraordinary", and ruled that he had breached company law. Strangely, Mr
Ecclestone, never normally one to shirk a battle, did not appear as a
witness. The judge said that "…the documents themselves and the admissions
made out of court cry out for an explanation…and [Mr Ecclestone] does not
condescend to give one…" In December 1971, he ordered him to pay over the
£10,000. …"

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— Neal Cassady

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Old Guys

It just dawned on me that the two oldest guys in the series are 1-2

You think they sit aorund the old folks home between races going "Them
whipper-snappers dunno nuthin’,.. When I was there age we had pop off valves
that would let go for no reason, and you didn’t hear us complaining!!! We
liked it!!…." Do you think Moreno shakes his fist at the young guys
screaming "SLOW DOWN!!!!!!….."

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— Neal Cassady

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Gotta love rain qualifying

Lots of fun and interest in Toronto this afternoon as the track is wet
(Dario is just now indicating that the track is drying and it is
killing the tires).

Make sure you check out the live audio/timing at cart.com!

John

p.s. this has got to be the last year of my boycott, I’m feeling
homesick just listening to the audio broadcast.  Do they make ear
plugs for one year olds I can use next year?

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(Spoiler) Qualifying Session 1 results

CART FedEx Championship Series
Race 10 of 20 – July 16, 2000
Molson Indy
Exhibition Place
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Results of 1st qualifying session:

01. Dario Franchitti    58.877 secs (107.308 mph / 171.693 kph)
02. Juan Montoya        +0.020
03. Helio Castro-Neves  +0.559
04. Michael Andretti    +0.652
05. Gil de Ferran               +0.665
06. Jimmy Vasser        +1.012
07. Oriol Servia                +1.256
08. Mauricio Gugelmin   +1.329
09. Bryan Herta         +1.904
10. Cristiano da Matta  +2.463
11. Roberto Moreno      +4.784
12. Christian Fittipaldi        +10.517
13. Kenny Brack         +10.546
14. Max Papis           +10.584
15. Mark Blundell               +10.628
16. Paul Tracy          +11.277
17. Norberto Fontana    +11.289
18. Patrick Carpentier  +11.335
19. Michel Jourdain, Jr.        +11.557
20. Adrian Fernandez    +12.504
21. Takuya Kurosawa     +12.592
22. Alexandre Tagliani  +12.672
23. Shinji Nakano       +13.004
24. Tarso Marques       +13.683
25. Luiz Garcia, Jr.    +13.800

Sander Duck (it was a wet qualifying)

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What happened to Brahma? Toronto:4th year anniversary today

I thought Brahma was going to come back after spending 1998 sponsoring
the World Cup.  Its been couple years and they havent come back to
sponsor a new team.  Did something happen that they changed their minds
about CART?  There are a awful lot of Brazilians now in CART so it would
be a good opportunity I would think

On a side note today is the 4th anniversary of the fatal accident tht
took the lives of Jeff Krosnoff and Gary Arvin.  Its odd I associate
Toronto with this and Laguna Seca and Fontana with negative stuff.

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Re: TV in TO

William Burrow wrote:

> I am wondering if anyone knows on what channel available by antenna
> _only_ (i.e. not cable) the race might be seen on in Toronto?

According to www.tvguide.ca it will be shown on CIII, channels 6 and 41.

> Would the coverage be live or tape delay?

Both: live at 1:30 on Sunday, and on tape at 12:05 am on Monday morning
(Sunday night).

It’ll be an interesting broadcast. It’s being done by global this year.
They tried to get Vic Rauter from TSN (and I think Rob Faulds from CTV)
but couldn’t, so instead they put together a new team: Chris McClure and
Tommy Kendall. McClure is interesting as TSN’s "MotorMouth", and Kendall
is an excellent commentator.

bp

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CART to debut new qualifying regulations

Beginning in 2001 CART is to have the following qualifying regs.  Top
6 finishers from previous race will have preferred qualifying
sessions.  The next 6 finishers will be able to run qualifying
attempts 4 hours before or 4 hours after the preferred session but
only if conditions are unfavorable.  The rest will be able to qualify
at midnight but will be allowed optional headlights not to exceed 1000
candle power.  Also stipulated the track temperature must be more than
20 degrees higher or lower than the preferred qualifying.  These
hapless reprobates will also be restricted to 3 laps maximum.  If they
cannot qualify well under these conditions then they get what they
deserve.

Oh Paul Tracy?  He gets to qualify on his scooter.  ;-)

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Penzoil seats at Toronto?

How does someone get tickets in the Penzoil seats at turn 3 at Toronto?
That is where alot of the action is. I think that there should be a
grandstand close to that corner as well.

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German 500

I just read that from September 13-15 2001 the first CART event in Europe
will take place on the Lausitzring and it’s called "German 500".
If September 15 isn’t a typo, there will be no interference with the F1
race.

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CART to announce Lausitzring and Rockingham

CART is preparing to announce (may already have) September 15th
for Lausitzring and September 22nd for Rockingham on next years
schedule.

The Lausitzring will be running against the Italian Grand Prix
weekend.

John

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