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[Yves Larose]

here a little video of Jacques Villeneuve in the nationwide serie at Road America, enjoy

 

[Omer Said]

Wow he is still has some power. Perhaps a f1 return soon ?

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

One (or two, or three, or four) of the reasons why Jacques is one of my favourite racing drivers.

 

[Austin Jordan]

yeah idk why he his still racing nascar. ran the sprint cup series and was terrible. think he needs to find his way into open wheel cars.

 

[Kevin Ascher]

he was locking his LF up all the time

 

[Christopher Aponte]

I watched this race...it was great racing from him until the engine gave up

actually he did not lock it, it was just the tires rubbing on the body due to a small contact

 

[Ryan Callan]

I want Villeneuve's babies.....

 

[Austin Jordan]

um ryan kinda creepie. instead of babies how about ladies lol.

 

[Ivo Simons]

Nah is quite a normal answer for Ryan if Villeneuve is involved. :wink:

 

[Eric Estes]

It appears that Jacques is going to attempt to be the first driver to win in both open and closed-wheel cars at Indy. (The only other driver I can remember that's run both types and won in either is Tony Stewart, and he has never won the Indy 500).

The start is with Braun racing (with whom he raced Nationwide at Road America) - not great equipment but we'll see what he can do with it.

He will be the second driver (JPM the other) to compete in IRL, F1 and NASCAR at Indy (and probably the last - since I don't see F1 going back there ever).

 

[Ryan Callan]

Woot - I'll be watching that. He's racing V8 Supercars at Surfer's paradise soon too. :love::love::love:

 

[Chris Cronshaw]

Montoya could also do it. He's won the indy 500. I think. Can't wait to see JV back there though. His win in 95 was a masterclass.

 

[Eric Estes]

Good point, JPM won the 500 in 2000. And he's far from a dark horse next week (assuming he and Mark Martin can stay apart).

 

[Eric Estes]

Well, so much for JPM winning... there's a curse associated with this, you know:

#42-Juan Pablo Montoya and wife Connie welcomed a new addition to the family- a baby girl, Manuela Montoya Freydell. Manuela was born near the Montoya’s residence in Miami, FL earlier today. http://jayski.com/teams/42.htm

 

[Ryan Callan]

Exactly what the title says really - I'm really struggling to find some good pictures of Amaroo Park from this period. If anybody has some or can link me to some I would be very grateful for a modding project of mine.

 

[Yves Larose]

Hi guy's,

i'm trying to found out the lap time difference between the previous Camaro cup car and the 2010 Camaro cup cars but i can,t seem to find anything any help would be appreciated

 

[Ryan Callan]

2010 Pole Laptimes:

Knutstorp: 1:01.136
Falkenberg: 45.704

2009 Pole Laptimes:

Knutstorp: 1:03.684
Falkenberg: 47.321


3.5-4% faster.

 

[Bjorn de Haas]

Today a driver crashed at zandvoort resulting in a huge fire. The driver did not survive this accident, who the driver is is still unknown it was a open testsession.

The strange and cruel thing is that today it was exactly 37 years ago that roger Williamson died in a horrific crash here at Zandvoort.

Our thoughts go out to the family and friends of the driver.

 

[Bjorn de Haas]

Today a driver crashed at Circuit Zandvoort, Holland, resulting in a huge fire. The driver did not survive the accident. The identity of the driver is still unknown at present with the only minimal details being released from the circuit. It is known that the accident took place during an open test session.

The strange and cruel timing of this event will spark memories for some of a previous incident, for today is exactly 37 years since the tragic death of Roger Williamson in a horrific crash at the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix When failure to control a fire ultimately resulted in the loss of his Life.

Our thoughts go out to the family and friends of the driver.



UPDATE:

Sources close to Zanvoort believe the driver be be an amateur taking part in a racing school event.

UPDATE 2:

In an eerie ressemblance to the death of Williamson all those years ago, it now appears that the driver in today's accident also suffered at the hands of fire. Reports are that the car suddenly caught fire during the session. The driver showed great awareness and was able to get the car off the circuit and onto the grass but was unable to release his seatbelts in time to escape. The car involved was a Formula Ford race car.




UPDATE 3:

The exact Identity of the driver is still unknown but it is believed to be a 51-year-old man from Jistrum. Circuit Director Erik Weijers confirmed that the driver was taking part in the 'Experience Day' and was not a professional race driver. Weijers also confirmed that as the incident was not related to the safety of the track but to do with the car that the circuits calendar of events will remain unchanged.

Events of this type are common at Circuit Zandvoort, with this particular event being run by the Bleekemolen families 'Race Planet' service.

 

[Dave Stephenson]

Terrible news. Sympathy for the family for sure.