SpeedCenter News Archive 1996
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December 1996 |
December 22, 1996 Honda/Team KOOL Teleconference Green, Johnstone and Honda's Clarke explain their new relationship December 20, 1996 CART/IMS Still Butting Heads Use of the term "Indy car" the issue December 19, 1996 News Tidbits From Around CART Goodyear Signs With IRL Team - Testing Continues At Firebird - Della Penna To Run Partial Season - Pruett Getting Married December 18, 1996 Honda is KOOL Team KOOL Green To Use Honda Engines Firebird Spy Photos Walker's '97 Reynard First Pictures The Cars are Still "Indy cars" Terminology Clarified December 17, 1996 CART and IMS Litigation Ended CART to announce new Trade Name and Logo in 1997 CART Announces New Logo/Series Name Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. Unveils New Look PPG Cup Champ Vasser Puts New Car to Test PPG Cup Champ Vasser Puts New Car to Test December 15, 1996 Testing at Firebird Continues Smooth Sailing for de Ferran and Walker in Phoenix December 14, 1996 Blundell Earns Award PacWest Rookie Blundell Receives Earl Howe Award December 13, 1996 News Tidbits From Around IndyCar New Mexico Track Announced - CART Announces Personnel Changes - Walker Tests at Firebird December 12, 1996 Pruett and Boesel Test at Sebring Brahma Sports Team Pleased With '97 Lola News Tidbits From Around IndyCar Trammell Resigns - Andrew Craig Statement - Emmo Turns 50 December 11, 1996 Media Picks Top Drivers of '96 Vasser, Andretti, Zanardi Named AARWBA All-America Team December 10, 1996 Tobacco Legislation Threatens Canadian Races Vote may come as early as Friday December 8, 1996 SpeedCenter's NetConference New Online Forum Launched December 5, 1996 Della Penna Motorsports Relocates Headquarters To Indianapolis Ex-IRL Team Prepares for 1997 IndyCar Season December 4, 1996 News Tidbits From Around IndyCar Mansell To Test With Jordan Scott Goodyear Confirms IRL Move December 3, 1996 Green Confirms Johnstone 'til 1998 Still no word on Honda |
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November 1997 |
November 29, 1996 News Tidbits From Around IndyCar Nigel to Return? - Green/Honda Rumors Resurface - 1997 Chassis Updates - 1997 Spring Training Includes Softball November 27, 1996 CART Names New Communications Veep First of many coming personnel changes November 22, 1996 Rahal's Miller Lite Paint Scheme for '97 Unveiled A Blue and White beauty! Brahma Sports Team Shakes Down '97 Lola Two Months Ahead of '96 Schedule November 21, 1996 Goodyear On Brix-Comptech's Short List Johnstone's Move Opens The Door For Scott November 20, 1996 Miller Racing Goes Lite in '97 Black/Gold turns Blue/White Penske Motorsports Renames Michigan Creates New Logos For Its Tracks MIS No Longer "International" November 19, 1996 Johnstone is KOOL Well....Almost Johnstone Leaves Brix Comptech Racing No Immediate Plans for the Future...? Jeret Schroeder Tests for Payton/Coyne U.S. Formula Ford 2000 Champ Tests '96 Lola at Sebring November 18, 1996 Swift On Schedule With First-Ever Indy car Long Hours Paying Off November 14, 1996 Team Green Announces Class of ‘96 Team Green Academy Names 25 Drivers For Program November 13, 1996 Notes And Quotes From Around IndyCar Christian Fittipaldi Crashes during Testing Driver unhurt at Homestead Tire Test Mishap The King in a Toyota? Silly Season Rumor Update November 12, 1996 Mercedes Drivers Ready to Roll Carpentier Completes 1997 Mercedes-Benz Lineup November 11, 1996 Brix Comptech Switches to Goodyear for '97 Parker to drive the second Honda/Goodyear combo for '97 MCI Racing Prepares for Two Car Team in 1997 Nathman Joins Arciero-Wells As Assistant Technical Director November 8, 1996 Target/Chip Ganassi Racing Headlines Season Highlights 1996 Stats and Facts Vasser Scores $3 Million! PPG Cup Champion Vasser Becomes Series Second $3 Million Man Herta Earns Most Improved Title Herta Named STP Most Improved Driver At Performance Awards Presentation CART, MCI Join In Unique Sponsorship Program 4-Year Deal Kick-Starts Integrated Sponsorship Program IndyCar Spring Training in January IndyCar To Stage Second Annual Spring Training At Homestead November 6, 1996 All American Racers Switching to Reynard Dan Gurney Places Eagle Project On Hold November 5, 1996 IndyCar Going Japanese IndyCar Heading To Japan In 1998 To Race At New Twin Ring Motegi Facility Motegi Complex Impresssive IndyCar Owners, Drivers Impressed With Twin Ring Motegi Complex Patrick Carpentier Seals IndyCar Ride Toyota/Player's Atlantic Champ Carpentier To Drive For Bettenhausen November 2, 1996 Vasser Begins Target-Ganassi "Thank You" Tour Vasser 'World Tour' To Culminate In Detroit With PPG Cup Presentation November 1, 1996 Davis-Craig Racing Stays in Texas Former Hall Racing to Stay in Midland, Texas |
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October 1996 |
October 31, 1996 KOOL/Green Makes Tire Switch Team KOOL Green Goes Firestone in 1997 October 30, 1996 Former IndyCar Owner Gagliano Dies In Industrial Accident October 29, 1996 IndyCar Denounces Content of Fox Television's "When Disasters Strike" Last Minute Efforts Fail to Remove Footage October 26, 1996 Rio 400 Location in Jeopardy May be Moved to Site Near Sao Paulo October 24, 1996 De Ferran Spied At Firebird Walker Racing Participates in Goodyear Tire Testing October 23, 1996 Zanardi Moves to F1 — Gugelmin to Ganassi October 22, 1996 News Tidbits from around IndyCar October 21, 1996 Shootout at Sebring Bettenhausen to Test Four Drivers at Sebring Mercedes/Ilmor Not Sleeping Successful First Test for Latest Mercedes-Benz IndyCar Engine October 17, 1996 Richard Buck Fills Team Manager Post at Arciero-Wells Racing Al Unser Jr. loses Chief-Mechanic October 16, 1996 SpeedCenter IndyCar Newsflash Player's-Forsythe Switches to Lola Bettenhausen to Test Four Drivers October 15, 1996 Hall Racing lives on in PPG Cup With Davis-Craig Racing Carl Haas & Michael Andretti Remember Jim Chapman October 12, 1996 Notes & Quotes From Around IndyCar October 11, 1996 Jim Chapman Dies Long Ties to PPG and IndyCar Racing October 10, 1996 Another Home Track for Newman/Haas Newman/Haas Drivers Comment on the 1997 IndyCar Schedule October 7, 1996 Official 1997 IndyCar Race-By-Race Schedule Highlights of 1997 IndyCar Schedule Two new Events, Return of U.S. 500 Magnussen Signs F1 Contract Hogan Back to Looking for Driver October 5, 1996 Arciero-Wells Racing to test Atlantic Champion Patrick Carpentier October 4, 1996 Fans Speak Out On Gateway International Raceway Track actually located in Madison, Illinois October 3, 1996 U.S. 500 Moves To July - New Track in Illinois 1997 Schedule Anticipated October 2, 1996 Team Rahal Finishes Fast In 1996 Team Rahal Finishes Fast in 1996; Rahal, Herta Switch to Ford Power in 1997 News Tidbits from around IndyCar Firestone Tests at MIS - ESPN 2 Season Review - More! October 1, 1996 News Tidbits from around IndyCar Hogan deciding - Marlboro (L.A.) finds a home - MCI Racing update - KOOL Update and more! Blundell in Traffic Accident Unnamed woman seriously hurt |
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September 1996 |
September 30, 1996 Boesel, Brahma Join Patrick Racing For 1997 Setting Goals for the Future September 25, 1996 Raul Boesel Joins Patrick Racing Brings Brahma along for the Ride Della Penna Switches To Lola For '97 September 19, 1996 Gualter Salles Jr. Inks IndyCar Ride for 1997 The Pennzoil Legend Lives On September 18, 1996 Mercedes-Benz 1996 Indy Car Review September 17, 1996 Brown Returns To Bettenhausen Motorsports As Engineer September 16, 1996 The Silly Off-Season Offers New Rumors! SpeedCenter Silly Season Report September 15, 1996 1996 Top Ten Hunt for the Cup The Entire 1996 Season Top Ten Chart News Tidbits From Around IndyCar Galles Defects to the IRL -- CART calls Texas Speedway Unsafe September 13, 1996 Della Penna To Join PPG Indy Car World Series Full Time In 1997 De Ferran Signs with Walker Racing September 12, 1996 News Tidbits From Around IndyCar Papis Signs for 1997 -- Kool Team still looking -- PacWest Switches More IndyCar Tidbits! Johansson to Retire? -- Della Penna Defects -- Johnstone's ride Secured...MORE! |
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August 1996 |
August 31, 1996 Tracy, Ribeiro, Zanardi Fined; Moore and de Ferran Warned Indycar Stewards React after Recent Incidents August 28, 1996 Andretti Crashes Hard During Test, Will Race at Vancouver Target/Chip Ganassi Fastest Again on Second Day of Laguna Seca Test Zanardi And Vasser Continue to Dominate Testing August 27, 1996 Target/Chip Ganassi Racing Fastest At Laguna Seca Test Teams Stop in Monterey to Prepare for the Season Finale August 23, 1996 Award Winning Documentary on Indy cars on ESPN2 August 22, 1996 News Tidbits From Around IndyCar Gordon Makes Un-Kool Move, SpeedCenter To Interview Andrew Craig, Goodyear Returns August 16, 1996 Double-Duty IndyCar Drivers Gordon, Unser Jr. & Pruett To Race IROC On Saturday August 14, 1996 Tobacco Group Denounces Auto Racing Sponsorship August 13, 1996 News Tidbits From Around IndyCar Luyendyk Spied at Mid-Ohio - Gordon Waffling - SpeedCenter Interviews Max Papis...MORE! August 8, 1996 Jan Magnussen Makes IndyCar Debut With Penske Tracy Not Released By Trammell Diagnosing a Winner: Mercedes- Benz Race Engine Inspection August 6, 1996 Jan Magnussen to step in for Penske Danish driver to replace Fittipaldi or Tracy Max Papis Joins Arciero-Wells Racing Italian driver to compete at Mid Ohio, Road America, Laguna Seca August 3, 1996 Arciero-Wells Announces Replacement Driver Max Papis to Replace Krosnoff August 1, 1996 Emmo is Going Home Today |
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| July 1996 |
July 31, 1996 MTV To Showcase Vasser and Target/Chip Ganassi Racing July 30, 1996 Surgery Successful for Emerson Fittipaldi But Out For The Season July 29, 1996 de Ferran to Walker? Robby too Kool? Emerson Fittipaldi Scheduled For Surgery Today In Miami July 22, 1996 Rumors Heighten With Mid-Season Intensity July 17, 1996 Krosnoff and Avrin Services Scheduled July 16, 1996 Lawson Out - Jones In Galles Racing Press Release July 15, 1996 Notes From The Editor What You Will Not See..... Lola Moves Along with Inhouse Operation July 4, 1996 Rumor mill has Penske mulling a switch to Johnstone SpeedCenter Silly Season Report July 2, 1996 Scott Goodyear's Homecoming Welcome Back Molson Indy Toronto Weekend Schedule |
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| June 1996 |
June 30, 1996 Brix-Comptech Decision Time Decision Due by Monday at Midnight June 28, 1996 Silly Season Begins June 25, 1996 Notes From The Editor SpeedCenter Update Toronto Return For Goodyear June 20, 1996 Media Day Part I No Fans On Thursday June 16, 1996 Le Mans Results Indy car Drivers on Podium! June 13, 1996 Vasser Being Monitored For Inner Ear Condition Portland Weekend Schedule June 12, 1996 He's Broken But Bent On Racing Again Excerpts From Robin Miller's SpeedNet Article On Zampedri's Recovery Pruett Again Sets Pace At Mid-Ohio Open Test June 11, 1996 Pruett Sets Pace At Mid-Ohio Open Test June 8, 1996 More Rule Changes! Special restart rules in effect at Detroit June 4, 1996 Two Top Formula One Engineers Headed For Detroit Indy 500 Newsbreak Good News For Zampedri! Detroit Weekend Schedule June 1, 1996 IndyCar Newsclips IndyCar Readying Plans for 1997 U.S. 500 - Lola Designer Defects To Penske |
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| May 1996 |
May 29, 1996 U.S. 500 Sets ESPN Indy Car Record! Indy Ratings Drop Significantly May 28, 1996 U.S. 500 Exit Poll Indicates Race is a Winner Vasser's Big U.S. 500 Payday Outside The Lines: 500 Miles Apart ESPN Show About IRL/CART/Indy/U.S. 500 Airs May 29th May 27, 1996 Indy 500 Newsclips Stewart Named Rookie of the Year -- Six Official Finishers at 1996 Indy 500 May 26, 1996 IndyCar Competition Bulletins Many Changes At The U.S. 500 May 25, 1996 CART Team Wins Pit Stop Competition At Indy U.S. 500 - Friday Details, Notes & Quotes Gary Bettenhausen Qualifies For U.S. 500 May 23, 1996 SpeedCenter Newsclips May 22, 1996 Indy 500 Teams To Make Cockpits Safer U.S. 500 Telecast out to 198 Countries and Territories on ESPN May 19, 1996 Indy 500 Report: Punctured Tire Causes Crash Indy 500 Report: Danny Ongais To Drive Brayton's Car May 18, 1996 Indy 500 Report: Qualify & Practice Times Eight IndyCar Drivers Test New Milwaukee Mile Track Indy 500 Report: Rookie Dan Drinan Injured In Crash May 17, 1996 Indy 500 Report: Practice Times Quotes From Indy - Scott Brayton In Memory of Scott Brayton: 1959-1996 Scott Brayton Pronounced Dead After Crash May 16, 1996 U.S. 500 Preview Shows in Detroit and New York Indy 500 Report: Practice Times May 13, 1996 More Races? Less Boost? 1997 IndyCar Rules Being Discussed IMAX IndyCar Film Project May 10, 1996 SpeedCenter News Clips Fabi Breaks Foot - ABC Renews With Indy May 9, 1996 U.S. 500 Report: Thursday Rookie Practice Times U.S. 500 Report: Thursday Rookie Comments Indy 500 Report: Practice Times May 8, 1996 Speedway Suit Duplicates CART's Detroit Suit Versus IMS Fredrik Ekblom To Sub For Goodyear At U.S. 500 May 7, 1996 Indy 500 Report: Practice Times May 6, 1996 Rahal, Fittipaldi Among Five Former MIS Polesitters At U.S. 500 Qualifying U.S. 500 - Entry List U.S. 500 Entry List Brings Star Power To World’s Fastest Track U.S. 500 - Michigan - Qualifying Weekend Program Of Events Indy 500 Report: ROP Practice Times May 5, 1996 Notes and Quotes on Michigan/Indy May 4, 1996 Indy 500 Report: First Day of ROP a Washout |
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| April 1996 |
April 28, 1996 IndyCar Rules The World Villeneuve Wins First F1 Race - IndyCar Drivers Sweep IROC Vanderbilt Cup Recreated For U.S. 500 Winner $100,000 Marlboro Pole Award Announced For U.S. 500 April 27, 1996 Flying Like a COD By Paul Page April 25, 1996 Drivers Lament Indy Car Rift April 23, 1996 Nazareth Broadcast Preview Inside News From Paul Page April 18, 1996 Latest News & Notes From Around IndyCar Forsythe Transporter Crashes -- U.S. 500 Popular Among TV Viewers April 16, 1996 Andretti Placed On Probation PacWest and Newman-Haas Crews Fined Parker Johnstone Brings It Home April 15, 1996 IndyCar Adapts Laser Technology April 13, 1996 Indycar to Germany? "Lausitzring" will feature oval track April 12, 1996 Swift And Haas Join Forces April 9, 1996 Fabi To Drive For PacWest At Long Beach Will Fill Blundell's Seat Temporarily April 8, 1996 Schedule For The Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach April 7, 1996 Walker And Galles Going To Indy April 1, 1996 CART Files Lawsuit Against IMS to Keep Logo and Name Australia IndyCar Exceeds Expectations |
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| March 1996 |
March 31, 1996 Haas to Sue Lola March 30, 1996 Scott Goodyear Recuperating Will be back in car for Detroit GP March 24, 1996 IndyCar Offers "Double Header" Ticket Prices For U.S. 500 and Detroit GP March 22, 1996 Mark Blundell Sidelined For Australia IndyCar GP March 21, 1996 Scott Goodyear Resting Comfortably At Home March 19, 1996 Lola To Provide Cars and Parts Direct To Customers March 17, 1996 Inaugural RIO 400 IndyCar Press Notes March 14, 1996 An Open Letter From Andrew Craig, IndyCar President and CEO March 8, 1996 IndyCar Popularity On The Move March 6, 1996 Robby Gordon And Scott Goodyear Will Compete In U.S. 500 March 4, 1996 Vasser Wins Big At Indy Car Opener Report from Homestead, Florida. March 6, 1996 Robby Gordon And Scott Goodyear Will Compete In U.S. 500 |
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February 1996 |
February 27, 1996 Castrol Enters Three-Year IndyCar Partnership With Toyota, AAR February 26, 1996 IndyCar Notes and Quotes February 23, 1996 IndyCar Reaffirms Plans for U.S. 500 February 22, 1996 David Lettermen's Top Ten Perks Of Being A Member Of Team Rahal February 21, 1996 Miami Race Taking Shape Lawson Uninjured In Phoenix Crash February 19, 1996 Miami Season Opener Lands Big Field February 14, 1996 Eurosport To Continue IndyCar Coverage No joke: Letterman joins Indy racing team Goodyear's Leo Mehl Announces Retirement February 13, 1996 Inaugural Spring Training A Big Hit February 10, 1996 Indy 500 winner sees possible trouble in May Villeneuve Predicts Mayhem February 7, 1996 Mercedes-Benz Key Supporter Of IndyCar's U.S. 500 February 6, 1996 Pennzoil, Texaco, Indeck Latest U.S. 500 Sponsors |
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