IndyCar
IRL: Phoenix Saturday Notes
David Reininger - motorsport.com Phoenix, AZ (March 18, 2000) - Notes from the MCI WorldCom Indy 200 at Phoenix International Raceway Hemelgarn Racing has withdrawn their primary Riley & Scott chassis, switching to the back up Riley & Scott ...
Edited: Mar 27, 2008, 5:47 AM
Copy link
Share on Viber
David Reininger - motorsport.com
Phoenix, AZ (March 18, 2000) - Notes from the MCI WorldCom Indy 200 at Phoenix International Raceway
Hemelgarn Racing has withdrawn their primary Riley & Scott chassis, switching to the back up Riley & Scott chassis for tomorrow's race. Buddy Lazier qualified the Delta Faucet/Coors Light Hemelgarn entry in 24th position. He will start 26th tomorrow.
****
Joe Ruttman won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck race from the pole position this afternoon. The 55-year old driver brings the Dana Dodge its first ever win in the Craftsman Truck Series and Dodge's first victory of the 2000 season.
****
Team Extreme drivers Davey Hamilton and Airton Dare, along with team manager, John Lopes announced several new associate sponsors at Phoenix International Raceway this afternoon. USACredit.com will adorn the sidepod of Airton Dare's No. 88 entry for Sunday's MCI WorldCom Indy 200. Hamilton's car will have sponsorship from USACredit.com as well.
Team Extreme also announced associate sponsorship from Racesearch.com, Smith Transport and Adauction.com. Team Extreme's primary sponsorship is from Lycos, another popular internet company.
"For Racesearch.com, this is the start of what I hope will be a very long and fruitful relationship that continues to develop and grow over the years," said Jack Saltiel, President of Racesearch.com. "It will expand our prominence in the racing and high performance community and bring dot-coms to the IRL."
****
Interested spectators at this weekend's MCI WorldCom Indy 200 included local resident and CART team owner Pat Patrick and Jeff Andretti, son of 1969 Indianapolis 500 winner, Mario Andretti.
****
Indy Racing Northern Light Series driver Buzz Calkins and television actor Anthony Edwards will announce tomorrow their plans to bring awareness to the efforts of Cure Autism NOW (CAN). CAN was established to find an effective biological treatment, prevention and cure for autism and related disorders.
****
The U.S. F2000 National Championship has renamed its top rookie award the Greg Moore Rookie of the Year Award in honor of the Canadian driver killed at California Speedway in October, 1999. Additionally, Moore's car number, 99, has been retired from U.S. F2000 National Championship competition.
****
The CARA Children's Fund has been renamed in honor of Shirley Bettenhausen. The fund is now known as the CARA/Shirley Bettenhausen Children's Fund at Methodist Hospital.
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article CHAMPCAR/CART: Homestead Frankie Negron to Sing National Anthem
Next article NA-F2000: CHAMPCAR/CART: Greg Moore Rookie of Year Award Announced
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Mario Andretti
Mario Andretti headlines first batch of Sebring’s 75 all-time greatest drivers
IMSA
IMSA
Sebring 12 Hours
Mario Andretti headlines first batch of Sebring’s 75 all-time greatest drivers
Latest news
Max Verstappen found responsible for FP1 clash at Portimao GTWC finale
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance
WCEE GT World Challenge Europe Endurance 32 min
Max Verstappen found responsible for FP1 clash at Portimao GTWC finale
“Wow, okay” – How Max Verstappen’s team-mate Ben Barnicoat reacted to his early GTWC driving
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance
WCEE GT World Challenge Europe Endurance 49 min
“Wow, okay” – How Max Verstappen’s team-mate Ben Barnicoat reacted to his early GTWC driving
WRC’s new champion Elfyn Evans celebrates title with Wales show run
WRC
WRC WRC 1 h
WRC’s new champion Elfyn Evans celebrates title with Wales show run
Feature
Discover prime content
Inside AJ Foyt Racing’s transition: Hauger’s arrival, Ferrucci’s future, and the Pierson waiting game
Feature
IndyCar
Feature
IndyCar
By Joey Barnes
Inside AJ Foyt Racing’s transition: Hauger’s arrival, Ferrucci’s future, and the Pierson waiting game
You Ask The Questions: David Malukas
IndyCar
By Joey Barnes
You Ask The Questions: David Malukas
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe