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19 Oct 2004, 04:34 (Ref:1127937)
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Besnard in with Walker at Surfers
I'm glad to see a lot of new talent getting a shot at a Champ Car under race conditions. Click here for story I'm not very familiar with Besnard but if enough teams can give these young guys a shot some real talent is bound to rise to the top. It also appears to me that some money is freeing up to help the teams in the coming season.
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19 Oct 2004, 11:34 (Ref:1128148)
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Hope he does well, though it will be difficult for him. Especially in a Reynard.
On a side note Max Wilson a former CART driver is now racing V8 Supercars. |
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19 Oct 2004, 11:51 (Ref:1128164)
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Re: Besnard in with Walker at Surfers
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19 Oct 2004, 12:21 (Ref:1128197)
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^^ Josh Hunt wasn't even competitive in Atlantics so imo, he's not ready for Champ Cars quite yet.
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19 Oct 2004, 13:01 (Ref:1128258)
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I take it this means that PK will still be runnign Gonzales - at one point I think he idea was that Besnard would take over the second PK entry?
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19 Oct 2004, 13:18 (Ref:1128284)
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19 Oct 2004, 13:20 (Ref:1128291)
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and yes Besnard was originally slated to take the second PKV car and in fact tested for them , but things changed pretty quickly and he ended up at Walker.
I also believe this car will be the car Valiante will drive in mexico |
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19 Oct 2004, 13:34 (Ref:1128315)
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Probably Marcus - lets hope David keeps it out of the wall!
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19 Oct 2004, 13:52 (Ref:1128330)
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Thanks Marcus
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19 Oct 2004, 18:12 (Ref:1128585)
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Having 19-car grids for Surfers and Mexico is a real positive for the championship. Besnard seems unliekly to look towards doing a full season in CART at this stage (and in any case he'd probably need a season in Atlantics first), but Janis and Valiente could reasonably bring full sponsorship packages (and considerable talent) to the 2005 field full time. The worst case would mean that it's 3 new drivers getting a ChampCar chance, two of them from countries with no other 2004 invovlement.
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19 Oct 2004, 22:11 (Ref:1128855)
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Going slightly off topic: Regarding Max Wilson, I was really disappointed when he left the series, he had a couple of really good performances. I was surprised that he hasn't done better in the V8s. (granted I haven't payed any attention to the series this year)
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19 Oct 2004, 23:54 (Ref:1128942)
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in regards to max , right teams at the wrong time in the V8's.
His time will come next year is looking very promising , he has a new teammate in craig lowndes , he will either learn alot from craig or be demoralised , I hope he learns alot. |
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20 Oct 2004, 02:17 (Ref:1128977)
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I'll have to be brutal and say either Besnard will be mind blowing, or he'll be in the wall in turn 2. But its great that an Australian has been given a chance to race in the series. Apart from that the race will be a crcker!
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20 Oct 2004, 08:22 (Ref:1129115)
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It probably came down to whether Besnard or Hunt handed in their checks first. |
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20 Oct 2004, 08:47 (Ref:1129141)
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actually no Fobio , because both of them are funded by the exact same person , it was the sponsor that decided to give Besnard the shot over Hunt not a matter of cash.
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20 Oct 2004, 16:49 (Ref:1129677)
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22 Oct 2004, 05:14 (Ref:1131438)
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what I have found odd if you have a look at this picture http://www.champcarworldseries.com/C...1022P_0016.jpg it clearly states PKV racing , but Besnard is driving for Walker ?
anyone know why this could be ? |
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22 Oct 2004, 05:15 (Ref:1131439)
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Great detective work!
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22 Oct 2004, 05:19 (Ref:1131442)
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Is he running a Lola ? Probably a PKVR car cause they wanted a Lola, even though it's under the Walker Banner. Purely a guess.
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22 Oct 2004, 05:22 (Ref:1131445)
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Na, he's running a Reynard according to timing and scoring, so my guess is wringing with wrongability.
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22 Oct 2004, 08:45 (Ref:1131595)
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yeah its a Reynard , I guess the original deal was done with PKV , the drive was meant to replace Gonzalez for one race but i guess PKV pushed them into the Walker deal and thus wanted a sticker on the car ?
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22 Oct 2004, 10:03 (Ref:1131654)
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Marcus,
No it wasn't to replace Gonzalez, it was always supposed to be a third car. Perhaps PKV realised they could not not run three under the cirsumstances and sublet the contravct to Walker, or it was re-negotiated by Gore. Considering team and car, Bezzie has done rather well. Has had no chance to test push to pass however, and has yet to source a strategy on how to use it. All drives have an extra 15 seconds of push to pass this weekend. |
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