Home  
Site Partners: SpotterGuides Veloce Books  
Related Sites: Your Link Here  

Go Back   TenTenths Motorsport Forum > Barn Finds > ChampCar World Series

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 26 Oct 2004, 11:09 (Ref:1136305)   #1
Afro_dud
Rookie
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location:
Australia
Posts: 7
Afro_dud should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
Surfers Paradise Statistic

Whether you may be aware of it but Surfers Paradise has the uncanny feature of producing a new winner of the event every year of it's 14 year history so far. Here is the 'Honor Roll' so far.

1991: John Andretti
1992: Emerson Fittipaldi
1993: Nigel Mansell
1994: Micheal Andretti
1995: Paul Tracy
1996: Jimmy Vasser
1997: Scott Pruett
1998: Alex Zanardi
1999: Dario Franchitti
2000: Adrian Fernandez
2001: Christiano da Matta
2002: Mario Dominguez
2003: Ryan Hunter-Reay
2004: Bruno Junqueira
Afro_dud is offline  
Old 26 Oct 2004, 12:56 (Ref:1136435)   #2
Kicking-back
Registered User
Veteran
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 16,661
Kicking-back should be qualifying in the top 5 on the gridKicking-back should be qualifying in the top 5 on the grid
Very good statistic, that.

John Andretti in an IndyCar seems like a whole world away from the current era!




Welcome to ten-tenths, Afro_dud
Kicking-back is offline  
Old 26 Oct 2004, 13:07 (Ref:1136457)   #3
BootsOntheSide
Veteran
 
Join Date: Sep 2001
England
Eastbourne, England
Posts: 13,000
BootsOntheSide should be qualifying in the top 3 on the gridBootsOntheSide should be qualifying in the top 3 on the gridBootsOntheSide should be qualifying in the top 3 on the gridBootsOntheSide should be qualifying in the top 3 on the grid
Welcome Afro_dud, that sure is a great statistic. Going into the 2004 race, Herdez had 2 of the 4 previous winners in the field - both won the race as rookies despite not making the championship top 10! I guess this is now one of the few races Bourdais is 0-for-2 in?
BootsOntheSide is offline  
Old 26 Oct 2004, 13:17 (Ref:1136483)   #4
Afro_dud
Rookie
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location:
Australia
Posts: 7
Afro_dud should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
Thanks for the welcome guys.

Quote:
Going into the 2004 race, Herdez had 2 of the 4 previous winners in the field - both won the race as rookies despite not making the championship top 10!
Yes, it appears they did. The reason Dominguez won the 02 race was that that race was the race with the big pileup at the start where adrian fernandez suffered a broken back/neck (can't quite remember) and the whole event, start to finish, was run behind safety car. Paul Tracy and Micheal Andretti were both in line to win that race but fuel mileage caught up with them and they both had to pit with 3 laps left behind the safety car leaving Dominguez the winner.
Afro_dud is offline  
Old 26 Oct 2004, 15:52 (Ref:1136758)   #5
BootsOntheSide
Veteran
 
Join Date: Sep 2001
England
Eastbourne, England
Posts: 13,000
BootsOntheSide should be qualifying in the top 3 on the gridBootsOntheSide should be qualifying in the top 3 on the gridBootsOntheSide should be qualifying in the top 3 on the gridBootsOntheSide should be qualifying in the top 3 on the grid
That 'race' was a bit of a joke really - Swimmer's Paradise would've been a more apt name for the venue.

Well done on getting the hang of our quote system straight away - a lot of new posters don't. I'm pretty sure I didn't, and I work with computers.

Last edited by BootsOntheSide; 26 Oct 2004 at 15:53.
BootsOntheSide is offline  
Old 27 Oct 2004, 08:04 (Ref:1137408)   #6
Afro_dud
Rookie
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location:
Australia
Posts: 7
Afro_dud should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
Quote:
Well done on getting the hang of our quote system straight away - a lot of new posters don't. I'm pretty sure I didn't, and I work with computers.
I've used quote systems on many different forums and it did take me a while to get used to it at these other places and i too also spend a majority of my time working with computers
Afro_dud is offline  
Old 27 Oct 2004, 09:28 (Ref:1137504)   #7
rustyfan
Veteran
 
rustyfan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Sweden
Posts: 5,419
rustyfan should be qualifying in the top 5 on the gridrustyfan should be qualifying in the top 5 on the gridrustyfan should be qualifying in the top 5 on the grid
Quote:
Originally posted by Kicking-back
John Andretti in an IndyCar seems like a whole world away from the current era!
Then imagine him in NHRA Top Fuel car
rustyfan is offline  
Old 27 Oct 2004, 17:46 (Ref:1138009)   #8
LadyRaceFan
Rookie
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location:
California
Posts: 44
LadyRaceFan should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
Quote:
Originally posted by rustyfan
Then imagine him in NHRA Top Fuel car

What? Did he really do NHRA :confused: ?
LadyRaceFan is offline  
Old 27 Oct 2004, 18:13 (Ref:1138031)   #9
rustyfan
Veteran
 
rustyfan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Sweden
Posts: 5,419
rustyfan should be qualifying in the top 5 on the gridrustyfan should be qualifying in the top 5 on the gridrustyfan should be qualifying in the top 5 on the grid
Quote:
Originally posted by LadyRaceFan
What? Did he really do NHRA :confused: ?
Yeah, he did a handful of races back in 1993 and came real close to becoming the first person to crack the 300 mph barrier in his first ever Top Fuel run.

If I'm not mistaken he reached the semis in his first event and managed to reach a final in another (which he finished second in) before deciding to put his NHRA Top Fuel career on the shelf.
rustyfan is offline  
 

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Surfers Paradise weather Rollin thunder ChampCar World Series 10 24 Oct 2004 22:49
Surfers Paradise Crash Test ChampCar World Series 29 30 Oct 2002 01:11
Surfers paradise Valve Bounce Formula One 2 21 Oct 2001 21:35
Surfers Paradise Valve Bounce ChampCar World Series 2 21 Oct 2001 01:05
Surfers Paradise a big disapointment Valve Bounce Formula One 17 23 Oct 2000 19:55


All times are GMT. The time now is 18:46.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Original Website Copyright © 1998-2003 Craig Antil. All Rights Reserved.
Ten-Tenths Motorsport Forums Copyright © 2004-2021 Royalridge Computing. All Rights Reserved.
Ten-Tenths Motorsport Forums Copyright © 2021-2022 Grant MacDonald. All Rights Reserved.