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[funkejay]

Has anyone else heard anything more on Toni Kanaan and Paul Tracy's thoughts on joining the A1GP series. I read an article about a week or so ago saying that they had some interest in joining the series. Good news for North American fans, as SPEED might actually pick it up if there were some names that Americans could recognize running in the series.

BTW, did any of the rest of you Cdn CART fans get your name on the Paul Tracy LastLap car in 2003? It was a great opportunity to be part of racing history. I just picked up a 1:18 model of Paul Tracy's LastLap 2003 Forsythe chassis, and there is my name, centred beautifully on the left sidepod - it's quite a thrill knowing that PT actually raced with my name on his car....................

Edited by funkejay, 06 October 2005 - 12:19 AM.

[demonhorse]

funkejay, on Oct 5 2005, 01:32 PM, said:

Has anyone else heard anything more on Toni Kanaan and Paul Tracy's thoughts on joining the A1GP series. I read an article about a week or so ago saying that they had some interest in joining the series. Good news for North American fans, as SPEED might actually pick it up if there were some names that Americans could recognize running in the series.

BTW, did any of the rest of you Cdn CART fans get your name on the Paul Tracy LastLap car in 2003? It was a great opportunity to be part of racing history. I just picked up a 1:18 model of Paul Tracy's LastLap 2003 Forsythe chassis, and there is my name, centred beautifully on the left sidepod - it's quite a thrill knowing that PT actually raced with my name on his car....................

Tracy and Kanaan? cool

Was he in a Team KOOL Green car when you had your name on it Funkejay? (thats last team I remember him being in, at the time I think his teammate was Dario Franchitti, but it was a while ago, just after Montoya jumped to F1 I think) Quite a thing to be proud of.

[funkejay]

demonhorse, on Oct 5 2005, 01:30 PM, said:

Tracy and Kanaan? cool

Was he in a Team KOOL Green car when you had your name on it Funkejay? (thats last team I remember him being in, at the time I think his teammate was Dario Franchitti, but it was a while ago, just after Montoya jumped to F1 I think) Quite a thing to be proud of.

Don't get me wrong demonhorse, I shared the space with about 1200 other names, it wasn't mine alone, but all the same, it's not everyone who's had their name on a championship winning car in a major open wheel series.

It was actually the Players' Forsythe team at the time, and Players sponsored it as a way to thank all the Canadian fans who supported them for all the years they were involved in CART. I don't know if you remember it or not, but Villeneuve also drove for Players' while he was in CART.

Anyway, in 2003 Canadian tobacco sponsorship legislation meant that cigarette companies were no longer allowed to sponsor sporting events or teams, effectively forcing Players out of the series, and they wanted to do something to recognize the fans before they left.

No matter what - it was really cool, and I'm thrilled that I now have a model of the car to prove that my name was carried on his car.

I've attached a pic of the car below, along with a pic of the model (with my name circled - bottom right corner of the pic)....

Edited by funkejay, 06 October 2005 - 12:02 AM.

[funkejay]

Here's the link to the story about Kanaan and Tracy: http://www.tsn.ca/au...y.asp?id=138115

[demonhorse]

funkejay, on Oct 6 2005, 12:39 AM, said:

Don't get me wrong demonhorse, I shared the space with about 1200 other names, it wasn't mine alone, but all the same, it's not everyone who's had their name on a championship winning car in a major open wheel series.

Exactly, still part of a quite exclusive club... hell I'd be proud even if it was one of 12,000.

EDIT: Just looked at the pic with your name circled, it looks like quite a few people had the ends cut off their name by the livery.... Good job you're not one of those huh? gutted

Edited by demonhorse, 09 October 2005 - 07:11 AM.

[KoolMonkey]

Yeah I read this story as well.  A1GP will only get stronger.  A few more "big" names and it'll be a sweet series.  And since it's in the off season to most of the other open wheel championships, we could get the awesome prospect of having some F1 drivers, Card, IRL and other series all racing together.  That would be awesome.