Montoya

[Jem of the Shire 0]

U're heading for BIG trouble there mate

Not really! What are they going to say? 'Mario Andretti'? Who cares, the Andretti family are Italian by origin anyway

[monza gorilla 1]

Phil Hill? Dan Gurney?

[Jem of the Shire 0]

Phil Hill? Dan Gurney?

Not exactly an amazing heritage. Generally, americans arent leaders in motorsport talent. Even in their own series' like IRL, champcar, its normally foreigners winning, like Wheldon, Montoya, Zanardi, Villeneuve, Mansell! 'Jeff Gordon' I hear you cry, yea but Jeff Gordon competes against other americans in fat cars. Its not really an argument I want to get into anyway, I was just making a little joke!

[pumpdoc 2]

A. J. Foyt, great driver and a## kicker

[Jem of the Shire 0]

who in the blue hell is that! lets not argue about this anyway old chap

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who in the blue hell is that! lets not argue about this anyway old chap

you started it chump, Mr. know-it-all, you sadly lack in motorsport history....................

[monza gorilla 1]

[Jem of the Shire 0]

Fine, if u wanna go lets go!!!!

er, so who is aj foyt anyway

[monza gorilla 1]

Pipe Smoker of the Year 1932, I believe, although Pump thinks he was some sort of racing driver..........

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Pipe Smoker of the Year 1932, I believe, although Pump thinks he was some sort of racing driver..........

[Jem of the Shire 0]

well now i'm even more confused

[pumpdoc 2]

well now i'm even more confused

[monza gorilla 1]

Here's a clue

[cristiano84 0]

who in the blue hell is that! lets not argue about this anyway old chap

You don't know who AJ Foyt is?!?!?!?Really?!?!?

He had been one of the greatest drivers in the history of the Indycar Championship..his nephew AJ Foyt IV is now racing in NASCAR,after having contested two unsuccesful Indycar seasons

Oh I forgot to say that AJ Foyt career in Indycar\Usac started back in 1957 while his last race was the Indy 500 of 1993!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ykickamoocow 0]

You don't know who AJ Foyt is?!?!?!?Really?!?!?

He had been one of the greatest drivers in the history of the Indycar Championship..his nephew AJ Foyt IV is now racing in NASCAR,after having contested two unsuccesful Indycar seasons

Maybe, just maybe Jemstride doesnt gave a crap about American motorsport. I know i couldnt tell you squot about Indycar or NASCAR.

[cristiano84 0]

here we have a pic of our hero in 1992,his last season in Indycar

and here a young foyt in 1958 at the Indy 500!!!!!

[Jem of the Shire 0]

oh ok. Well try and impress me with a name I've actually heard of!

[cristiano84 0]

What's mostly impressive is the fact that when AJ lined up for his first Indycar race,Juan Manuel Fangio was still the greatest F.1 driver...and when he tried to qualify for his last one Michael Schumacher was already a rising star in F.1

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here we have a pic of our hero in 1992,his last season in Indycar

and here a young foyt in 1958 at the Indy 500!!!!!

Nice pics, and the roadsters were a beast to drive, many a great driver lost his life in one...........Oh yeah they were Offy 4cyl. powered...............

[nojvnof1 0]

In 1998 DC simply wasnt as fast as Hakkinen, you need to accept that.

He was the equivalent to what Frentzen was in '97. DC only won 1 race in the best car (by some margin to the next best being the Ferrari) all year. DC had his chance, and failed ot take it, that's the long and short of it.

Even in their own series' like IRL, champcar, its normally foreigners winning, like Wheldon, Montoya, Zanardi, Villeneuve, Mansell!

All those except for Wheldon won when the American series was strongly rivalling F1. It was a united series with a strong depth of drivers. That was Indycar or CART, not IRL.

[Biazza 0]

True, but every1 agreed ( team owners, drivers, even some FIA delegates ) that the accident was a racing accident which shouldn't end up as drive through penalty (or it was 10sec??)!

I agree with you...but as each person is different, there's also different things that some drivers maybe need in order to get the results...Maybe JP needs a little more support.

Does anyone know of a site that has race data...lap times

[cavallino 2]

www.f1matrix.it

So this Foyt chappie, he never made it to F1, or he just knew he'd be crap there. So he must have been about a hundred and five in 1993, F1 drivers tend to retire at 40 at most. Even that Andretti chappie raced till he was 50 something right.

American motorsport salivating over a brickyard

[IDiO 0]

Yeah, American motorsport is a kind of an oxymoron... I mean - even watching F1 here is virtually impossible (the sheer amount of commercials makes actually following the race a torture). And really, there just hasn't been any American F1 drivers for a while now (except for that Speed guy, who's not exactly amazing) if ever.

[BradSpeedMan 6]

Don't you guys think Montoya would've been better off just staying at BMW, Ron Dennis has actually ****ed up his career now and no one wants Montoya. He's got nowhere to go, latest the supposely interest of Renault but Briatore is focussing on Hekki for Alonso's vacant seat. Red Bull looks his best option but he's gonna take a big cut, BMW looks stronger by the day look what it's done to the resurgent career of JV. Sometimes looking for better opportunity can actually really come back to bite you in the butt!

[BradSpeedMan 6]

www.f1matrix.it

actually quite a cool site, thanks for posting this mate...