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After two oval races Long Beach is a challenge. The teams have to change most suspension components and ready the cars for a challenging street course.
Reports from behind the scenes at Long Beach! New 4/27/99
Other Reports
Joe Huffaker
and his team brought their new Trans-Am Ford Mustang to
Long Beach for its first race. The car qualified on the pole
but was involved in a first-lap incident. Paul Gentilozzi
won the race. I talked to him about the series and took some
photos of the car. Click here for more!
uploaded 4/27/99
Tires are
always a big story and I think Goodyear is not likely to stay
competitive with Firestone and may even drop out of the CART
series. I'll tell you why I think that. Click
here for more!
Tony Cicale
engineered Jacques Villeneuve when he won the CART championship
in 1995. Tony is back now assisting Team Green. I talked to Tony
and he had some very interesting things to say about Jacques
and Formula 1 and race engineering. Click
here for more!
Juan Montoya,
a CART rookie from Bogota, Columbia won the race and showed both
strength and shyness in the press conferences. I'll tell you
what I saw and heard about this guy. He's filling Alex Zanardi's
shoes very capably. Click here for more!
The All American
Racers Eagle 997 accelerating out of Turn 11. David Bruns
has added a unique exhaust system to this car. I have a photo
and some thoughts about why he choose this design. Click
here for more!
Other designers, other racecars: Click here for more!