Nascar News

Nice article from OnRoule by abf1:

http://www.onroule.ca/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9427

and the goolge translate:

http://translate.google.ca/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onroule.ca%2Fmodules.php%3Fname%3DNews%26file%3Darticle%26sid%3D9427&act=url

JV is working hard to race 3 road courses this summer... and with the new road course Mid-Ohio it should be interesting.

It is nice to hear that JV's still trying

The question of what team he might surface with is fun to ponder.
is it too early to speculate .?

Either way it's sure nice to hear. Merci ABF1 for your article and Dantech for spreading the good word.

The only Nascar event this year in Canada will be the debut of the Camping World Truck Series at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park on Sept 1rst. Ron Fellows territory.

http://www.durhamregion.com/sports/article/1615050--nascar-truck-series-coming-to-canadian-tire-motorsport-park
posted on May 13th

"Although the race lineup won't be known for some time, Fellows has heard such names as Jacques Villeneuve and Paul Tracy possibly looking for rides."

I sincerely hope that there is a seat for Jv is available and one can make for any advertising by mentioning his name.

http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2013-06-23/max-papis-slaps-billy-johnson-nationwide-series-road-america?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter


Max Papis slaps Billy Johnson after Nationwide race at Road America


Mad Max doesn't change

Finch has prospective buyer for Phoenix Racing: James Finch said Thursday that he expects to announce the sale of #51 Phoenix Racing on July 15. He said the prospective owner passed muster in terms of the most necessary qualification for owning a team that competes in Sprint Cup and Nationwide racing. "He's somebody who's got money," Finch said. Unable to find a long-term sponsor for his racing team the past three years, Finch has been saddled with the exorbitant costs required to drive on a weekly basis. Unwilling to shoulder that burden any longer, he said previously that he intended to race through the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 28 before ceasing operations. Now he believes he has found a buyer who will take over and keep the team running through the rest of the year and beyond. Finch wouldn't reveal who the potential buyer is, but he did say the prospective owner has not owned a racing team before. "I'm in negotiations with an individual to buy the team, and if he does that I'll let him finish out the year," Finch said, adding that details of the sale will be reserved until July 15. "He's a qualified buyer, so hopefully we can make everything work. I've got close to 800 starts. That's a lot of weekends, you know what I mean? I'll help (the new owner) get started and stuff like that. I'll go attend some races a little bit, but I'll be out of ownership. I might run a few Nationwide races out of his shop, go play or something. But full time is over for me. We're going to the shop (in Spartanburg, S.C.) this next week and telling the employees, 'Here's the new guy, and this is the plan.'" The Sprint Cup schedule rolls through Daytona next week for the Coke Zero 400, and Finch said he will have Regan Smith or AJ Allmendinger in the driver's seat for that race. "Regan's concentrating on trying to win the Nationwide championship," Finch said. "If he wants to drive at Daytona, he's been so good the last two (restrictor) plate races I'm going to give him the opportunity. If he wants to concentrate on the Nationwide championship then we will have AJ finish up the next three races."(Sun Herald)(6-28-2013)

remps wrote:Finch wouldn't reveal who the potential buyer is, but he did say the prospective owner has not owned a racing team before.

This sentence, and the rumor that Harry Scott Jr is the potential buyer don't go together really well...

The update at Jayskis says its not JV.
http://www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm#20130628c

http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/phoenix-racing-team-owner-james-finch-plans-to-sell-or-park-team-by-end-of-july-062913#!gFOzc

“I have a date where I am either going to sell my stuff or either park it a week or two later,” Finch said by phone Saturday morning. “Hopefully, the people will take the team and I can help them move forward.”

Sale of Phoenix not complete but money being wired wed. announcement likely on wed afternoon July 17
http://www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm#20130716a

Thanks Brad!

Let just say that it would be a big surprise to see JV implied in this sale... But, with him, we never know....

So? Wednesday afternoon long gone by... Who's the frickin buyer?

The sale has gone through but the new owners will announce on their schedule perhaps Friday or Monday. They have never run this kind of team and they have their own driver. I am paraphrasing Sirius xm

..."they have their own driver"! Hmmm... 

Créer un suspense pour faire l'annonce...  #stratégiedemiseenmarché?

Sorry: To create a suspense to make the announcement... That's a way to create a buzz...

I do not believe JV is in the game.
Bob Pockrass and Louis Butcher already told me that JV is not the driver or the purchaser

 

I didn't honestly thought he was in the picture... but I can't help keeping that tiny flame alive.

From Louis Butcher from Journal de Montreal, Jacques refused a drive for the Glen to honor is engagement on GP3R.
Nice for JV for you all.

And close to secure a drive for Mid-Ohio in NNS the week after.

abf1 wrote:From Louis Butcher from Journal de Montreal, Jacques refused a drive for the Glen to honor is engagement on GP3R.
Nice for JV for you all.

And close to secure a drive for Mid-Ohio in NNS the week after.

Yes it's nice that JV is honoring his commitment but it sure would be nice (and more beneficial for his career) to race Sprint Cup at Watkins Glen, especially after his car let him down at Sonoma.

The only silver lining is that JV is sponsored by Couche-Tard in GP3R. Maybe there is a slight chance that he could parlay this sponsorship into something more.

I've always though that JV + Couche-Tard would be a good partnership. They own Circle K stores in the US, and Circle K could benefit from Nascar. I've actually sent some emails to Couche-Tard about this.

Come on Jacques, enlist your friend Dominic to use his connections to get that Couche-Tard Nascar sponsorship!

What a nice and clever reasoning zingbot!!!!

Thumbs up!  

NCTS Qualifying result gp3r leaves JV with work to do.
http://hometracks.nascar.com/node/11279

I think this will have live timing....http://www.dl2-timing.com/live/

If any one knows of a live feed I'd love to know. TSN broadcast is next Saturday.
Have a good race everyone at the race ... Jealous  

  

Tagliani and Ranger are racing at Canadian Tire Motor Park today at 230 ET, in the Nascar Trucks Tag set a record while gaining Pole Position.
http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/8/30/canadian-tire-motorsport-park-camping-world-truck-series-qualifying-recap-results.html

live feed on toutube Nascar Xfinity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdajYaAzvVk