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15.SEP.01
Arciero-Blair
Racing Finishes 18th in Germany
LAUSITZ, Germany (September 15, 2001) -- Arciero-Blair
Racing with driver Max Wilson competed in round 16 of 21 events in
the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) race today at the recently
constructed EuroSpeedway at the Lausitzring Complex, located
approximately 135 kilometers from Berlin. Wilson, the FedEx
Championship Series driver who was born in Hamburg finished 18th.
The event, previously titled the German 500, has been renamed in
honor of the victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York
City, Washington, D.C. and western Pennsylvania. The race marks the
first European event sanctioned by CART in the organization's
23-year history.
Rain cancelled practice and regular qualifying. Driver points
determined the grid (starting line up). Wilson, driving the
Ford-powered Lola, started 24th for the race. Racing on the new oval
the Arciero-Blair Racing Driving 101 entry struggled throughout the
154-lap event with handling. The team has also acquired the services
of race engineering veteran Brian Berthold to assist Arciero Blair
Racing in the European races. Berthold was previously with
championship winning manufacturers Nissan, Audi and Jaguar as well
as serving as a consultant for CART and Indy Light teams. However,
this new team is still its development stages and gaining valuable
oval experience and is still behind not having completed pre season
testing.
Saturday's race will not be shown live at 7:30 a.m. ET out of
respect to the victims of Tuesday's tragedy. The race will be shown
at 1 p.m. ET Monday on a tape-delay basis. Each team entry carried a
red, white and blue ribbon emblem in memory of the victims of this
week’s attack on America.
Championship Auto Racing Teams, on behalf of its entire
community, will make a donation to a designated World Trade Center
Relief Fund that is equivalent to the race purse for today's
American Memorial event at EuroSpeedway in Lausitz, Germany. The
standard purse for a CART event is $500,000 and will be the amount
of the donation. The Championship Drivers Association, which
consists of the CART drivers, also has exhibited its support of the
WTC Relief Fund with a donation of $50,000.
The FedEx Championship Series continues in next week on September
22 in Corby, England for the Rockingham 500 at the new Rockingham
Motor Speedway, a 1.5-mile oval. This event will air on ESPN
Television Network at 7:30 a.m. ET, live. Check local listings for
both races. They will also air on the CART Radio Network and on
CART's official website, at www.cart.com.
Driving 101 is
the first and only driving experience in the world to offer a fleet
of 20 full-sized Champ Cars. Clients range from corporations that
use the innovative driving school to reward employees to celebrities
and race fans. It has also been used as a popular birthday or
special occasion gift by many of the over 6,000 students who have
attended one of Driving 101’s classes. Its four different
locations are Chicago Motor Speedway, a 1.029-mile oval, California
Speedway, a 2.029 oval, Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5-mile oval and
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a 1.5-mile oval. Many different programs
are available; all programs include safety, classroom and trackside
instruction followed by an actual driving experience where you can
"Feel the Speed," on a professional racetracks. Program
information can be found or www.BlairRacing.com.
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