A ‘new’ team that only just made it to the Melbourne grid may be the surprise package of 2009 – thanks to some of F1’s oldest heads.
Take some Brawn. Add a large quantity of brains. Throw in a Button. Finish with a dash of Barrichello. Mix well… and you may well have the equation that throws up a successful Grand Prix team.
The final flurry of F1 testing in Spain in early March revealed two familiar names at the top of the unofficial timesheets: Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. But the old-timers were in an unfamiliar setting: the ‘new’ F1 team known as Brawn GP, in a car powered by Mercedes-Benz engines and christened BGP001.
Brawn GP rose like a phoenix from the ashes of Honda, whose withdrawal rocked the Formula One world late in 2008.
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The April ’09 issue of Car & Driver had the cover story of four best-buy sport coupes. The dominant winner in the last two SCCA National Championships came in last place! The Pontiac Solstice GXP was the car to race in the SCCA Runoffs for 2007 and 2008 in the SCCA T2 class. In this story, it was last against the Mazda RX-8, BMW 135i and the new Nissan 370Z.Â
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What is the SCCA? The Sports Car Club of America. Founded in 1944, now with 114 regions in the US, virtually everyone considering competitive racing at a “grassroots” level has looked into or participated in …Â
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Volkswagen’s plan to enter the World Rally Championship appears to have hit a temporary setback with the news that the manufacturer will once again enter the Dakar Rally next year, which it won this year with South African driver Giniel de Villiers.
Although VW was widely rumored to have contested its last Dakar this year, the German giant announced that it would compete in the epic endurance event once more in 2010.
“No doubt, the 2009 Dakar Rally contributed to the fact that the Volkswagen brand is now shining even brighter around the world,†… Details
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The Kailua High School Canoe Club will have a fundraising imu on Friday, April 24. Students, faculty and alumni will again work hard, this time to help raise funds for the high school canoe club. The public is again invited to purchase space in the traditional underground oven to cook their food. The imu will be on Friday, April 24. The charge is $15 per tray of food that we cook for you. Food has to be brought in on a …Â Details