Posts Tagged ‘jacques villeneuve’
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
James Hinchcliffe (Chuck Carroll, Wikimedia Commons)
The last couple of years James Hinchcliffe has been on the brink of greatness. He has steadily improved in the auto racing world and seen himself steadily climb in his efforts of being the next one. Over the last couple of decades, Canada has seen outstanding results in IndyCar as Jacques Villeneuve and Paul Tracy have performed admirably, and Canadian auto racing fans were waiting for Hinchcliffe to finally shine.
However questions remained how long it would take for Hinchcliffe to be near the conversation. I guess that time is now.
On Sunday, Hinchcliffe became the first Canadian since Tracy in 2007 to win an IndyCar race. The pride of Oakville, Ontario won in the neon coloured Go Daddy race car that Danica Patrick has made famous by winning IndyCar’s opening race of 2013 in St. Petersburg, Florida. He did it by passing legend Helio Castroneves and put himself in the position to be a force to be reckoned with.
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Tags: danica patrick, helio castroneves, indycar, jacques villeneuve, james hinchcliffe, paul tracy
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Saturday, August 20th, 2011
Jacques Villeneuve (Wikimedia Commons)
This could be an interesting day in Canadian auto racing. Montreal’s Jacques Villeneuve has the pole and Lachenaie, Quebec’s Alex Tagliani is second, right beside him, at the NAPA Auto Parts 200 NASCAR event.
According to the Canadian Press, Villeneuve feels this is the first time he has had the best car for a race since he rode for Williams Renault and beat Michael Schumacher of Germany to win the Formula One World Championship in 1997.
It is the first time two Canadians will start at the front of the grid for any NASCAR event. Both riders were imported by auto racing legend Roger Penske for the Montreal race in mind. Unlike most events on NASCAR’s Nationwide series, the NAPA Auto Parts 200 is a road course, rather than an event on an oval, something that should benefit Villeneuve with his Formula One success.
Patrick Carpentier of Ville Lasalle, Quebec, who is competing in his final race, is starting eighth, while Andrew Ranger, of Roxton Pond, Quebec is starting 11th. Ron Fellows, the 51 year old driver from Windsor, Ontario, who won the NAPA Auto Parts 200 in Montreal in 2008, will race on the seventh row. Supermodel Maryeve Dufault of Sorel, Quebec, who I was hyping up earlier in the week, will compete on the 20th row.
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Tags: alex tagliani, andrew ranger, carl edwards, jacques villeneuve, james hinchcliffe, jimmie johnson, kyle busch, maryeve dufault, michael schumacher, NASCAR, patrick carpentier, paul tracy, roger penske, ron fellows
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Maryeve Dufault (Bing Images)
I’m not a big fan of NASCAR. I don’t have a significant amount of passion for the style of racing that exists in the entire circuit.
But I may become a fan soon. Danica Patrick will be competing in Saturday’s NASCAR race in Montreal and now there’s news that Patrick will be joined by Canadian supermodel Maryeve Dufault of Sorel, Quebec.
Dufault, 29 years old, has played for the New York Euphoria in the 2005 Lingerie Bowl and has raced 12 times in the Automobile Racing Club of America series. In modelling, Dufault is best known for her work on The Price is Right.
Dufault, 29, becomes the first Canadian woman to compete in a NASCAR race. She’ll be joined by Alex Tagliani of Montreal, Jacques Villeneuve of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, the 1995 Indianapolis 500 champion and 1997 Formula One World Champion, and Patrick Carpentier of Ville Lasalle, Quebec, who might be competing in the final race of his career.
I’d watch this race but you can’t see Dufault and Patrick there unless you’re there up close and live, and plus I have a wedding to attend to this weekend. Sorry ladies!
Tags: alex tagliani, danica patrick, jacques villeneuve, maryeve dufault, NASCAR, patrick carpentier
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Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Jacques Villeneuve (Wikimedia Commons)
Canadian auto racing legend Jacques Villeneuve had some interesting comments about Formula One on Monday.
He called the circuit boring. This is the primary reason I have never got up in the middle of the night or very early in the morning to watch the sport myself.
Apparently Villeneuve doesn’t like the passing that is taking place on the circuit this year with the drag reduction system or adjustable rear wing.
I admit. I have not watched the Formula One circuit enough since the rule changes were put in place to state a strong opinion, but the lack of passing in the first place is what turned by attention initially to IndyCar.
If there is any one driver to voice a credible opinion on a global scale about auto racing, it is definitely Villeneuve. He has won an Indianapolis 500, Formula One World Championship, and now at the age of 40, has been competing recently on NASCAR’s Nationwide Series for team owner Roger Penske.
Tags: formula one, indianapolis 500, jacques villeneuve, NASCAR, roger penske
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Saturday, May 28th, 2011
Scott Goodyear (Bing Images)
Before I write this blog, I would like to let all my readers know I am not a huge auto racing fan. I rarely watch NASCAR and have not really got into Formula One since Jacques Villeneuve of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec won the Formula One Championship in 1997.
That said, there is something special about the Indianapolis 500, and a reason I have watched the race since 1991.
I have not watched the Indianapolis 500 every year since then however. When Tony George formed the Indy Racing League in 1994, and CART drivers, including Paul Tracy, (a good friend of Prospect Magazine) decided to boycott the race starting in 1996, I stopped watching it too. Tracy did compete in 2002, and I was glad to watch then.
But over time, some of my greatest auto racing memories have come watching the Indianapolis 500.
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Tags: al unser jr., alex tagliani, barry green, helio castroneves, indianapolis 500, jacques villeneuve, paul tracy, sam schmidt, scott goodyear
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Friday, May 27th, 2011
Alex Tagliani (Wikimedia Commons)
The greatest auto race of the year takes place Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis.
It is the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500. (The race was not held for two years during World War One and for four years during World War Two). In 1911, Ray Harroun of the United States was the first winner. Over that time, drivers from ten separate nations have won the coveted race including Canada’s own Jacques Villeneuve in 1995.
Well in 2011, Montreal’s Alex Tagliani has a great chance in joining Villeneuve in making Canadian history. He will be on the pole representing Sam Schmidt Motorsports.
James Hinchcliffe of Oakville, Ontario, an IndyCar rookie will start 13th, and Paul Tracy of West Hill, Ontario will start 24th.
There are also four women in the race. Joining American Danica Patrick, are Switzerland’s Simona de Silvestro, Brazil’s Ana Beatriz, and Great Britain’s Pippa Mann.
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Saturday, May 21st, 2011
Alex Tagliani (Wikimedia Commons)
It was a great day in the history of Canadian auto racing on Saturday.
Alex Tagliani of Montreal, Quebec captured the pole position for the Indianapolis 500. Tagliani posted a speed of 227.472 miles per hour, .132 miles per hour faster than Scott Dixon of New Zealand.
Tagliani has never won an IndyCar race, but does have one ChampCar victory. In 2004, Tagliani defeated Rodolfo Lavin of Mexico to win the 2004 Road America race in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
So far in 2011, Tagliani has two top ten finishes with Sam Schmidt Motorsports. He finished fifth in Long Beach and sixth in St. Petersburg.
Saturday was also a solid day for Canadian Indycar rookie James Hinchcliffe of Oakville, Ontario. He will start 13th.
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Tags: alex tagliani, indianapolis 500, jacques villeneuve, james hinchcliffe, rodolfo lavin, scott dixon
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