Not coming for you, Ricky Bobby: NASCAR sans Villeneuve in 07
The latest reports in the saga of Jacques Villeneuve's impending switch to stock cars say it won't be happening just yet.
As we reported earlier, the former world champion was talking with Roush Racing, one of the biggest outfits in stock cars, to race in the second-tier Busch series for 2007 in preparation for an anticipated assault on the big-league Nextel Cup for 2008. Roush is now calling any such prospect "an outside shot", leaving the French Canadian driver without a ride for next year.
With a Busch race scheduled for Villeneuve's home town of Montreal next season, he had looked like a shoe-in, holding the F1, CART and Indy 500 titles, but it looks like he may have to start even smaller – like fellow defected F1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya has – if he hopes to make it in the world of moonshine racing.
Related posts:
- Villeneuve headed for the Busch leagues
- Reports: Villeneuve signed NASCAR deal with Roush
- Mais, oui! NASCAR developing a French connection?
[Source: GrandPrix.com]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
epp_b 2:21PM (11/13/2006)
Take this with a deeper meaning, Villeneuve. You aren't meant for NASCRAP -- you're better than that. Please, look at some other options...DTM, GT, A1GP, Champ Car...anything but NASCRAP.
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Jeff Crew 2:58PM (11/13/2006)
I would hope he looks at the American Lemans series.
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Mike from Scarborough 8:24PM (11/13/2006)
Villes would do well in Nextel,he's dominated every series he's ever been in and quicker than anyone else.He got bored with F1 and he wants a new challenge.It would be awesome to see Villes,Montoya,and hell even Paul Tracy ( Raised in Scarborough )
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gooj 11:53PM (11/13/2006)
NASCRAP is just worried that them "damn fureners" will win too many races. Yeehaw, redneck racing!
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epp_b 7:31PM (11/15/2006)
["NASCRAP is just worried that them "fureners" will win too many races. Yeehaw, redneck racing!"]
You took the words right out of my mouth! :)
["He got bored with F1 and he wants a new challenge"]
Actually, he quit when Sauber took him out of the car in place of Kubica for a race because he felt it was indicative of his future with the team.
http://www.formula1.com/archive/halloffame/driver/5.html
Next time you make statements about what you think are "facts", do a bit of research first.
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Galley 8:56AM (11/14/2006)
JV suddenly realized that driving in circles was really boring...
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WolfgangNC 10:58AM (11/14/2006)
You got to start small and work your way up (big difference between having to contend with two or three competetive drivers and dealing with 20 to 30 drivers from more than a short two hours).
Call the sport what you want; but when drivers climb out of their cars and have lost over 15lbs that certainly doesn't seem boring or easy. Ask the non-NASCAR IROC guys how easy it is...and in my opinion, IROC races at the "easy" skill tracks. I'd like to see these "fureners" take a swing at Pocono or Darlington with 42 other cars inches apart.
Not saying the other forms of racing are easy; but saying "racing in circles" is easy is just lack of knowledge on your part.
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Don 12:30PM (11/16/2006)
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