Overheard in Las Vegas

All the Champ Car teams worked late into the night on the refueling problem caused by a design defect in the new Panoz DP01. It seems the car will not take on a full fuel load before the fuel begins to spill back out into the overflow hose/vent. Panoz shipped new pieces to the teams three days ago that had to be installed inside the fuel tank to redirect the fuel so that the tanks would fill completely. If the fix does not work correctly you may see teams changing their pit stop strategy to work best with taking on around 20 gallons per stop instead of 35.

Teams are still experiencing a number of nagging little new-car glitches so it remains to be seen just how many cars finish the race today.