Overheard at Road America

UPDATE It may not be a new track record but already the new Panoz is 0.6 seconds under the time set on Friday at Road America last year and that was in September when it was cooler.

08/10/07 We spoke to Team Australia boss Derrick Walker who told us, "I am going to talk to Craig Gore about possibly running a 3-car Champ Car team next year. If we can do it there are some economies of scale and it would make us stronger as a team."…….Franck Perera is hanging around the NHLR pits between Atlantic sessions. We know he would love to land that Sebastien Bourdais vacant seat next year but what driver would not?…..The lap times appear to be down this year. Yes it is hot and humid here but Scot Elkins told us that the new car simply has too much drag to overcome down the straights, and although the car is faster through the corners due to the increased downforce, we don't expect to see any new records this weekend…..We hear the Friday crowd is up significantly over last year and visibly it indeed is. We have not seen this many campers at Road America in quite some time.