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Simona was gridded 11th in front of Danica
Patrick (gridded 13th). During the race, she lead
several laps at her first IndyCar race in San
Paulo, Brasil and ended up finishing 16th behind
Danica Patrick in 15th and Ana Beatriz in
13th.
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Name: Simona de Silvestro
Pronunciation: Simona (Suh-Moan-Uh); De
Silvestro(Dee Sil-Veh-Stroh) Nationality: Swiss and
Italian
Date of Birth: 1/9/1988
Place of Birth: Thun, Switzerland
Hometown Geneva, Switzerland, Italy
Residence: Scottsdale, Arizona
Height: 5’7’’
Weight: 150lbs
Favorite Circuit: Road Atlanta, VIR
Favorite Driver: Michael Schumacher
Hobbies: Golf, Tennis, Wake Boarding, Music,
Karting, Fitness
Ambition: Champ Car or Formula One driver
Pronunciation: Simona (Suh-Moan-Uh) De
Silvestro(Dee Sil-Veh-Stroh)
Snippets
Simona, who won four times and finished third in
the Atlantic series last season, will race a full
Izod IndyCar Series schedule in partnership between
HVM Racing and Team Stargate Worlds. 
* * *
By finishing second at Lagua Seca, 21 year
old Simona would clinch the Atlantic She finished
3rd in the series.
* * *
Second-year driver Simona De Silvestro won the
Atlantic race on the streets of Long Beach, the day
after Danica Patrick became the first woman to win
a major open wheel race. Simona's best finish last
season was 7th. Her next race is Houston, April 27.
The Swiss racer is the only woman among the 22
entries.
One of Auto Week's "Five
of the fastest women you will ever
meet"
* *
*
Second-year driver Simona De Silvestro is once
again entered to drive the No. 34 entry for Newman
Wachs Racing in the Atlantic Series. The Swiss
racer is the only woman among the 22 entries.
* *
*
Simona was involved in a first lap accident in
her first Mazda MX-5 race - Round 8 (and final
round) at Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah.
She had been gridded 7th in the 30 car field.
* * *
A January 9 -
* * *
Champ Car Atlantic standout and one of the top
female racers in the country Simona will complete
in Round 8 (and final round) of the Mazda MX-5 Cup
at Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah, Saturday,
September 15.
* * *
Simona started 17th at the San Jose Grand Prix
July 29th and finished 10th out of 25. She is
currently 18th in the standings. The final race of
the season is scheduled for August 11-12 at Road
America.
* * *
Simona finished 4th in Round 9 and 10 of Formula
BMW at the San Jose Grand Prix. July 29-30, 2006.
She holds 3rd over-all, one point behind Matt Lee.
Next up, the Grand Prix of Denver, August 11-13,
2006
* * *
Simona had two third-place finishes in support
of the US Grand Prix and is the first woman
ever on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway podium. She
is the most successful female driver in Formula BMW
worldwide as she stands fourth in the Championship
points after Round 8 out of more than 30
drivers.
Team Stargate Worlds and HVM
Racing combine efforts to challenge IndyCar Series
with Simona De Silvestro
In a collaborative effort with HVM Racing, Team
Stargate Worlds will enter the 2010 IZOD IndyCar
Series with driver Simona De Silvestro. Known as
Team Stargate Worlds/HVM Racing, the team will
carry primary sponsorship from Stargate Resistance
and associate sponsorship from Bernard Richards
Manufacture (BRM), FireSky, Cheyenne Mountain
Games, and Cardinal Technologies. De Silvestro and
the # 78 entry will also lead the Do Not Text
“N” Drive campaign which is designed to
increase public awareness about the dangers of
texting while driving.
Both groups partnered up and spent the offseason
testing De Silvestro in both an Indy car and an
Indy Lights car and by all measurements the tests
were successful and more importantly, a glimpse of
the promising possibilities. De Silvestro, who
enters her 6th year in North American open-wheel
racing stunned the open-wheel world in 2009 by
winning 4 races in dominant fashion, earning 4 pole
positions, and gathering an extraordinary 9 podium
finishes in the 2009 Atlantic Championship season.
She would go on to finish third in the series. Her
success was not only impressive but it was also
record breaking. De Silvestro was the first woman
is series history to have earned the most wins,
pole positions, and led the most laps in a single
season. “Racing in the IndyCar series,
alongside the class of competition that I will be
racing with is a true honor. I am very grateful for
this opportunity and for the type of team that I
will have alongside me. I am equally grateful for
the support that I have from my sponsors, family,
friends and fans. I am very eager for my debut in
the 2010 IZOD IndyCar season,” states the
young 21 year old from Thun, Switzerland.
For Team Stargate Worlds, who also enters its
6th year of competition in North American
open-wheel competition, this marks an substantial
expansion of its operations. Led by team principals
Shane Seneviratne and Imran Safiulla, the
California based team looks forward to its new
partnership with HVM Racing. “This is yet
another significant step in Simona's career. We
have had a very fortunate few years that have led
us here and I could not imagine being able to form
this new relationship with a better person than
Keith. I am greatly appreciative of every single
person and every company that has helped make this
possible and look forward to a successful
2010,” states Safiulla.
For HVM Racing having De Silvestro as its driver
is exciting and full of possibilities. “From
the first day of the first test, we knew she could
drive,” said Keith Wiggins, HVM Racing team
principal and owner. “The longer we worked
with her, the more she impressed us. I think she
has a great future in this series. She made a lot
of history in the Atlantic Championship and we
expect her to make some waves in IndyCar now that
she’s here.” The team will now turn its
attention on its first race of the 2010 IZOD
IndyCar Series season opener, the Saõ Paulo
Indy 300, taking place in the streets of Saõ
Paulo, Brazil on March 13 and 14.
Source: http://www.usracetronics.com/news/read/team-stargate-worldshvm-racing-izod-indycar-series-team-announcement
Simona and Team
Impress Once Again at Open Test
The 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series testing season got off
to a positive start when Team Stargate Worlds/HVM
Racing concluded a two-day Open Test at Barber
Motorsports Park in Huntsville, Ala., with driver
Simona De Silvestro. The test marks the third time
in which Team Stargate Worlds and HVM Racing have
partnered up with De Silvestro in the cockpit and
once again the recipe proved fruitful.
While frigid Alabama temperatures may have
greeted the team on the first day, it wasn't going
to deter the task at hand. De Silvestro was able to
run some valuable learning laps, and by the end of
the day had completed 48 successful laps with a
best time of 01:12.8124 coming at Lap 36.
On Day 2 De Silvestro roared back on track and
soon began carving her way around the 2.38-mile
permanent road course. The experience and
confidence gained during her previous day served
her well and her speeds kept her amongst the more
seasoned series veterans throughout the session. By
the end of the day, De Silvestro had concluded 58
laps with a top speed of 01:11.335 which put her
16th on the timesheets.
This test was only De Silvestro’s second
time in an IndyCar in her career with her first
being in December at Sebring International Raceway
under similar frigid conditions. By all measures,
De Silvestro and her team accomplished the goals of
the two-day event and continued to build on what
was already a solid partnership between Team
Stargate Worlds and HVM Racing. The team continues
to put together the final details of its 2010
racing plans with announcements expected before the
season opener in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March
14.
Simona De Silvestro – Driver, No. 78
Stargate Resistance – “I had a little bit
of a rough start in the beginning, but it was the
first time I had been in an IndyCar on a fast track
and it is something still very new to me. However,
at the end of the day, the team and I gained a lot
of knowledge and we accomplished our goals and in
that respect I think we managed to have a very
successful test. We used the opportunity to try
some new things and I believe collectively as a
group we are heading the right way. Overall I am so
happy with everything and the team has helped me
learn quite a lot and I look forward to learning
more this season.”
Imran Safiulla - Team Stargate Worlds Principal
– “On behalf of Shane (Shane Seneviratne)
and I, the test did not start the way we would have
liked and the poor weather conditions were the
primary factor. However, it’s always about the
recovery and Simona and the team did just that. We
got some good laps in and she started to get
comfortable. We do have a learning curve as a
single-entry rookie, but we are very encouraged
with what we have so far.”
Keith Wiggins – HVM Team Owner - “It
was another good test for Simona and another
demonstration of her talent and what lies ahead.
With her approach and our support she will continue
to improve and be a serious IndyCar contender.
About HVM Racing: HVM is based in Indianapolis,
Indiana. In its nine years of competition, the team
has earned six wins, two pole positions, and an
additional 16 podiums. The team finished fourth and
third, respectively, in the Champ Car championship
standings in 2006 and 2007, and earned drivers
Mario Dominguez and Robert Doornbos Rookie of the
Year honors in 2002 and 2007, respectively. Since
joining the IRL Championship in 2008, the team has
earned nine top-10 finishes with drivers E.J. Viso
and Robert Doornbos.
Source: www.usracetronics.com/news/read/simona-de-silvestro-impresses-at-2010-izod-indycar-open-test
Team Stargate Worlds
Driver De Silvestro to Test HVM Racing
IndyCar
Team Stargate Worlds and HVM Racing will test Swiss
driver Simona De Silvestro, a four-time winner in
the 2009 Atlantic Championship, at Sebring (Fla.)
International Raceway on December 8 and 9. The test
will be a combined effort with Team Stargate
Worlds, the group that De Silvestro finished third
with in this year’s Atlantic standings.
“Simona has been impressive in Atlantics
and could certainly have a future in IndyCar,”
said Keith Wiggins, HVM Racing team principal and
owner. “This trip to Sebring is going to be
sort of a litmus test to see if there’s
potential for future collaboration with her and
Team Stargate Worlds.”
HVM Racing will enter its third season in the
IndyCar Series in 2010. The team returns Robert
Doornbos to the No. 33 HVM Racing car and is also
exploring options for its second car.
Team Stargate Worlds entered the 2009 Atlantic
Championship season in partnership with US
RaceTronics with one of the world's most talented
female race car drivers Simona De Silvestro and
Hollywood star turned serious professional racer
Frankie Muniz. For more information about Team
Stargate Worlds please visit www.usracetronics.com
.
The Team Stargate Worlds Twitter page can be found
at twitter.com/TeamSGW
while the team’s Facebook page can be found at
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=70120788804
HVM is based in Indianapolis, Indiana. In its
nine years of competition, the team has earned six
wins, two pole positions, and an additional 16
podiums. The team finished fourth and third,
respectively, in the Champ Car championship
standings in 2006 and 2007, and earned drivers
Mario Dominguez and Robert Doornbos Rookie of the
Year honors in 2002 and 2007, respectively. Since
joining the IRL Championship in 2008, the team has
earned nine top-10 finishes with drivers E.J. Viso
and Robert Doornbos.
Source: www.atlantic-championship.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=113:simona-sebring-hvm-test&catid=12:team-news&Itemid=24
De Silvestro impresses
HVM Racing
HVM Racing and Team Stargate Worlds wrapped up a
successful test Dec. 9 with Simona de Silvestro
behind the wheel. The 21-year-old Swiss driver
completed 147 laps over two days at Sebring (Fla.)
International Raceway.
"She was very impressive," team owner Keith
Wiggins said. "From the first laps, she showed she
was capable of driving the car fast and she
progressed rapidly. She was fast, consistent and
gave good driver feedback. In fact, by the second
half of the first day, we were so comfortable that
we began working on development of our 2010 program
using her feedback.
"By day two, I think everyone forgot she wasn't
a seasoned professional. Everyone enjoyed working
with her."
De Silvestro finished third in the 2009 Atlantic
Championship, winning four races for Team Stargate
Worlds.
"It was a dream come true to step into the
cockpit of the Stargate: Resistance IndyCar," de
Silvestro said. "I got comfortable right away and
soon came up to speed, and overall thought the test
was excellent."
HVM will return Robert Doornbos to the No. 33
HVM Racing car in 2010 and is exploring options for
its second car. Team Stargate Worlds' test with HVM
Racing coincided with the launch of the Stargate:
ResistanceWeb site stargateresistance.com/
,
which was displayed on the car.
Stargate: Resistance is an online third-person
shooter game being developed based on the popular
Stargate sci-fi television franchise. Team Stargate
Worlds principals Shane Seneviratne and Imran
Safiulla were pleased with the test as well: "These
were two very important days for us and our
commercial partners. We want to thank Keith and the
entire HVM organization for making us feel right at
home. Simona got comfortable in the car over the
last few days and it has been very exciting to get
a glimpse of what may lie ahead. We would like to
thank the IndyCar Series for making this test
possible."
"fiocco rosa" della
serie
Dopo l'italo-svizzera Simona
De Silvestro, accordatasi con Cram, fa il suo
ingresso nella F.Renault 2000 Italia un'altro
driver del gentil sesso. Si chiama Laura Polidori,
16 anni di Aprilia (Roma), che dopo la classica
gavetta nel Karting nazionale viene lanciata nella
categoria regina di Renault Sport
Italia.
La Polidori, in azione
ieri sul circuito romano di Vallelunga,
parteciperà al campionato con un team tutto
suo da cui ne ha ripreso anche le iniziali: LP
Competition. Il team (dai colori giallo-neri)
sarà gestito da Mario Iacoangeli, già
presente in F.Junior Monza con Andrea
Belleggia.
Nella foto, Laura Polidori
immortalata a Vallelunga nell'abitacolo della sua
Tatuus.
Racing Background:
Simona raced Formula BMW and had two third-place
finishes in support of the US Grand Prix and is the
first woman ever on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
podium. She is the most successful female driver in
Formula BMW worldwide. In 2009, she ended the
season in 3rd place.
2009 - De Silvestro joined Team Stargate
Worlds for the 2009 season and had a solid start to
the year with a fifth-place performance after
starting eighth in the Sebring season opener…
In her second Atlantic visit to Utah’s Miller
Motorsports Park, De Silvestro had a history-making
weekend. She started the weekend by joining Danica
Patrick as the only women in series history to
qualify on the pole. She led every lap in the race
en route to the second Atlantic victory of her
career, and stands alongside Katherine Legge as the
only women to win races in series history… De
Silvestro had an outstanding weekend in the
doubleheader at New Jersey Motorsports Park. In the
first race of the weekend (Round 3 of the season),
De Silvestro started and finished second. She
started from the pole position in the second race
and led every lap en route to her second victory of
the season. The triumph moved her to the top of the
championship standings… De Silvestro kept her
hot streak going in Round 5 at Lime Rock, taking
the pole position in rainy conditions during
qualifying and leading every lap in the race en
route to her second consecutive victory and third
of the season. The win enabled her to extend her
lead in the championship standings to 17 points
(89-72) over John Edwards and Jonathan Summerton.
De Silvestro became the winningest woman driver in
Atlantic history with her third victory of the
season and the fourth of her career at Lime Rock
Park. That ended at Laguna Seca and she ended up
third in the series.
2008 - De Silvestro came out of the box
quickly in her second season of Atlantic
competition, becoming the second woman in series
history to win a race when she took the
season-opener after starting second at Long Beach
in her debut with Newman Wachs Racing. She earned a
total of four top-five results and eight top-10
finishes en route to eighth in the final
championship standings.
2007 - As a rookie in the Atlantic
Championship, De Silvestro earned two top-10
results and scored championship points in nine of
12 races en route to 19th in the point standings
with Walker Racing.
2006: Completed her first season in the
Formula BMW USA championship collecting a victory
at Lime Rock, six podiums and eleven top-10
finishes en route to a fourth-place finish in the
overall point standings. Scored two third-place
finishes at the U.S. Grand Prix and made history by
becoming the first woman to ever earn a podium
result at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
2005: Finished 21st in the Formula
Renault 2000 Championship in Italy.
2004: Raced in the French Formula A
Championship and finished 15th overall.
2003: Earned a second-place finish in the
Trofeo Industria Parma, finished fifth in Wintercup
Lonato and was third in Primavera Lonato.
2002: Finished seventh in the Swiss
Championship, 13th in Kart-Cup Monaco and second in
the Bridgestone-Cup Switzerland.
2001: various karting races
2000: 1st in Western Switzerland
Championship
1999: 3rd in Western Switzerland
Championship, 13th in Swiss Championship
1998: 4th in Western Switzerland
Championship
Career Highlights
- Signed with Newman Wachs Racing (Paul Newman
and Eddie Eachs) for part of the 2008 Atlantic
Championship season.
- Simona became just the second woman to win
in the 34-year history of the Atlantic
Champsionip winning the 2008 season opener at
Long Beach. It was her first win and came the
same weekend that Danica Patrick had her first
Indycar win in Japan.
- Signed with Walker Racing in November 2006
to compete as a rookie in the Atlantic
Championship
- Collected one win, six podiums and eleven
top-ten finishes in 2006, her rookie season in
the Formula BMW USA series
- Became the first woman to ever earn a podium
finish at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a
pair of third-place FBMWUSA results at the 2006
U.S. Grand Prix
2010 IRL Results
(Grid/Finish/Qualifying Speed/Laps
Completed/Status)
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Date
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Track
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Start
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Finish
|
Qual Speed
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Laps
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Status
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3/14
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Streets of San Paulo, Brazil
|
11
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16
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1:28.8691
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58/61
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Running
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3/28
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St Pete
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4/11
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Barber Motorsports Park
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4/18
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Long Beach
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5/1
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Kansas
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5/30
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Indianapolis
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6/12
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Texas
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6/20
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Iowa
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7/4
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Watkins Glen
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7/18
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Toronto
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7/25
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Edmonton
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8/8
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Mid-Ohio
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8/22
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Infeneon
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8/28
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Chicagoland
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9/6
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Kentucky
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9/18
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Japan
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10/2
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Homestead-Miami
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2009 Schedule & Results - Formula
Atlantic
|
Date
|
Track
|
Finish
|
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Mar 20
|
Sebring
|
5
|
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May 17
|
Miller Park
|
1
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Jun 13
|
New Jersey
|
2
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Jun 14
|
New Jersey
|
1
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Jul 18
|
Lime Rock
|
1
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Jul 25
|
Edmonton Race 1
|
2
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Jul 26
|
Edmonton Race 2
|
3
|
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Aug 8
|
Mid Ohio
|
2
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Aug 16
|
Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
|
1
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Aug 30
|
Mosport
|
10
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Sep 25
|
Road Atlanta
|
2
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Oct 11
|
Laguna Seca
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DNS*
|
* If she had started the last
race, she only need 6 points to tie the winners and
7 points to win the championship.
2008 Schedule
& Results
|
Date
|
Track
|
Start
|
Finish
|
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Apr 20
|
Long Beach
|
2
|
1
|
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May 18
|
Monterey
|
12
|
10
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Jun 29
|
Mont Tremblant
|
14
|
9
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Jul 25
|
Edmonton
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Jul 26
|
Edmonton
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Aug 9
|
Elkhart Lake
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Aug 10
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Elkhart Lake
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Aug 17
|
Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
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Sep 14
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New Jersey
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Sep 21
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Salt Lake City
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Oct 4
|
Road America
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2007 Schedule
& Results
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Date
|
Track
|
Start
|
Finish
|
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Apr 8
|
Las Vegas
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8
|
17
|
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Apr 15
|
Long Beach
|
19
|
28
|
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Apr 22
|
Houston
|
13
|
15
|
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Jun 09
|
Portland
|
8
|
16
|
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Jun 10
|
Portland
|
14
|
16
|
|
Jun 24
|
Cleveland
|
8
|
11
|
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Jul 1
|
Mont Tremblant
|
6
|
7
|
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Jul 8
|
Toronto
|
9
|
18
|
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Jul 21
|
Edmonton
|
13
|
13
|
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Jul 22
|
Edmonton
|
12
|
22
|
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Jul 29
|
San Jose
|
14
|
10
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Aug 12
|
Road America
|
7
|
22
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19
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Photo
Gallery
Photos: San Jose Grand Prix,
July 27-29, 2007 by Gordon Clay
Photos: San Jose Grand Prix,
July 29-30, 2006 by Gordon Clay
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