In sad news this morning, actor/race car driver Paul Newman has passed away at the age of 83 after losing his battle with lung cancer. Newman was the co-founder of Newman-Haus Racing, the team has won nearly 100 races in the Championship Auto Racing Teams(CART) and Indy Racing League (IRL) . Newman-Haus has won several championships with the likes of Nigel Mansell, Mario & Michael Andretti, Sebastian Bourdais and Cristiano de Matta. Paul was well known throughout the racing world for his own driving efforts, even racing at Le Mans in 1979. He was first introduced to racing while starring in the 1969 racing film, “Winning”.
Colin Fleming is enjoying his time driving late model stock cars, but misses the thrill of driving open wheel cars. It’s nice to hear that Colin is still so passionate about open wheel racing and that he hasn’t forgotten his roots. It would be great to see him back in a single seater, but if not… we will still root for him in a car with fenders.
For anyone who has followed the U.S. karting ranks… you will see a few familiar names in the NASCAR Late Model standings (linked above).
In sad news, kart racer Adam William Schatz passed away Saturday evening after sustaining serious injuries in a karting crash at Road America. Schatz was competing in the TAG division at the 33rd Annual Road America Super-Nationals at the time of the incident. Our deepest condolences go out to to Adam’s family and friends. Ekartingnews.com has written a nice Memoriam for Adam. A benefit fund has been set up for the Schatz family by River Valley Kart Club.
Points leader in the Rolex GT class, Paul Edwards, had the opportunity of a lifetime; racing Doug Mockett’s 1975 Penske PC3 Formula One car at Monaco. Not only did the former Team USA scholarship driver take the opportunity, he made history. This is the first Formula One victory at Monaco by a Team USA scholarship winner.
Indy Car drivers Justin Wilson (former F1 pilot) and Graham Rahal passed their rookie orientation for Indy shortly after David Evans passed away on Sunday. Evans was a mechanic for Team Newman/Haas Racing. Both Rahal and Wilson drive for the team. According to the police report, the county coroner’s office determined that stress from the fight induced a stroke. They have ruled the death a homicide. Sad news for the team. My condolences go out to all the team members, family, and friends of David Evans.
Douglas Martin has a nice feature on Cameron Argetsinger. Argetsinger passed away on April 22nd. He helped create and manage Watkins Glen and was also the man behind the Glen’s first successful Formula One Grand Prix. Cameron had nine children, four of which raced professionally. An avid racer himself, he crafted his skills on country roads prior to creating the famous Road Course located in New York.
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