Name that Car 2

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Originally Posted by Phoenixent

Right Car and Year. :up:
Wrong Driver. :(

Keep Digging.

Hint on the track: It's about 2800 miles from Road America. ;)

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Danny Sullivan on a test drive at Laguna Seca 1998.

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Originally Posted by ykiki

Danny Sullivan on a test drive at Laguna Seca 1998.

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:bounce: You Got It. :up:

Cool test drive for Danny back then.

Your Turn.

Wasn't Danny S. doing CART TV back then? Can't remember if he took the car out for a test-drive as part of the track description segment of the broadcast.

Anyway, here's the next pic. I have a feeling that Phoenixent might get this one...

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Originally Posted by ykiki

Wasn't Danny S. doing CART TV back then? Can't remember if he took the car out for a test-drive as part of the track description segment of the broadcast.

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Yes Danny was doing TV reporting back then. Not like now were we have to listen to non-winners and non-open wheel racers talk all race long. Back then they had annoucers that won a Champ Car race. :)

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Driver- Vincenzo Sospiri
Year- 1998
Car- Eagle 987-Toyota
Track- Laguna Seca

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Originally Posted by Phoenixent

Yes Danny was doing TV reporting back then. Not like now were we have to listen to non-winners and non-open wheel racers talk all race long. Back then they had annoucers that won a Champ Car race. :)

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Driver- Vincenzo Sospiri
Year- 1998
Car- Eagle 987-Toyota
Track- Laguna Seca

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You are correct on the photo. I kind of felt bad for Sospiri. He was a F3000 champ in 95, but then moved up to F1 with perhaps the worst car in recent history - the MasterCard Lola.

I liked having Danny in the booth. However, for me the CART/CCWS driver turned commentator that I miss the most is Parker Johnstone. I thought he did a great job of explaining the technical and engineering side of racing. He could put it in terms that an "average" person could understand, yet not sound like he's talking to a preschooler.

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Originally Posted by ykiki

You are correct on the photo. I kind of felt bad for Sospiri. He was a F3000 champ in 95, but then moved up to F1 with perhaps the worst car in recent history - the MasterCard Lola.

I liked having Danny in the booth. However, for me the CART/CCWS driver turned commentator that I miss the most is Parker Johnstone. I thought he did a great job of explaining the technical and engineering side of racing. He could put it in terms that an "average" person could understand, yet not sound like he's talking to a preschooler.

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Sospiri ended up with a dog in CART also. But in all due fairness the Toyota was the dog powerplant. I believe the Eagle would have scored better if it had a Honda in it.

I agree with you on Parker Johnstone wish he was back at least CC announcers are sightly better than IRL announcers but both series are junk.

New Photo coming up.

Driver, Year, Car, & Track

http://shutter02.pictures.aol.com/da...LRILjb0190.jpg

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Originally Posted by Phoenixent

Driver, Year, Car, & Track

http://shutter02.pictures.aol.com/da...LRILjb0190.jpg

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Enrique Mansilla
Lola-Cosworth
Mid Ohio
1985

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Originally Posted by ykiki

Enrique Mansilla
Lola-Cosworth
Mid Ohio
1985

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You are Correct. :bounce:

Unique photo of a driver that only ran 3 races. Liike his helmet reminds me of Snake Oiler's helmet from Speed Racer. :)

Your Turn.

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Originally Posted by Phoenixent

You are Correct. :bounce:

Unique photo of a driver that only ran 3 races. Liike his helmet reminds me of Snake Oiler's helmet from Speed Racer. :)

Your Turn.

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I was going to comment on his helmet, but couldn't find the right words - you nailed it! Gotta love the Car Acrobatics Team.

Here's the next photo: