Another Atlantic driver named. Schiavo Joins Brooks Associates Racing

[ptistheboss]

Im not gonna post all of these, but thats 3 in 3 days.

"Brooks Associates Racing announced this Friday that it has signed Venezuelan driver Luis Schiavo for the first seat in what is expected to be a two-car, full season effort in the 2006 Champ Car Atlantic championship."

The level of talent is gonna be crazy scary this year. I think KK might stick Katherine in CC just to get her away from there.

[Grinder-Tank]

Maybe KK should be putting the Atlantics on TV instead of Champ. Take the drivers from Champ, put them in the Atlantics too and you have a series with a ton of drivers and cars and them promote that as your series. I know that cars are slower, but that can be tweaked.

[mattndallas]

Maybe KK should be putting the Atlantics on TV instead of Champ. Take the drivers from Champ, put them in the Atlantics too and you have a series with a ton of drivers and cars and them promote that as your series. I know that cars are slower, but that can be tweaked.

Atlantics seems to be the that has the cost/avail sponsorship ratio for an American OW series in-line.

[Jim Wilke]

Atlantics seems to be the that has the cost/avail sponsorship ratio for an American OW series in-line.

Who's the sponsor on this deal? Or any of the rest?

[OWNUT]

Who's the sponsor on this deal? Or any of the rest?

No sponsor's have been announced.

[Grinder-Tank]

Maybe there could be a unification with KK taking over the developmental series owership and teaming it with IndyCar?

[chicanery]

Maybe there could be a unification with KK taking over the developmental series owership and teaming it with IndyCar?

or vise versa

[Grinder-Tank]

Visa versa? I don't know, I think you'd want the Indy 500 up front.

Atlantics seems to be working. I'm not saying the KK and company should not have some ownership in IRL major events. I'm saying that KK being the sole owner of the developement series would enough to offset whatever was hanging up the negotiations, if they even existed.

[dreamracer]

Who's the sponsor on this deal? Or any of the rest?

Call 'em up and find out.

Brooks Associates Racing
10960 E. Roger Road
Tucson, Arizona 85749
Owner: John Brooks
e-mail: [email protected]
520-760-8901

[Cygni]

Maybe KK should be putting the Atlantics on TV instead of Champ.

All of the Atlantics races are on Speed, just like the second half of the CCWS schedule.

[Jimmy Hendricks]

Are there any American's getting these seats in the Atlantics? (And, no Leonardo Maia doesn't count).

[Cygni]

Hes as American as Mario Andretti. He counts in my book.

The list:

Arms Up Motorsport –
Atkins Racing –
Bite Racing – Ben Jamini (ND)
Brooks Associates Racing – Al Unser (USA)
Brooks Associates Racing - Luis Schiavo (VZ)
Condor Motorsports -
Condor Motorsports -
Dan Cobb Racing - *
Dan Cobb Racing - *
Forsythe Racing – Leonardo Maia (USA)
Forsythe Racing – James Hinchcliffe (CDN)
Forsythe Racing – Richard Phillipe (FR)
Forsythe Racing – Andreas Wirth (Germany)
Gelles Racing – *
Gelles Racing –
GTI Atlantic – Charles Hall (UK)
GTI Atlantic –
Hearn Motorsports -
Hearn Motorsports -
Ishikawa Racing –
Jensen – Tim Bridgman (UK)
Margraf Racing –
McAtee Motorsports –
Mi-Jack/Conquest – Graham Rahal (USA)
Mi-Jack/Conquest - *
MJ Motorsports –
NCDL Tech – Ryan Spenser-Smith (USA)
Newman/Wachs Racing – *
Newman/Wachs Racing - *
Pabst Racing Team -
Polestar – *
Polestar –
P1 Racing -
PR1Racing – Mike Forest (CDN)
PR1 Racing – Jonathon Bomarito (USA)
Sierra Sierra – Raphael Matos (Brazil)
Team ALR -
Team Australia/Walker – James Davidson (OZ)
Team Australia/Walker - *
The Room Store –
Transnet Racing -
Transnet Racing –
Unico Racing – C R Crews (USA)
US RaceTronics -

Current breakdown: 6 USA, 2 UK, 2 Canada, 1 each: Aussie, Brazil, Venezuela, France, Germany, Netherlands.

[chicanery]

Visa versa? I don't know, I think you'd want the Indy 500 up front.

Atlantics seems to be working. I'm not saying the KK and company should not have some ownership in IRL major events. I'm saying that KK being the sole owner of the developement series would enough to offset whatever was hanging up the negotiations, if they even existed.

The 500 means so much to the corporate world... and yet, the #1 topic of discussion for the off-season has been the IRL's car count(or lack thereof).

Side note: Bobby Rahal will be a featued guest at the Feb. 14 premiere of the new Atlantics car in L.A.

[bobn]

Who's the sponsor on this deal? Or any of the rest?

"Atlantic is the logical next step for me and I'm looking forward to working with (team owner) John (Brooks) and the Brooks Associates Racing team this season. It's a great opportunity that I intend to take full advantage of and thanks to my sponsor, Energy Freight.

Energy Freight is a Venezulean company.

[SportscarBruce]

Well, its a sponsor.

Does every Atlantic and CC team has 3rd party sponsorship? If no will the questions on Vision and Yellow Ribbon will go away?

Yeah right.