Who is Ryan Hampton?

[sifaka]

Any one know his background?

[SJFast]

Nope....don't care either !

[Jimmy Hendricks]

Former F2000 driver. Ran very well in F2000 oval competition. A good, young talent. Running for, among others, Dave Conti (who had rbm at Indy a couple of years ago) in IPS.

[sifaka]

Originally posted by Jimmy Hendricks:
<STRONG>Former F2000 driver. Ran very well in F2000 oval competition. A good, young talent. Running for, among others, Dave Conti (who had rbm at Indy a couple of years ago) in IPS.</STRONG>

Thanks,
When he qualified for the IPS pole 3/4 of second faster that Cory Witherwill I wondered where he had come from.

[Micki]

Looks to me like he's fresh meat for Jewls.

[Fiorentina 1]

FF2000 front runner and SRII Grand-Am champ from a few years ago, if I recall. Maybe, he wasn't Champion, but he did win a lot of races.

[Dreyerfan]

Ryan Hampton is good talented young american.


Ho hum on his way to the IRL.

Too bad CARTel dont have him.

I watched this guy at Disney world and Phoenix a few years back and this guy is the real deal. VERY Talented, very good on the ovals, would bea bright star in the league with the proper car.

[Sammich]

He better be 3/4 of a second faster than Witherill. The reviews on Ryan were mixed. Judging by past results he probably couldn't cut it in CART anyway (Not the best Road Racer).
http://www.usf2000.com/cgi-bin/caree...Ryan%20Hampton

[BADGER]

For his first IPS race, he seems to be doing a pretty good job against some oval guys on a drivers track. Makes you really question the talent (though not the names) that are currently in the IPS.

[ August 25, 2002: Message edited by: BADGER ]

[gofastturnleft]

Not his first Pro Series race Badger. Pay attention grasshopper and you may learn something.

[jetdoc]

Well I don't care who he is. At one time in the race (before the 2nd caution) he had a SIX second lead over the field. However, that's his HOME track. He's run over 40 races there so he knows that track VERY well.


Sammich: The reason "...he couldn't cut it in CART anyway." is because he knows how to PASS, he doesn't like parades.

BADGER: I don't question the talent, especially for it's FIRST YEAR in existence. Don't be surprised if you see SEVERAL T/A teams make the move as well. It's cheaper to run the IPS. Secondly, as I said....this kid's got over 40 races at that track so I'm sure he's well aware of EVERY nuance in that track.

[don7031]

IIRC, Foyt gave this guy a test a couple years back.

[Sammich]

Originally posted by jetdoc:
<STRONG>Sammich: The reason "...he couldn't cut it in CART anyway." is because he knows how to PASS, he doesn't like parades.
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I was just look at past performances on road courses. I'm not going to use facts to cloud my judgement.

[gofastturnleft]

Are you sure about that being his home track jetdoc? Hampton is another Phoenix guy if I recall. The driver of the Budweiser car, Curtis Francois, is from St. Louis and has a ton of experience there. Just not on the oval.

[jetdoc]

Originally posted by gofastturnleft:
<STRONG>Are you sure about that being his home track jetdoc? Hampton is another Phoenix guy if I recall. The driver of the Budweiser car, Curtis Francois, is from St. Louis and has a ton of experience there. Just not on the oval.</STRONG>

You're right gofast. I retract that previous post regarding his experience at Gateway, however I stand by the rest.