According to today's qualifying draw at the IMS, the following cars have no drivers listed. Who's got the scoop on who will try to qualify them?

#98

#41, 41T

#83, 83T

#42 PDM Racing

#88

Kite with PDM ????

:dologob:

Whoever shows up with the biggest check? :censor:

D.O., do you know if Jimmy Kite will try to qualify on Sunday or wait until next weekend? I hope Jimmy has better luck qualifying the PDM Racing entry than last year. I would like to see Jimmy Kite, Davey Hamilton and Buddy Rice locked into the race on Sunday, so none of them have to go through what Paul and Jimmy did last year. Good Luck to all competitors!


Patti

D.O., do you know if Jimmy Kite will try to qualify on Sunday or wait until next weekend? I hope Jimmy has better luck qualifying the PDM Racing entry than last year. I would like to see Jimmy Kite, Davey Hamilton and Buddy Rice locked into the race on Sunday, so none of them have to go through what Paul and Jimmy did last year. Good Luck to all competitors!


Patti

If there is a Foyt car available, he may be putting a well known Springfield, IL driver in that seat. We'll see.

Last we heard , the PDM team with owner Paul Diatlavich , has not secured sufficient sponsorship and will not present an entry as a second week team. Should this be true , it will be the first year in thirty that Paul will not field an entry.

The #88 .... Playa Del Racing entered both Jacques Lazier and '07 Rookie of the Year Phil Giebler last year ; ( car #21 & 31 ).

Team owner Susan Schafer has sold majority ownership of the team to Arizona businessman Mr. Eric Zimmerman. The deal was closed just 10 days ago. The team is now AMERICAN DREAM MOTORSPORTS located at 150 Gasoline Alley , Indianapolis.

Eric had contracted with Phil Giebler as driver , for the former #21 , now #88. Just last evening , circumstances prevailed that would prevent the team from going forward with this particular car.

Literally overnight , a deal was made to purchase another car , this one from Chastain Motorsports of Brownsburg , Indiana. This is the #77 car that was driven by Roberto Moreno last year.

This car , now rebadged as the new #88 , with driver Phil Giebler and sponsored by Caffe Sanora Organic and Video Poker.Com among others. Team manager is Rick Duman.

Iam assisting the team in various capacities for the month of May with both the Giebler entry and I will be working with the AMERICAN DREAM MOTORSPORTS Firestone Indy Lights entry with driver Al Unser III.

In 2006 I worked with Roth Racing and team owner / driver Marty Roth.
I was excited when Marty announced a full year team effort for '08 and with a second car and driver Jay Howard , a good friend. Very disappointed with the decision just today that replaced Jay with John Andretti. Larry Curry is newly appointed Roth team manager.

I would love to get my hopes up for something like this, but haven't heard anything about it. Is this a real possibility?

I've heard the rumor that Jeff Simmons will be in the second Foyt car.

I wonder how much it would cost to "buy" a ride in a competitive car.