Conquest Racing wins the Sherwin Williams "It’s All in the Finish" Color and Design Award
11.11.2007:
Conquest Racing wins the Sherwin Williams "It’s All in the Finish" Color and Design Award
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Conquest Racing is excited to announce the receipt of the Sherwin Williams ‘It’s All in the Finish" Color and Design Award. The brilliant pearl blue, white and metallic silver Juniper Soul / Opes Prime car sparkled in the Mexican sun and along with Nelson Philippe, pilot of the #34 car, wowed the local Planet Color judges.
The judges evaluated the paint scheme on the field of Champ Car DP01s to find which car had the best color, design, gloss and overall appearance. Along with the Color and Design Award recognition, Conquest Racing earns a $20,000 cash prize.
"We are delighted to have won the Sherwin Williams ‘All in the Finish’ Color and Design Award this weekend," said Eric Bachelart, Conquest Racing Team Owner. "We made a very strong effort to come up with a good presentation and we are grateful for the support and incentives Sherwin Williams have provided all of the teams to enhance the Champ Car experience.
This competition allows the teams to show off the DP01 and Sherwin Williams Planet Color paints to all of the fans. The colors and quality in the vast range of Planet Color paints we can choose from are truly amazing."
About Sherwin Williams
The Sherwin-Williams Company, founded in 1866, is one of the world's leading companies in the manufacture, distribution and sale of coatings and related products to professional, industrial, commercial and retail customers.
Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Sherwin-Williams Company, manufactures and distributes a complete line of advanced technology paint and coating systems for automotive and fleet refinishing industries.
For more information visit www.sherwin-automotive.com
About Conquest Racing
1991 Indy Lights Champion Eric Bachelart started Conquest Racing in 1997 to compete in the Indy Lights series, winning races and scoring podium finishes with drivers such as Christophe Tinseau, Felipe Giaffone and Kristian Kolby.
Conquest Racing contested the 2002 Indy Racing League season with rookie Laurent Redon, netting a podium finish in just the third race of the season and clinching the Rookie of the Year award.
Conquest Racing rejoined the Champ Car family in 2003 and has been developing many rookie drivers over the past five years including Justin Wilson, Nelson Philippe, Charles Zwolsman and Andrew Ranger. Through their hard work, Conquest has scored eight top-five finishes and earned two podiums with Andrew Ranger and Jan Heylen.
Conquest Racing looks forward to continuing its tradition of working with younger drivers and supporting the future of the Champ Car World Series.
- Elisabeth Williams - also photo
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David Martinez Continues to Impress with a Top Ten Qualifying Effort in Mexico
11.11.2007
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David Martinez continued capturing the attention and support of the Mexican fans today by qualifying in the top ten again for the Gran Premio Tecate in only his third Champ Car start. While still learning to use the Red Bridgestone alternate soft tires en 25 year old rookie more >> |
‘BOBBY D’ back to the front, ‘SPEEDY’ Dan back in black
11.11.2007
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Minardi Team USA drivers Robert Doornbos and ‘Speedy’ Dan Clarke improved in today’s final round of qualifications at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Both drivers fought their way up the timing charts to with Robert laying down an outstanding lap, which was good enough for second fastest today, and puts him third on the grid for the race.
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Tagliani and Rocketsports continue to fight hard in Mexico City
11.11.2007
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... but come up short
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PKV Racing's Oriol Servia qualifies fourth
11.11.2007
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... for tomorrow's Grand Premio Tecate
NEEL JANI TO START 11TH
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Justin Wilson to Start a Disappointing 5th in Sunday’s Gran Premio Mexico City
11.11.2007
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After a promising Friday and a solid performance in Saturday’s morning practice, Justin Wilson qualified the #9/CDW/RuSPORT car fourth for Sunday’s Gran Premio Tecate in Mexico City, Mexico. However by way of Sebastien Bourdais’ provisional pole on Friday, Justin will line up fifth behind the #14/Muermans car of Robert Doornbos.
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PKV Racing's provisionally qualifies fourth and nith for Grand Premio Tecate Mexico
10.11.2007
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Round #14 – 2007 Champ Car World Series season – PKV Racing’s Oriol Servia qualified fourth while teammate Neel Jani was ninth on the provisional grid for Sunday’s Gran Premio Tecate Presented by Banamex at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Dominguez Debuts the TECATE Car in the Top-Ten in Front of Roaring Home Crowd
10.11.2007
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Gran Premio TECATE
Friday, November 9, 2007
MARIO DOMINGUEZ, #28 TECATE/PCM/COSWORTH/BRIDGESTONE
Friday Practice 11th 1:28.632 112.73
Friday Qualifying 10TH 1:26.181 115.877
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Conquest Racing qualifying report / Mexico City Race #14.
10.11.2007
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Conquest Racing’s Nelson Philippe (#34 Juniper Soul / Opes Prime / Cosworth / DP01 / Bridgestone) qualified in 14th position during Friday’s provisional session at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. Nelson complained of overall lack of grip and an unbalanced car. Nelson completed fewer laps than anyone today due to a chain of circumstances that started with a spin i more >> |
Strong Start for David Martinez in Mexico
10.11.2007
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David Martinez got off to a strong stara today at the historic Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez race track today by qualifying provisionally in the seventh position for Sunday´s Gran Premio Tecate. After running into a series of problems during morning practice the Monterrey native managed to recover during qualifying and turn a lap of 1m26.056s in his #7 INDECK/Axtel/Tecate, placing more >> |
Minardi Team USA - The heat is on
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Justin Wilson Just Misses Friday’s Provisional Pole in Mexico
10.11.2007
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Mexico City, Mexico
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ROCKETSPORTS MEXICO CITY NOTES & QUOTE – FRIDAY
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09.11.2007
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Event: The Grand Premio Tecate Presentado Por Banamex
Round: 14 of 14 in the 2007 Champ Car World Series
Where: Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City, Mexico – 2.774 permanent road course
TV: ESPN 2 at 2:00 pm ET November 11th
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Pacific Coast Motorsports and TECATE Announce Partnership
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Pacific Coast Motorsports is proud to announce their partnership with TECATE for this weekend’s Gran Premio TECATE Presentado Por Banamex, the final round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series.
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Rocketsports Mexico City preview
Gran Premio Tecate Presented by Banamex
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico
Round 14 of 14 – Champ Car World Series
November 9-11, 2007
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AXTEL and David Martinez Join Forces
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David Martinez and Ricardo Aladro
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Nelson’s Momentum driving him to the top
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Minardi Team USA - Fireworks possible
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With only one race remaining on the 2007 Champ Car World Series schedule, Minardi Team USA drivers Robert Doornbos and ‘Speedy’ Dan Clarke intend to end the year with a bang – the good kind, hopefully - and bring home another trophy.
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