Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Another Racing Season Comes to an End

ALMS and Formula 1 wrapped up their seasons this weekend and Champ Car only has one race left in their overextended schedule. So now its time to concentrate on hockey till things start to warm up again.

Michael Schumacher retired after this Brazilian Grand Prix. It was actually a very good race. Schumacher needed to win the race and have Alonso not score any points to win the championship. His weekend got off to rough start when he had mechanical problems during qualifying and had to start 10th. He worked his way up to 4th before he got a puncture while passing Fischicella and fell to back of the field. He managed to work his way back up to 4th again by the end of the race. It was a fitting way for him to go out. Showing he still had the raw speed. Next year is going to be very interesting with Alonso and Kimi changing teams, a single tire supplier, and no Schumacher. Only 5 months till the start of next season :-)

ALMS will see Acura come in to challenge Porsche in the LMP2 division. We'll see if Corvette and Aston Martin can agree to some rules to race by. Possibly Peugot will bring their new diesel LMP1 car over to fight with the Audis. Should be fun.

As far as hockey, the Badgers are off to a solid start and I'm looking forward to their games with Boston College with weekend. The Red Wings on the other hand are having some problems. Hopefully they can get straightened out before too long.

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