Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Sarah Fisher Wins Kart Endurance Race

Note: Everything below is true. Info courtesy of Sarah Fisher's PR peeps:

Indy Racing League driver and three-time World Karting Association Grand National Champion Sarah Fisher scared up a P1 finish at a 100-mile Halloween Grand Prix karting event in Norway, Ill. Saturday.

Fisher, teaming with her fiancé, Andy O'Gara, took first place in the 30-kart Yamaha Supercan division. The victory comes two weeks after Sarah teamed with Champ Car World Series rookie Katherine Legge at NewCastle MotorSports Park for a go-kart endurance race. Fisher and Legge finished 31st in that race after a broken chain forced extensive repairs.

“I had so much fun this weekend as I partnered with my fiancé, Andy, to compete in the 100 mile endurance race in Norway,” said Fisher. “The speedway really has a great facility and it is a really nice place to race at. It’s a really fast track yet is very technical which I love! You can go through the corners with momentum and you really have to utilize your skills to hang onto it. I’ve been entering as many races during the off-season as I can to get experience on the road courses to prepare myself for 2007. Go-karts really teach and hone your skills as they have a lot of the elements the big cars use. I definitely want to take my brother-in-law, Kyle, there and run him to get some additional experience. It’s a great place to teach someone about the line.”

Fisher has said her off-season will include a trip to Skip Barber school to continue to develop her road racing skills.

3 Comments:

At 11/01/2006 12:58:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Something is sure going on at The aforementioned D&R. So far, they have hired three significant new people, Sarah is not making any "I need a job" noises, but the only new sponsor is an energy drink. Sounds to me like they are probably in negotiations with a major sponsor with the outcome all but cast in concrete. Expect an announcement....

 
At 11/01/2006 01:01:00 PM, Blogger pressdog said...

Hope you're right.

 
At 11/02/2006 06:26:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

..but with all this road racing training, will it be in the IRL or Champ Car?!?!?!?!? :P

 

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