Ranger 16th at Daytona

According to an article in the Journal de Montréal, young Andrew Ranger ran the 16th fastest time out of 64 entries this saturday at Daytona International Speedway. These tests were run in preparation for the first race of the ARCA season to be run at the same location.

Also at the speedway was another French Canadian, Mario Gosselin, who completed the saturday afternoon session in 12th place

Ranger testing at Daytona

Andrew Ranger will make his first laps at Daytona International Speedway this week-end as he will drive the DGM Racing entry for the ARCA tests. Ranger will have on his side another French Canadian as Mario Gosselin will be on site to coach him.

If all goes well, Ranger might try to qualify for the ARCA / Remax 200 on the same track on February 9th 2008.

Villeneuve will enter Nextel Cup race at Talladega

After successful tests at Talladega in Nextel and ARCA cars and a clean race in the Truck series at Las Vegas, Jacques Villeneuve was allowed by NASCAR yesterday to run races on super speedways. On the same day, it was announced Jacques would enter the Nextel race at Talladega on October 7. Villeneuve was already entered in the ARCA and Trucks race but it was also announced Villeneuve would not run the ARCA race because he would be too busy on that weekend.

Villeneuve will have to fight his way through qualifying for the race as the car entered is not in the top 35 in the owners standings. Villeneuve commented it would be a good place to try to qualifying as it was not so much about driving but keeping your foot down and hoping the engine and the car are fast.

That race at 'Dega will be the first time a COT race is held on a super speedway.

Villeneuve tests ARCA car at Talladega

Jacques Villeneuve was back at Talladega Speedway yesterday for another series of tests, this time inside an ARCA car. Bill Davis Racing brought 2 cars to the test, one for Villeneuve (#02) and another for Michael Annett (#28). Both had a very good day scoring respectively 8th and 2nd fastest lap times out of 44 cars. Villeneuve was inside the car from early in the morning to late in the afternoon and impressed his crew chief as he was smiling all the way, despite the reputation he built himself in the F1 circus.

Villeneuve should be running the ARCA race at Talladega speedway on Friday, October 5th

Villeneuve is approved by NASCAR for COT test

They're were little reasons to believe otherwise but NASCAR announced today they approved Jacques Villeneuve's participation in the manufacturer's test that will be run at Talladega next week. Villeneuve will run the Car Of Tomorrow (COT) car alongside other NEXTEL regulars on the 2.66 mile super speedway.

Team owner Bill Davis also talked about having Villeneuve run the ARCA tests at Talladega on Sept. 24th and 25th (in was stated earlier this week that he would be running the ARCA race there on Oct. 5th)

Villeneuve in ARCA car for Talladega

Also read in the Journal de Montréal yesterday : Jacques Villeneuve will be on track at Talladega on October 5th with the ARCA series