Tagliani looking for a ride

Despite the hard season Alex Tagliani just lived in the Champcar World Series, he is now actively looking for a ride for next year.

In an interview given to Geneviève Trudeau Senécal, Tagliani stated he's in some serious talks for a seat which could be a major turnover in his career.

Alex said in the interview he is still confident in his talent after the 2007 campaign debut with Justin Wilson as a teammate (which later split when Rocketsports and RuSport unjoined their forces) and that he'd like to keep the same car number, crew and livery for a couple of years, implying that stability is the key to success in such a competitive series.

He also said sponsorship deals in Champcar are somewhat problematic now as the latest move to the Panoz chassis reduced dramatically the costs to run as season, so the teams are asking for a lot less money to become a major sponsor on a car (around 500 000$ instead of a few millions like in the past) but sponsors given such low figures think the series is loosing in value.

If nothing materializes for him in Champcar, Alex still has an ace up his sleeve as he has almost a done deal to run 5 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series races in 2008 (the 3 Champcar races plus Trois-Rivieres and Montreal)

Andrew Ranger in the All-Star Showdown

Following the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series title won earlier this year, Andrew Ranger was invited to the Toyota All-Star Showdown held at Irwindale Speedway, California. The race is a 250 laps shootout between the best drivers from NASCAR local divisions, assembling the best drivers from the Busch East and West series plus the Mexico and Canadian series. As the race is ran with Grand National cars, Ranger had to find a car to drive, which was graciously offered by Dick Midgley from Midgley Motorsport, a Busch West racing team based in Canada.

As he's won the Canadian title, Ranger's starting spot in the main event is secured.

Purses for the showdown this year go as high as 400 000$ with 27 000$ up for grab to the race winner.

Qualifications for the race will be held this friday at at 8 pm and the race will be shown on Speed TV saturday night at 10 pm

Ranger wins the championship

Andrew Ranger became this Sunday the first ever NASCAR Canadian Tire Series champion with a 6th place finish at Kawartha Speedway. Ranger's championship rival D.J. Kennington blew a motor on lap 98 which opened the door for Ranger to grab the championship. With that achievement, Ranger will be invited to the Toyota All-Star Showdown to be held at Irwindale Speedway on October 19-20. That race pits together the best drivers from NASCAR Development Series in a special showdown format.

Ranger let down by his engine

Andrew Ranger had a hard luck this Sunday as he lost his engine while going up through the pack on lap 268 of the 300 lap event in Antigosh, Nova-Scotia. His title rival D.J. Kennington finished third, 10 spots in front of Ranger and thus, reduces the gap to 41 points going into the last race of the season at Kawartha. Despite a second place finish, early season contender J.R. Fitzpatrick is now mathematically out of this year's NASCAR Canadian Tire Series title run.

Another year in Canada for Ranger in 2008

According to an article written by Pierre Lecours, Andrew Ranger would be back in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series in 2008, whether he wins the title or not this year. Although Ranger surprised everyone this year with his speed and maturity, his agent Alan Labrosse feels another season would help him gain experience in specific situations.

Labrosse also said they would like to run a race or two this year in a NASCAR feeder series but they don't have a budget for that now. They will try to put everything in place for next year, where Ranger should run 5 to 6 races on the other side of the border.

Ranger will be running tonight in the 11th race of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series in Nova-Scotia and still leads the championship with an 87 points advantage over D.J. Kennington before the 300 laps event.

Ranger holds on to his lead

After a 6th place finish saturday at Barrie Speedway's 1/3 of mile, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series' driver Andrew Ranger holds on to it's championship lead while rival D.J. Kennington clinches a victory out of a spectacular repair on pit road where they attached the throttle with a bungee cord to replace a broken return spring.

Although Ranger lost some ground in the standings, he still has an 87 points advantage over Kennington with 2 races to go.