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Seems the oval track ladies are getting no breaks this year.
Seems the ladies of motorsport just can't catch a break.
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing’s Second Team to Miss IndyCar Series Opener
(Indianapolis, Indiana)--February 19, 2003 – Dreyer & Reinbold Racing today announced that a second team entry for the IndyCar Series opener at Homestead-Miami would not be submitted to the Indy Racing League offices. Dreyer & Reinbold has been working feverently to complete the requisite sponsorship program that would have allowed IndyCar series standout Sarah Fisher to pilot the team’s #23 Chevrolet Dallara at Homestead-Miami Speedway on March 2.
“We have spent considerable sums testing and preparing the #23 Dreyer & Reinbold team for the 2003 IndyCar Championship independent of any outside support, but we are not at a point where we are able to complete the necessary sponsor partnership program to currently make it a reality,” said Dreyer & Reinbold Racing co-owner Dennis Reinbold. “We are naturally disappointed to reach this conclusion, but we are committed to a first class effort, deserving of Sarah and the on-track competitiveness she demonstrated last year. We only want to enter an effort that has the proper support for Sarah and the crew of the #23 team.”
While being forced into the decision to keep the #23 team at home for the season opener, Reinbold and Dreyer & Reinbold
Racing are still hard at work with completing arrangements to run Fisher and the #23 team in 2003. “We have some proposed marketing partnerships that have not yet matured and we anxiously are awaiting good news,” added Reinbold. “In the meantime, we must make sensible business decisions that are best for our team.”
Reinbold reinforced the choices that he and co-owner Robbie Buhl had made to get Fisher on the track during the recent pre-season test sessions. “With a new chassis and a new engine package, we felt it was critical to provide the seat time she needed to be competitive right out of the box,” Reinbold said. “There’s a learning curve for all the drivers with the new packages, and we believe the best thing for the team—and for Sarah---was to get her into the car.”
“Obviously I’m disappointed to miss the first race of what is shaping up to be the IndyCar Series’ most competivite season ever,” said Fisher, the IRL’s most popular driver for the second straight season in 2002. “I believe we have most of the tools in place for the #23 Dreyer and Reinbold team to be very competitive in this series, but in the end it comes down to money – and while many, many people have been working extremely hard to find enough funds for us to run, we’re not there yet.”
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing also fields the #24 Team Purex/Aventis Chevrolet Dallara Firestone entry for IndyCar Series veteran Robbie Buhl. The 2003 season marks the fifth consecutive year with sponsors Purex and Aventis Pharmacuticals.
Test in the West Quotes
Sarah just completed the test in the west with Dreyer & Reinbold. The test was conducted at California Speedway in Fontana and Phoenix International Speedway. With all the questions being ask about this season, here are a couple of quotes: Sarah: I'm truly excited because this year I get to drive for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing again, hopefully if we get everything secured by the first race, which is kind of abnormal to everyone else.
It's a great opportunity for me because I get to have the same engineer that I've had last year. We bonded quite well. It will be exciting and hopefully we can catch on just as quick as everyone else.
Robbie Buhl, when ask about being a owner driver and fielding a car for Sarah. "You have to wear a couple hats, but it's all for the same end. Last year we had a tough year from a reliability standpoint. We're excited last year is over, and we're concentrating on this year. We're excited to have Chevy power, all our same sponsors are back, Dial and (inaudible) are back with us.
We're working hard, like you said, to put a car together for Sarah this year. She'll be here running this weekend, and Phoenix, as well, for the open test. Hopefully we'll get things all finished up on her car and focus on the whole year." (Source, IRL Web Site)
Seems the ladies of motorsport just can't catch a break.
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing’s Second Team to Miss IndyCar Series Opener
(Indianapolis, Indiana)--February 19, 2003 – Dreyer & Reinbold Racing today announced that a second team entry for the IndyCar Series opener at Homestead-Miami would not be submitted to the Indy Racing League offices. Dreyer & Reinbold has been working feverently to complete the requisite sponsorship program that would have allowed IndyCar series standout Sarah Fisher to pilot the team’s #23 Chevrolet Dallara at Homestead-Miami Speedway on March 2.
“We have spent considerable sums testing and preparing the #23 Dreyer & Reinbold team for the 2003 IndyCar Championship independent of any outside support, but we are not at a point where we are able to complete the necessary sponsor partnership program to currently make it a reality,” said Dreyer & Reinbold Racing co-owner Dennis Reinbold. “We are naturally disappointed to reach this conclusion, but we are committed to a first class effort, deserving of Sarah and the on-track competitiveness she demonstrated last year. We only want to enter an effort that has the proper support for Sarah and the crew of the #23 team.”
While being forced into the decision to keep the #23 team at home for the season opener, Reinbold and Dreyer & Reinbold
Racing are still hard at work with completing arrangements to run Fisher and the #23 team in 2003. “We have some proposed marketing partnerships that have not yet matured and we anxiously are awaiting good news,” added Reinbold. “In the meantime, we must make sensible business decisions that are best for our team.”
Reinbold reinforced the choices that he and co-owner Robbie Buhl had made to get Fisher on the track during the recent pre-season test sessions. “With a new chassis and a new engine package, we felt it was critical to provide the seat time she needed to be competitive right out of the box,” Reinbold said. “There’s a learning curve for all the drivers with the new packages, and we believe the best thing for the team—and for Sarah---was to get her into the car.”
“Obviously I’m disappointed to miss the first race of what is shaping up to be the IndyCar Series’ most competivite season ever,” said Fisher, the IRL’s most popular driver for the second straight season in 2002. “I believe we have most of the tools in place for the #23 Dreyer and Reinbold team to be very competitive in this series, but in the end it comes down to money – and while many, many people have been working extremely hard to find enough funds for us to run, we’re not there yet.”
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing also fields the #24 Team Purex/Aventis Chevrolet Dallara Firestone entry for IndyCar Series veteran Robbie Buhl. The 2003 season marks the fifth consecutive year with sponsors Purex and Aventis Pharmacuticals.
Test in the West Quotes
Sarah just completed the test in the west with Dreyer & Reinbold. The test was conducted at California Speedway in Fontana and Phoenix International Speedway. With all the questions being ask about this season, here are a couple of quotes: Sarah: I'm truly excited because this year I get to drive for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing again, hopefully if we get everything secured by the first race, which is kind of abnormal to everyone else.
It's a great opportunity for me because I get to have the same engineer that I've had last year. We bonded quite well. It will be exciting and hopefully we can catch on just as quick as everyone else.
Robbie Buhl, when ask about being a owner driver and fielding a car for Sarah. "You have to wear a couple hats, but it's all for the same end. Last year we had a tough year from a reliability standpoint. We're excited last year is over, and we're concentrating on this year. We're excited to have Chevy power, all our same sponsors are back, Dial and (inaudible) are back with us.
We're working hard, like you said, to put a car together for Sarah this year. She'll be here running this weekend, and Phoenix, as well, for the open test. Hopefully we'll get things all finished up on her car and focus on the whole year." (Source, IRL Web Site)