No more Indy for Newman-Haas

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And so it goes.............

2011 Press Release


STATEMENT FROM NEWMAN/HAAS RACING ON INDYCAR PARTICIPATION

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. (December 1, 2011) --- Newman/Haas Racing announced today that it will not enter cars in the 2012 IndyCar Series.

"The economic climate no longer enables Newman/Haas Racing to participate in open wheel racing at this time," said Carl Haas, owner and co-founder of Newman/Haas Racing.

About Newman/Haas Racing...
Newman/Haas Racing (NHR) was formed by actor/race car driver Paul Newman and racing entrepreneur Carl Haas and is one of the most successful open wheel racing teams today. The team participated in 29 consecutive seasons of competition from 1983-2011 and earned a total of eight championships, 107 race wins and 109 pole positions with drivers such as Mario and Michael Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Paul Tracy, Christian Fittipaldi, Cristiano da Matta, Sebastien Bourdais, Bruno Junqueira, Oriol Servia, Graham Rahal, Justin Wilson, James Hinchcliffe and more. The team finished fourth in the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series with Oriol Servia and earned the Sunoco Rookie of the Year award with James Hinchcliffe.

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Very sad on one level, but The FIRL doesn't deserve such a storied operation within its ranks.

[strupgolf]

At least they are leaving as a class team, sorry to see them go.

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FIRL is in survival mode for 2012. Sponsers are tough to sign and that WWF good looking female biatch is gone (who ironically was somehow bringing fans... go figure?). New car with supposably a more affordable $3 mil budget package is nothing better.

To Bernice and Carl... thanks for the memories.