Sato to Foyt
Takuma Sato has officially signed with AJ Foyt Racing for the 2013 season. The former Formula One driver will be entering his fourth year in IndyCar. Sato leaves Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing, where the Japanese driver was a contender to win at multiple races including Long Beach, Indianapolis, Edmonton, Baltimore and Fontana. Last year, AJ Foyt Racing's best finish was a third at Toronto with Mike Conway, the teams third podium finish since reunification in 2008. The last victory for the Texas based team was on July 7, 2002 at Kansas Speedway by Brazilian driver Airton Daré. It was Daré only IndyCar victory.
Seven Stages Down, Seven To Go
Nani Roma of Spain and Nasser Al-Attiyah won stages five and six respectively at the 2013 Dakar Rally. Stéphane Peterhansel and Robby Gordon both finished second and third in the two stages. Stage one victor Carloz Sainz has since withdrawn from the Rally.
Today was stage seven and the Rally has entered Argentina. In the bike class, American Kurt Caselli won the stage, the first American to win a stage since Robby Gordon won the final stage of last year's Dakar Rally and first American to win a stage in the bike class since Jonah Street won stage 9 of the 2011 edition in Copiapó, Chile. Caselli currently sits 8th in the bike class, twenty-seven minutes and forty-six seconds between bike leader Olivier Pain. The results are still unofficial.
Stéphane Peterhansel won stage seven, thirty-nine seconds ahead of fellow Frenchmen, Guerlain Chicherit. Robby Gordon finished third for the third consecutive stage, a minute and eight seconds back. Peterhansel still leads overall. Nasser Al-Attiyah, who finished sixth in the stage, is three minutes and fourteen second back in second and Giniel de Villiers is still in third, however forty-four minutes and three seconds behind Peterhansel. Robby Gordon is currently five hours, fifth-eight minutes and twenty-one seconds back. Cars are still finishing the stage and Gordon position in class is not yet final.
The Chili Bowl
The 2013 Chili Bowl is this weekend. Kyle Larson, Sammy Swindell and Kevin Swindell have won the three A-Mains on the qualifying nights to date, with one more tonight. Larson won on Tuesday night and advances to Saturday's A-Main along with Brady Bacon and Tony Stewart. Sammy and his son Kevin won on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. 2008 Chili Bowl winner Damion Gardner and Jac Haudenschild qualified for Saturday on Wednesday, while Brad Sweet and 2006 Chili Bowl winner Tim McCreadie qualified on Thursday.
Notables not locked into Saturday night's race are Kasey Kahne, Jerry Coons Jr., Tracy Hines, Bryan Clauson and Cole Whitt.
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