heraldnet.com
Jul 27, 2008
Also items on Danica Patrick and Tony Kanaan By Mike Harris Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Paul Tracy's new crewmen won their bet. Tracy, finally getting a ride for Saturday's Rexall Edmonton Indy after sitting out most of the season, said before the race that some of his crew from last year, when he drove in the now-defunct Champ Car series, had bet his current Walker Racing teammates that he wouldn't finish in the top 10. Pay up, guys. The 39-year-old former series champion, hoping this race leads to a full-time ride later this season and in 2009, started 16th and finished fourth despite a radio failure that limited contact with his pit crew. "I could hear the pit, but they couldn't hear me," Tracy said. "I just did everything they said. "We couldn't make any changes to the car, so what I had I had to stick with. We...
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