| As Formula BMW USA joins the Champ Car
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| | through 6. Behind these three are
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| World Series for two consecutive race
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| | Maxime Pelletier (HBR Motorsport Team
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| weekends, the San Jose Grand Prix will
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| | USA), Alexander Rossi (Team Apex Racing
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| host the 9th and 10th rounds of the 2007
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| | USA) and Steven Guerrero (HBR Motorsport
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| Formula BMW USA Championship on July 27 -
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| | Team USA) standing fourth, fifth and
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| 29. Seventeen young drivers entered the
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| | sixth respectively.
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| race with a 1.5-mile, 7-turn Redback
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| | Series graduates also continue to shine
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| Raceway. Reports say it will provide
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| | as they climb the motorsport ladder. The
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| quite a contrast to the rolling 4.0-mile,
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| | San Jose Grand Prix will seem to be a
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| 15-turn Road America circuit where Rounds
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| | reunion as many graduates compete in the
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| 11 and 12 will be held on August 9 - 12.
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| | Champ Car Atlantic Championship. Taking
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| Part of the BMW 325e parts making
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| | the overall pole, Robert Wickens (2006
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| company; the Formula BMW USA Championship
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| | Formula BMW USA Champion) finished second
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| passed the midst of the season at Lime
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| | in the opening round of the Champ Car
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| Rock Park on July 6 - 7. Round 8 marked
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| | Atlantic season at the Las Vegas Grand
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| the 50th Formula BMW USA race since the
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| | Prix and won in just his fourth start in
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| series started in 2004.
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| | Portland. Eight more Formula BMW USA
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| So far, three young men have stood on the
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| | graduates are racing in Atlantics this
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| top step of the podium. They are also
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| | year: James Hinchcliffe (04), Kevin
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| atop the overall point standings. Daniel
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| | Lacroix (05), Matt Lee (06), Tom
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| Morad (Eurointernational), one race
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| | Sutherland (04, 05), Simona De Silvestro
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| winner last year on his way to the Rookie
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| | (06), Frankie Muniz (06), Adrien Herberts
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| Championship, has earned five more
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| | (05, 06) and David Garza (06).
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| victories this year, making him the
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| | Among the first group of Formula BMW USA
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| driver with the most career Formula BMW
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| | Junior scholarship winners, Graham Rahal
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| USA wins and a 77-point leader. Sophomore
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| | became the first Formula BMW USA graduate
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| driver Sebastian Saavedra
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| | to earn a full-time drive in the Champ
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| (Eurointernational), who had an advance
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| | Car World Series with his start at Las
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| win in Round 7 at Lime Rock Park, placed
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| | Vegas this year. He became the youngest
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| second in overall points. Rookie Esteban
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| | ever to reach a Champ Car World Series
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| Gutierrez (Autotecnica) after two 17th
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| | podium with his second-place finish in
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| place finishes at Lime Rock may have
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| | the Grand Prix of Houston just this
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| fallen five points behind Saavedra, but
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| | April.
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| the 15-year old still leads the Rookie
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| | Round 10 qualifying will be held on
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| standings. Gutierrez is a holder of a
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| | Saturday at 11:50 - 12:20 p.m.
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| record six straight poles in Rounds 1
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