By Mike Mulhern KANSAS CITY, Kansas Jacques Villeneuve, the Formula One star planning to make the jump into NASCAR, with Bill Davis’ Toyota operation in High Point, N.C., surprised everyone here yesterday by announcing he would be making his Nextel Cup debut next week at Talladega—barely three weeks after making his first runs in […]
By Mike Mulhern KANSAS CITY, Kansas NASCAR’s decision to okay Formula One star Jacques Villeneuve for next week’s Nextel Cup race at Talladega has stunned NASCAR regulars. Villeneuve, though he won the World Championship in 1997 and he’s an Indy 500 winner too, has only been running NASCAR machines for 24 days, and he […]
By Mike Mulhern KANSAS CITY, Kansas Jeff Gordon, the four-time NASCAR Cup series champ who is odds-on favorite to get his fifth this season, says NASCAR is making a mistake approving Formula One star Jacques Villeneuve for next week’s Talladega 500 as his first Nextel Cup tour star. “I love Jacques, I’m a big […]
By Mike Mulhern KANSAS CITY, Kansas This weekend’s 400-miler at Kansas Speedway, particularly if it’s yet another gas-mileage event, could be just the calm before a Talladega storm, judging from the initial reaction by drivers to yesterday’s stunning news that NASCAR has okayed Formula One star Jacques Villeneuve to run in next Sunday’s Talladega […]