http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...RTS01/70321038



Fisher, Foyt IV confirmed to rides
By Curt Cavin

March 21, 2007

"Sarah Fisher and A.J. Foyt IV were confirmed to Indy-car rides today as
this weekend's season-opening race approaches.

Fisher, who previously had been secured as the oval-track driver of one of
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing's cars, will now drive all of the races for the
Indianapolis-based team as a teammate to 2004 Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy
Rice.

Fisher has never raced an Indy car on a road course. In fact, her first test
on such a circuit came Feb. 25 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where the season
begins with Saturday night's oval-track race (8 p.m., ESPN2). The first
street-course race is April 1 in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Foyt tested with Vision Racing during the offseason, but he was only
formally confirmed today. He will join Tomas Scheckter and Ed Carpenter on
the team owned by Indy Racing League founder Tony George and his wife,
Laura.

Practice and qualifying for the XM Satellite Indy 300 is Friday at
Homestead."

On Mar 21, 7:14 pm, "Von Fourche" <Khonak... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:
Uh Oh. Those two on a road course and the IRL won't need to use the
Nascar style debris cautions. One of those two will be off track so
often they won't need them to pack the field. If they stay on track,
I would guess that they would make the King look fast. (and for the
cross over Nascar fans I am not talking about Richard Petty)

On Mar 21, 10:59 pm, "Mark" <mblackwell1... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
Hey, how about Special Ed's commitment to the Vision in 04's race? He
kept spinning so much to show his "sponsor's" logo , he must have had
a quota.

Lenny wrote:
she was new female driver. But during her first years, she proved to be
snotty to fans and pretty useless as a driver. Never understood how she
won some of those "most popular driver" things. Ugh. I think it was ONLY
because she was female.

I am female, and see a ton more potential in Danica. Sarah can just
please go away.

And just HOW desperate is IRL to bring Sarah back anyway??? No other
more promising drivers??? Male ot female?? Sarah never seemed to
fulfill the hype. I think Danica is the real deal!

Cheers,
S.J.