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Ferry_vO
February 21st, 2009, 13:06
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-n-h-l-make-it-official-confirms-robert-doornbos/

:friday:

wombat666
February 22nd, 2009, 05:45
They didn't exactly make a quick decision!!
He should have been confirmed weeks ago.
Good news indeed!!!!
:friday:

Ferry_vO
February 23rd, 2009, 13:57
He's the only driver I knowe that has driven in F1, A1GP, Superleague Formula and Champ cars, and now he'll be in Indy cars! :applause:

I do hope Eurosport will start broadcasting the IRL races now that Champ cars is gone..

Ferry_vO
February 25th, 2009, 01:24
7th in his first ever test on an oval.. :d

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-tuesday-homestead-testing-notebook/


Five laps into his maiden run on an oval Monday evening at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Robert Doornbos was feeling a little out of place.

"I thought why in the hell did I sign up for this, it's insane," he related.

But fast forward, literally to Tuesday night, after he'd run 131 laps and turned the seventh fastest lap of the 20 drivers in the Indy Racing <NOBR id=itxt_nobr_2_0 style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 100%">League's </NOBR>first test session of the year.