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    up and comer..Alexander Rossi,,from my hometown

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...racing_driver)

    http://www.alexanderrossi.com/

    was reading an artical in automobile mag and saw he was from northern cal..rememered the name Rossi,so i looked him up ,,sure 'nough...he was born here in auburn ca...i may in fact start watching F1 racing if he makes the grid someday....seems hes a test driver now?....i dont understand how the F1 racing world works

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    Teams sign up young talent as a 'Test Driver' in an effort to keep them away from rivals and as an 'incentive' for the 'Official Drivers' to give 110%.
    Unless Rossi has a shipload of sponsorship money he'll most probably remain a test driver.
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    you are probably right.....but its still cool that a "local boy" has done well enough to make it to this point,,,Scott Pruitt lives down the road from me,Brad Sweet is from Grass Valley and is either married to,or engaged to a friend of mines niece( im unclear if they have gotten married yet or not) scott speed is from central cal,and so is AJ Allmendinger,as was ernie ervan,,and mike skinner is from susanville,not that far away from me..there was a kid ( whos name just escapes me right now) who was from west sacramento ,he ran nationwide for awhile for harvick but he wrecked alot of cars and got fired...then he got married and i havent heard his name since....then theres paulie harracka,,,he is from back east but he came to roseville to drive for macNalley and ran roseville alot,he is now in trucks..

    and then ther is me....i got a call in late 1983 to go to the charlotte area....guy said if i worked in the shop a year or two....i was good at chasis work at the time...i could work my way into the drivers seat in the then "busch series"......but i was running sprint cars out here at the time,and didnt want to work in the shop and "take my chances" for a ride....so i turned it down.....


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