I just read over on espn that Jaques villeneuve is coming to nascar. Bill Davis racing. He is going to run some truck races pretty soon.

He is a classy guy. Clean, tough, fast and he will say exactly what is on his mind!

I remember once at Cleveland the indy car race about 94 or 95 when he was new to indy cars. He was racing Robby Gordon for position. Gordon tried to intimidate him by crowding him off the track. He held position, not really doing anything dirty and when the dust settled, Jaques had the position. Although I like Robby too, I had to laugh out loud cause the new kid stood up to him and won out.

He will be a classy addition to nascar racing.

Good for the sport too to have a Canadian.....one who has also been Indy car champ, won the '95 indy 500 (I was there, and had picked him to win) and the F1 title.

For the young farts (as opposed to us old farts) out there, his father, Gilles was one of the most beloved f1 drivers who ever lived....and died.....in a Ferrari. He was absolutely fearless and died in a qualifying session in which he was running his hardest without the benefit of having his belts fastened. He got baulked by a driver who was trying to get out of the way but both decided to go for the same piece of track.

Gilles came up racing snowmobiles in the Great White North and liked to feel the machine as his body slid and slammed back and forth in it.

I am looking forward to Kevin Harvick trying to intimidate Jaques!

He stood down Schumi too to win his championship. Schumi tried a Robby Gordon type move on Jaques and ended up sitting in the dust too.

Tom W

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