RIP Gil de Ferran

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This man was a heck of a driver (I can attest to that from seeing him many times), and while I never met him personally he seemed like a great guy from his TV interviews.

Gil de Ferran, who won the 2003 Indianapolis 500 and two INDYCAR SERIES championships, died suddenly after a brief illness Dec. 29 near his home in Florida. He was 56.

De Ferran’s career blossomed when he joined Team Penske for the 2000 season, pairing with Castroneves for the next four seasons. He won the first of his two-straight championships and made racing history during qualifying at California Speedway when he set the closed-course land speed record with a lap of 241.428 mph, a mark that stands today.

Two laps in under one minute at Fontana is mind boggling...

 
Now look at that once premier speedway, it's gone. I always thought, what a good place for motorsports. Guess I was wrong. Don't live around there. Maybe someone else can elaborate on the situation. 

 
I was there too. And I agree, what an awesome track, so sorry to hear that it is going away. I think I heard it was going to become a half-mile, what a bummer.

 
Class act.  RIP

Indy cars at Cal Speedway were definitely awesome . . .

 
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