announcement chat....

[devilmaster]

Chat links at top and bottom of webpages,

or link to

server:blitzed.org
room: #offcamber
port 6667 or 7000

[trish]

I can't get into chat, so I'll just type to myself for awhile. :)

[trish]

The brief biography of the drivers was pretty cool. Especially their baby pictures.

[nrc]

26 Atlantic drivers named - 3 with teams to be named later.

[nrc]

5 day 13 city PR blitz leading into new season.

[trish]

Did I just hear him say Mazda was not a badge of the Cosworth?

[Opposite Lock]

Spinal Tap entrance! :gomer:

[trish]

I hate it when that happens. :laugh:

[trish]

Katherine looks great!

[Opposite Lock]

The contract announcement was painfully awkward. :shakehead

hopefully the highlight reel will help... :saywhat:

[Opposite Lock]

Did it just end? :saywhat:

[trish]

Can someone recap all the great announcements for me?

[devilmaster]

done.

[devilmaster]

Yokohama Presents the Champcar Atlantic Series Powered by Mazda

26 drivers, 3 still need teams.

40 cars will be delivered all at once in march to teams

PR blitz in march, starting at LB and ending at Mexico city

Mazda bigwig says this is more than a Badging deal - 3 year deal

New suspension and front wing holds up to a black curtain and Jimmy's driving.

Katherine has a contract for PKV in CC.

600 people in attendance, over 3000 watching online (including alaska)

Atlantics will phase in standing starts, starting at cleveland

[trish]

I didn't get a good look at the new car. You got a pic?

[devilmaster]

I didn't get a good look at the new car. You got a pic?

do you want it with the optional black curtains? ;)

http://www.offcamber.net/forums/showthread.php?t=9883

[nrc]

Did I just hear him say Mazda was not a badge of the Cosworth?

He said it's not just a badging deal. I don't know if he means that the base engine is a Mazda design (which the 2.3 being used is) or if he means that they'll be more involved than just badges on the engines.

[cameraman]

Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today announced it has entered into a three-year integrated marketing partnership with the Champ Car Atlantic Championship. Beginning in 2006, all Atlantic cars will be powered by a 300-hp 2.3-liter four-cylinder Mazda MZR engine prepared by Cosworth Engineering, mounted in identical Swift 016.a chassis and riding on Yokohama tires.

The series, now dubbed “Yokohama Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda,” will compete with the cars of the Champ Car World Series on 12 street circuit and permanent road course race weekends throughout North America. All 2006 events will be broadcast on SPEED Channel and Mazda will help sponsor both Atlantic and Champ Car race broadcasts as part of the new agreement. An influx of new teams and the top rising stars in open-wheel racing will add to the excitement of the new-generation Atlantic Championship.

The MZR engine was designed by Mazda, and is produced both in Hiroshima, Japan and Hermosillo, Mexico. It is used in the company’s MAZDA3, MAZDA5, MAZDA6, MAZDASPEED6, Tribute and B-Series, as well as the Ford Focus, Escape, Fusion and Ranger.