Sarah Fisher arrived blind-folded at 10:50 a.m. today at her race shop on the city’s west side. But she wasn’t
being kidnapped and dragged to work. Fisher’s own team put blinders on her for a surprise sponsorship announcement.
The announcement, team officials said, is a monumental one for the two-year-old team and 29-year-old driver and owner of Sarah Fisher Racing. SFR officials said Wichita, Kansas-based Hartman Oil Co. stepped up with a commitment that will allow the team to purchase a back-up car. Her crew surprised her with the car this morning.
Fisher’s team raced in three races in 2008. With the help of primary sponsor, Dollar General, the team expanded to a six-race schedule this year. Team offials said today they'll have another major sponsor announcement next week that will put Fisher on the track at the Indy Racing League's Miami race Oct. 10.
Though SFR officials are still finalizing plans for the 2010 season, they hope to have Fisher on the track for all the oval races. A back-up car will be critical to making that growth happen, and achieving the dream of racing the entire series.
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Sarah's a good kid. Respectable, hard working, industrious, and well liked by everyone. She's trying hard to make something successful out of less than favorable circumstances dictated by others she has no control over. She should be praised for her efforts. She certainly doesn't deserve scorn and hate from you or anyone else. So, stick it in your oversized piehole You are such a louche.
Oh the humanity, when will the killing of the little Nomex's stop!
Anthony, for goodness sakes, here is a great article you wrote about a wonderful woman that deserves all she gets and this bunch of hate mongers come on here and spew all of their degenerate comments. Can we say STOP?
Anywho - great news for Sarah (meatballs anyone?) Too bad nobody gives a rats as$ about this stupid series.
Tommy Hubbs hides behind nothing. Count Tracula is for fun.
Yay Sarah - I hope she doesn't end up the victim of betting on the wrong horse. Get some clues, IRL!
It is a fact. Indy ends after the 2011 500.
Yup. According to the time codes, Berwick couldn't even last 48 hours away from posting on The Score. I like how he tells people to stop the hate AFTER calling other people louches and blow offs who make degenerate comments. Hey Berwick, we'll stop if you stop, but we know you've already lied about doing that with the past week. Isn't there somewhere else on the Internet you can embarrass yourself instead of here?
Indyman, when your racing series gets, on Versus at MId-Ohio and Kentucky, about the same number of viewers as a Billy Mays or Vince infomercial, it takes more than just Fisher, Carpenter and Hattori to plunge you that far into the abyss.
A friend of mine has a special-needs son. They met Sarah in a mall one day, and she understood right away about the young man and was very kind to him. Sarah is quality human being. I'd love to see her have great success with her team.
Also, by far, the most intelligent person in the paddock. Pure class.
But ignorant, xenophobic, dim-witted, IRL fans bash her endlessly while singing the praises of Sarah Fisher. Neither female are very talented Indy Car racers, but Sarah gets the nod.
Way to go IRL fans! Reinforcing the Great White American racist stereotype! So how about some right back, you gap-toothed, slow-brained, Hoosier hicks!
Whoop! Come out swinging now, hilljacks. You always dish, but just cannot take. It is funny to watch.
Thanks Count-we pray for your coronation as King. He!! we'd even tell Dave Wilson to sit down for you!
That said, I am assuming this was your actual quote Da Hooey, Too bad nobody gives a rats as$ about this stupid series. Well 30+ posts in less than 24 hours shows someone cares enough to take the time to post.
For those who are ripping on Sarah, or Hartman Oil, then you are truly sad, little people. Sarah is a story that any sport would love to have. A talented racer (contrary to the haters who post, you have to be talented to run an Indycar), who has mortgaged her life savings many times to live her dream. She has begged, borrowed and scratched her way into more races than you can count. She has the heart and drive that you would want in a racer. While watching the Danicas, Helios and Dixons are fun, it is the underdogs like Saraha that really give you someone to root for.
It is sad it has come to this. You should not have to be a babysitter.
neckcar is for rednecks. Enjoy your trailer as you swill down your Keystone Light and smoke your generic cigarettes.