There's Jacques Villeneuve, the second-generation star, the 1995 Indianapolis 500 winner, 1995 CART title-holder, 1997 Formula One world champion. And then there's Jacques Villeneuve, musician. Villeneuve, who released his first album, "Private Paradise," last February, has been busy with his move to NASCAR but spoke recently with motorsports writer Dave Kallmann about his non-wheeled passion. What's up with the music? Is that on hold for now?
AUTOS ELKHART LAKE, Wis. - Jacques Villeneuve still wants to do a full season in NASCAR.
MONTREAL - Marcos Ambrose again took care of business in Nationwide qualifying at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. All he has to do now is finally take advantage of starting up front at the tricky 14- turn layout. Ambrose turned a fast lap of 97.079 mph Saturday to edge Canadian star Jacques Villeneuve's 96.924 mph and take the pole for Sunday's Nationwide Series race.
TALLADEGA, Ala. - Jacques Villeneuve is a Formula One world champion with an Indianapolis 500 title on his resume. But his lofty credentials did little to earn him acceptance in the NASCAR garage. The criticism continued to grow Friday over Villeneuve's decision to attempt his Nextel Cup debut at Talladega Superspeedway, a place that produces white-knuckled racing at nearly 200 mph. Add in the pressure of the Chase for the championship and the restrictor-plate debut of the Car of Tomorrow, and few believed Talladega was the proper place for Villeneuve to make his first start.
Usually, the Champ Car Atlantic race is an understudy afterthought to the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach main event, a 32- lap, or 50-minute whatever unfolds first testing ground for young drivers with fervid hopes, dreams and ambitions. Usually, it is blithely ignored by the sporting public, as only a handful of mid-morning Sunday patrons bother to witness it even though such men as Bobby Rahal, Jacques Villeneuve, Michael Andretti, Paul Tracy, Jimmy Vasser, Danny Sullivan, A.J. Allmendinger and others have graduated from its ranks.
STATESVILLE, N.C. | NASCAR driver Reed Sorenson inhaled carbon monoxide during Monday's Sprint Cup race at Pocono, and his team has asked former Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve to be on standby this weekend at Watkins Glen. Details of Sorenson's illness were not immediately available Wednesday. He finished 35th in the rain-delayed race, 15 laps down.
Ladies and gentlemen, your new United States secretary of defense: [Jacques Villeneuve]! -Matt Crossman
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A little over a year ago, Jacques Villeneuve had finally found peace in politically charged Formula One. He was newly married with a baby on the way, his ride with BMW- Sauber seemed secure and he had just launched his second career as a recording artist. Things were so good, he dismissed ever returning to the United States to compete in one of its three racing series.
The son of a national hero in Canada, a man eulogized as the fastest driver in the history of motor racing, Jacques Villeneuve might have made a nice story line in Sunday's Daytona 500. Instead, he's just a footnote, another example how the so-called Great American Race can humble anyone. Even a driver with credentials. Villeneuve won the Indianapolis 500 in 1995 and the Formula 1 championship two years later.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - When Juan Pablo Montoya made the jump from Formula One to NASCAR, his move was met with anticipation. Jacques Villeneuve hasn't been received quite the same way. The former world champion has been criticized - even vilified - for choosing Talladega Superspeedway to make his Nextel Cup debut.
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