The
Cubs reportedly are among the teams interested in signing Japanese
closer Kyuji Fujikawa and have met with him, according to a translation
of a Nikkan Sports article.
While at least 10 teams have shown interest in the Hanshin Tigers’ bullpen ace, who has been the best closer in Japan recently, the 32-year-old reportedly has narrowed his choice to five teams, including the Dodgers, Angels, Diamondbacks and Orioles.
Source http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-11-20/sports/chi-chicago-cubs-japanese-closer-fujikawa-20121120_1_twitter-davandyck-nikkan-sports-cubs
While at least 10 teams have shown interest in the Hanshin Tigers’ bullpen ace, who has been the best closer in Japan recently, the 32-year-old reportedly has narrowed his choice to five teams, including the Dodgers, Angels, Diamondbacks and Orioles.
Source http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-11-20/sports/chi-chicago-cubs-japanese-closer-fujikawa-20121120_1_twitter-davandyck-nikkan-sports-cubs
The Anglo-Swiss Rebellion Racing LMP1 team will race full-time in next year's American Le Mans Series in the wake of its victory in the season-ending Petit Le Mans enduro at Road Atlanta last month.
Rebellion, which was the top P1 privateer in this year's new FIA World Endurance Championship, will field at least one of its fleet of Lola-Toyota B12/60 coupes in the full ALMS schedule. It has not ruled out continuing in the WEC and plans to field two cars in the centrepiece of the series, the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Team manager Bart Hayden said: "The ALMS represents a good opportunity to win races and the plan is to do the full season, but we are not being specific on the number of cars at this stage.
"We could race in the WEC again. We have three cars and entering three in the ALMS would not be realistic, so it could be a case of running two in one and one in the other."
Hayden would not be drawn on drivers for the ALMS program ahead of any official announcement of its 2013 program.
"We are not making any announcement on drivers at this stage," he said. "It is more likely that they will be top-line rather than paying."
This year, Rebellion ran one car in the WEC for Neel Jani and Nicolas Prost and one for Andrea Belicchi and Harold Primat. Belicchi joined Jani and Prost at Petit.
Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20121121/alms/121129970#ixzz2D1tpL6oc
Rebellion, which was the top P1 privateer in this year's new FIA World Endurance Championship, will field at least one of its fleet of Lola-Toyota B12/60 coupes in the full ALMS schedule. It has not ruled out continuing in the WEC and plans to field two cars in the centrepiece of the series, the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Team manager Bart Hayden said: "The ALMS represents a good opportunity to win races and the plan is to do the full season, but we are not being specific on the number of cars at this stage.
"We could race in the WEC again. We have three cars and entering three in the ALMS would not be realistic, so it could be a case of running two in one and one in the other."
Hayden would not be drawn on drivers for the ALMS program ahead of any official announcement of its 2013 program.
"We are not making any announcement on drivers at this stage," he said. "It is more likely that they will be top-line rather than paying."
This year, Rebellion ran one car in the WEC for Neel Jani and Nicolas Prost and one for Andrea Belicchi and Harold Primat. Belicchi joined Jani and Prost at Petit.
Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20121121/alms/121129970#ixzz2D1tpL6oc
The Anglo-Swiss Rebellion Racing LMP1 team will race full-time in next year's American Le Mans Series in the wake of its victory in the season-ending Petit Le Mans enduro at Road Atlanta last month.
Rebellion, which was the top P1 privateer in this year's new FIA World Endurance Championship, will field at least one of its fleet of Lola-Toyota B12/60 coupes in the full ALMS schedule. It has not ruled out continuing in the WEC and plans to field two cars in the centrepiece of the series, the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Team manager Bart Hayden said: "The ALMS represents a good opportunity to win races and the plan is to do the full season, but we are not being specific on the number of cars at this stage.
"We could race in the WEC again. We have three cars and entering three in the ALMS would not be realistic, so it could be a case of running two in one and one in the other."
Hayden would not be drawn on drivers for the ALMS program ahead of any official announcement of its 2013 program.
"We are not making any announcement on drivers at this stage," he said. "It is more likely that they will be top-line rather than paying."
This year, Rebellion ran one car in the WEC for Neel Jani and Nicolas Prost and one for Andrea Belicchi and Harold Primat. Belicchi joined Jani and Prost at Petit.
Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20121121/alms/121129970#ixzz2D1tpL6oc
Rebellion, which was the top P1 privateer in this year's new FIA World Endurance Championship, will field at least one of its fleet of Lola-Toyota B12/60 coupes in the full ALMS schedule. It has not ruled out continuing in the WEC and plans to field two cars in the centrepiece of the series, the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Team manager Bart Hayden said: "The ALMS represents a good opportunity to win races and the plan is to do the full season, but we are not being specific on the number of cars at this stage.
"We could race in the WEC again. We have three cars and entering three in the ALMS would not be realistic, so it could be a case of running two in one and one in the other."
Hayden would not be drawn on drivers for the ALMS program ahead of any official announcement of its 2013 program.
"We are not making any announcement on drivers at this stage," he said. "It is more likely that they will be top-line rather than paying."
This year, Rebellion ran one car in the WEC for Neel Jani and Nicolas Prost and one for Andrea Belicchi and Harold Primat. Belicchi joined Jani and Prost at Petit.
Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20121121/alms/121129970#ixzz2D1tpL6oc
