Actor Jason Priestley can't stay away from auto racing.
The former romantic interest on the show Beverly Hills 90210, who was seriously injured in a racing accident in 2002, is co-owner of a new race team that plans to enter a car in the Indianapolis 500 in May.
"Dude, this is going to be so fun," Priestley said on Monday.
PHOTO: AP
The new Rubicon Race Team will be managed by co-owner Jim Freudenberg, the former general manager of Kelley Racing and a friend of Priestley, and the No. 28 entry will be built by the Indianapolis-based Sam Schmidt Motorsports.
The team plans to hire a veteran driver within the next few weeks. The Indinapolis 500 on May 25 is the only race in Rubicon's plans for this year.
"I'm excited to be able to spend the month of May in Indy with my good friends and be a part of the greatest open wheel race," Priestley said by telephone from Canada, through team spokeswoman Jana Watt. "It's been more than five years since my accident, and it's going to be so good to get to see everyone."
Priestley, a native of Canada, became a TV star with Luke Perry, Shannen Doherty and Jennie Garth in the 1990s drama Beverly Hills 90210. He began racing sports cars in 1991 in the California Rally Series and won his first race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1998. In 2001, he was a television analyst for the IRL series and joined Kelley Racing the next season in the IRL's developmental Indy Pro Series.
He was considered a talented driver and was serious about pursuing a racing career until his crash during practice at Kentucky Speedway in August 2002, when he slammed into the wall at 290kph and broke his back and feet. He also suffered a concussion, a bruise around his left eye and cuts on his nose, left cheek and neck.
Bologna on Thursday advanced past Empoli to reach their first Coppa Italia final in more than half a century. Thijs Dallinga’s 87th-minute header earned Bologna a 2-1 win and his side advanced 5-1 on aggregate. Giovanni Fabbian opened the scoring for Bologna with a header seven minutes in. Then Viktor Kovalenko equalized for Empoli in the 30th minute by turning in a rebound to finish off a counterattack. Bologna won the first leg 3-0. In the May 14 final in Rome, Bologna are to face AC Milan, who eliminated city rivals Inter 4-1 on aggregate following a 3-0 win on Wednesday. Bologna last reached the
If the Wild finally break through and win their first playoff series in a decade, Minnesota’s top line likely will be the reason. They were all over the Golden Knights through the first two games of their NHL Western Conference quarter-finals series, which was 1-1 going back to Minnesota for Game 3 today. The Wild tied the series with a 5-2 win on Tuesday. Matt Boldy had three goals and an assist in the first two games, while Kirill Kaprizov produced two goals and three assists. Joel Eriksson Ek, who centers the line, has yet to get on the scoresheet. “I think the biggest
The Minnesota Timberwolves, with so many promising performances spoiled by late mistakes fresh in their memory bank, sure timed this strong finish well. Jaden McDaniels scored a career playoff-high 30 points and spearheaded Minnesota’s stifling defense on an ailing Luka Doncic, and the Timberwolves beat the Los Angeles Lakers 116-104 to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference first-round series in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Friday night. “Jaden never looks tired. He looks like he could play 48 minutes,” said teammate Anthony Edwards, who had 29 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. Julius Randle added 22 points for the Wolves, who outscored
From a commemorative jersey to a stadium in his name, Argentine soccer organizers are planning a slew of tributes to their late “Captain” Pope Francis, eulogized as the ultimate team player. Tributes to the Argentine pontiff, a lifelong lover of the game, who died on Monday at the age of 88, have been peppered with soccer metaphors in his homeland. “Francisco. What a player,” the Argentine Football Federation (AFA) said, describing the first pope from Latin America and the southern hemisphere as a generational talent who “never hogged the ball” and who showed the world “the importance of having an Argentine captain,
RSS