March 2008 - 64 posts found << < 1 2 3 4 > >>
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Auto Racing: Grand-Am Brumos Porsche Riley On Pole For At Homestead |
| 3/28/2008 11:34:36 PM |
| Auto racing second generation driver David Donohue captured his first Grand-Am Rolex Series pole in five years Friday in qualifying for Saturday's Rolex Series Gainsco Grand Prix of Miami. Behind the wheel of the No. 58 Brumos Racing Porsche DP Riley, Donohue lapped the 2.3-mile, 11-turn Homestead- Miami Speedway road course in 1:13.022 - a time that was .323 seconds... Read More |
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NASCAR: Microsoft To Sponsor BAM Motorsports NASCAR Sprint Cup Team |
| 3/27/2008 10:30:47 PM |
 NASCAR Microsoft is one of the biggest companies not involved in motorsports. But after partnering with McLaren on the development of Formula One's new standardized traction-control-less engine management unit, the software giant could be changing its mind.
NASCAR team BAM Motorsport has managed to convince Microsoft's small business division to sponsor Ken Schrader's #49... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Grand-Am New Cars Set To Debut At Homestead |
| 3/27/2008 11:37:23 AM |
 Auto racing Grand-Am racing the familiar blue No. 10 SunTrust DP Pontiac Riley will be replaced by a bright orange DP Dallara in Saturday's Gainsco Grand Prix of Miami, Round 2 of the 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16.
Max Angelelli and new co-driver Michael Valiante will drive Wayne Taylor Racing's new car in the 109-lap event at... Read More |
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Sunday Morning Street Car Racing in Las Vegas |
| 3/27/2008 8:56:19 AM |
 Last weekend I got my first taste of street car racing. Two of my friends have cars worthy of street car racing; one is an NSX, and the other a souped up Mini Cooper, and I got to drive both of them. These are not your ordinary vehicles! They go incredibly fast and handle exceedingly well. Street car racing is an auto sport like none other behind the wheel. We were in a... Read More |
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NASCAR: Interesting Article In ESPN the Magazine: Roush Says Toyota Team Stole "Proprietary Part" |
| 3/25/2008 3:50:05 PM |
 NASCAR team owner Jack Roush says Toyota Team Stole "Proprietary Part" ESPN the Magazine has an interesting and potentially explosive quote from NASCAR Sprint Cup Team Roush Fenway Racing co-owner Jack Roush as part of its 10th Anniversary issue, which is on newsstands this week. Two weeks ago at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the magazine quotes Roush as saying, “We... Read More |
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NASCAR: McDowell Makes His NASCAR Sprint Cup Debut At Martinsville |
| 3/24/2008 4:48:24 PM |
NASCAR: Michael McDowell will make his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Debut March 30th making his long-awaited NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with Michael Waltrip Racing in the Goody's Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
As the 23-year-old steps into the #00 Toyota Camry, Aaron's Sales and Lease Ownership announces today that their partnership will continue with the Michael... Read More |
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Auto Racing: IRL 26 Cars Entered For Season Opener |
| 3/24/2008 12:41:50 PM |
 Auto racing twenty-six cars are entered for the IndyCar Series 2008 season opener, the GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300, at Homestead-Miami Speedway March 29, marking the first time since 2001 that the season will start with that many cars on track and the first time since 2003 that a race other than the Indianapolis 500 has featured that many starters.
The increase in car... Read More |
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Auto Racing: ARCA Test Ex F1 Driver Scott Speed Fastest |
| 3/24/2008 12:23:52 PM |
Auto racing ARCA RE/MAX Serie, Scott Speed, in the Eddie Sharp Racing Red Bull Toyota, turned in the quickest speed of the weekend at the two-day test at Rockingham Speedway in preparation for the inaugural May 4th Carolina 500.
He circling the historic, high-banked oval in 24.942 seconds, an average speed of 144.335 mph.
"It's definitely a cool track," said Speed.... Read More |
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Auto Racing: F1 BMW-Sauber On Target To Win This Season? |
| 3/24/2008 12:01:51 PM |
 Auto racing F1 BMW-Sauber will be on target to give the heavy hitters in Formula One a run for their money in the 2008 Constructor's Championship.
The young teams drivers scored their best combined race finish to date of 11 points, with drivers Robert Kubica scoring its sixth podium finish and Nick Heidfeld capturing three points in sixth place. Kubica's second-place finish... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Grand-Am New Sponsor Combo For Doran DP Effort |
| 3/24/2008 11:42:29 AM |
 Auto racing the newest driver pairing in Rolex Grand-Am Sports Car Series competition, drivers Burt Frisselle and Gabriele Gardel, will not only be sporting the latest Daytona Prototype chassis and motor combination with the Dallara-Ford package, but will also be supported by the newest partnership of sponsors in the Rolex Series paddock, as the American-Swiss driver duo... Read More |
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NASCAR: Scott Wimmer Wins Nashville Nationwide Race |
| 3/23/2008 8:21:16 AM |
 NASCAR Nationwide Series Scott Wimmer wins in Nashville after Kyle Busch lost control of his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota off Turn 4 after leading 125 of the first 162 laps.
Busch had dominated Saturday's Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway up until that point.
That handed the lead to Richard Childress Racing's Clint Bowyer, but RCR teammate Wimmer passed Bowyer for the... Read More |
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Auto Racing: F1 Ferrari's Raikkonen Wins Malaysian Grand Prix |
| 3/23/2008 8:15:10 AM |
Auto racing Formula 1 Ferrari F1 Kimi Raikkonen got his title defence back on course with a dominant victory for Ferrari in the Malaysian Grand Prix.
With Raikkonen's teammate Felipe Massa spinning out of second place at half-distance, and F1 McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton only managing third and fifth places following their qualifying penalties, Robert... Read More |
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Auto Racing: F1 Ferrari 1-2 On Front Row At Sepang |
| 3/22/2008 9:24:28 AM |
Auto racing F1 the rain held off and Ferrari came on as form returned to the Formula One grid for the second race of the season. Brazilian Felipe Massa grabbed pole for Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix with a 1 minute, 35.748-second tour of the 3.44-mile Sepang Circuit. Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen followed a half-second on to lock out the front row.
The F1 McLaren Mercedes... Read More |
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Auto Racing: F1 More Controversy For McLaren |
| 3/22/2008 9:13:09 AM |
Auto racing F1 more controversy for McLaren, members of the McLaren F1 team on Saturday evening grudgingly accepted the stewards' penalties, but insist that the five place demotions were not entirely justified.
"I was pretty much out of the way," Lewis Hamilton said at Sepang, where it has been raining almost non-stop since the end of qualifying.
The stewards found... Read More |
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Auto Racing: F1 Red Bull Racing Give The OK To Return To Action At Sepang |
| 3/22/2008 9:05:43 AM |
F1 auto racing stewards give Red Bull Racing green light to race at Sepang Stewards allowed Red Bull Racing to return to action at the Sepang circuit on Saturday morning, following David Coulthard's suspension failure and crash in Friday practice.
Team chiefs had to submit a technical report to the FIA representatives in Malaysia, after the stewards suspected the Adrian... Read More |
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Auto Racing: ALMS Sebring Attendance Figures, TV Ratings And Wed Traffic Were Up |
| 3/21/2008 5:17:52 PM |
 Auto racing the momentum for the American Le Mans Series continued to build as reports for attendance, TV ratings and website traffic trickled in following the 56th running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida last Saturday.
The first round of the American Le Mans Series season set a new attendance record for the endurance classic. Sebring... Read More |
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Street car racing: getting carried away. |
| 3/21/2008 11:12:00 AM |
Street car racing--it got a huge boost from some top-billed Hollywood movies, and it infected many impressionable car owners, many of them young and naive.
Illegal street car racing, as it is glorified in the movies, appears to be exciting, popular, and largely risk free. In reality, if you poll the fans and contestants, street car racing is exciting, popular, but not... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Grand-Am Pontiac Announces Contingency Program |
| 3/21/2008 10:56:44 AM |
 Auto racing Grand-Am Pontiac announced today that starting with the GAINSCO Grand Prix of Miami on March 29 the brand will offer contingency support to teams campaigning the Pontiac GXP.R in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 Rolex GT class.
Leighton Reese's two-car Banner Engineering GXP.R team was joined this year by Autohaus... Read More |
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Auto Racing: F1 Hamilton Fastest In Second Practice At Sepang |
| 3/21/2008 10:29:37 AM |
Auto racing F1 Lewis Hamilton beat Felipe Massa to the fastest time in second practice at Sepang, with the McLaren driver leaping to the top of the timesheets in the final minutes after Ferrari had dominated the session.
Ferrari had looked set for a one-two until Hamilton's late lap, with the McLarens having been a second off their title rivals' pace for much of the... Read More |
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NASCAR: Nationwide Series News |
| 3/19/2008 4:24:22 PM |
NASCAR Nationwide Series: Boris Said Driving for Rensi at Mexico & Canada: Team Rensi Motorsports announced the signing of Boris Said to pilot the #25 No Fear Energy / Smithfield Foods Ford for the two Nationwide Series international races -- in Mexico City and Montreal. Frank Stoddard will work with Said and Team Rensi Motorsports for both Nationwide Series events
NASCA... Read More |
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March 2008 - 64 posts found << < 1 2 3 4 > >>
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