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When you have 43 cars running three wide and only a few inches apart, you need to be intelligent and not emotional. Like a good soldier, you have to be thinking at all times about when and where you're going to make your next move. Tempers and emotions need to be left in the drivers’ motorcoaches. One wrong or stupid move can cause a lot of damage, we saw that last year.
-- Joe Nemechek, about racing at Talladega Superspeedway |
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· Kovalainen Wins F1's Hungarian Grand Prix In Spectacular Thriller!
(Aug 03, 2008)
· NASCAR Road Racing in the Rain at Montreal
(Aug 03, 2008)
· Hamilton On Hungarian Grand Prix Pole, McLaren Take Front Row
(Aug 02, 2008)
· Hungary GP: Formula One Practice 3 Results - Hamilton, McLaren Fastest
(Aug 02, 2008)
· NASCAR Pocono Pole Goes to Johnson
(Aug 02, 2008)
· Hungaroring: GP2 Race Preview - Monaco Without The Armco
(Aug 02, 2008)
· Blame Gamers Missing One Heckuva Battle
(Aug 01, 2008)
· Hungary GP: Formula One Practice 2 Results - Hamilton, McLaren Romp
(Aug 01, 2008)
· Hungary GP: Formula One Practice 1 Results - Massa, Ferrari In Front
(Aug 01, 2008)
· Australia Still Likely For 2009 IndyCar Season Despite Being Left Off the Calendar
(Jul 31, 2008)
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Pocono: NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Results - Edwards, Ford Win!
The No. 99 Office Depot Ford driven by Carl Edwards won the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500. It was his 11th victory in 142 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. It is also his fourth victory and 15th top-10 finish in 2008. In addition, this is his second victory and fourth top-10 finish in eight races at Pocono Raceway.
Finishing second, Tony Stewart and his No. 20 Home Depot Toyota posted his 14th top-10 finish in 20 races at Pocono Raceway. It is his 10th top-10 finish in 2008.
In third, two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson posted his ninth top-10 finish in 14 races at Pocono Raceway.
Kevin Harvick and David Ragan would round out the top five.
Kasey Kahne and his Budweiser Dodge would finish seventh, which was the best result for the manufacturer.
Michael McDowell (24th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Kyle Busch leads the point standings by 176 points over Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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Kovalainen Wins F1's Hungarian Grand Prix In Spectacular Thriller!By Mike Sulka
Heikki! The Finn wins!
Courtesy of McLaren
Thank you Felipe Massa!
What was expected to be a ho-hum Hungarian parade with the Formula One fraternity following Lewis Hamilton around in a well-organized single file... wasn't that at all. Instead, F1 turned in a spectacular thriller of a Grand Prix!
Ferrari's Felipe Massa - one lap lighter than his McLaren foe - made a rocket start and completed a spectacular pass on the outside of Turn One to take the lead on lap one. Though Hamilton seemed quicker, he slowly lost ground to the Ferrari driver. At the first pit stop the gap was 3.2 seconds.
On lap 18 Massa pitted, took on fuel and re-joined just ahead of Renault's Fernando Alonso. Hamilton pitted the following lap, and clearly took on a large load of fuel. His McLaren team setting him up for an extended stay on track to try to make up the ground when the Brazilian would pit for his second and final time.
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Buemi Storms Sprint Win In Hungary, Swiss GP2 Driver On Top For Second Season Victory
SĂ©bastien Buemi has dominated the field in scorching conditions this morning in race two at the Hungaroring, blasting by his fellow front row starter Andy Soucek to take a strong win ahead of the Spaniard and Bruno Senna. The win came as a result of the mounting pressure he put on his rival, with Soucek running slightly wide at turn 12 and handing a clear run through to the flag for the likeable Swiss driver.
At the start it was Soucek who came off the grid best, getting a great start when the lights went out to lead Buemi, Mike Conway and super starter Lucas di Grassi into turn one: the latter tapping the Briton as they entered the corner but both men held their lines ahead of Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna. The front two were in a class of their own, swapping fastest laps as they built a lead over di Grassi, whose fight with Conway spilled over when they came together at turn two on the second lap, with the Brazilian continuing but the Briton spinning around.
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NASCAR Road Racing in the Rain at MontrealBy Brad Gerhart
A beautiful race.
As for the weather, well that might be a little different.
The rain sure came down at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve multiple times throughout the scheduled 74 lap race, which in the end did not actually make it to the actual scheduled time frame.
The Canadian content put on a great show for their fans all day Saturday with their home town hero and past Formula One World Champion Jacques who led toward the middle stages of the race.
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Hamilton On Hungarian Grand Prix Pole, McLaren Take Front RowBy Mike Sulka
It is all smiles at McLaren, after Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton swept the front row.
Courtesy of McLaren
During qualifying for Formula One’s Hungarian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton stomped the Prancing Horse cars into the ground again to claim his fourth pole of the season, 10th of his career and second pole in a row. Hamilton turned a lap nearly two and a half tenths quicker than all challengers, just to emphasis he wasn’t going to be beaten this weekend. For McLaren, it was also the third pole in a row for the legendary silver arrows.
Tomorrow, Hamilton will go for his fifth win of the season, and his third straight win – and become the first driver since Michael Schumacher in 2006 to win three straight Grand Prix.
“The pace of our cars is great.” Said a smiling Lewis Hamilton. “I think it’s a great day to have me and Heikki one-two, it’s about time we did that for the team.”
Interestingly, Hamilton once again admitted that he had made a mistake or he would have been even quicker. “Turn five I locked up the front wheel, and lost a bit of time.” Ferrari’s Felipe Massa put thumb to nose and demonstrated his disbelief, or dissatisfaction – however you might want to read that gesture.
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Hungary GP: Formula One Practice 3 Results - Hamilton, McLaren FastestBy Mike Sulka
The Formula One practice times at the Hungaroring continue to come down as the tight winding track gets rubbered in. At the top of the timesheets is McLaren's Lewis Hamilton who put his car's advantages in increasing horsepower, and traction control systems to great use with a lap of 1:20.228. The result was the best lap of the weekend so far.
Once again, Ferrari are nearly helpless to challenge. The best result the team could muster was a lap from Felipe Massa that was over three tenths slower. Yes... it is just practice, but its becoming clear that Ferrari's development of their F2008 is falling behind McLaren and fast.
Last week at the German Grand Prix, Timo Glock had a massive crash and then was ridiculously allowed out of the car under his own power. Thankfully, he was uninjured by the lax safety response. Today, Glock and Toyota had a great practice and were an amazing third quick overall. The last 3-4 Grand Prix, Toyota has been showing glimpses of a move forward, qualifying will soon reveal if this pace is for real.
Fourth quick was Hamilton's teammate Heikki Kovalainen, who Lewis perdicts will take pole. Is that a clue to the team's split strategy ?
Fifth quick was Nelson 'Don't call me junior' Piquet. While his two-time championship winning teammate Fernando Alonso was only able to run 11th overall. While Alonso downplayed the F1 rookie's first podium last weekend, is Piquet's increasing pace going to become a problem within the team ?
We shall see.
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NASCAR Pocono Pole Goes to JohnsonBy Brad Gerhart
A week ago at the Brickyard Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin shared the front row of the grid for the 400 miler. This weekend Johnson won his third Coors Light pole (168.215 mph), again with Martin right beside him (167.560 mph).
The pole award, his second at Pocono really did not mean too much to Johnson since there’s plenty of opportunities to pass at the 2.5 mile track, unlike many of the shorter ovals the series runs on. “You can pass here, you need a strong car,” said Johnson.
Although last Pocono 500 race winner Kasey Kahne also won from pole, he went through some tough times during the race, which nearly cost him the win.
“Kasey (Kahne) kicked our butts here last year. He just flat wore us out. I will keep a close eye on him tomorrow and hopefully we will have pace with him.”
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Hungaroring: GP2 Race Preview - Monaco Without The ArmcoBy Rick Volman
Monaco without the Armco. That's the way the Hungaroring in Budapest Hungry has been described, evoking images of a tight and twisty track that affords little opportunity to pass and readily punishes those who err while making their way around this 14-turn 4-km circuit.
"There is an emphasis on the importance of qualifying and pit stop strategy at this race, because the only real chance to overtake at this track is at turn one," explained David Price, team principal for DPR.
That's a sentiment pole-sitter Romain Grosjean, the ART Grand Prix driver who currently sits third in the GP2 points tally, shared and the French driver added the pole is but one of four elements to pulling off a win against a competitive field.
"I really wanted to do this pole position because it's really important for a driver to be able to be the fastest in qualifying," he said. "For sure starting from pole is a good advantage here, so basically you need a good start and build a good lead, an easy pitstop and then an easy win.
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Pocono: NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Results - Johnson, Chevrolet On Pole
Fresh off his Brickyard 400 victory, Jimmie Johnson will start the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono on Pole.
Credit: CIA Stock Photo
The No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet driven by two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 with a lap of 53.503 seconds, 168.215 mph. This is his 16th pole in 240 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, and his third pole and 16th top-10 start in 2008. In addition, this is his second pole in 14 races at Pocono Raceway.
Future Hendrick driver Mark Martin was second quick in his Steak-umm Burgers Chevrolet. The effort was Martin's ninth top-10 start of 2008 and his 30th in 44 races at Pocono Raceway.
David Gilliland put in the best effort by the Ford contigent. The driver of the FreeCreditReport.com Ford posted his first top-10 start at Pocono Raceway, and his first top-10 start in 21 races this season.
Fourth quick was Chevrolet's Jeff Gordon, while Matt Kenseth and his DEWALT Ford rounded out the top five.
Ryan Newman put the best result for the Dodge drivers, he was sixth quick. Eighth by Brian Vickers was the best the Toyota drivers could do.
Sam Hornish Jr. (26th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
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· F1 Update: McLaren Boss To Retire ???
(Aug 07, 2008)
· Youngest Winner of 'Girls on the Gas'
(Aug 07, 2008)
· Superleague Formula Testing Begins In Earnest In Vallelunga
(Aug 07, 2008)
· F1: Will Or Will Not Schumacher Test For Ferrari ???
(Aug 07, 2008)
· F1: McLaren Boss To Retire ???
(Aug 07, 2008)
· F1: Indian To Drive For Force India ???
(Aug 07, 2008)
· F1: Bourdais' Seat In Trouble ???
(Aug 07, 2008)
· Formula One Champion Offer WRC Rally Car Test
(Aug 07, 2008)
· Watkins Glen: Robby Gordon NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Preview
(Aug 07, 2008)
· Giles On The Road To Recovery After Horrific Crash
(Aug 07, 2008)
· IndyCar Point Leader Dixon Helps Carve Replica Goblet
(Aug 07, 2008)
· Indy Lights Drivers Shuffle Seats
(Aug 07, 2008)
· IndyCar Star Jaime Camara Visits Cincinatti Bengals NFL Training Camp
(Aug 07, 2008)
· Q&A: NASCAR Sprint Cup - Greg Biffle
(Aug 07, 2008)
· Voices Of Road America
(Aug 07, 2008)
· The NASCAR Nationwide Series Will Race, Rain or Shine
(Aug 07, 2008)
· Labonte Brothers Celebrating 30 Years in NASCAR Contest Lets Fans Help Celebrate
(Aug 07, 2008)
· In Preparation For Watkins Glen, Nemechek Visits Colorado Tracks
(Aug 07, 2008)
· Said Looking For Double High At The Glen
(Aug 07, 2008)
· A1 Team Brazil’s Guimaraes Wins Brazilian Karting Championship
(Aug 07, 2008)
· Watkins Glen: Dale Earnhardt Jr. NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Preview
(Aug 07, 2008)
· Crew Acquires Former MLS All-Star And U.S. National Teamer Pat Noonan From New England
(Aug 07, 2008)
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| Friday, August 01 |
| · | Blame Gamers Missing One Heckuva Battle (0) |
| · | Grosjean Claims First GP2 Pole, Beating Zuber In Hungary (0) |
| · | Hungary GP: Formula One Practice 2 Results - Hamilton, McLaren Romp (0) |
| · | Hungary GP: Formula One Practice 1 Results - Massa, Ferrari In Front (0) |
| Thursday, July 31 |
| · | Australia Still Likely For 2009 IndyCar Season Despite Being Left Off the Calendar (0) |
| · | McLaren Confirms Kovalainen For 2009 (0) |
| · | Tyre Talk: 'A Difficult Circuit To Master' (0) |
| Wednesday, July 30 |
| · | In Depth: 2009 IRL IndyCar Schedule (0) |
| · | It's Official!: 2009 IndyCar Schedule (0) |
| · | IndyCar Series Confirms Gold Coast Indy Event In Australia For 2008 (0) |
| Tuesday, July 29 |
| · | The Legacy of Ford Racing Boss Dan Davis (0) |
| Monday, July 28 |
| · | Johnson Wins from Pole at the Brickyard (0) |
| · | Outstanding Performance by Tracy in Edmonton (0) |
| Sunday, July 27 |
| · | UPDATED: Cooler Conditions, Fierce Battles for NHRA Stars At Infineon (0) |
| · | Brickyard 400: NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Results - Johnson, Chevrolet Win! (0) |
| Saturday, July 26 |
| · | Good Day For The Girls! NHRA Saturday Recap From Infineon (0) |
| · | Looking for Redemption, Johnson On Pole at the Brickyard (0) |
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