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Busch rallies to win truck race in Charlotte
by Pete McCole
Kyle Busch rallied from a late-race penalty to charge back to the front of the field and score his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win of the season with a victory in Friday night's North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Busch passed race leader Miguel Paludo following a restart with nine laps to go and then held off a late charge from Brendan Gaughan before finally sealing the victory – his first in his last seven truck series starts.Edwards wins pole for All-Star race
by Pete McCole
Carl Edwards gave Dick Trickle one last ride around Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday night, and for the first time since 1990, a car with Trickle’s name on it will sit on the pole as Edwards raced to the top spot in qualifying for Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All Star race. Edwards, the 2011 winner of the all star event, completed two laps and a four-tire pit stop in a time of 111.297 seconds to earn his first career all star pole.Dallara DW12: The 'Ugly Duckling' sure does race well
by Brian Carroccio
She's beautiful on the inside. I presume you've all heard the expression, which immediately brings to mind a woman, who for whatever sterling qualities she happens to boast, aesthetically speaking, doesn't exactly impress. And when someone notes the fact said woman is "beautiful on the inside," they are telling us to look beyond the immediate, the superficial; to find some greater quality that maybe isn't apparent to the naked eye.The Indy Lights Series is dying, and here's why!
by Stephen Cox
Imagine you’re in a McDonald’s restaurant. You order a Big Mac. The cashier plops your sandwich on the counter and says, “That’ll be six hundred and twelve dollars, sir. Uh… excuse me. Did you actually say six hundred and twelve dollars? Yes, sir. Our Big Macs come with special sauce, lettuce and cheese. They’re really good. You would probably respond, “They’re not that good!” and walk out of the restaurant.Foyt Mixes Ingredients For New Recipe For Success
Entering the Indy 500
For the past 50 years at the Indianapolis 500, there has been little dispute that A.J. Foyt was “The Man” at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He was the hero of heroes and the definition of a legend. As the first four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, Foyt had established himself as the “grand champion” of the Indianapolis 500 and was the measuring stick by which all future legends would be compared.Spanish fans go wild as Alonso dominates in Barcelona
by Mark J. Cipolloni
Ferrari is definitely back and Fernando Alonso delivered a dominating victory to win the Spanish Grand Prix Sunday as his throngs of hometown fans cheered him on. Alonso's Ferrari was untouchable pretty much the entire race and cruised to a comfortable victory over the Lotus of Kimi Raikkonen. His Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa was third ahead of the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber.Spanish GP: Sunday Press Conference
Formula 1
DRIVERS1 - Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari) 2 - Kimi RAIKKONEN (Lotus) 3 - Felipe MASSA (Ferrari) Luhr Sets ALMS Victory Record
At Laguna Seca
Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf won here for the second straight year, Corvette Racing took a nail-biter in GT, and two classes saw last-lap passes for victory in the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patr¢n on Saturday. Luhr became the ALMS’ all-time leader in wins with 43, and he and Graf are the first drivers to repeat at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca since 2007. Luhr took advantage of a daring move at the downhill Corkscrew in his No. 6 Muscle Milk Honda Performance Development ARX-03a and a late-race puncture for Rebellion Racing’s Neel Jani to win.Kenseth wins Southern 500 at Darlington
by Pete McCole
What a week it’s been for Matt Kenseth. After starting the week staring down the barrel of one of the harshest penalties ever handed out by NASCAR, Kenseth and his Joe Gibbs Racing team found out the best way to get back on track toward a championship – by racing to victory in Saturday night’s Southern 500 Sprint Cup series race at Darlington Raceway.Brown, Gray, Edwards Win Rain-Delayed Southern Nats
by Pete McCole
Antron Brown, Johnny Gray and Mike Edwards went to the Winner’s Circle – albeit a week late – in Saturday’s 33rd -annual NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway. Following a one-week delay for rain - and another short rain delay during Saturday’s eliminations – Brown emerged victorious over Brandon Bernstein for his second victory of the season, posting a 3.801 at 321.25 mph.All-Mercedes front row in Barcelona
Rosberg beats Hamilton
Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton captured an all-Mercedes front row in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. Rosberg's initial lap of 1m20.8s was good enough, but Rosberg wanted to crush his teammate Hamilton so he improved to a 1m20.718s with his last run just to be certain. Hamilton had to settle for second, 0.254 seconds adrift. Formula 1 championship leader Sebastian Vettel was third for Red Bull, ahead of Kimi Raikkonen's Lotus and Fernando Alonso's Ferrari.Spanish GP: Saturday Press Conference
Formula 1
DRIVERS1 - Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2 - Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 3 - Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing) |
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