 | Will Power won at Sonoma on Sunday after Scott Dixon was penalized for hitting Power's crew members.... | | The IndyCar Series championship swung Sunday at Sonoma Raceway on a tire carried wide in the pits and a controversial call. It happened on the final stop of the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma as race leader Scott Dixon pulled out of his pit box with second-place Will Power parked in front of him. Power's right-rear tire crew member appeared to nonchalantly carry the tire in his left arm, and... |
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 | | Young Australian Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo will be Sebastian Vettel's teammate at Red Bull Racing in 2014. That is according to Mark Webber, the team's self-styled “number two” who is quitting Formula One and leaving the team at the end of this season to drive sports cars for...
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 | | Greenpeace says that 35 of its activists were involved in a carefully coordinated protest against race sponsor Shell at the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday, focusing on the oil company's activities in the Arctic. Protestors managed to get on top of the main grandstand shortly before the start, with ...
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 | | Two things good happened in Belgium on Sunday that turned out to be a big plus for Formula One Belgian Grand Prix fans. One, it didn't rain. And, two, the grid girls of Belgium were able to do their jobs without being weighted down by too much rain gear. It's clear the the girls in Belgium...
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 | | Sebastian Vettel overtook Lewis Hamilton on the first lap and comfortably held on to win the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday and extend his overall championship lead. It was Vettel's fifth win of the season, the second from three GPs, and 31st of his outstanding career. Fernando Alonso...
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 | | Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has revealed that a decision is due “within a couple of weeks” about whether the Mexican Grand Prix will take place next year. The race would fill a void in the F1 calendar which has been left by the exit of several races, including the planned...
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 | | Sprint Cup team owner Barney Visser has been to war once… literally. He was eyeball-deep in Vietnam in 1967 and 1968, putting him among the handful of military veterans working in NASCAR. To him, a “bidding war” for Kurt Busch's services doesn't really impress him as much of a war....
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 | | Fernando Alonso heads to Ferrari's home Formula One race at Monza 46 points back of leader Sebastian Vettel, but with 200 points still available, he's not out of the fight. Alonso bounced back from a frustrating run of races in July to finish second at Spa on Sunday. “I think the...
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 | | Sebastian Vettel won from the second starting spot on the grid Sunday at the Belgian Grand Prix for his 31st career race victory in the series. The podium in Belgium had plenty of F1 star power with Vettel being joined by runner-up Fernando Alonso and third-place finisher Lewis Hamilton. Here's...
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 | | It's rare when a seven-time champion does something he's never done before, but that was the case Aug. 21 when 55-year-old Mike Stefanik, a seven-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion, won for the first time at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. “I'm playing it cool right now, but I'm...
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 | | Matt Kenseth had old tires, a sputtering gas tank and Kasey Kahne in his rearview mirror in the closing laps of a race for the third time this season. The result was the same as it was in Las Vegas, same as it was in Kansas. Kenseth won again. He held off Kahne on Saturday night at...
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 | | Lotus Formula One team owner Gerard Lopez is hopeful Kimi Räikkönen will soon sign a new deal to stay at Lotus in 2014. As a weekend of fever-pitch speculation nears an end, the Finnish driver's manager Steve Robertson has now clearly denied rumors Räikkönen has inked a Ferrari contract....
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 | | It has taken him more than 100 attempts, but Dani Sordo is finally a winner in the World Rally Championship following his maiden victory in Germany on Sunday. The Citroën driver, under intense pressure to perform on his favored Tarmac surface following a lackluster showing so far this season,...
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 | | OK, let’s be honest about this: Hardly any of the 100,000-plus at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday night would have been terribly surprised or upset if second-running Kasey Kahne had deftly moved leader Matt Kenseth aside in the final seconds to win the IRWIN Tools 500. Few would have...
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 | | The Rally of Germany was halted Saturday following the death of a driver and co-driver in a side event. Race organizers say a Dutch duo died after their vintage car crashed off the track in a demonstration event not connected to the championship. No other people were involved in the accident....
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 | | If Juan Pablo Montoya returns to IndyCar next year, he'll get a warm welcome from the drivers he'll have to beat. Michael Andretti is looking for sponsors for an IndyCar ride for Montoya, who is leaving Chip Ganassi's...
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 | | Pirelli on Saturday said metal debris, not a tire design flaw, caused the rear failures and cuts seen at Spa-Francorchamps on Friday during practice sessions for the Belgian Grand Prix. The latest tire problems revived memories of June's tire-exploding chaos at Silverstone, and reportedly...
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 | | Lotus Formula One driver Kimi Räikkönen on Friday said he is unwilling to even talk with Lotus about 2014 until certain issues are cleared up. As he did little to assuage suspicions he actually wasn't ill on Thursday, the 2007 world champion also hinted Lotus is behind on paying him....
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 | | Bernie Ecclestone says that Formula One's inaugural Grand Prix of America in New Jersey will not take place next year because the organizers “haven't got any money.” The race was planned to be run on 3.2 miles of public roads in...
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 | | Well, the last few weeks in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series have been decent for the Miller Lite Ford Penske Racing team. We've had some really solid runs, especially at New Hampshire and Watkins Glen. As a result, we are back inside the Chase for the Championship cut-off point. What I'm really...
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 | | Helio Castroneves said Friday that Tony Stewart's recent crash in a sprint car race gave him pause before he tried competing in a Brazilian stock car event earlier this month. Coincidentally, Castroneves crashed, too, suffering a neck strain, bruised ribs and a deep shin cut that went to the...
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 | | Castrol simply made a business decision to ends its long-standing association with John Force Racing, the head of U.S. marketing for the company said this week in an interview with Autoweek. Rich Pond, an executive with British Petroleum, makers of Castol, said Force and his race team were an...
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 | | Formula One driver Adrian Sutil has stepped up his verbal war against former friend Lewis Hamilton, revealing the 2008 world champion has yet to come forward to make amends for not appearing as a witness at Sutil's assault trial in...
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 | | Friday night's Food City 250 wasn't exactly a battle royal, as far as the outcome was concerned. Heck, it wasn't even a food fight. In fact, when Kyle Busch wins the Coors Light Pole for a NASCAR Nationwide Series race, as he did Friday afternoon at Bristol Motor Speedway, the rest of the...
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 | | Izod IndyCar Series driver Graham Rahal on Friday announced that his Graham Rahal Foundation will hold its second annual helmet-design contest. IndyCar and Rahal fans will have access to a pre-made helmet template where they can create a unique design. Designs must be submitted electronically...
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 | | Chip Wile, formerly an executive at NASCAR-owned Motor Racing Network, has replaced Chris Browning as president of Darlington Raceway. Parent company International Speedway Corp. made the announcement late Thursday, saying only that Browning, the South Carolina facility's president since 2004, had...
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 | | Formula One driver Jaime Alguersuari may be headed to IndyCar. Since losing his F1 race seat at Toro Rosso at the end of 2011, the Spaniard has stayed in the paddock as a commentator for British radio, and he still remains tire...
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 | | Here’s a sentence you probably never thought you would read: Regan Smith is preparing to take over the No. 48 car for Jimmie Johnson. No, Johnson isn’t going into an early retirement and the 1-win-in-171-Sprint-Cup-starts Smith isn’t taking over for good. Rather, Smith will...
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