Carl Edwards did all he could to try to steal this year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup championship from Jimmie Johnson in NASCAR’s season-closer at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday. Edwards led the most laps and scored his ninth win of the year – more than any other driver – but it wasn’t… Read more
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Johnson stands shoulder to shoulder with Yarborough
November 17th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 2 Comments
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Jimmie Johnson dominates in Arizona
November 10th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
Jimmie Johnson drove another superb race on Sunday, scoring his seventh win of the year and all but guaranteeing his third consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. Johnson enjoyed a perfect race on the one-mile Phoenix, Arizona oval, qualifying his Hendrick Chevrolet on the pole, leading most of the way and… Read more
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Carl Edwards makes his case
November 3rd, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 3 Comments
Carl Edwards has kept his NASCAR Sprint Cup championship hopes alive with a pair of excellent wins over the last two weekends. Edwards scored his seventh win of the year at the high-banked Atlanta Motor Speedway on October 26th, then took his eighth win in dominant style on Sunday at… Read more
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The latest from La Carrera Panamericana
October 29th, 2008 | Rob Widdows | 2 Comments
For those of you following La Carrera Panamericana – I know we have some Mexican readers in the UK and some fans who know Jo Ramirez from his time in Formula One – the news is not so good with two days to run.
Yesterday was a dreadful day for… Read more
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Aussies rule in Surfers Paradise
October 27th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
Will Power, Scott Dixon and Ryan Briscoe dominated last weekend’s eighteenth edition of the Surfers Paradise Indy car street race on Queensland’s Gold Coast, qualifying one-two-three. Penske driver Briscoe became the first Australian to win the race after Power inexplicably brushed the wall and crashed while leading comfortably.
Power has… Read more
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Can anyone beat Jimmie Johnson?
October 13th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 5 Comments
Halfway through NASCAR’s ten-race Chase for the Cup play-off with just five of a whopping 36 races to go and it looks like it’s going to be difficult for anyone to deflect Jimmie Johnson and his Hendrick Racing Chevrolet team from winning their third Sprint Cup championship in a row.… Read more
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The Sprint Cup’s chase for the title is underway
September 15th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
NASCAR’s ‘Chase for the Cup’ championship playoff was designed to shake things up and that’s exactly what happened at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway last Sunday in the first of ten ‘Chase’ races. Championship leader Kyle Busch lost his long-held position atop the points to Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards… Read more
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Justin Wilson’s first IRL win
September 3rd, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
This has been a very tough year for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing. After winning four consecutive Champ Car titles with Sébastien Bourdais, America’s second most successful open-wheel team has struggled this season, like all the former Champ Car teams, in making the eleventh-hour switch to the IRL. Minimal testing, a serious shortage… Read more
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Can Carl Edwards beat Kyle Busch?
August 20th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
Carl Edwards has emerged as the strongest challenger to Kyle Busch for this year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. The 29-year old Edwards scored his fifth win of the year at the high-banked Michigan superspeedway last Sunday, beating championship rival Busch who again led his share of the race and came… Read more
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An Aussie wins in NASCAR & Franchitti shows his stuff too
August 13th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
NASCAR ran it’s twenty-third consecutive Cup race at Watkins Glen last weekend, drawing the usual huge crowd. Championship leader Kyle Busch emphasised his ability to win on any kind of track as the 23-year old scored his eighth Sprint Cup victory of the year and led team-mate Tony Stewart to… Read more
