NASCAR’s season kicked off on Saturday with qualifying for this Sunday’s Daytona 500, followed by the Budweiser Shootout 75-lap non-points-scoring sprint race under the lights. Qualifying was swept by Hendrick Motorsports as veteran Mark Martin took pole and team-mate Dale Earnhardt Jr qualified on the outside front row. Thursday’s pair… Read more
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Martin makes his mark at Daytona
February 8th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
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A classic Daytona win
February 1st, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
This year’s Rolex 24 hours at Daytona produced a similar result to last year with a Brumos Porsche winning from one of Chip Ganassi’s two cars, but without 2009’s drama when Juan Pablo Montoya battled fiercely with David Donohue. The closing hours of this year’s race were disappointingly flat as… Read more
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Jimmie Johnson does it right
November 16th, 2009 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
You have to give it to Jimmie Johnson. The guy is going after an unprecedented fourth consecutive NASCAR championship in the best possible way by racing to win and trying to score the maximum points possible. At the one-mile Phoenix oval on Sunday afternoon Johnson scored his seventh NASCAR Sprint… Read more
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Johnson stumbles, Kurt Busch wins
November 9th, 2009 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
Over the last few weeks Jimmie Johnson has won three of the last seven Sprint Cup races and darn near everyone has been hailing Johnson as the first man to win four consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championships. But Johnson’s coronation parade stumbled on the second lap of Sunday’s 500-mile race… Read more
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Johnson sprinting into history
October 21st, 2009 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
Defending NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson scored his sixth win of the year on Saturday night at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, pulling 90 points clear of closest challenger Mark Martin in the title race. It was Johnson’s 46th Cup win and his first in four years at Charlotte as… Read more
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Four American champions crowned
October 12th, 2009 | Gordon Kirby | 7 Comments
Championships were decided last weekend in four major American racing series. Dario Franchitti won the IRL’s IndyCar title at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, David Brabham/Scott Sharp wrapped-up the ALMS P1 championship for Highcroft Racing at Laguna Seca, Alex Gurney/Jon Fogarty sealed the Grand-Am title on the road course at Homestead-Miami, and… Read more
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Turkington tops classic BTCC decider
October 7th, 2009 | Web Editor | 1 Comment
Last weekend was Team VXR’s goodbye to the British Touring Car Championship, and hopes were high that its double British champion, Fabrizio Giovanardi, would sign off by taking the Vauxhall Vectra to a record-equalling third straight title at Brands Hatch. I joined the www.torqueastra.com team, which was promoting the launch… Read more
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Stewart back in the fight
October 5th, 2009 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
Tony Stewart reminded NASCAR fans that he’s a serious contender for this year’s Sprint Cup championship when he scored a smart win in Sunday’s 400-mile race at the Kansas Speedway.
This was Stewart’s first win in NASCAR’s 10-race Chase for the Cup championship play-off. It was also his fourth win… Read more
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Peugeot prevails at rainy Road Atlanta
September 28th, 2009 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
You may have heard that lately it’s rained and rained in the state of Georgia. Following a few years of drought Atlanta and its environs were suddenly swamped by floods and, after a break of a day or two towards the end of last week, the rains returned on Saturday… Read more
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Golden shot for Ganassi pair
September 25th, 2009 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti scored a one-two sweep for Chip Ganassi’s team at the 1.5-mile Motegi oval in Japan on Saturday. The pair dominated the race, leading almost all the way with Dixon winning by 1.5 seconds. Dixon’s fifth win of the year put him back on top of… Read more
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