AutoWeekRacing.com Weekend Wrap-up for July 25, 2010 — SPOILER ALERT

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Sunday, July 25, 2010                  Helio Castroneves crossed the finish line first in Edmonton on Sunday, but IndyCar officials gave the win to... IndyCar controversy: Dixon credited with Edmonton win after Castroneves penalty Helio Castroneves was the first Izod IndyCar Series driver to cross the finish line Sunday in the Honda Indy Edmonton, but he didn’t leave City Centre Airport with the winner’s trophy. Instead, he might even end up with a fine, or worse. Castroneves pointed to and angrily shouted at IndyCar officials before grabbing two of them after chief steward Brian Barnhart took his win...   Great Ganassi: McMurray wins Brickyard 400, team owner makes history There were times last fall when Jamie McMurray worried for his racing future. Despite three career wins and a fine-tuned personality ideal for moving product, he was cut loose in favor of David Ragan when team owner Jack Roush had to downsize from five Sprint Cup teams to four. Some might be...   Kalitta, Hight, Johnson grab trophies at NHRA meet in Denver Doug Kalitta became just the fourth different winner in the Top Fuel class this season by outlasting all comers Sunday at Bandimere Speedway near Denver. Funny Car's Robert Hight and Pro Stock's Allen Johnson also claimed trophies at the event, the 16th of 23 on the Full Throttle schedule. A ...   Ferraris dominate German Grand Prix but team orders are costly Fernando Alonso gave himself and Ferrari their first win since Bahrain in controversial circumstances in Germany on Sunday. But after the race at Hockenheim, the FIA race stewards fined Ferrari $100,000 for breaking the rule prohibiting team orders, and referred the matter to the World Motor...   Ferrari guilty for team orders, fined $100,000 After speaking to Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, the FIA race stewards in Hockenheim have found Ferrari guilty of breaching Article 151C, which refers to bringing the sport into disrepute, in addition to breaking Article 39.1, the team orders rule. It says, "Team orders which interfere with a...   German GP press conference: Ferrari drivers grilled about mid-race pass This is the official FIA transcript of the post-race press conference at the German Grand Prix on Sunday with winner Fernando Alonso, Ferrari; second-place Felipe Massa, Ferrari; and third-place Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull. Fernando, as the team told you at the end you have indeed been...   Massa says tires the reason for German GP position change Felipe Massa resisted any attempts on Sunday to suggest that team orders were behind what he termed his decision to cede the lead at the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim. The media grilled both Ferrari drivers--Massa and race winner Fernando Alonso--on what was behind the controversial reversal...   Schumacher: Team orders no problem Michael Schumacher has defended Ferrari’s use of team orders Sunday at Hockenheim--while admitting that the team might sometimes have got it wrong in his era. Schumacher said he totally understands Ferrari’s quest to win the title with Alonso, but in effect conceded that the Austrian ...   Kyle Busch wins Nationwide Series race at Indy Kyle Busch held on to win Saturday night's Kroger Nationwide Series 200 at O'Reilly Raceway Park. The race ended with Carl Edwards losing traction trying to pass Busch low exiting turn 4. Busch had led him by less than a car-length through turns one and two and down the backstretch, and Edwards...   Graf and Picket claim first overall American Le Mans Series win at Lime Rock Klaus Graf, Greg Pickett and Muscle Milk Team CytoSport earned their first overall victory in the American Le Mans Series on Saturday with a stunning win in the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix. Graf outdueled Patron Highcroft Racing’s David Brabham in the final half hour that saw...   Ron Hornaday Jr. ends losing streak with truck series victory at Indy Ron Hornaday Jr. made his 22-race losing streak in the Camping World Truck Series disappear in a hurry on Friday night at O'Reilly Raceway Park near Indianapolis. In a Chevrolet owned by Kevin Harvick, the four-time series champion dominated en route to winning the AAA Insurance 200....   Ron Dennis says U.S. F1 lied, blasts leaders during Brickyard 400 visit McLaren boss Ron Dennis fired shots at the leaders of the failed U.S. F1 team Saturday during a visit to Indianapolis Motor Speedway, site of his first NASCAR race: this weekend's Brickyard 400. “They were given opportunity after opportunity, and they didn’t tell the truth,”...   F1 Notebook: Ecclestone raises Monaco controversy, HRT talks with Toyota “We can do without Monaco. They don't pay enough…” A little flurry of excitement permeated the Formula 1 community when this quote was attributed to Bernie Ecclestone by a freelance British journalist, and Mr. E was reported to have emphasized the point by adding: “The...   Lola to build new LMP prototype for 2011 Lola Cars International is developing a car for the 2011 cost-capped, LMP2 sports-car prototype division. The British race-car constructor previously refused to commit to the new category, which demands that companies cannot sell a rolling chassis with gearbox for more than E325,000 ($421,... CLICK HERE TO UNSUBSCRIBE from the AutoWeek Weekend Racing E-mails or to sign up for other AutoWeek e-mail products. IMPORTANT: Please add AutoWeek.com to your E-mail Address Book to ensure you will continue to receive our newsletters. Please DO NOT reply to this e-mail. You will not receive a reply if you use this e-mail address. Crain Communications, 1155 Gratiot Ave. Detroit, MI 48207.