AutoWeekRacing.com Weekend Wrap-up for August 1, 2010 — SPOILER ALERT

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Sunday, August 01, 2010                  Greg Biffle celebrates his win Sunday at Pocono Raceway.... Biffle breaks drought for Ford with NASCAR win at Pocono Greg Biffle gave Ford its first Sprint Cup win this season by leading the final 21 laps of Sunday afternoon's Sunoco Red Cross 500 at Pocono Raceway. Not only was it Ford Racing's first win in 21 tries this year, but the company's first in 24 starts dating to Jamie McMurray's win last fall at Talladega for Roush Fenway Racing. Biffle passed Sam Hornish Jr. on a late restart and led by six...   Mark Webber dominates Hungarian Grand Prix Mark Webber scored his fourth win of the season, dominating in Hungary after a safety-car situation tripped up teammate Sebastian Vettel. The Aussie claimed the world championship lead heading into the August summer break. Having dominated the early laps Vettel, received a drive-through penalty...   Ford, Fiesta and Foust dominate X Games rally events Tanner Foust took double-gold at X Games 16 this weekend in Los Angeles. Piloting a Ford Fiesta, Foust won both rally-car events, beating out a field of big names and talented drivers. He won Rally car racing and captured the debut of a new event, Super Rally Car. "The track was...   Kyle Busch dominates Nationwide race at Iowa Kyle Busch dominated Saturday night's US Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway, getting his ninth Nationwide Series win in 17 starts this year, the 39th of his career and his 75th all-time among NASCAR's top three series. He led four times for 209 of the 250 laps and won by more than two seconds over Kevin ...   Elliott Sadler wins Truck Series race at Pocono Elliott Sadler became only the 21st driver with victories in each of NASCAR's top series by winning Saturday afternoon's Camping World Truck Series 125 at Pocono Raceway. His first CWTS win goes on the resume that already included three Sprint Cup wins (most recently in 2004) and five Nationwide...   Jari-Matti Latvala becomes youngest driver to win Rally Finland Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala has become the youngest man ever to win the Rally Finland, eclipsing the record held for 35 years by the legendary Markku Alen. The 25-year-old claimed victory by just over 10 seconds from Citroen's Sebastien Ogier, while the other factory Citroen of six-time World ...   Kentucky likely to get Cup race Bruton Smith, president of Speedway Motorsports Inc., has scheduled what he calls “a big press conference” for Aug. 10 at his Kentucky Motor Speedway in Sparta. He wouldn't say it involves a long-coveted Sprint Cup date for his 1.5-mile track, only that it will deal with scheduling....   WRC NOTES: Hirvonen poised for comeback after accident, Mini, Toyota, more Ford team boss Malcolm Wilson has backed Mikko Hirvonen to hit back from the huge accident he suffered on Rally Finland's fourth stage. Hirvonen was leading his home rally by 4.9 seconds when he rolled five times following a heavy landing after a crest. Neither Hirvonen nor co-driver Jarmo...   Cypher Group drops bid for 2011 Formula One slot The Cypher Group has dropped its bid for the 13th entry in the 2011 Formula One World Championship, but we are still awaiting news from the FIA as to who might actually get the slot. With the calendar ticking into August this weekend, whoever does win it will face a huge challenge to be ready in... 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.