 | Matt Kenseth (17) pulls away amid the carnage of the final-lap crash that involved 25 cars. Tony Stewart,... | | It is the God’s-own gospel truth (as some say in Alabama) to call Sunday afternoon’s Good Sam 500 at Talladega Superspeedway just another typical race at NASCAR’s most treacherous, most unforgiving, most intriguing track. That is to say it’s a breathtaking show, these lumpy cars running two-, three- , and four-wide for dozens of laps, often 10 rows deep. There are... |
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 | | Sebestian Vettel gave his quest for his third world championship a huge boost with an impressive victory at Suzuka. The German went unchallenged after his teammate Mark Webber made a bad start and was delayed by a first-corner incident. "It was an important step today," Vettel said. "There...
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 | | Sébastien Loeb has won his ninth and final World Rally Championship title on Sunday. He will be back for a partial program next year, but he says that it will be only “four or five” rallies, starting in Monte Carlo and likely to include Sweden, France, Germany and Argentina. He's...
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 | | Sébastien Loeb thrills the home crowd en route to the WRC win. The victory clinched the ninth championship in the series for Loeb. Sébastien Loeb wrapped up his ninth--and final--drivers' championship on home territory at Rally France, while his Citroën team secured its eighth manufacturers' ...
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 | | Nelson Piquet Jr. was spotted with Cup Series owner James Finch at Talladega on Sunday morning. Though both men said that the meeting had nothing to do with Cup, Finch is looking for a driver for his Phoenix Racing Cup Series team. Some things to think about while waiting for the carnage to...
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 | | If Team Penske fields three Indy cars next season, the team owner hopes Ryan Briscoe will fill the third seat. Roger Penske told The Associated Press on Sunday his priority is securing sponsorship for a third IndyCar entry. Options have already been picked up for Will Power and Helio Castroneves....
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 | | Persistent rain showers forced NHRA officials to postpone the completion of eliminations for the Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Mohnton, Pa., until Monday at 11 a.m. Nearly two rounds of racing was completed in Top Fuel, while only one round was finished in Funny Car and Pro...
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 | | Felipe Massa achieved his first Formula One podium since Korea 2010 with a strong run to second place in Japan. The Brazilian has clearly improved his chance of hanging onto his drive with Ferrari in 2013. Massa jumped up from 10th to fourth at the chaotic start that included a first-turn...
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 | | Sebastian Vettel's third win of the season in the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka has narrowed the gap between the defending Formula One series champion and current points leader Fenando Alonso to just four points with five races remaning this year. Vettel admitted he was surprised to have a...
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 | | Japanese Grand Prix winner Sebastian Vettel, runner-up Felipe Massa and third-place finisher Kamui Kobayashi met the media at Suzuka, Japan, following Sunday's race. Here is the transcript of that press gathering, as released by the FIA: PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Jean...
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 | | Kamui Kobayashi delighted the home crowd as he finally secured his first Formula One podium in the perfect style with a fighting performance at Suzuka. The Sauber driver qualified third and passed Mark Webber for second place at the start, but later lost the place to Felipe Massa after the first ...
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 | | With the 41st annual VP Small Engines Fuel 200 big-block modified race scheduled to conclude Super DIRT Week Sunday afternoon at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, N.Y., a week's worth of racing had already taken place at the one-mile dirt track. Tim McCreadie took top honors in...
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 | | Ford's Petter Solberg was forced to retire from Rally France on Saturday when he lost control of his Fiesta and collided with a telegraph pole on the day's first stage. “I knew the road was going up on the right again but there were leaves on the windscreen and I couldn't see… It...
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 | | Funny Car title contender Jack Beckman put together a strong qualifying run Saturday to certify his Friday effort as a national record en route to his fourth No. 1 qualifying position of the season at the Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway. David Grubnic (Top Fuel) and Jason...
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 | | After five career runner-up finishes, Parker Kligerman finally got his first Camping World Truck Series win on Saturday afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway. In a Toyota for Red Horse Racing, the 22-year-old Connecticut native was leading down the backstretch on the last lap when half-a-dozen...
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 | | As was discussed during a Saturday morning meeting with drivers and crew chiefs at Talladega Superspeedway, NASCAR is expected to drop the rule that provides guaranteed starting positions in Sprint Cup races to the top 35 in owner points, starting next year. Instead, the sanctioning body is...
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 | | NASCAR will not return to the Circuit Gilles Villeneueve in Montreal next season, ending a six-year run for the Nationwide Series. Promoter Francois Dumontier announced Friday the end of the agreement, which had been...
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 | | The financially beleaguered national government of Greece has announced that it will subsidize a third of the cost of an all-new Formula One circuit. An event promoter is in place and is expected to work through ELPA, the national motorsports body, on its bid to stage an inaugural F1 Greek Grand...
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 | | The Bass Pro Shop display beside a shrouded No. 14 Chevrolet near the Talladega Superspeedway media center pretty much erased whatever suspense remained about Tony Stewart's new sponsor. (And if that wasn't enough, several Thursday night Twitter-generated photos did.) Even so, the three-time and...
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 | | David Donohue, the 2009 Rolex 24 at Daytona champion and a four-time race winner in Daytona Prototype competition, is leaving Action Express Racing. Donohue finished the 2012 ...
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 | | Formula One team representatives John Booth (Marussia), Monisha Kaltenborn (Sauber), Martin Whitmarsh (McLaren), Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari) and Ross Brawn (Mercedes) and engine company representative Kim Spearman of Cosworth met the media in Japan as part of the Japanese Grand Prix weekend....
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 | | Lotus Alex Job Racing has added Lotus factory driver Johnny Mowlem to the driver lineup for Petit Le Mans. Mowlem will join Bill Sweedler and Townsend Bell for the Oct. 20 race at Road Atlanta. Mowlem has raced in every category in the ALMS Series, and has logged more time behind the wheel...
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 | | Ryan Hunter-Reay might soon hold the distinction of being the IndyCar champion to go the longest without the season trophy. Hunter-Reay finished atop IndyCar’s point standings Sept. 15 at Auto Club Speedway, but he won’t get his hands on his trophy (or the winner’s check) until ...
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