Reigning NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel dragster champion Antron Brown had a tough start to his season on Sunday, as his car exploded off the line during his second-round race with David Grubnic at Pomona, Calif. Brown escaped serious injury, but was unable to continue at NHRA season-opening O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals. The explosion sent the car into Grubnic's lane, and Brown's car left... |
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 | | At some point in time the significance of what Danica Patrick did Sunday will come into focus. For now, it’s hard to even comprehend that she’s won the pole for next weekend’s Daytona 500. She did that, you should know, in only her 11th Sprint Cup start, her second at Daytona...
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 | | The suspense began building 23 minutes into Sunday afternoon qualifying for next weekend's Daytona 500. That's when rookie Danica Patrick posted the fastest speed of the first eight qualifiers at Daytona International Speedway. Among the people she beat with her early run: Martin Truex Jr., Kyle...
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 | | Kevin Harvick's victory in the Sprint Unlimited was a perfect example of the irony of the lame duck in NASCAR. Just look at last year. Early on,
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 | | Courtney Force raced to victory in Funny Car at the NHRA Winternationals and defending Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown walked away from a fiery crash with only minor injuries on Sunday. Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel) and Vincent Nobile (Pro Stock) were also winners at the Drag Racing Series...
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 | | Unless there's another meteor strike like the one in Russia last week, I predict it will be difficult to turn on a television or visit a social media site without hearing about Danica Patrick being the first woman to win the pole for the Daytona 500. This accomplishment has...
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 | | Jeff Gordon has won four NASCAR championships and 87 races, including three Daytona 500s, four Brickyard 400s and virtually every other race that matters. He knows he's a lucky man to be healthy, wealthy and well-employed at age 41. “I'm in a position with my career that I don't have anything ...
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 | | The yellow hardhat Sébastien Bourdais wore was mostly symbolic as a concrete barrier bearing the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg logo was ceremoniously laid in place a few feet in front of him on Friday. It was functional only if the man operating the front loader flinched during a ceremony to begin...
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 | | Four-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion Earl Pearson Jr. ended a drought that dated back to July of 2010, when he claimed victory on the final night of the DART Winternationals for the series at East Bay Raceway Park on Saturday night. Pearson banked $10,000 after beating Scott...
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 | | Chevrolet may have pulled out of NASCAR had the sanctioning body not agreed to redesign race cars and make them more relevant to consumers. NASCAR president Mike Helton and Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick said Saturday that they had talks with the American automaker that made it...
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 | | The final lap of Saturday night's Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway turned into a game of chicken, and there are few racers better at chicken than Kevin Harvick. That's why the lame-duck driver at Richard Childress Racing won his third Unlimited, this one by 0.149 second over a...
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 | | Katherine Legge on Saturday disputed former teammate Sebastien Bourdais' version of her termination from Dragon Racing, saying Bourdais' claim that she tested poorly at Fontana is a "complete and utter fabrication." Legge told The Associated Press she has not been in a race car since the...
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 | | Zzzzzz. Driver John Wes Townley made it look easy, qualifying on the pole for the Lucas Oil 200 Saturday, the first race of the season for the Automobile Racing Club of America and driving to an easy win 200 miles later. The Daytona ARCA race is often the most exciting event of Speedweeks, but...
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 | | Here's a bit of trivia that may catch you by surprise: Dale Earnhardt is the only driver to die in the Daytona 500. Several drivers have died in 500 practice and in qualifying races, but the still-revered seven-time NASCAR champion is the only fatality since the first 500 in 1959. Perhaps...
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 | | Former Toro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersuari on Saturday expressed his frustration at not being able to find a Formula One seat for 2013 after believing he was close to securing one. Alguersuari took the unusual step of issuing a...
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 | | Kyle and Kurt Busch are the latest set brothers in the 500, but they're certainly not the only ones. Last year, in fact, former two-time champion Terry Labonte joined his younger brother, former champion Bobby, on the grid. Two years ago, Brian Keselowski joined younger brother, Brad, in the...
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 | | Formula One's global television audience declined last year from 515 million viewers to just over 500 million, thanks to falling numbers in key new markets. Countries which showed a decline in F1 viewership included China, Russia and the United States In the U.S., figures failed to meet...
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 | | With Valentine's Day behind us, it's time to take a look at a few drivers who probably didn't buy one another a box of chocolates. Bad blood and hot heads are nothing new in the racing world, so let's take a look at some of racing's most provocative and interesting disagreements....
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 | | The season's first Sprint Cup practice was only minutes old late Friday when five cars began crashing at Daytona International Speedway. Almost immediately, crews for Furniture Row Racing driver Kurt Busch, Roush Fenway Racing driver Carl Edwards and Michael Waltrip Racing driver Mark Martin began...
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 | | France's Michel Disdier isn't worried about being compared to Jean Girard the fictitious French driver in "Talladega Nights." On the other hand, the 38-year old native of Nice wants to make NASCAR his home. And, unlike the obnoxious fictitious character created by Britain's Sacha Baron Cohn,...
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 | | Much like the Indy 500, the Daytona 500 has always attracted a host of foreign-born drivers. The most notable is Italian-born Mario Andretti, the 1967 race winner in a Holman-Moody Ford. But well before him, Canadian driver Dick Foley and...
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 | | It has emerged that one of the HRT Formula One chassis that was produced during 2011 and 2012 has been sold to Pirelli for use as a show car, and that the other five have been acquired (without their powertrains) by Teo Martin, the principal of an automotive recycling and parts stocking company in...
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 | | NASCAR Media Day produced its share of notable quotes from the Sprint Cup Series drivers. Here's a sampling of what the drivers had to say at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 14: “[Last year] wasn't...
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 | | Impatience is a hallmark of most NASCAR drivers, whether it involves competing on the track or advancing their careers. Nelson Piquet Jr. is the exception. The 27-year-old Brazilian driver, the son of three-time Formula One champion Nelson Piquet is quick on the asphalt, but his career moves ...
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 | | Dragon Racing announced Tuesday that it had signed 22-year-old Sebastián Saavedra to drive its No. 6 car. This came as a big shock to many in the IndyCar world, but apparently, no one was more surprised than
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 | | As the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series kicks off the 2013 season at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona for the 53rd annual O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals presented by Super Start Batteries, Feb. 14-17, rookie driver Brittany Force is ready...
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 | | Fans are being asked to share their journeys to the Indianapolis 500 through the #Indy500orBust marketing campaign, which will launch March 1 by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The...
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