Sunday, March 24, 2013

Autoweek Racing Weekend Wrap-up for March 24, 2013 — SPOILER ALERT

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Sunday, March 24, 2013                 
It took Sebastian Vettel a week, but he finally found his way to the first-place position on the podium....
Sebastian Vettel won the Malaysian GP but no one in the camp was in a mood to celebrate after the German ignored team orders and passed teammate Mark Webber in the Formula One race. Webber was in the lead after the final round of pit stops, and mindful of tire wear and the ...

  Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano knocked each other off the racetrack on the final lap of Sunday's Auto Club 400 -- allowing Kyle Busch to steal the win -- but it was Tony Stewart who left Auto Club Speedway fighting mad. Yes, it was Busch's 25th victory in the

  Izod IndyCar Series rising star James Hinchcliffe on Sunday burst past Helio Castroneves on the first turn of a restart with...

  Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton all met with the media following Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix. The transcript of the press conference is below....

  What could be better than leading the points for a reigning Sprint Cup Champion? The obvious answer is a win, but, in the absence of that “W,” Brad Keselowski's crew chief, Paul Wolfe, thinks the No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion is on the right track. “For me right ...

  Ex-Formula One star Robert Kubica vowed to learn from the mistake that put him out of the lead and into retirement on Rally Islas Canarias on Saturday. Kubica had been dominating the European Rally Championship event by winning...

  Alex Figge, of Denver, Colo., was declared the Pirelli World Challenge GT class winner following post-race technical inspection, while Jack Baldwin, of Marietta, Ga., made a late-race pass to take the GTS win in the opening round of the Pirelli World Challenge Championships on Friday at the St....

  James Sofronas, of Villa Park, Calif., and Jack Baldwin, of Marietta, Ga., took home Pirelli World Challenge GT and GTS class wins, respectively, in Sunday's round two at the St. Petersburg Sports Challenge presented by StopTech. Sofronas scored the first Audi win in GT since 2004 when...

  Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix winner Sebastian Vettel admits that he didn't realize what a stir he'd caused by passing Red Bull Racing teammate Mark Webber for the lead until he got back to the pits after the race. Vettel...

  Red Bull Formula One team boss Christian Horner says that Sebastian Vettel was in the wrong when he disobeyed team...

  Kyle Larson got a ride from Auto Club Speedway on Tony Stewart’s plane and then drove Paul Silva’s No. 57 to victory in Friday night’s World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series race before the inaugural event at the Stockton 99 Dirt Track, which drew a crowd estimated at 10,000....

  Every now and then, you've just got to trust someone. Trust us, it may not look like much, but this video shows the perfect accessory to any racing fan's home. And while they my not (yet) have Formula One racing in Russia, at least one home has a sink that brings the sound of a racing engine...

  Those who know the history of the Royal Purple 300 also know that Kyle Busch's victory Saturday at Auto Club Speedway was all but a foregone conclusion. Busch finished .834 second ahead of NASCAR Nationwide Series leader Sam Hornish Jr. to claim his sixth win at the 2-mile track and the...

  After watching Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon struggle during the first day of practice for the season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on Friday, team owner Chip Ganassi expressed serious doubts on Saturday that IndyCar engine-provider Honda was committed to winning. "I think Honda has...

  Hulman & Co. is likely to streamline the operations of both Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IndyCar rather than simply replace deposed IndyCar chairman Randy Bernard, Hulman & Co. CEO Mark Miles said on Saturday. Miles,...

  Three-time Formula One champion Jackie Stewart thinks McLaren can bounce back from its early-season woes and challenge for this year's drivers' championship. Stewart told The Associated Press on Saturday in Malaysia that Australian Grand Prix...

  It's no surprise that Dale Earnhardt Jr. was in a good mood prior to qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint...

  Four races into the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, we haven't won a race yet, but we have four top-five finishes and are leading the points. With the way we finished the...

  IndyCar founder Tony George was reinstated to the Hulman & Co. board of directors on Friday, five months after resigning following a failed attempt to reacquire the series. The decision to bring George back onto the...

  NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer has asked a South Dakota judge to dismiss a motorcycle company's lawsuit against him that alleges he didn't pay for $31,000 of custom work it did on his Harley-Davidson. Klock Werks Kustom Cycles in Mitchell, ...

  With IndyCar season opening this weekend, there is a lot of excitement brewing in the paddocks. Recently, drivers Dario...

  Nick Fry is stepping down as CEO of the Mercedes Formula One race team at the beginning of April, the team confirmed on Friday. Fry has been involved in the team since its British American Racing (BAR) days, through the Honda and Brawn eras. Since ...

  What a difference a year makes! It's been less than a week since my Corvette Racing teammates and I won the GT class in the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring, the American Le Mans Series season opener, and we couldn't be more proud....

  American Ken Block finished a career-best seventh at the World Rally Championship's Rally Mexico, which concluded on March 10. Block hadn't competed in the WRC since last August but still put up a strong showing in his Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Fiesta. The event, however, may be the 45-year-...

  These past few weeks have made for an exciting start to the 2013 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing season. I'm back in the seat of my Traxxas Ford Mustang Funny Car for the second year, ready to compete, after finishing fifth in the point standings last ...

  The NBA has had characters like Dennis Rodman and Metta World Peace. The NFL and MLB shared Deion Sanders, also known as "Prime Time." But for a sport that prides itself on its clean-cut nature, NASCAR has its share of controversial figures -- from some of the sport's most prominent legends to...


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