 | Michel Jourdain Jr. and his crew were unable to find the speed needed to make this year's Indianapolis 500.... | | When 34 drivers try for 33 spots in the Indianapolis 500 field, something -- or someone -- has to give. This year, it was Michel Jourdain Jr., who was the lone driver to fail to qualify for the 97th Indianapolis 500 on Bump Day Sunday. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver fell short in qualifying on Saturday, and did not make a qualifying attempt on Sunday after it was clear the car... |
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 | | Three great days of racing concluded Sunday at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. An estimated crowd of nearly 69,000 braved 95+ degree heat and were rewarded with great racing from both the V8 Supercars and the Pirelli World Challenge cars. COTA is proving to be ...
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 | | The Indianapolis 500, also known as the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, is the annual Super Bowl of the IndyCar Series. It is traditionally run on Memorial Day weekend on the 2.5-mile oval at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Ind. The speedway dates back to 1909 and the race – originally...
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 | | Well, what will NASCAR, Sprint and Charlotte Motor Speedway come up with next? What will the best minds in racing do to slow the Jimmie Johnson-Chad Knaus juggernaut in NASCAR's annual All-Star race? What diabolical format can they conjure to give the rest of the field a shot? The answer:...
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 | | Ken Schrader won the Menards 200 Sunday afternoon at Toledo Speedway, making him the oldest winner in ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards history. Schrader, just 10 days shy of his 58th birthday, started second in his Federated Auto Parts Chevrolet and led 163 laps. The NASCAR veteran took...
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 | | Johnny Gray raced to his third victory of the season Sunday and moved back into the Funny Car points lead at the 25th annual NHRA Kansas Nationals. Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel) and Jeg Coughlin (Pro Stock) also were winners in their respective categories at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing...
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 | | Izod IndyCar Series veteran Ed Carpenter is a regular at Indiana Pacers games. He is a regular at Indianapolis Colts games. He is a regular at the college basketball games of his...
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 | | With an announced three-day crowd of 68,000 at Circuit of the Americas, the Austin 400, the first appearance here of the Australian V8 Supercars, had to be judged a success, though the same three drivers on the podium for the first three of the four 100-kilometer sprints begged for at least one new ...
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 | | Sebastien Loeb has admitted he doesn't expect an easy ride as he prepares for his first attempt at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb in June. The Frenchman tested his 208 T16 Pikes Peak for the first time at a circuit in northwest France two weeks ago. While he was blown away by the car's performance,...
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 | | Danica Patrick said she can't explain why she's popular among NASCAR fans. She's just happy to have their support. Patrick got a spot in the Sprint All-Star race Saturday night through fan voting. I've said many times that I'm not sure what it is people like or see in me or why they...
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 | | John Blankenship earned $20,000 for the biggest victory of his dirt late model racing career Saturday at Batesville (Ark.) Motor Speedway. Blankenship battled Dennis Erb Jr. throughout the Bad Boy 98 sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and took control of the race when Erb dropped ...
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 | | Fabian Coulthard -- second cousin of Formula One racer David Coulthard -- won race three of the four races in the Austin 400 in Texas, his third victory of the Australian V8 Supercars season. Jamie Whincup, driver of the Red Bull Holden Commodore, was a threat to continue to stink up the show...
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 | | Once again, Chip Ganassi Racing will start the Indianapolis 500 packed close together. Unfortunately, for the foursome, that proximity is in the middle of the pack. Hopes of cracking the top nine and claiming a front-row view were quashed Saturday during
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 | | Brett Sandberg, driving the Ultimate Racing Honda Civic Si, won Sunday's Touring Car race in the Pirelli World Challenge race at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. It was Sandberg's first victory in the series. Second was his Honda teammate, Ryan Winchester, who won Saturday's rounds. In...
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 | | James Sofronas won his third Pirelli World Challenge GT race of the season Sunday at the Circuit of the Americas in Texas, while Andy Lee won his first GTS class race of the year. GT fast qualifier Johnny O'Connell, who won Saturday, led early in his Cadillac CTS-V.R but dropped out with...
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 | | Powerful stuff at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Saturday as Ed Carpenter, whose family owns the track, won the pole for next weekend's Indianapolis 500. Carpenter posted a four-lap...
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 | | Jamie Whincup and sponsor Red Bull swept the first two of the four races in the Australian V-8 Supercars series, which made its debut Saturday at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Fellow Red Bull teammate Craig Lowndes, also driving a General Motors Holden Commodore VF, finished second in...
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 | | Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone says that he is prepared to buy a race organizing company in order to get a Grand Prix in New Jersey off the ground in the United States. The plan to host a Grand Prix in the New York/New Jersey region has a history dating back to 1985, but a September...
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 | | The first day of racing has concluded for the V8 Supercars event at COTA and all I can say is this form of racing is fantastic. Jamie Whincup, V8 Supercars defending champion, drove his Red Bull Racing Australia Holden VF Commodore to victory lane twice on Saturday solidifying his 2013...
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 | | Driver Johnny O’Connell made it clear he and his Cadillac CTS-V-R GT car would be a factor in the Pirelli World Challenge races Saturday and Sunday at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, when he qualified on the pole, edging out James Sofronas in his GMG/Mobil1 Audi R8, and Randy Pobst...
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 | | Attention foodies: The next time you visit Circuit of the Americas (COTA) you have to visit Will Bubba’s Wild Game Grill. The place and food is awesome! Wild Bubba’s is a carnivore’s dreams come true. They serve incredible burgers from the animals not necessarily native ...
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 | | Katherine Legge is returning to the Indianapolis 500. The driver who finished 26th in IndyCar last year for Dragon Racing and parted ways with the team in controversial fashion, will drive the No. 81 Honda-powered car of Schmidt Peterson...
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 | | NASCAR drivers expressed shock and sorrow on Friday as details emerged from the apparent suicide of 1989 Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year Dick Trickle. Authorities in Boger City, N.C. said Trickle, 71, died of a self-inflicted...
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 | | Six nights after a bitterly disappointing loss in a Sprint Cup race, Kyle Busch bounced back with another vintage performance on Friday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. This time, driving a Toyota Tundra for his own team, Busch easily won the N.C. Education Lottery 201 for NASCAR's Camping World...
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 | | They call it a seat, but it was more like a big aluminum scoop that the Jack Daniels Nissan Altima team bolted into the left side of the car minutes after the fourth and final practice on Friday. The engine still hot, and driver Rick Kelly, 30, still suited up, we took off for some laps of the...
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 | | On Thursday afternoon, it was reported that NASCAR legend Dick Trickle took his own life with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Fans from around the country took to Twitter to remember the famed driver, who was...
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 | | Izod IndyCar Series officials on Thursday confirmed that the turbo-boost levels for the 2.2-liter turbocharged V6 engines used by every team will remain unchanged from last year's Indianapolis 500. The 97th running of the race is May 26....
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