 | Kyle Busch inspects some of the damage done to his car when a TV cable positioned over the track broke.... | | Charlotte Motor Speedway said 10 fans were injured Sunday at the Coca-Cola 600 and three of them were taken to the hospital after a nylon rope supporting a Fox Sports overhead television camera fell from the grandstands and landed on the track surface. According to CMS spokeswoman Danielle Frye the three people taken to the hospital had "minor injuries that are not life threatening." She... |
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 | | Finally, Tony Kanaan got to victory lane in the Indianapolis 500. He waited 12 years. He endured crashes. He felt the heartbreak of Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Appropriately, it was Kanaan's pass of Ryan Hunter-Reay on the restart of lap 198 that scored the win. It was set up by Graham...
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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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 | | In a note issued to the media Sunday, the FIA has hinted that Mercedes could face serious sanctions as a result of the controversial secret Pirelli test. The note makes it clear that Pirelli and Mercedes did not follow procedures and that they tested without the FIA’s permission. Jean...
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 | | Nico Rosberg kept his cool amid the chaos to win the crash-marred Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday and give Mercedes its first victory of the season, as well as emulate his father's victory from 30 years ago. The German driver began from pole position for the third straight GP, but he had to re-...
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 | | Motorsport's governing body called a hearing Sunday after Red Bull and Ferrari launched an official protest against Mercedes alleging that the team breached rules by conducting in-season tire testing with manufacturer Pirelli following the Spanish Grand Prix two weeks ago. The FIA said in a...
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 | | The surprising news that Mercedes conducted a 1000-km test for Pirelli at Barcelona after the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix has infuriated rival teams. The heart of the matter is that Pirelli has a contract with the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile which apparently allows it to call on ...
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 | | Another Formula One race weekend, another group of grid girls to help fans enjoy their time at the racetrack. In addition to the F1 grid girls on Sunday, Monaco featured a group of girls from the GP2 race on Saturday. It's a good bet that some the girls of Saturday will get the call to the F1...
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 | | When it comes to professional motorsports, popularity with fans is great. On the other hand, popularity with your rivals may be even better. Call me crazy, but the professionals' adulation for Tony Kanaan's biggest win, this year's Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, reminded me of the late Dale ...
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 | | Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan and team owner Jimmy Vasser answered the media's questions in the Economaki Press Conference Room at Indianapolis Motor Speedway following Kanaan's win on Sunday. Here is the transcript of that press conference, as released by the speedway: TONY ...
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 | | Nico Rosberg finally turned a 2013 pole position into victory as he scored his second career Formula One Grand Prix win in Monaco. Rosberg's success comes 30 years after his father won the same race for Williams. “It is special to hear that, yes, but honestly that's not what I was...
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 | | When he came out of the fourth corner with the lead at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and gazed down the long front straightaway, A.J. Allmendinger remembers feeling his entire body go numb. For just a moment, he forgot he was in the middle of a race. "Pretty special moment,"...
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 | | French driver Romain Grosjean will start next month's Canadian Grand Prix 10 places back on the grid after driving into Daniel Ricciardo's car at the Monaco GP on Sunday. Grosjean, who crashed in practice and also in qualifying prior to the race, lost control of his Lotus coming out of the...
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 | | Nico Rosberg won the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday, and shortly after, he participated in a press conference. In addition to Rosberg, Red Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber also spoke to the press. Read the full transcript ...
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 | | Jimmy Owens is simply unstoppable at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. Owens won the third consecutive Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 at the state-of-the-art, three-eighths-mile dirt track, banking a whopping $30,000 in the event that was sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and...
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 | | Jimmie Johnson is focused on chasing victory at the Coca-Cola 600. He says he's not thinking about his championship legacy. A win Sunday night would be Johnson's fourth in NASCAR's longest race, trailing only Darrell Waltrip's five spring...
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 | | Formula One is considering a radical shake-up of its broadcasting model which would make races available live online at the same time as them being shown on television. At the moment, the rights to broadcast races online lie with each of F1's broadcasters and they have to ensure that the...
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 | | Track owner Bruton Smith says he's unappreciated and undervalued by the governments and citizens in the Charlotte area. He's feels so disrespected, in fact, he wants to move his fall Sprint Cup race from Charlotte to Las Vegas, where he feels more welcome. (How that will improve his relationship...
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 | | Although it took almost 17 years, Chip Ganassi made a special delivery to Alex Zanardi at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Ganassi had Zanardi's '96 Reynard-Honda, “Old Midnight," restored and presented it to the 1997-1998 CART champion at the Yard of Bricks. ...
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 | | Make no mistake, fights in NASCAR are fun to watch. Let's face it, when we see drivers or crew members roll up their sleeves and engage in a legitimate brawl everything else goes dim. We become glued to that scene and that scene alone. The ...
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 | | Ho-hum. Another Nationwide Series start and another runaway win for Kyle Busch on Saturday afternoon at...
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 | | Despite only one NASCAR Sprint Cup win in 230 career starts, Paul Menard has signed a multi-year contract extension with Richard Childress Racing. The extension temporarily squelches talk that RCR might replace Menard after this season,...
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 | | Williams will switch from Renault to Mercedes power for the start of the turbo era in 2014, although the news has yet to be formally confirmed. The deal is an obvious one given that Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff is also a shareholder in Williams. Mercedes F1 board chairman Niki Lauda...
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 | | Bruton Smith and Jeff Gordon have one thing in common: they both apparently would like to see a second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in Las Vegas. Gordon, however, is not quite sure he would like to see Las Vegas get a second date at the expense of the fall race in Charlotte.
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 | | Peter Dempsey made it four-wide at the right moment Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Dempsey pulled alongside Sage Karam, Gabby Chaves and Carlos Munoz on the front straightaway as they made a mad dash to the checkered flag in the Firestone Indy Lights race. Somehow, Dempsey won in the...
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 | | Alex Zanardi has an extra-large piece of checked luggage to take home with him to Italy. His former employer, Chip Ganassi, presented him with the 1996 Reynard/Honda that Zanardi used to pass Bryan Herta and win the famed 1996 CART race at Laguna Seca. Zanardi received the car Friday during...
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 | | Officials from the American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series hope that this year's 90th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 22-23 will continue to build buzz about the series' merger. Beginning next year, the former sports-car series competitors will run as one under the...
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 | | IndyCar will open the door to increased technical innovation in its cars and continue its longstanding effort to improve safety in open-wheel racing, Hulman & Co. CEO Mark Miles and incoming IndyCar President of Operations and Competition...
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 | | Helio Castroneves' IndyCar team won the Indianapolis 500's Pit Stop Challenge on Friday, earning a $50,000 prize and momentum for Sunday's race. Castroneves beat the other driver bidding for a record-tying fourth 500 win, Dario Franchitti, in ...
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 | | It seems that just about every racer wants to take a shot at NASCAR from time to time. From Juan Pablo Montoya to Sam Hornish Jr. to Travis Pastrana to Kimi Räikkönen to Scott Speed to Danica Patrick to Kyle Larson to Marcos Ambrose. And, now, add to that list NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing...
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