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Superleague Formula by Sonangol is delighted to announce that reigning French champions, FC Girondins de Bordeaux will join the grid for its third season in 2010.

Formula One race teams have nominated reserve drivers for a number of years, some name a single driver but most have two on the roster, if not their payroll.

Parthiva Sureshwaren is the latest driver to secure his place on the Formula Two grid, joining Armaan Ebrahim as the second Indian driver on the circuit this season.

Starbeast Motorsports Founder Miguel Abaroa is pleased to announce that driver Narain Karthikeyan will make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut on March 27 in the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway.

Back in 1982, NASCAR star Bill Elliott twice tamed the high banks at the track now known as Gresham Motorsports Park in a Ford Mustang.

Hickory native Shane Huffman came home victorious in the rain-delayed UARA-STARS 150 at the Hickory Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon after a spirited, side-by-side battle with Coleman Pressley during the closing laps of the event.

NASCAR development driver George Miedecke dominated the Yokohama V8 Ute Legend race with a flag to flag win at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide.

V8 Champion Jamie Whincup has extended his V8 Supercars domination, stealing pole position for today’s opening race of the 2010 Clipsal 500 and remains on target for a fifth straight round win.

Thank God, and Flavio for small miracles, Briatore has ruled out returning to Formula One. The 59-year-old Italian said the FIA is pushing ahead with appealing a French court’s overturning of his lifetime motor racing ban, in the wake of the ‘crashgate’ scandal.

The University of Northwestern Ohio (UNOH) offers a one-of-a-kind program in its College of Technologies. UNOH possesses the only North Central Association accredited degree program in High Performance/Motorsports, and was the first university in the world to offer a High Performance/Motorsports program.

Australian NASCAR star Marcos Ambrose has pushed the limit at a Goodyear tire test at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina this week, despite recovering from a minor back injury.

Le Affair Mayfield has taken many twists and turns in the last 12 months, in a two part episode of the new year - “In Related Matters” - a few dots are being connected.

NASCAR has placed Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, on probation for the next three series events for a rule violation he committed during the race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 7. Edwards’ probation will run until April 14 of this year.

Enter FT’s wayback machine a minute, “They will be their own governing body. … They will have to watch and help each other, as much as police each other.” - John Darby in Jan. 2010.

Max Mosley may be gone from the president’s office at the FIA but he’s certainly not forgotten. A divisive figure (not to mention downright perverse) when he was running the show, it’s no surprise the process Mosley put in place to bring new teams into Formula One continues to cause friction in the paddock.

Lotus Racing and CNN International have announced a partnership deal that sees the newest Formula One team entering into a long-term agreement with the news network. CNN’s world famous logos will feature on the T127 race cars, the drivers’ overalls and on all team clothing.

Despite impressive debuts in ARCA and the Camping World Truck Series, ex-Formula One driver Nelson Piquet Jr. is already facing sponsorship issues.

Frustrated by slow stops on pit road and a variety of different tire strategies on the part of his competitors, Harvick passed Denny Hamlin for the lead with 25 laps left in Saturday’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and pulled away to beat Hamlin by 1.361 seconds.

The final selection has now taken place for Teams to enter into the upcoming Superleague Formula by Sonangol campaign due to kick off at Silverstone on April 2nd.