Full Throttle

Mitchell Dumesny was involved in one of the most spectacular finishes ever witnessed at Parramatta City Raceway as he and arch rival Robbie Farr raced to the checkered flag when the two cars touched and Dumesny’s car embarked on a wild series of flips across the finish line.

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The Half-Vast Staff of Full Throttle wishes one and all the joyfullest of Christmas’ and may your stockings be filled with Bristol season tickets and

NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion and Kansas native Clint Bowyer today took delivery of his Beechcraft Premier IA, the world’s fastest and most technologically advanced single-pilot business jet.

Bill Davis Racing (BDR) long rumored to be on the block, first by Jacques Villeneuve and his partner/con-man/agent Craig Pollock, has been sold to Marty Gaunt a vice president at BDR and Mike Held.

On the heels of a race event title sponsorship announcement, the ARCA RE/MAX Series wrapped up a three-day open test at Daytona Int’l Speedway over the weekend during which 62 drivers participated in preparation for the 46th annual and newly-named Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 coming Saturday, February 7th, 2009.

Tom Hessert III rose to the top of the speed chart Saturday morning, as day two of the ARCA RE/MAX Series open test forged on under sunny skies at Daytona International Speedway.

Logano, who has never raced at Daytona International Speedway, will make his first two starts on Saturday, Feb. 7 when he races in the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 ARCA RE/MAX Series season opener followed by Budweiser Shootout All-Star race.

Ferrari are adamant that the distribution of commercial revenue in Formula One remains a key area for revaluation in the future, despite criticisms directed at their president Luca di Montezemolo by the sport’s commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone Saturday morning.

Honda F1 CEO Nick Fry has said he and team principal Ross Brawn will reveal details of discussions with potential buyers in the New Year.

The Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix has been dropped from the 2009 IndyCar Series schedule due to difficult economic times in the Motor City.

Mauricia Grant reached a confidential settlement with NASCAR following 12 hours of mediation earlier this month in New York. The session was suggested by U.S. District Court Judge Deborah A. Batts after the first court appearance in what was expected to be a yearlong battle between the two sides.

While the rest of corporate America is scaling back in the face of a struggling economy, NASCAR apparently is putting pressure on some of its business partners.

Robby Gordon has a shiny new car, Chip is cut and Drew is in. Darrell Waltrip gets a clue. Then Buck falls down.

 

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Citing economic woes, Mansfield Motorsports Park canceled its scheduled Camping World Truck Series race in 2009 early Wednesday. Later Wednesday evening, the track told the Mansfield News Journal its was closing its door.

With all the financial doomsday scenarios swirling around NASCAR one has to dig pretty deep to find anything resembling good news. In this case I had to dig, or more appropriately sail, across The Pond to Europe to find something positive.

The realignment of NASCAR race teams to manufacturers is falling into place with confirmation of the obvious, the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing team will run Impala SS’ and work out of the Chip Ganassi Racing shop.

Josh, Chris and George talk about the big news that Honda is out of F1 next year - and Chris sheds a tear for Audi - who has announced that they are out of ALMS next season. We also go around and around a bit about GM/Ford/Chrysler and the future of NASCAR racing factory support.

 

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The reunited pairing of seven-time F1 champion, Michael Schumacher, and F1’s youngest ever race winner, Sebastian Vettel, never looked troubled as they powered undefeated through the heat events before beating Team Scandinavia in the final.