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Kevin Harvick held off a furious charge from Kasey Kahne in the final laps of the Sam’s Town 300 to take the victory Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The win is the 12th of Harvick’s Busch Series career.
Source: NASCAR.COM

For a change of pace and to let FIA F1 crowd know there is more than one F1 race this weekend I present the Grand Prix of Mumbai India for the UIM Powerboats.
For those unfamiliar with the F1 boats they weigh in at 500 kilos and are powered by a single 400hp outboard motor. In [...]

So much for a competitve 2004 season. The “Prancing Horses” smoke the field again.
Here is the latest gossip concerning who will replace Juan Pablo Montoya in 2005.
Indy Racing League (IRL) champion Scott Dixon could be on Williams’s radar as the Formula One team considers candidates to replace Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya. Team boss Frank Williams [...]

Noted earlier were Bahrain’s efforts to meet the FIA’S inspection deadline on March 7th. The results of which we should know in a few hours.
What is not part of this inspection and will come as a shock to the many Formula One fans are the cultural effects that will take place in this Islamic island [...]

Rookies got three of the top eight starting spots for Sunday’s UAW DaimlerChrysler 400, led by Dodge-driving Kasey Kahne who sits on the Pole. Kurt Busch, a Las Vegas native, gave his hometown fans something to cheer with a lap at 174.548 mph good for the outside of Row one.
Earlier action saw Mike Bliss capture [...]

Holden drivers Greg Murphy and Jason Bright put on a flawless display to dominate the opening race of the 2004 V8 Supercar season, as main rivals Mark Skaife and Marcos Ambrose spun out of contention in the 10 lap race. The V8 Supercars provided the most action of the day at Albert Park with several [...]

It is often said that free practice on the Friday of a grand prix meeting is worthless when it comes to predicting results, and the rest of the 2004 Formula One field had better hope that belief holds true after Ferrari, Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello lapped almost two seconds faster than anyone else in [...]

1. Greg Murphy K-Mart Racing Holden VY 1min 58.977secs
2. Mark Skaife Holden Racing Holden VY 1min 59.257secs
3. Jason Bright PWR Performance Products Holden VY 1min 59.834secs
4. Marcos Ambrose Pirtek Racing Ford BA 2min 00.243secs
5. Steven Richards Castrol Perkins Racing Holden VY 2min 00.604secs
6. Garth Tander Repco Valvoline Cummins Holden VY 2min 00.861secs
7. Rick Kelly K-Mart [...]

Michael Schumacher and Mark Webber were the only two drivers present at the very first press conference of the 2004 season.
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Having spent too much time in the Gulf State of Bahrain this story hits home for me. In my former life in the US Navy I come to understand that whatever the Royal Family wants it normally gets. There may be a few unpainted doors or unpaved access roads but feel sure it will be [...]

Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya stormed out of his first press conference ahead of this weekend’s season opening Grand Prix in Melbourne.
The fiery Colombian lost patience and walked off stage after a pair of irreverent Australian comedians, who had been posing off-beat questions, then played out a scene which involved taking phone calls and asking [...]

Fines have been handed out for the recent “side-by-side” action in this past weekends Grand Prix of Miami. The race was won by Andy Wallace and Milka Duno, who co-drove the #2 CITGO Pontiac Crawford to the first Rolex Sports Car Series win for Howard-Boss Motorsports.
Grand American Road Racing Association has fined Rolex Sports Car [...]

From ThatsRacin comes word of a NASCAR driver suspension.
Kevin Grubb on Tuesday became the second NASCAR Busch Series driver in six months to be indefinitely suspended by NASCAR for violation of its substance abuse policy.
According to NASCAR’s statement, the suspension will remain in effect until Grubb meets the terms and conditions set forth for future [...]

The V8 Supercar Series will run in a support race at Albert Park prior to the Australian Grand Prix. After a very sucessful year in 2003 the V8 sedan crowd are ready to kickoff 2004.
Greg Murphy and Rick Kelly have declared the Kmart Racing team genuine contenders for the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship. Murphy and [...]

Toyota Indy 300 - Results:
Team Penske and Team Green dominate again.
Defending IRL Champ Scott Dixon stuffs the G-Force-Toyota into the pitwall
“The team gave me a great car for the race and we were right where we wanted to be,? Dixon sighed, ?But, coming into the pits, the rear of the car just came out from [...]

Quick hits from the first ring:
BERNIE ECCLESTONE has warned Formula One is heading for hard times without funds from tobacco advertising. And he insisted: ?Maybe we should forbid test driving ? that would certainly save a lot of money. ?If we lose tobacco sponsorship in F1, that would be a turning point. ?People can?t [...]

Enzos, Dinos, Mondials and Daytonas all in a line. You might expect to see a line-up of 125 of the worlds finest Supercars in LA or Modena It, but this “sea of red” was spotted in Hong Kong.