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CHARLOTTE, N.C.
Bank of America joined the race for millions of loyal NASCAR fans Wednesday by unveiling two major marketing programs that will make the bank the lead sponsor of a televised pre-race show and a fall race not far from its downtown headquarters.
The deal makes Bank of America the title sponsor of the Nextel Cup [...]

The FIA kangaroo court has returned a verdict. Guilty on 2 of the five charges. BAR Honda, along with the other six Michelin tyred teams, has been found guilty on two charges of bringing the sport of Formula One into disrepute.
The teams have been found not guilty on the other three charges.
Any punishments will be [...]

I’ve been tinkering under the hood again.
You’ll note a new link in the “Pages” section of the sidebar titled Recently Read. The content is rather short at the moment but will soon fill up. It contains links to racing related articles and blog posts that I found interesting but felt didn’t rate a full blog [...]

The U.S. Military has run it’s own little security enclave called Area 51 for decades. Stories of captured UFO’s and secret military black ops abound from Area 51 and some have called it one of the great mysteries of the 20th Century.
For the last forty years Caraway Speedway, a half mile asphalt oval in North [...]

This weeks Cesspool simply has to start here, “Git r done and start your engines.” uttered by Grand Marshal Larry the Cable Guy. But Larry’s inclusion into the pool is not what you think, the phrase change from the normal wasn’t that bothersome to me. Larry gets in because of those that believe NASCAR [...]

It wasn’t “look ma, no hands,” but closer to “hey guys I’ll beat you with one hand tied behind my back, to the gearshift!” The result was the same as Tony Stewart single handedly beat the best NASCAR has to offer in winning the [avatar:http://cranialcavity.net/files/cup.jpg]NEXTEL Cup[/avatar] Dodge/Save Mart 350 in Sonoma California. (As predicted he [...]

Pole-sitter Paul Tracy - avoiding any first lap, first turn dramatics that has plagued so many Champ Car events in Cleveland - captured his 30th career win on the airport road course.
A.J. Allmendinger returned from a Saturday qualifying crash and a ride on a stretcher finished second. In what can best be described as, “Champ [...]

Ray Evernham protege Erin Crocker drove a car owned by Kasey Kahne in the Richmond Times-Dispatch USAC Silver Crown Series race Saturday night. She started 23rd, finished only 27 laps and finished 29th.
“I was hoping to come from the back and pass a lot of cars. We started that way and I was up to [...]

Johnny Sauter, son of Wisconsin short track legend Jim Sauter, returned home to the Dairy State to capture the rain shortened SBC 250 at the Milwaukee Mile on Saturday night.
He overcame a black flag given for rough driving after spinning Tony Raines in turn four on lap 112. The resulting penalty sent him to the [...]

Helio Castroneves had a chance to perform his fence climbing routine for the first time since October in Texas after winning the Sun Trust Indy Challenge. Castroneves led the last 100 laps and survived a one lap dash to the finish brought about by a late race crash by Roger Yasukawa and Darren Manning.
Series rookie [...]

WEST ALLIS, Wis. (AP) — Dennis Setzer led the final 55 laps to become the 10th different NASCAR Craftsman Truck series winner at The Milwaukee Mile, and took the points lead with his victory Friday night.
Setzer, who started his Chevrolet from the third position on the grid, totally dominated the Toyota Tundra 200 after taking [...]

IRL - Sam Hornish Jr. captured the pole for Saturday night’s SunTrust Indy Challenge at the Richmond International Raceway. The No.6 Penske Racing Toyota circled the 0.750-mile raceway in a track record 15.3197 seconds (176.244 m.p.h.). 12 drivers surpassed the year-old track record in qualifying. The pole victory was Hornish Jr.’s second of the season [...]

While I’ve been a fan of FSU’s exploits on the football field and it’s insistence on keeping the Seminole logo and mascot, now there is another reason. The school has lent it’s support to a young student/racer.
Via I Love Racing.
There aren’t many athletes at Florida State University who never play a home game. Chris Festa, [...]

He speaks mostly nonsense and is in full spin control mode but at least he’s not hiding under a desk somewhere. Keep my preceeding entry in the back of your mind when Max speaks of rules and how they must be followed.
What about the American fans who travelled long distances and spent a lot of [...]

Via Auto Car
Scenario 1: Bridgestone brought intermediate tyres to Interlagos in 2003 and a monsoon flooded the circuit prior to the race. The FIA allowed the Bridgestone-shod teams (Ferrari included) to change to full wets out of concerns over safety, despite such a move violating the rules stating that only one wet tyre could [...]

In the last few months the efforts to locate a NASCAR facility in the Northwest has met with financial and environmental concerns. Many have said the ISC would never succeed after their proposed track north of Seattle, Washington was turned down.
Port Orchard, Washington - located on the Southern side of
Puget Sound from Seattle - has [...]

In my thirty plus years around race tracks - short straight ones, ovals and those with “twisty bits” - I’ve seen my share of novel race ideas by promoters to fill the stands.
I’m sure the ever popular demolition derby was some local promoters idea at one time that spread like wild fire. In pre-Danica days [...]

I first noted this story the week of the Indy 500. Unfortunately the only site that I was aware of that carried the Bernie Ecclestone quotes wasn’t available for some reason. The headline would show up in my RSS reader but the URL was dead.
Now that Bernie is reeling from lefts, rights and a few [...]

No, No, NO! Twasn’t us, go ask Michelin for your wasted cash.
The president of Formula One’s governing body thinks Michelin should compensate fans who bought tickets for the United States Grand Prix fiasco.
“My personal view is that Michelin should offer to compensate the fans on a fair basis,” Max Mosley said Wednesday in a FIA [...]

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