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Back in July BAR Honda announced it planned to give F1

The wide open spaces that provides 3 wide racing for NASCAR’s hotshoes in Fontana also provides less bangin’, slammin’ and a shorter than usual Cesspool this week.
I would also suspect with only two events before the Chase cut-off date there was an attitude in the garages to let racers be racers. The 5-6 fighting to [...]

DARLINGTON, S.C. - Everybody, start your engines.
Darlington Raceway will do its part to raise money for people affected by Hurricane Katrina. “The Lady In Black” will hold a “Laps for Relief” fund-raiser on Sept. 17 where those donating will be allowed to drive five paced laps at the historic track in their personal vehicles or [...]

Jim Cressman, writing for the The London (Ont.) Free Press reports that NASCAR may be on the verge of buying outright Canada’s largest stock car series.
CASCAR president Tony Novotny will have to delay an announcement that was scheduled for tonight that the national stock car racing body has entered into an agreement with NASCAR.
“We’ve been [...]

I’ve already disassembled one loonbat for suggesting a cut back or suspension of NASCAR racing due to the acute fuel shortage created by Katrina, there is no reason to stop now.
And frankly I’m not surprised the President of the Philippines via her energy Secretary Rafael Lotilla has drafted an order to ban all forms of [...]

Once again Kimi Raikkinen proved to be the class of the Monza Grand Prix field. Once again luck snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
Starting from 11th on the grid after a penalty for a change of yet another failed engine, his third engine failure in six races. Raikkonen spent the better part of [...]

As predictable as the rain in Spain. Or Ryan Newman winning 25% of NASCAR’s pole positions each year. Someone had to come out of the woodwork during the current Katrina created gas crisis - among other reasons - and blast NASCAR.
And it shouldn’t be surprising to learn he doesn’t have the courtesy, or professionalism, [...]

The preceding post was getting a “bit too big for it’s britches,” and I thought this information was important enough to rate a second post with this information at the top, vice buried deep into the entry. This post and the preceding one will remain at the top for the next few days.
Many in the [...]

(NOTE: This post was bumped from it’s original date of 01 Sept. and will remain at the top for the next few days.) Below youi will find a long list of race teams and organizations that have offered support to those affected by Katrina. If you have items to add drop them in the comments [...]

Juan Pablo Montoya stormed to pole position at the Italian Grand Prix as McLaren left their rivals trailing. Montoya’s lap of one minute 21.054 seconds was 0.176secs slower than team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, who starts 11th after an engine-change penalty.
Raikkonen’s title rival Fernando Alonso is in a strong position to extend his lead after grabbing second [...]

Roush Racing again proved their strength by sweeping the first four starting positions in Fontana. Carl Edwards sits on the pole, his first in [avatar:http://cranialcavity.net/files/cup.jpg]NEXTEL Cup[/avatar], followed by Mark Martin, Kurt Busch and Greg Biffle, winner of the Auto Club 500 at Fontana in Feburary.
Of the two closest to busting into the Chase with late [...]

Michael Schumacher and Jarno Trulli must be listening to Chris LeDoux’s song “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys.”
His father would prefer that Mick Schumacher is not a formula one world champion of the future.Ferrari’s Michael Schumacher said at Monza for the high speed Italian grand prix that he would prefer that [...]

FORMER Formula 1 world drivers champion Alan Jones believes Team Australia has assembled a driving force to match the rest of the grid in the A1 Grand Prix series.
Jones, the Team Australia boss, announced his drivers for the new nation-based motor racing series in Sydney today: his son, Christian Jones, and internationally experienced open-wheel drivers [...]

Fortune magazine has published an interesting article that will appear in it’s Sept. 5 dead tree issue. Those of us that have followed NASCAR for some time recognize the growth the France family has brought to the sport. A great many heated debates have been mediated over beers and pizza on whether the changes or [...]