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The title is a little off topic as the term “Brolly Babes1” isn’t used in NASCAR and normally is in association to Formula One, but it fits, sort of. Trust me.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A well-known NASCAR publicist was arrested Tuesday and charged with statutory rape and soliciting a minor for sex over the Internet, authorities [...]

I suspect the percentage of people that haven’t read, or at least heard of, George Orwell’s classic book 1984 is fairly small. Based on my experience it was required reading in most schools and remains popular today and led to the introduction of a whole vocabulary of words concerning totalitarian control such as Newspeak, doublethink [...]

YippeeNet.com will become the first online community to have a major presence in NASCAR Nextel Cup Series racing

I have long believed - if fall of 2004 can be considered long - that something is rotten over at Teresa’s toy DEI and not afraid to express it. In fact I believe Dale Earnhardt Jr’s first steps away from DEI were when he formed the JR Motorsports Busch team.
That has led to some debate [...]

SAN BERNARDINO - A few years ago, as little as five, Carl Edwards would have schemed on how to get into Orange Show Speedway and how to talk some car owner into a ride.
That certainly wasn’t the case on Saturday. Edwards, who got his racing start at tracks similar to the quarter-mile oval, was enjoying [...]

Why is the pertinent question.
Why after making a fool of oneself and publicly admitting guilt would Kurt Busch, and his shysters, ask for a delay in his reckless driving hearing?
If nothing else this confirms my belief lawyers shysters will do and say anything to stay on retainer and suck as much cash from their client [...]

Maintaining the strength shown in the first half of the season, A1 Team France will start the Sprint race for tomorrow

Official NEXTEL Cup testing is limited to six tracks for the 2006 season, Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Daytona International Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Richmond International Raceway, Homestead-Miami Speedway and Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Earlier this month the #99 of Carl Edwards and #2 Dodge of Kurt Busch completed “tire testing” for Goodyear at Atlanta Motor Speedway a [...]

I have no reason to post this except my smart-assed title: Playboy Goes Full Speed With Grand American Racing

Taking a lead from the residents of Monaco, Durbanites owning property overlooking the temporary street circuit laid out on Snell Parade having been renting out their views for this weekend

IndyCar team owner Aguri Suzuki has failed in his last-minute bid to gain an entry for the 2006 F1 World Championship. The potential Honda backed team’s name was conspicuous by it’s absence on the definitive list issued by the FIA in Paris.
In addition to the much written about $48 million fee that was, then wasn’t [...]

Roush and NASCAR agree on downsizing: Five-Team Owner [#'s 6,16,17,26,99] Jack Roush said he and NASCAR have agreed on the basics of how to get his Nextel Cup team down to four cars, which was mandated by the sanctioning body late last season.

I can’t say I’m surprised by Toyota’s choice in selecting Bill Davis Racing and Michael Waltrip Racing as two of the three Cup startup teams. The only Red Bull question I have is, what took them so long to enter NASCAR?
The Red Bull logo is splashed acrossed nearly every form of racing on the planet, [...]

Cigarette giant Gudang Garam will co-sponsor the Indonesian leg of the A1 Grand Prix motorsport championship next month, organisers said Tuesday, bucking a global trend toward restricting tobacco advertising.
Spokesman for A1 Team Indonesia, Indra Said, said Gurang Garam and local Bank NISP would sponsor the event, but he declined to reveal how much they would [...]

When A1 Grand Prix organisers wanted to publicise the Durban round of the Series, New Zealand driver Matt Halliday took the bait. Now he

Toyota confirmed Monday that it will enter NASCAR’s premier stock car series in 2007, joining American-made manufacturers Chevrolet, Ford and Dodge. Toyota also confirmed it would compete in the Busch Grand National series as well. Toyota has been competing in the Craftsman Truck Series since 2004 capturing 4 wins in it’s inaugural season and 9 [...]

At the ripe old age of 75 F1 Supremo Bernie Ecclestone says rumors of his death retirement are greatly exaggerated.
”I don’t think (wife) Slavica wants me hanging around at home all day,” he told the ‘Bild’ magazine at the World Cup ski meeting in Kitzbuehel, Austria.
Bernie once told a British newspaper that he was not [...]

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Nextel Cup driver Ken Schrader raced to his record 16th title at Phoenix International Raceway and fourth West Series victory on the track Sunday, winning the feature race in the Copper World Classic.
Schrader, second in a 100-mile NASCAR Southwest Tour event earlier, had better luck in the 125-mile West Series race [...]

When Michael Waltrip was unceremoniously forced out of his association with DEI it was obvious to most “Mikey” would land on his feet somewhere, along with his NAPA sponsorship.
Many, including myself, questioned the wisdom of his choice in an eventual landing spot with Bill Davis Racing (BDR). With this latest announcement that Waltrip and Doug [...]

Or more to the point, how long will the IndyCar ship stay afloat?
Tsn.ca reports that current IRL team owner Michael Andretti may very well be on his way back to Champ Car for the 2007 Champ Car World Series season. Back in 2003 Andretti made the switch from CART to the IRL with many other [...]