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[avatar:http://cranialcavity.net/files/bwire.gif]Breaking News[/avatar] | The sudden death of the Dubai Emir, Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Tuesday 3 January 2006 has prompted the postponement, due to mourning, of the seventh leg of the A1 Grand Prix series originally scheduled for 15 January 2006 at the Sentul Circuit.
A1 Grand Prix is working closely with the [...]

Two-time Daytona 500 champion Bill Elliott will enter the race this year in a car fielded by MB2 Motorsports.
The 1988 NASCAR Cup champion has run a limited schedule the past two seasons. His last Daytona 500 appearance was in 2003, when he finished 34th. He won the event in 1985 and 1987.
“Daytona is a [...]

The Legend

Sometimes when you make an embarrassing error it’s best to just slink off around the nearest corner, bury head in hands, and wait for the deluge of laughter, and or condemnation to rain on your head.
If you have that opportunity. But if you make an ass of yourself in such a public forum, as the [...]

Down to less than a week and the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup “off season” will officially be history. Here is the current schedule as posted by FoxSports. You will note, as he did last year, Tony Stewart will not test the Home Depot Chevy and “TBA” will tour the 2 1/2 mile oval.
I recall reading somewhere [...]

Stage four of the Dakar Rally from Er Rachidia to Quarzazate, in the North African desert kingdom of Morocco, should have been Robby Gordon

We’ve all heard of cats and dogs sleeping together. It happens peacefully on occasion but more often than not the arrangement ends in a cacophony yelping dogs, screeching cats and one bloodied canine nose.
With the recent formation of NASCAR’s latest NEXTEL Cup entry, Hall of Fame Racing, the sport begins the new year with it’s [...]

No freakin’ way! I hate the things and believe they are fodder for those with writers block, zero imagination and a keyboard that sits too far away from the TV and/or the refrigerator.
Having said that, I think this one from the Telegraph is fairly good as these things go. For no other reason than the [...]

Two-time world rally champion Carlos Sainz has won Stage 1 of the Dakar Rally for Volkswagen. A rally-raid newcomer, Sainz excelled in the muddy Special Stage within the first stage from Lisbon to Portimao, flying through the 83 km in 56 min 20 sec, 1 min 30 sec clear of Portugal’s Carlos Sousa.
Volkswagen’s five-car team [...]