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“NASCAR classifies entire track a non-aggressive zone.”
So in an effort to ensure cooler heads prevail during the Aarons 499 Mama Nature intervened. She did a little meterological kibitzing, tossed a whole lot of water on crews, cars and track. The race will be run on Monday at noon Eastern (11 a.m. in Talladega).
Drat you Mama [...]

Todd Bodine led a group of five Toyota Tundras across the [avatar:http://cranialcavity.net/files/check-flag.bmp]finish line[/avatar] Saturday night in the Ram Tough 200 at Gateway International Raceway.
With the amount of cash Toyota has dumped into the [avatar:http://cranialcavity.net/files/cts.gif]Craftsman Truck Series[/avatar] it’s not surprising the results they are having. But it does make you wonder if somewhere in the Big [...]

Tony Stewart, as quoted immediately after exiting Talladega’s infield care center, that proceeded a frightening crash thru the tri-oval on lap 67 when his car flipped onto its roof during the [avatar:http://cranialcavity.net/files/bgn.gif]Busch Series[/avatar] race at world’s largest superspeedway.
“I take 100 percent responsibility for this one, I just drove in front of (Wallace’s) nose,” Stewart said. [...]

Britain’s Nigel Mansell took 1st place Saturday at the Losail International Raceway in Qatar at what many have described as the hottest race in living memory. The Doha (Qatar) desert heat produced almost unbearable conditions as a track temperature of 58 degrees (130 plus degrees fahrenheit) was recorded at the start of the event.

A cock-pit [...]

NASCAR’s most famous fight is generally regarded occuring at the end of the 1979 Daytona 500. In the 500’s first live TV broadcast the last lap came down to a duel between Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough. Cale dove low to pass. Donnie blocked, traded paint and both wrecked in turn 3. Richard Petty [...]

The second restrictor plate race of ‘06 is here. Talladega (and Daytona) always touches a few nerves. Many people love the place. Others hate the idea of 43 cars packed into an area the size of a soccer pitch. And with the nearly inevitable Big One occuring the forums and blogs will be filled with [...]

Or mine for that matter, but I’m not a grandfather, yet. (Er… not that I’m aware of!)
Ray Evernham looks to the future and predicts the five technological advances he expects to see in NASCAR by the turn of the decade. (WARNING: Old schoolers, traditionalists or those otherwise wedded to the past, avert your eyes or [...]

Yes, the title is an effort to place my tongue firmly in my right cheek. However, with the quick ascension of Buckshot, and his just as quick disappearance from the NASCAR scene, maybe a bit of prestidigitation was involved.
The guy on the left in the image is Jeff Gordon of course. Race driver by trade, [...]

Need it be said? Well yes, if for no other reason than to make it an official NASCAR Cesspool entry.
The Busch bros. are both well deserving of entry this week. Kyle will get a visit, most likely on Tuesday, by the NASCAR “tax man” and will come away light in the wallet. The “K” in [...]

Holden Racing Team’s Mark Skaife scored a second race win and overall victory in the Placemakers V8 Supercars series at Pukekohe Park Raceway on Sunday.
In front of over 40,000 fans Skaife put together yet another stunning performance to re-affirm his place amongst motorsport’s top drivers.
After the first two races were dominated by serious crashes the [...]

The Subway Fresh 500 was billed as a “duel” between the Busch Bros. Kurt as the defending race champion and brother Kyle winner of last November’s PIR event and pole sitter. It turned into a Kevin Harvick weekend sweep, a “duel” of fuel and a “duel” between Kyle Busch and Casey Mears.

Harvick broke his 38 [...]

There has been another crash at the V8 Supercar meet at Pukekohe.
Australian driver John Bowe failed to take a corner during race two just after midday and crashed into a safety barrier. A press photographer standing behind the barrier was hit and has been taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg.
The crash follows Saturday’s [...]

SALEM, IN (4-22-06)

Oh wait, I’m confused. This is a “most hated” athletes list.
It shouldn’t take the powers of the Amazing Kreskin or Jeanne Dixon to guess who ranks #3, and only race driver, on the list. (H/T Brian of Race Driven.)

NASCAR, NEXTEL Cup, Auto Racing, Motorsports, Full Throttle

Mark Skaife ran away with the opening race of the Placemakers V8 Supercar International at Pukekohe Park Raceway on Saturday.
While Skaife put together an impressive start to finish performance Kiwi Greg Murphy’s race was over before the first corner.
The four time winner of the Pukekohe series was involved in a major crash just after the [...]

BBC Sports seems to think so:
Formula One’s ruling body the FIA has decided which 12 teams will compete in the championship in 2008.
It is expected that the 11 existing teams will all take part despite the continuing discord over the future of the sport.
The FIA has also chosen a new team to join the grid [...]

Rick Minter of the Cox News Service had four tough questions for NASCAR. One was directed at Kevin Harvick: “Why should Nextel Cup regulars want to compete on the Busch Series?”
Harvick, the Busch Series points leader, says he can answer that with a question of his own.

NASCAR to test unleaded fuel in Busch, Truck series.
NASCAR is hoping to speed up its switch to unleaded fuel by testing it at selected Busch and Craftsman Truck series races later this season.
The racing series has used high-octane leaded fuel for decades, but has been searching for an alternative for years and believes it [...]

We all know Ken Schrader, currently the driver of the Woods Bros. #21 Ford, is what us old timers call a “racer’s racer.” He will race anything, at any time. For free if necessary just because he can.
His schedule this weekend illustrates the point: Today (Thursday) the 50-year old drives his own entry in the [...]

It’s been exactly five days since I last posted on this subject. You kinow what they say, Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. They also say rumors are like human sexual organs: Everyone’s got them, but sometimes they shoot blanks.
You have to admit though, the rumors of a pullout of one or more of the manufacturers [...]