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The world-premiere of the Speedcar Series at the Bahrain International Circuit has been hailed a resounding success by organizers.
With a 2-day festival of motorsport providing the ideal backdrop, Speedcar Series had the eyes of the race fans fixed on it as all the competition

… Shit on a shingle!!
Roger Staubach must be on cloud nine.
Certainly being only a partial owner of Hall of Fame Racing is a bit of a relief and weight off his shoulders.
But it in no way compares to shaking a 44 year losing streak!
Congrats to the Mid-Shipmen, Annapolis and all the sailors at sea from [...]

In the never ending saga of on again, off again motor racing careers (can you spell Mark Martin?), add the name of two-time (98-99) World F1 Champ Mika Hakkinen.
Hakkinen announced retirement from the world of Formula One racing at the end of the 2001 season after two years at the wheel of the uncompetitive Lotus’ [...]

Them damn sporty and open wheel types! Just who do they think they are pulling a Normandy-like invasion trying to break NASCAR’s hold on American motorsport?
The unmitigated gall!! The very IDEA!!
Bad news traditionalists, and you xenophobes also, the very idea was Big Bill France’s in 1969 during the Daytona 500. As the xenophobes would say, [...]

FT’s nomination for the Most Disingenuous, did I say disingenuous, let me rephrase that.
My nomination for the Most Bullshit Quote of the Day goes to The Independent for the following: No matter what steps [Ron] Dennis, one of the fairest-minded individuals in the sport, did to assuage his doubts, Alonso continued to express his belief [...]

Let’s get the snark out of the way first: Today’s Cheap Shot of the Day goes to The Sporting News in noting Chick-fil-A will sponsor Michael Waltrip next year. “There figures to be symmetry: Neither the company nor the driver works on Sunday.”
Ouch, that one stings!
It also carries over to this week. After a series [...]

Well, it’s that time again. Time to put away my pundits chapeau and put on my oversized, pink & purple velvet, mink lined pimp hat.
And its time for you, me, and all the sailors at sea to vote for Full Throttle as one of the best blogs of the year. Get your ballots here.
I won’t [...]

Kentucky Speedway owner Jerry Carroll confirmed that New Hampshire International Speedway was sold to O. Bruton Smith, the chief executive officer and chairman of Speedway Motorsports Inc.
After first being dissed with the speedway’s 2008 schedule this is the first definitive loss for Kentucky.
It was well known Carroll had sugar-plums and NHIS ownership dancing in his [...]