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Bill Wilson, CEO of Pitroadmotorsports.com, announced that its online store will be selling a new line of NASCAR merchandise - apparel geared towards the medical and healthcare industry - Scrubs, both tops and bottoms, available in all the popular NASCAR drivers logos.
The Scrubs from Landau are available in number of colors and design for both [...]

A week after finishing a disappointing 12th at Sonoma, New Zealander Scott Dixon won the pole for Sunday’s Detroit Indy Grand Prix.

Beijing Guoan driver Davide Rigon will start from pole position in tomorrow’s first ever Superleague Formula event – the Italian pulling out a stunning performance in today’s qualifying shoot-out at Donington Park U.K.

The sophomore NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season is winding down, with just three events left on the calendar after tonight’s Coke Zero 200 at Cayuga International Speedway.

A1GP World Cup of Motorsport is delighted to announce A1 Team Monaco will be competing in the series in Season Four. Not only will the red and white colours of the Monaco flag adorn the car, but the venture also has the personal blessing of His Serene Highness, Prince Albert II of Monaco.

Phil Hill the only American born Formula One world champion died Thursday in a California hospital due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 81 years old.
Hill will be remembered as one of the greatest race car drivers in American history, having won the 24 Hours of Le Mans on three occasions, 12 hours of [...]

The Superleague Formula Championship is set to hit the track for the first time this weekend with the global debut of the new football-themed motor racing championship at Donington Park in the UK.
The new championship brings together the international passion of club football with the speed and excitement of top-level international motorsport.
Clubs from across the [...]

The final race seats for the opening round of the inaugural Superleague Formula championship have been locked in.
Stars joining the championship include ex-Champ Car World Series race winner, Nelson Philippe (Borussia Dortmund); Brazilian driver, Tuka Rocha (Flamengo); Spanish GP2 ace, Andy Soucek (Corinthians); UAE-based Austrian, Andreas Zuber (Al Ain); Danish ace, Kasper Andersen (Olympiacos); Italian, [...]

A few days ago Speed TV floated the rumor Joey Logano would make his Cup presence felt at the wheel of the #96 entry fielded by Hall of Fame Racing.
At the time I rated it less than likely, but also used the “weasel phrase” on the other the hand as a way to hedge my [...]

I’ll provides a few quotes and anecdotes, you provide the answer as to who said driver is. And note, those with sensitive ears and eyes may want to look away.
I’ll start with the most astounding quote in my book because it comes from Jim Hunter, Hunter of the “vanilla ice cream is too racy for [...]

So, there’s a change to next year’s Budweiser Shootout format at Daytona.
Instead of it being a race between the previous years race and pole position winners it will pit a field of 24 cars representing the top six teams from Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford and Toyota. The starting line-up will be by determined by a blind [...]

As long time and probably occasion readers know I’ve not been totally sold on the idea of another international open wheel auto racing series, let alone one that brands itself as SuperLeague Formula has with its tie-in to the “Beautiful Game,” football.

F1’s driver safety union, the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association, is concerned about Formula One’s forthcoming inaugural night race in Singapore.

An interesting wrinkle has been added to Kansas Speedway’s plans to add a 300-room Hard Rock Hotel & Casino outside turn two.
The casino plan announced nearly two weeks ago included ISC president Lesa France Kennedy intentions to petition NASCAR for a second Cup date: “I have made a commitment on behalf of ISC to ask [...]

I’ve been waiting for this, the dyno numbers from the chassis dyno tests performed at MIS that resulted in the Gibbs Racing penalties.

Jason Bowles led wire-to-wire to take the win in the Pipe Careers 200 presented by Pipe Trades at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale on Saturday night, giving him a sweep of both NASCAR Camping World Series West events at his home track this season.

In the second venture for the NASCAR Camping World Series East to the Buckeye State, Brian Ickler took the checkered flag in the Mansfield 150 Saturday evening in Mansfield Motorsports Park to secure his third win of 2008.
For Ickler, who made his NASCAR Camping World Series East debut at Mansfield a year ago and finished [...]

Kyle Busch tried to win at Bristol Saturday evening, in fact he dominated the race leading over 400 laps, but a little thing called a graphite bumper from Carl Edwards got between him and the checkered flag.

Take these two items posted by Speed TV for what they’re worth, which could be a lot, or they could be similar to what the software design community calls “Vaporware.”
1. Between now and the end of the 2008 season, Scott Speed likely will make his Sprint Cup debut. I’d rate this one a definite possibility [...]

Although not officially announced, it appears that IndyCar officials are at least talking publicly about part of that future… and it is said it will use turbos.