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Lewis Hamilton admits he will be inspired by the memory of Ayrton Senna when he bids for his first world title in Brazil this weekend. The legendary Senna is buried at Morumbi cemetery, 10 kilometres away from the Interlagos circuit where Hamilton hopes to be crowned on Sunday.

Despite Kyle Busch’s tepid (to be kind) Chase performance so far the Joe Gibbs driver has figured out ways to stay hot in various ways. One unexpected - and costly.

After a 17-year hiatus the ARCA RE/MAX Series is returning to the Music City Motorplex at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville June 20th, 2009 for a 200-lap event.

When car manufacturing colossus Toyota first announced its Formula 1 intentions, existing teams feared that it was only a matter of time before the Japanese marque spent its way to victory and championships.

Olympiacos fans will have a home-town hero aboard their car at the latest round of the Superleague Formula at Vallelunga this weekend with Greek racer Stamatis Katsimis making his debut.

The Australian Formula One Grand Prix lost a record A$40 million ($26.7 million) in 2008, organizers said on Thursday.

Will Jimmie repeat? For the last three seasons, the Atlanta winner has also won the Texas race: Jimmie Johnson (2007), Tony Stewart (2006), Carl Edwards (2005). In 2004, Atlanta and Texas were not back-to-back on the Chase schedule.

The Toyota Camry will make its fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend. Three Camry drivers — Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) teammates Kyle Busch (third), Denny Hamlin (fifth) and Tony Stewart (seventh) — recorded top-10 finishes during the spring race at the 1.5-mile oval.

Reigning and two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson’s is in familiar territory as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series prepares for Sunday’s Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Larry McClure, a founding member of Morgan-McClure Motorsports, has been indicted on charges of federal tax law violations.

Looking at the win totals of competing marquees in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series you would be hard pressed to conclude the Dodges Boys have had anything close to a successfully season. With three events remaining Ford has scored nine Cup wins Chevrolet and Toyota each have 10 and Dodge has, ah… four.

Enzo Ferrari famously once said “Aerodynamics is for those who cannot manufacture good engines” must be spinning in his grave at the FIA’s attempt at “homogenizing” F1’s engine supply.

Carl Edwards will make his debut in this years Race of Champions to be held Dec. 14th at Wembley Stadium.

In looking over NASCAR headlines since the checkered flew over Jimmie Johnson Sunday you would think Johnson did a re-enactment of Sherman’s drive through Atlanta and his quest for a third Cup was all but awarded.

While Scott Steckly was honoured Saturday night for winning the 2008 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series championship, the big news was that seventh-place finisher J.R. Fitzpatrick is very close to landing a full-time ride in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for 2009.
Held at the Hilton Suites Toronto/Markham Conference Centre, the awards banquet not only saw Steckly [...]

Eric Holmes and Jason Bowles waged a fierce battle all year in the NASCAR Camping World Series West. They closed out the season with another tough tussle in the Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 at All American Speedway on Saturday, with Bowles coming away with the win and Holmes taking the championship.

Alan Jones, Formula 1 world champion in 1980, confirmed yesterday that A1GP had made a pitch to the Queensland Government should, as expected, the Indy Racing League withdraw from the Gold Coast.
“Sources” said the fact that the Government had started talks with rival events was the clearest indicator yet that this year’s Indy would be [...]

D’Hondt Motorsports (DMS) has signed twenty year old Alli Owens to drive in the 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series. Her ARCA sponsors National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) are also making the move and will sponsor the #19 Toyota Camry.

Almost a year after he last raced in single-seaters, and losing his NASCAR ride for lack of sponsorship, Dario Franchitti signaled his return to open wheel by posting the third-quickest time in pre-qualifying for tomorrow’s race at Surfers’ Paradise in Australia.