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The climax to the 2008 F1 World Championship could represent the peak for a sport that appears to be on the brink of fundamental change. But one thing will endure regardless of how the sport changes in the future, the spectacular images captured during 2008.

Note to Danica Patrick, that tall skinny peddle on the right is the Go Peddle. The larger rectangle one in the center is the Woe Peddle.

Ok boys and girls, and all those in-between (to include visiting aliens), we may be on the cusp of a New Year but my trivial mind is on the past. The very far past, in fact I was a pre pre-teen and four years from attending my first Daytona 500 when this image was taken.

Plans for a NASCAR-style race track in Tulare, a project I once called the Turkey in Tulare, are one step closer to reality.

Robby Gordon interviewed in Homestead Fl. previews the 2009 Dakar Rally. The 2009 event will cross the continent of South America from January 3 - 18.

Toyo Tires, Robby Gordon and Team Dakar USA will once again take on the Dakar rally. The 2009 event will cross the continent of South America from January 3 - 18.

FoxSports is reporting (via Yahoo, the story went “missing” at Fox) 2008 Raybestos Rookie of the Year winner Regan Smith will drive for Furniture Row Racing in 2009.

For the second straight year, McMurray, who drives for Roush Fenway Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, is competing in Daytona KartWeek By Cometic Gasket World Karting Association races.

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, the world’s richest man, has rescued the Honda Formula One team, an Italian newspaper reported on Saturday.

Mitchell Dumesny was involved in one of the most spectacular finishes ever witnessed at Parramatta City Raceway as he and arch rival Robbie Farr raced to the checkered flag when the two cars touched and Dumesny’s car embarked on a wild series of flips across the finish line.

The new Algarve circuit, due to be hosting A1GP on 12 Apr, 2009, has been hailed as “fantastic” by Formula One drivers following their maiden test at the Portuguese track earlier this month.

The following is a public service announcement from the Half-Vast Staff of Full Throttle for those who haven’t been granted the “privilege” of access to NASCAR’s vaunted Media Website.

The Half-Vast Staff of Full Throttle wishes one and all the joyfullest of Christmas’ and may your stockings be filled with Bristol season tickets and

While it always seems that Christmas rolls around faster than Carl Edwards can turn a lap at Bristol Motor Speedway, Yuletide is here again, and it’s time to speculate on what Santa might be putting under the tree for some of NASCAR’s favourite personalities.

NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion and Kansas native Clint Bowyer today took delivery of his Beechcraft Premier IA, the world’s fastest and most technologically advanced single-pilot business jet.

Bill Davis Racing (BDR) long rumored to be on the block, first by Jacques Villeneuve and his partner/con-man/agent Craig Pollock, has been sold to Marty Gaunt a vice president at BDR and Mike Held.

On the heels of a race event title sponsorship announcement, the ARCA RE/MAX Series wrapped up a three-day open test at Daytona Int’l Speedway over the weekend during which 62 drivers participated in preparation for the 46th annual and newly-named Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 coming Saturday, February 7th, 2009.

Tom Hessert III rose to the top of the speed chart Saturday morning, as day two of the ARCA RE/MAX Series open test forged on under sunny skies at Daytona International Speedway.

Logano, who has never raced at Daytona International Speedway, will make his first two starts on Saturday, Feb. 7 when he races in the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 ARCA RE/MAX Series season opener followed by Budweiser Shootout All-Star race.

Ferrari are adamant that the distribution of commercial revenue in Formula One remains a key area for revaluation in the future, despite criticisms directed at their president Luca di Montezemolo by the sport’s commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone Saturday morning.