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I haven’t posted on the results of the Paris FibberGate inquiry by the WMSC because frankly I became very bored of the topic. I will say I was surprised, shocked is too strong a word, they only got a suspended sentence.

You may know Dustin Long from his syndicated columns for Landmark Newspapers or his NASCAR Blog and Jim Pedley the former NASCAR beat writer of the Kansas City Star and now blogger for the newest blog on the block Racin’ Today.

V8 Supercars champion Jamie Whincup says his unprecedented winning streak is making it hard for him to decide his racing future.

I touched on the possibility of Chrysler pulling the plug on it’s NASCAR Dodge program a couple weeks ago. At the time not much was to be offered by the parties involved in the way of solution.

Former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions Jeff Gordon and Matt Kenseth say Richmond International Raceway is a favorite for fans and drivers alike. Plus, find out which former Richmond winner tops NASCAR’s Driver Rating at the track.

David Poole, an Observer reporter who became one of country’s leading authorities on NASCAR, died of a heart attack this afternoon. He was 50.

 

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As expected the winner of Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 is nearly forgotten. Sure Brad Keselowski’s name has been duly noted as the winner by all outlets that carry NASCAR news but in many cases the coverage seems to be a bridge to get to what they considered the real story, that being, “car flips-catches fence-fans injured-NASCAR fans ROARED!“

New Zealand driver Scott Dixon relished a return to oval track racing and duly won the Kansas Indy 300 Sunday afternoon. It was a remarkable return to form for the defending Indy Car series champion, who placed 16th and 15th through the first two rounds of the championship.

Carl Edwards was heading for Victory Lane when a nudge from rookie Brad Keselowski sent him careening into the frontstretch retaining fence to end a wild and wooly Aaron’s 499 Nascar Sprint Cup race here Sunday. Edwards ended up finishing 24th.

WOW! Is there anything else to say, except to say it looks like everyone is ok despite the best efforts by many to injure more than sheet metal?

The annual Sunday Times rich list was published today and of note are a few Formula One personalities that reside on the list.

Jenson Button continued Brawn GP’s storybook start to the 2009 season with a dominating victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Matt DiBenedetto took just two starts to find Victory Lane. The 17-year-old Grass Valley, Calif., driver passed Austin Dillon on a back-and-forth battle following a green-white-checkered finish to Saturday night’s Tri-County 150 to earn his first career NASCAR Camping World Series East victory.

Two of NASCAR top three series’ were in action Saturday, one featuring a first-time winner and race car pirouette, the second featuring well, not much actually as rain and severe storms moved across the plains of Kansas and postponed the Truck event until Monday.

Johnny Herbert scored a dominant win in the penultimate round of the Speedcar Series on Saturday morning in Bahrain.

Justin Lofton refused to let go of the lead for the final 46 laps of Friday’s ARCA RE/MAX Series 250 at Talladega Superspeedway. And then he refused to let go of the winner’s trophy.

The fourth event in the F1 World Championship brings desert winds and sand, a flat nondescript Hermann Tilke track and the usual vocal hot air from various personalities.

Unlike football and basketball, NASCAR has had great difficulty attracting blacks to the sport. In a savvy move, BET has teamed up with the sport in hopes of attracting more blacks with an all-new reality-based show.

Alli Owens, in the No. 19 ElectrifyingCareers.com Toyota, was fastest during a three-hour ARCA RE/MAX Series practice session at Talladega Superspeedway on Thursday afternoon.

Despite the Fi Circus rolling out their tent in the Middle Eastern island nation of Bahrain the biggest F1 stories are coming out of Germany and the U.K.